"老祖宗" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Chinese]

IPA: /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su²¹⁴ d͡z̥ʊŋ⁴/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su²¹⁴ d͡z̥ʊŋ⁴/, /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: lǎozǔzong [Mandarin, Pinyin], lǎozǔzōng [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄌㄠˇ ㄗㄨˇ ˙ㄗㄨㄥ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ㄌㄠˇ ㄗㄨˇ ㄗㄨㄥ [Mandarin, bopomofo], lǎozǔzong [Phonetic:láozǔzong] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], lǎozǔzo̊ng [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], lao³-tsu³-tsung⁵ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], lǎu-dzǔ-dzung [Mandarin, Yale], laotzuu.tzong [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], лаоцзуцзун [Mandarin, Palladius], laoczuczun [Mandarin, Palladius], lǎozǔzōng [Phonetic:láozǔzōng] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], lǎozǔzong [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], lao³-tsu³-tsung¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], lǎu-dzǔ-dzūng [Mandarin, Yale], laotzuutzong [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 老祖宗
  1. ancestors; forebears; forefathers Categories (topical): Collectives
    Sense id: en-老祖宗-zh-noun-O945C240 Disambiguation of Collectives: 73 27 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 85 15
  2. (honorific, chiefly obsolete) person who is the eldest and highest in the hierarchy of the family Tags: honorific, obsolete Categories (topical): Family, People
    Sense id: en-老祖宗-zh-noun-nTYmY5Z0 Disambiguation of Family: 1 99 Disambiguation of People: 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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), 祖先 (zǔxiān), 祖宗 (zǔzōng), 老輩 (lǎobèi), 老辈 (lǎobèi)

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      "zh-pron": "lao³-tsu³-tsung⁵"
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      "zh-pron": "lǎu-dzǔ-dzung"
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      "zh-pron": "laotzuu.tzong"
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      "zh-pron": "лаоцзуцзун"
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    {
      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "laoczuczun"
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      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su²¹⁴ d͡z̥ʊŋ⁴/",
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      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/"
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      "word": "上輩"
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      "word": "上辈"
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      "roman": "shàngbèizi",
      "word": "上輩子"
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      "roman": "shàngbèizi",
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      "roman": "xiānjūn",
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      "roman": "xiānzǔ",
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        "Xiamen"
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        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
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      "word": "早匀"
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      "roman": "fùzǔ",
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      "roman": "zǔshàng",
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      "roman": "zǔxiān",
      "word": "祖先"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "zǔzōng",
      "word": "祖宗"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "lǎobèi",
      "word": "老輩"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "lǎobèi",
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      "zh-pron": "lǎozǔzong"
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        "Mandarin",
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    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ㄗㄨˇ ˙ㄗㄨㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎozǔzong [Phonetic:láozǔzong]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎozǔzo̊ng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
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      "zh-pron": "lao³-tsu³-tsung⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
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      "zh-pron": "lǎu-dzǔ-dzung"
    },
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        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "laotzuu.tzong"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
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      "zh-pron": "лаоцзуцзун"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laoczuczun"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su²¹⁴ d͡z̥ʊŋ⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎozǔzōng [Phonetic:láozǔzōng]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎozǔzong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
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      "zh-pron": "lao³-tsu³-tsung¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎu-dzǔ-dzūng"
    },
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        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laotzuutzong"
    },
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      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: láozǔzong]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su²¹⁴ d͡z̥ʊŋ⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: láozǔzōng]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/"
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    {
      "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": "zǔxiān",
      "word": "祖先"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zǔzōng",
      "word": "祖宗"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǎobèi",
      "word": "老輩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǎobèi",
      "word": "老辈"
    }
  ],
  "word": "老祖宗"
}

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