祖宗

祖宗

Chinese

		ancestor; forefather; grandparents	school; sect; purpose school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; family
simp. and trad. (祖宗)		祖	宗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǔzōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨˇ ㄗㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou² zung¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chú-chûng
• Min Nan (POJ): chó͘-chong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zǔzōng → zǔzong (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˇ ㄗㄨㄥ → ㄗㄨˇ ˙ㄗㄨㄥ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuu.tzong
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/ → /t͡su²¹⁴ d͡z̥ʊŋ⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou² zung¹
    • Yale: jóu jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² dzung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou² zung¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chú-chûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: zu` zung´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zu³ zung¹
    • IPA: /t͡su³¹ t͡suŋ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chó͘-chong
    • Tâi-lô: tsóo-tsong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zofzofng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

祖宗

1. ancestors; forebears

Derived terms

沒爺娘的祖宗／没爷娘的祖宗 祖宗三代

老祖宗 (lǎozǔzong)