通家

Chinese

		go through; know well; to connect go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
trad. (通家)		通	家
simp. #(通家)		通	家

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tōngjiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung¹ gaa¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thong-ke

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tōngjiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tongjia
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung¹-chia¹
    • Yale: tūng-jyā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tongjia
    • Palladius: тунцзя (tunczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung¹ gaa¹
    • Yale: tūng gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung¹ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung¹ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thong-ke
    • Tâi-lô: thong-ke
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tongkef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ke⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔŋ³³ ke³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ke⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ke⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ke⁴⁴/

Noun

通家

1. (literary) longstanding friendship between two families; generations of family friendship
2. (literary) expert; master; professional
3. (literary) relation by marriage; affinity
4. (literary) entire family; whole family

Synonyms

• (longstanding friendship): (literary, or in compounds) 世 (shì), 世交 (shìjiāo)
• (expert):

• 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 (hángjiā)
• 行家裡手／行家里手 (hángjiā lǐshǒu)
• 裡手／里手 (lǐshǒu)
• 達人／达人 (dárén)
• 高手 (gāoshǒu)

 

• (relation by marriage): 姻親／姻亲 (yīnqīn)
• (entire family):

• 一家 (yījiā)
• 一家伙 (Hokkien)
• 一家伙仔 (Hokkien)
• 一家子 (yījiāzi)
• 一屋裏／一屋里 (Xiang)
• 全家 (quánjiā)
• 冚家 (ham⁶ gaa¹) (Cantonese, vulgar)
• 合家 (héjiā) (literary)
• 滿門／满门 (mǎnmén) (literary)
• 老小 (lǎoxiǎo) (literary)
• 規家伙 (Hokkien)
• 規家伙仔 (Hokkien)
• 規家口仔／规家口仔 (Hokkien)
• 闔家／阖家 (héjiā) (literary, honorific)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “expert”):

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

 

Derived terms

• 通家之好