高祖父

gāozǔfù
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 great-great-grandfather
  2. 2 father's great-grandfather

Examples

HSK 7-9
Wǒ de gāozǔfù shì yí wèi lángzhōng.
My great-great-grandfather was a doctor of traditional medicine.
HSK 7-9
Ànzhào jiāpǔ de jìzǎi, gāozǔfù nà yí bèi cóng Shāndōng bāndào le Dōngběi.
According to the family genealogy, my great-great-grandfather's generation moved from Shandong to the northeast.

Tips

usage
The ladder of forefathers runs 祖父 (grandfather), 曾祖父 (great-grandfather), 高祖父 (great-great-grandfather). The two-character 高祖 means the same but is the formal word of genealogies.

Stroke Order

高 gāo
祖 zǔ
父 fù