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zouˊ²祖
Pinyin: zu3
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nounfollow the example; imitate
nounancestor; forebear; forefather
nounone's grandfather or grandmother
nounfounder; originator
zouˊ²祖fuˍ₆父
Pinyin: zu3 fu4
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noungrandfather (formal address) | [粵]: 阿爺, 阿公
noun(noun) 1. Grandfather; 2. Grandpa
zouˊ²祖zikˍ₆籍
Pinyin: zu3 ji2
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nounthe place of your family origin
louˏ₅老zouˊ²祖
Pinyin: lao3 zu3
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noungreat-grandfather
nounancestor (spoken)
ngoiˍ₆外zouˊ²祖mouˏ₅母
Pinyin: wai4 zu3 mu3
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nounmother's mother; maternal grandmother | Direct address: 婆婆 /po4 po42/; 阿婆 | [粵]: 外婆
taai˗₃太zouˊ²祖
Pinyin: tai4 zu3
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nounGreat Ancestor (posthumous title, e.g. for the founder of a dynasty)
zouˊ²祖mouˏ₅母
Pinyin: zu3 mu3
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noungrandmother (formal address) | [粵]: 阿嫲
baak˗₃伯sukˉ¹叔zouˊ²祖mouˏ₅母
Pinyin: bo2 shu1 zu3 mu3
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nounfather's father's brother's wife; great aunt
ngoiˍ₆外zouˊ²祖fuˍ₆父
Pinyin: wai4 zu3 fu4
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nounmother's father; maternal grandfather | Direct address: 公公; 阿公 | [粵]: 外公
beiˍ₆鼻zouˊ²祖
Pinyin: bi2 zu3
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nounoriginator
sinˉ¹先zouˊ²祖
Pinyin: xian1 zu3
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noundeceased grandfather; ancestry; ancestor
baai˗₃拜zouˊ²祖sinˉ¹先
Pinyin: bai4 zu3 xian1
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noun to visit one's ancestors' graveyard
gwongˉ¹光zungˉ¹宗jiuˍ₆耀zouˊ²祖
Pinyin: guang1 zong1 yao4 zu3
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nounglorify and illuminate one's ancestors, to bring honor to one's forefathers
zouˊ²祖miuˊ²廟
简 祖庙
Pinyin: zu3 miao4
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nounancestral temple; ancestral shrine; a temple where one prays to one's ancestors
nounAncestral temple
noun(noun) the temple or mausoleum to enshrine ancestors
zai˗₃祭zouˊ²祖
Pinyin: ji4 zu3
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nounoffer sacrifices to one's ancestors
ciˊ²始zouˊ²祖
Pinyin: shi3 zu3
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nounprimogenitor; founder of a school or trade
noun(noun) Ancestor
baak˗₃伯sukˉ¹叔zouˊ²祖fuˍ₆父
Pinyin: bo2 shu1 zu3 fu4
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nounfather's father's brother; great uncle
zouˊ²祖sinˉ¹先
Pinyin: zu3 xian1
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nounancestors | [粵]: (related term) 太公
zouˊ²祖cyunˎ₄傳
简 祖传
Pinyin: zu3 chuan2
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nounpassed on from ancestors; handed down from generation to generation
zouˊ²祖zungˉ¹宗
Pinyin: zu3 zong1
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nounancestor, forebear
zouˊ²祖gwok˗₃國
简 祖国
Pinyin: zu3 guo2
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nounhomeland; motherland; fatherland
zouˊ²祖zungˉ¹宗sapˍ₆十baat˗₃八doiˍ₆代
Pinyin: zu3 zong1 shi2 ba1 dai4
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nounancestors to the 18th generation
noun(noun) all of the ancestors
zouˊ²祖gaaˉ¹家
Pinyin: zu3 jia1
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nounhome, homeland, motherland, native soil
noun(noun) home country
gouˉ¹高zouˊ²祖mouˏ₅母
Pinyin: gao1 zu3 mu3
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noungreat great grandmother
kaaˉ¹卡zouˊ²祖dekˍ₆笛
Pinyin: ka3 zu3 di2
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nounkazoo — a simple wind instrument which produces a reedy sound when blown