渡伯
Chinese
| to cross; to pass through; to ferry | father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (渡伯) |
渡 | 伯 | |
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tō͘-peh / tō͘-peeh
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō͘-peh
- Tâi-lô: tōo-peh
- Phofsit Daibuun: doxpeq
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ⁴¹⁻²² peʔ⁵/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō͘-peeh
- Tâi-lô: tōo-peeh
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔ²²⁻²¹ pɛʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
Noun
渡伯
- (Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien) helmsman; boatman
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 | |