過房

See also: 过房

Chinese

		to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-	house
trad. (過房)		過	房
simp. (过房)		过	房

Etymology

In ancient times, if a man had no children of his own, he might adopt the son of a brother, relative or someone else, so that he might have an heir.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guòfáng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄤˊ
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ko-fòng
Min Nan (POJ): kèr-pâng / kè-pâng / kòe-pâng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: guòfáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄤˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guohfangr
  - IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ⁵¹ fɑŋ³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ko-fòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: go fongˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: go⁴ fong²
  - IPA: /ko⁵⁵ foŋ¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèr-pâng
  - Tâi-lô: kèr-pâng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kə⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ paŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kè-pâng
  - Tâi-lô: kè-pâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kea'paang
  - IPA (Taipei): /ke¹¹⁻⁵³ paŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ke²¹⁻⁵³ paŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòe-pâng
  - Tâi-lô: kuè-pâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koea'paang
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kue²¹⁻⁴¹ paŋ²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kue²¹⁻⁵³ paŋ¹³/

Verb

過房

(archaic) to adopt as one's own son

Synonyms

過繼／过继 (guòjì)

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