族尊

族尊

Chinese

		race; nationality; ethnicity race; nationality; ethnicity; clan	to honor
simp. and trad. (族尊)		族	尊

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zúzūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨˊ ㄗㄨㄣ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zúzūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˊ ㄗㄨㄣ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzwutzuen
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡su³⁵ t͡su̯ən⁵⁵/

Noun

族尊

1. senior in a clan

   • 衡山白果地方的女子們，結隊擁入祠堂，一屁股坐下便吃酒，族尊老爺們只好聽她們的便。 [MSC, trad.]
     衡山白果地方的女子们，结队拥入祠堂，一屁股坐下便吃酒，族尊老爷们只好听她们的便。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1927, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《湖南農民運動考察報告》 (Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan), 毛澤東選集 (1991). English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Héngshān Báiguǒ dìfang de nǚzǐmen, jiéduì yōng rù cítáng, yī pìgu zuòxià biàn chījiǔ, zúzūn lǎoyemen zhǐhǎo tīng tāmen de biàn. [Pinyin]

     The women of Baiguo in Hengshan County gathered in force and swarmed into their ancestral temple, firmly planted their backsides in the seats and joined in the eating and drinking, while the venerable clan bigwigs had willy-nilly to let them do as they pleased.