老祖宗

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	ancestors; forebears; forefathers
trad. (老祖宗)		老	祖宗
simp. #(老祖宗)		老	祖宗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎozǔzong, lǎozǔzōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄗㄨˇ ˙ㄗㄨㄥ, ㄌㄠˇ ㄗㄨˇ ㄗㄨㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎozǔzong [Phonetic: láozǔzong]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄗㄨˇ ˙ㄗㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎozǔzo̊ng
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-tsu³-tsung⁵
    • Yale: lǎu-dzǔ-dzung
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laotzuu.tzong
    • Palladius: лаоцзуцзун (laoczuczun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su²¹⁴ d͡z̥ʊŋ⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎozǔzōng [Phonetic: láozǔzōng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄗㄨˇ ㄗㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎozǔzong
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-tsu³-tsung¹
    • Yale: lǎu-dzǔ-dzūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laotzuutzong
    • Palladius: лаоцзуцзун (laoczuczun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

老祖宗

1. ancestors; forebears; forefathers
2. (honorific, chiefly obsolete) person who is the eldest and highest in the hierarchy of the family

Synonyms

• (ancestors):

• 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)
• 祖宗 (zǔzōng)
• 老輩／老辈 (lǎobèi)