| 祖 |
zǔ chuán | passed on from ancestors / handed down from generation to generation |
| 祖 |
Zǔ | surname Zu |
| 祖 |
zǔ | ancestor / forefather / grandparents |
| 传 |
chuán | to pass on / to spread / to transmit / to infect / to transfer / to circulate / to conduct (electricity) |
| 传 |
zhuàn | biography / historical narrative / commentaries / relay station |