馬祖

See also: 马祖

Chinese

		horse; surname	ancestor; forefather; grandparents
trad. (馬祖)		馬	祖
simp. (马祖)		马	祖

馬祖

After the goddess 媽祖／妈祖 (Māzǔ, “Mazu”), who was believed to have died there when she was rescuing her father and brother.

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Mǎzǔ [Phonetic: mázǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄗㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Mǎzǔ
  - Wade–Giles: Ma³-tsu³
  - Yale: Mǎ-dzǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Maatzuu
  - Palladius: Мацзу (Maczu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡su²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: maa⁵ zou²
  - Yale: máh jóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ dzou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ zou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː¹³ t͡sou̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Mâ-chú
  - Hakka Romanization System: ma´ zu`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ma¹ zu³
  - Sinological IPA: /ma²⁴ t͡su³¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Mā-cū
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ma³³⁻³⁵ ^(t͡s-)ʒu³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Má-chó͘
  - Tâi-lô: Má-tsóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mafzor
  - IPA (Xiamen): /mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /mã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɔ⁴¹/

馬祖

(～列島) Matsu Islands (synonymous with Lienchiang County, Taiwan (ROC))
(～海峽) Matsu Strait (between Beigan and Nangan in Lienchiang County, Taiwan (ROC))
(～鄉) Matsu (hypothetical township of Lianjiang, Fuzhou, Fujian as claimed by China (PRC); includes most of Lienchiang County, Taiwan (ROC))