Wiktionary

大家

Chinese

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big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
home; family; ‑ist
home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
 
simp. and trad.
(大家) 		大 家

Pronunciation 1

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Rime
Character 大 家
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 定 (7) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 歌 (94) 麻 (98)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I II
Fanqie 唐佐切 古牙切
Baxter daH kae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/dɑH/ /kˠa/
Pan
Wuyun 		/dɑH/ /kᵚa/
Shao
Rongfen 		/dɑH/ /ka/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/daH/ /kaɨ/
Li
Rong 		/dɑH/ /ka/
Wang
Li 		/dɑH/ /ka/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/dʱɑH/ /ka/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		duò jiā
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		do6 gaa1

Pronoun

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大家

  1. everyone; everybody; all of us
    請大家保持安靜。 [MSC, trad.]
    请大家保持安静。 [MSC, simp.]
    Qǐng dàjiā bǎochí ānjìng. [Pinyin]
    Would everyone please keep quiet.
    請您將研究成果的精華與大家分享。 [MSC, trad.]
    请您将研究成果的精华与大家分享。 [MSC, simp.]
    Qǐng nín jiāng yánjiū chéngguǒ de jīnghuá yǔ dàjiā fēnxiǎng. [Pinyin]
    Please share with everyone the essential parts of your research findings.
    室外非常寒冷，大家都把身體蜷縮起來保暖。 [MSC, trad.]
    室外非常寒冷，大家都把身体蜷缩起来保暖。 [MSC, simp.]
    Shìwài fēicháng hánlěng, dàjiā dōu bǎ shēntǐ quánsuō qǐlai bǎonuǎn. [Pinyin]
    It's freezing outside, everyone huddle together to keep warm.
    我們大家不要自顧自，要互相幫助。 [MSC, trad.]
    我们大家不要自顾自，要互相帮助。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒmen dàjiā bùyào zìgùzì, yào hùxiàng bāngzhù. [Pinyin]
    We shouldn't just care about our own business. We should help each other.
Synonyms
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Dialectal synonyms of 大家 (“everyone; everybody”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 眾人
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 大家
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 大家, 大家夥兒, 大夥兒
Taiwan 大家
Harbin 大家
Malaysia 大家
Singapore 大家
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 大夥兒
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 大家, 大夥兒
Wanrong 大家
Xi'an 大家, 大夥兒
Xining 大家
Xuzhou 大家, 大家夥兒, 大夥兒
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 大家
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 大家
Ürümqi 大家
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 大家
Wuhan 大家
Guiyang 大家
Guilin 大家
Liuzhou 大家
Nanning (Xiakuojie) 大齊, 大家
Nanning (Fujian) 大家
Nanning (Wuming) 大家
Nanning (Fucheng, Wuming) 大家
Binyang (Nanjie) 大眾
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 大家
Yangzhou 大家
Hefei 大家
Cantonese Guangzhou 大家
Hong Kong 大家
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 大家
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 大家
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 大家
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 大家
Taishan 仲家
Dongguan 大家
Yangjiang 大家, 齊家, 大齊
Nanning 大家, 大齊
Wuzhou 大家
Hepu (Lianzhou) 大家
Hepu (Shatian) 大家
Baise 大家, 大齊
Qinzhou 大家, 齊家
Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) 大家
Beihai 大家
Beihai (Nankang) 大家
Beihai (Yingpan) 大家
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 大家
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 大家
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 大家
Singapore (Guangfu) 大家
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 大家
Móng Cái 大家
Gan Nanchang 大家
Lichuan 大家
Pingxiang 大家
Hakka Meixian 齊家, 大齊家, 大自家
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 齊家
Yudu 大家
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 大家, 大自家, 大家人
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 大家, 大家人
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 大家, 大自家, 大家人
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 大家, 大自家, 大家人
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 大家, 大自家, 大家人
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 大家
Hong Kong 大齊家
Singapore (Dabu) 大家
Huizhou Jixi 大家, 大家人
Jin Taiyuan 大家, 大家夥兒
Xinzhou 大家, 眾人
Jiuxing Yumin Lanxi 大家
Northern Min Jian'ou 大家, 大家人
Eastern Min Fuzhou 大家儂, 各儂
Matsu 大家
Southern Min Xiamen 逐個, 逐股, 逐儂, 大家
Quanzhou 逐個, 大家
Jinjiang 逐家
Zhangzhou 逐家, 逐個, 逐股, 逐儂, 排股, 排儂
Zhao'an 大家
Dongshan 大家, 大家儂
Tainan 逐家
Penang (Hokkien) 大家, 到了儂
Singapore (Hokkien) 大家, 逐家
Manila (Hokkien) 逐家儂, 逐家
Zhangping 大家
Zhangping (Yongfu) 大家
Chaozhou 咸儂, 大家, 大家儂
Shantou 咸儂, 大家
Shantou (Chaoyang) 咸儂, 大家
Jieyang 咸儂, 大家
Haifeng 大家儂, 大家
Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) 大家
Singapore (Teochew) 大家
Pontianak (Teochew) 大家
Wenchang 大家
Haikou 庭家
Qionghai 大家
Singapore (Hainanese) 大家
Central Min Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping) 各人
Waxiang Luxi (Lijiatian) 大勢
Wu Shanghai 大家
Shanghai (Jiading) 大家
Shanghai (Chongming) 大家
Suzhou 大家
Wuxi 大家
Danyang 大家
Huzhou 儕家
Deqing 儕家
Hangzhou 大家
Ningbo 大家
Wenzhou 大家儂
Lishui 大齊人
Qingyuan 大家
Jinhua 大家
Xiang Changsha 大家
Shuangfeng 大家, 圞身
Derived terms
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Pronunciation 2

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Note:
  • “rich and powerful family; great expert”.
    Rime
    Character 大 家
    Reading # 2/2 1/1
    Initial (聲) 定 (7) 見 (28)
    Final (韻) 歌 (94) 麻 (98)
    Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open Open
    Division (等) I II
    Fanqie 唐佐切 古牙切
    Baxter daH kae
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/dɑH/ /kˠa/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/dɑH/ /kᵚa/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/dɑH/ /ka/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/daH/ /kaɨ/
    Li
    Rong         		/dɑH/ /ka/
    Wang
    Li         		/dɑH/ /ka/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/dʱɑH/ /ka/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		duò jiā
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		do6 gaa1
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 大 大 家
    Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		dà dà jiā
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ daH › ‹ dajH › ‹ kæ ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*lˁat-s/ (MC F!) /*lˁa[t]-s/ /*kˁra/
    English big big household

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 大 大 家
    Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
    No. 1934 1939 5919
    Phonetic
    component         		大 大 家
    Rime
    group         		祭 祭 魚
    Rime
    subdivision         		1 1 0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		䭾 大 嘉
    Old
    Chinese         		/*daːds/ /*daːds/ /*kraː/

    Noun

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    大家

    1. residence of members of the nobility
    2. master (as used by a servant)
    3. emperor (as used by his consort)
    4. rich and powerful family; old and well-known family
      大家閨秀／大家闺秀  ―  dàjiāguīxiù  ―  unmarried daughter of a noble house
    5. master; great expert
      大家手筆／大家手笔  ―  dàjiā shǒubǐ  ―  handwriting of a great calligrapher
    Synonyms
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    • (master):
    Antonyms
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    • (antonym(s) of “master”):

    Pronunciation 3

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    big; great; huge
    big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
     
    home; family; ‑ist
    home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
     
    simp. and trad.
    (大家)     		大 家
    alternative forms 乾家／干家 Min Nan
    唐家 Min Nan
    臺家／台家 Eastern Min

    Noun

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    大家

    1. (literary) Alternative form of 大姑 (dàgū, “respectful address for a woman”)
      曹大家  ―  Cáo Dàgū  ―  Madame Cao
    2. (literary or Eastern Min, Southern Min) mother-in-law (husband's mother)
    Synonyms
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    Dialectal synonyms of 婆婆 (“husband's mother; mother-in-law”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 婆婆
    Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 婆婆
    Taiwan 婆婆
    Harbin 婆婆, 老婆婆
    Shenyang 老婆婆
    Singapore 家婆
    Jilu Mandarin Jinan 婆婆
    Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 婆
    Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 婆
    Wanrong 阿家, 婆婆
    Xi'an 婆, 阿公婆
    Xuzhou 老婆婆, 婆家娘, 婆婆娘
    Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 婆婆
    Lanzhou 婆婆
    Ürümqi 婆婆
    Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 婆婆, 老人婆
    Wuhan 婆婆
    Guiyang 老婆婆
    Kunming 婆婆
    Liuzhou 家婆
    Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 老婆婆
    Yangzhou 婆, 婆太太
    Nantong 婆老太, 婆
    Hefei 婆婆, 老婆婆
    Cantonese Guangzhou 家婆, 奶奶, 大人婆 dated
    Hong Kong 家婆, 奶奶
    Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 家婆
    Taishan 家婆
    Dongguan 家婆, 奶奶
    Yangjiang 家婆
    Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 家婆, 奶奶
    Singapore (Guangfu) 家婆, 奶奶
    Gan Nanchang 婆, 婆子
    Lichuan 家娘
    Pingxiang 家娘, 家娘老子, 家婆
    Hakka Meixian 家娘
    Xingning 家娘
    Huidong (Daling) 家娘
    Shaoguan (Qujiang) 家娘婆
    Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 家婆
    Changting 家娘
    Wuping 家娘
    Wuping (Pingyu) 家娘
    Liancheng 家娘
    Ninghua 家婆
    Yudu 家婆
    Ruijin 家婆, 奶奶
    Shicheng 家婆
    Shangyou (Shexi) 家婆
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 家娘
    Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 家娘
    Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 家娘
    Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 家娘
    Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 家娘
    Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 家婆
    Hong Kong 家娘
    Sabah (Longchuan) 家娘
    Senai (Huiyang) 家婆
    Huizhou Jixi 婆
    Jin Taiyuan 婆婆
    Xinzhou 老娘娘, 婆婆
    Northern Min Jian'ou 媽媽
    Eastern Min Fuzhou 大家, 大家奶
    Fuqing 大家, 大家姑, 阿娘
    Southern Min Xiamen 大家
    Quanzhou 大家
    Zhangzhou 大家
    Taipei 大家
    New Taipei (Sanxia) 大家
    Kaohsiung 大家
    Yilan 大家仔
    Changhua (Lukang) 大家
    Taichung 大家
    Taichung (Wuqi) 大家
    Tainan 大家
    Taitung 大家
    Hsinchu 大家
    Kinmen 親姆
    Penghu (Magong) 大家
    Penang (Hokkien) 娘
    Singapore (Hokkien) 大家
    Manila (Hokkien) 大家
    Chaozhou 大家
    Shantou 大家
    Haifeng 大家婆
    Johor Bahru (Teochew) 大家
    Singapore (Teochew) 大家
    Leizhou 家婆
    Haikou 家婆
    Puxian Min Putian 大家
    Xianyou 大家
    Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 奶
    Wu Shanghai 婆婆, 阿婆, 婆阿媽 dated
    Shanghai (Chongming) 婆
    Suzhou 阿婆
    Danyang 婆婆
    Hangzhou 阿婆, 婆老太太
    Ningbo 阿婆, 婆婆
    Wenzhou 大家娘
    Jinhua 婆
    Xiang Changsha 家娘
    Loudi 家娘
    Shuangfeng 家娘
    Hengyang 家娘
    Compounds
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    Etymology 1

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    Kanji in this term
    大 家
    おお
    Grade: 1     		や
    Grade: 2
    kun'yomi
    Alternative spelling
    大屋

    Noun

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    大(おお)家(や) • (ōya) 

    1. landlord or landlady, the owner of a rented apartment

    Etymology 2

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    Kanji in this term
    大 家
    たい
    Grade: 1     		か
    Grade: 2
    on'yomi

    Noun

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    大(たい)家(か) • (taika) 

    1. expert
      雑(ざつ)学(がく)の大(たい)家(か) ― zatsugaku no taika ― trivia expert
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    Etymology 3

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    Kanji in this term
    大 家
    たい
    Grade: 1     		け
    Grade: 2
    on'yomi

    Noun

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    大(たい)家(け) • (taike) 

    1. rich family

    Korean

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    Hanja in this term
    大家

    Noun

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    大家 • (daega) (hangeul 대가)

    1. hanja form? of 대가 (“master; leading figure”)

    Vietnamese

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    chữ Hán Nôm in this term
    大家

    Noun

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    大家

    1. chữ Hán form of đại gia (“tycoon; magnate”).
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