Chinese Word Entry

祖語

Simplified Chinese form: 祖语

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨˇ ㄩˇ
Mandarin (Pinyin): zǔ yǔ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zou2 jyu5
Definitions:
  1. proto-language

  2. parent language (linguistics)


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Chinese characters used in this word

ancestor, pioneer, founder, forefather, grandfather
Readings
Mandarin: ㄗㄨˇ (zǔ), ㄐㄧㄝ (jiē)
Cantonese: zou2
Japanese: ソ (so) / じじ (jiji)、 はじめ (hajime)
Korean: 조 (jo)
Vietnamese: tổ
Variants
Simplified Japanese form:

word, speech, language, words, saying, expression
Readings
Mandarin: ㄩˇ (yǔ), ㄩˋ (yù)
Cantonese: jyu5
Japanese: ゴ (go)、 ギョ (gyo) / かた.る (kataru)、 かた.らう (katarau)、 ことば (kotoba)、 つげる (tsugeru)
Korean: 어 (eo)
Vietnamese: ngữ, ngứ
Variants
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