祖本

Chinese

		ancestor; forefather; grandparents	roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word)
simp. and trad. (祖本)		祖	本

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǔběn

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨˇ ㄅㄣˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǔběn [Phonetic: zúběn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˇ ㄅㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǔběn
    • Wade–Giles: tsu³-pên³
    • Yale: dzǔ-běn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuubeen
    • Palladius: цзубэнь (czubɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

祖本

1. earliest edition (of a premodern text, especially block-printed editions and rubbings)