趙家人

See also: 赵家人

Chinese

		surname	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools	man; person; people
trad. (趙家人)		趙	家	人
simp. (赵家人)		赵	家	人
Literally: “member of the Zhao family”.

Etymology

A reference to Lu Xun's novel The True Story of Ah Q, named after the character 趙太爺 (“Great-grandfather Zhao”), who was depicted as a bigwig in the novel.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhàojiārén

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ziu⁶ gaa¹ jan⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhàojiārén
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jhàojiarén
    • Wade–Giles: Chao⁴-chia¹-jên²
    • Yale: Jàu-jyā-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jawjiaren
    • Palladius: Чжаоцзяжэнь (Čžaoczjažɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ziu⁶ gaa¹ jan⁴
    • Yale: jiuh gā yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dziu⁶ gaa¹ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: jiu⁶ ga¹ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːu̯²² kaː⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/

Noun

趙家人

1. (derogatory, slang) rich and powerful families in China; people who are able to use their connections to retain power or amass enormous wealth in business in the current regime

See also

• 趙國／赵国 (Zhàoguó)