"Ancestors" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 祖先 | zǔ xiān | ancestors / forebears / (biology) ancestral species / ancient species from which present-day species evolved |   |
| 先祖 | xiān zǔ | (literary) my deceased grandfather / (literary) ancestors | |
| 先辈 | xiān bèi | an older generation / ancestors / forefathers | |
| 祖辈 | zǔ bèi | ancestors / forefathers / ancestry | |
| 老辈 | lǎo bèi | the older generation / ancestors | |
| 上辈 | shàng bèi | ancestors / one's elders | |
| 显祖 | xiǎn zǔ | ancestors (old) | |
| 祭祀 | jì sì | to offer sacrifices to the gods or ancestors | |
| 祖传 | zǔ chuán | passed on from ancestors / handed down from generation to generation | |
| 回老家 | huí lǎo jiā | to go back to one's roots / to return to one's native place / by ext. to join one's ancestors (i.e. to die) | |
| 上辈子 | shàng bèi zi | one's ancestors / past generations / a former incarnation | |
| 祭祖 | jì zǔ | to offer sacrifices to one's ancestors | |
| 拜祭 | bài jì | to worship / to observe religious rites / to pay one's respects (to one's ancestors etc) | |
| 光宗耀祖 | guāng zōng yào zǔ | to bring honor to one's ancestors | |
| 回纥 | Huí hé | Huihe, ancient name of an ethnic group who were the ancestors of the Uyghurs 維吾爾族|维吾尔族[Wei2wu2er3zu2] and the Yugurs 裕固族[Yu4gu4zu2] | |
| 坟茔 | fén yíng | grave / tomb / graveyard / cemetery / fig. one's native place (where one's ancestors are buried) | |
| 祫 |  xiá | triennial sacrifice to ancestors | |
| 祔 | fù | worship ancestors | |
| 光前裕后 | guāng qián yù hòu | to bring honor to one's ancestors and benefit future generations (idiom) | |
| 数典忘祖 | shǔ diǎn wàng zǔ | to recount history but omit one's ancestors (idiom) / to forget one's roots | |
| 荣宗耀祖 | róng zōng yào zǔ | to bring honor to one's ancestors (idiom) / also written 光宗耀祖 | |
| 索国 | Suǒ Guó | Somalia / Somaliland / (Tw) Solomon Islands / Suoguo, a state recorded in the Chinese historical texts, said to have been established by the ancestors of the Göktürks | |
| 回鹘 | Huí hú | Huihu, ancient name of an ethnic group who were the ancestors of the Uyghurs 維吾爾族|维吾尔族[Wei2wu2er3zu2] and the Yugurs 裕固族[Yu4gu4zu2] | |
| 祖鸟类 | zǔ niǎo lèi | dinosaur ancestors of birds | |
| 积祖 | jī zǔ | many generations of ancestors | |
| 谱牒 | pǔ dié | genealogical record / record of ancestors / family tree | |
| 先君 | xiān jūn | my late father / my ancestors / the late emperor | |
| 祖祠 | zǔ cí | shrine dedicated to one's ancestors | |
