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祖先 zǔxiān

祖先 zǔxiān Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 祖先 zǔxiān .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zǔxiān | zu3 xian1
English translation
ancestor
forebears

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Traditional form

祖先 zǔxiān

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng
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Etymology of 祖先 zǔxiān

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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
xiān

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Depicts a person ( rén ) stepping forward ( zhǐ ) leading the way.

Positional decomposition

⿱⿰?土儿

Number of Strokes

6

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Example sentences using 祖先 zǔxiān

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天生 tiānshēng 擅长 shàncháng 交际 jiāojì de 祖先 zǔxiān Zēng shì 封建 fēngjiàn 领主 lǐng zhǔ

Diplomacy was in his blood: his ancestors had been feudal lords.

de 中国 Zhōngguó 朋友 péngyou men shuì 这位 zhè wèi 女皇 nǚ huáng shì 他们 tā men 值得 zhíde 敬仰 jìng yǎng de 祖先 zǔxiān

Her Chinese friends referred to the Empress as their venerable ancestor.

祖先 zǔxiān Decomposition

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祖先 zǔxiān Compounds

See all 38 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 祖先 zǔxiān in their composition.

    • xiān
      • zàn
        • zuān , zǎn , zàn , zàn , zuǎn , , , , zǎn , , , , , , , , zàn , , ,
      • xuǎn , xiàn , , xiān , xiǎn , shēn , shēn , xiǎn , xiǎn , shēn , xiǎn , , , , , ,
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