太祖

Chinese

		too (much); very; extremely too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest	ancestor; forefather; grandparents
simp. and trad. (太祖)		太	祖
Literally: “the Great Ancestor”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Tàizǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄗㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ zou²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Thài-chó͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Tàizǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄗㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Tàizǔ
  - Wade–Giles: Tʻai⁴-tsu³
  - Yale: Tài-dzǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Taytzuu
  - Palladius: Тайцзу (Tajczu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: taai³ zou²
  - Yale: taai jóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ dzou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: tai³ zou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ t͡sou̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thài-chó͘
  - Tâi-lô: Thài-tsóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: taezor
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sɔ⁴¹/

Proper noun

太祖

Founding Ancestor (temple name used for Chinese emperors who founded a particular dynasty, or Korean monarchs who founded the Goryeo and Joseon dynasties)
1. (by extension, slang, neologism) a nickname of Mao Zedong

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (太祖):

→ Korean: 태조(太祖) (taejo)
→ Vietnamese: Thái Tổ (太祖)

Others:

→ Manchu: ᡨᠠᡳᡯᡠ (taidzu)

Korean

Hanja in this term
太	祖

Noun

太祖 • (taejo) (hangeul 태조)

hanja form^? of 태조 (“a temple name used for Chinese emperors who founded a particular dynasty, or Korean monarchs who founded the Goryeo and Joseon dynasties”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
太	祖

Proper noun

太祖

chữ Hán form of Thái Tổ (“a temple name used for Chinese emperors, Vietnamese rulers, or Korean monarchs”)