Character breakdown
Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.
How to learn 祖祠
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.
Words with the same characters
Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.
motherland
祖先zǔxiānancestors; forebears; (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved
祖传zǔchuánpassed on from ancestors; handed down from generation to generation
祖父zǔfùfather's father; paternal grandfather
祖籍zǔjíancestral hometown; original domicile (and civil registration)
祖母zǔmǔfather's mother; paternal grandmother