祖師爺

祖师爷
zǔshīyé
founder (of a craft, religious sect etc)

CEDICT

  1. (chiefly male) founder (of a school of learning, or sect of Buddhism or Taoism); patriarch
  2. founder (of a school of learning, or sect of Buddhism or Taoism); patriarch

Wiktionary

一派學術、技藝、宗教或行業的創始人。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 祖師 zǔshī founder (of a craft, religious sect etc)
2 爺 yé
  1. grandpa
  2. old gentleman

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創立人 chuànglìrén founder
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她不是創辦人，她是投資人。

She is not the founder, she's the investor.

Source: Tatoeba

奠基人 diànjīrén
  1. founder
  2. pioneer
奠基者 diànjīzhě
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  2. pioneer
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