聖祖

Chinese

		holy; sacred; saint holy; sacred; saint; sage	ancestor; forefather; grandparents
trad. (聖祖)		聖	祖
simp. (圣祖)		圣	祖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shèngzǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˋ ㄗㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing³ zou²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Sèng-chó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shèngzǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˋ ㄗㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shèngzǔ
    • Wade–Giles: Shêng⁴-tsu³
    • Yale: Shèng-dzǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shenqtzuu
    • Palladius: Шэнцзу (Šɛnczu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤŋ⁵¹ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing³ zou²
    • Yale: sing jóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing³ dzou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing³ zou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ³³ t͡sou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sèng-chó͘
    • Tâi-lô: Sìng-tsóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seangzor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sɔ⁴¹/

Proper noun

聖祖

1. A temple name used for Chinese emperors or Vietnamese rulers.
   1. (specifically) Emperor Shengzu of Qing, commonly known as the Kangxi Emperor.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (聖祖):

• → Vietnamese: Thánh Tổ (聖祖)

Others:

• → Manchu: ᡧᡝᠩᡯᡠ (šengdzu)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
聖	祖

Proper noun

聖祖

1. chữ Hán form of Thánh Tổ (“a temple name used for Chinese emperors or Vietnamese rulers”).