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宗族

宗族

Chinese

		school; sect; purpose school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; family	race; nationality; ethnicity race; nationality; ethnicity; clan
simp. and trad. (宗族)		宗	族

Noun

宗族

a patriarchal clan
a clansman

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zōngzú

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄥㄗㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ zuk⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chûng-chhu̍k
Min Nan (POJ): chong-cho̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zōngzú
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄥㄗㄨˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzongtzwu
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡su³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ zuk⁶
  - Yale: jūng juhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ dzuk⁹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chûng-chhu̍k
  - Hakka Romanization System: zung´ cug
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zung¹ cug⁶
  - IPA: /t͡suŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰuk̚⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chong-cho̍k
  - Tâi-lô: tsong-tso̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zongzok
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔŋ³³ t͡sɔk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔk̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔk̚⁴/