聖祖

Chinese

		holy; sacred; saint holy; sacred; saint; sage	ancestor; forefather; grandparents
trad. (聖祖)		聖	祖
simp. (圣祖)		圣	祖

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Shèngzǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄗㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ zou²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Sèng-chó͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Shèngzǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄗㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Shèngzǔ
  - Wade–Giles: Shêng⁴-tsu³
  - Yale: Shèng-dzǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shenqtzuu
  - Palladius: Шэнцзу (Šɛnczu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing³ zou²
  - Yale: sing jóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ dzou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing³ zou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ t͡sou̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sèng-chó͘
  - Tâi-lô: Sìng-tsóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seangzor
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sɔ⁴¹/

Proper noun

聖祖

A temple name used for Chinese emperors or Vietnamese rulers.
1. (specifically) Emperor Shengzu of Qing, commonly known as the Kangxi Emperor.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (聖祖):

→ Vietnamese: Thánh Tổ (聖祖)

Others:

→ Manchu: ᡧᡝᠩᡯᡠ (šengdzu)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
聖	祖

Proper noun

聖祖

chữ Hán form of Thánh Tổ (“a temple name used for Chinese emperors or Vietnamese rulers”)