元太祖

Mandarin · pinyin Yuán Tài zǔ

Meanings

  1. posthumous title of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗 Chéng jí sī hán (1162-1227)
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元
yuán · first; dollar; origin; head
太
tài · very, too, much; big; extreme
祖
zǔ · ancestor, forefather; grandfather
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2–4–3 · Yuan2 Tai4 zu3

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jyun4 taai3 zou2

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