始祖
shǐ zǔ
Pinyin

Definition

始祖
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shǐ zǔ
  1. primogenitor
  2. founder of a school or trade

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

开始
kāi shǐ
  1. 1 to begin
  2. 2 beginning
  3. 3 to start
  4. 4 initial
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
伊始
yī shǐ
  1. 1 outset
  2. 2 beginning
佛祖
Fó zǔ
  1. 1 Buddha
  2. 2 founder of a buddhist sect
创始人
chuàng shǐ rén
  1. 1 creator
  2. 2 founder
  3. 3 initiator
原始
yuán shǐ
  1. 1 first
  2. 2 original
  3. 3 primitive
  4. 4 original (document etc)
始
shǐ
  1. 1 to begin
  2. 2 to start
  3. 3 then
  4. 4 only then
始终
shǐ zhōng
  1. 1 from beginning to end
  2. 2 all along
宋祖英
Sòng Zǔ yīng
  1. 1 Song Zuying (1966-), Chinese folk music singer
祖
Zǔ
  1. 1 surname Zu
祖先
zǔ xiān
  1. 1 ancestor
  2. 2 forebears
祖国
zǔ guó
  1. 1 motherland
祖宗
zǔ zōng
  1. 1 ancestor
  2. 2 forebear
一元复始
yī yuán fù shǐ
  1. 1 a new year begins (idiom)
元世祖
Yuán Shì zǔ
  1. 1 lit. progenitor of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), title of Khubilai Khan (1215-1294), first Yuan dynasty emperor, reigned 1260-1294
先祖
xiān zǔ
  1. 1 deceased grandfather
  2. 2 ancestry
光宗耀祖
guāng zōng yào zǔ
  1. 1 to bring honor to one's ancestors
初始
chū shǐ
  1. 1 initial
  2. 2 starting (point)
初始化
chū shǐ huà
  1. 1 (computing) to initialize
  2. 2 initialization
创始
chuàng shǐ
  1. 1 to initiate
  2. 2 to found
创始者
chuàng shǐ zhě
  1. 1 creator
  2. 2 initiator

Idioms (13)

一元复始
yī yuán fù shǐ
  1. 1 a new year begins (idiom)
善始善终
shàn shǐ shàn zhōng
  1. 1 where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth
  2. 2 to carry things through
  3. 3 I started, so I'll finish.
报本反始
bào běn fǎn shǐ
  1. 1 ensure that you pay debts of gratitude (idiom)
始作俑者
shǐ zuò yǒng zhě
  1. 1 lit. the first person to bury funerary dolls (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the originator of an evil practice
始料未及
shǐ liào wèi jí
  1. 1 not expected at the outset (idiom)
  2. 2 unforeseen
  3. 3 to be surprised by the turn of events
始终如一
shǐ zhōng rú yī
  1. 1 unswerving from start to finish (idiom)
数典忘祖
shǔ diǎn wàng zǔ
  1. 1 to recount history but omit one's ancestors (idiom); to forget one's roots
有始有终
yǒu shǐ yǒu zhōng
  1. 1 where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth
  2. 2 to carry things through
  3. 3 I started, so I'll finish.
有始无终
yǒu shǐ wú zhōng
  1. 1 to start but not finish (idiom); to fail to carry things through
  2. 2 lack of sticking power
  3. 3 short attention span
荣宗耀祖
róng zōng yào zǔ
  1. 1 to bring honor to one's ancestors (idiom)
  2. 2 also written 光宗耀祖
终而复始
zhōng ér fù shǐ
  1. 1 lit. the end comes back to the start (idiom); the wheel comes full circle
自始至终
zì shǐ zhì zhōng
  1. 1 from start to finish (idiom)
周而复始
zhōu ér fù shǐ
  1. 1 lit. the cycle comes back to the start (idiom); to move in circles
  2. 2 the wheel comes full circle

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