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
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chó͘-chong

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zou² zong¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵tsu-tson

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• 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): /t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ 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/
• Southern Min
  • (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
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵tsu-tson
    • MiniDict: tsu^去 tson
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsu-tson
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡su³³ t͡soŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

祖宗

1. ancestors; forebears; forefathers

Synonyms

• 上輩／上辈 (shàngbèi)
• 上輩子／上辈子 (shàngbèizi)
• 先人 (xiānrén)
• 先代 (xiāndài) (literary)
• 先古 (xiāngǔ) (literary)
• 先君 (xiānjūn) (literary)
• 先祖 (xiānzǔ) (literary)
• 先輩／先辈 (xiānbèi)
• 公婆 (Hokkien)
• 公媽／公妈 (Min Nan)
• 早勻／早匀 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 父祖 (fùzǔ) (literary)
• 皇考 (huángkǎo) (archaic)
• 祖上 (zǔshàng)
• 祖先 (zǔxiān)
• 老祖宗
• 老輩／老辈 (lǎobèi)

 

Derived terms

• 小祖宗
• 沒爺娘的祖宗／没爷娘的祖宗
• 祖宗三代 (zǔzōng sān dài)
• 老祖宗