祖zou2先sin1

English

1. ancestors; forebears
2. ancestry; ancestor
3. (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 家庭、家族入面過咗身嘅先前嘅世代（量詞：個）

Examples

• 拜祖先

  to worship one's ancestors

• 你祖先係咩人？

  Where did your ancestors come from?

• 我祖先係客家人。

  My ancestors are Hakka people.

• 喺新加坡，潮州話仍然係好多新加坡人嘅祖先語言，潮州血統係新加坡第二大群體，繼福佬之後。

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• 美洲印第安人嘅後代會永遠記得導致佢哋喺祖先嘅土地上完全噉被滅絕晒，無論其他人唱啲咩歌關於美國歷史嘅「光輝」。

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• 她編織的籃子的樣式，與她生活在沙漠中收穫水果和蔬​​菜的祖先相同。

  She weaves her baskets in the same style as her ancestors who lived in the desert and harvested fruit and vegetables.

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