撐船公

Chinese

		to pole a boat	just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister
trad. (撐船公)		撐船	公
simp. (撑船公)		撑船	公

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caang¹ syun⁴ gung¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caang¹ syun⁴ gung¹
    • Yale: chāang syùhn gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaang¹ syn⁴ gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cang¹ xun⁴ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːŋ⁵⁵ syːn²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

撐船公

1. (Cantonese) boatman; helmsman

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 船夫 (“boatman; helmsman”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		船夫, 艄公, 船家, 船戶, 舵手, 舟子, 水手, 梢人
Cantonese	Guangzhou	撐船公, 船家
Hakka	Meixian	船家佬
Northern Min	Jian'ou	船艄工
Southern Min	Xiamen	船舵, 船舵公, 舵工 dated
	Quanzhou	船舵, 船舵公, 渡伯, 舵工 dated
	Zhangzhou	船舵, 船舵公, 渡伯, 舵工 dated
	Tainan	艄公
	Shantou	捍舵, 撐船人
Xiang	Changsha	駕船的