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祖傳

祖傳

See also: 祖传

Chinese

		ancestor; forefather; grandparents	to pass on; to spread; to transmit to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity); biography
trad. (祖傳)		祖	傳
simp. (祖传)		祖	传

Verb

祖傳

to hand down from generation to generation
祖傳秘方 / 祖传秘方 ― zǔchuán mìfāng ― recipe handed down from ancestors

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zǔchuán

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨˇ ㄔㄨㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zou² cyun⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chú-chhòn
Min Nan (POJ): chó͘-toân / chó͘-thoân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zǔchuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˇ ㄔㄨㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuuchwan
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯a̠n³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zou² cyun⁴
  - Yale: jóu chyùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² tsyn⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰyːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chú-chhòn
  - Hakka Romanization System: zu` conˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zu³ con²
  - IPA: /t͡su³¹ t͡sʰon¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chó͘-toân
  - Tâi-lô: tsóo-tuân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zofdoaan
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tuan²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tuan²⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chó͘-thoân
  - Tâi-lô: tsóo-thuân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoftoaan
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰuan²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰuan²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰuan¹³/