祖師爺

See also: 祖师爷

Chinese

		founder; patriarch	grandpa; etc.; old gentleman
trad. (祖師爺)		祖師	爺
simp. (祖师爷)		祖师	爷

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǔshīyé

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨˇ ㄕㄧㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zou² si¹ je⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chú-sṳ̂-yà

(Hailu, HRS): zu^ˊ sii^ˋ rha
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chó͘-su-iâ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǔshīyé
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˇ ㄕㄧㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǔshihyé
  - Wade–Giles: tsu³-shih¹-yeh²
  - Yale: dzǔ-shr̄-yé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuushyye
  - Palladius: цзушие (czušije)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ jɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zou² si¹ je⁴
  - Yale: jóu sī yèh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² si¹ je⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zou² xi¹ yé⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ siː⁵⁵ jɛː²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chú-sṳ̂-yà
  - Hakka Romanization System: zu^ˋ sii^ˊ ia^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zu³ si¹ ya²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡su³¹ sɨ²⁴ i̯a¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chú-sṳ̂-yà
  - Hakka Romanization System: zu^ˋ sii^ˊ (r)ia^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zu³ si¹ ya²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡su³¹ sɨ²⁴ (j)i̯a¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: zu^ˊ sii^ˋ rha
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡su²⁴⁻³³ sɨ⁵³ ʒa⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chó͘-su-iâ
  - Tâi-lô: tsóo-su-iâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zofsu'iaa
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su⁴⁴⁻²² ia²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ su³³ ia²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su⁴⁴⁻²² ia¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su⁴⁴⁻³³ ia²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su⁴⁴⁻³³ ia²³/

Noun

祖師爺

(chiefly male) founder (of a school of learning, or sect of Buddhism or Taoism); patriarch
- 2024 October 11, 0:31:43 from the start, in 陳茂賢 [Anselm Chan], director, 破·地獄 [The Last Dance], spoken by 郭文 [Kwok Man] (許冠文 [Michael Hui]), Hong Kong: 英皇電影 [Emperor Motion Pictures]:
  
  我講過十萬次㗎啦，女人有月經，祖師爺唔鍾意嘅！ [Cantonese, trad.]
  我讲过十万次㗎啦，女人有月经，祖师爷唔钟意嘅！ [Cantonese, simp.]
  ngo⁵ gong² gwo³ sap⁶ maan⁶ ci³ gaa³ laa¹, neoi⁵ jan^4-2 jau⁵ jyut⁶ ging¹, zou² si¹ je⁴ m⁴ zung¹ ji³ ge³! [Jyutping]
  I said it a million times… Women menstruate. The ancestors don't like it! (Official subtitles)
  (literally, “I have spoken 100,000 times, women have menstruation/menses, [leading to] the [male] ancestors don't like [them]!”)

Synonyms

祖師／祖师 (zǔshī)

References

徐兆泉 (2009), “祖師爺”, in 臺灣四縣腔海陸腔客家話辭典 [Hakka Dictionary of Taiwan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hakka), Taipei: SMC Publishing Inc..