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

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

ancestors; forebears

Derived terms

沒爺娘的祖宗／没爷娘的祖宗
祖宗三代

老祖宗 (lǎozǔzong)

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