zǔ xiān

HSK 7–9

祖先 (zǔ xiān) is a Chinese word meaning “ancestors; forebears; (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved”.

Meanings

  1. 1ancestors; forebears
  2. 2(biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved
Part of speech
noun

Characters in 祖先

祖zǔ · ancestor先xiān · beforehand; first; earlier

Related words

先生teacher先beforehand; first; earlier首先first of all; in the first place领先to lead祖母father's mother; paternal grandmother事先in advance祖父father's father先进sophisticated; advanced (technology etc)先知a person of foresight优先to have priority; to take precedence祖国motherland先前before; previously

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