酒家

Chinese

		alcoholic drink	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
trad. (酒家)		酒	家
simp. #(酒家)		酒	家

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǔjiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zau² gaa¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chiú-kâ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chiú-ka / chiú-kee / chiú-ke

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ziu² gê¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵cieu-cia

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǔjiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒujia
    • Wade–Giles: chiu³-chia¹
    • Yale: jyǒu-jyā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeoujia
    • Palladius: цзюцзя (czjuczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zau² gaa¹
    • Yale: jáu gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau² gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeo² ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯³⁵ kaː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chiú-kâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: jiu^ˋ ga^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: jiu³ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡si̯u³¹ ka²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiú-ka
    • Tâi-lô: tsiú-ka
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciw'kaf
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ka⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ka³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ka⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiú-kee
    • Tâi-lô: tsiú-kee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɛ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiú-ke
    • Tâi-lô: tsiú-ke
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciw'kef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ke³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ziu² gê¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiú ke
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siu⁵²⁻³⁵ ke³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵cieu-cia
    • MiniDict: cieu^去 cia
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²jieu-jia
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕiɤ³³ t͡ɕia⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tsjuwX kae

Rime
Character	酒	家
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	子酉切	古牙切
Baxter	tsjuwX	kae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɨuX/	/kˠa/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siuX/	/kᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡siəuX/	/ka/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡suwX/	/kaɨ/
Li Rong	/t͡siuX/	/ka/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭəuX/	/ka/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ə̯uX/	/ka/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǔ	jiā
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zau2	gaa1

Noun

酒家

1. restaurant (Classifier: 家 m)
2. liquor store; bottle shop (Classifier: 家 m)
3. (Taiwan) tavern where wine and prostitutes are available (Classifier: 家 m)

Synonyms

• (restaurant):

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• 菜館／菜馆 (càiguǎn) (colloquial)
• 菜館子／菜馆子 (càiguǎnzi) (colloquial)
• 酒樓／酒楼 (jiǔlóu)
• 食堂 (shítáng)
• 食肆 (sik⁶ si³) (Cantonese)
• 飯店／饭店 (fàndiàn)
• 飯店仔／饭店仔 (Hokkien)
• 飯莊／饭庄 (fànzhuāng)
• 飯鋪／饭铺 (fànpù)
• 飯館／饭馆 (fànguǎn)
• 餐廳／餐厅 (cāntīng)
• 餐館／餐馆 (cānguǎn)
• 館子／馆子 (guǎnzi) (colloquial)

 

• (liquor store):

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• 酒場／酒场 (jiǔchǎng) (literary)
• 酒店 (jiǔdiàn)
• 酒樓／酒楼 (jiǔlóu)
• 酒肆 (jiǔsì) (literary)
• 酒行 (jiǔháng)
• 酒鋪／酒铺 (jiǔpù)
• 酒類專賣店／酒类专卖店 (jiǔlèi zhuānmàidiàn)

 

• (tavern with prostitutes):

Dialectal synonyms of 妓院 (“brothel”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		妓院, 妓館, 娼寮
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	窯子, 下處兒
	Taiwan	妓院, 風月場所
	Harbin	窯子
	Singapore	妓院
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	窯子
	Xi'an	窯子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	窯子
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	窯班
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	堂子 dated
Cantonese	Guangzhou	老舉寨, 老舉寮, 寨口 dated, 河下 dated
	Hong Kong	妓院, 雞竇, 妓寨, 老舉寨, 馬檻
	Taishan	老舉寨
	Dongguan	老舉寨
	Yangjiang	老舉寨
Gan	Lichuan	婊子堂, 堂子把下
	Pingxiang	婊子房
Hakka	Xingning	老舉寨
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	老舉寨
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	賺食間仔
Huizhou	Jixi	妓院
Jin	Taiyuan	窯子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	妓嫲行
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	婊子場, 白面厝
Southern Min	Xiamen	查某間, 妓女間, 婊仔間, 婊間, 花間, 間仔底, 間仔, 跤梢間仔
	Quanzhou	查某間, 婊仔間, 花間
	Zhangzhou	查某間, 查某孫間, 婊仔間, 花間仔, 花間, 間仔底
	Taipei	跤梢間仔, 貓仔間, 蟯仔街
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	跤梢間仔, 跤梢間, 酒家, 妓女戶, 暗間仔, 跤仔間, 茶店仔, 查某間, 大肚夫, 竹篙厝
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	跤梢間仔
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	查某間, 跤梢間仔
	Kaohsiung	妓女戶, 酒家, 暗間仔, 跤梢間仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	酒家, 跤梢間仔
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	酒家, 跤梢間仔, 貓仔間
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	酒家, 跤梢間仔, 貓仔間, 妓女戶, 菜店, 查某間仔
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	酒家, 跤梢間仔, 暗間仔, 妓女戶, 貓仔間
	Yilan	妓女戶, 酒家, 暗間仔, 跤梢間仔
	Yilan (Toucheng)	妓女戶, 查某間, 暗間仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	查某間, 烏間, 跤梢間
	Taichung	跤梢間仔, 查某間
	Tainan	酒家, 跤梢間仔
	Tainan (Anping)	酒家, 跤梢間仔, 菜店
	Hsinchu	跤梢間仔, 趁食間仔
	Kinmen	相楗仔, 妓女戶
	Penghu (Magong)	跤梢間, 妓女院
	Penghu (Xiyu)	跤梢間, 妓女院, 菜店
	Manila (Hokkien)	婊間, 摃間
	Jieyang	查某館
	Leizhou	娘館
Puxian Min	Putian	煙花院
	Xianyou	煙花院
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	老舉寨
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	老妓寨
Wu	Shanghai	妓院, 堂子
	Hangzhou	堂子 dated
Xiang	Changsha	窯班

Descendants

• 酒家女

 

See also

• 酒店 (jiǔdiàn)
• 酒商店
• 酒水商店
• 賣酒店／卖酒店
• 販酒店／贩酒店

References

• “Entry #53663”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.