祖先 zǔxiān▶ Ancestros

Stroke order

祖先 is written in 15 strokes across 2 characters.

• 祖 — 9 strokes
• 先 — 6 strokes

Senses

1. ancestors; forebears
2. (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved

Related words

• 优先primero
• 先前previamente
• 先进avanzado
• 原先Original
• 祖国Patria
• 祖父abuelo

祖先 is pronounced zǔxiān and means “Ancestros”. HSK 6 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 祖先 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.