舅公

Chinese

		maternal uncle	just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister
trad. (舅公)		舅	公
simp. ^#(舅公)		舅	公

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiùgōng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kau⁵ gung¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): khiû-kûng

(Meixian, Guangdong): kiu¹ gung¹
Eastern Min (BUC): giê-gŭng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kū-kong / kǔ-kong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiùgōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiòugong
  - Wade–Giles: chiu⁴-kung¹
  - Yale: jyòu-gūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiowgong
  - Palladius: цзюгун (czjugun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kau⁵ gung¹
  - Yale: káuh gūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kau⁵ gung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: keo⁵ gung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯¹³ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiû-kûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: kiu^ˊ gung^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kiu¹ gung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯u²⁴⁻¹¹ kuŋ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: kiu¹ gung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰiu⁴⁴ kʊŋ⁴⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: giê-gŭng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kie²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)uŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kū-kong
  - Tâi-lô: kū-kong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kuxkofng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ku²²⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Tainan): /ku³³⁻¹¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kinmen): /ku²²⁻¹² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung, Yilan): /ku³³⁻²¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Jinjiang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kǔ-kong
  - Tâi-lô: kǔ-kong
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ku²² kɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Lukang, Jinjiang, Philippines): /ku³³⁻²² kɔŋ³³/

Noun

舅公

great-uncle (brother of one's grandmother)

Synonyms

舅祖
舅爺／舅爷 (jiùyé)