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清太祖

Mandarin · pinyin Qīng Tài zǔ

posthumous title of Nurhaci 努爾哈赤 Nǔ ěr hā chì (1559-1626), founder and first Khan of the Manchu Later Jin dynasty 後金 Hòu Jīn (from 1616)

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清: qīng · clear, pure, clean; peaceful
太: tài · very, too, much; big; extreme
祖: zǔ · ancestor, forefather; grandfather

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1–4–3 · Qing1 Tai4 zu3

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cing1 taai3 zou2

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