公媽

Chinese

		just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	mother; mama
trad. (公媽)		公	媽
simp. (公妈)		公	妈

Pronunciation

Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kong-má

(Teochew, Peng'im): gong¹ ma²

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-má
  - Tâi-lô: kong-má
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kongmar
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² mã⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ mã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ mã⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ mã⁵⁵⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gong¹ ma²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kong má
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /koŋ³³⁻²³ ma⁵²/

Noun

公媽

(Quanzhou, Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) ancestor; predecessor
(Quanzhou, Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) spirit tablet; ancestral tablet (tablet with the name of an ancestor inscribed on it)
(Hokkien, Teochew) grandparents

Synonyms

(ancestor):

上輩／上辈 (shàngbèi)
上輩子／上辈子 (shàngbèizi)
先人 (xiānrén)
先代 (xiāndài) (literary)
先古 (xiāngǔ) (literary)
先君 (xiānjūn) (literary)
先祖 (xiānzǔ) (literary)
先輩／先辈 (xiānbèi)
公婆 (Hokkien)
早勻／早匀 (Xiamen Hokkien)
父祖 (fùzǔ) (literary)
皇考 (huángkǎo) (archaic)
祖上 (zǔshàng)
祖先 (zǔxiān)
祖宗 (zǔzōng)
老祖宗
老輩／老辈 (lǎobèi)

(spirit tablet): 神位 (shénwèi), 神主 (shénzhǔ), 牌位 (páiwèi); (Hokkien) 公婆 (gōngpó)

Derived terms

一人一家代，公媽隨人祀／一人一家代，公妈随人祀
拜公媽／拜公妈

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