在家

Chinese

		(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
simp. and trad. (在家)		在	家

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zàijiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoi⁶ gaa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zàijiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zàijia
    • Wade–Giles: tsai⁴-chia¹
    • Yale: dzài-jyā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzayjia
    • Palladius: цзайцзя (czajczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoi⁶ gaa¹
    • Yale: joih gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoi⁶ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zoi⁶ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːi̯²² kaː⁵⁵/

Verb

在家

1. to be at home
2. to be at work
3. (Buddhism) to lead a secular life

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 喺企

Antonyms

• (lead a secular life): 出家 (chūjiā)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
在	家
在 Grade: 5	家 Grade: 2

Noun

在家 • (zaike) 

1. the title of followers of Buddhism (or, historically, of Gautama Buddha) who are not monks, nuns, or novice monastics in a Buddhist order, and who undertake certain vows