行家

Chinese

		to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
simp. and trad. (行家)		行	家

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hángjiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hong⁴ gaa¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hâng-ka / hâng-kee

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hang⁵ gê¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶ghaon-cia; ⁶ghaon-ka

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hángjiā → hángjia (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄚ → ㄏㄤˊ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hángjiå
    • Wade–Giles: hang²-chia⁵
    • Yale: háng-jya
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harng.jia
    • Palladius: ханцзя (xanczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/ → /xɑŋ³⁵ d͡ʑ̥i̯ä³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hong⁴ gaa¹
    • Yale: hòhng gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hong⁴ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hong⁴ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːŋ²¹ kaː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hâng-ka
    • Tâi-lô: hâng-ka
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hangkaf
    • IPA (Taipei): /haŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ka⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /haŋ²⁴⁻²² ka³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /haŋ²⁴⁻²² ka⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /haŋ²³⁻³³ ka⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hâng-kee
    • Tâi-lô: hâng-kee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /haŋ¹³⁻²² kɛ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hang⁵ gê¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hâng ke
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ke³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶ghaon-cia; ⁶ghaon-ka
    • MiniDict: ghaon^去 cia; ghaon^去 ka
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhaan-jia; ³hhaan-ka
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦɑ̃²² t͡ɕia⁴⁴/, /ɦɑ̃²² ka⁴⁴/

Noun

行家

1. expert; connoisseur; cognoscente

Synonyms

• 內行／内行 (nèiháng)
• 內行人／内行人 (nèihángrén)
• 名家 (míngjiā)
• 大家
• 大方 (dàfāng) (literary)
• 大神 (dàshén) (Internet slang)
• 好手 (hǎoshǒu)
• 專家／专家 (zhuānjiā)
• 專才／专才 (zhuāncái)
• 專業人員／专业人员 (zhuānyè rényuán)
• 專業人才／专业人才 (zhuānyè réncái)
• 專業戶／专业户 (zhuānyèhù) (figurative)
• 專門／专门 (zhuānmén)
• 專門家／专门家 (zhuānménjiā)
• 強手／强手 (qiángshǒu)
• 懸手／悬手 (Hokkien)
• 把式 (bǎshì)
• 方家 (fāngjiā) (literary)
• 能手 (néngshǒu)
• 行家裡手／行家里手 (hángjiā lǐshǒu)
• 裡手／里手 (lǐshǒu)
• 通家 (tōngjiā) (literary)
• 達人／达人 (dárén)
• 高手 (gāoshǒu)

 

Antonyms

• 外行 (wàiháng)
• 外行人 (wàihángrén)
• 棒槌 (bàngchuí) (figurative)
• 行外人 (hángwàirén)
• 門外漢／门外汉 (ménwàihàn)