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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): jiājuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄐㄩㄢˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җяҗүан (ži͡ažüan, I-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹ gyun³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kâ-kién / kâ-kián
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ka-koàn / kee-koàn / ke-koàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiājuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄐㄩㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiajyuàn
    • Wade–Giles: chia¹-chüan⁴
    • Yale: jyā-jywàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiajiuann
    • Palladius: цзяцзюань (czjaczjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җяҗүан (ži͡ažüan, I-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕia²⁴ t͡ɕyæ̃⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa¹ gyun³
    • Yale: gā gyun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹ gyn³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga¹ gün³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː⁵⁵ kyːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâ-kién
    • Hakka Romanization System: ga´ gien`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ga<sup>1</sup> gian<sup>3</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /ka²⁴ ki̯en³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâ-kián
    • Hakka Romanization System: ga´ gian`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ga¹ gian³
    • Sinological IPA: /ka²⁴ ki̯an³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-koàn
    • Tâi-lô: ka-kuàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ka'koaxn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ kuan²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² kuan²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ kuan¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ka³³ kuan⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kee-koàn
    • Tâi-lô: kee-kuàn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɛ⁴⁴⁻²² kuan²¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ke-koàn
    • Tâi-lô: ke-kuàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ke'koaxn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ke⁴⁴⁻³³ kuan²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ke⁴⁴⁻³³ kuan¹¹/

Verb

家眷

1. wife and children; one's family
2. wife

Synonyms

• (wife and children):

• 妻兒／妻儿 (qī'ér)
• 妻子 (Classical Chinese)
• 妻孥 (qīnú) (dated)
• 妻小 (qīxiǎo) (dated)
• 家小 (jiāxiǎo) (colloquial)
• 某囝 (Hokkien)

 

Related terms

• 家屬／家属 (jiāshǔ)