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宗
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- 宗
- zōng · lineage, ancestry; ancestor, clan
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Mandarin tones
1 · zong1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
zung1
Cantonese word readings for 宗. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character
- ancestral temple
- ancestors or elders of a people
- ancestors or elders of a people — One of the two suffixes of emperors' temple names.
- family
- school; sect
- main purpose
- to revere; to respect; to follow
- (historical) an administrative division in historical Tibet or in present-day Bhutan, equivalent to a county
- Classifier for things, sums of money, goods, etc.
- Classifier for cases (e.g. traffic accidents, criminal cases, medical cases, etc.).
- a surname
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