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認祖歸宗
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Chinese
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to recognize; to know; to admit
ancestor; forefather; grandparents
to
restore
one's membership in a
clan
trad.
(
認祖歸宗
)
認
祖
歸宗
simp.
(
认祖归宗
)
认
祖
归宗
Pronunciation
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Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
rènzǔguīzōng
(
Zhuyin
)
:
ㄖㄣˋ ㄗㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄗㄨㄥ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
jing
6
zou
2
gwai
1
zung
1
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
rènzǔguīzōng
Zhuyin
:
ㄖㄣˋ ㄗㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄗㄨㄥ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
rènzǔgueizong
Wade–Giles
:
jên
4
-tsu
3
-kuei
1
-tsung
1
Yale
:
rèn-dzǔ-gwēi-dzūng
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
renntzuugueitzong
Palladius
:
жэньцзугуйцзун
(žɛnʹczugujczun)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ʐən⁵¹ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
–
Hong Kong
)
+
Jyutping
:
jing
6
zou
2
gwai
1
zung
1
Yale
:
yihng jóu gw
ā
i j
ū
ng
Cantonese Pinyin
:
jing
6
dzou
2
gwai
1
dzung
1
Guangdong Romanization
:
ying
6
zou
2
guei
1
zung
1
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/jɪŋ²² t͡sou̯³⁵ kʷɐi̯
⁵⁵
t͡sʊŋ
⁵⁵
/
Idiom
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認祖歸宗
(
of an adopted child
)
to
find
and
acknowledge
one's
ancestors
and
restore
their
original
surname
(
of someone who lives in a foreign place
)
to
return
to one's
ancestral
home