翁

翁 U+7FC1, 翁 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7FC1 ← 翀 [U+7FC0] CJK Unified Ideographs 翂 → [U+7FC2]

Translingual

Han character

翁 (Kangxi radical 124, 羽+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 金戈尸一 (CISM), four-corner 8012₇, composition ⿱公羽)

Derived characters

• 傟, 嗡, 塕, 慃, 㨣, 滃, 㺋, 暡, 㮬, 䐥, 瞈, 聬, 螉, 鎓(𬭩), 䩺, 䱵(𮬢), 勜, 鶲(鹟), 嵡, 蓊, 䈵

Additional Derived Characters

• 𡟸, 𡻐, 𢐢, 𫕎, 𤌏, 𮴫, 𥕀, 𬓵, 𧛹, 𧷜, 𨉳, 𨎃, 𦒙, 𩡓, 𩥛
• 𠃽, 𨜺, 𪴱, 𦫫, 𩔚, 𦒥, 𱗣, 𡩥, 𩄘, 𩮬, 𤹗

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 955, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28635
• Dae Jaweon: page 1401, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3343, character 10
• Unihan data for U+7FC1

Chinese

trad.		翁
simp. #		翁

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• 翁

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 翁
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (公) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
慃	*qroːŋʔ
袞	*kluːnʔ
蔉	*kluːnʔ
滾	*kluːnʔ
忩	*sʰloːŋ
鬆	*sqʰloːŋs, *sqʰluːŋ, *skʰloŋ, *sqʰloŋ
凇	*sqʰloːŋs, *sqʰloŋ, *sɢloŋ
公	*kloːŋ
蚣	*kloːŋ, *kljoŋ
翁	*qloːŋ
螉	*qloːŋ
蓊	*qloːŋ, *qloːŋʔ
嗡	*qloːŋ
滃	*qloːŋʔ
暡	*qloːŋʔ
勜	*qloːŋʔ
塕	*qloːŋʔ
瓮	*qloːŋs
崧	*sqʰluŋ
菘	*sqʰluŋ
硹	*sqʰluŋ
淞	*sqʰloŋ, *sɢloŋ
蜙	*sqʰloŋ
倯	*sqʰloŋ
松	*sɢloŋ
訟	*sɢloŋ, *sɢloŋs
頌	*sɢloŋs, *loŋ
忪	*kljoŋ
彸	*kljoŋ
衳	*kljoŋ
伀	*kljoŋ
妐	*kljoŋ
炂	*kljoŋ
鈆	*kljoŋ, *lon

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qloːŋ): phonetic 公 (OC *kloːŋ) + semantic 羽 (“wings”). Originally representing the meaning “feathers”, it was later loaned to mean “old man” and similar senses, by association with the semantic 公.

Etymology 1

Possibly Sino-Tibetan. Compare Mizo ung (“to be old, elderly, aged; to be venerable, antique, ancient; to be of long standing, to be an old inhabitant, to be an old stager (v.; adj.)”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Baxter & Sagart (2017) included 翁 (OC *qˤoŋ) "old man" in the same word-family as 公 (OC *C.qˤoŋ) "father, prince" and 妐 (OC *t-qoŋ) "husband's father".

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): wēng (weng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄥ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ong¹

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jung¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): yuung¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): ung¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): vûng

  (Hailu, HRS): vung^ˋ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): vung¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): veng¹
• Northern Min (KCR): é̤ng / ó̤ng
• Eastern Min (BUC): ŭng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ang¹ / orng¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ang / ong

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ang¹ / ong¹ / êng¹

  (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): ong¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹on
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ngong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wong
    • Wade–Giles: wêng¹
    • Yale: wēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueng
    • Palladius: вэн (vɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wəŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ong¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: weng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /oŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jung¹
    • Yale: yūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: yuung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɵŋ³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: ung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uŋ⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: vung^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /vuŋ²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: vung^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /vuŋ⁵³/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: vung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ʋʊŋ⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: veng¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /vəŋ¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: é̤ng / ó̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /œyŋ⁵⁴/, /ɔŋ⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ŭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /uŋ⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ang¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aŋ⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aŋ⁵⁴⁴/
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: orng¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: o̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɒŋ⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: orng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɒŋ⁵⁴⁴/

Note:

• ang1 - vernacular;
• orng1 - literary (incl. surname).

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Zhangpu, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ang
    • Tâi-lô: ang
    • Phofsit Daibuun: afng
    • IPA (Zhangpu): /aŋ⁵⁵/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /aŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /aŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ong
    • Tâi-lô: ong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ofng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɔŋ⁴⁴/
Note:
• ang - vernacular (incl. surname in Taiwan);
• ong - literary.
• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ang¹ / ong¹ / êng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ang / ong / eng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aŋ³³/, /oŋ³³/, /eŋ³³/
Note:
• ang1 - vernacular;
• ong1 - literary;
• êng1 - vernacular (surname).
• • (Leizhou)
    • Leizhou Pinyin: ong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ɔŋ³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹on
    • MiniDict: on^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹on
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /oŋ⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: ngong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ŋʊŋ³³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /ŋən³³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 翁
Mandarin	Beijing	/uəŋ⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/uəŋ⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/vəŋ²¹/
	Jinan	/vəŋ²¹³/
	Qingdao	/ɣəŋ²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/uəŋ²⁴/
	Xi'an	/uŋ²¹/
	Xining	/uə̃⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/vəŋ⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/və̃n³¹/ /kũn³¹/
	Ürümqi	/vɤŋ⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/oŋ⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/oŋ⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/oŋ⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/oŋ⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/oŋ³¹/
	Hefei	/əŋ⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/vəŋ¹¹/
	Pingyao	/uŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/və̃ŋ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/oŋ⁵³/
	Suzhou	/oŋ⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/ʔoŋ³³/
	Wenzhou	/oŋ³³/
Hui	Shexian	/uʌ̃³¹/
	Tunxi	/an¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/ŋoŋ³³/
	Xiangtan	/uən³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/uŋ⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/vuŋ⁴⁴/
	Taoyuan	/vuŋ²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/joŋ⁵⁵/
	Nanning	/juŋ⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/juŋ⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/ɔŋ⁵⁵/ /aŋ⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/uŋ⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/ɔŋ⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/oŋ³³/ /eŋ³³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/oŋ²³/ /aŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: 'uwng

Rime
Character	翁
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	烏紅切
Baxter	'uwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔəwŋ/
Li Rong	/ʔuŋ/
Wang Li	/uŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔuŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ung1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qˤoŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qloːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	翁
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wēng
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔuwng ›
Old Chinese	/*qˁoŋ/
English	old man (Han?)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	翁
Reading #	1/1
No.	4094
Phonetic component	公
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	翁
Old Chinese	/*qloːŋ/

Definitions

翁

1. elderly man

   • 孤舟蓑笠翁，獨釣寒江雪。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     孤舟蓑笠翁，独钓寒江雪。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: late 8th, early 9th century,《江雪》("River Snow"), by 柳宗元 (Liu Zongyuan).

     Gūzhōu suōlì wēng, dú diào hán jiāng xuě. [Pinyin]

     In a lonely boat, an old man, wearing a straw-cape and bamboo-hat, fished alone amid the cold river snow.

2. (literary, or in compounds) father

   • 漢王曰：「吾與項羽俱北面受命懷王，曰『約為兄弟。』吾翁即若翁，必欲烹而翁，則幸分我一桮羹。」 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     汉王曰：「吾与项羽俱北面受命怀王，曰『约为兄弟。』吾翁即若翁，必欲烹而翁，则幸分我一桮羹。」 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Hànwáng yuē: “Wú yǔ Xiàng Yǔ jù běimiàn shòumìng Huáiwáng, yuē ‘yuē wéi xiōngdì.’ Wú wēng jí ruò wēng, bì yù pēng ér wēng, zé xìng fēn wǒ yī bēi gēng.” [Pinyin]

     The King of Han said: "I and Xiang Yu faced the North, received orders from King Huai, and said: 'We swear a pact of brotherhood'; my father is your father. If you want to boil your father alive, it'll surely be good that you deal out to me a bowl of soup."

   • 王師北定中原日，家祭毋忘告乃翁。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     王师北定中原日，家祭毋忘告乃翁。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1210, 陸游 (Lu You), 示兒

     Wángshī běi dìng zhōngyuán rì, jiājì wú wàng gào nǎi wēng. [Pinyin]

     On the day the Song army reconquers the Central Plain in the North, do not forget to inform your father when making offerings to your ancestors.

3. (literary, or in compounds) father of one's husband or wife

   翁婿  ―  wēngxù  ―  father-in-law and son-in-law

   • 寧受責於翁，勿失歡於姑也。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     宁受责于翁，勿失欢于姑也。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1877,《浮生六記》 (Six Records of a Floating Life), by 沈復 (Shen Fu).

     Níng shòu zé yú wēng, wù shī huān yú gū yě. [Pinyin]

     I'd rather be chided by father(-in-law), than lose favour with mother(-in-law).

4. (Southern Min, Puxian Min) husband

   翁仔某 [Hokkien]  ―  ang-á-bó͘ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  husband and wife

5. (obsolete) the feathers of a bird's neck

   • 翁：頸毛也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     翁：颈毛也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Shuowen Jiezi, circa 2^nd century CE

     Wēng: jǐng máo yě. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

6. a surname

   翁同龢  ―  Wēng Tónghé  ―  Weng Tonghe (Qing dynasty government official)

   翁清海  ―  Wēng Qīnghǎi  ―  Vincent Ng (Singaporean martial artist and former actor)

Synonyms

• (elderly man): (often disrespectful) 老頭／老头 (lǎotóu)
• (father): (formal) 父親／父亲 (fùqīn)
• (husband):

Dialectal synonyms of 丈夫 (“husband”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		夫, 夫婿, 郎 †, 良人 †, 相公 †
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		丈夫, 先生, 夫婿
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	丈夫, 男人, 爺們, 女婿, 漢子, 爺們兒, 當家的, 老頭子
	Taiwan	老公, 先生
	Chengde	男人
	Ulanhot	當家的, 老爺們兒
	Tongliao	當家的, 老爺們兒
	Chifeng	丈夫, 當家的, 老爺們兒
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	丈夫, 當家的, 班兒上的
	Heihe	丈夫, 當家的
	Qiqihar	丈夫, 當家的, 外頭的, 屋外的
	Harbin	丈夫, 老登, 男人, 掌櫃的, 當家的, 漢子, 老爺們兒, 爺們兒, 老頭子
	Jiamusi	丈夫, 當家的, 掌櫃的, 老頭子
	Baicheng	丈夫, 當家的
	Changchun	當家的, 老爺們兒
	Tonghua	當家的
	Shenyang	丈夫, 當家的, 先生, 男人
	Jinzhou	丈夫, 當家的, 先生, 女婿
	Malaysia	老公
	Singapore	老公, 先生
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	丈夫, 先生, 爺們兒
	Tangshan	丈夫, 當家的
	Cangzhou	丈夫, 當家的, 掌櫃的
	Baoding	當家的
	Shijiazhuang	丈夫
	Weifang (Weicheng)	漢子, 男人, 當家的
	Weifang (Fangzi)	漢子, 男人, 男的, 當家的
	Changle	漢子, 男人, 男的, 外頭
	Shouguang	漢子, 男人, 男的
	Wulian	男人, 當家的, 老漢子
	Jinan	男的, 男人, 女婿
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	漢子
	Dandong	丈夫, 當家的
	Yantai	男人
	Yantai (Muping)	男人, 漢子, 外頭兒人
	Qingdao	外頭人, 當家的, 老頭子
	Weifang (Hanting)	漢子, 男人, 男的
	Changyi	漢子, 男人, 男的
	Gaomi	漢子, 男人, 男的
	Zhucheng	漢子, 男人, 男的, 外頭
	Anqiu	漢子, 男的, 外頭, 當家的
	Linqu	男的, 外頭, 女婿
	Qingzhou	漢子, 男人, 男的
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	男人, 當家的, 外頭人 †
	Lingbao	丈夫, 外頭人
	Jining	男人, 外頭
	Wanrong	男人, 漢
	Linfen	掌櫃的, 男人
	Shangqiu	當家的, 外頭人
	Yuanyang	丈夫, 當家的
	Zhengzhou	男人
	Kaifeng	男人
	Xinyang	丈夫, 當家的
	Baihe	丈夫, 當家的
	Xi'an	丈夫, 當家的, 男人, 外頭家, 外前人, 外頭人
	Baoji	丈夫, 男人
	Tianshui	男人, 掌櫃的
	Xining	男人, 當家的, 掌櫃的
	Xuzhou	丈夫, 男人, 老頭兒, 老頭子, 當家的, 外人兒, 男的
	Pizhou	男人
	Lianyungang (Ganyu)	家主, 當家的
	Donghai	男人, 當家的
	Fuyang	丈夫, 當家的, 先生
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	丈夫, 男人, 老漢
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	丈夫, 漢子, 男人
	Bayanhot	丈夫, 家裡的, 男人
	Lanzhou	丈夫, 當家的, 男人
	Dunhuang	男人, 男的, 老漢
	Hami	丈夫
	Ürümqi	丈夫, 當家的, 男人
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	男的, 男人, 伙子, 小伙子
	Nanchong	丈夫, 當家的
	Dazhou	男的
	Hanyuan	丈夫, 男人
	Xichang	男的個
	Zigong	丈夫, 當家的, 當家人
	Chongqing	男人, 老公, 當家人
	Wuhan	丈夫, 當家的, 先生, 男人, 男的, 男將
	Yichang	丈夫, 當家人, 領頭人, 男的
	Xiangyang	丈夫, 當家的, 外頭人
	Tianmen	丈夫, 當家的, 先生, 男將
	Guiyang	男人, 男的, 漢子, 門前人, 當家的
	Zunyi	男的, 老公, 門前人, 男人, 男邊的
	Bijie	男人
	Liping	丈夫, 男人
	Zhaotong	當家的, 男的
	Dali	漢子
	Kunming	當家的, 老倌, 老倌兒, 男的, 男人
	Mengzi	老倌兒
	Guilin	丈夫, 老公, 當家的
	Liuzhou	丈夫, 老公
	Sanjiang (Danzhou)	老公
	Jishou	男人
	Changde	男人
	Hanzhong	丈夫, 當家的
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	丈夫, 當家的, 男的, 男人, 老爹, 老公
	Yangzhou	丈夫, 當家的, 男的, 男人, 老爹
	Baoying	男的
	Taizhou	男的 younger speakers, 男將 older speakers
	Zhenjiang	男的
	Lianyungang	丈夫, 當家的, 男人, 掌櫃的, 老頭子
	Huai'an (Huaiyin)	男的, 男人
	Lianshui	丈夫, 男人
	Xuyi	男人
	Xinghua	男人, 男將
	Nantong	男人, 男哩, 老公, 先生
	Rugao	男的, 先生
	Yancheng	男將
	Funing	男將
	Sihong	男人, 男的
	Anqing	丈夫, 男人
	Wuhu	丈夫, 先生
	Hefei	丈夫, 男人, 老爹們
	Hong'an	丈夫, 外手的, 男將
Cantonese	Guangzhou	老公, 男人
	Hong Kong	老公, 先生 non-face-to-face
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	老公
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	老公
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	老公
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	老公
	Macau	老公, 先生
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	老公
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	老公
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	老公
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	老公
	Foshan	老公
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	老公
	Foshan (Shunde)	老公
	Foshan (Sanshui)	老公
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	老公
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	老公
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	老公
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	老公
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	老公
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	老公
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	老公
	Taishan	老公
	Kaiping (Chikan)	老公
	Enping (Niujiang)	老公
	Heshan (Yayao)	老公
	Dongguan	老公
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	老公
	Shaoguan	老公
	Yunfu	老公
	Yangjiang	老公
	Xinyi	老公
	Lianjiang	老公
	Nanning	老公
	Wuzhou	老公, 男人佬
	Yulin	老公
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	老公
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	老公
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	老公
	Dongxing	老公
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	老公
	Singapore (Guangfu)	老公, 老爺
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	老公, 先生
	Móng Cái	老公
Gan	Nanchang	老公, 男客
	Lichuan	老公, 男客
	Pingxiang	男子, 老公
Hakka	Meixian	老公
	Xingning	老公
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	老公
	Huiyang	老公
	Huidong (Daling)	老公
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	老公
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	老公
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	老公
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	老公
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	老公
	Wengyuan	老公
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	老公
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	男人
	Liannan	老公
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	老公
	Jiexi	老公
	Luhe	老公
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	丈夫
	Changting	老公
	Wuping	老公
	Wuping (Yanqian)	老公
	Wuping (Pingyu)	老公
	Liancheng	老公
	Ninghua	老公
	Yudu	老公, 當家個
	Ningdu	老公
	Ruijin	老公
	Shicheng	老公
	Shangyou (Shexi)	老公
	Tonggu (Sandu)	老公
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	老公
	Dayu	老公
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	老公, 頭家, 老猴牯 humorous, 老貨仔 humorous
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	老公, 頭家, 老猴牯 humorous, 老貨仔 humorous
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	老公, 丈夫, 頭家, 老猴牯 humorous, 老貨仔 humorous
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	老公, 老猴牯 humorous
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	老公, 頭家, 老猴牯 humorous, 老貨仔 humorous
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	丈夫, 頭家
	Hong Kong	老公
	Mengshan (Xihe)	老公
	Luchuan	老公
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	老公
	Sabah (Longchuan)	老公
	Senai (Huiyang)	老公
	Kuching (Hepo)	老公, 先生 more formal and polite
	Singkawang	老公
Huizhou	Jixi	老官, 男人
	Shexian	丈夫, 老公, 男人
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	老公
Jin	Taiyuan	老漢兒, 當家的, 男人
	Pingyao	男人
	Yangyuan	當家的, 男人, 丈夫
	Datong	男人
	Xinzhou	男人, 老漢, 漢子, 漢
	Lüliang (Lishi)	當家的, 男人, 掌櫃的, 老漢
	Changzhi	男人, 老漢子, 當家的
	Taibus (Baochang)	男人
	Linhe	男人, 漢子
	Jining	漢子, 當家的, 男人, 女婿
	Hohhot	老漢子, 漢子, 當家的, 男人
	Baotou	男人, 女婿
	Dongsheng	男人
	Haibowan	男人
	Erenhot	丈夫, 當家的
	Pingshan	當家的, 男人
	Zhangjiakou	丈夫, 當家的, 老頭子
	Handan	丈夫, 男人
	Linzhou	當家哩, 漢了
	Suide	男人, 當家的
Northern Min	Jian'ou	老公
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	丈夫, 老公
	Fuzhou (Changle)	老公
	Fuqing	丈夫, 老公
	Yongtai	老公
	Gutian	老公
	Fu'an	老翁
	Ningde	老翁
	Shouning	老翁
	Zhouning	老公
	Fuding	老公
	Matsu	丈夫, 老公
Southern Min	Xiamen	丈夫儂, 翁, 翁婿, 先生, 老的, 老伙記, 頭家
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	翁
	Quanzhou	丈夫儂, 翁, 翁婿, 老的, 老伙記, 頭家
	Jinjiang	翁, 丈夫儂
	Anxi	翁
	Zhangzhou	丈夫儂, 翁, 翁婿, 老的, 老伙仔, 老伙記, 頭家
	Zhangpu	翁
	Zhao'an	翁
	Dongshan	翁
	Taipei	先生, 翁, 頭家
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	老猴, 丈夫儂, 翁
	Kaohsiung	老猴, 丈夫儂, 翁, 頭家, 翁婿
	Yilan	先生, 老猴, 丈夫儂, 翁, 頭家, 翁婿
	Changhua (Lukang)	老猴, 丈夫儂, 翁, 頭家
	Taichung	翁, 翁婿, 頭家, 丈夫儂
	Taichung (Wuqi)	翁
	Tainan	老鏨頭, 老猴, 丈夫儂, 烏魚, 翁, 頭家
	Taitung	翁
	Hsinchu	翁, 頭家, 丈夫儂
	Kinmen	翁
	Penghu (Magong)	翁
	Penang (Hokkien)	翁, 丈夫儂, 老的
	Singapore (Hokkien)	翁, 丈夫儂
	Manila (Hokkien)	翁, 丈夫儂
	Longyan	丈夫
	Zhangping	翁
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	田夫, 翁, 老公 non-face-to-face
	Chaozhou	翁
	Shantou	翁
	Shantou (Chenghai)	翁
	Jieyang	翁
	Puning	老, 翁
	Lufeng	翁
	Haifeng	翁, 老大仔, 老公仔
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	翁
	Singapore (Teochew)	翁
	Leizhou	翁, 老公
	Wenchang	老公
	Haikou	老公
Puxian Min	Putian	老公, 翁, 丈夫
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	老公
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	老公, 丈夫
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	老公
	Xianyou	老公, 丈夫, 翁
	Xianyou (Fengting)	老公, 丈夫
	Xianyou (Youyang)	老公, 丈夫
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	老公
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	老公
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	男人
	Lingchuan (Sanjie)	男人
Wu	Shanghai	男人, 老公, 老頭子, 愛人
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	當家人
	Shanghai (Chuansha, Pudong)	愛人
	Shanghai (Nanhui, Pudong)	當家人, 出場人
	Shanghai (Jinshan)	男人
	Shanghai (Qingpu)	愛人, 男人, 男個
	Shanghai (Chongming)	男人, 男客
	Suzhou	男人, 屋裡
	Wuxi	老官, 官人, 男人
	Changshu	小官人
	Nantong (Haimen)	男人家, 男客
	Changzhou	男人, 男佬
	Danyang	老公, 男個
	Nanjing (Gaochun)	老公
	Hangzhou	老公, 男人
	Ningbo	老公, 男人, 老頭, 當家人 dated
	Wenzhou	老公, 男子, 屋裡
	Jinhua	老公, 男子
Xiang	Changsha	男人
	Xiangtan	男人
	Loudi	男人, 他㑲爺
	Shuangfeng	男人
	Hengyang	老公 face-to-face, 男人 old-style, non-face-to-face, 老頭子 new-style, non-face-to-face
	Quanzhou	老公
Note	† - used for one's own husband

Compounds

• 不倒翁 (bùdǎowēng)
• 主人翁 (zhǔrénwēng)
• 主翁
• 乃翁
• 信天翁 (xìntiānwēng)
• 冰翁
• 南極仙翁 / 南极仙翁
• 塞翁失馬 / 塞翁失马 (sàiwēngshīmǎ)
• 大富翁 (Dàfùwēng)
• 太翁
• 富家翁 (fùjiāwēng)
• 富翁 (fùwēng)
• 封翁
• 尊翁 (zūnwēng)
• 撾婦翁 / 挝妇翁
• 放翁
• 東翁 / 东翁
• 樂翁 / 乐翁
• 渤翁
• 漁翁 / 渔翁 (yúwēng)
• 漁翁之利 / 渔翁之利 (yúwēngzhīlì)
• 漁翁得利 / 渔翁得利
• 田舍翁
• 白頭翁 / 白头翁 (báitóuwēng)
• 百萬富翁 / 百万富翁 (bǎiwàn fùwēng)
• 翁主
• 翁仲
• 翁姑 (wēnggū)
• 翁婿 (ang-sài) (Min Nan)
• 翁某 (ang-bó͘) (Min Nan)
• 翁蛤
• 翁長 / 翁长
• 老翁 (lǎowēng)
• 葛仙翁
• 親家翁 / 亲家翁 (qìngjiāwēng)
• 親翁 / 亲翁
• 詩翁 / 诗翁
• 醉翁
• 醉翁之意
• 醉翁亭
• 阿家翁
• 阿翁
• 頭翁 / 头翁
• 麻衣仙翁

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (翁):

• → Vietnamese: ông (翁)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jung¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jung¹
    • Yale: yūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ⁵⁵/

Definitions

翁

1. (Cantonese) to contract muscles on one's face, usually causing folds to appear

   翁起個鼻／翁起个鼻 [Cantonese]  ―  jung¹ hei² go³ bei⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  to move one's nose upwards

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wěng (weng³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄥˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wěng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǒng
    • Wade–Giles: wêng³
    • Yale: wěng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeng
    • Palladius: вэн (vɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wəŋ²¹⁴/

Definitions

翁

1. (obsolete) used in 翁翁

Further reading

• “翁”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.