Chinese Vocabulary
祖先
ancestor
祖先
zǔxiān3rd tone
- Pinyin
- zǔxiān
- Strokes
- 15
- In episodes
- 1
Stroke order for 祖先
祖先 is written with 15 strokes (祖: 9, 先: 6). The animation replays automatically.
Usage
HSK 3. 我们的祖先 — our ancestors.
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他们的孩子，也是我们的祖先。
Their children are our ancestors too.
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