公班衙
Chinese
just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister |
team; class; rank team; class; rank; squad; a work shift; a measure word; surname |
office; yamen | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (公班衙) | 公 | 班 | 衙 | |
| simp. #(公班衙) | 公 | 班 | 衙 | |
Etymology
- Phono-semantic matching of English company, referring originally to the British East India Company.
- Phono-semantic matching of Dutch compagnie, referring originally to the Dutch Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie (“Dutch East India Company”, literally “United East India Company”).
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-pan-gêe / kong-pan-gê
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Penang)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-pan-gêe
- Tâi-lô: kong-pan-gêe
- IPA (Penang): /kɔŋ³³⁻²¹ pan³³⁻²¹ ɡɛ²³/
- (Hokkien: Philippines)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-pan-gê
- Tâi-lô: kong-pan-gê
- Phofsit Daibuun: kongpan'gee
- IPA (Philippines): /kɔŋ³³ pan³³ ɡe²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Penang)
Noun
公班衙
- (Malaysian Hokkien) government
- (Philippine Hokkien, business) company employees; colleagues; associates; workmates; coworkers (the group of people in general one works together with professionally)
Synonyms