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祖先
祖先
Chinese
| ancestor; forefather; grandparents | early; prior; former; in advance; first
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simp. and trad. (祖先) |
祖 | 先 | |
| anagram | 先祖 | ||
Noun
祖先
Japanese
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| 祖 | 先 |
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そ Grade: 5 |
せん Grade: 1 |
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Pronunciation
Noun
祖先 (hiragana そせん, romaji sosen)
Synonyms
- 先祖 (senzo)
Antonyms
- 子孫 (shison): descendant, scion
References
- ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˇ ㄒㄧㄢ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuushian
- IPA (key): /t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: zou2 sin1
- Yale: jóu sīn
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzou2 sin1
- IPA (key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ siːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chú-siên
- Hakka Romanization System: zu` xien´
- Hagfa Pinyim: zu3 xian1
- IPA: /t͡su³¹ ɕi̯en²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chó͘-sian
- Tâi-lô: tsóo-sian
- Phofsit Daibuun: zofsiefn
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɛn⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕiɛn³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɛn⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɛn⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɛn⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien)