祖父

Chinese

ancestral father
simp. and trad.
(祖父)		 祖 父

Pronunciation

Noun

祖父

  1. (formal) paternal grandfather (one's father's father)
    我祖父既不會讀又不會寫。 [MSC, trad.]
    我祖父既不会读又不会写。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ zǔfù jì bù huì dú yòu bù huì xiě. [Pinyin]
    My grandfather can neither read nor write.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 祖父 (“paternal grandfather”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 祖父
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 祖父
Mandarin Beijing 爺爺
Taiwan 爺爺
Jinan 爺爺
Xi'an 爺
Wuhan 爹爹、爺爺
Chengdu 爺爺
Yangzhou 爹爹
Hefei 爹爹
Cantonese Guangzhou 阿爺
Hong Kong 爺爺、阿爺
Taishan 阿爺
Yangjiang 阿公、阿爺
Gan Nanchang 爺爺、公公
Hakka Meixian 阿公
Xingning 阿公
Huidong 阿公
Qujiang 公爹
Xiaosanjiang 阿公
Changting 公爹
Pingyu 阿公
Wuping 公爹
Liancheng 爹
Ninghua 公公
Ruijin 公公
Shicheng 公公、公
Shangyou 爹爹
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 阿公
Liudui (S. Sixian) 阿公
Hsinchu (Hailu) 阿公
Dongshi (Dabu) 阿爹、阿公
Zhuolan (Raoping) 阿公
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 阿公
Jin Taiyuan 爺爺
Min Bei Jian'ou 公公、爹爹、老爹 face-to-face
Min Dong Fuzhou 公、依公
Min Nan Xiamen 阿公、俺公、內公 non-face-to-face
Quanzhou 阿公、內公 non-face-to-face
Zhangzhou 阿公、咉公、內公 non-face-to-face
Taipei 阿公、俺公、內公 non-face-to-face; mT
Kaohsiung 阿公
Tainan 阿公
Taichung 阿公
Hsinchu 阿公
Lukang 阿公、俺公
Sanxia 阿公
Yilan 阿公
Kinmen 俺公
Magong 阿公
Chaozhou 阿公
Wu Shanghai 爺爺、老爹
Suzhou 阿爹
Wenzhou 祖公爺 non-face-to-face、阿爺 face-to-face
Xiang Changsha 爹爹、公公
Shuangfeng 公公
Note mT - mainstream Taiwanese (no particular region identified)

Derived terms

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
祖 父
そ
Grade: 5		 ふ
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 祖母 (MC t͡suoX məuX). The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

Noun

祖父 (hiragana そふ, rōmaji sofu)

  1. a grandfather

See also

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary. →ISBN
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