導郎

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (導郎)		導	郎
simp. (导郎)		导	郎
alternative forms		多琅 多隆 道郎

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay tolong, from Classical Malay tolong, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuluŋ (“to help, to assist”).

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tō-long / tō͘-lông / tǒ-lông

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Penang, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō-long
    • Tâi-lô: tō-long
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doixlofng
    • IPA (Singapore): /to²²⁻²¹ lɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Penang): /to²¹ lɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Penang, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō͘-lông
    • Tâi-lô: tōo-lông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doxloong
    • IPA (Penang): /tɔ²¹ lɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Singapore): /tɔ²²⁻²¹ lɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǒ-lông
    • Tâi-lô: tǒ-lông
    • IPA (Jinjiang): /to³³⁻²² lɔŋ²⁴/

Adverb

導郎

1. (Indonesian, Singapore and Malaysian Hokkien) please
   • 1950s, “牛老四”‎^[2]performed by 張老三, 馬標唱片 [Horse Record]:

     啊牛老四，我多隆你五十皮啦 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

     aa¹ ngau⁴ lou⁵ sei³, ngo⁵ do³ long² nei⁵ ng⁵ sap⁶ pei^4-2 laa¹ [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 2020, 南华潮剧社 Nam Hwa Opera, 1h58m30s from the start, in 苏六娘 The Tale Of Su Liu Niang‎^[3]:

     「哎呀，孬啊，導郎啊！」 [Teochew, trad.]
     「哎呀，孬啊，导郎啊！」 [Teochew, simp.]

     "Please don't do this, I beg you!"

Verb

導郎

1. (Indonesia Hokkien, Singapore, Malaysian and Jinjiang Hokkien) to help; to assist

Synonyms

• 佐理 (zuǒlǐ) (literary, with a task)
• 使勁／使劲 (shǐjìn)
• 加勢／加势 (jiāshì)
• 助 (zhù)
• 助力 (zhùlì)
• 助理 (zhùlǐ)
• 助益 (zhùyì) (literary)
• 匡助 (kuāngzhù) (literary)
• 協助／协助 (xiézhù)
• 參佐／参佐 (cānzuǒ) (literary)
• 增援 (zēngyuán, “to provide reinforcements”)
• 幫／帮 (bāng)
• 幫助／帮助 (bāngzhù)
• 幫同／帮同 (bāngtóng) (literary)
• 幫寸／帮寸 (bāngcùn)
• 幫帶／帮带 (bāngdài)
• 幫忙／帮忙 (bāngmáng)
• 幫手／帮手 (bong¹ sau²) (Cantonese)
• 幫扶／帮扶 (bāngfú)
• 幫襯／帮衬 (bāngchèn)
• 幫贈／帮赠 (Hokkien)
• 扶
• 扶助 (fúzhù)
• 扶持 (fúchí)
• 扶掖 (fúyè) (formal)
• 拉巴 (dialectal)
• 挺 (tǐng)
• 援助 (yuánzhù)
• 𢯭手 (Hakka)
• 支助 (zhīzhù) (literary)
• 支持 (zhīchí)
• 支援 (zhīyuán)
• 救 (jiù)
• 相幫／相帮 (xiāngbāng) (dialectal)
• 翼 (yì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 聲援／声援 (shēngyuán, “to express support for”)
• 臂助 (bìzhù) (literary)
• 補益／补益 (bǔyì)
• 補臺／补台 (bǔtái) (mainland China)
• 贈力／赠力 (Hokkien)
• 贈助／赠助 (Hokkien)
• 贊喙／赞喙 (“to express support for”) (Hokkien)
• 贈手／赠手 (Hokkien)
• 贊聲／赞声 (“to express support for”) (Hokkien)
• 輔助／辅助 (fǔzhù)
• 陪 (péi) (literary, or in compounds)
• 鬥幫贈／斗帮赠 (Hokkien)
• 鬥相共／斗相共 (Hokkien)
• 鬥跤手／斗跤手 (Hokkien)
• 鬥跤搭／斗跤搭 (Hokkien)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 幫忙 (“to help; to lend a hand”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		幫忙
Mandarin	Beijing	幫忙兒
	Taiwan	幫忙
	Luoyang	幫忙
	Wanrong	幫忙
	Xi'an	幫忙
	Guilin	幫忙
	Liuzhou	幫手
	Malaysia	幫忙
	Singapore	幫忙
Cantonese	Guangzhou	幫手
	Hong Kong	幫手
	Macau	幫手
	Taishan	幫手
	Yangjiang	幫手
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	幫手
	Singapore (Guangfu)	幫手
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	幫手
Gan	Nanchang	幫忙
	Lichuan	幫忙
Hakka	Meixian	𢯭手, 幫忙, 幫手, 扛幫
	Xingning	𢯭手
	Huidong (Daling)	𢯭手
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	𢯭手
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	𢯭手
	Changting	𢯭手
	Wuping	幹𢯭
	Wuping (Pingyu)	𢯭手
	Liancheng	𢯭手
	Ruijin	𢯭手
	Shicheng	幫手
	Shangyou (Shexi)	幫手
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	𢯭手
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	𢯭手
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	𢯭手
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	𢯭手
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	𢯭手
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鬥相共, 𢯭手
Huizhou	Jixi	幫忙
Jin	Taiyuan	打幫, 相幫
Northern Min	Jian'ou	幫襯
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	對手
	Matsu	對手
Southern Min	Xiamen	鬥相共, 鬥跤手
	Quanzhou	鬥相共, 鬥跤手, 鬥跤搭
	Zhangzhou	鬥相共, 鬥跤手
	Zhao'an	幫忙
	Taipei	鬥相共
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	鬥相共
	Kaohsiung	鬥跤手
	Yilan	鬥相共
	Changhua (Lukang)	鬥相共
	Taichung	鬥相共, 鬥跤手
	Taichung (Wuqi)	幫助
	Tainan	鬥相共, 鬥跤手
	Taitung	鬥跤手
	Hsinchu	鬥相共, 鬥跤手
	Kinmen	鬥相共
	Penghu (Magong)	鬥相共, 鬥跤手, 幫忙, 鬥相贊
	Penang (Hokkien)	鬥跤手, 幫忙
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鬥跤手, 幫忙, 鬥相共
	Manila (Hokkien)	鬥相共, 鬥, 幫贈, 幫助
	Chaozhou	相輔
	Shantou	相輔, 幫忙
	Shantou (Chenghai)	相輔
	Jieyang	相輔
	Singapore (Teochew)	相輔
	Pontianak (Teochew)	相輔
	Leizhou	幫跤接手
	Haikou	幫跤手
	Singapore (Hainanese)	幫跤手, 幫忙
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	幫手
Wu	Shanghai	幫忙, 相幫, 幫襯 dated
Xiang	Loudi	幫忙