世祖

Chinese

		life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime	ancestor; forefather; grandparents
simp. and trad. (世祖)		世	祖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìzǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄗㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ zou²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sè-chó͘ / sì-chó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìzǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄗㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhzǔ
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-tsu³
    • Yale: shr̀-dzǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhtzuu
    • Palladius: шицзу (šiczu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai³ zou²
    • Yale: sai jóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ dzou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei³ zou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ t͡sou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-chó͘
    • Tâi-lô: sè-tsóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seazor
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /se²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /se¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-chó͘
    • Tâi-lô: sì-tsóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siezor
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɔ⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: syejH tsuX

Rime
Character	世	祖
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	祭 (35)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	舒制切	則古切
Baxter	syejH	tsuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇiH/	/t͡suoX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛiH/	/t͡suoX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjæiH/	/t͡soX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiajH/	/t͡sɔX/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛiH/	/t͡soX/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛiH/	/t͡suX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛiH/	/t͡suoX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shì	zǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sai3	zou2

Noun

世祖

1. (literary) ancestor

Synonyms

• (ancestor): 祖先 (zǔxiān)

Proper noun

世祖

1. A temple name used for Chinese emperors, Vietnamese rulers, or Korean monarchs.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (世祖):

• → Japanese: 世(せい)祖(そ) (Seiso)
• → Korean: 세조(世祖) (Sejo)
• → Vietnamese: Thế Tổ (世祖)

Others:

• → Manchu: ᡧᡳᡯᡠ (šidzu)

Korean

Hanja in this term
世	祖

Proper noun

世祖 • (Sejo) (hangeul 세조)

1. hanja form^? of 세조 (“a temple name used for Chinese emperors, Vietnamese emperors, or Korean monarchs”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
世	祖

Proper noun

世祖

1. chữ Hán form of Thế Tổ (“a temple name used for Chinese emperors, Vietnamese rulers, or Korean monarchs”).