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 (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tsu-tson

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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chú-chûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: zu^ˋ zung^ˊ
  - 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
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tsu-tson
  - MiniDict: tsu^去 tson
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsu-tson
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡su³³ t͡soŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

祖宗

ancestors; forebears; forefathers

Synonyms

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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)
祖上 (zǔshàng)
祖先 (zǔxiān)
祖公 (Puxian Min, Hokkien)
祖公媽 / 祖公妈 (Puxian Min)
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