伯公
Chinese
father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address |
just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (伯公) | 伯 | 公 | |
| simp. #(伯公) | 伯 | 公 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): baak3 gung1
- Hakka
- Northern Min (KCR): bă-góng
- Eastern Min (BUC): báh-gŭng
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ba6 gorng1
- Southern Min
- Wu (Wugniu)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: bógōng
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄍㄨㄥ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bógong
- Wade–Giles: po2-kung1
- Yale: bwó-gūng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borgong
- Palladius: богун (bogun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: baak3 gung1
- Yale: baak gūng
- Cantonese Pinyin: baak8 gung1
- Guangdong Romanization: bag3 gung1
- Sinological IPA (key): /paːk̚³ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pak-kûng
- Hakka Romanization System: bagˋ gungˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: bag5 gung1
- Sinological IPA: /pak̚² kuŋ²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: bagˋ gungˊ
- Sinological IPA: /pak² kuŋ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
- Guangdong: bag5 gung1
- Sinological IPA: /pak̚¹ kʊŋ⁴⁴/
- (Changting)
- Changting Pinyin: ba2 gong1
- Sinological IPA: /pa²⁴ koŋ³³/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bă-góng
- Sinological IPA (key): /pa²⁴ kɔŋ⁵⁴/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: ba6 gorng1 [Phonetic: ba1 orng1]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bā-go̤ng
- Sinological IPA (key): /pa¹¹⁻⁵⁵ (k-)ɒŋ⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: ba6 gorng1 [Phonetic: ba1 orng1]
- Sinological IPA (key): /pa²¹⁻⁵⁵ (k-)ɒŋ⁵⁴⁴/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang, Philippines)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peh-kong
- Tâi-lô: peh-kong
- Phofsit Daibuun: pehkofng
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /pe(ʔ)⁵ kɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peeh-kong
- Tâi-lô: peeh-kong
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang, Philippines)
Note: great-uncle.
Noun
伯公
- great-uncle (paternal grandfather's elder brother)
- uncle-in-law (husband's father's elder brother)
- (Huizhou, Jinhua Wu) uncle-in-law (wife's father's elder brother)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 伯祖 (“great-uncle (paternal grandfather's elder brother)”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 伯祖 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 伯爺 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 伯公 |
| Hong Kong | 伯公 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 伯公 |
| Xingning | 伯公 | |
| Huidong (Daling) | 伯公 | |
| Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 伯公 | |
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 伯公 | |
| Changting | 伯公 | |
| Wuping | 伯公 | |
| Wuping (Pingyu) | 伯公 | |
| Liancheng | 伯公 | |
| Ninghua | 伯公 | |
| Ruijin | 公公 | |
| Shicheng | 大公 | |
| Shangyou (Shexi) | 大爹 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 伯公 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 伯公 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 伯公 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 伯公 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 伯公 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 伯公 | |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 伯公 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 伯公 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 伯公 |
| Quanzhou | 伯公 | |
| Zhangzhou | 伯公 | |
| Tainan | 伯公 | |
| Jieyang | 老伯 | |
| Leizhou | 伯公 | |
Dialectal synonyms of 伯公 (“uncle-in-law (husband's father's elder brother)”) [map]
- (wife's father's elder brother): (Xizhou Jin) 伯丈人
Proper noun
伯公
- (chiefly Hakka, Teochew) Alternative name for 土地公 (Tǔdìgōng).
- 2015, 黃瑋傑, “天光日”, in 《天光。日》[1], performed by 黃瑋傑:
- 若斯講 該屻崗相同青青 河壩還淨淨 係伯公同老祖先 死命拚留下來个哪 [Sixian Hakka, trad.]
- na-sṳ̀ kóng, ke yin-kông siông-thùng chhiâng-chhiâng, hò-pa hàn chhiang-chhiang, he pak-kûng thùng ló chú-siên, sí-miang pia liù hâ-lòi ke ná [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
若斯讲 该屻岗相同青青 河坝还净净 系伯公同老祖先 死命拚留下来个哪 [Sixian Hakka, simp.]
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 土地公 (“Tudigong”) [map]
Derived terms
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), “伯公”, 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 20.