列祖

Chinese

		to arrange; to line up; row to arrange; to line up; row; file; series	ancestor; forefather; grandparents
trad. (列祖)		列	祖
simp. #(列祖)		列	祖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lièzǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄗㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lit⁶ zou²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lie̍t-chú
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lia̍t-chó͘

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lièzǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄗㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lièzǔ
    • Wade–Giles: lieh⁴-tsu³
    • Yale: lyè-dzǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liehtzuu
    • Palladius: лецзу (leczu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛ⁵¹ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lit⁶ zou²
    • Yale: liht jóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lit⁹ dzou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lid⁶ zou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːt̚² t͡sou̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lie̍t-chú
    • Hakka Romanization System: lied zu`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: liad⁶ zu³
    • Sinological IPA: /li̯et̚⁵ t͡su³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍t-chó͘
    • Tâi-lô: lia̍t-tsóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liadzor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɛt̚⁴⁻³² t͡sɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɛt̚²⁴⁻² t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɛt̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɛt̚⁴⁻³² t͡sɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɛt̚⁴⁻³² t͡sɔ⁴¹/

---

• Middle Chinese: ljet tsuX

Rime
Character	列	祖
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	薛 (81)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	良辥切	則古切
Baxter	ljet	tsuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇt̚/	/t͡suoX/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛt̚/	/t͡suoX/
Shao Rongfen	/ljæt̚/	/t͡soX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liat̚/	/t͡sɔX/
Li Rong	/liɛt̚/	/t͡soX/
Wang Li	/lĭɛt̚/	/t͡suX/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ɛt̚/	/t͡suoX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liè	zǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lit6	zou2

Noun

列祖

1. ancestors; array of ancestors

Derived terms

• 列祖列宗 (lièzǔlièzōng)