HSK 3.0 Vocabulary
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HSK 7–9 · noun · Practice

祖宗

zǔzong

ancestors; forebears

过年时,人们会想起自己的祖宗。

Guònián shí, rén men huì xiǎng qǐ zìjǐ de zǔzong。

At New Year, people think of their ancestors.

← 祖母zǔmǔ 钻空子zuān kòngzi →
祖国 zǔguó motherland; homeland 祖先 zǔxiān ancestors 大宗 dàzōng large quantity; bulk; staple (goods) 正宗 zhèngzōng authentic; genuine (of food, style); authentic product 宗 zōng (measure word) case; item; matter 宗教 zōngjiào religion 宗旨 zōngzhǐ aim; purpose; principle 祖传 zǔchuán handed down from one's ancestors; ancestral 祖父 zǔfù grandfather (father's father) 祖籍 zǔjí ancestral home; place of family origin 祖母 zǔmǔ grandmother (father's mother)
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