宗 (zōng) means Ancestor (clan - school - purpose). Below are 6 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
这家店做的是正 宗 的川菜。
Zhè jiā diàn zuò de shì zhèngzōng de chuāncài.
This restaurant serves authentic Sichuan food.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 正宗
他学的是正 宗 的传统技法。
Tā xué de shì zhèngzōng de chuántǒng jìfǎ.
What he learned is the orthodox traditional technique.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 正宗
服务读者是图书馆的 宗 旨。
Fúwù dúzhě shì túshūguǎn de zōngzhǐ.
Serving readers is the library's guiding aim.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 宗旨
这本书介绍了世界主要 宗 教。
Zhè běn shū jièshào le shìjiè zhǔyào zōngjiào.
This book introduces the world's major religions.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 宗教
每个人都有 宗 教信仰的自由。
Měi ge rén dōu yǒu zōngjiào xìnyǎng de zìyóu.
Everyone has freedom of religious belief.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 宗教
这个组织的 宗 旨是帮助儿童。
Zhège zǔzhī de zōngzhǐ shì bāngzhù értóng.
This organisation's purpose is to help children.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 宗旨
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Words that contain 宗
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Questions about 宗
How is 宗 used in a sentence?
This page shows 6 sentences using 宗 (zōng, "Ancestor (clan - school - purpose)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 宗 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 宗 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 宗?
The dictionary page for 宗 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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