祖爺

Chinese

ancestor; forefather; grandparents grandpa; etc.; old gentleman
trad. (祖爺) 祖 爺
simp. (祖爷) 祖 爷

Pronunciation

  • Jin (Wiktionary): zu2 ie1
  • Jin
    • (Taiyuan)+
      • Wiktionary: zu2 ie1
      • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡su⁵³ ie¹¹/

Noun

祖爺

  1. (Jin) great-great-grandfather (the father of someone's great-grandparent)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 高祖父 (“great-great-grandfather (father of one's paternal great-grandfather)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 高祖父, 高祖
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 高祖父
Southwestern Mandarin Wuhan 帥爹爹
Cantonese Hong Kong 太太爺
Taishan 赤公
Hakka Meixian 公白, 阿白
Jin Taiyuan 祖爺
Eastern Min Fuzhou 老大公
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