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祖父 zǔfù

祖父 zǔfù Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 祖父 zǔfù .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zǔfù | zu3 fu4
English translation
father's father
paternal grandfather

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Traditional form

祖父 zǔfù

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 祖父 zǔfù

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Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shì represents the meaning and qiě represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

qiě

Semantic compound

shì

Positional decomposition

礻且

Number of Strokes

9

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a hand holding something. There are various theories about what the object being held is, including a hatchet (now written as ), or a rod.

Positional decomposition

八乂

Number of Strokes

4

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Example sentences using 祖父 zǔfù

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de 外祖父 wài zǔ fù chī hěn xiāng , kān le hěn 高兴 gāoxìng .

Her grandfather ate greedily, which she was glad to see.

Chén 姨太 dài zhāo 一股脂粉 zhī fěn xiāng ,扭扭捏捏 niǔ niǔ niē niē de Cóng 隔壁 gébì Fáng 跑过来, zhàn zài 旁边 pángbiān gěi 祖父 zǔfù 捶背 chuí bèi .

Mistress Chen hastened in from the next room to drum her fists lightly on his back.

祖父 zǔfù tài qióng , Néng 维修 wéixiū de 房子 fáng zi .

Grandfather was to poor to keep up his house.

担心 dānxīn de lǎo 祖父 zǔfù āo Guò 这个 zhè ge 冬天 dōng tiān le .

I'm afraid my old grandfather will not hold out through the winter.

祖父 zǔfù zài jiǔ 十八 shí bā suì 高龄 gāo líng shí 去世 qùshì .

His grandfather died at an advanced age of

祖父 zǔfù Decomposition

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祖父 zǔfù Compounds

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