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祖

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祖

  • zǔ (zu³) Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄗㄨˇ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • zu³ Mandarin, Chengdu, Sichuanese
  • зў (zw, II) Mandarin, Dongan, Cyrillic
  • zou² Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong
  • du² Cantonese, Taishanese, Wiktionary specific
  • chú Hakka, Sixian, Phak fa su
  • cǔ Min Bei, 建寧羅馬字
  • cū Min Dong, Foochow Romanized
  • chó͘ Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • zou² Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • ⁵tsu Wu, Shanghai, Wugniu
  • zǔ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • zǔ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • tsu³ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • dzǔ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • tzuu Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • цзу Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
  • /t͡su²¹⁴/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
  • zu Mandarin, Chengdu, Latinxua Sin Wenz
  • /t͡su⁵³/ Mandarin, Chengdu, IPA
  • /t͡su⁵¹/ Mandarin, Dongan, IPA
  • zou² Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • jóu Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • dzou² Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • /t͡sou̯³⁵/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou

Where it comes from

形聲漢字（上古 *ʔsaːʔ）：意符 示 + 聲符 且 (上古 *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa) 。且的專有化。

“被臉書禁止發文”

釋義 且

  1. 通稱先代的人 祭祖
  2. 稱謂。用以尊稱父母親的父母 祖父
  3. 事物的創始者，創始人 鼻祖
  4. literary 祭祀始祖神主的廟
  5. literary 古代出行時祭祀的路神
  6. literary 宗仰，效法 秦王必祖張儀之故智。
  7. literary 餞行
  8. literary 熟悉
  9. Internet, Taiwan, 常被動 被臉書永久或暫時禁止發文 被祖
  10. 姓氏 祖沖之
  11. Cantonese 英語男性名字Joe的轉寫

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"祖." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/zh/%E7%A5%96. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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祖. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E7%A5%96

Chicago

"祖." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E7%A5%96.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {祖},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E7%A5%96},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}