客家

Chinese

		customer; visitor; guest	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
simp. and trad. (客家)		客	家

Etymology

See Wikipedia for more.

"frugal"

From the stereotype of Hakka people.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Kèjiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haak³ gaa¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): hak-kâ

  (Hailu, HRS): hag ga^ˋ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): hag⁵ ga¹

  (Changting, Changting Pinyin): ka² ga¹

• Eastern Min (BUC): káh-gă
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): keh⁶ ga¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kheh-ka / kheeh-kee

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kêh⁴ gê¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷khaq-cia₁; ⁷khaq-ka₁

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Kèjiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Kèjia
    • Wade–Giles: Kʻo⁴-chia¹
    • Yale: Kè-jyā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Kehjia
    • Palladius: Кэцзя (Kɛczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haak³ gaa¹
    • Yale: haak gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haak⁸ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hag³ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːk̚³ kaː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hak-kâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: hag^ˋ ga^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hag⁵ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA: /hak̚² ka²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: hag ga^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /hak⁵⁻² ka⁵³/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: hag⁵ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA: /hak̚¹ ka⁴⁴/
  • (Changting)
    • Changting Pinyin: ka² ga¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰa²⁴ ka³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: káh-gă
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)a⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: keh⁶ ga¹ [Phonetic: keh⁷ ga¹]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: keh-ga
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɛʔ²¹⁻⁴⁵ ka⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: keh⁶ ga¹ [Phonetic: keh⁷ ga¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɛʔ²⁻⁴ ka⁵⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kheh-ka
    • Tâi-lô: kheh-ka
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qehkaf
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰe(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ ka⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /kʰe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ ka⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰe(ʔ)⁵ ka³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kheeh-kee
    • Tâi-lô: kheeh-kee
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰɛ(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ kɛ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kêh⁴ gê¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kheh ke
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰeʔ²⁻⁴ ke³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷khaq-cia₁; ⁷khaq-ka₁
    • MiniDict: khah^入 cia^平; khah^入 ka^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴khaq-jia₁; ⁴khaq-ka₁
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰaʔ³³ t͡ɕia⁴⁴/, /kʰaʔ³³ ka⁴⁴/

Noun

客家

1. (attributive) Hakka

   客家民系  ―  Kèjiā mínxì  ―  Hakka people

   客家山歌  ―  Kèjiā shāngē  ―  Hakka hill song

Derived terms

• 客家人 (Kèjiārén)
• 客家八音
• 客家學 / 客家学 (Kèjiāxué)
• 客家小炒 (Kèjiā xiǎochǎo)
• 客家話 / 客家话 (Kèjiāhuà)
• 客家語 / 客家语 (Kèjiāyǔ)
• 客家音

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (客家):

• → Korean: 객가(客家) (gaekga)
• → Vietnamese: Khách Gia (客家)

Others:

• → English: Hakka
• → French: Hakka, hakka
• → Korean: 하카 (haka)
• → Japanese: 客(ハッ)家(カ) (hakka)
• → Portuguese: hakka
• → Russian: ха́кка (xákka)

Adjective

客家

1. (Taiwan, neologism, humorous) frugal

References

• “客家”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
• “Entry #199”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.
• 周存 [Zhōu, Cún], editor (2023), “客家”, in 长汀话词典 CHANGTINGHUA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Changting Dialect] (overall work in Hakka and Mandarin), Guangzhou: 世界图书出版有限公司 [World Book Publishing Co., Ltd.], →ISBN, page 315.
• “客家”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
客	家
はっ Grade: 3	か Grade: 2
irregular

Etymology

From Hakka 客家 (Hak-kâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ha̠k̚ka̠]

Noun

客家(ハッカ) • (hakka) 

1. Hakka ethnicity, the Hakka people

Derived terms

• 客(ハッ)家(カ)語(ご) (hakkago, “Hakka lect”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
客	家

Noun

客家 • (gaekga) (hangeul 객가)

1. hanja form^? of 객가 (“Hakka”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
客	家

Noun

客家

1. chữ Hán form of Khách Gia (“Hakka”)