"先祖" meaning in Chinese

See 先祖 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /siːn⁵⁵ t͡sou̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /si̯en²⁴ t͡su³¹/ [Hakka, Miaoli, Neipu, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔ⁵³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen], /siɛn³³ t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Quanzhou], /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔ⁵³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔ⁵³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Taipei], /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔ⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Min-Nan], /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /siːn⁵⁵ t͡sou̯³⁵/, /si̯en²⁴ t͡su³¹/, /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔ⁵³/, /siɛn³³ t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴/, /siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔ⁵³/, /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔ⁵³/, /siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔ⁴¹/ Chinese transliterations: xiānzǔ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄒㄧㄢ ㄗㄨˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], sin¹ zou² [Cantonese, Jyutping], siên-chú [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], sian-chó͘, xiānzǔ [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄒㄧㄢ ㄗㄨˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], sianzǔ [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], hsien¹-tsu³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], syān-dzǔ [Mandarin, Yale, standard], shiantzuu [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], сяньцзу [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], sjanʹczu [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], sīn jóu [Cantonese, Yale], sin¹ dzou² [Cantonese, Pinyin], xin¹ zou² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], siên-chú [Hakka, Miaoli, Neipu, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], xien^ˊ zu^ˋ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Miaoli, Neipu, Sixian], xian¹ zu³ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Miaoli, Neipu, Sixian], sian-chó͘ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], sian-tsóo [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], sienzor [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 先祖
  1. (literary) ancestors; forebears; forefathers Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-先祖-zh-noun-O945C240 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Collectives, Family, Male, People Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 43 52 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 47 48 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 49 3 Disambiguation of Collectives: 47 49 4 Disambiguation of Family: 48 52 0 Disambiguation of Male: 51 48 1 Disambiguation of People: 52 48 0
  2. (literary) earliest ancestor; primogenitor; progenitor Tags: literary Synonyms (earliest ancestor): 鼻祖 (bízǔ), 始祖 (shǐzǔ)
    Sense id: en-先祖-zh-noun-uusoYinl Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Collectives, Family, Male, People Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 43 52 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 47 48 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 49 3 Disambiguation of Collectives: 47 49 4 Disambiguation of Family: 48 52 0 Disambiguation of Male: 51 48 1 Disambiguation of People: 52 48 0 Disambiguation of 'earliest ancestor': 15 82 3
  3. (literary, specifically) deceased grandfather Tags: literary, specifically
    Sense id: en-先祖-zh-noun-CWux4vA7
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], 先輩 (xiānbèi), 先辈 (xiānbèi), 公婆 [Hokkien], 公媽 [Min-Nan, Puxian-Min], 公妈 [Min-Nan, Puxian-Min], 早勻 [Hokkien, Xiamen], 早匀 [Hokkien, Xiamen], 父祖 (fùzǔ) [literary], 皇考 (huángkǎo) [archaic], 祖上 (zǔshàng), 祖先 (zǔxiān), 祖公 [Hokkien, Puxian-Min], 祖公媽 [Puxian-Min], 祖公妈 [Puxian-Min], 祖宗 (zǔzōng), 老祖宗, 老輩 (lǎobèi), 老辈 (lǎobèi)
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        "Phak-fa-su",
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        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
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        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
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      "ipa": "/si̯en²⁴ t͡su³¹/",
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        "Tai-lo"
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        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
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        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn³³ t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴/",
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
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        "Taipei"
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        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siːn⁵⁵ t͡sou̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/si̯en²⁴ t͡su³¹/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔ⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn³³ t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔ⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔ⁵³/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔ⁴¹/"
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      "roman": "shàngbèi",
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      "roman": "shàngbèi",
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        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siên-chú"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "sian-chó͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xiānzǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧㄢ ㄗㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sianzǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hsien¹-tsu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syān-dzǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shiantzuu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "сяньцзу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sjanʹczu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sīn jóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sin¹ dzou²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xin¹ zou²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siːn⁵⁵ t͡sou̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "siên-chú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xien^ˊ zu^ˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xian¹ zu³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/si̯en²⁴ t͡su³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sian-chó͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sian-tsóo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sienzor"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn³³ t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔ⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siːn⁵⁵ t͡sou̯³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/si̯en²⁴ t͡su³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔ⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn³³ t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔ⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔ⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔ⁴¹/"
    }
  ],
  "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": "xiānbèi",
      "word": "先輩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiānbèi",
      "word": "先辈"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "公婆"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "word": "公媽"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "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"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "word": "祖公"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "word": "祖公媽"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "word": "祖公妈"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zǔzōng",
      "word": "祖宗"
    },
    {
      "word": "老祖宗"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǎobèi",
      "word": "老輩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǎobèi",
      "word": "老辈"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bízǔ",
      "sense": "earliest ancestor",
      "word": "鼻祖"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shǐzǔ",
      "sense": "earliest ancestor",
      "word": "始祖"
    }
  ],
  "word": "先祖"
}

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