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宗
Mandarin: zong1
Definitions
  1. 1 school
  2. 2 sect
  3. 3 purpose
  4. 4 model
  5. 5 ancestor
  6. 6 clan
  7. 7 to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work)
  8. 8 classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs
  9. 9 lineage
  10. 10 ancestry
  11. 11 great master
  12. 12 # adapted from cc-cedict
Words containing 宗
89宗罪
the purported 89 transgressions of 港女 (HK females)
淨土宗
Pure Land Buddhism (branch of Mahayana Buddhism)
黃宗澤
Bosco Wong Chung-chak, a Hong Kong actor
宗法
a political system in ancient China, which is based on consanguinity
祖宗
ancestor, forebear
譚耀宗
Tam Yiu-chung, name of a politician in Hong Kong
宗族
clan
教宗本篤十六世
Pope Benedict XVI
梁宗岱
Liang Zongdai, a Chinese poet in the 20th century
禪宗
[Mahayana Buddhism] Zen
扭計祖宗
noun; the mischief makers, good at trick, bad at ideas; children who cries and p
光宗耀祖
glorify and illuminate one's ancestors, to bring honor to one's forefathers
師宗
Shizong (place in Yunnan)
宗筋
penis (in Chinese medicine), lit., the "progenitorial sinew"
宗派
(religious) sect; denomination
宗旨
objective; aim; goal
宗教改革
(Protestant) Reformation
傳宗接代
produce male offspring to continue the family line
同宗
from the same ancestor
教宗
the Roman Catholic Pope; Supreme Pontiff; also called 教皇
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