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寄居

寄居

Chinese

		lodge at; to mail; to send lodge at; to mail; to send; to entrust; to depend	reside
simp. and trad. (寄居)		寄	居

Verb

寄居

to live away from home

Derived terms

寄居蟹 (jìjūxiè)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): jìjū

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄐㄩ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gei³ geoi¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ki-kî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: jìjū
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄐㄩ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihjiu
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gei³ geoi¹
  - Yale: gei gēui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gei³ goey¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kei̯³³ kɵy̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ki-kî
  - Hakka Romanization System: gi gi´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gi⁴ gi¹
  - IPA: /ki⁵⁵ ki²⁴/