抬轎佬
Chinese
| to carry a sedan chair; to collude in swindling someone's money | man; guy | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (抬轎佬) | 抬轎 | 佬 | |
| simp. (抬轿佬) | 抬轿 | 佬 | |
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: toi4 giu6-2 lou2
- Yale: tòih gíu lóu
- Cantonese Pinyin: toi4 giu6-2 lou2
- Guangdong Romanization: toi4 giu6-2 lou2
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰɔːi̯²¹ kiːu̯²²⁻³⁵ lou̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
抬轎佬
- (Cantonese, Liuzhou Mandarin) sedan chair bearer; palanquin bearer
- 1842, Samuel Wells Williams, Easy Lessons in Chinese: Or, Progressive Exercises to Facilitate the Study of That Language, Especially Adapted to the Canton Dialect, Macao: the Office of the Chinese Repository, page 95:
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 轎夫 (“sedan chair bearer; palanquin bearer”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 轎夫 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 抬轎子的 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 轎夫 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 轎夫子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 轎夫, 抬轎的 |
| Xining | 轎夫 | |
| Xuzhou | 抬轎的 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 抬轎子的 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 抬轎子的, 轎夫 |
| Wuhan | 抬轎子的 | |
| Guiyang | 轎夫 | |
| Liuzhou | 轎夫, 抬轎佬 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 轎夫 |
| Yangzhou | 抬轎子的 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 轎佬, 抬轎佬 |
| Hong Kong | 轎夫 | |
| Dongguan | 抬轎佬 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 抬轎個 |
| Lichuan | 抬轎仔個 | |
| Pingxiang | 轎夫子 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 轎夫 |
| Yudu | 扛轎個 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 轎夫 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 抬轎子的 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 轎夫仔, 扛轎的 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 扛轎其 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 扛轎的 |
| Quanzhou | 扛轎的 | |
| Zhangzhou | 扛轎的 | |
| Jieyang | 轎夫 | |
| Leizhou | 扛轎個 | |
| Haikou | 扛轎爹 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 轎父佬, 扛轎佬, 抬轎夫 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 轎夫, 轎班 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 扛轎子人 | |
| Suzhou | 轎夫 | |
| Danyang | 轎夫 | |
| Hangzhou | 轎夫, 抬轎子的 | |
| Ningbo | 抬轎郎, 轎夫 | |
| Jinhua | 轎夫 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 轎夫 |
| Loudi | 轎夫 | |