祖先 zǔ xiān ancestors / forebears / (biology) ancestral species / ancient species from which present-day species evolved syn 药片 藥片 yào piàn a (medicine) pill or tablet / CL:片[pian4] 石碑 shí bēi stele / stone tablet (for inscription) / CL:方[fang1] syn 宗庙 宗廟 zōng miào temple / ancestral shrine syn 碑文 bēi wén inscription on a tablet syn 祠堂 cí táng ancestral hall / memorial hall syn 原籍 yuán jí ancestral home (town) / birthplace syn 祖籍 zǔ jí ancestral hometown / original domicile (and civil registration) syn 祖坟 祖墳 zǔ fén ancestral tomb syn 片剂 片劑 piān jì tablet 牌位 pái wèi memorial tablet syn 庙堂 廟堂 miào táng imperial ancestral temple / imperial court / temple syn 灵位 靈位 líng wèi memorial tablet syn 金榜 jīn bǎng (lit.) tablet with inscription in gold / (fig.) pass list for the top imperial examinations / roll of honor 宗室 zōng shì imperial clan / member of the imperial clan / clansman / ancestral shrine syn 碑刻 bēi kè inscription on stone tablet 写字板 寫字板 xiě zì bǎn writing tablet / clipboard 碑记 碑記 bēi jì a record of events inscribed on a tablet syn 墓志 墓誌 mù zhì inscribed stone tablet placed in a tomb / memorial inscription on such a tablet syn 碑石 bēi shí stele / vertical stone tablet for carved inscriptions syn 拓片 tà piàn rubbings from a tablet 毓婷 yù tíng Yuting, trade name of an emergency birth control tablet containing the hormonal medication levonorgestrel 灵牌 靈牌 líng pái spirit tablet / memorial tablet syn 牌 pái signboard / plaque / plate / tablet (CL:塊|块[kuai4]) / brand / trademark (CL:個|个[ge4]) / mahjong tile / domino / playing card (CL:張|张[zhang1]) / (bound form) fixed pattern for lyrics or set melody in classical poetry or music (used in 詞牌|词牌[ci2pai2] and 曲牌[qu3pai2]) syn 额 額 é forehead / horizontal tablet or inscribed board / specified number or amount syn 庙 廟 miào temple / ancestral shrine / CL:座[zuo4] / temple fair / great imperial hall / imperial syn 圭 guī jade tablet, square at the base and rounded or pointed at the top, held by the nobility at ceremonies / sundial / (ancient unit of volume) a tiny amount / a smidgen / a speck syn 籍 jí (bound form) book / record / register / (bound form) place of one's family or ancestral records / (bound form) membership syn 穆 mù solemn / reverent / calm / burial position in an ancestral tomb (old) / old variant of 默 札 zhá thin piece of wood used a writing tablet (in ancient China) / a kind of official document (in former times) / letter / note / plague syn 碑 bēi a monument / an upright stone tablet / stele / CL:塊|块[kuai4],面[mian4] syn 传宗接代 傳宗接代 chuán zōng jiē dài to carry on one's ancestral line syn 碑铭 碑銘 bēi míng inscription on stone tablet 祢 禰 mí memorial tablet in a temple commemorating a deceased father 叶落归根 葉落歸根 yè luò guī gēn a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom) / everything has its ancestral home / In old age, an expatriate longs to return home. syn 笏 hù (old) ceremonial tablet (held by officials at an audience) 碑碣 bēi jié stone tablet (with inscription) syn 消炎片 xiāo yán piàn antipyretic tablet (to reduce fever), such as sulfanilamide 无字碑 無字碑 wú zì bēi stone tablet without inscription / blank stele 璋 zhāng jade tablet used in ceremonies, shaped like the left or right half of a "gui" 圭[gui1], also given to male infants to play with 匾 biǎn horizontal rectangular inscribed tablet hung over a door or on a wall / shallow round woven bamboo basket syn 碣 jié stone tablet syn 祧 tiāo ancestral hall 椠 槧 qiàn wooden tablet / edition 禘 dì imperial ancestral sacrifice 礿 yuè spring imperial ancestral sacrifice 长生禄位 長生祿位 cháng shēng lù wèi tablet in honor of a person who is still alive (or was alive when the tablet was created) 水净化片剂 water purification tablet / purification tablet 加热片 加熱片 heat tablet / fuel tablet 祊 bēng side altar inside ancestral temple 禴 yuè spring imperial ancestral sacrifice 祠庙 祠廟 cí miào ancestral hall / temple to one's forebears 血祭 xuè jì blood sacrifice / animal sacrifice (to a God or ancestral spirit) 谒访 謁訪 yè fǎng to pay one's respects / to visit (ancestral grave) 谒陵之旅 謁陵之旅 yè líng zhī lǚ visit to ancestral tomb 贯气 貫氣 guàn qì (feng shui) beneficial influence, esp. from one's ancestral graves / to confer a beneficial influence 谱氏 譜氏 pǔ shì family tree / ancestral records 恋念 戀念 liàn niàn to have a sentimental attachment to (a place) / to miss (one's ancestral home etc) / to be nostalgic about 树高千丈，叶落归根 樹高千丈，葉落歸根 shù gāo qiān zhàng , yè luò guī gēn fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb) / fig. everything has its ancestral home / in old age, an expatriate returns home 郡望 jùn wàng choronym (a family's region of origin, used as an indicator of superior social status in a surname-choronym combination) (For example, the Tang writer Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Han2 Yu4] is also known as 韓昌黎|韩昌黎[Han2 Chang1li2], where 韓|韩[Han2] is his surname and 昌黎[Chang1li2] is his clan's ancestral prefecture 郡[jun4].) 宗祠 zōng cí ancestral temple / clan hall syn 祖茔 祖塋 zǔ yíng ancestral tomb syn 本贯 本貫 běn guàn ancestral home / domicile of origin 祖宅 zǔ zhái ancestral house 祖屋 zǔ wū ancestral house 牓 bǎng tablet / register 碑额 碑額 bēi é the top part of a tablet 玠 jiè jade tablet indicating rank 书板 書板 shū bǎn (writing) tablet 瓛 huán (old) jade tablet or scepter held by a duke at ceremonies 挽额 挽額 wǎn é elegiac tablet 横匾 橫匾 héng biǎn horizontal tablet (for an inscription) syn 横额 橫額 héng é horizontal tablet (for an inscription) 水底写字板 水底寫字板 shuǐ dǐ xiě zì bǎn underwater writing tablet 白碑 bái bēi stone tablet without inscription / blank stele 碑座 bēi zuò pedestal for stone tablet 碑志 碑誌 bēi zhì historical record inscribed on tablet syn 头牌 頭牌 tóu pái tablet announcing the name of leading actor in a theatrical production / by extension, the lead role 平板电脑 平板電腦 píng bǎn diàn nǎo tablet computer / CL:台[tai2] 鸦片片 鴉片片 opium tablet 舌下片 shé xià piàn sublingual tablet (medicine) 石敢当 石敢當 shí gǎn dāng stone tablet erected to ward off evil spirits 移动设备 移動設備 yí dòng shè bèi mobile device (smartphone, tablet, etc) 平板手机 平板手機 píng bǎn shǒu jī phablet (hybrid between a smart phone and a tablet) / CL:台[tai2] 片剂 片劑 piàn jì (pharmacology) tablet 