過番

過番

See also: 过番

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-	(measure word for acts); deeds; foreign (measure word for acts); deeds; foreign; surname; place name
trad. (過番)		過	番
simp. (过番)		过	番

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guòfān

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo³ faan¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ko-fân

  (Meixian, Guangdong): guo⁴ fan¹

• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): kè-hoan / kèr-hoan / kòe-hoan

  (Teochew, Peng'im): guê³ huêng¹ / guê³ huang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guòfān
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guòfan
    • Wade–Giles: kuo⁴-fan¹
    • Yale: gwò-fān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guohfan
    • Palladius: гофань (gofanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kwɔ⁵¹ fän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwo³ faan¹
    • Yale: gwo fāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwo³ faan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guo³ fan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔː³³ faːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ko-fân
    • Hakka Romanization System: go fan´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: go⁴ fan¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ko⁵⁵ fan²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: guo⁴ fan¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kuo⁵³ fan⁴⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Jinjiang, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kè-hoan
    • Tâi-lô: kè-huan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kea'hoafn
    • IPA (Jinjiang): /ke⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ huan³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ke¹¹⁻⁵³ huan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ke²¹⁻⁵³ huan⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèr-hoan
    • Tâi-lô: kèr-huan
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kə⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ huan³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòe-hoan
    • Tâi-lô: kuè-huan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koea'hoafn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kue²¹⁻⁵³ huan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kue²¹⁻⁴¹ huan⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: guê³ huêng¹ / guê³ huang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuè hueng / kuè huang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kue²¹³⁻⁵⁵ hueŋ³³/, /kue²¹³⁻⁵⁵ huaŋ³³/

Note: guê3 huêng1 - Chaozhou.

Verb

過番

1. (Cantonese, Hakka, Min, dated) to go abroad (to Southeast Asia)

   • 汕頭百載商埠的發源地西堤碼頭，見證了千千萬萬潮汕人從這裡「過番」謀生，也見證了汕頭從漁村、碼頭到港口、商埠的變遷。 [MSC, trad.]
     汕头百载商埠的发源地西堤码头，见证了千千万万潮汕人从这里“过番”谋生，也见证了汕头从渔村、码头到港口、商埠的变迁。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2021 June 1, 林洁 (Lin Jie), 《汕头：西堤见证以“侨”为桥》, in China Youth Daily, page 6

     Shàntóu bǎi zǎi shāngbù de fāyuándì Xīdī mǎtóu, jiànzhèng le qiānqiānwànwàn cháoshànrén cóng zhèlǐ “guòfān” móushēng, yě jiànzhèng le Shàntóu cóng yúcūn, mǎtóu dào gǎngkǒu, shāngbù de biànqiān. [Pinyin]

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Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 過番爿／过番爿