祖代

Chinese

		ancestor; forefather; grandparents	substitute; replace; generation substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period
simp. and trad. (祖代)		祖	代

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǔdài

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨˇ ㄉㄞˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǔdài
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˇ ㄉㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǔdài
    • Wade–Giles: tsu³-tai⁴
    • Yale: dzǔ-dài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuuday
    • Palladius: цзудай (czudaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ taɪ̯⁵¹/

Adverb

祖代

1. (literary) over the course of several generations; from generation to generation; down through the generations; through successive generations

Synonyms

• 世 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 世代 (shìdài) (literary)
• 仍世 (réngshì) (literary)
• 代代 (dàidài) (literary)
• 累世 (lěishì) (literary)
• 累代 (lěidài) (literary)