祖宗

Chinese

		ancestor; forefather; grandparents	school; sect; purpose school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; family
trad. (祖宗)		祖	宗
simp. ^#(祖宗)		祖	宗

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǔzōng

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨˇ ㄗㄨㄥ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zou² zung¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): du² duung¹
Gan (Wiktionary): 'zu³ zung¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chú-chûng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chó͘-chong

(Teochew, Peng'im): zou² zong¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tsu-tson

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǔzōng → zǔzong (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˇ ㄗㄨㄥ → ㄗㄨˇ ˙ㄗㄨㄥ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǔzo̊ng
  - Wade–Giles: tsu³-tsung⁵
  - Yale: dzǔ-dzung
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuu.tzong
  - Palladius: цзуцзун (czuczun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/ → /t͡su²¹⁴ d͡z̥ʊŋ⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zou² zung¹
  - Yale: jóu jūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² dzung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zou² zung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: du² duung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu⁵⁵ tɵŋ³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: 'zu³ zung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈt͡su²¹³⁻¹³ t͡suŋ⁴²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chú-chûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: zu` zung´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zu³ zung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡su³¹ t͡suŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chó͘-chong
  - Tâi-lô: tsóo-tsong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zofzofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zou² zong¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsóu tsong
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡soŋ³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tsu-tson
  - MiniDict: tsu^去 tson
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsu-tson
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡su³³ t͡soŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

祖宗

ancestors; forebears; forefathers

Synonyms

上輩／上辈 (shàngbèi)
上輩子／上辈子 (shàngbèizi)
先人 (xiānrén)
先代 (xiāndài) (literary)
先古 (xiāngǔ) (literary)
先君 (xiānjūn) (literary)
先祖 (xiānzǔ) (literary)
先輩／先辈 (xiānbèi)
公婆 (Hokkien)
公媽／公妈 (Min Nan)
早勻／早匀 (Xiamen Hokkien)
父祖 (fùzǔ) (literary)
皇考 (huángkǎo) (archaic)
祖上 (zǔshàng)
祖先 (zǔxiān)
老祖宗
老輩／老辈 (lǎobèi)

Derived terms