祖父

Chinese

ancestral father
simp. and trad.
(祖父)
祖 父
anagram 父祖

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 祖 父
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial (聲) 精 (13) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 模 (23) 虞 (24)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 則古切 扶雨切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡suoX/ /bɨoX/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡suoX/ /bioX/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡soX/ /bioX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sɔX/ /buə̆X/
Li
Rong
/t͡soX/ /bioX/
Wang
Li
/t͡suX/ /bĭuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡suoX/ /bʱi̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zǔ fù
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zou2 fu6

Noun

祖父

  1. (formal) paternal grandfather (one's father's father)
    我祖父既不會讀又不會寫。 [MSC, trad.]
    我祖父既不会读又不会写。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ zǔfù jì bù huì dú yòu bù huì xiě. [Pinyin]
    My grandfather can neither read nor write.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (祖父):
  • → Japanese: 祖父(そふ) (sofu)
  • → Korean: 조부(祖父) (jobu)

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
祖 父
そ
Grade: 5
ふ
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
祖父 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 祖父 (MC t͡suoX bɨoX). The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

Noun

祖(そ)父(ふ) • (sofu) 

  1. a grandfather

Derived terms

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
祖父

Noun

祖父 • (jobu) (hangeul 조부)

  1. Hanja form? of 조부 (“grandfather”).

Synonyms

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