鼻祖

Chinese

		nose	ancestor; forefather; grandparents
simp. and trad. (鼻祖)		鼻	祖

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bízǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˊ ㄗㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bei⁶ zou²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): phi-chú

(Hailu, HRS): pi^˖ zu^ˊ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phī-chó͘ / phīⁿ-chó͘ / pi̍t-chó͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bízǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˊ ㄗㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bízǔ
  - Wade–Giles: pi²-tsu³
  - Yale: bí-dzǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: byitzuu
  - Palladius: бицзу (biczu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi³⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bei⁶ zou²
  - Yale: beih jóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bei⁶ dzou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: béi⁶ zou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯²² t͡sou̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phi-chú
  - Hakka Romanization System: pi zu^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pi⁴ zu³
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰi⁵⁵ t͡su³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: pi^˖ zu^ˊ
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰi³³ t͡su²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phī-chó͘
  - Tâi-lô: phī-tsóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phixzor
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰi⁴¹⁻²² t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phīⁿ-chó͘
  - Tâi-lô: phīnn-tsóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phvixzor
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /pʰĩ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sɔ⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰĩ³³⁻²¹ t͡sɔ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pi̍t-chó͘
  - Tâi-lô: pi̍t-tsóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pidzor
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /pit̚⁴⁻³² t͡sɔ⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /pit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sɔ⁵³/

Noun

鼻祖

(literally) earliest ancestor; primogenitor; progenitor
(figuratively) originator; initiator; creator; founder

Synonyms

(earliest ancestor): 始祖 (shǐzǔ), (literary) 先祖 (xiānzǔ)
(originator): 始祖 (shǐzǔ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (鼻祖):

→ Japanese: 鼻祖(びそ) (biso)
→ Korean: 비조(鼻祖) (bijo)
→ Vietnamese: tị tổ (鼻祖)