蜑家

Chinese

		name of an ethnic group	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
trad. (蜑家)		蜑	家
simp. #(蜑家)		蜑	家
alternative forms		蛋家 疍家

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dànjiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): daan⁶ gaa¹, dang⁶ gaa¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ang⁵ ga^1*

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): dang⁶ gê¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dànjiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dànjia
    • Wade–Giles: tan⁴-chia¹
    • Yale: dàn-jyā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dannjia
    • Palladius: даньцзя (danʹczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daan⁶ gaa¹, dang⁶ gaa¹
    • Yale: daahn gā, dahng gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daan⁶ gaa¹, dang⁶ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dan⁶ ga¹, deng⁶ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn²² kaː⁵⁵/, /tɐŋ²² kaː⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ang⁵ ga^1*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aŋ³² ka³³⁻³³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dang⁶ gê¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tăng ke
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ ke³³/

Noun

蜑家

1. Tanka (traditionally boat-dwelling people in southern China)

Derived terms

• 蜑家人 (dànjiārén)
• 蜑家話／蜑家话 (dànjiāhuà)
• 蜑家雞／蜑家鸡
• 蜑家雞睇水／蜑家鸡睇水
• 蜑家雞見水／蜑家鸡见水

 

Descendants

• → English: Tanka
• → Macanese: tancá