Meaning of 祖宗
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
zǔzōng
- ancestor
- forebear
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祖 zǔ · ancestor · 9 strokes
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宗 zōng · school · 8 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 祖宗.
| 宗教 | zōngjiào | religion |
| 祖母 | zǔmǔ | father's mother; paternal grandmother |
| 祖父 | zǔfù | father's father; paternal grandfather |
| 祖国 | zǔguó | motherland |
| 祖先 | zǔxiān | ancestors; forebears; (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day |
| 正宗 | zhèngzōng | orthodox school; fig. traditional |
| 宗旨 | zōngzhǐ | objective; aim |
| 祖传 | zǔchuán | passed on from ancestors; handed down from generation to generation |
| 祖籍 | zǔjí | ancestral hometown; original domicile (and civil registration) |
| 大宗 | dàzōng | large amount; staple |
| 曾祖父 | zēngzǔfù | father's father's father; paternal great-grandfather |
| 祖父母 | zǔfùmǔ | paternal grandparents |
Questions about 祖宗
What does 祖宗 mean?
祖宗 (zǔzong) means "ancestor; forebear" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 祖宗?
祖宗 is made of 2 characters: 祖 (9 strokes), 宗 (8 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.
Is 祖宗 an HSK word?
Yes. 祖宗 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.