祖 zǔ
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noun
ancestor; forefather
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Concept: Relative 亲戚
Notes: In the sense of 祖先 (ABC 'zǔ' 祖 bf 1; CCD '祖' 1; Guoyu '祖' n 2; Kroll 2015 '祖' 2; Unihan '祖') -
noun
paternal grandparent
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Concept: Relative 亲戚
Notes: (ABC 'zǔ' 祖 bf 3; CCD '祖' 2; Guoyu '祖' n 1; Kroll 2015 '祖' 1; Unihan '祖') -
noun
patriarch; founder
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 创始者; of a school, religious sect, etc (ABC 'zǔ' 祖 bf 2; Guoyu '祖' n 4; Kroll 2015 '祖' 2; CCD '祖' 3) -
verb
to found; to initiate
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '祖' 3) -
verb
to follow the example of
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '祖' v 3; Kroll 2015 '祖' 4) -
verb
to sacrifice before going on a journey
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '祖' v 1; Kroll 2015 '祖' 4) -
noun
ancestral temple
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '祖' n 3; Kroll 2015 '祖' 2a) -
verb
to give a farewell dinner
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '祖' v 2; Kroll 2015 '祖' 5a) -
verb
be familiar with
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 熟悉 (Guoyu '祖' v 4) -
proper noun
Zu
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (ABC 'zǔ' 祖 n; Guoyu '祖' n 5) -
noun
patriarch; pitāmaha
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: pitāmaha, Japanese: so, Tibetan: mes po (BCSD '祖', p. 894; Mahāvyutpatti 'pitāmahaḥ'; MW 'pitāmaha'; Unihan '祖')
Contained in
- 禅宗三祖(禪宗三祖) third patriarch of the Chan school
- 第十一祖富那夜 the Eleventh Patriarch, Punyayasas
- 第九祖伏驮蜜多(第九祖伏馱蜜多) the Ninth Patriarch, Buddhamitra
- 第二十五祖婆舍斯多 the Twenty-Fifth Patriarch, Bashyashita
- 第十五祖迦那提婆 the Fifteenth Patriarch, Kanadeva
- 天台九祖传(天台九祖傳) Tiantai Jiu Zu Zhuan
- 尊祖 to honor the patriarchs
- 西来祖师意(西來祖師意) the patriarch's purpose of coming from the West
- 祖师堂(祖師堂) Patriarch Hall ; patriarch hall
- 马祖白黑(馬祖白黑) Mazu's meaning of “black and white“
- 历代祖师(歷代祖師) the patriarchs of successive generations
- 第二十二祖摩拏罗(第二十二祖摩拏羅) the Twenty-Second Patriarch, Manorhita
- 六祖坛经讲话(六祖壇經講話) The Rabbit's Horn: A Commentary on the Platform Sutra
- 第二十八祖菩提达磨(第二十八祖菩提達磨) the twenty-eighth patriarch Bodhidharma
- 搬柴运水明祖意 洗碗扫地悟禅心(搬柴運水明祖意 洗碗掃地悟禪心) Realize the Patriarch's intent through collecting wood and water; Attain the Chan mind through washing dishes and sweeping the ground.
- 净土宗三祖(淨土宗三祖) third patriarch of the Pureland school
- 第四祖优波毱多(第四祖優波毱多) the Fourth Patriarch, Upagupta
- 祖古乌金仁波切(祖古烏金仁波切) Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
- 西来祖意(西來祖意) The Patriarch's Intention in Coming to the West
- 六祖革命 Sixth Patriarch’s Revolution
- 从六祖坛经谈禅宗教学的特质(從六祖壇經談禪宗教學的特質) Chan Teachings of Huineng
- 呵佛骂祖(呵佛罵祖) scold the Buddhas and curse the patriarchs
- 第十八祖伽耶舍多 Eighteenth Patriarch, Gayasata
- 马祖道一(馬祖道一) Mazu Daoyi
- 祖师(祖師) patriarch; the founder of a school or sect ; Patriarch
Also contained in
积祖 、 祖饯 、 祖鸟类 、 曾祖父 、 祖姑母 、 祖父辈 、 祖荐 、 祖师爷 、 祭祖 、 高祖本记 、 太祖 、 拜祖 、 唐高祖 、 安祖花 、 祖先崇拜 、 鼻祖 、 祖坟 、 祖训 、 彭祖寿永年 、 高丽太祖 、 祖德 、 元太祖 、 妈祖 、 巴祖卡 、 曾祖父母 、 汉高祖
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 1 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 183
- Scroll 3 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 95
- Scroll 2 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 91
- Scroll 5 Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄 — count: 89 , has English translation
- Scroll 9 Chuan Fa Zhengzong Ji 傳法正宗記 — count: 88
- Scroll 1 Chuan Fa Zhengzong Lun 傳法正宗論 — count: 65
- Scroll 25 Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄 — count: 61
- Scroll 4 Fo Zu Lidai Tong Zai 佛祖歷代通載 — count: 61
- Scroll 1 The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 六祖大師法寶壇經 — count: 60 , has English translation
- Scroll 1 Chuan Fa Zhengzong Ding Zu Tu 傳法正宗定祖圖 — count: 56
Collocations
- 祖噜 (祖嚕) 祖嚕反 — Great Usnisa Radiance Sitatapatra Dharani (Da Fo Ding Rulai Fang Guang Xi Da Duo Bo Da Luo Tuoluoni) 大佛頂如來放光悉怛多鉢怛囉陀羅尼, Scroll 1 — count: 16
- 祖祖 (祖祖) 祖祖相授 — Laṅkāvatārasūtra 楞伽阿跋多羅寶經, Scroll 1 — count: 16
- 祖王 (祖王) 孫即為祖王 — Sutra of the Collection of the Six Perfections (Liu Du Ji Jing) 六度集經, Scroll 8 — count: 10
- 护祖 (護祖) 護祖 — Mahāmayūrīvidyārājñīsūtra (Fomu Da Kongque Ming Wang Jing) 佛母大孔雀明王經, Scroll 1 — count: 10
- 噜祖 (嚕祖) 祖嚕祖嚕 — Mahāmayūrīvidyārājñīsūtra (Fomu Da Kongque Ming Wang Jing) 佛母大孔雀明王經, Scroll 2 — count: 7
- 祖邬 (祖鄔) 尾枳囉拏半祖鄔瑟抳 — Vairocana Sutra Lotus Platform Matrix Assembly Compassion Mandala Liturgy (She Da Piluzhena Cheng Fo Shenbian Jia Chi Jing Ru Lianhua Tai Cang Hai Hui Bei Sheng Man Tu Luo Guangda Niansong Yi Gui Gongyang Fangbian Hui) 攝大毘盧遮那成佛神變加持經入蓮華胎藏海會悲生曼荼攞廣大念誦儀軌供養方便會, Scroll 2 — count: 5
- 半祖 (半祖) 尾枳囉拏半祖鄔瑟抳 — Vairocana Sutra Lotus Platform Matrix Assembly Compassion Mandala Liturgy (She Da Piluzhena Cheng Fo Shenbian Jia Chi Jing Ru Lianhua Tai Cang Hai Hui Bei Sheng Man Tu Luo Guangda Niansong Yi Gui Gongyang Fangbian Hui) 攝大毘盧遮那成佛神變加持經入蓮華胎藏海會悲生曼荼攞廣大念誦儀軌供養方便會, Scroll 2 — count: 5
- 散祖 (散祖) 散祖 — Pinnacle Dharani of the Supreme Honored One 佛頂尊勝陀羅尼念誦儀軌法, Scroll 1 — count: 5
- 宗祖 (宗祖) 宗祖族類相繼而有 — Pusa Bensheng Man Lun (Jātakamālā) 菩薩本生鬘論, Scroll 16 — count: 4
- 祖护 (祖護) 護祖護祖 — Mahāmayūrīvidyārājñīsūtra (Fomu Da Kongque Ming Wang Jing) 佛母大孔雀明王經, Scroll 1 — count: 4