太公
Chinese
too (much); very; extremely too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest |
just; honorable; public just; honorable; public; common; fair; duke; mister | ||
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trad. (太公) | 太 | 公 | |
simp. #(太公) | 太 | 公 | |
anagram | 公太 |
Pronunciation
Noun
太公
- (dialectal) paternal great-grandfather (the father of one's paternal grandfather)
- 「自吾先君太公曰『當有聖人適周,周以興』。子真是邪?吾太公望子久矣。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
- “Zì wú xiānjūn tàigōng yuē ‘dāng yǒu shèngrén shì zhōu, zhōu yǐ xìng’. Zǐ zhēn shì yé? Wú tàigōng wàng zǐ jiǔ yǐ.” [Pinyin]
- “My lordly ancestor, my great-grandfather, himself had said: ‘Just when a sage comes to Zhou, Zhou will prosper.’ Are ye truly that one? My great-grandfather had hoped for you for a long time.”
“自吾先君太公曰‘当有圣人适周,周以兴’。子真是邪?吾太公望子久矣。” [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (literary) grand duke
- 姜太公 ― Jiāng Tàigōng ― Grand Duke Jiang
- (Zhangzhou Hokkien) father of an official
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 曾祖父 (“great-grandfather (paternal grandfather's father)”) [map]
Derived terms
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