祖家

Chinese

		ancestor; forefather; grandparents	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
simp. and trad. (祖家)		祖	家

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǔjiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou² gaa¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chú-kâ
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chó͘-ke

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zou¹ gê¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zǔjiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuujia
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕi̯a̠⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou² gaa¹
    • Yale: jóu gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou² ga¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ kaː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chú-kâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: zu` ga´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zu³ ga¹
    • IPA: /t͡su³¹ ka²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chó͘-ke
    • Tâi-lô: tsóo-ke
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zofkef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ke³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zou¹ gê¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsou ke
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sou³³⁻²³ ke³³/

Noun

祖家

1. (literary) family descended from the same ancestor
2. homeland; land of one's ancestors
   1. (Hong Kong, Singapore, historical) Britain or England

      在祖家有多多女人，賢過男人。 [MSC, trad.]
      在祖家有多多女人，贤过男人。 [MSC, simp.]

      From: 1886, Lim Hiong Seng, Handbook of the Swatow Vernacular, "Lesson VII. Exercises."

      Do6 zou2 gê1 u6 gê1 gê1 ze1 niê5, ghao5 guê3 da1 bou1. [Pinyin]

      There are many ladies in England cleverer than men.