一家老小

Chinese

		entire family	the young and the old; one's entire family
trad. (一家老小)		一家	老小
simp. #(一家老小)		一家	老小
Literally: “entire family, old and young”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yījiālǎoxiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄌㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ gaa¹ lou⁵ siu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yījiālǎoxiǎo [Phonetic: yìjiāláoxiǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄌㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yijialǎosiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-chia¹-lao³-hsiao³
    • Yale: yī-jyā-lǎu-syǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ijialaosheau
    • Palladius: ицзялаосяо (iczjalaosjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ gaa¹ lou⁵ siu²
    • Yale: yāt gā lóuh síu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ gaa¹ lou⁵ siu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ ga¹ lou⁵ xiu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ kaː⁵⁵ lou̯¹³ siːu̯³⁵/

Idiom

一家老小

1. the entire family

Synonyms

• 一家大小 (yījiādàxiǎo)
• (Cantonese) 一家大細／一家大细