撐船公

Chinese

to pole a boat
just; honourable; public
just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister
 
trad. (撐船公) 撐船 公
simp. (撑船公) 撑船 公

Pronunciation

Noun

撐船公

  1. (Cantonese) boatman; helmsman

Synonyms

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