祭祖

Chinese

		offer sacrifice; hold memorial service	ancestor; forefather; grandparents
trad. (祭祖)		祭	祖
simp. #(祭祖)		祭	祖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìzǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄗㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zai³ zou²
• Gan (Wiktionary): ji⁴ zu³
• Northern Min (KCR): ci̿-cǔ
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): zi³ zou²
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵ci-tsu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìzǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄗㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìzǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chi⁴-tsu³
    • Yale: jì-dzǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihtzuu
    • Palladius: цзицзу (cziczu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zai³ zou²
    • Yale: jai jóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzai³ dzou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zei³ zou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐi̯³³ t͡sou̯³⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: ji⁴ zu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ t͡su²¹³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ci̿-cǔ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si³³ t͡su²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zi³ zou²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsì tsóu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sou⁵²⁻²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵ci-tsu
    • MiniDict: ci^去 tsu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²ji-tsu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕi³³ t͡su⁴⁴/

Verb

祭祖

1. to offer sacrifices to one's ancestors; to participate in ancestral sacrifices
   1. (anthropology, religion) to participate in ancestor worship