高祖

Chinese

		high; tall	ancestor; forefather; grandparents
simp. and trad. (高祖)		高	祖

Emperor Gaozu of Han

Emperor Gaozu of Tang

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāozǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄗㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ zou²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ko-chó͘ / ko͘-chó͘
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹kau-tsu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāozǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄗㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gaozǔ
    • Wade–Giles: kao¹-tsu³
    • Yale: gāu-dzǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gautzuu
    • Palladius: гаоцзу (gaoczu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gou¹ zou²
    • Yale: gōu jóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ dzou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ zou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ t͡sou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-chó͘
    • Tâi-lô: ko-tsóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koizor
    • IPA (Taipei): /ko⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sɔ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘-chó͘
    • Tâi-lô: koo-tsóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kozor
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ³³ t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹kau-tsu
    • MiniDict: kau^平 tsu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kau-tsu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kɔ⁵⁵ t͡su²¹/

Noun

高祖

1. great-great-grandfather (paternal grandfather's paternal grandfather)
2. primogenitor
3. remote ancestor

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		高祖父, 高祖
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	高祖父
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	帥爹爹
Cantonese	Hong Kong	太太爺
	Taishan	赤公
Hakka	Meixian	公白, 阿白
Jin	Taiyuan	祖爺
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	老大公

Dialectal synonyms of 高祖父 (“great-great-grandfather (father of one's paternal great-grandfather)”) [map]

Antonyms

• 玄孫／玄孙 (xuánsūn)

Proper noun

高祖

1. A temple name given to the first emperor of some of the Chinese dynasties, or to ancestor of the first emperor
   1. Emperor Gaozu of Han (256 BCE or 247 BCE – June 1, 195 BCE)
   2. Emperor Gaozu of Tang (566 – June 25, 635)

Synonyms

• (Emperor Gaozu of Han): 高皇 (Gāo Huáng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
高	祖
こう Grade: 2	そ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
高祖 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 高祖 (MC kaw tsuX).

First cited in Japanese in 1120.^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーそ [kóꜜòsò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2][3]
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːso̞]

Noun

高(こう)祖(そ) • (kōso) 

1. [from 1180] a remote ancestor
2. [from 1180] (more narrowly): an ancestor four generations back: a great-great-grandparent, a grandparent of a grandparent
3. [from 1120] (Chinese history) the founder of a dynasty
4. [from 1257] (Buddhism) the founder of a sect

See also

• 玄孫(げんそん) (genson): a descendant four generations down: a great-great-grandchild, the grandchild of a grandchild

References

1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
高	祖

Proper noun

高祖

1. chữ Hán form of Cao Tổ (“a temple name used for Chinese emperors or Vietnamese emperors”).