閬港

Chinese

		閬中 place in Sichuan; 閬苑 palace, home of immortals; in 閌閬, open space in a structure	harbour; Hong Kong (abbrev.)
trad. (閬港)		閬	港
simp. (阆港)		阆	港
alternative forms		籠港／笼港 弄港 浪港 浪槓／浪杠 踉港

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): làng-káng

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: làng-káng
    • Tâi-lô: làng-káng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: larngkarng
    • IPA (Taipei): /laŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ kaŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /laŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ kaŋ⁴¹/

Verb

閬港

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to try to flee to another place
   • 1949 June 14, “貪利失母錢莊歌”, in 公論報‎^[1]:

     頭家伸勞通弄港　無陜一人對衆人　貪着錢莊利息重　金器變甲空空空 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     头家伸劳通弄港　无陜一人对众人　贪着钱庄利息重　金器变甲空空空 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     thâu-ke sin-lô thong làng-káng, bô siám chi̍t-lâng tùi chèng-lâng, tham-tio̍h chîⁿ-chng lī-sek tāng, kim-khì piàn kah khang-khang-khang [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to leave secretly; to sneak away
   • 2022, 黃晟翔 (lyrics and music), “必巡”, in 總會有一工, performed by 曾瑋中 [Kuljelje Salevelev]:

     像人心若痛　浪槓上濟 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     像人心若痛　浪杠上济 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     chhiūⁿ lâng sim nā thiàⁿ, làng-káng siōng chōe [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• 阿婆仔閬港 / 阿婆仔阆港
• 阿婆閬港 / 阿婆阆港

Further reading

• 潘科元 (2013 December 1) “媠氣台灣話「閬港 làng-káng」(038)”, in 潘科元台語文理想國
• “閬港”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.