認祖歸宗

Chinese

		to recognize; to know; to admit	ancestor; forefather; grandparents	to restore one's membership in a clan
trad. (認祖歸宗)		認	祖	歸宗
simp. (认祖归宗)		认	祖	归宗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rènzǔguīzōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˋ ㄗㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄗㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing⁶ zou² gwai¹ zung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rènzǔguīzōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˋ ㄗㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄗㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rènzǔgueizong
    • Wade–Giles: jên⁴-tsu³-kuei¹-tsung¹
    • Yale: rèn-dzǔ-gwēi-dzūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renntzuugueitzong
    • Palladius: жэньцзугуйцзун (žɛnʹczugujczun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən⁵¹ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jing⁶ zou² gwai¹ zung¹
    • Yale: yihng jóu gwāi jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁶ dzou² gwai¹ dzung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying⁶ zou² guei¹ zung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²² t͡sou̯³⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

認祖歸宗

1. (of an adopted child) to find and acknowledge one's ancestors and restore their original surname
2. (of someone who lives in a foreign place) to return to one's ancestral home