# 憑企
## Chinese
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “This word is used because 梯 is homophonous with 閪?”)

### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Taishan, Wiktionary): bang$^5$ kei$^{4*}$
* Cantonese
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: bang$^5$ kei$^{4*}$
*** Sinological IPA : /paŋ³² kʰei²¹⁻²¹⁵/

### Noun

憑企
* (Siyi Yue) ladder (Classifier: 條／条)
    From: 1951, 趙元任 [Yuen Ren Chao], 台山語料, 《歷史語言研究所集刊》, volume 23, page 48
    His dad, he, uh, kept on, so like, kept on—climbing, uh, climbing the ladder down—, down to the floor.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 梯子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 梯子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 梯子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 梯子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 樓梯 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 樓梯 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 梯子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 梯子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 梯子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 梯子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 梯子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 梯子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 梯子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 梯子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 梯架 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 梯架 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 梯子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 梯子, 樓梯 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 樓梯 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 梯子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 梯子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 梯子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 扶梯 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 梯子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 梯, 梯橫 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 梯橫 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 梯橫 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 梯橫 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 憑企 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 憑企 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 憑企 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 爬梯 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 梯 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 腳梯 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 樓梯 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 樓批 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 樓梯 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 梯 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 梯 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 梯 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 梯 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 梯 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 梯 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 梯仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 梯仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 梯仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 梯 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 梯仔, 梯 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 梯 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 陡梯 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 梯 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 樓梯 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 梯 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 梯子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 梯子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 樓階 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 梯, 樓梯 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 梯, 樓梯 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 樓梯, 梯 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 梯 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 梯 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 梯 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 樓梯 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 樓梯 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 樓梯 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 樓梯 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 樓梯 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 樓梯 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 樓梯 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 胡梯 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 梯 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 梯 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 梯子, 竹梯 |
| Wu | Danyang | 梯, 梯子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 梯子 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 路梯 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 樓梯 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 梯兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 樓梯, 梯子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 樓梯 |