大家官

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools	official; government; organ of body
simp. and trad. (大家官)		大	家	官
alternative forms		大家倌 姑家官

Etymology

Blend of 大家 (ta-ke, “mother-in-law”) +‎ 大官 (ta-koaⁿ, “father-in-law”).

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ta-ke-koaⁿ / tōa-kee-koaⁿ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ta-ke-koaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: ta-ke-kuann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: da'ke'kvoaf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ta³³ ke³³ kuã³³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ta⁴⁴⁻³³ ke⁴⁴⁻³³ kuã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ta⁴⁴⁻²² ke⁴⁴⁻²² kuã⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-kee-koaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-kee-kuann
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ kɛ⁴⁴⁻²² kuã⁴⁴/

Noun

大家官

1. (Hokkien) parents-in-law (of a married woman); husband's parents

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 公婆 (“parents-in-law (of a married woman); husband's parents”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		公婆
Southern Min	Xiamen	大家官, 家官
	Quanzhou	大家官, 家官
	Zhangzhou	大家官, 家官
	Tainan	大家官