高祖

Chinese

		high; tall	ancestor; forefather; grandparents
simp. and trad. (高祖)		高	祖

Emperor Gaozu of Han

Emperor Gaozu of Tang

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gāozǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄠㄗㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ zou²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ko-chó͘ / ko͘-chó͘
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹kau-tsu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gāozǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄠㄗㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gaozǔ
  - Wade–Giles: kao¹-tsu³
  - Yale: gāu-dzǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gautzuu
  - Palladius: гаоцзу (gaoczu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gou¹ zou²
  - Yale: gōu jóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ dzou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ zou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ t͡sou̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-chó͘
  - Tâi-lô: ko-tsóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koizor
  - IPA (Taipei): /ko⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘-chó͘
  - Tâi-lô: koo-tsóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kozor
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ³³ t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹kau-tsu
  - MiniDict: kau^平 tsu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kau-tsu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kɔ⁵⁵ t͡su²¹/

Noun

高祖

Antonyms

玄孫／玄孙 (xuánsūn)

Proper noun

高祖

A temple name given to the first emperor of some of the Chinese dynasties, or to ancestor of the first emperor
1. Emperor Gaozu of Han (256 BCE or 247 BCE – June 1, 195 BCE)
2. Emperor Gaozu of Tang (566 – June 25, 635)

Synonyms

(Emperor Gaozu of Han): 高皇 (Gāo Huáng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
高	祖
こう Grade: 2	そ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
高祖 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 高祖 (MC kaw tsuX).

First cited in Japanese in 1120.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こーそ [kóꜜòsò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːso̞]

Noun

高(こう)祖(そ) • (kōso)

[from 1180] a remote ancestor
[from 1180] (more narrowly): an ancestor four generations back: a great-great-grandparent, a grandparent of a grandparent
[from 1120] (Chinese history) the founder of a dynasty
[from 1257] (Buddhism) the founder of a sect

See also

玄孫(げんそん) (genson): a descendant four generations down: a great-great-grandchild, the grandchild of a grandchild

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
高	祖

Proper noun

高祖

chữ Hán form of Cao Tổ (“a temple name used for Chinese emperors or Vietnamese emperors”).

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