| 祖 | 1030C20 63B.30-4 | 部居  | 畫數 9 | ㄗㄨˇ [zu3] | ||
| N. | (1) An ancestor: 祖父 [zu3fu4]↓; 曾祖 great-grandfather; 高祖 great-great-grandfather; 鼻祖 one's earliest known ancestor; 太祖 posthumous title conferred on the founder of a dynasty. (2) A founder, an originator: 祖師 [zu3shi1]↓. (3) Sacrifice to god of travellers: 祖奠，祖道，祖餞 [zu3dian4], [zu3dao4], [zu3jian4]↓. (4) A surname. | |||||
| Words | 1. 祖輩（兒） [zu3bei4] ([zu3beher0]) n., ancestors, forefathers. 2. 祖鞭 [zu2bian1], phr., vying to push ahead in friendly rivalry (allu. to the story of 劉琨 and 祖逖). 3. 祖妣 [zu2bi3], n., one's deceased grandmother. 4. 祖產 [zu3chan3], n., ancestral estate. 5. 祖傳 [zu3chuan2], adj., handed down from generation to generation. 6. 祖代 [zu3dai4], n., ancestors, for bears. 7. 祖道 [zu3dao4], v.i., bid good-bye to departing friend by offering sacrifice to the patron god of travellers. 8. 祖奠 [zu3dian4], n., a sacrifice to the deceased on the eve of his burial rites. 9. 祖父 [zu3fu4], n., grandfather. 10. 祖國 [zu3guo2], n., one's fatherland. 11. 祖帳 [zu3zhang4], v.i., hold a sacrifice to the patron god of travellers to bid good-bye to a departing friend. 12. 祖餞 [zu3jian4], v.t., give a party in honor of (a departing friend). 13. 祖籍 [zu3ji2], n., the land of one's forefathers. 14. 祖考 [zu2kao3], n., one's deceased grandfather. 15. 祖母 [zu2mu3], n., grandmother; 祖母綠 (min.) pure emerald. 16. 祖上 [zu3shang4], n., remote ancestors. 17. 祖神 [zu3shen2], n., the patron god of travellers. 18. 祖先 [zu3xian1], n., ancestors, forbears, forefathers. 19. 祖述 [zu3shu4], v.t., follow in the ways of (sages, saints). 20. 祖師 [zu3shi1], n., (1) founder of a religious sect; (2) the legendary founder of a craft or occupation. 21. 祖送 [zu3song4], v.t., give a farewell party in honor of (s.o.). 22. 祖宗 [zu3zong1], n., remote ancestors, forbears. 23. 祖武 [zu2wu3], phr., be a worthy successor to ancestral greatness (“walking in the footsteps of one's ancestors”). 24. 祖業 [zu3ye4], n., (1) great achievements of one's ancestors; (2) ancestral estate. 25. 祖遺 [zu3yi2], adj., (of property) bequeathed by ancestors. | |||||