公班衙

Chinese

		just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	team; class; rank team; class; rank; squad; a work shift; a measure word; surname	office; yamen
trad. (公班衙)		公	班	衙
simp. #(公班衙)		公	班	衙

Etymology

• Phono-semantic matching of English company, referring originally to the British East India Company.
• Phono-semantic matching of Dutch compagnie, referring originally to the Dutch Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie (“Dutch East India Company”, literally “United East India Company”).

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-pan-gêe / kong-pan-gê

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-pan-gêe
    • Tâi-lô: kong-pan-gêe
    • IPA (Penang): /kɔŋ³³⁻²¹ pan³³⁻²¹ ɡɛ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-pan-gê
    • Tâi-lô: kong-pan-gê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kongpan'gee
    • IPA (Philippines): /kɔŋ³³ pan³³ ɡe²⁴/

Noun

公班衙

1. (Malaysian Hokkien) government
2. (Philippine Hokkien, business) company employees; colleagues; associates; workmates; coworkers (the group of people in general one works together with professionally)

Synonyms

• 官方 (guānfāng)
• 政府 (zhèngfǔ)
• 阿公 (Singapore Hokkien, slang)

 

Derived terms

• 公土
• 公煙／公烟 (gōngyān)
• 公班土
• 公膏