(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “This word is used because 梯 is homophonous with 閪?”)
憑企
- (Siyi Yue) ladder (Classifier: 條／条)
却老佢，ㄝ直篷（一直）哩，該*直就——拿*（爬），呃，拿*條（那條）凭企*（樓梯，梯子）下——，下落地下*。 [Taishanese, trad.]
却老佢，ㄝ直篷（一直）哩，该*直就——拿*（爬），呃，拿*条（那条）凭企*（楼梯，梯子）下——，下落地下*。 [Taishanese, simp.]- From: 1951, 趙元任 [Yuen Ren Chao], 台山語料, 《歷史語言研究所集刊》, volume 23, page 48
- His dad, he, uh, kept on, so like, kept on—climbing, uh, climbing the ladder down—, down to the floor.
Dialectal synonyms of
梯子 (“ladder”)
[map]
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
梯子
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| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
梯子
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| Taiwan
|
梯子
|
| Harbin
|
梯子
|
| Malaysia
|
樓梯
|
| Singapore
|
樓梯
|
| Jilu Mandarin
|
Jinan
|
梯子
|
| Jiaoliao Mandarin
|
Yantai (Muping)
|
梯子
|
| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
|
梯子
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| Wanrong
|
梯子
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| Xi'an
|
梯子
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| Xining
|
梯子
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| Xuzhou
|
梯子
|
| Lanyin Mandarin
|
Yinchuan
|
梯子
|
| Lanzhou
|
梯架
|
| Ürümqi
|
梯架
|
| Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
梯子
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| Wuhan
|
梯子, 樓梯
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| Guiyang
|
樓梯
|
| Liuzhou
|
梯子
|
| Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
梯子
|
| Yangzhou
|
梯子
|
| Nantong
|
扶梯
|
| Hefei
|
梯子
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
梯, 梯橫
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| Hong Kong
|
梯
|
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
|
梯
|
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
|
梯
|
| Macau
|
梯
|
| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
梯橫
|
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
梯
|
| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
梯
|
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
梯
|
| Foshan
|
梯橫
|
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
梯
|
| Foshan (Shunde)
|
梯
|
| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
梯
|
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
梯
|
| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
梯橫
|
| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
梯
|
| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
梯
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
梯
|
| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
梯
|
| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
梯
|
| Taishan
|
憑企
|
| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
憑企
|
| Enping (Niujiang)
|
憑企
|
| Heshan (Yayao)
|
梯
|
| Dongguan
|
梯
|
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
梯
|
| Yangjiang
|
梯
|
| Wuzhou
|
梯
|
| Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
梯
|
| Hepu (Shatian)
|
梯
|
| Qinzhou
|
梯
|
| Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)
|
梯
|
| Beihai
|
梯
|
| Beihai (Nankang)
|
梯
|
| Beihai (Yingpan)
|
梯
|
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
|
梯
|
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
|
梯
|
| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
|
爬梯
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
梯
|
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
|
梯
|
| Móng Cái
|
腳梯
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
樓梯
|
| Lichuan
|
樓批
|
| Pingxiang
|
樓梯
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
梯
|
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
|
梯
|
| Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
梯
|
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
梯
|
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
梯
|
| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
梯
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
梯仔
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
梯仔
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
梯仔
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
梯
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
梯仔, 梯
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
梯
|
| Hong Kong
|
陡梯
|
| Senai (Huiyang)
|
梯
|
| Kuching (Hepo)
|
樓梯
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
梯
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
梯子
|
| Xinzhou
|
梯子
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
樓階
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
梯, 樓梯
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
梯, 樓梯
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
樓梯, 梯
|
| Chaozhou
|
梯
|
| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
梯
|
| Haikou
|
梯
|
| Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
樓梯
|
| Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)
|
樓梯
|
| Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)
|
樓梯
|
| Xianyou
|
樓梯
|
| Xianyou (Fengting)
|
樓梯
|
| Xianyou (Youyang)
|
樓梯
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
樓梯
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
胡梯
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
梯
|
| Suzhou
|
梯
|
| Wuxi
|
梯子, 竹梯
|
| Danyang
|
梯, 梯子
|
| Hangzhou
|
梯子
|
| Ningbo
|
路梯
|
| Wenzhou
|
樓梯
|
| Jinhua
|
梯兒
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
樓梯, 梯子
|
| Shuangfeng
|
樓梯
|
