to hold; to contain; to grasp; to take hold of; a handle; particle marking the following noun as a direct object; classifier for objects with handle[cedict]
handle[cedict]
祖先
zǔ xiānㄗㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄢ
ancestor; forebears[cedict]
种
zhǒngㄓㄨㄥˇ
zhòngㄓㄨㄥˋ
seed; breed; species; race; strain; kind; type; sort; classifier meaning kind, type, sort; classifier for languages[cedict]
to plant; to grow; to cultivate[cedict]
的
deㄉㄜ˙
díㄉㄧˊ
dìㄉㄧˋ
of; structural particle: used before a noun, linking it to preceding possessive or descriptive attributive[cedict]