宗 zōng

1. zōng noun school; sect
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 宗派, especially a Buddhist school (Kroll 2015 '宗' 5, p. 630; NCCED '宗' 3)
2. zōng noun ancestor
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 祖宗 or 祖先 (ABC 'zōng' 宗 bf 1; GHC '宗' 2; Kroll 2015 '宗' 1, p. 630; NCCED '宗' 1)
3. zōng measure word a measure word for transaction or business related things
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: For example, used for 款子 'a sum of money' (ABC 'zōng' 宗 m; GHC '宗' 5; NCCED '宗' 7)
4. zōng verb to take as one's model as
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (ABC 'zōng' 宗 bf 10; NCCED '宗' 5)
5. zōng noun purpose
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (ABC 'zōng' 宗 bf 3; NCCED '宗' 4)
6. zōng noun an ancestral temple
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 宗 is synonymous with 祖庙 in this sense (ABC 'zōngm' 宗 bf 6; GHC '宗' 1; Kroll 2015 '宗' 1b, p. 630). Etymology: 宗,尊祖庙也。 'Zong: the temple of a respected ancestor.' (Shuo Wen)
7. zōng verb to respect; to revere; to admire; to honor
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 宗 is synonymous with 尊崇 in this sense (ABC 'zōng' 宗 bf 8; GHC '宗' 3; Kroll 2015 '宗' 2, p. 630)
8. zōng noun clan; family
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 同族 or 宗族 (ABC 'zōng' 宗 bf 2; GHC '宗' 4; Kroll 2015 '宗' 1a; NCCED '宗' 2)
9. zōng noun a model
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (ABC 'zōng' 宗 bf 5; Kroll 2015 '宗' 3, p. 630; NCCED '宗' 6)
10. zōng noun a county
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Administration
    Notes: In the sense of 县, used in Tibet (ABC 'zōng' 宗 n 1; NCCED 2 '宗')
11. zōng noun religion
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'zōng' 宗 bf 7)
12. zōng adjective essential; necessary
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '宗' 3a, p. 630)
13. zōng noun summation
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '宗' 3b, p. 630)
14. zōng verb a visit by feudal lords
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '宗' 4, p. 630)
15. zōng proper noun Zong
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (ABC 'zōng' 宗 n 2; GHC '宗' 6)

Contained in

• 联宗(聯宗) combined branches of a clan
• 宗派 sect; faction; school
• 传宗接代(傳宗接代) to carry on one's ancestral line
• 宗教音乐(宗教音樂) religious music
• 白山宗 Sufi sect
• 安立甘宗 Anglicanism
• 光宗耀祖 to bring honor to one's ancestors
• 世界宗教 world religions
• 宗庙(宗廟) ancestral temple; ancestral shrine ; Jongmyo
• 宗教团(宗教團) religious order; religious grouping
• 万变不离其宗(萬變不離其宗) many superficial changes but no departure from the original stand
• 宗教自由 freedom of religion
• 非宗教 secular (society); non-religious (party)
• 宗支 branches of the same clan
• 宗师(宗師) a great master ; a great scholar ; an educational administrator
• 大宗 an influential family of long standing ; wife of a patriarch ; a large amount
• 太乙金华宗旨(太乙金華宗旨) The Secret of the Golden Flower, a classic of Chinese Taoism published in the late 17th century
• 吠陀宗教 Vedic Brahmanism
• 宗地 parcel of land

Also contained in

睿宗 、 浙江省社会科学院宗教研究中心 、 高丽元宗 、 广宗 、 棄宗弄贊 、 清太宗 、 唐太宗 、 宋恭宗 、 宋英宗 、 高丽毅宗 、 完颜宗峻 、 宁宗 、 辽世宗 、 宋徽宗 、 广宗县 、 代宗 、 宋哲宗 、 唐僖宗 、 元明宗 、 宋理宗 、 师宗县 、 陶宗仪 、 唐昭宗 、 宣宗 、 唐宪宗 、 师宗 、 真宗皇帝 、 唐德宗 、 宗主 、 唐懿宗 、 唐肃宗 、 高丽定宗

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• 卷七十六　列傳第十四:　太宗諸子 宗磐(本名蒲魯虎) 宗固(本名胡魯) 宗本(本名阿魯，附:蕭玉) 杲本名斜也 子:宗義(本名孛吉) 阿虎里 宗幹本名斡本 子:充(本名神土懣 子:永元(本名元奴)) 兗(本名梧桐) 襄(本名永慶) 袞(本名蒲甲) Volume 76 Biographies 14: Tai Zong sons - Zong Pan (formerly named Puluhu), Zong Gu (formerly named Hulu), Zong Ben (formerly named Alu, relative: Xiaoyu), Gao formerly named Xieye, son: Zongyi (formerly named Beiji), A Huli, Zong Gan formerly named Woben, son: Chong (formerly named Shentumen, son: yongyuan (formerly named Yuannu), Yan (formerly named Wutong), Xiang (formerly named Yongqing), Gun (formerly named pujia) History of Jin 金史 — count: 182
• 卷七十四　列傳第十二:　宗翰本名粘罕 子:斜哥 宗望本名斡離不 子:齊 京 文 Volume 74 Biographies 12: Zong Han formerly named Zhanhan, son: Xiege, Zong Wang formerly named Wo Libu, sons: Qi, Jing, Wen History of Jin 金史 — count: 169
• 卷二百四十五 列傳第四 宗室二 Volume 245 Biographies 4: Imperial Clan 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 143
• 卷七十七　列傳第十五:　宗弼本名兀朮，子:亨(本名孛迭) 張邦昌 劉豫 昌本名撻懶 Volume 77 Biographies 15: Zong Bi formerly named Wupai, son: Heng (formerly named Beidie), Zhang Bangchang, Liu Yu, Chang formerly named Talan History of Jin 金史 — count: 120
• 卷七十三　列傳第十一:　阿離合懣子:晏(本名斡論)，孫:宗尹(本名阿里罕) 宗甯(本名阿土古) 宗道本名八十 宗雄本名謀良虎，子:阿鄰 按荅海 希尹本名穀神，孫:守貞(本名左靨) 守能(本名胡刺) Volume 73 Biographies 11: Ali Hemen and son: Yan (formerly named Wolun), grandson: Zongyin (formerly named Alihan), Zong Ning (formerly named Atugu), Zong Dao formerly named bashi, Zong Xiong formerly named Mou Lianghu, son: Alin, An Dahai, Xi Yin formerly named Gushen, son: Shouzhen (formerly named Zuoye), Shou Neng (formerly named Huci) History of Jin 金史 — count: 118
• 第五十三回 Chapter 53 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 113
• 卷一百四十七 志第一百 儀衞五 Volume 147 Treatises 100: Ceremonial Guards 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 106
• 卷三 　本紀第三:　太宗 Volume 3 Annals 3: Taizong History of Jin 金史 — count: 103
• 卷二百四十三 列傳第二 后妃下 Volume 243 Biographies 2: Empresses and Consorts 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 96
• 卷二百五十 列傳第一百三十八 孫承宗 Volume 250 Biographies 138: Sun Chengzong History of Ming 明史 — count: 94

Collocations

• 宗子 (宗子) 宗子維城 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧板 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Ban — count: 18
• 伯宗 (伯宗) 伯宗曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 9
• 宗妇 (宗婦) 公與文姜宗婦命之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 7
• 宗祧 (宗祧) 失守宗祧 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 7
• 祝宗 (祝宗) 使其祝宗祈死曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 6
• 宗人 (宗人) 授宗人同 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 顧命 Zhou Shu - Testamentary Charge — count: 5
• 陈宗 (陳宗) 陳宗豎出奔楚 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 5
• 宗鲁 (宗魯) 齊豹見宗魯於公孟 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4
• 宗曰 (宗曰) 上宗曰 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 顧命 Zhou Shu - Testamentary Charge — count: 4
• 宗国 (宗國) 閔其宗國顛覆 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄘‧載馳 Lessons from the states - Odes of Yong - Zai Chi — count: 3