先祖

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Contents

1 Chinese
- 1.1 Pronunciation
- 1.2 Noun
2 Japanese

Chinese[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xiānzǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢㄗㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ zou²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siên-chú
Min Nan (POJ): sian-chó͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiānzǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢㄗㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiantzuu
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sin¹ zou²
  - Yale: sīn jóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ dzou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ zou²
  - IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ t͡sou̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siên-chú
  - Hakka Romanization System: xien´ zu`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xian¹ zu³
  - IPA: /ɕi̯en²⁴ t͡su³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-chó͘
  - Tâi-lô: sian-tsóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sienzor
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɛn³³ t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔ⁴¹/

Noun[edit]

先祖

Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
先	祖
せん Grade: 1	そ > ぞ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation[edit]

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) せんぞ [séꜜǹzò] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [sẽ̞nd͡zo̞]

Noun[edit]

先祖 (hiragana せんぞ, rōmaji senzo)

ancestor

Synonyms[edit]

祖先 (そせん) (sosen)

Antonyms[edit]

子孫 (しそん) (shison): descendant, scion

References[edit]

^ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

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