高祖父

Chinese

		high; tall	paternal grandfather
simp. and trad. (高祖父)		高	祖父

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāozǔfù

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄗㄨˇ ㄈㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ zou² fu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāozǔfù
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄗㄨˇ ㄈㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gaozǔfù
    • Wade–Giles: kao¹-tsu³-fu⁴
    • Yale: gāu-dzǔ-fù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gautzuufuh
    • Palladius: гаоцзуфу (gaoczufu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou¹ zou² fu⁶
    • Yale: gōu jóu fuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ dzou² fu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ zou² fu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ t͡sou̯³⁵ fuː²²/

Noun

高祖父

1. great-great-grandfather (the father of one's paternal great-grandfather)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 高祖父 (“great-great-grandfather (father of one's paternal great-grandfather)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		高祖父, 高祖
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	高祖父
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	帥爹爹
Cantonese	Hong Kong	太太爺
	Taishan	赤公
Hakka	Meixian	公白, 阿白
Jin	Taiyuan	祖爺
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	老大公

Coordinate terms

• 高祖母 (gāozǔmǔ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
高	祖	父
こう Grade: 2	そ Grade: 5	ふ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
高祖父 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːso̞ɸɯ̟]

Noun

高(こう)祖(そ)父(ふ) • (kōsofu) 

1. great-great-grandfather (the father of someone's great-grandparent)

Korean

Hanja in this term
高	祖	父

Noun

高祖父 • (gojobu) (hangeul 고조부)

1. hanja form^? of 고조부 (“great-great-grandfather (the father of someone's great-grandparent)”)