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.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-pan-gêe

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-pan-gêe
    • Tâi-lô: kong-pan-gêe
    • IPA (Penang): /kɔŋ³³⁻²¹ pan³³⁻²¹ ɡɛ²³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 公班衙

1. (Malaysia Hokkien) government

Synonyms

• 官方 (guānfāng)
• 政府 (zhèngfǔ)