始祖

Chinese

		begin	ancestor; forefather; grandparents
simp. and trad. (始祖)		始	祖

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǐzǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ㄗㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ci² zou²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ́-chú / chhṳ́-chú
Min Nan (POJ): sí-chó͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shǐzǔ [Phonetic: shízǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄗㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyytzuu
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ci² zou²
  - Yale: chí jóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsi² dzou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: qi² zou²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³⁵ t͡sou̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ́-chú / chhṳ́-chú
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii` zu` / cii` zu`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si³ zu³ / ci³ zu³
  - IPA: /sɨ³¹ t͡su³¹/, /t͡sʰɨ³¹ t͡su³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ́-chú
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii` zu`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si³ zu³
  - IPA: /sɨ³¹ t͡su³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-chó͘
  - Tâi-lô: sí-tsóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: syzor
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔ⁴¹/

Noun

始祖

first ancestor; earliest ancestor; primogenitor

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (始祖):

Japanese: 始 (し)祖 (そ) (shiso)
Korean: 시조 (始祖, sijo)
Vietnamese: thuỷ tổ (始祖)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
始	祖
Grade: 3	Grade: 5

Noun

始祖 (hiragana しそ, rōmaji shiso)

founder

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