祖上
Chinese
| ancestor; forefather; grandparents | up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up | ||
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| simp. and trad. (祖上) |
祖 | 上 | |
| anagram | 上祖 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: zǔshàng → zǔshang (toneless final syllable variant)
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˇ ㄕㄤˋ → ㄗㄨˇ ˙ㄕㄤ (toneless final syllable variant)
- Tongyong Pinyin: zǔshång
- Wade–Giles: tsu3-shang5
- Yale: dzǔ-shang
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuu.shanq
- Palladius: цзушан (czušan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/ → /t͡su²¹⁴ ʂɑŋ⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zou2 soeng6
- Yale: jóu seuhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzou2 soeng6
- Guangdong Romanization: zou2 sêng6
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ sœːŋ²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
祖上
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 (Puxian Min, Min Nan)
- 早勻 / 早匀 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 父祖 (fùzǔ) (literary)
- 皇考 (huángkǎo) (archaic)
- 祖先 (zǔxiān)
- 祖公 (Puxian Min, Hokkien)
- 祖公媽 / 祖公妈 (Puxian Min)
- 祖宗 (zǔzōng)
- 老祖宗
- 老輩 / 老辈 (lǎobèi)