外家

Chinese

		outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
trad. (外家)		外	家
simp. #(外家)		外	家

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wàijiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi⁶ gaa¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngoi-kâ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ngoi⁴ ga¹

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): gōa-ke / gōa-kee / gōe-ke

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ghua⁷ gê¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wàijiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wàijia
    • Wade–Giles: wai⁴-chia¹
    • Yale: wài-jyā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wayjia
    • Palladius: вайцзя (vajczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngoi⁶ gaa¹
    • Yale: ngoih gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi⁶ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngoi⁶ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːi̯²² kaː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngoi-kâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngoi ga´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngoi⁴ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋoi̯⁵⁵ ka²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ngoi⁴ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋoɪ⁵³ ka⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-ke
    • Tâi-lô: guā-ke
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goaxkef
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡua⁴¹⁻²² ke³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡua³³⁻²¹ ke⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /ɡua²²⁻²¹ ke⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡua³³⁻¹¹ ke⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-kee
    • Tâi-lô: guā-kee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡua²²⁻²¹ kɛ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōe-ke
    • Tâi-lô: guē-ke
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goexkef
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡue³³⁻²¹ ke⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡue³³⁻¹¹ ke⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ghua⁷ gê¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: guā ke
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɡua¹¹ ke³³/

Noun

外家

1. maternal grandparents' home
2. (dialectal) married woman's parents' home
3. (literary) home of one's husband's parents-in-law
4. (historical) outside family of a man formed with a mistress or concubine
5. (historical) mistress of a man

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 娘家 (“married woman's parents' home”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		娘家
Mandarin	Taiwan	娘家
	Harbin	娘家
	Jinan	娘家
	Xi'an	娘家
	Yinchuan	娘家
	Xining	娘家
	Ürümqi	娘家
	Wuhan	娘屋裡
	Chengdu	娘家, 娘屋頭, 娘屋
	Guiyang	娘家
	Liuzhou	娘家, 外家
	Xuzhou	娘家
	Yangzhou	娘家
	Nanjing	娘家
	Singapore	娘家
Cantonese	Guangzhou	外家
	Hong Kong	外家
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	外家
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	外家
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	外家
	Dongguan	外家
Gan	Nanchang	娘家, 娘屋裡
	Lichuan	娘家
	Pingxiang	娘屋裡
Hakka	Meixian	妹家, 外家
	Yudu	外家
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	外家, 妹家
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	外家, 妹家
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	外家
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	妹家, 外家
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	外家, 妹家
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	外家
	Hong Kong	妹家
Huizhou	Jixi	娘家
Jin	Taiyuan	娘家, 媽家
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	外家
	Matsu	外家
Southern Min	Xiamen	外家, 後頭, 某後頭
	Quanzhou	外家, 後頭, 某後頭
	Zhangzhou	外家
	Tainan	外家, 外家厝, 後頭, 後頭厝
	Singapore (Hokkien)	外家
	Shantou	外家
	Jieyang	家後
	Bangkok (Teochew)	外家
	Haikou	外家
	Singapore (Hainanese)	外家
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	外家, 娘家
Wu	Shanghai	娘家
	Shanghai (Chongming)	娘家
	Danyang	娘家
	Ningbo	娘家
	Jinhua	娘家
Xiang	Changsha	娘屋裡
	Loudi	娘屋裡

Derived terms

• 外家孫仔／外家孙仔
• 外家查某孫／外家查某孙
• 外家查某孫仔／外家查某孙仔
• 外家親／外家亲