家居

Chinese

		home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools	reside
simp. and trad. (家居)		家	居
anagram		居家

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiājū

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄐㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹ geoi¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ka-kir / ka-ku / ka-ki

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiājū
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄐㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiajyu
    • Wade–Giles: chia¹-chü¹
    • Yale: jyā-jyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiajiu
    • Palladius: цзяцзюй (czjaczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa¹ geoi¹
    • Yale: gā gēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹ goey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga¹ gêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː⁵⁵ kɵy̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-kir
    • Tâi-lô: ka-kir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ka³³ kɯ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-ku
    • Tâi-lô: ka-ku
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ka'kw
    • IPA (Taipei): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ ku⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² ku⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-ki
    • Tâi-lô: ka-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ka'ky
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ ki⁴⁴/

Noun

家居

1. home; residence

Synonyms

• 住宅 (zhùzhái)
• 住屋 (zhùwū)
• 住房 (zhùfáng)
• 住所 (zhùsuǒ)
• 住處／住处 (zhùchù)
• 宅第 (⁸zaq-di) (Wu)
• 宅舍 (zháishè) (literary)
• 宮／宫 (gōng) (archaic)
• 家室 (jiāshì)
• 宮室／宫室 (gōngshì) (archaic)
• 家屋 (jiāwū) (literary)
• 寓 (yù) (literary, or in compounds)
• 寓所 (yùsuǒ) (formal)
• 居室 (jūshì)
• 居所 (jūsuǒ)
• 屋子 (wūzi) (colloquial)
• 屋宇 (wūyǔ) (literary)
• 屋舍 (wūshè) (literary or Hakka)
• 房子 (fángzi)
• 房宇 (fángyǔ) (literary)
• 房屋 (fángwū)
• 房舍 (fángshè) (literary)
• 棟／栋 (dòng) (literary)

 

Verb

家居

1. to stay at home; to be unemployed