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祖先 Pronunciation and Pinyin

祖先 Usage and Examples

ancestor

forefather

progenitor

The characters in 祖先

Stroke Order
CharacterPinyinStrokesMeaning
祖
zǔ10ancestor, founder, or progenitor
先
xiān6First, before, or ancestors

More words starting with 祖

  • zǔ祖shàng上ancestors; forefathers
  • zǔ祖shàng上de的Ancestral, Hereditary
  • zǔ祖yè业family business, ancestral property
  • zǔ祖chǎn产ancestral estate
  • zǔ祖chuán传ancestral, hereditary
  • zǔ祖chuán传de的ancestral, hereditary
  • zǔ祖chuán传de的tǔ土dì地ancestral land, hereditary land
  • zǔ祖xiān先men们ancestors, forefathers
  • zǔ祖xiān先pái牌wèi位ancestral tablet, spirit tablet
  • zǔ祖xiān先de的ancestral, hereditary
  • zǔ祖xiān先jì祭sì祀yí仪shì式ancestor worship ceremony, ancestral rites
  • zǔ祖chōng冲zhī之Zu Chongzhi

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What does 祖先 mean in Chinese?

祖先 (zǔ xiān) means “ancestor, forefather, progenitor”.

How do you pronounce 祖先?

祖先 is pronounced zǔ xiān in Mandarin Chinese.

How do you say “ancestor” in Chinese?

“ancestor” is 祖先 (zǔ xiān) in Chinese.

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