shǐ

common
noun

Meaning of 始祖

始祖 means earliest ancestor with verifiable lineage; founder of a school of thought or industry. Pronounced shǐ zǔ.

  • earliest ancestor with verifiable lineage
  • founder of a school of thought or industry

Definitions & Examples

Huáng
bèi
zūn
wéi
Zhōng
huá
mín
de
shǐ
 

The Yellow Emperor is revered as the earliest ancestor of the Chinese nation.

Zhè
zuò
táng
gòng
fèng
zhe
men
jiā
de
shǐ
 

This ancestral hall enshrines the founding ancestor of our clan.

Kǎo
xué
jiā
xiàn
le
zhè
ge
wáng
cháo
shǐ
de
líng
 

Archaeologists discovered the tomb of the dynasty's founding ancestor.