# 竹竿
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhúgān
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˊ ㄍㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk$^1$ gon$^1$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): zug$^5$ gon$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiak-koaⁿ / tek-koaⁿ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhúgān
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ ㄍㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhúgan
*** Wade–Giles: chu$^2$-kan$^1$
*** Yale: jú-gān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwugan
*** Palladius: чжугань (čžuganʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ kän⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (竹竿兒／竹竿儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhúgānr
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ ㄍㄢㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhúganr
*** Wade–Giles: chu$^2$-kan$^1$-ʼrh
*** Yale: jú-gānr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwugal
*** Palladius: чжуганьр (čžuganʹr)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ kɑɻ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zuk$^1$ gon$^1$
*** Yale: jūk gōn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk$^7$ gon$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zug$^1$ gon$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʊk̚⁵ kɔːn⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: zug$^5$ gon$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʊk̚¹ kɔn⁴⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiak-koaⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: tiak-kuann
*** Phofsit Daibuun: diakkvoaf
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ kuã³³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tek-koaⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: tik-kuann
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dekkvoaf
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ kuã⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kuã⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: trjuwk kan
Rime :
| Character | 竹 | 竿 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 知 (9) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 屋 (4) | 寒 (61) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | I |
| Fanqie | 張六切 | 古寒切 |
| Baxter | trjuwk | kan |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʈɨuk̚/ | /kɑn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈiuk̚/ | /kɑn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȶiuk̚/ | /kɑn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈuwk̚/ | /kan/ |
| Li Rong | /ȶiuk̚/ | /kɑn/ |
| Wang Li | /ȶĭuk̚/ | /kɑn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ȶi̯uk̚/ | /kɑn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhu | gān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zuk$^1$ | gon$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*truk kˤar/
    (Zhengzhang): /*tuɡ kaːn/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 竹 | 竿 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhú | gān |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ trjuwk › | ‹ kan › |
| Old Chinese | /*truk/ | /*kˁar/ |
| English | bamboo | pole, rod |
| 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 | 竹 | 竿 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 17588 | 3569 |
| Phonetic component | 竹 | 干 |
| Rime group | 覺 | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 竹 | 干 |
| Old Chinese | /*tuɡ/ | /*kaːn/ |

### Noun

竹竿
* bamboo pole
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Tìtì zhúgān, yǐ diào yú Qí. [Pinyin]
    With your long and tapering bamboo rods, You angle in the Qi.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 竹竿, 竿 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 竹竿 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 竹竿兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 竹竿 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 竹竿子, 竹竿兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 竹竿兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 竹竿子, 竹竿兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 竹竿兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 竹竿 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 竹竿 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 竹竿子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 竹竿兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 竹竿子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 竹竿子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 竹竿, 竹子竿竿 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 篙子, 竹篙子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 竹桿 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 竹竿, 竹篙 thick |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 竹竿 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 竹篙子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 竹篙, 竹竿 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 竹, 竹竿 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 竹竿 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 竹竿 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 竹仔, 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 竹竿 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 笐篙, 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 竹篙 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 竹篙, 竹竿 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 竹篙 † |
| Gan | Lichuan | 竹篙 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 竹篙, 竹竿, 竹棍仔 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Changting | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 笐篙 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 竹桿, 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 竹竿 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 竹竿, 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 竹篙 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 竹篙 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 竹竿, 笐竿 † |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 竹竿子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 竹竿子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 竹笐 † |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 竹笐 † |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 竹笐 † |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 竹㫰 † |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 竹㫰 † |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 竹㫰 † |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 竹竿, 竹笐 †, 竹篙 boat |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 竹笐 † |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 竹笐 † |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 竹笐 † |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 竹笐 † |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 竹笐 † |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 竹笐 † |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 竹笐 † |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 竹槓 † |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 竹笐 † |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 竹篙 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 竹篙 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 竹篙 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 竹篙 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 竹篙 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 竹篙 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 竹篙 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 竹篙 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 竹篙 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 竹篙 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 竹篙 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 竹篙 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 竹桿, 竹篙 † |
| Wu | Shanghai | 竹竿 |
| Wu | Danyang | 竹竿竿, 笐竿 † |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 竹竿 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 笐竿 † |
| Wu | Jinhua | 竹篙 boat, 笐竿 †, 竹笐 † |
| Xiang | Changsha | 竹篙 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 竹篙 |
| Note | † - for hang-drying clothes | † - for hang-drying clothes |

#### See also

* 竹升 (zhúshēng)