阿公
Chinese
(phonetic character); (final part.); (interj.) (phonetic character); (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people |
just; honorable; public just; honorable; public; common; fair; duke; mister | ||
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trad. (阿公) | 阿 | 公 | |
simp. #(阿公) | 阿 | 公 |
Pronunciation
Noun
阿公
- (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, Hakka, Min, dialectal Wu, dialectal Xiang) paternal grandfather
- (dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, Wu, Gan, Min Nan, Southern Sixian Hakka) maternal grandfather
- (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Hakka, Wu, dialectal Xiang) father-in-law (husband's father)
- (Singapore Hokkien, slang) the government
- (Cantonese, colloquial, dated) commons; shared resources (among a group of people)
Synonyms
- (paternal grandfather):
Dialectal synonyms of 祖父 (“paternal grandfather”) [map]
- (maternal grandfather):
Dialectal synonyms of 外祖父 (“maternal grandfather”) [map]
- (father-in-law):
Dialectal synonyms of 公公 (“father-in-law; husband's father”) [map]
- (government):
Derived terms
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