# 祖父 (zǔfù)

In Mandarin Chinese, 祖父 (zǔfù) means “grandfather (paternal)”. It is part of the HSK 6 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: grandfather (paternal)
- Pinyin: zǔfù (zu3 fu4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 6
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 我的祖父喜欢喝茶看报。
  Wǒ de zǔfù xǐhuan hēchá kànbào.
  My grandfather likes drinking tea and reading newspapers.

## Characters

- 祖 (zǔ): ancestor; forefather
- 父 (fù): father; male relative of father's generation (as in 伯父)

https://hanziro.com/word/zu-fu-grandfather/

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