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Chinese
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early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first |
ancestor; forefather; grandparents
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simp. and trad.
(先祖)
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先
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祖
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祖先
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Pronunciation
Noun
先祖
- (literary) ancestors; forebears; forefathers
- (literary) earliest ancestor; primogenitor; progenitor
- (literary, specifically) deceased grandfather
Synonyms
- 上輩 / 上辈 (shàngbèi)
- 上輩子 / 上辈子 (shàngbèizi)
- 先人 (xiānrén)
- 先代 (xiāndài) (literary)
- 先古 (xiāngǔ) (literary)
- 先君 (xiānjūn) (literary)
- 先輩 / 先辈 (xiānbèi)
- 公婆 (Hokkien)
- 公媽 / 公妈 (Min Nan)
- 早勻 / 早匀 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 父祖 (fùzǔ) (literary)
- 皇考 (huángkǎo) (archaic)
- 祖上 (zǔshàng)
- 祖先 (zǔxiān)
- 祖公 (Hokkien)
- 祖宗 (zǔzōng)
- 老祖宗
- 老輩 / 老辈 (lǎobèi)
- (earliest ancestor): 鼻祖 (bízǔ), 始祖 (shǐzǔ)
Japanese
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| 先祖 (kyūjitai)
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Pronunciation
Noun
先祖 • (senzo)
- ancestor
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