伯公

Chinese

		father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address	just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister
trad. (伯公)		伯	公
simp. ^#(伯公)		伯	公

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bógōng

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄍㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ gung¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): pak-kûng

(Meixian, Guangdong): bag⁵ gung¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): peh-kong / peeh-kong

(Teochew, Peng'im): bêh⁴ gong¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bógōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄍㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bógong
  - Wade–Giles: po²-kung¹
  - Yale: bwó-gūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borgong
  - Palladius: богун (bogun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baak³ gung¹
  - Yale: baak gūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ gung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag³ gung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pak-kûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: bag^ˋ gung^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bag⁵ gung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /pak̚² kuŋ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: bag⁵ gung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /pak̚¹ kʊŋ⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peh-kong
  - Tâi-lô: peh-kong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pehkofng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /pe(ʔ)⁵ kɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peeh-kong
  - Tâi-lô: peeh-kong
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/

Note: great-uncle.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bêh⁴ gong¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: peh kong
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /peʔ²⁻⁴ koŋ³³/

Noun

伯公

great-uncle (paternal grandfather's elder brother)
uncle-in-law (husband's father's elder brother)

Synonyms

(great-uncle): 伯祖 (bózǔ), 伯祖父

Proper noun

伯公

(chiefly Hakka, Teochew) Alternative name for 土地公 (Tǔdìgōng).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 土地公 (“Tudigong”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		福德正神, 土地, 土地神
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	土地公
	Ulanhot	土地老
	Tongliao	土地老
	Chifeng	土地爺
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	土地老
	Harbin	土地老兒
	Malaysia	大伯公
	Singapore	土地公, 大伯公
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	土地爺爺, 土地
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	土老爺兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	土地爺
	Wanrong	土地爺
	Xuzhou	土地老爺
Lanyin Mandarin	Bayanhot	土地爺
	Lanzhou	土主爺
	Ürümqi	土地爺
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	社王公
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	土地爺爺, 土地公公
Cantonese	Guangzhou	土地, 土地公
Cantonese	Hong Kong	土地, 土地公
Gan	Nanchang	土地菩薩
Gan	Pingxiang	土地, 土地公公
Hakka	Meixian	伯公, 土地伯公, 土神
	Xingning	土地伯公
	Yudu	土地公公
	Ruijin	土地老太
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	伯公, 土地伯公
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	伯公, 土地伯公
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	伯公, 土地伯公
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	伯公, 土地伯公
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	伯公, 土地伯公
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	伯公, 土地伯公
Huizhou	Jixi	土地老爺, 土地菩薩
Jin	Taiyuan	土地爺
	Taibus (Baochang)	土地爺
	Linhe	土地爺
	Jining	土地爺
	Hohhot	土地爺
	Baotou	土地爺
	Dongsheng	土地爺
	Haibowan	土神爺
Northern Min	Jian'ou	土地公
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	土地公
Southern Min	Xiamen	土地公, 大伯公
	Quanzhou	土地公
	Zhangzhou	土地公, 大伯公
	Yunxiao	伯公
	Taipei	土地公
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	土地公
	Kaohsiung	土地公
	Yilan	土地公
	Changhua (Lukang)	土地公
	Taichung	土地公
	Tainan	土地公, 福德正神
	Hsinchu	土地公
	Kinmen	土地公
	Penghu (Magong)	土地公
	Penang (Hokkien)	大伯公
	Singapore (Hokkien)	大伯公, 土地公
	Manila (Hokkien)	土地公, 福德正神
	Longyan	土地公
	Shantou	地主爺
	Shantou (Chenghai)	地主爺, 土地爺伯, 伯公
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	土地伯, 伯公
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	地主爺, 土地爺伯, 伯公
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	地主公
	Jieyang	伯公, 福德老爺
	Leizhou	土地公
	Haikou	土地公
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	土地公, 土地
Wu	Shanghai	土地, 土地菩薩
Wu	Wenzhou	土地爺
Xiang	Changsha	土地老倌

Derived terms