HanyuGuide logo HanyuGuide
Home Pricing
Tools
  • Chinese to Pinyin
  • Type Pinyin
  • HSK Quiz
Resources
  • Dictionary
  • Vocabulary Lists
  • Grammar Guides
Log in Sign up
Home Pricing
Tools
Chinese to Pinyin Type Pinyin
Log In Sign Up
← Back to Dictionary

Fluency is built on habit.
Transform your learning.

Try HanyuGuide's novel active Spaced Repetition System.

Start 7-Day Free Trial
$9.99 / year
Lifetime for $19.99 Try demo first

太公

  • Download audio
  • License Info
  • Audio is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, building on the work of CC-CEDICT.

tài gōng

Sign in to save this word to your study lists.

Definitions

  1. 1. great-grandfather
  2. 2. father

Words Containing 太公

太公兵法
tài gōng bīng fǎ

alternative name for 六韜|六韬[liù tāo], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China

太公望
tài gōng wàng

see Jiang Ziya 姜子牙[jiāng zǐ yá]

太公钓鱼,愿者上钩
tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu

Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose

姜太公
jiāng tài gōng

see Jiang Ziya 姜子牙[jiāng zǐ yá]

姜太公钓鱼,愿者上钩
jiāng tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu

Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose

老太公
lǎo tài gōng

aged gentleman (dialect, respectful term)

Child Words of 太公

公
gōng

public

太
tài

highest

HanyuGuide HanyuGuide

Built for serious Chinese learners on the principles of active recall and spaced repetition.

Contact Open Source
Platform
  • Vocabulary Lists
  • Dictionary
  • Grammar Guides
  • Tools
Programs
  • HSK Preparation
  • Schools & Institutions
  • Educators
  • Tutors
Legal
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
© 2025 HanyuGuide. All rights reserved.

"学而不思则罔,思而不学则殆"

Study without reflection is pointless