更夫 (gaang1 fu1) — night watchman in Cantonese | HKDictionary

gaangˉ¹更fuˉ¹夫

Mandarin Pinyin: geng1 fu1

Meaning of 更夫

nounnight watchman

Characters in 更夫

a watch period (one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided starting at 7pm)

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