祖先

Chinese

		ancestor; forefather; grandparents	early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first
simp. and trad. (祖先)		祖	先
anagram		先祖

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǔxiān

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zou² sin¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chú-siên
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): chó͘-sian

(Teochew, Peng'im): zou² soin¹ / zou² sain¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǔxiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǔsian
  - Wade–Giles: tsu³-hsien¹
  - Yale: dzǔ-syān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuushian
  - Palladius: цзусянь (czusjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕjɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zou² sin¹
  - Yale: jóu sīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² sin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zou² xin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ siːn⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    早先
    祖先
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chú-siên
  - Hakka Romanization System: zu` xien´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zu³ xian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡su³¹ ɕi̯en²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chó͘-sian
  - Tâi-lô: tsóo-sian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zofsiefn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕiɛn³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɛn⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zou² soin¹ / zou² sain¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsóu soiⁿ / tsóu saiⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou⁵²⁻³⁵ sõĩ³³/, /t͡sou⁵²⁻³⁵ sãĩ³³/

Note: zou2 sain1 - Jieyang.

Noun

祖先

ancestors; forebears; forefathers; progenitor

Synonyms

Synonyms of 祖先

先人 (xiānrén)
先代 (xiāndài) (literary)
先古 (xiāngǔ) (literary)
先君 (xiānjūn) (literary)
先祖 (xiānzǔ) (literary)
公婆 (Min Nan)
父祖 (fùzǔ) (literary)
皇考 (huángkǎo) (archaic)
祖上 (zǔshàng)

祖宗 (zǔzōng)
老祖宗 (lǎozǔzong)
上輩／上辈 (shàngbèi)
上輩子／上辈子 (shàngbèizi)
先輩／先辈 (xiānbèi)
公媽／公妈 (Min Nan)
早勻／早匀 (Min Nan)
老輩／老辈 (lǎobèi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
祖	先
そ Grade: 5	せん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
祖先 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) そせん [sóꜜsèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [so̞sẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

祖(そ)先(せん) • (sosen)

ancestor

Synonyms

先祖(せんぞ) (senzo)

Antonyms

子孫(しそん) (shison): descendant, scion

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
祖	先

Noun

祖先 • (joseon) (hangeul 조선)

Hanja form^? of 조선 (“ancestor”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
祖	先

Noun

祖先

chữ Hán form of tổ tiên (“ancestor”).

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