wife's parents and paternal uncles/moutain peak/a surname
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
名詞、專名
姓 a surname, usually transliterated as "Ngok"
動詞
舉高頭 to raise one's head
𩓥起
𫖵起
ngok6 hei2 to peak up
𩓥高
𫖵高
ngok6 gou1 to peak up high
𩓥高頭
𫖵高头
ngok6 gou1 tau4 to raise the head
近義詞
仰、昂
反義詞
俯
參看
愕、𩓥
語素
高山 (high) mountain; mountain of high altitude
五岳
五岳
山岳
山岳
語素
用喺妻子雙親嘅尊稱;源於將高山嘅物理高度比喻為地位嘅崇高 used in honorable addresses of the parents of one's wife, from the metonymy of altitude of mountains into highness of one's status
岳父
岳父
ngok6 fu2 (of married men) father-in-law; wife's father
岳母
岳母
ngok6 mou2 mother-in-law of a married man
岳丈
岳丈
ngok6 zoeng6 (of married men) father-in-law; wife's father
Definitions (Wiktionary)
character, historical
name of a mountain (generally interpreted as 嵩山 (Sōng Shān, “Mount Song”) (Eno, 2009))