鼻祖

Chinese

		nose	ancestor; forefather; grandparents
simp. and trad. (鼻祖)		鼻	祖

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bízǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˊ ㄗㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bei⁶ zou²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phī-chó͘ / phīⁿ-chó͘ / pi̍t-chó͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bízǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˊ ㄗㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bízǔ
  - Wade–Giles: pi²-tsu³
  - Yale: bí-dzǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: byitzuu
  - Palladius: бицзу (biczu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi³⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bei⁶ zou²
  - Yale: beih jóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bei⁶ dzou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: béi⁶ zou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯²² t͡sou̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phī-chó͘
  - Tâi-lô: phī-tsóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phixzor
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰi⁴¹⁻²² t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phīⁿ-chó͘
  - Tâi-lô: phīnn-tsóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phvixzor
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰĩ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰĩ³³⁻²¹ t͡sɔ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pi̍t-chó͘
  - Tâi-lô: pi̍t-tsóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pidzor
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pit̚⁴⁻³² t͡sɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sɔ⁵³/

Noun

鼻祖

(literally) earliest ancestor; primogenitor; progenitor
(figuratively) originator; initiator; creator; founder

Synonyms

(earliest ancestor): 始祖 (shǐzǔ), (literary) 先祖 (xiānzǔ)
(originator): 始祖 (shǐzǔ)

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