Definition

Examples

• 人类共同的始祖通常被认为是非洲的早期智人。
  Rénlèi gòngtóng de shǐ zǔ tōngcháng bèi rènwéi shì Fēizhōu de zǎoqī zhìrén.
  The common ancestor of humanity is generally believed to be early Homo sapiens in Africa.
• 这本族谱记载了我们家族的始祖。
  Zhè běn zúpǔ jìzǎi le wǒmen jiāzú de shǐ zǔ.
  This genealogy records our family's earliest ancestor.
• 相传黄帝是中华民族的始祖。
  Xiāngchuán Huángdì shì Zhōnghuá mínzú de shǐ zǔ.
  Legend has it that the Yellow Emperor is the earliest ancestor of the Chinese nation.