祖 zǔ
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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') -
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') -
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) -
zǔ
verb
to found; to initiate
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '祖' 3) -
zǔ
verb
to follow the example of
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '祖' v 3; Kroll 2015 '祖' 4) -
zǔ
verb
to sacrifice before going on a journey
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '祖' v 1; Kroll 2015 '祖' 4) -
zǔ
noun
ancestral temple
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '祖' n 3; Kroll 2015 '祖' 2a) -
zǔ
verb
to give a farewell dinner
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '祖' v 2; Kroll 2015 '祖' 5a) -
zǔ
verb
be familiar with
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 熟悉 (Guoyu '祖' v 4) -
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) -
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
- 第四祖优波毱多(第四祖優波毱多) the Fourth Patriarch, Upagupta
- 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
- 第五祖提多迦 the Fifth Patriarch, Dhritaka
- 马祖道一(馬祖道一) Mazu Daoyi
- 列祖大机(列祖大機) the successive patriarchs' great capacity
- 佛祖统纪(佛祖統紀) Chronicle of Buddhas and Patriarchs; A Chronicle of Buddhism in China
- 行人看见东西水 佛祖已传南北宗(行人看見東西水 佛祖已傳南北宗) Practitioners differentiate between Eastern and Western water; Yet Buddha is already in the North and South.
- 马祖语录(馬祖語錄) Mazu Daoyi Chanshi Guanglu; Mazu Yulu
- 祖殿 Patriarch's Hall
- 祖仕 Deacon
- 第十八祖伽耶舍多 Eighteenth Patriarch, Gayasata
- 第二十四祖师子比丘(第二十四祖師子比丘) the Twenty-Fourth Patriarch, Aryasimha
- 西来祖意(西來祖意) The Patriarch's Intention in Coming to the West
- 道祖 Daozu
- 六祖惠能 Huineng; the Sixth Patriarch Huineng
- 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
- 开祖(開祖) founder of a school
- 祖古 sprul sku; tulku; incarnate lama
- 释道祖(釋道祖) Daozu
- 南宗顿教最上大乘摩诃般若波罗蜜经六祖惠能大师于韶州大梵寺施法坛经(南宗頓教最上大乘摩訶般若波羅蜜經六祖惠能大師於韶州大梵寺施法壇經) The Southern School Sudden Teaching Mahāyāna Perfection of Wisdom in 25,000 Lines Sixth Patriarch Huineng Platform Sutra
Also contained in
始祖鸟 、 荣宗耀祖 、 祖母 、 祖籍 、 成祖 、 祖居 、 祖鲁 、 祖先崇拜 、 祖父 、 祖姑母 、 积祖 、 祖国光复会 、 祖国 、 祖荐 、 数典忘祖 、 呜呜祖拉 、 高祖本记 、 祖鸟类 、 太祖 、 赤祖德赞 、 荐祖 、 祖祖辈辈 、 保卫祖国 、 伯叔祖母 、 安祖花 、 开山鼻祖 、 清太祖 、 巴祖卡 、 叔祖母 、 叔祖
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 4 Fo Zu Lidai Tong Zai 佛祖歷代通載 — count: 61
- Scroll 25 Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄 — 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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