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Trad. 媽祖
- Matsu, name of a sea goddess still widely worshipped on the SE China coast and in SE Asia
Trad. 祖傳
- passed on from ancestors
- handed down from generation to generation
- ancestors; forebears
- (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved
Trad. 聖祖
- Shengzu, temple name of the second Qing emperor, known as the Kangxi Emperor (1654-1722)
- cf. 康熙[Kang1 xi1]
Trad. 祖馬
- Zuma (name)
- Jacob Zuma (1942-), South African ANC politician, vice-president 1999-2005, president 2009-2018
- the earliest ancestor
- originator (of a tradition, school of thought etc)
- posthumous title of Nurhaci 努爾哈赤|努尔哈赤[Nu3 er3 ha1 chi4] (1559-1626), founder and first Khan of the Manchu Later Jin dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1] (from 1616)
- lit. progenitor of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), title of Khubilai Khan (1215-1294), first Yuan dynasty emperor, reigned 1260-1294
- posthumous title of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗[Cheng2 ji2 si1 han2] (1162-1227)
- Ming Chengzu, temple name of third Ming Emperor Yongle 永樂|永乐[Yong3 le4]
Trad. 漢高祖
- posthumous name of the first Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 (256 or 247-195 BC), reigned 202-195 BC
- Emperor Gaozu of Tang, reign name of first Tang emperor Li Yuan 李淵|李渊[Li3 Yuan1] (566-635), reigned 618-626
Trad. 祖沖之
- Zu Chongzhi (429-500), astronomer and mathematician
Trad. 湯顯祖
- Tang Xianzu (1550-1616), Ming poet and dramatist, author of The Peony Pavilion 牡丹亭[Mu3 dan5 Ting2]
Trad. 容祖兒
- Joey Yung (1980-), Hong Kong pop singer and actress
Trad. 鄭光祖
- Zheng Guangzu, Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧 tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan dramatists 元曲四大家
- Emperor Taizu of Song, posthumous title of the founding Song emperor Zhao Kuangyin 趙匡胤|赵匡胤 (927-976), reigned from 960
- Ming Taizu, temple name of first Ming emperor Hongwu 洪武[Hong2 wu3]
Trad. 數典忘祖
- to recount history but omit one's ancestors (idiom); to forget one's roots
Trad. 開山祖師
- founding master of a monastery
- founder
- originator
Trad. 祖祖輩輩
- for generations
- from generation to generation
Trad. 榮宗耀祖
- to bring honor to one's ancestors (idiom)
- also written 光宗耀祖
Trad. 祖國和平統一委員會
- Committee for Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland (North Korean)