祖先

Chinese

		ancestor; forefather; grandparents	early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first
simp. and trad. (祖先)		祖	先
anagram		先祖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǔxiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄢ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zou² sin¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): du² lhen¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chú-siên
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chó͘-sian

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zou² soin¹ / zou² sain¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǔxiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǔsian
    • Wade–Giles: tsu³-hsien¹
    • Yale: dzǔ-syān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuushian
    • Palladius: цзусянь (czusjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zou² sin¹
    • Yale: jóu sīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² sin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou² xin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ siːn⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 早先 祖先

  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: du² lhen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu⁵⁵ ɬen³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chú-siên
    • Hakka Romanization System: zu` xien´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zu³ xian¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡su³¹ si̯en²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chó͘-sian
    • Tâi-lô: tsóo-sian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zofsiefn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɛn³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zou² soin¹ / zou² sain¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsóu soiⁿ / tsóu saiⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou⁵²⁻³⁵ sõĩ³³/, /t͡sou⁵²⁻³⁵ sãĩ³³/

Note: zou2 sain1 - Jieyang.

Noun

祖先

1. ancestors; forebears; forefathers; progenitor

Synonyms

• 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)
• 祖宗 (zǔzōng)
• 老祖宗
• 老輩／老辈 (lǎobèi)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
祖	先
そ Grade: 5	せん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
祖先 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) そ​せん [sóꜜsèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [so̞sẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

祖(そ)先(せん) • (sosen) 

1. ancestor

Synonyms

• 先祖(せんぞ) (senzo)

Antonyms

• 子孫(しそん) (shison): descendant, scion

Korean

Hanja in this term
祖	先

Noun

祖先 • (joseon) (hangeul 조선)

1. Hanja form^? of 조선 (“ancestor”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
祖	先

Noun

祖先

1. chữ Hán form of tổ tiên (“ancestor”).