太祖

Chinese

		too (much); very; extremely too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest	ancestor; forefather; grandparents
simp. and trad. (太祖)		太	祖
Literally: “the Great Ancestor”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Tàizǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄗㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ zou²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Thài-chó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Tàizǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄗㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Tàizǔ
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻai⁴-tsu³
    • Yale: Tài-dzǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Taytzuu
    • Palladius: Тайцзу (Tajczu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taai³ zou²
    • Yale: taai jóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ dzou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tai³ zou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ t͡sou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thài-chó͘
    • Tâi-lô: Thài-tsóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: taezor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sɔ⁴¹/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 太祖

1. Founding Ancestor (temple name used for Chinese emperors who founded a particular dynasty, or Korean monarchs who founded the Goryeo and Joseon dynasties)
2. (slang, neologism) a nickname of Mao Zedong

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (太祖):

• → Korean: 태조(太祖) (taejo)
• → Vietnamese: Thái Tổ (太祖)

Others:

• → Manchu: ᡨᠠᡳᡯᡠ (taidzu)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
太	祖

Noun

太祖 • (taejo) (hangeul 태조)

1. Hanja form^? of 태조 (“a temple name used for Chinese emperors who founded a particular dynasty, or Korean monarchs who founded the Goryeo and Joseon dynasties”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
太	祖

Proper noun

太祖

1. chữ Hán form of Thái Tổ (“a temple name used for Chinese emperors, Vietnamese rulers, or Korean monarchs”).