始祖

Chinese

		begin	ancestor; forefather; grandparents
trad. (始祖)		始	祖
simp. ^#(始祖)		始	祖

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǐzǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ㄗㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ci² zou²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ́-chú / chhṳ́-chú
Eastern Min (BUC): sṳ̄-cū
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sí-chó͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǐzǔ [Phonetic: shízǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄗㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǐhzǔ
  - Wade–Giles: shih³-tsu³
  - Yale: shř-dzǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyytzuu
  - Palladius: шицзу (šiczu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ci² zou²
  - Yale: chí jóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsi² dzou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: qi² zou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³⁵ t͡sou̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ́-chú / chhṳ́-chú
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii^ˋ zu^ˋ / cii^ˋ zu^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si³ zu³ / ci³ zu³
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨ³¹ t͡su³¹/, /t͡sʰɨ³¹ t͡su³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ́-chú
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii^ˋ zu^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si³ zu³
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨ³¹ t͡su³¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sṳ̄-cū
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sy³³⁻³⁵ ^(t͡s-)ʒu³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-chó͘
  - Tâi-lô: sí-tsóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: syzor
  - IPA (Xiamen): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔ⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: syiX tsuX

Rime
Character	始	祖
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	詩止切	則古切
Baxter	syiX	tsuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕɨ^X/	/t͡suo^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕɨ^X/	/t͡suo^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕie^X/	/t͡so^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕɨ^X/	/t͡sɔ^X/
Li Rong	/ɕiə^X/	/t͡so^X/
Wang Li	/ɕĭə^X/	/t͡su^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi^X/	/t͡suo^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shǐ	zǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	si²	zou²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥əʔ [ts]ˤaʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*hljɯʔ ʔsaːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	始	祖
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shǐ	zǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ syi^X ›	‹ tsu^X ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥əʔ/	/*[ts]ˁaʔ/
English	begin	ancestor
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	始	祖
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	12291	10398
Phonetic component	台	且
Rime group	之	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	始	祖
Old Chinese	/*hljɯʔ/	/*ʔsaːʔ/