"祖先" meaning in All languages combined

See 祖先 on Wiktionary

Noun [Chinese]

IPA: /t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sou̯³⁵ siːn⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Sinological-IPA], /tu⁵⁵ ɬen³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA, Taicheng, Taishanese], /t͡su³¹ si̯en²⁴/ [Hakka, Sinological-IPA], /t͡su²⁴⁻³³ sien⁵³/ [Hakka, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɛn³³/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /t͡sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /t͡sou⁵²⁻³⁵ sõĩ³³/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /t͡sou⁵²⁻³⁵ sãĩ³³/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/, /t͡sou̯³⁵ siːn⁵⁵/, /tu⁵⁵ ɬen³³/, /t͡su³¹ si̯en²⁴/, /t͡su²⁴⁻³³ sien⁵³/, /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/, /t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɛn³³/, /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/, /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/, /t͡sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/, /t͡sou⁵²⁻³⁵ sõĩ³³/, /t͡sou⁵²⁻³⁵ sãĩ³³/ Chinese transliterations: zǔxiān [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄗㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄢ [Mandarin, bopomofo], zou² sin¹ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], du² lhen¹ [Cantonese, Taishan, Wiktionary-specific], chú-siên [Hakka, PFS, Sixian], zu^ˊ sien^ˋ [Hailu, Hakka], chó͘-sian [Hokkien, POJ], zou² soin¹ [Peng'im, Teochew], zou² sain¹ [Peng'im, Teochew], zǔxiān [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], zǔsian [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], tsu³-hsien¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], dzǔ-syān [Mandarin, Yale], tzuushian [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], цзусянь [Mandarin, Palladius], czusjanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], jóu sīn [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Yale], dzou² sin¹ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Pinyin], zou² xin¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong], du² lhen¹ [Cantonese, Taicheng, Taishanese, Wiktionary-specific], chú-siên [Hakka, Phak-fa-su], zu^ˋ xien^ˊ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System], zu³ xian¹ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka], zu^ˊ sien^ˋ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System], tsóo-sian [Hokkien, Tai-lo], zofsiefn [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], tsóu soiⁿ [POJ, Teochew], tsóu saiⁿ [POJ, Teochew]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 祖先
  1. ancestors; forebears; forefathers; progenitor Categories (topical): Collectives, Family, People
    Sense id: en-祖先-zh-noun-hDBp6ciu Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Intermediate Mandarin, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Synonyms: 上輩 (shàngbèi), 上辈 (shàngbèi), 上輩子 (shàngbèizi), 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 (xiānbèi), 先辈 (xiānbèi), 公婆 [Hokkien], 公媽 [Min-Nan], 公妈 [Min-Nan], 早勻 [Hokkien, Xiamen], 早匀 [Hokkien, Xiamen], 父祖 (fùzǔ) [literary], 皇考 (huángkǎo) [archaic], 祖上 (zǔshàng), 祖宗 (zǔzōng), 老祖宗, 老輩 (lǎobèi), 老辈 (lǎobèi)

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [so̞sẽ̞ɴ] Forms: 祖先 [canonical] (ruby: (), (せん)), sosen [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|そせん}} 祖(そ)先(せん) • (sosen)
  1. ancestor Categories (topical): Family Synonyms: 先祖 (senzo) (ruby: 先祖(せんぞ))

Noun [Korean]

Forms: joseon [romanization], 조선 [hangeul]
Head templates: {{ko-noun|hangeul=조선}} 祖先 • (joseon) (hangeul 조선)
  1. hanja form of 조선 (“ancestor”) Tags: form-of, hanja Form of: 조선 (extra: ancestor)

Noun [Vietnamese]

Head templates: {{head|vi|noun|||head=|tr=}} 祖先, {{vi-noun|sc=Hani}} 祖先
  1. chữ Hán form of tổ tiên (“ancestor”).
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  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Collectives",
          "orig": "zh:Collectives",
          "parents": [
            "Miscellaneous",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Family",
          "orig": "zh:Family",
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            "People",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        },
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "zh:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ancestors; forebears; forefathers; progenitor"
      ],
      "id": "en-祖先-zh-noun-hDBp6ciu",
      "links": [
        [
          "ancestor",
          "ancestor"
        ],
        [
          "forebear",
          "forebear"
        ],
        [
          "forefather",
          "forefather"
        ],
        [
          "progenitor",
          "progenitor"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "shàngbèi",
          "word": "上輩"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shàngbèi",
          "word": "上辈"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shàngbèizi",
          "word": "上輩子"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shàngbèizi",
          "word": "上辈子"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xiānrén",
          "word": "先人"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xiāndài",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "先代"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xiāngǔ",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "先古"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xiānjūn",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "先君"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xiānzǔ",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "先祖"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xiānbèi",
          "word": "先輩"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xiānbèi",
          "word": "先辈"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "公婆"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan"
          ],
          "word": "公媽"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan"
          ],
          "word": "公妈"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "早勻"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "早匀"
        },
        {
          "roman": "fùzǔ",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "父祖"
        },
        {
          "roman": "huángkǎo",
          "tags": [
            "archaic"
          ],
          "word": "皇考"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zǔshàng",
          "word": "祖上"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zǔzōng",
          "word": "祖宗"
        },
        {
          "word": "老祖宗"
        },
        {
          "roman": "lǎobèi",
          "word": "老輩"
        },
        {
          "roman": "lǎobèi",
          "word": "老辈"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zǔxiān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄗㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zou² sin¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "du² lhen¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chú-siên"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zu^ˊ sien^ˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chó͘-sian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zou² soin¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zou² sain¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zǔxiān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zǔsian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsu³-hsien¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzǔ-syān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tzuushian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цзусянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "czusjanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jóu sīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzou² sin¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zou² xin¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sou̯³⁵ siːn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "du² lhen¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tu⁵⁵ ɬen³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chú-siên"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zu^ˋ xien^ˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zu³ xian¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡su³¹ si̯en²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zu^ˊ sien^ˋ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡su²⁴⁻³³ sien⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsóo-sian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zofsiefn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɛn³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsóu soiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsóu saiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sou⁵²⁻³⁵ sõĩ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sou⁵²⁻³⁵ sãĩ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sou̯³⁵ siːn⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tu⁵⁵ ɬen³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡su³¹ si̯en²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡su²⁴⁻³³ sien⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɛn³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sou⁵²⁻³⁵ sõĩ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sou⁵²⁻³⁵ sãĩ³³/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "祖先"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "descendant, scion",
      "roman": "shison",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "子孫",
          "しそん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "子孫"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "祖先",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "祖",
          "そ"
        ],
        [
          "先",
          "せん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sosen",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "そせん"
      },
      "expansion": "祖(そ)先(せん) • (sosen)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Family",
          "orig": "ja:Family",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ancestor"
      ],
      "id": "en-祖先-ja-noun-1JAVE3j1",
      "links": [
        [
          "ancestor",
          "ancestor"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "senzo",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "先祖",
              "せんぞ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "先祖"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "そせん"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[so̞sẽ̞ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "祖先"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "joseon",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "조선",
      "tags": [
        "hangeul"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hangeul": "조선"
      },
      "expansion": "祖先 • (joseon) (hangeul 조선)",
      "name": "ko-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        "Pinyin"
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        "bopomofo"
      ],
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    },
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        "Guangzhou",
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        "Jyutping"
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        "Taishan",
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        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zu^ˊ sien^ˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chó͘-sian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zou² soin¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zou² sain¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zǔxiān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zǔsian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsu³-hsien¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzǔ-syān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tzuushian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цзусянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "czusjanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jóu sīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzou² sin¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zou² xin¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sou̯³⁵ siːn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "du² lhen¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tu⁵⁵ ɬen³³/",
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        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chú-siên"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zu^ˋ xien^ˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zu³ xian¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡su³¹ si̯en²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zu^ˊ sien^ˋ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡su²⁴⁻³³ sien⁵³/",
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        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
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      "zh-pron": "tsóo-sian"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zofsiefn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɛn³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
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    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsóu soiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsóu saiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sou⁵²⁻³⁵ sõĩ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sou⁵²⁻³⁵ sãĩ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sou̯³⁵ siːn⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tu⁵⁵ ɬen³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡su³¹ si̯en²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡su²⁴⁻³³ sien⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siɛn³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɛn⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sou⁵²⁻³⁵ sõĩ³³/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sou⁵²⁻³⁵ sãĩ³³/"
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      "roman": "shàngbèi",
      "word": "上輩"
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    {
      "roman": "shàngbèi",
      "word": "上辈"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shàngbèizi",
      "word": "上輩子"
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    {
      "roman": "shàngbèizi",
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    {
      "roman": "xiānrén",
      "word": "先人"
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    {
      "roman": "xiāndài",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
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    {
      "roman": "xiāngǔ",
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      "roman": "xiānjūn",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "先君"
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      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "公妈"
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    {
      "tags": [
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        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "早勻"
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    {
      "tags": [
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        "Xiamen"
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      "word": "早匀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fùzǔ",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "父祖"
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    {
      "roman": "huángkǎo",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
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      "word": "皇考"
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      "roman": "zǔshàng",
      "word": "祖上"
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    {
      "roman": "zǔzōng",
      "word": "祖宗"
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      "word": "老祖宗"
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    {
      "roman": "lǎobèi",
      "word": "老輩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǎobèi",
      "word": "老辈"
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}

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}

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      "tags": [
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      ]
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}

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      ],
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        ],
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        ]
      ]
    }
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}

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