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

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

ancestors; forebears; forefathers

Synonyms

先人 (xiānrén)
先祖 (xiānzǔ) (literary)

祖宗 (zǔzōng)
老祖宗 (lǎozǔzong)

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)

ancestor

Synonyms

先祖 (せんぞ) (senzo)

Antonyms

子孫 (しそん) (shison): descendant, scion

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
祖	先

Noun

祖先 • (joseon) (hangeul 조선)

Hanja form^? of 조선 (“ancestor”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
祖	先

Noun

祖先

Hán tự form of tổ tiên (“ancestor”).

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