祖宗

Chinese

		ancestor; forefather; grandparents	school; sect; purpose school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; family
trad. (祖宗)		祖	宗
simp. ^#(祖宗)		祖	宗

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǔzōng

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨˇ ㄗㄨㄥ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zou² zung¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): du² duung¹
Gan (Wiktionary): 'zu³ zung¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chú-chûng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): chó͘-chong

(Teochew, Peng'im): zou² zong¹
Wu (Wiktionary): ²tsu-tson

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǔzōng → zǔzong (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˇ ㄗㄨㄥ → ㄗㄨˇ ˙ㄗㄨㄥ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǔzo̊ng
  - Wade–Giles: tsu³-tsung⁵
  - Yale: dzǔ-dzung
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuu.tzong
  - Palladius: цзуцзун (czuczun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/ → /t͡su²¹⁴ d͡z̥ʊŋ⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zou² zung¹
  - Yale: jóu jūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² dzung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zou² zung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: du² duung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu⁵⁵ tɵŋ³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: 'zu³ zung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈt͡su²¹³⁻¹³ t͡suŋ⁴²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chú-chûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: zu` zung´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zu³ zung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡su³¹ t͡suŋ²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chó͘-chong
  - Tâi-lô: tsóo-tsong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zofzofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zou² zong¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsóu tsong
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡soŋ³³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ²tsu-tson
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sv̩ʷ³³ t͡sʊŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

祖宗

ancestors; forebears; forefathers

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 祖宗

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)

祖先 (zǔxiān)
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)

Derived terms

小祖宗
祖宗三代 (zǔzōng sān dài)

老祖宗 (lǎozǔzong)
沒爺娘的祖宗／没爷娘的祖宗

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