| 1 | 祖国 | 祖國 | zǔ guó | zu3 guo2 | motherland | | |
| 2 | 祖先 | 祖先 | zǔ xiān | zu3 xian1 | ancestor; forebears | | |
| 3 | 祖宗 | 祖宗 | zǔ zōng | zu3 zong1 | ancestor; forebear | | |
| 4 | 祖父 | 祖父 | zǔ fù | zu3 fu4 | father's father; paternal grandfather | | |
| 5 | 祖母 | 祖母 | zǔ mǔ | zu3 mu3 | father's mother; paternal grandmother | | |
| 6 | 祖 | 祖 | zǔ | Zu3 | ancestor; forefather; grandparents; surname Zu | | |
| 7 | 祖茔 | 祖塋 | zǔ yíng | zu3 ying2 | ancestral tomb | | |
| 8 | 回祖归宗 | 回祖歸宗 | huí zǔ guī zōng | hui2 zu3 gui1 zong1 | to regress to one's forefathers (idiom) | | |
| 9 | 明成祖 | 明成祖 | míng chéng zǔ | Ming2 Cheng2 zu3 | Ming Chengzu, Temple name of third Ming Emperor Yongle 永乐 | | |
| 10 | 马祖列岛 | 馬祖列島 | mǎ zǔ liè dǎo | Ma3 zu3 Lie4 dao3 | Matsu Islands | | |
| 11 | 马祖 | 馬祖 | mǎ zǔ | Ma3 zu3 | Matsu Islands off Fujian, administered by Taiwan | | |
| 12 | 历祖历宗 | 歷祖歷宗 | lì zǔ lì zōng | li4 zu3 li4 zong1 | ancestors (idiom) | | |
| 13 | 开山祖师 | 開山祖師 | kāi shān zǔ shī | kai1 shan1 zu3 shi1 | founding master of a monastery; founder; originator | | |
| 14 | 开山鼻祖 | 開山鼻祖 | kāi shān bí zǔ | kai1 shan1 bi2 zu3 | founder | | |
| 15 | 家祖 | 家祖 | jiā zǔ | jia1 zu3 | (polite) my paternal grandfather | | |
| 16 | 积祖 | 積祖 | jī zǔ | ji1 zu3 | many generations of ancestors | | |
| 17 | 诃佛骂祖 | 訶佛罵祖 | hē fó mà zǔ | he1 fo2 ma4 zu3 | to curse at Buddha; to want to do better than one's ancestors (idiom) | | |
| 18 | 汉高祖刘邦 | 漢高祖劉邦 | hàn gāo zǔ liú bāng | Han4 Gao1 zu3 Liu2 Bang1 | Liu Bang (256 or 247-195 BC), first Han emperor, reigned 207-195 BC | | |
| 19 | 汉高祖 | 漢高祖 | hàn gāo zǔ | Han4 Gao1 zu3 | posthumous name of the first Han emperor Liu Bang 刘邦 (256 or 247-195 BC), reigned 202-195 BC | | |
| 20 | 高祖母 | 高祖母 | gāo zǔ mǔ | gao1 zu3 mu3 | great-great-grandmother | | |
| 21 | 高祖父 | 高祖父 | gāo zǔ fù | gao1 zu3 fu4 | great-great-grandfather | | |
| 22 | 伯叔祖母 | 伯叔祖母 | bó shū zǔ mǔ | bo2 shu1 zu3 mu3 | father's father's brother's wife; great aunt | | |
| 23 | 伯叔祖父 | 伯叔祖父 | bó shū zǔ fù | bo2 shu1 zu3 fu4 | father's father's brother; great uncle | | |
| 24 | 祖祖辈辈 | 祖祖輩輩 | zǔ zǔ bèi bèi | zu3 zu3 bei4 bei4 | for generations; from generation to generation | | |
| 25 | 保卫祖国 | 保衛祖國 | bǎo wèi zǔ guó | bao3 wei4 zu3 guo2 | to defend one's country | | |