祖 zǔ

1. zǔ 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')
2. zǔ 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')
3. zǔ 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)
4. zǔ verb to found; to initiate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '祖' 3)
5. zǔ verb to follow the example of
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '祖' v 3; Kroll 2015 '祖' 4)
6. zǔ verb to sacrifice before going on a journey
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '祖' v 1; Kroll 2015 '祖' 4)
7. zǔ noun ancestral temple
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '祖' n 3; Kroll 2015 '祖' 2a)
8. zǔ verb to give a farewell dinner
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '祖' v 2; Kroll 2015 '祖' 5a)
9. zǔ verb be familiar with
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 熟悉 (Guoyu '祖' v 4)
10. zǔ 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)
11. zǔ 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

• 第十二祖马鸣大士(第十二祖馬鳴大士) the Twelfth Patriarch, Aśvaghoṣa
• 第二十五祖婆舍斯多 the Twenty-Fifth Patriarch, Bashyashita
• 第十四祖龙树(第十四祖龍樹) the Thirteenth Patriarch, Nāgārjuna
• 第二十二祖摩拏罗(第二十二祖摩拏羅) the Twenty-Second Patriarch, Manorhita
• 祖师西来意(祖師西來意) Bodhidharma coming from the West ; the patriarch's purpose of coming from the West
• 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.
• 八宗祖师(八宗祖師) Patriarchs of the Eight Schools
• 第二祖阿难(第二祖阿難) the Second Patriarch, Ānanda
• 祖堂 patriarch hall
• 开祖(開祖) founder of a school
• 第十五祖迦那提婆 the Fifteenth Patriarch, Kanadeva
• 列祖大机(列祖大機) the successive patriarchs' great capacity­
• 净土宗三祖(淨土宗三祖) third patriarch of the Pureland school
• 六祖惠能 Huineng; the Sixth Patriarch Huineng
• 第十八祖伽耶舍多 Eighteenth Patriarch, Gayasata
• 第十三祖迦毘摩罗(第十三祖迦毘摩羅) the Thirteenth Patriarch, Kapimala
• 五祖法演 Wuzu Fayan
• 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
• 第二十九祖慧可大师(第二十九祖慧可大師) the twenty-ninth patriarch Venerable Master Huike
• 白法祖 Bai Fa Zu

Also contained in

曾祖 、 祖姑母 、 显祖 、 陈祖义 、 曾祖父母 、 巴祖卡 、 家祖 、 远祖 、 小祖宗 、 祖荐 、 清太祖 、 德祖衮 、 直系祖先 、 辽太祖 、 高丽太祖 、 初祖 、 明太祖 、 吕祖谦 、 祖饯 、 汤显祖 、 彭祖寿永年 、 伯叔祖母 、 祖鲁 、 祖籍 、 开山鼻祖 、 成祖 、 祖鸟类 、 祖茔 、 马祖列岛 、 彭祖 、 帝世祖

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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

• 祖祖 (祖祖) 祖祖相授 — Laṅkāvatārasūtra 楞伽阿跋多羅寶經, Scroll 1 — count: 16
• 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: 11
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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: 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
• 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
• 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
• 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