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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìjū

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄐㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei³ geoi¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ki-kî
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): gia³ ge¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìjū
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄐㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìjyu
    • Wade–Giles: chi⁴-chü¹
    • Yale: jì-jyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihjiu
    • Palladius: цзицзюй (cziczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei³ geoi¹
    • Yale: gei gēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei³ goey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi³ gêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯³³ kɵy̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ki-kî
    • Hakka Romanization System: gi gi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gi⁴ gi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ki⁵⁵ ki²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gia³ ge¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kià kṳ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kia²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kɯ³³/

Verb

寄居

1. to live away from home

Synonyms

• 存身 (cúnshēn) (literary)
• 安身 (ānshēn) (literary)
• 容身 (róngshēn) (literary)
• 寄寓 (jìyù) (literary)
• 寓 (yù) (literary, or in compounds)
• 居住 (jūzhù)
• 居留 (jūliú)
• 棲身／栖身 (qīshēn)
• 藏身 (cángshēn)
• 處身／处身 (chǔshēn) (formal)

 

Derived terms

• 寄居蟹 (jìjūxiè)