祖師

See also: 祖师

Chinese

		ancestor; forefather; grandparents	a division (milit.); teacher; master a division (milit.); teacher; master; expert; model
trad. (祖師)		祖	師
simp. (祖师)		祖	师

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǔshī

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨˇ ㄕ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou² si¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chú-sṳ̂
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chó͘-sir / chó͘-su

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǔshī
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˇ ㄕ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǔshih
    • Wade–Giles: tsu³-shih¹
    • Yale: dzǔ-shr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuushy
    • Palladius: цзуши (czuši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou² si¹
    • Yale: jóu sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou² xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ siː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chú-sṳ̂
    • Hakka Romanization System: zu` sii´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zu³ si¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡su³¹ sɨ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chó͘-sir
    • Tâi-lô: tsóo-sir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɯ³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chó͘-su
    • Tâi-lô: tsóo-su
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zofsw
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su⁴⁴/

Noun

祖師

1. founder (of a school of learning, or sect of Buddhism or Taoism); patriarch

Synonyms

• 祖師爺／祖师爷 (zǔshīyé)

Derived terms

• 祖師爺／祖师爷 (zǔshīyé)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (祖師):

• → Japanese: 祖師(そし) (soshi)
• → Korean: 조사(祖師) (josa)
• → Vietnamese: tổ sư (祖師)

Others:

• → Zhuang: cojsae

Japanese

Kanji in this term
祖	師
そ Grade: 5	し Grade: 5
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
祖師 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) そ​し [sóꜜshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [so̞ɕi]

Noun

祖(そ)師(し) • (soshi) ^{←そし (sosi)?}

1. (religion) founder

   Synonym: 開祖 (kaiso)

   浄土教(じょうどきょう)の祖師(そし)

   Jōdo-kyō no soshi

   founder of Jōdo-kyō

Korean

Hanja in this term
祖	師

Noun

祖師 • (josa) (hangeul 조사)

1. Hanja form^? of 조사 (“founder”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
祖	師

Noun

祖師

1. chữ Hán form of tổ sư (“founder; progenitor”).