返祖

返祖

Chinese

		to return (to)	ancestor; forefather; grandparents
trad. (返祖)		返	祖
simp. #(返祖)		返	祖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǎnzǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˇ ㄗㄨˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: fǎnzǔ [Phonetic: fánzǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˇ ㄗㄨˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faantzuu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǎnzǔ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

返祖

1. to revert to something ancestral

Derived terms

返祖現象／返祖现象 (fǎnzǔ xiànxiàng)