扛轎

Chinese

		carry on one's shoulder; lift overhead with both hands	sedan chair
trad. (扛轎)		扛	轎
simp. (扛轿)		扛	轿

Pronunciation

Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): kông-khieu

(Hailu, HRS): gong^ˋ kiau^˖
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gung¹ gieo⁵ / gng¹ gieo⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kng-kiō

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kông-khieu
  - Hakka Romanization System: gong^ˊ kieu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gong¹ kieu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /koŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰi̯eu̯⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: gong^ˋ kiau^˖
  - Sinological IPA: /koŋ⁵³ kʰiau³³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gung¹ gieo⁵ [Phonetic: gung² gieo⁵]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gng-gā̤u
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuŋ⁵³³⁻¹³ kieu¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gng¹ gieo⁵ [Phonetic: gng² gieo⁵]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kŋ̍⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ kieu²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kng-kiō
  - Tâi-lô: kng-kiō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kngkioi
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² kio²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kŋ̍³³ kio⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² kio²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ kio³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɤ³³/

Verb

扛轎

(Hakka, Hokkien, Puxian Min) to carry a sedan chair
(Hakka, Hokkien, figurative) to root for someone (especially a politician) to increase their popularity

Synonyms

抬轎／抬轿 (táijiào)

References

“扛轎”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2026.
“扛轎”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Mandarin and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.
莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “扛轿”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 251.