祖師

See also: 祖师

Chinese

		ancestor; forefather; grandparents	a division (milit.); teacher; master a division (milit.); teacher; master; expert; model
trad. (祖師)		祖	師
simp. (祖师)		祖	师

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǔshī

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨˇ ㄕ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zou² si¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chú-sṳ̂

(Hailu, HRS): zu^ˊ sii^ˋ

(Changting, Changting Pinyin): zu³ sï¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chó͘-sir / chó͘-su

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǔshī
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˇ ㄕ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǔshih
  - Wade–Giles: tsu³-shih¹
  - Yale: dzǔ-shr̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuushy
  - Palladius: цзуши (czuši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zou² si¹
  - Yale: jóu sī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² si¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zou² xi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ siː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chú-sṳ̂
  - Hakka Romanization System: zu^ˋ sii^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zu³ si¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡su³¹ sɨ²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: zu^ˊ sii^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡su²⁴⁻³³ sɨ⁵³/
- (Changting)
  - Changting Pinyin: zu³ sï¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡su⁴² sz̩³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chó͘-sir
  - Tâi-lô: tsóo-sir
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɯ³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chó͘-su
  - Tâi-lô: tsóo-su
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zofsw
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su⁴⁴/

Noun

祖師

founder (of a school of learning, or sect of Buddhism or Taoism); patriarch

Synonyms

祖師爺／祖师爷 (zǔshīyé)

Derived terms

祖師廟 / 祖师庙
祖師殿 / 祖师殿 (zǔshīdiàn)
祖師爺 / 祖师爷 (zǔshīyé)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (祖師):

→ Japanese: 祖師(そし) (soshi)
→ Korean: 조사(祖師) (josa)
→ Vietnamese: tổ sư (祖師)

Others:

→ Zhuang: cojsae

References

周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “祖师”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 848.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
祖	師
そ Grade: 5	し Grade: 5
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
祖師 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) そし [sóꜜshì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [so̞ɕi]

Noun

祖(そ)師(し) • (soshi) ^{←そし (sosi)^?}

(religion) founder
Synonym: 開祖 (kaiso)

浄土教(じょうどきょう)の祖師(そし)
Jōdo-kyō no soshi
founder of Jōdo-kyō

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“祖師”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
祖	師

Noun

祖師 • (josa) (hangeul 조사)

hanja form^? of 조사 (“founder”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
祖	師

Noun

祖師

chữ Hán form of tổ sư (“founder; progenitor”)