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祖父

zǔ fù

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

祖父 (zǔ fù) means "father's father; paternal grandfather". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 祖父 means

1. father's father
2. paternal grandfather

The characters in 祖父

• 祖zǔancestor; forefather; grandparents
• 父fù(bound form) father; (bound form) male relative of father's generation…

Example sentences

• 我的祖父早起。
  My grandfather gets up early.
• 我的祖父很长寿。
  Wǒ de zǔfù hěn chángshòu.
  My grandfather lived a long life.
• 我的祖父是警察。
  My grandfather was a policeman.
• 我的祖父死于二战。
  Wǒ de zǔfù sǐ yú èrzhàn.
  My grandfather died in the Second World War.
• 我的祖父非常健康。
  My grandfather is very healthy.
• 我的祖父来自大阪。
  My grandfather comes from Osaka.

Words starting with 祖父

• 祖父母zǔ fù mǔpaternal grandparents
• 祖父辈zǔ fù bèipeople of one's grandparents' generation

Words containing 祖父

• 外祖父wài zǔ fùmaternal grandfather (i.e. mother's father)
• 曾祖父zēng zǔ fùfather's father's father; paternal great-grandfather
• 高祖父gāo zǔ fùgreat-great-grandfather
• 曾外祖父zēng wài zǔ fùgreat-grandfather (mother's grandfather)
• 曾祖父母zēng zǔ fù mǔgreat-grandparents
• 伯叔祖父bó shū zǔ fùfather's father's brother; great uncle

Where 祖父 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · zhuó–zú (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zǔ fù correctly.
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