祖先

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǔxiān

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄢ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zou² sin¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): du² lhen¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chú-siên

(Hailu, HRS): zu^ˊ sien^ˋ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chó͘-sian

(Teochew, Peng'im): zou² soin¹ / zou² sain¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǔxiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǔsian
  - Wade–Giles: tsu³-hsien¹
  - Yale: dzǔ-syān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuushian
  - Palladius: цзусянь (czusjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zou² sin¹
  - Yale: jóu sīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² sin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zou² xin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ siːn⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    早先
    祖先
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: du² lhen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu⁵⁵ ɬen³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chú-siên
  - Hakka Romanization System: zu^ˋ xien^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zu³ xian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡su³¹ si̯en²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: zu^ˊ sien^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡su²⁴⁻³³ sien⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chó͘-sian
  - Tâi-lô: tsóo-sian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zofsiefn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɛn³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zou² soin¹ / zou² sain¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsóu soiⁿ / tsóu saiⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou⁵²⁻³⁵ sõĩ³³/, /t͡sou⁵²⁻³⁵ sãĩ³³/

Note: zou2 sain1 - Jieyang.

Noun

祖先

ancestors; forebears; forefathers; progenitor

Synonyms

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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)
先祖 (xiānzǔ) (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)
祖宗 (zǔzōng)
老祖宗
老輩／老辈 (lǎobèi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
祖	先
そ Grade: 5	せん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
祖先 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) そせん [sóꜜsèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [so̞sẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

祖(そ)先(せん) • (sosen)

ancestor

Synonyms

先祖(せんぞ) (senzo)

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 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
祖	先

Noun

祖先 • (joseon) (hangeul 조선)

hanja form^? of 조선 (“ancestor”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
祖	先

Noun

祖先

chữ Hán form of tổ tiên (“ancestor”).

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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