祖爺

Chinese

		ancestor; forefather; grandparents	grandpa; etc.; old gentleman
trad. (祖爺)		祖	爺
simp. (祖爷)		祖	爷

Pronunciation

• Jin (Wiktionary): zu² ie¹

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• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: zu² ie¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡su⁵³ ie¹¹/

Noun

祖爺

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

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