兼祧

Chinese

		double; twice; simultaneous double; twice; simultaneous; holding two or more (official) posts at the same time	ancestral hall
simp. and trad. (兼祧)		兼	祧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāntiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ ㄊㄧㄠ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiam-thiāu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāntiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ ㄊㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiantiao
    • Wade–Giles: chien¹-tʻiao¹
    • Yale: jyān-tyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiantiau
    • Palladius: цзяньтяо (czjanʹtjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiam-thiāu
    • Tâi-lô: kiam-thiāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiamtiau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiam⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiau²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiam³³ tʰiau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiam⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiau²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiam⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiau³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiam⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiau³³/

Noun

兼祧

1. (historical) a practice in which a man succeeds both his father's and uncle's lines when his uncle has no male heir, and is allowed to marry one wife each for each line

Synonyms

• 雙祧／双祧 (shuāngtiāo)