公白

Chinese

just; honourable; public
just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister
 
white; empty; blank
white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
 
trad. (公白) 公 白
simp. #(公白) 公 白
anagram 白公

Pronunciation

Noun

公白

  1. (Hakka) great-great-grandfather (the father of one's paternal great-grandfather)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 高祖父 (“great-great-grandfather (father of one's paternal great-grandfather)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 高祖父, 高祖
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 高祖父
Southwestern Mandarin Wuhan 帥爹爹
Cantonese Hong Kong 太太爺
Taishan 赤公
Hakka Meixian 公白, 阿白
Jin Taiyuan 祖爺
Eastern Min Fuzhou 老大公

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