伯公

Chinese

		father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address	just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister
trad. (伯公)		伯	公
simp. #(伯公)		伯	公

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bógōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ gung¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): pak-kûng

  (Hailu, HRS): bag^ˋ gung^ˊ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): bag⁵ gung¹

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ba⁵ gorng¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): peh-kong / peeh-kong

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bêh⁴ gong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bógōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bógong
    • Wade–Giles: po²-kung¹
    • Yale: bwó-gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borgong
    • Palladius: богун (bogun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak³ gung¹
    • Yale: baak gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag³ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pak-kûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: bag^ˋ gung^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bag⁵ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pak̚² kuŋ²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: bag^ˋ gung^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /pak² kuŋ²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: bag⁵ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pak̚¹ kʊŋ⁴⁴/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ba⁵ gorng¹ [Phonetic: ba¹ orng¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pa²¹⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)ɒŋ⁵³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peh-kong
    • Tâi-lô: peh-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pehkofng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /pe(ʔ)⁵ kɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peeh-kong
    • Tâi-lô: peeh-kong
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/

Note: great-uncle.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bêh⁴ gong¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: peh kong
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peʔ²⁻⁴ koŋ³³/

Noun

伯公

1. great-uncle (paternal grandfather's elder brother)
2. uncle-in-law (husband's father's elder brother)

Synonyms

• (great-uncle): 伯祖 (bózǔ), 伯祖父

Proper noun

伯公

1. (chiefly Hakka, Teochew) Alternative name for 土地公 (Tǔdìgōng).
   • 2015, 黃瑋傑 (lyrics and music), “天光日”, in 《天光。日》‎, performed by 黃瑋傑:

     若斯講　該屻崗相同青青　河壩還淨淨　係伯公同老祖先　死命拚留下來个哪 [Sixian Hakka, trad.]
     若斯讲　该屻岗相同青青　河坝还净净　系伯公同老祖先　死命拚留下来个哪 [Sixian Hakka, simp.]

     na-sṳ̀ kóng, ke yin-kông siông-thùng chhiâng-chhiâng, hò-pa hàn chhiang-chhiang, he pak-kûng thùng ló chú-siên, sí-miang pia liù hâ-lòi ke ná [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]

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Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		福德正神, 土地, 土地神
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	土地公
	Ulanhot	土地老
	Tongliao	土地老
	Chifeng	土地爺
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	土地老
	Harbin	土地老兒
	Malaysia	大伯公
	Singapore	土地公, 大伯公
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	土地爺爺, 土地
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	土老爺兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	土地爺
	Wanrong	土地爺
	Xuzhou	土地老爺
Lanyin Mandarin	Bayanhot	土地爺
	Lanzhou	土主爺
	Ürümqi	土地爺
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	社王公
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	土地爺爺, 土地公公
Cantonese	Guangzhou	土地, 土地公
	Hong Kong	土地, 土地公
Gan	Nanchang	土地菩薩
	Pingxiang	土地, 土地公公
Hakka	Meixian	伯公, 土地伯公, 土神
	Xingning	土地伯公
	Yudu	土地公公
	Ruijin	土地老太
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	伯公, 土地伯公
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	伯公, 土地伯公
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	伯公, 土地伯公
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	伯公, 土地伯公
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	伯公, 土地伯公
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	伯公, 土地伯公
Huizhou	Jixi	土地老爺, 土地菩薩
Jin	Taiyuan	土地爺
	Taibus (Baochang)	土地爺
	Linhe	土地爺
	Jining	土地爺
	Hohhot	土地爺
	Baotou	土地爺
	Dongsheng	土地爺
	Haibowan	土神爺
Northern Min	Jian'ou	土地公
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	土地公
Southern Min	Xiamen	土地公, 大伯公
	Quanzhou	土地公
	Zhangzhou	土地公, 大伯公
	Yunxiao	伯公
	Taipei	土地公
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	土地公
	Kaohsiung	土地公
	Yilan	土地公
	Changhua (Lukang)	土地公
	Taichung	土地公
	Tainan	土地公, 福德正神
	Hsinchu	土地公
	Kinmen	土地公
	Penghu (Magong)	土地公
	Penang (Hokkien)	大伯公
	Singapore (Hokkien)	大伯公, 土地公
	Manila (Hokkien)	土地公, 福德正神
	Longyan	土地公
	Shantou	地主爺
	Shantou (Chenghai)	地主爺, 土地爺伯, 伯公
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	土地伯, 伯公
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	地主爺, 土地爺伯, 伯公
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	地主公
	Jieyang	伯公, 福德老爺
	Leizhou	土地公
	Haikou	土地公
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	土地公, 土地
Wu	Shanghai	土地, 土地菩薩
	Wenzhou	土地爺
Xiang	Changsha	土地老倌

Dialectal synonyms of 土地公 (“Tudigong”) [map]

Derived terms

• 伯公下
• 伯公火

 

References

• 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), “伯公”, 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 20.