粵

開hoi1山saan1祖zou2師si1

simp开山祖师
hoi1 saan1 zou2 si1kāi shān zǔ shī

English

  1. founding master of a monastery
  2. founding figure of an industry, institution, school of thought, etc
  3. founder
  4. originator

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 某個行業、學派或其他組織嘅創始人

Examples

  • 佢係呢個行業嘅開山祖師,好多人都尊重佢。

    He is the founder of this industry. Many people respect him.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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