# 太公
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tàigōng
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): taai$^3$ gung$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): tai$^3$ gung
* Northern Min (KCR): tuo̿i-góng
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thài-kong
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$tha-kon
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tàigōng
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tàigong
*** Wade–Giles: tʻai$^4$-kung$^1$
*** Yale: tài-gūng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taygong
*** Palladius: тайгун (tajgun)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: taai$^3$ gung$^1$
*** Yale: taai gūng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: taai$^3$ gung$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tai$^3$ gung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰaːi̯³³ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: tai$^3$ gung
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰai²¹³⁻²¹ kuŋ¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: tuo̿i-góng
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰuɛ³³ kɔŋ⁵⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài-kong
*** Tâi-lô: thài-kong
*** Phofsit Daibuun: tae'kofng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kɔŋ³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tʰai¹¹⁻⁵³ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰai²¹⁻⁴¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$tha-kon
*** MiniDict: tha$^去$ kon
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$tha-kon
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰa³³ koŋ⁴⁴/

### Noun

太公
* (dialectal) paternal great-grandfather (the father of one's paternal grandfather)
    From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
    “Zì wú xiānjūn tàigōng yuē ‘dāng yǒu shèngrén shì zhōu, zhōu yǐ xìng’. Zǐ zhēn shì yé? Wú tàigōng wàng zǐ jiǔ yǐ.” [Pinyin]
    “My lordly ancestor, my great-grandfather, himself had said: ‘Just when a sage comes to Zhou, Zhou will prosper.’ Are ye truly that one? My great-grandfather had hoped for you for a long time.”
* (literary) grand duke
    姜太公 ― Jiāng Tàigōng ― Grand Duke Jiang
* (Zhangzhou Hokkien) father of an official

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 曾祖 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 曾祖父, 曾祖 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 老祖兒, 曾祖父 non-face-to-face |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 曾祖父 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 太爺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 太爺, 老太爺, 曾祖父 non-face-to-face |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 老爺爺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 老太爺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 老爺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 太爺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 太爺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 老太爺 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 太爺爺 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 太爺 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 太爺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 祖祖 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 老爺爺, 老爹爹 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 老祖祖, 老祖, 祖祖 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 老公公 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 太爹, 太公 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 太爺 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 太公, 太太, 男太太 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 太爺, 太公 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 太爺, 太公 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 太公 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 太公 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 太公 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 白公 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 白公 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 太公 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 太公 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 太公 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 曾公 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 老公公 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 公太 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 公白 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 阿公太 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 太公 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 太公 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 太公 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 太公 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 老太公 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 公白 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 太公 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 公太 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 公太 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 阿太 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 公太 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 公太 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 太公 |
| Hakka | Changting | 太公 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 太公 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 公太 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 公太 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 公太 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 公太 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 太公 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 太公 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 男子太 non-face-to-face, 太太 face-to-face |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 公太 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 太公 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 公太 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 太公 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 太公 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 公太, 阿太, 阿公太 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 公太, 阿太, 阿公太 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 公太, 阿太, 阿公太 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 阿太, 細倈太, 公太, 阿公太 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 公太, 阿太, 阿公太 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 太公, 公太, 阿太 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 公太, 阿太 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 太公 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 太公 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 太公 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 太公 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 阿祖 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 祖公, 太公 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 公祖 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 公祖 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 公佬 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 公太 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 公太 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 阿公太 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 公太 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 太公 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 公太 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 太朝 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 太朝 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 太公, 太朝, 太老朝兒, 老爺爺 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 老爺 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 老爺爺啊 face-to-face, 老爺爺 non-face-to-face |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 太公 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 大翁 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 大公 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 大翁 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 大翁 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 大翁 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 大公 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 阿祖 face-to-face, 俺祖 face-to-face, 太公 non-face-to-face |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 太公 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 公祖, 太公 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 阿祖, 查埔祖 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 阿祖 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 查埔祖, 阿祖 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 阿祖, 查埔祖 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 阿祖, 阿祖公 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 阿祖 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 查埔祖 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 阿祖, 查埔祖 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 查埔祖 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 阿祖, 查埔祖 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 祖祖, 俺祖 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 阿祖, 查埔祖 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 老公, 阿祖 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 太公 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 老公 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 老公 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 老公 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 老, 老老, 老公 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 老公 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 老公 |
| Southern Min | Batam (Teochew) | 老公 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 公祖 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 公祖, 阿公 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 祖公, 公祖, 公祖爸 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 大公 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 大公 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 太公 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 太爹, 祖公 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 太公, 男太太, 曾祖, 曾祖父 non-face-to-face |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 太公, 太太 face-to-face |
| Wu | Suzhou | 太公 |
| Wu | Danyang | 太爺爺, 太公 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 太爺爺, 太公 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 太公, 阿太 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 男老太, 男太, 阿太, 老太 non-face-to-face |
| Wu | Jinhua | 太公 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 曾祖父, 老爹爹 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 老毑 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 太唧 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 太爺 |

#### Derived terms

* 太公兵法
* 太公分豬肉／太公分猪肉 (tàigōngfēnzhūròu)
* 太公家教
* 太公望
* 太公釣魚／太公钓鱼
* 太公鼓刀
* 姜太公封神——漏了自己 (Jiāngtàigōng fēngshén, lòu liǎo zìjǐ)
* 姜太公釣魚——願者上鉤／姜太公钓鱼——愿者上钩 (Jiāngtàigōng diàoyú, yuàn zhě shànggōu)
* 酒太公