馬祖
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See also: 马祖
Chinese
[edit]horse; surname | ancestor; forefather; grandparents | ||
---|---|---|---|
trad. (馬祖) | 馬 | 祖 | |
simp. (马祖) | 马 | 祖 |
Etymology
[edit]After the goddess 媽祖/妈祖 (Māzǔ, “Mazu”), who was believed to have died there when she was rescuing her father and brother.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): maa5 zou2
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Mâ-chú
- Eastern Min (BUC): Mā-cū
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Má-chó͘
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄗㄨˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Mǎzǔ
- Wade–Giles: Ma3-tsu3
- Yale: Mǎ-dzǔ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Maatzuu
- Palladius: Мацзу (Maczu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: maa5 zou2
- Yale: máh jóu
- Cantonese Pinyin: maa5 dzou2
- Guangdong Romanization: ma5 zou2
- Sinological IPA (key): /maː¹³ t͡sou̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Mâ-chú
- Hakka Romanization System: maˊ zuˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: ma1 zu3
- Sinological IPA: /ma²⁴ t͡su³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: Mā-cū
- Sinological IPA (key): /ma³³⁻³⁵ (t͡s-)ʒu³³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
Proper noun
[edit]馬祖
- (~列島) Matsu Islands (synonymous with Lienchiang County, Taiwan (ROC))
- (~海峽) Matsu Strait (between Beigan and Nangan in Lienchiang County, Taiwan (ROC))
- (~鄉) Matsu (hypothetical township of Lianjiang, Fuzhou, Fujian as claimed by China (PRC); includes most of Lienchiang County, Taiwan (ROC))
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]See also
[edit]Categories:
- Chinese lemmas
- Mandarin lemmas
- Cantonese lemmas
- Hakka lemmas
- Eastern Min lemmas
- Hokkien lemmas
- Chinese proper nouns
- Mandarin proper nouns
- Cantonese proper nouns
- Hakka proper nouns
- Eastern Min proper nouns
- Hokkien proper nouns
- Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Chinese terms spelled with 馬
- Chinese terms spelled with 祖