冚家

Chinese

			home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
simp. and trad. (冚家)		冚	家
alternative forms		咸家

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ham⁶ gaa¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ham⁵ ga¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ham⁶ gaa¹
    • Yale: hahm gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ham⁶ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hem⁶ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐm²² kaː⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ham⁵ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ham³² ka³³/

Noun

冚家

1. (Cantonese, vulgar) one's whole family (used in cursing words)

Synonyms

• 一家 (yījiā)
• 一家伙 (Hokkien)
• 一家伙仔 (Hokkien)
• 一家子 (yījiāzi)
• 一屋裏／一屋里 (Xiang)
• 全家 (quánjiā)
• 合家 (héjiā) (literary)
• 滿門／满门 (mǎnmén) (literary)
• 老小 (lǎoxiǎo) (literary)
• 規家伙 (Hokkien)
• 規家伙仔 (Hokkien)
• 規家口仔／规家口仔 (Hokkien)
• 通家 (tōngjiā) (literary)
• 闔家／阖家 (héjiā) (literary, honorific)

 

Derived terms

• 冚家富貴／冚家富贵
• 冚家拎
• 冚家祥
• 冚家鏟／冚家铲