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
- 满祖室哩(滿祖室哩) Manjusri
- 马祖(馬祖) Mazu ; Mazu [deity] ; Mazu [Islands] ; Mazu
- 七祖 seven patriarchs
- 第二十三祖鹤勒那(第二十三祖鶴勒那) the Twenty-Third Patriarch, Haklena
- 须在个中寻祖意 谁知此地即灵山(須在個中尋祖意 誰知此地即靈山) Should one seek the Patriarch's heart elsewhere; Who is to tell that a place of spirituality is right here.
- 第十七祖僧伽难提(第十七祖僧伽難提) the Seventeenth Patriarch, Sanghanandi
- 第三祖商那和修 the Third Patriarch, Sānakavāsa
- 华严宗三祖(華嚴宗三祖) third patriarch of the Huayan school
- 竺道祖 Zhu Daozu
- 白法祖 Bai Fa Zu
- 禅宗三祖(禪宗三祖) third patriarch of the Chan school
- 第四祖优波毱多(第四祖優波毱多) the Fourth Patriarch, Upagupta
- 呵佛骂祖(呵佛罵祖) scold the Buddhas and curse the patriarchs
- 第十九祖鸠摩罗多(第十九祖鳩摩羅多) the Nineteenth Patriarch, Kumorata
- 马祖语录(馬祖語錄) Mazu Daoyi Chanshi Guanglu; Mazu Yulu
- 南天祖承摩醯首罗之文(南天祖承摩醯首羅之文) in Southern India the script of Maheshvara was passed down
- 第十四祖龙树(第十四祖龍樹) the Thirteenth Patriarch, Nāgārjuna
- 佛祖统纪(佛祖統紀) Chronicle of Buddhas and Patriarchs; A Chronicle of Buddhism in China
- 第二十五祖婆舍斯多 the Twenty-Fifth Patriarch, Bashyashita
- 第十六祖罗睺罗多(第十六祖羅睺羅多) the Sixteenth Patriarch, Rahulata
- 天台九祖传(天台九祖傳) Tiantai Jiu Zu Zhuan
- 祖庭事苑 Lexicon of the Ancestral Garden
Also contained in
保卫祖国 、 吕祖 、 祖逖 、 直系祖先 、 数典忘祖 、 开山鼻祖 、 伯叔祖母 、 曾外祖母 、 英祖 、 开山祖师 、 祖传 、 显祖 、 光宗耀祖 、 帝世祖 、 外祖母 、 祖语 、 荣宗耀祖 、 始祖鸟 、 汤显祖 、 陈祖义 、 曾外祖父 、 正祖 、 曾祖 、 祖鸟 、 祖师爷 、 圣祖 、 彭祖 、 巴祖卡 、 祖德
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 1 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 178
- 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: 89
- 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: 64
- 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 Da Hui Pu Jue Chan Shi Zong Men Wu Ku 大慧普覺禪師宗門武庫 — count: 55
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: 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
- 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