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ancestor; forefather; grandparents
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home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
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simp. and trad.
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祖
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家
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Pronunciation
Noun
祖家
- (literary) family descended from the same ancestor
- (chiefly Cantonese) homeland; land of one's ancestors
- (colonial Hong Kong, colonial Singapore, Christianity in Taiwan, historical) Britain or England
1886, Lim Hiong Seng, Handbook of the Swatow Vernacular, Singapore: Koh Yew Hean Press:
在祖家有多多女人，賢過男人。 [Teochew, trad.]
在祖家有多多女人，贤过男人。 [Teochew, simp.]- do6 zou2 gê1 u6 gê1 gê1 ze1 niê5, ghao5 guê3 da1 bou1. [Peng'im]
- There are many ladies in England cleverer than men.
1912, James Dyer Ball, How to Speak Cantonese:
事頭舊年翻去歸祖家 [Cantonese, trad.]
事头旧年翻去归祖家 [Cantonese, simp.]- si6 tau4-2 gau6 nin4-2 faan1 heoi3 gwai1 zou2 gaa1
- He went home to England last year
1933, 連橫 (Lián Héng), 雅言 [yǎyán]:
其最壞者，則稱英國為「祖家」、謂英國之貨為「祖家貨」，竟自忘其為何國人，哀哉！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
其最坏者，则称英国为「祖家」、谓英国之货为「祖家货」，竟自忘其为何国人，哀哉！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]- Qí zuì huài zhě, zé chēng yīngguó wèi “zǔjiā”, wèi yīngguó zhī huò wèi “zǔjiāhuò”, jìng zì wàng qí wèi hé guó rén, āizāi!
- The worst is that call England "the motherland", and refer to English goods as "goods of the motherland", forgetting their identity as countrymen!
- (Mainland China Hokkien) hometown; native place
- (Mainland China Hokkien) ancestral home; original family home
Synonyms
- (hometown): 故里 (gùlǐ), 家鄉／家乡 (jiāxiāng)
- (ancestral home): 祖籍 (zǔjí), 原籍 (yuánjí)