導郎
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Chinese
| phonetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (導郎) | 導 | 郎 | |
| simp. (导郎) | 导 | 郎 | |
| alternative forms | 多琅 多隆 道郎 | ||
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay tolong, from Classical Malay tolong, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuluŋ (“to help, to assist”).
Pronunciation
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Penang, Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō-long
- Tâi-lô: tō-long
- Phofsit Daibuun: doixlofng
- IPA (Singapore): /to²²⁻²¹ lɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Penang): /to²¹ lɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Penang, Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō͘-lông
- Tâi-lô: tōo-lông
- Phofsit Daibuun: doxloong
- IPA (Penang): /tɔ²¹ lɔŋ²³/
- IPA (Singapore): /tɔ²²⁻²¹ lɔŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Jinjiang)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǒ-lông
- Tâi-lô: tǒ-lông
- IPA (Jinjiang): /to³³⁻²² lɔŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Penang, Singapore)
Adverb
導郎[1]
- (Indonesian, Singapore and Malaysian Hokkien) please
Verb
導郎
Synonyms
- 佐理 (zuǒlǐ) (literary, with a task)
- 使勁／使劲 (shǐjìn)
- 加勢／加势 (jiāshì)
- 助 (zhù)
- 助力 (zhùlì)
- 助理 (zhùlǐ)
- 助益 (zhùyì) (literary)
- 匡助 (kuāngzhù) (literary)
- 協助／协助 (xiézhù)
- 參佐／参佐 (cānzuǒ) (literary)
- 增援 (zēngyuán, “to provide reinforcements”)
- 幫／帮 (bāng)
- 幫助／帮助 (bāngzhù)
- 幫同／帮同 (bāngtóng) (literary)
- 幫寸／帮寸 (bāngcùn)
- 幫帶／帮带 (bāngdài)
- 幫忙／帮忙 (bāngmáng)
- 幫手／帮手 (bong1 sau2) (Cantonese)
- 幫扶／帮扶 (bāngfú)
- 幫襯／帮衬 (bāngchèn)
- 幫贈／帮赠 (Hokkien)
- 扶
- 扶助 (fúzhù)
- 扶持 (fúchí)
- 扶掖 (fúyè) (formal)
- 拉巴 (dialectal)
- 挺 (tǐng)
- 援助 (yuánzhù)
- 𢯭手 (Hakka)
- 支助 (zhīzhù) (literary)
- 支持 (zhīchí)
- 支援 (zhīyuán)
- 救 (jiù)
- 相幫／相帮 (xiāngbāng) (dialectal)
- 相輔／相辅 (Teochew)
- 翼 (yì) (literary, or in compounds)
- 聲援／声援 (shēngyuán, “to express support for”)
- 臂助 (bìzhù) (literary)
- 補益／补益 (bǔyì)
- 補臺／补台 (bǔtái) (mainland China)
- 贈力／赠力 (Hokkien)
- 贈助／赠助 (Hokkien)
- 贊喙／赞喙 (“to express support for”) (Hokkien)
- 贈手／赠手 (Hokkien)
- 贊聲／赞声 (“to express support for”) (Hokkien)
- 輔助／辅助 (fǔzhù)
- 陪 (péi) (literary, or in compounds)
- 鬥幫贈／斗帮赠 (Hokkien)
- 鬥相共／斗相共 (Hokkien)
- 鬥跤手／斗跤手 (Hokkien)
- 鬥跤搭／斗跤搭 (Hokkien)
Dialectal synonyms of 幫忙 (“to help; to lend a hand”)
References
- ^ Salmon, Claudine (2009) “Malay (and Javanese) Loan-words in Chinese as a Mirror of Cultural Exchanges”, in Archipel, volume 78, number 1, pages 181–208