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祖先们
祖先们
祖先们
祖先们
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祖先们

祖先们 Pronunciation and Pinyin

祖先们 Usage and Examples

ancestors

forefathers

The characters in 祖先们

Stroke Order
CharacterPinyinStrokesMeaning
祖
zǔ10ancestor, founder, or progenitor
先
xiān6First, before, or ancestors
们
men5plural marker for pronouns

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ancestor, forefather
  • 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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Questions about 祖先们

What does 祖先们 mean in Chinese?

祖先们 (zǔ xiān men) means “ancestors, forefathers”.

How do you pronounce 祖先们?

祖先们 is pronounced zǔ xiān men in Mandarin Chinese.

How do you say “ancestors” in Chinese?

“ancestors” is 祖先们 (zǔ xiān men) in Chinese.

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