過番

See also: 过番

Chinese

		to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-	(measure word for acts); deeds; foreign (measure word for acts); deeds; foreign; surname; place name
trad. (過番)		過	番
simp. (过番)		过	番

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guòfān

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo³ faan¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ko-fân

(Hailu, HRS): go^ˇ fan^ˋ

(Meixian, Guangdong): guo⁴ fan¹
Eastern Min (BUC): guŏ-huăng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kè-hoan / kèr-hoan / kòe-hoan

(Teochew, Peng'im): guê³ huêng¹ / guê³ huang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guòfān
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guòfan
  - Wade–Giles: kuo⁴-fan¹
  - Yale: gwò-fān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guohfan
  - Palladius: гофань (gofanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ⁵¹ fän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwo³ faan¹
  - Yale: gwo fāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwo³ faan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: guo³ fan¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔː³³ faːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ko-fân
  - Hakka Romanization System: go fan^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: go⁴ fan¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ko⁵⁵ fan²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: go^ˇ fan^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /ko¹¹ fan⁵³/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: guo⁴ fan¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kuo⁵³ fan⁴⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: guŏ-huăng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuo⁵⁵ ^(h-)uaŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Jinjiang, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kè-hoan
  - Tâi-lô: kè-huan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kea'hoafn
  - IPA (Jinjiang): /ke⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ huan³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ke¹¹⁻⁵³ huan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ke²¹⁻⁵³ huan⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèr-hoan
  - Tâi-lô: kèr-huan
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kə⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ huan³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòe-hoan
  - Tâi-lô: kuè-huan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koea'hoafn
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kue²¹⁻⁵³ huan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kue²¹⁻⁴¹ huan⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: guê³ huêng¹ / guê³ huang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuè hueng / kuè huang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kue²¹³⁻⁵⁵ hueŋ³³/, /kue²¹³⁻⁵⁵ huaŋ³³/

Note: guê3 huêng1 - Chaozhou.

Verb

過番

(Cantonese, Hakka, Min, dated) to go abroad (to Southeast Asia)
- 汕頭百載商埠的發源地西堤碼頭，見證了千千萬萬潮汕人從這裡「過番」謀生，也見證了汕頭從漁村、碼頭到港口、商埠的變遷。 [MSC, trad.]
  汕头百载商埠的发源地西堤码头，见证了千千万万潮汕人从这里「过番」谋生，也见证了汕头从渔村、码头到港口、商埠的变迁。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2021 June 1, 林洁 (Lin Jie), 《汕头：西堤见证以“侨”为桥》, in China Youth Daily, page 6
  Shàntóu bǎi zǎi shāngbù de fāyuándì Xīdī mǎtóu, jiànzhèng le qiānqiānwànwàn cháoshànrén cóng zhèlǐ “guòfān” móushēng, yě jiànzhèng le Shàntóu cóng yúcūn, mǎtóu dào gǎngkǒu, shāngbù de biànqiān. [Pinyin]
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Synonyms

(Hokkien) 過番爿／过番爿