太祖

Tàizǔ
  1. (by extension, slang, neologism) a nickname for Mao Zedong
  2. Founding Ancestor (temple name used for Chinese emperors who founded a particular dynasty, or Korean monarchs who founded the Goryeo and Joseon dynasties)
  3. a nickname for Mao Zedong

Wiktionary

Homographs

太祖 tàizǔ Great Ancestor (posthumous title, e.g. for the founder of a dynasty)

Entry Composition

=1 太 tài
  1. highest
  2. greatest
  3. too (much)
  4. very
  5. extremely
=1 太 tā
  1. (Korean Classical Chinese) soybean
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 太末
  3. only used in 太末
  4. soybean
=2 祖 Zǔ surname Zu
=2 祖 zǔ
  1. ancestor
  2. forefather
  3. grandparents

Containing this entry

元太祖 Yuán Tàizǔ posthumous title of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗 Chéngjísīhán (1162-1227)
宋太祖 Sòng Tàizǔ Emperor Taizu of Song, posthumous title of the founding Song emperor Zhao Kuangyin 赵匡胤 (927-976), reigned from 960
清太祖 Qīng Tàizǔ posthumous title of Nurhaci 努尔哈赤 Nǔěrhāchì (1559-1626), founder and first Khan of the Manchu Later Jin dynasty 后金 Hòu Jīn (from 1616)