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Definition 2024

家眷

家眷

Chinese

		home; family; -ist home; family; -ist; -er; -ian; measure word for stores and schools	concern; wife and children
simp. and trad. (家眷)		家	眷

Verb

家眷

wife and children; one's family

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): jiājuàn

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚㄐㄩㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹ gyun³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kâ-kién / kâ-kián
Min Nan (POJ): ka-koàn / ke-koàn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiājuàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚㄐㄩㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiajiuann
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯a̠⁵⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaa¹ gyun³
  - Yale: gā gyun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹ gyn³
  - IPA ^(key): /kɑː⁵⁵ kyːn³³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâ-kién
  - Hakka Romanization System: ga´ gien`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ga¹ gian³
  - IPA: /ka²⁴ ki̯en³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâ-kián
  - Hakka Romanization System: ga´ gian`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ga¹ gian³
  - IPA: /ka²⁴ ki̯an³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-koàn / ke-koàn
  - Tâi-lô: ka-kuàn / ke-kuàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ka'koaxn, ke'koaxn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² kuan²¹/, /ke⁴⁴⁻²² kuan²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ka³³ kuan⁴¹/, /ke³³ kuan⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² kuan²¹/, /ke⁴⁴⁻²² kuan²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ kuan¹¹/, /ke⁴⁴⁻³³ kuan¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ kuan²¹/, /ke⁴⁴⁻³³ kuan²¹/