Wiktionary

大家

Chinese edit

 
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 edit

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 edit

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 edit
Dialectal synonyms of 大家 (“everyone; everybody”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 眾人
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 大家
Mandarin Beijing 大家, 大家夥兒, 大夥兒
Taiwan 大家
Harbin 大家
Jinan 大夥兒
Luoyang 大家, 大夥兒
Wanrong 大家
Xi'an 大家, 大夥兒
Yinchuan 大家
Xining 大家
Ürümqi 大家
Wuhan 大家
Chengdu 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
Xuzhou 大家, 大家夥兒, 大夥兒
Yangzhou 大家
Nanjing 大家
Hefei 大家
Malaysia 大家
Singapore 大家
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 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
Taipei 逐家 GT
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 咸人, 大家, 大家儂
Shantou 咸人, 大家
Shantou (Chaoyang) 咸人, 大家
Jieyang 咸人, 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 Yanping (Wangtai) 各人
Waxiang Luxi (Lijiatian) 大勢
Wu Shanghai 大家
Shanghai (Chongming) 大家
Shanghai (Jiading) 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
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)
Derived terms edit

Pronunciation 2 edit

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 edit

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
    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 edit
  • (master):
Antonyms edit
  • (antonym(s) of "master"):

Pronunciation 3 edit

 
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 edit

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 edit
  • (mother-in-law):
Dialectal synonyms of 婆婆 (“husband's mother; mother-in-law”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 婆婆
Mandarin Beijing 婆婆
Taiwan 婆婆
Harbin 婆婆, 老婆婆
Shenyang 老婆婆
Yantai (Muping) 婆
Jinan 婆婆
Luoyang 婆
Wanrong 阿家, 婆婆
Xi'an 婆, 阿公婆
Yinchuan 婆婆
Lanzhou 婆婆
Ürümqi 婆婆
Wuhan 婆婆
Chengdu 婆婆, 老人婆
Guiyang 老婆婆
Kunming 婆婆
Liuzhou 家婆
Xuzhou 老婆婆, 婆家娘, 婆婆娘
Yangzhou 婆, 婆太太
Nanjing 老婆婆
Hefei 婆婆, 老婆婆
Nantong 婆老太, 婆
Singapore 家婆
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

References edit

Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Noun edit

大(おお)家(や) • (ōya) 

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

Etymology 2 edit

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

Noun edit

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
See also edit

Etymology 3 edit

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

Noun edit

大(たい)家(け) • (taike) 

  1. rich family

Korean edit

Hanja in this term
大家

Noun edit

大家 • (daega) (hangeul 대가)

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

Vietnamese edit

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
大家

Noun edit

大家

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