始祖
ci2 zou2shǐ zǔ
English
- primogenitor
- (noun) Ancestor
- founder of a school or trade
- originator; progenitor; primogenitor
粵語 — Cantonese
- 好耐以前嘅祖先；一件事、一個門派嘅創辦人
Examples
後人奉老、莊為道家嘅始祖。
[ChatGPT]Later generations regarded Laozi and Zhuangzi as the founders of Taoism.
聖經話阿當同夏娃係人類嘅始祖。
According to the Bible, Adam and Eve are the primogenitors of mankind.
Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk