祖 zǔ
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 礻 — spirit
- Made of
- 礻 spirit 且 moreover, also (post-subject)
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
祖传
zǔchuán
handed down from ancestors; hereditary
Characters in this word
传 chuán
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 专 concentrated, specialized
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这家作坊仍沿用祖传工艺，却开始用现代渠道打开市场。 Zhè jiā zuōfang réng yányòng zǔchuán gōngyì, què kāishǐ yòng xiàndài qúdào dǎkāi shìchǎng. This workshop still uses ancestral craft techniques, but has begun to open up the market through modern channels.
- 这把茶壶是祖传的，已经有一百多年的历史了。 Zhè bǎ cháhú shì zǔchuán de, yǐjīng yǒu yībǎi duō nián de lìshǐ le. This teapot was passed down from our ancestors; it already has a history of more than a hundred years.
- 他开了一家祖传药铺，专门卖中药。 Tā kāi le yī jiā zǔchuán yàopù, zhuānmén mài zhōngyào. He opened a medicine shop inherited from his ancestors that specialises in traditional Chinese medicines.
Related words
- 祖国 zǔguó motherland
- 祖先 zǔxiān ancestors
- 祖父 zǔfù paternal grandfather; grandfather
- 祖籍 zǔjí ancestral home; place of origin
- 祖母 zǔmǔ grandmother; paternal grandmother
- 祖宗 zǔzong ancestors; forebears
- 传 chuán to pass on; to spread
- 传播 chuánbō to spread; to transmit
- 传来 chuánlái to come through; to be heard
- 传说 chuánshuō legend
- 宣传 xuānchuán to promote; to publicize
- 传统 chuántǒng tradition; traditional