有應公

Chinese

		to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	to answer; to respond; ought	just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister
trad. (有應公)		有	應	公
simp. (有应公)		有	应	公

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iú-èng-kong

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Kinmen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iú-èng-kong
    • Tâi-lô: iú-ìng-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iweangkofng
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /iu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kinmen): /iu⁵³⁻²⁴ iɪŋ¹²⁻⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

有應公

1. (Xiamen, Kinmenese and Taiwanese Hokkien) the unclaimed spirits and their small shrines are enshrined in the streets, alleys, or countryside

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 有應公媽／有应公妈

References

• 周长楫 [Zhōu Chángjí], editor (2006), “有应公”, in 闽南方言大词典 MINNAN FANGYAN DA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Southern Min topolects] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Fuzhou: 福建人民出版社 [Fujian People's Publishing House], →ISBN, page 223.