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Dictionary - results for ancestor

SimplifiedTraditionalPinyinEnglish
zōng- school
- sect
- purpose
- model
- ancestor
- clan
- to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work)
- classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs
- ancestor
- forefather
- grandparents
xiān- ancestor
- forebears
zōng- ancestor
- forebear
cóng- from
- via
- passing through
- through (a gap)
- past
- ever (followed by negative, meaning never)
- (formerly pr. [zong4] and related to |) to follow
- to comply with
- to obey
- to join
- to engage in
- adopting some mode of action or attitude
- follower
- retainer
- accessory
- accomplice
- related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
xiān- deceased mother
- mother of an ancestor
yuǎn- a remote ancestor
- the earliest ancestor
- originator (of a tradition, school of thought etc)
zhíxiān- direct ancestor

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