祖
宗

Ancestor in Chinese: 祖宗 (zǔ zōng)

zǔ zōng

ancestor

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1ancestor
  2. 2forebear

Stroke order

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祖
宗

Zhuyin

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ㄗㄨˇ

zǔ

ㄗ/ zㄨ/ uˇ/ third tone

ㄗㄨㄥ

zōng

ㄗ/ zㄨ/ uㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

Example sentences

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  • 我们不能忘记自己的祖宗。

    wǒ men bù néng wàng jì zì jǐ de zǔ zōng。

    We must not forget our ancestors.

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Related words

宗

zōng

school

宗教

zōng jiào

religion

祖国

zǔ guó

motherland

祖先

zǔ xiān

ancestors

祖父

zǔ fù

father's father

祖母

zǔ mǔ

father's mother

大宗

dà zōng

large amount

正宗

zhèng zōng

orthodox school

宗旨

zōng zhǐ

objective

祖传

zǔ chuán

passed on from ancestors

祖籍

zǔ jí

ancestral hometown

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