祖先

祖先

Chinese

		ancestor; forefather; grandparents	early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first
simp. and trad. (祖先)		祖	先
anagram		先祖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǔxiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou² sin¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chú-siên
• Min Nan (POJ): chó͘-sian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zǔxiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuushian
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǔsian
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕjɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: zou² sin¹
    • Yale: jóu sīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² sin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou² xin¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ siːn⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 早先 祖先

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chú-siên
    • Hakka Romanization System: zu` xien´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zu³ xian¹
    • IPA: /t͡su³¹ ɕi̯en²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chó͘-sian
    • Tâi-lô: tsóo-sian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zofsiefn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕiɛn³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɛn⁴⁴/

Noun

祖先

1. ancestors; forebears; forefathers

Synonyms

edit

先人 (xiānrén) 先祖 (xiānzǔ) (literary)

祖宗 (zǔzōng) 老祖宗 (lǎozǔzong)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
祖	先
そ Grade: 5	せん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) そ​せん [sóꜜsèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [so̞sẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

祖先 (hiragana そせん, rōmaji sosen)

1. ancestor

Synonyms

• 先祖 (せんぞ) (senzo)

Antonyms

• 子孫 (しそん) (shison): descendant, scion

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
祖	先

Noun

祖先 • (joseon) (hangeul 조선)

1. Hanja form^? of 조선 (“ancestor”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
祖	先

Noun

祖先

1. Hán tự form of tổ tiên (“ancestor”).