祖公媽

Chinese

		ancestors; forebears; forefathers	mother; mama
trad. (祖公媽)		祖公	媽
simp. (祖公妈)		祖公	妈

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zou³ gorng¹ ma³

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• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zou³ gorng¹ ma³ [Phonetic: zou⁵ orng⁵ ma³]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cô-go̤ng-mâ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔu⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ ^(k-)ɒŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ ma⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zou³ gorng¹ ma³ [Phonetic: zou⁵ orng⁵ ma³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔu³³²⁻²¹ ^(k-)ɒŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ma³³²/

Noun

祖公媽

1. (Puxian Min) ancestors; forebears; forefathers; progenitor

Synonyms

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• 上輩 / 上辈 (shàngbèi)
• 上輩子 / 上辈子 (shàngbèizi)
• 先人 (xiānrén)
• 先代 (xiāndài) (literary)
• 先古 (xiāngǔ) (literary)
• 先君 (xiānjūn) (literary)
• 先祖 (xiānzǔ) (literary)
• 先輩 / 先辈 (xiānbèi)
• 公婆 (Hokkien)
• 公媽 / 公妈 (Puxian Min, Min Nan)
• 早勻 / 早匀 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 父祖 (fùzǔ) (literary)
• 皇考 (huángkǎo) (archaic)
• 祖上 (zǔshàng)
• 祖先 (zǔxiān)
• 祖公 (Puxian Min, Hokkien)
• 祖宗 (zǔzōng)
• 老祖宗
• 老輩 / 老辈 (lǎobèi)

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “祖公妈”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 601.