祖厝

Chinese

		ancestor; forefather; grandparents	(Min) house; bury; to place (Min) house; bury; to place; dispose
simp. and trad. (祖厝)		祖	厝

Pronunciation

• Eastern Min (BUC): cū-*chió
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chó͘-chhù

---

• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cū-*chió
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su³³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰuɔ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chó͘-chhù
    • Tâi-lô: tsóo-tshù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zofzhux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰu²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰu²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰu¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰu²¹/

Noun

祖厝

1. (Eastern Min) ancestral home
2. (Southern Min) ancestral shrine; ancestral hall; ancestral temple; lineage temple
3. (Southern Min) ancestral estate

Synonyms

• (ancestral hall): 祠堂 (cítáng),宗祠 (zōngcí), 宗廟／宗庙 (zōngmiào), 家廟／家庙 (jiāmiào), 家祠 (jiācí), 祖廟／祖庙 (zǔmiào)
• (ancestral estate): 祖產／祖产 (zǔchǎn), 祖業／祖业 (zǔyè)