認祖歸宗

Chinese

		to recognize; to know; to admit	ancestor; forefather; grandparents	to restore one's membership in a clan
trad. (認祖歸宗)		認	祖	歸宗
simp. (认祖归宗)		认	祖	归宗

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rènzǔguīzōng

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˋ ㄗㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄟㄗㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jing⁶ zou² gwai¹ zung¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rènzǔguīzōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˋ ㄗㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄟㄗㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rènzǔgueizong
  - Wade–Giles: jên⁴-tsu³-kuei¹-tsung¹
  - Yale: rèn-dzǔ-gwēi-dzūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renntzuugueitzong
  - Palladius: жэньцзугуйцзун (žɛnʹczugujczun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən⁵¹ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jing⁶ zou² gwai¹ zung¹
  - Yale: yihng jóu gwāi jūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁶ dzou² gwai¹ dzung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ying⁶ zou² guei¹ zung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²² t͡sou̯³⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

認祖歸宗

(of an adopted child) to find and acknowledge one's ancestors and restore their original surname
(of someone who lives in a foreign place) to return to one's ancestral home

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