祖师

祖師
zǔshī
founder (of a craft, religious sect etc)

CEDICT

founder (of a school of learning, or sect of Buddhism or Taoism); patriarch

Wiktionary

一派学术、技艺、宗教或行业的创始人。

重編國語辭典

  1. 宗派、寺庙的开创者或传承者
  2. 思想、学问、技巧、职业等的开创者
  3. 特指清水祖师
  4. 特指菩提达摩

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 祖 zǔ
  1. ancestor
  2. forefather
  3. grandparents
2 师 shī
  1. teacher
  2. master
  3. expert
  4. model
  5. army division
  6. (old) troops
  7. to dispatch troops

Containing this entry

祖师爷 zǔshīyé founder (of a craft, religious sect etc)
开山祖师 kāishānzǔshī
  1. founding master of a monastery
  2. founder
  3. originator
祖师殿 zǔshīdiàn

Related entries

创立人 chuànglìrén founder
创立者 chuànglìzhě founder
创办人 chuàngbànrén founder (of an institution etc)
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
  1. founder
  2. pioneer
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