督公

Chinese

		supervise	just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister
trad. (督公)		督	公
simp. #(督公)		督	公

Etymology

Short for 拿督公 (“Na Tuk Kong, a deity worshipped in Malaysia and Singapore”), where 拿督 is from Malay datuk.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tok-kong

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tok-kong
    • Tâi-lô: tok-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dokkofng
    • IPA (Singapore): /tɔk̚³²⁻⁴ kɔŋ⁴⁴/

Adjective

督公

1. (Singapore Hokkien) superb