Chinese words starting with “zu”
24 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable zu. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 6 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial z · final u · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 3
- 2nd tone 5
- 3rd tone 16
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 组织zǔ zhīHSK 5
to organize; organization; (biology) tissue; (textiles) weave
- 足够zú gòuHSK 3
enough; sufficient
- 组合zǔ héHSK 3
to assemble; to combine; to compose; combination; association; set; compilation; (math.) combinatorial
- 足球zú qiúHSK 3
soccer ball; a football; soccer; football
- 组成zǔ chéngHSK 2
to form; to make up; to constitute
- 组长zǔ zhǎngHSK 2
group leader
All 24 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 组 | zǔ | n,q,g,v | to form; to organize; group; team; classifier for sets, series, groups of people, batteries | |
| 2 | 阻止 | zǔ zhǐ | v,vn | to prevent; to block | |
| 3 | 租 | zū | v,g | to hire; to rent; to charter; to rent out; to lease out; rent; land tax | |
| 4 | 足 | zú | a,d,g | foot; to be sufficient; ample | |
| 5 | 族 | zú | g,q | race; nationality; ethnicity; clan; by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族) | |
| 6 | 足以 | zú yǐ | d | sufficient to...; so much so that; so that | |
| 7 | 祖国 | zǔ guó | n | motherland | |
| 8 | 组建 | zǔ jiàn | v,vn | to organize; to set up; to establish | |
| 9 | 阻碍 | zǔ ài | v,n,vn | to obstruct; to hinder; to block; obstruction; hindrance | |
| 10 | 租金 | zū jīn | n | rent | |
| 11 | 阻挡 | zǔ dǎng | v | to stop; to resist; to obstruct | |
| 12 | 租赁 | zū lìn | vn,v | to rent; to lease; to hire | |
| 13 | 祖先 | zǔ xiān | n | ancestors; forebears; (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved | |
| 14 | 祖父 | zǔ fù | n | father's father; paternal grandfather | |
| 15 | 阻力 | zǔ lì | n | resistance; drag | |
| 16 | 足迹 | zú jì | n | footprint; track; spoor | |
| 17 | 组装 | zǔ zhuāng | v,vn | to assemble; to put together | |
| 18 | 祖母 | zǔ mǔ | n | father's mother; paternal grandmother | |
| 19 | 阻挠 | zǔ náo | v,vn | to thwart; to obstruct (sth) | |
| 20 | 阻拦 | zǔ lán | v,vn | to stop; to obstruct | |
| 21 | 祖宗 | zǔ zōng | n | ancestor; forebear | |
| 22 | 祖传 | zǔ chuán | vn | passed on from ancestors; handed down from generation to generation | |
| 23 | 足智多谋 | zú zhì duō móu | v | resourceful; full of stratagems | |
| 24 | 祖籍 | zǔ jí | n | ancestral hometown; original domicile (and civil registration) |
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