# 高祖
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gāozǔ
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄗㄨˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gou$^1$ zou$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ko-chó͘ / ko͘-chó͘
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$kau-tsu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gāozǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄗㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gaozǔ
*** Wade–Giles: kao$^1$-tsu$^3$
*** Yale: gāu-dzǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gautzuu
*** Palladius: гаоцзу (gaoczu)
*** Sinological IPA : /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gou$^1$ zou$^2$
*** Yale: gōu jóu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gou$^1$ dzou$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gou$^1$ zou$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /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: $^1$kau-tsu
*** MiniDict: kau$^平$ tsu
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$kau-tsu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kɔ⁵⁵ t͡su²¹/

### Noun

高祖
* great-great-grandfather (paternal grandfather's paternal grandfather)
* primogenitor
* remote ancestor

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 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 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 卓公 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 公白, 阿白 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 祖爺 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 老大公 |

#### Antonyms

* 玄孫／玄孙 (xuánsūn)

### Proper noun

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

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) こーそ [kóꜜòsò] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ko̞ːso̞]

### Noun

高(こう)祖(そ) • (kōso)
* [from 1180] a remote ancestor
* [from 1180] (more narrowly): an ancestor four generations back: a great-great-grandparent, a grandparent of a grandparent
* [from 1120] (Chinese history) the founder of a dynasty
* [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

* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ 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
* chữ Hán form of Cao Tổ (“a temple name used for Chinese emperors or Vietnamese emperors”).