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大家
大家
Chinese
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
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home; family; -ist; -er; -ian; measure word for stores and schools
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simp. and trad. (大家) |
大 | 家 |
Noun
大家
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 大家 (“everyone; everybody”) | ||
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Variety | Location | Words |
Classical Chinese | 眾人 | |
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 大家 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 大家、大家夥兒、大夥兒 |
Taiwan | 大家 | |
Jinan | 大夥兒 | |
Xi'an | 大家、大夥兒 | |
Wuhan | 大家 | |
Chengdu | 大家 | |
Yangzhou | 大家 | |
Hefei | 大家 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 大家 |
Hong Kong | 大家 | |
Taishan | 仲家 | |
Yangjiang | 大家、齊家、大齊 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 大家 |
Hakka | Meixian | 齊家、大齊家、大自家 |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 大家、大自家、大家人 | |
Liudui (S. Sixian) | 大家、大家人 | |
Hsinchu (Hailu) | 大家、大自家、大家人 | |
Dongshi (Dabu) | 大家、大自家、大家人 | |
Zhuolan (Raoping) | 大家、大自家、大家人 | |
Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 大家 | |
Jin | Taiyuan | 大家、大家夥兒 |
Min Bei | Jian'ou | 大家、大家人 |
Min Dong | Fuzhou | 大家人、各人 |
Min Nan | Quanzhou | 大家 |
Xiamen | 大家 | |
Zhangzhou | 逐家 | |
Taipei | 逐家 | |
Kaohsiung | 逐家 | |
Malaysia | 大家、甲了人 | |
Chaozhou | 大家 | |
Wu | Suzhou | 大家 |
Wenzhou | 大家人 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 大家 |
Shuangfeng | 大家、圞身 |
Derived terms
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Pronunciation
Noun
大家
Pronunciation
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
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home; family; -ist; -er; -ian; measure word for stores and schools
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simp. and trad. (大家) |
大 | 家 | |
alt. forms |
乾家/干家 Min Nan 唐家 Min Nan |
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄨ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahgu
- IPA (key): /ta̠⁵¹ ku⁵⁵/
- Homophones:
大姑
小姑
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: daai6 gu1
- Yale: daaih gū
- Cantonese Pinyin: daai6 gu1
- IPA (key): /tɑːi̯²² kuː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Kaohsiung, Taipei, Lukang, Sanxia, Tainan, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ta-ke
- Tâi-lô: ta-ke
- Phofsit Daibuun: da'kef
- IPA (Xiamen): /ta⁴⁴⁻²² ke⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ta³³ ke³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ta⁴⁴⁻³³ ke⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /ta⁴⁴⁻³³ ke⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-kee
- Tâi-lô: tuā-kee
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ kɛ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: da1 gê1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ta ke
- IPA (key): /ta³³⁻²³ ke³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Kaohsiung, Taipei, Lukang, Sanxia, Tainan, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung)
Noun
大家
- (literary) Alternative form of 大姑 (dàgū, “respectful address for a woman”).
- 曹大家 ― Cáo Dàgū ― Madame Cao
- (Min Nan) mother-in-law (husband's mother)
Synonyms
- (mother-in-law):
Dialectal synonyms of 婆婆 (“husband's mother; mother-in-law”) | ||
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Variety | Location | Words |
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 婆婆 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 婆婆 |
Taiwan | 婆婆 | |
Jinan | 婆婆 | |
Xi'an | 婆 | |
Wuhan | 婆婆 | |
Chengdu | 老人婆 | |
Yangzhou | 婆 | |
Hefei | 婆婆、老婆婆 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 家婆、奶奶 |
Hong Kong | 家婆、奶奶 | |
Taishan | 家婆 | |
Yangjiang | 家婆 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 婆、婆子 |
Hakka | Meixian | 家娘 |
Xingning | 家娘 | |
Huidong (Huizhou) | 家娘 | |
Qujiang | 家娘婆 | |
Xiaosanjiang | 家婆 | |
Changting | 家娘 | |
Pingyu | 家娘 | |
Wuping | 家娘 | |
Liancheng | 家娘 | |
Ninghua | 家婆 | |
Ruijin | 家婆、奶奶 | |
Shicheng | 家婆 | |
Shangyou | 家婆 | |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 家娘 | |
Liudui (S. Sixian) | 家娘 | |
Hsinchu (Hailu) | 家娘 | |
Dongshi (Dabu) | 家娘 | |
Zhuolan (Raoping) | 家娘 | |
Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 家婆 | |
Jin | Taiyuan | 婆婆 |
Min Bei | Jian'ou | 嫲嫲 |
Min Dong | Fuzhou | 大家 |
Min Nan | Quanzhou | 大家 |
Xiamen | 大家 | |
Zhangzhou | 大家 | |
Taipei | 大家 | |
Kaohsiung | 大家 | |
Tainan | 大家 | |
Taichung | 大家 | |
Yilan | 大家仔 | |
Lukang | 大家 | |
Sanxia | 大家 | |
Kinmen | 親姆 | |
Magong | 大家 | |
Hsinchu | 大家 | |
Malaysia | 娘 | |
Chaozhou | 大家 | |
Wu | Suzhou | 阿婆 |
Wenzhou | 大家娘 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 家娘 |
Shuangfeng | 家娘 |
References
- “Entry #419”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.