Chinese Word Entry

家

Mandarin (Zhuyin):	ㄐㄧㄚ
Mandarin (Pinyin):	jiā
Cantonese (Jyutping):	gaa1, gaa1
Definitions:	home family (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) classifier for families or businesses refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian (classifier: 個 [个])

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Chinese characters used in this word

家	house, home, family, professional, expert, performer, residence

Readings

Mandarin:	ㄐㄧㄚ (jiā), ㄍㄨ (gū), ㄐㄧㄚˋ (jià), ㄐㄧㄚ˙ (jia), ㄐㄧㄝ˙ (jie)
Cantonese:	gaa1
Japanese:	カ (ka)、ケ (ke)、コ (ko) / いえ (ie)、や (ya)、うち (uchi)
Korean:	가 (ga)
Vietnamese:	gia, cô