丈人公

Chinese

father-in-law; venerable old man
just; honourable; public
just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister
 
trad. (丈人公) 丈人
simp. #(丈人公) 丈人
alternative forms 丈儂公丈侬公 Min Nan; Puxian Min

Pronunciation

  • Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dieo5 nang2 gorng1 / diunn5 nang2 gorng1
  • Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiūⁿ-lâng-kong / tiǔⁿ-lâng-kong / tiòⁿ-lâng-kong

Noun

丈人公

  1. (Gan; Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou and Chaoyang Hokkien; Puxian Min; Shaojiang Min; Loudi Xiang) father-in-law (wife's father)
  2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) grandfather-in-law (wife's grandfather)

Synonyms

References

  • 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “丈侬公”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 151.