祖師爺

Chinese

		founder; patriarch	grandpa; etc.; old gentleman
trad. (祖師爺)		祖師	爺
simp. (祖师爷)		祖师	爷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǔshīyé

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨˇ ㄕ ㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou² si¹ je⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chó͘-su-iâ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǔshīyé
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˇ ㄕ ㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǔshihyé
    • Wade–Giles: tsu³-shih¹-yeh²
    • Yale: dzǔ-shr̄-yé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuushyye
    • Palladius: цзушие (czušije)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ jɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou² si¹ je⁴
    • Yale: jóu sī yèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² si¹ je⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou² xi¹ yé⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ siː⁵⁵ jɛː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chó͘-su-iâ
    • Tâi-lô: tsóo-su-iâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zofsu'iaa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su⁴⁴⁻²² ia²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ su³³ ia²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su⁴⁴⁻²² ia¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su⁴⁴⁻³³ ia²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su⁴⁴⁻³³ ia²³/

Noun

祖師爺

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

Synonyms

• 祖師／祖师 (zǔshī)