祖祖輩輩

Chinese

		ancestor; forefather; grandparents	ancestor; forefather; grandparents	contemporaries; generation; lifetime	contemporaries; generation; lifetime
trad. (祖祖輩輩)		祖	祖	輩	輩
simp. (祖祖辈辈)		祖	祖	辈	辈
AABB-type reduplication of 祖輩／祖辈 (zǔbèi).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǔzǔbèibèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨˇ ㄗㄨˇ ㄅㄟˋ ㄅㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou² zou² bui³ bui³
• Gan (Wiktionary): zu³ zu bi⁴ bi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǔzǔbèibèi [Phonetic: zúzǔbèibèi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˇ ㄗㄨˇ ㄅㄟˋ ㄅㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǔzǔbèibèi
    • Wade–Giles: tsu³-tsu³-pei⁴-pei⁴
    • Yale: dzǔ-dzǔ-bèi-bèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuutzuubeybey
    • Palladius: цзуцзубэйбэй (czuczubɛjbɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ peɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ peɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou² zou² bui³ bui³
    • Yale: jóu jóu bui bui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² dzou² bui³ bui³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou² zou² bui³ bui³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ t͡sou̯³⁵ puːi̯³³ puːi̯³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: zu³ zu bi⁴ bi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su²¹³⁻²¹ t͡su¹ pi³⁵ pi²/

Noun

祖祖輩輩

1. (for) generations and generations (in the past)

Synonyms

• 世世代代 (shìshìdàidài)