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祖父

祖父

Chinese

		ancestral	father
simp. and trad. (祖父)		祖	父

Noun

祖父

(formal) paternal grandfather (one's father's father)

Synonyms

(informal, affectionate) 爺爺／爷爷 (yéye)
(Min Nan) 阿公 (āgōng), 俺公

Derived terms

外祖父 (wàizǔfù)

See also

(maternal grandfather) 外祖父 (wàizǔfù), 外公 (wàigōng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
祖	父
Grade: 5	Grade: 2

Noun

祖父 ‎(hiragana そふ, romaji sofu)

a grandfather

References

The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary. ISBN 0-19-860197-2

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zǔfù

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨˇ ㄈㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zou² fu⁶
Min Nan (POJ): chó͘-hǔ / chó͘-hū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zǔfù
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˇ ㄈㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuufuh
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ fu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zou² fu⁶
  - Yale: jóu fuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² fu⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ fuː²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chó͘-hǔ
  - Tâi-lô: tsóo-hǔ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hu²²/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chó͘-hū
  - Tâi-lô: tsóo-hū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zofhu
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hu³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hu²²/