始祖

Chinese

		begin	ancestor; forefather; grandparents
trad. (始祖)		始	祖
simp. #(始祖)		始	祖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǐzǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ㄗㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci² zou²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ́-chú / chhṳ́-chú
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sí-chó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǐzǔ [Phonetic: shízǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄗㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǐhzǔ
    • Wade–Giles: shih³-tsu³
    • Yale: shř-dzǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyytzuu
    • Palladius: шицзу (šiczu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci² zou²
    • Yale: chí jóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi² dzou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi² zou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³⁵ t͡sou̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ́-chú / chhṳ́-chú
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii` zu` / cii` zu`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si³ zu³ / ci³ zu³
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ³¹ t͡su³¹/, /t͡sʰɨ³¹ t͡su³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ́-chú
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii` zu`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si³ zu³
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ³¹ t͡su³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-chó͘
    • Tâi-lô: sí-tsóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: syzor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔ⁴¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 始祖

1. (literally) earliest ancestor; primogenitor; progenitor
2. (figuratively) originator; initiator; creator; founder

Synonyms

• (earliest ancestor): 鼻祖 (bízǔ), (literary) 先祖 (xiānzǔ)
• (originator): 鼻祖 (bízǔ)

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 始祖

1. (attributive) primitive; archaeo-

Synonyms

• 原始 (yuánshǐ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (始祖):

• → Japanese: 始祖(しそ) (shiso)
• → Korean: 시조(始祖) (sijo)
• → Vietnamese: thuỷ tổ (始祖)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
始	祖
し Grade: 3	そ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
始祖 (kyūjitai)

Noun

始(し)祖(そ) • (shiso) 

1. founder