WordTaiwan frequency #23,095
曾祖父
ㄗㄥ ㄗㄨˇ ㄈㄨˋ
“father's father's father; great-grandfather”
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曾
ㄘㄥˊ
Surname Zeng; once or already (past tense marker); great- (prefix for relatives two generations apart); formerly; previously.
祖
ㄗㄨˇ
Ancestor; forefather; grandparent; a temple for worshipping ancestors; founder; surname.
父
ㄈㄨˋ
Father; male parent; term of respect for an elder male relative on the father's side; archaic term for a man.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 父親ㄈㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄣfather; a male parent; one's dad.
- 父母ㄈㄨˋ ㄇㄨˇfather and mother; parents
- 曾經ㄘㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄥonce; previously; formerly; at some time in the past; used as a past-tense adverbial marker.
- 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.
- 未曾ㄨㄟˋ ㄘㄥˊnot ever; never (at any time); has not; have not
- 師父ㄕ ㄈㄨˋmaster; teacher; a respectful term for monks, nuns, or Taoist priests
- 父子ㄈㄨˋ ㄗˇfather and son; (archaic) uncle and nephew.
- 父母親ㄈㄨˋ ㄇㄨˇ ㄑㄧㄣparents; father and mother; one's mother and father
- 神父ㄕㄣˊ ㄈㄨˋCatholic or Orthodox priest; (historical) respectful term for a wise official or superior.
- 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