碗公

Chinese edit

	bowl; cup	just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister
trad. (碗公)	碗	公
simp. ^#(碗公)	碗	公
alternative forms	碗疆 Min Nan

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wǎngōng

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ ㄍㄨㄥ
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): vón-kûng / ván-kûng

(Meixian, Guangdong): von³ gung¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): óaⁿ-kang / óaⁿ-kong

(Teochew, Peng'im): uan² gong¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wǎngōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ ㄍㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wǎngong
  - Wade–Giles: wan³-kung¹
  - Yale: wǎn-gūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woangong
  - Palladius: ваньгун (vanʹgun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vón-kûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: von` gung´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: von³ gung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /von³¹ kuŋ²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vón-kûng / ván-kûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: von` gung´ / van` gung´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: von³ gung¹ / van³ gung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /von³¹ kuŋ²⁴/, /van³¹ kuŋ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: von³ gung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ʋɔn³¹ kʊŋ⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óaⁿ-kang
  - Tâi-lô: uánn-kang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: voafkafng
  - IPA (Singapore): /uã⁴²⁻²⁴ kaŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /uã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kaŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óaⁿ-kong
  - Tâi-lô: uánn-kong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: voafkofng
  - IPA (Lukang): /uã⁵⁵⁻³⁵ kɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /uã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Tainan, Yilan): /uã⁵³⁻⁵⁵ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /uã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: uan² gong¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uáⁿ kong
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ũã⁵²⁻³⁵ koŋ³³/

Noun edit

碗公

(regional) very big bowl
(Meixian Hakka) bowl (of any size)

Synonyms edit

Dialectal synonyms of 海碗 (“extra-big bowl”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		海碗
Mandarin	Taiwan	碗公
	Harbin	海碗, 大海碗
	Yantai (Muping)	海碗
	Jinan	海碗, 大海碗
	Luoyang	海碗
	Wanrong	海碗
	Xi'an	老碗
	Yinchuan	老碗
	Lanzhou	海碗
	Xining	海碗
	Ürümqi	海碗
	Wuhan	海碗
	Chengdu	斗碗兒, 斗碗
	Guiyang	海碗
	Kunming	海碗
	Liuzhou	湯碗, 品碗
	Xuzhou	海碗兒, 海碗
	Yangzhou	大頭碗, 海碗
Cantonese	Hong Kong	湯碗
Cantonese	Dongguan	湯碗
Gan	Pingxiang	海碗
Hakka	Meixian	海碗
	Xingning	碗公
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	碗公
	Huidong (Daling)	碗公
	Boluo (Bendihua)	碗公
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	大斗碗公
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	碗公
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	碗公
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	斗公
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	碗公
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	大碗公
	Jiexi	碗公
	Changting	碗頭
	Wuping	碗頭
	Wuping (Pingyu)	碗公
	Liancheng	碗頭
	Ruijin	餚碗, 品碗
	Shicheng	湯碗
	Shangyou (Shexi)	品碗
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	大碗公
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	碗公
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	碗公
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	碗公
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	碗公
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	碗公
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	碗公
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	碗公
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	碗公
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	碗公
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	碗公
Huizhou	Jixi	海碗
Jin	Xinzhou	鉢碗
Northern Min	Jian'ou	海碗, 碗頭嫲
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	海碗, 缸母, 缸婆, 缸
Southern Min	Xiamen	大水碗, 水碗, 碗疆, 碗公
	Quanzhou	大海碗
	Zhangzhou	碗疆
	Zhangpu	碗疆
	Taipei	碗公
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	碗公
	Kaohsiung	碗公
	Yilan	碗公
	Changhua (Lukang)	碗公, 碗疆
	Taichung	碗公
	Tainan	碗公
	Hsinchu	疆, 碗公
	Kinmen	碗疆
	Penghu (Magong)	疆, 碗疆
	Singapore (Hokkien)	碗公, 碗疆
	Manila (Hokkien)	大碗
	Jieyang	碗公
	Leizhou	公碗
	Haikou	海碗
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	海碗
Wu	Shanghai	海碗
	Shanghai (Chongming)	海大碗
	Suzhou	海碗
	Danyang	海碗
	Hangzhou	海碗, 大海碗, 湯碗
	Ningbo	五海大碗, 彌海碗, 海子碗
	Wenzhou	大匋
	Jinhua	海碗
Xiang	Changsha	海碗
Xiang	Loudi	海碗

Dialectal synonyms of 碗 (“bowl (for holding food)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		碗
Mandarin	Beijing	碗, 碗兒
	Taiwan	碗
	Yantai (Muping)	碗
	Jinan	碗
	Luoyang	碗
	Wanrong	碗
	Xi'an	碗
	Yinchuan	碗
	Lanzhou	碗
	Xining	碗
	Ürümqi	碗
	Wuhan	碗
	Chengdu	碗
	Guiyang	碗
	Liuzhou	碗
	Xuzhou	碗兒, 碗
	Yangzhou	碗盞, 碗
	Nanjing	碗兒
	Hefei	碗, 盞子
	Malaysia	碗
	Singapore	碗
Cantonese	Guangzhou	碗
	Hong Kong	碗
	Dongguan	碗
	Yangjiang	碗, 甌
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	碗
	Singapore (Guangfu)	碗
Gan	Nanchang	碗
Gan	Pingxiang	碗
Hakka	Meixian	碗, 碗公, 碗仔
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	碗公
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	碗
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	碗
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	碗
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	碗
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	碗
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	碗
Huizhou	Jixi	碗
Jin	Taiyuan	碗
Jin	Xinzhou	碗
Northern Min	Jian'ou	碗, 碗頭
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	碗
Eastern Min	Singapore (Fuqing)	碗
Southern Min	Xiamen	碗, 碗頭
	Quanzhou	碗
	Zhangzhou	碗, 碗頭
	Zhao'an	碗
	Penang (Hokkien)	碗
	Singapore (Hokkien)	碗
	Manila (Hokkien)	碗
	Chaozhou	碗
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	碗
	Jieyang	碗
	Singapore (Teochew)	碗
	Leizhou	碗
	Wenchang	碗
	Haikou	碗
	Singapore (Hainanese)	碗
Puxian Min	Putian	碗
	Putian (Donghai)	碗
	Putian (Jiangkou)	碗
	Putian (Nanri)	碗
	Xianyou	碗
	Xianyou (Fengting)	碗
	Xianyou (Youyang)	碗
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	碗
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	碗
Wu	Shanghai	碗
	Shanghai (Chongming)	碗
	Suzhou	碗
	Danyang	碗盞
	Hangzhou	碗盞, 碗
	Ningbo	碗盞
	Wenzhou	碗
	Jinhua	碗
Xiang	Changsha	碗, 蓮花子
	Loudi	碗
	Shuangfeng	碗

Descendants edit

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