祖業

Chinese

		ancestor; forefather; grandparents	business; occupation; study
trad. (祖業)		祖	業
simp. (祖业)		祖	业

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǔyè

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨˇ ㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou² jip⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chó͘-gia̍p

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǔyè
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˇ ㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǔyè
    • Wade–Giles: tsu³-yeh⁴
    • Yale: dzǔ-yè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuuyeh
    • Palladius: цзуе (czuje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou² jip⁶
    • Yale: jóu yihp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² jip⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou² yib⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ jiːp̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chó͘-gia̍p
    • Tâi-lô: tsóo-gia̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zofgiap
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡiap̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡiap̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡiap̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡiap̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡiap̚⁴/

Noun

祖業

1. ancestors' meritorious achievements
2. ancestral estate; property handed down from one's ancestors