艄公

Chinese

		stern of boat	just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister
trad. (艄公)		艄	公
simp. #(艄公)		艄	公
alternative forms		梢公

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shāogōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saau¹ gung¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sau-kong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shāogōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄠ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shaogong
    • Wade–Giles: shao¹-kung¹
    • Yale: shāu-gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaugong
    • Palladius: шаогун (šaogun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saau¹ gung¹
    • Yale: sāau gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saau¹ gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sao¹ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːu̯⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sau-kong
    • Tâi-lô: sau-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sau'kofng
    • IPA (Tainan): /sau⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

艄公

1. boatman; helmsman

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 船夫 (“boatman; helmsman”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		船夫, 艄公, 船家, 船戶, 舵手, 舟子, 水手, 梢人
Cantonese	Guangzhou	撐船公, 船家
Hakka	Meixian	船家佬
Northern Min	Jian'ou	船艄工
Southern Min	Xiamen	船舵, 船舵公, 舵工 dated
	Quanzhou	船舵, 船舵公, 渡伯, 舵工 dated
	Zhangzhou	船舵, 船舵公, 渡伯, 舵工 dated
	Tainan	艄公
	Shantou	捍舵, 撐船人
Xiang	Changsha	駕船的
	Hengyang	駕船個

Coordinate terms

• (Hokkien) 艄婆