先祖

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	ancestor; forefather; grandparents
simp. and trad. (先祖)		先	祖
anagram		祖先

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiānzǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢㄗㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sin¹ zou²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siên-chú
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sian-chó͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiānzǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢㄗㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sianzǔ
  - Wade–Giles: hsien¹-tsu³
  - Yale: syān-dzǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiantzuu
  - Palladius: сяньцзу (sjanʹczu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sin¹ zou²
  - Yale: sīn jóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sin¹ dzou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xin¹ zou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn⁵⁵ t͡sou̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siên-chú
  - Hakka Romanization System: xien´ zu`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xian¹ zu³
  - Sinological IPA: /si̯en²⁴ t͡su³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sian-chó͘
  - Tâi-lô: sian-tsóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sienzor
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn³³ t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔ⁴¹/

Noun

先祖

(literary) ancestors; forebears; forefathers
(literary) earliest ancestor; primogenitor; progenitor
(literary, specifically) deceased grandfather

Synonyms

(ancestors):

上輩／上辈 (shàngbèi)
上輩子／上辈子 (shàngbèizi)
先人 (xiānrén)
先代 (xiāndài) (literary)
先古 (xiāngǔ) (literary)
先君 (xiānjūn) (literary)
先輩／先辈 (xiānbèi)
公婆 (Hokkien)
公媽／公妈 (Min Nan)
早勻／早匀 (Xiamen Hokkien)
父祖 (fùzǔ) (literary)
皇考 (huángkǎo) (archaic)
祖上 (zǔshàng)
祖先 (zǔxiān)
祖宗 (zǔzōng)
老祖宗
老輩／老辈 (lǎobèi)

(earliest ancestor): 鼻祖 (bízǔ), 始祖 (shǐzǔ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
先	祖
せん Grade: 1	そ > ぞ Grade: 5
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
先祖 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せんぞ [séꜜǹzò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [sẽ̞nd͡zo̞]

Noun

先(せん)祖(ぞ) • (senzo)

ancestor

Synonyms

祖先(そせん) (sosen)

Antonyms

子孫(しそん) (shison): descendant, scion

References

NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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