老祖宗
Chinese
old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix) |
ancestors; forebears; forefathers | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (老祖宗) | 老 | 祖宗 | |
| simp. #(老祖宗) | 老 | 祖宗 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: lǎozǔzong [Phonetic: láozǔzong]
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄗㄨˇ ˙ㄗㄨㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lǎozǔzo̊ng
- Wade–Giles: lao3-tsu3-tsung5
- Yale: lǎu-dzǔ-dzung
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laotzuu.tzong
- Palladius: лаоцзуцзун (laoczuczun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su²¹⁴ d͡z̥ʊŋ⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: lǎozǔzōng [Phonetic: láozǔzōng]
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄗㄨˇ ㄗㄨㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lǎozǔzong
- Wade–Giles: lao3-tsu3-tsung1
- Yale: lǎu-dzǔ-dzūng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laotzuutzong
- Palladius: лаоцзуцзун (laoczuczun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)+
Noun
老祖宗
- ancestors; forebears; forefathers
- (honorific, chiefly obsolete) person who is the eldest and highest in the hierarchy of the family
Synonyms
- (ancestors):
- 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)
- 祖宗 (zǔzōng)
- 老輩 / 老辈 (lǎobèi)