鼻祖

Chinese

		nose	ancestor; forefather; grandparents
simp. and trad. (鼻祖)		鼻	祖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bízǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˊ ㄗㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei⁶ zou²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phī-chó͘ / phīⁿ-chó͘ / pi̍t-chó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bízǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˊ ㄗㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bízǔ
    • Wade–Giles: pi²-tsu³
    • Yale: bí-dzǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: byitzuu
    • Palladius: бицзу (biczu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi³⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei⁶ zou²
    • Yale: beih jóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei⁶ dzou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi⁶ zou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯²² t͡sou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phī-chó͘
    • Tâi-lô: phī-tsóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phixzor
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰi⁴¹⁻²² t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phīⁿ-chó͘
    • Tâi-lô: phīnn-tsóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phvixzor
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰĩ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰĩ³³⁻²¹ t͡sɔ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pi̍t-chó͘
    • Tâi-lô: pi̍t-tsóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pidzor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pit̚⁴⁻³² t͡sɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sɔ⁵³/

Noun

鼻祖

1. (literally) earliest ancestor; primogenitor; progenitor
2. (figuratively) originator; initiator; creator; founder

Synonyms

• (earliest ancestor): 始祖 (shǐzǔ), (literary) 先祖 (xiānzǔ)
• (originator): 始祖 (shǐzǔ)