過房

See also: 过房

Chinese

		to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-	house
trad. (過房)		過	房
simp. (过房)		过	房

Etymology

In ancient times, if a man had no children of his own, he might adopt the son of a brother, relative or someone else, so that he might have an heir.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guòfáng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo³ fong⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ko-fòng

(Meixian, Guangdong): guo⁴ fong²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kèr-pâng / kè-pâng / kòe-pâng

(Teochew, Peng'im): guê³ bang⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵ku-vaon

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guòfáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guòfáng
  - Wade–Giles: kuo⁴-fang²
  - Yale: gwò-fáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guohfarng
  - Palladius: гофан (gofan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ⁵¹ fɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwo³ fong⁴
  - Yale: gwo fòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwo³ fong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: guo³ fong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔː³³ fɔːŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ko-fòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: go fong^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: go⁴ fong²
  - Sinological IPA: /ko⁵⁵ foŋ¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: guo⁴ fong²
  - Sinological IPA: /kuo⁵³⁻⁵⁵ fɔŋ¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèr-pâng
  - Tâi-lô: kèr-pâng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kə⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ paŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kè-pâng
  - Tâi-lô: kè-pâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kea'paang
  - IPA (Taipei): /ke¹¹⁻⁵³ paŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ke²¹⁻⁵³ paŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòe-pâng
  - Tâi-lô: kuè-pâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koea'paang
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kue²¹⁻⁴¹ paŋ²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kue²¹⁻⁵³ paŋ¹³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: guê³ bang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuè pâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kue²¹³⁻⁵⁵ paŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵ku-vaon
  - MiniDict: ku^去 vaon
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²ku-vaan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ku³³ vɑ̃⁴⁴/

Verb

過房

to adopt a young relative
to give one's child to a relative for adoption; to have one's child adopted by a relative

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 過繼 (“to have one's child adopted by a relative”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		過繼, 過房, 出繼
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	過繼
Cantonese	Hong Kong	過繼
Hakka	Meixian	過房
Southern Min	Xiamen	過房, 過, 傳房份
	Quanzhou	過房, 過
	Zhangzhou	過房, 過, 傳房份

Derived terms