先祖
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first |
ancestor; forefather; grandparents | ||
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simp. and trad. (先祖) |
先 | 祖 | |
anagram | 祖先 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): sin1 zou2
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siên-chú
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sian-chó͘
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: xiānzǔ
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄗㄨˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sianzǔ
- Wade–Giles: hsien1-tsu3
- Yale: syān-dzǔ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiantzuu
- Palladius: сяньцзу (sjanʹczu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: sin1 zou2
- Yale: sīn jóu
- Cantonese Pinyin: sin1 dzou2
- Guangdong Romanization: xin1 zou2
- Sinological IPA (key): /siːn⁵⁵ t͡sou̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siên-chú
- Hakka Romanization System: xienˊ zuˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: xian1 zu3
- Sinological IPA: /si̯en²⁴ t͡su³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
Noun
[edit]先祖
- (literary) ancestors; forebears; forefathers
- (literary) earliest ancestor; primogenitor; progenitor
- (literary, specifically) deceased grandfather
Synonyms
[edit]- (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)
- 先輩 / 先辈 (xiānbèi)
- 公婆 (Hokkien)
- 公媽 / 公妈 (Puxian Min, Min Nan)
- 早勻 / 早匀 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 父祖 (fùzǔ) (literary)
- 皇考 (huángkǎo) (archaic)
- 祖上 (zǔshàng)
- 祖先 (zǔxiān)
- 祖公 (Puxian Min, Hokkien)
- 祖公媽 / 祖公妈 (Puxian Min)
- 祖宗 (zǔzōng)
- 老祖宗
- 老輩 / 老辈 (lǎobèi)
Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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先 | 祖 |
せん Grade: 1 |
そ > ぞ Grade: 5 |
on'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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先祖 (kyūjitai) |
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]- 祖先 (sosen)
Antonyms
[edit]- 子孫 (shison): descendant, scion
References
[edit]- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
Korean
[edit]Hanja in this term | |
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先 | 祖 |
Noun
[edit]Categories:
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- Hakka lemmas
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- Chinese nouns
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- Cantonese nouns
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- Chinese terms spelled with 先
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- zh:Family
- zh:People
- zh:Collectives
- zh:Male
- Japanese terms spelled with 先 read as せん
- Japanese terms spelled with 祖 read as そ
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
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