阿公

Chinese

 
phonetic; (final part.); (interj.)
phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people
 
just; honourable; public
just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister
trad. (阿公)
simp. #(阿公)

Pronunciation


Noun

阿公

  1. (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, Hakka, Min, dialectal Wu, dialectal Xiang) paternal grandfather
  2. (dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, Wu, Gan, Southern Min, Southern Sixian Hakka) maternal grandfather
  3. (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Hakka, Wu, dialectal Xiang) father-in-law (husband's father)
  4. (Cantonese, Singapore Hokkien, slang) government
    阿公死爸 [Hokkien, trad.]
    阿公死爸 [Hokkien, simp.]
    A-kong sī sí-pē ū lui ê. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    The government has a lot of money.
  5. (Cantonese, colloquial, dated) commons; shared resources (among a group of people)
    Synonym: 公家 (gōngjiā)
    阿公 [Cantonese, trad.]
    阿公 [Cantonese, simp.]
    di1 cin4 zai1 lok6 aa3 gung1 dou6 lo1. [Jyutping]
    Put the money into the commons.

Synonyms

  • (government):

Derived terms

  • 老阿公
  • 阿公毋做,做人个孫仔
  • 阿公鞋

Descendants

  • Amis: akong
  • English: Ah Kong
  • Yilan Creole: akong
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