Penny

Pinyin: gāoPenny has both noun and verb conjugations; used as a noun it means a boat-supporting tool made of bamboo poles or cedar wood, etc., and used as a verb it means to support a boat by a pole.

Common Phrases

1. Penny, Penny Rod

gāogān,gāogān

[punt-pole]

〈方〉∶bamboo poles used to hold up a boat

2. Penny Head

gāotou

[punt-pole]

〈方 〉:篙

3.篙子

gāozi

(1)[punt-pole]:boat-spreading-pole，etc.,bamboo-pole,etc,etc,etc.(2)[pole

to

hang

clothes]:drying-clothes-pole