| zǔ | ancestor/forefather/grandparents/surname Zu |
| 祖 | surname Zu |
| 祖上 | ancestor; forefather |
| 祖业 | ancestors' meritorious achievements |
| 祖产 | property handed down from one's ancestors; ancestral estate |
| 祖传 | passed on from ancestors handed down from generation to generation |
| 祖传家具 | Heirloom quality furniture |
| 祖传秘方 | hereditary secret formula; a secret recipe handed down from generation to generation |
| 祖传财产 | patrimony |
| 祖传遗物 | a heirloom |
| 祖先 | ancestor forebears |
| 祖先的 | ancestral; forefatherly |
| 祖冲之 | Zu Chongzhi (429-500), astronomer and mathematician |
| 祖国 |
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| 祖国光复会 | movement to restore the fatherland |
| 祖国和平统一委员会 | Committee for peaceful reunification of the fatherland (North Korean) |
| 祖坟 | ancestral tomb |
| 祖姑母 | father's father's sister great aunt |
| 祖孙 | grandparent and grandchild |
| 祖孙三代 | three generations |
| 祖宗 | ancestor forebear |