老祖宗

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Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	ancestors; forebears; forefathers
trad. (老祖宗)		老	祖宗
simp. ^#(老祖宗)		老	祖宗

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎozǔzong, lǎozǔzōng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄗㄨˇ ˙ㄗㄨㄥ, ㄌㄠˇ ㄗㄨˇ ㄗㄨㄥ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎozǔzong
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄗㄨˇ ˙ㄗㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎozǔzo̊ng
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-tsu³-tsung⁵
  - Yale: lǎu-dzǔ-dzung
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laotzuu.tzong
  - Palladius: лаоцзуцзун (laoczuczun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su²¹⁴ d͡z̥ʊŋ⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎozǔzōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄗㄨˇ ㄗㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎozǔzong
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-tsu³-tsung¹
  - Yale: lǎu-dzǔ-dzūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laotzuutzong
  - Palladius: лаоцзуцзун (laoczuczun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

老祖宗

ancestors; forebears; forefathers
(honorific, chiefly obsolete) person who is the eldest and highest in the hierarchy of the family

Synonyms

(ancestors):

上輩／上辈 (shàngbèi)
上輩子／上辈子 (shàngbèizi)
先人 (xiānrén)
先代 (xiāndài) (literary)
先古 (xiāngǔ) (literary)
先君 (xiānjūn) (literary)
先祖 (xiānzǔ) (literary)
先輩／先辈 (xiānbèi)
公婆 (Hokkien)
公媽／公妈 (Min Nan)
早勻／早匀 (Xiamen Hokkien)
父祖 (fùzǔ) (literary)
皇考 (huángkǎo) (archaic)
祖上 (zǔshàng)
祖先 (zǔxiān)
祖宗 (zǔzōng)
老輩／老辈 (lǎobèi)

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