祖U+79569 STROKES
Entry·pron. zǔ
ㄗㄨˇ
“Ancestor; forefather; grandparent; a temple for worshipping ancestors; founder; surname.”
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- 媽祖ㄇㄚ ㄗㄨˇMatsu, a sea goddess widely worshipped in southeastern China and Southeast Asia; affectionately called "Heavenly Holy Mother" in folk religion.
- 祖先ㄗㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄢancestors; forebears; (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved.
- 祖母ㄗㄨˇ ㄇㄨˇfather's mother; paternal grandmother; in modern usage also mother's mother (maternal grandmother).
- 祖父ㄗㄨˇ ㄈㄨˋfather's father; paternal grandfather; (also, esp. in Taiwan) maternal grandfather
- 馬祖ㄇㄚˇ ㄗㄨˇMatsu Islands off Fujian, administered by Taiwan; a sea deity in Chinese folklore; a Tang dynasty Buddhist monk (Mazu Daoyi); a star name in ancient astronomy.
- 祖國ㄗㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄛˊmotherland; native country; one's homeland or ancestral nation.
- 祖父母ㄗㄨˇ ㄈㄨˋ ㄇㄨˇgrandparents; one's father's parents; paternal grandparents; the parents of one's father or mother.
- 祖宗ㄗㄨˇ ㄗㄨㄥancestor; forebear; one's forefathers or lineage founders; broadly, a respected elder or senior figure.
- 太祖ㄊㄞˋ ㄗㄨˇtemple name of an emperor, typically for a dynasty founder; the origin or earliest form of something
- 祖孫ㄗㄨˇ ㄙㄨㄣgrandparents and grandchildren; the relationship between grandparents and their grandchildren.
- 祭祖ㄐㄧˋ ㄗㄨˇto worship ancestors; to offer sacrifices to one's ancestors
- 祖師ㄗㄨˇ ㄕfounder of a school of thought, craft, religion, or trade
- 佛祖ㄈㄛˊ ㄗㄨˇBuddha and lineage founders; respectful folk term for Shakyamuni, founder of Buddhism
- 始祖ㄕˇ ㄗㄨˇearliest traceable ancestor; founder or originator of a school, tradition, or thing
- 先祖ㄒㄧㄢ ㄗㄨˇdeceased grandfather; ancestors, forebears
- 祖靈ㄗㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄥˊancestral spirit; spirit of one's forebears, especially in Taiwanese indigenous traditions
- 外祖ㄨㄞˋ ㄗㄨˇmaternal grandfather; mother's father
- 媽祖廟ㄇㄚ ㄗㄨˇ ㄇㄧㄠˋtemple dedicated to Mazu, the sea goddess widely worshipped in Taiwan's coastal and fishing communities
- 曾祖父ㄗㄥ ㄗㄨˇ ㄈㄨˋfather's father's father; great-grandfather
- 祖籍ㄗㄨˇ ㄐㄧˊancestral hometown; place where one's ancestors originated
- 祖廟ㄗㄨˇ ㄇㄧㄠˋimperial ancestral temple where emperors worshipped their forebears; clan's founding ancestral shrine
- 高祖ㄍㄠ ㄗㄨˇgreat-great-grandfather; distant ancestor; founding emperor of a dynasty
- 祖傳ㄗㄨˇ ㄔㄨㄢˊhanded down from one's ancestors; passed down through generations
- 外祖父ㄨㄞˋ ㄗㄨˇ ㄈㄨˋmaternal grandfather; one's mother's father.
- 清聖祖ㄑㄧㄥ ㄕㄥˋ ㄗㄨˇtemple name of the Kangxi Emperor (1654–1722), second Qing emperor; reigned 1661–1722, pacified rebellions, recovered Taiwan, and commissioned major scholarly works
- 老祖宗ㄌㄠˇ ㄗㄨˇ ㄗㄨㄥancestors; forebears; revered family elder
- 外祖母ㄨㄞˋ ㄗㄨˇ ㄇㄨˇmaternal grandmother; mother's mother
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