竹竿

Chinese

		bamboo	pole
trad. (竹竿)		竹	竿
simp. #(竹竿)		竹	竿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhúgān

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˊ ㄍㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk¹ gon¹
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): zug⁵ gon¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiak-koaⁿ / tek-koaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhúgān
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ ㄍㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhúgan
    • Wade–Giles: chu²-kan¹
    • Yale: jú-gān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwugan
    • Palladius: чжугань (čžuganʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ kän⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (竹竿兒／竹竿儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhúgānr
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ ㄍㄢㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhúganr
    • Wade–Giles: chu²-kan¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: jú-gānr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwugal
    • Palladius: чжуганьр (čžuganʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ kɑɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zuk¹ gon¹
    • Yale: jūk gōn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁷ gon¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zug¹ gon¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚⁵ kɔːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zug⁵ gon¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʊk̚¹ kɔn⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiak-koaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tiak-kuann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diakkvoaf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ kuã³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tek-koaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tik-kuann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dekkvoaf
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ kuã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kuã⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: trjuwk kan

Rime
Character	竹	竿
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	屋 (4)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	張六切	古寒切
Baxter	trjuwk	kan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈɨuk̚/	/kɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈiuk̚/	/kɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶiuk̚/	/kɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈuwk̚/	/kan/
Li Rong	/ȶiuk̚/	/kɑn/
Wang Li	/ȶĭuk̚/	/kɑn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶi̯uk̚/	/kɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhu	gān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zuk1	gon1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*truk  kˤar/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tuɡ  kaːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	竹	竿
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhú	gān
Middle Chinese	‹ trjuwk ›	‹ kan ›
Old Chinese	/*truk/	/*kˁar/
English	bamboo	pole, rod
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	竹	竿
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	17588	3569
Phonetic component	竹	干
Rime group	覺	元
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	竹	干
Old Chinese	/*tuɡ/	/*kaːn/

Noun

竹竿

1. bamboo pole

   • 籊籊竹竿，以釣于淇。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     籊籊竹竿，以钓于淇。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Tìtì zhúgān, yǐ diào yú Qí. [Pinyin]

     With your long and tapering bamboo rods, You angle in the Qi.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 竹竿 (“bamboo pole”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		竹竿, 竿
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		竹竿
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	竹竿兒
	Taiwan	竹竿
	Harbin	竹竿子, 竹竿兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	竹竿兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	竹竿子, 竹竿兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	竹竿兒
	Wanrong	竹竿
	Xi'an	竹竿
	Xining	竹竿子
	Xuzhou	竹竿兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	竹竿子
	Ürümqi	竹竿子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	竹竿, 竹子竿竿
	Wuhan	篙子, 竹篙子
	Guiyang	竹桿
	Liuzhou	竹竿, 竹篙 thick
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	竹竿
	Yangzhou	竹篙子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	竹篙, 竹竿
	Hong Kong	竹, 竹竿
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	竹篙
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	竹篙
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	竹篙
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	竹篙
	Macau	竹竿
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	竹篙
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	竹篙
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	竹篙
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	竹篙
	Foshan	竹篙
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	竹篙
	Foshan (Shunde)	竹篙
	Foshan (Sanshui)	竹篙
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	竹竿
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	竹仔, 竹篙
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	竹竿
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	竹篙
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	竹篙
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	竹篙
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	竹篙
	Taishan	竹篙
	Kaiping (Chikan)	竹篙
	Enping (Niujiang)	竹篙
	Heshan (Yayao)	竹篙
	Dongguan	竹篙
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	竹篙
	Qingyuan	竹篙
	Fogang	竹篙
	Yingde (Hanguang)	竹篙
	Yangshan	竹篙
	Lianshan (Butian)	竹篙
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	竹篙
	Shaoguan	竹篙
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	竹篙
	Renhua	竹篙
	Lechang	竹篙
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	竹篙
	Sihui	竹篙
	Guangning	竹篙
	Deqing	笐篙, 竹篙
	Huaiji	竹篙
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	竹篙
	Yunfu	竹篙
	Xinxing	竹篙
	Luoding	竹篙
	Yunan (Pingtai)	竹篙
	Yangjiang	竹篙
	Xinyi	竹篙
	Lianjiang	竹篙
	Nanning	竹篙
	Wuzhou	竹篙
	Yulin	竹篙
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	竹篙
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	竹篙, 竹竿
Gan	Nanchang	竹篙 †
	Lichuan	竹篙
	Pingxiang	竹篙
Hakka	Meixian	竹篙, 竹竿, 竹棍仔
	Xingning	竹篙
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	竹篙
	Huidong (Daling)	竹篙
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	竹篙
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	竹篙
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	竹篙
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	竹篙
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	竹篙
	Wuhua (Changbu)	竹篙
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	竹篙
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	竹篙
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	竹篙
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	竹篙
	Liannan	竹篙
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	竹篙
	Jiexi	竹篙
	Luhe	竹篙
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	竹篙
	Changting	竹篙
	Wuping	竹篙
	Wuping (Yanqian)	竹篙
	Wuping (Pingyu)	竹篙
	Liancheng	笐篙
	Ninghua	竹桿, 竹篙
	Yudu	竹篙
	Ningdu	竹篙
	Ruijin	竹篙
	Shicheng	竹篙
	Shangyou (Shexi)	竹篙
	Tonggu (Sandu)	竹篙
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	竹篙
	Dayu	竹篙
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	竹篙
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	竹篙
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	竹篙
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	竹篙
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	竹篙
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	竹篙
	Hong Kong	竹篙
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	竹篙
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	竹篙
	Xinyi (Sihe)	竹篙
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	竹篙
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	竹篙
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	竹篙
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	竹篙
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	竹篙
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	竹竿
	Mengshan (Xihe)	竹篙
	Luchuan	竹篙
	Sabah (Longchuan)	竹竿, 竹篙
	Senai (Huiyang)	竹篙
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	竹篙
	Singkawang	竹篙
Huizhou	Jixi	竹竿, 笐竿 †
Jin	Taiyuan	竹竿子
	Xinzhou	竹竿子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	竹笐 †
	Songxi	竹笐 †
	Zhenghe	竹笐 †
	Jianyang	竹㫰 †
	Wuyishan	竹㫰 †
	Pucheng (Shibei)	竹㫰 †
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	竹竿, 竹笐 †, 竹篙 boat
	Fuzhou (Changle)	竹笐 †
	Fuqing	竹笐 †
	Yongtai	竹笐 †
	Gutian	竹笐 †
	Fu'an	竹笐 †
	Ningde	竹笐 †
	Shouning	竹笐 †
	Zhouning	竹槓 †
	Fuding	竹笐 †
Southern Min	Xiamen	竹篙
	Quanzhou	竹篙
	Zhangzhou	竹篙
	Zhao'an	竹篙
	Tainan	竹篙
	Shantou	竹篙
	Jieyang	竹篙
	Bangkok (Teochew)	竹篙
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	竹篙
	Haikou	竹篙
Central Min	Yong'an	竹篙
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	竹篙
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	竹桿, 竹篙 †
Wu	Shanghai	竹竿
	Danyang	竹竿竿, 笐竿 †
	Hangzhou	竹竿
	Wenzhou	笐竿 †
	Jinhua	竹篙 boat, 笐竿 †, 竹笐 †
Xiang	Changsha	竹篙
	Loudi	竹篙
Note	† - for hang-drying clothes

See also

• 竹升 (zhúshēng)