房東

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See also: 房东

Chinese

		house	east
trad. (房東)		房	東
simp. (房东)		房	东

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fángdōng

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˊ ㄉㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fong⁴ dung¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pâng-tong

(Teochew, Peng'im): bang⁵ dong¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fángdōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˊ ㄉㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fángdong
  - Wade–Giles: fang²-tung¹
  - Yale: fáng-dūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farngdong
  - Palladius: фандун (fandun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ³⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fong⁴ dung¹
  - Yale: fòhng dūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fong⁴ dung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fong⁴ dung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ²¹ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pâng-tong
  - Tâi-lô: pâng-tong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pangdofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /paŋ²⁴⁻²² tɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /paŋ²⁴⁻²² tɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /paŋ¹³⁻²² tɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /paŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /paŋ²³⁻³³ tɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bang⁵ dong¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pâng tong
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ toŋ³³/

Noun

房東

owner of rental accommodation; landlord; manager

Synonyms

厝主 (chió-ciō) (Eastern Min, Hokkien, Teochew)
厝東家／厝东家 (chio̤̿-dóng-gá) (Northern Min)
厝頭家／厝头家 (Hokkien)
地主 (dìzhǔ) (often pejorative)
東人／东人 (dōngrén) (archaic)
東家／东家 (dōngjiā) (literary)

Derived terms

二房東／二房东 (èrfángdōng)

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