家生

Chinese

		home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (家生)		家	生

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiāshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚㄕㄥ
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ¹ka-san / ¹ka-san₁ / ¹ko-san₁

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiāshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚㄕㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiasheng
  - Wade–Giles: chia¹-shêng¹
  - Yale: jyā-shēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiasheng
  - Palladius: цзяшэн (czjašɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    夾生／夹生
    家生
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹ka-san
  - MiniDict: ka^平 san
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ka-san
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ka⁵⁵ sã²¹/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ¹ka-san₁
  - MiniDict: ka^平 san^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /kɑ⁴⁴ sã/
- (Northern: Ningbo)
  - Wugniu: ¹ko-san₁
  - MiniDict: ko^平 san^平
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /ko³³ sã⁵¹/

Noun

家生

(literary or Northern Wu) household furniture
(literary) any of various weapons such as swords and spears
(literary, historical) child of a slave or servant who still works at the master's house
(Northern Wu) tool; instrument; recipient; an object serving a specific function

Synonyms

(furniture):

Dialectal synonyms of 家具 (“furniture”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		家生, 家俬
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		家具
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	家具
	Taiwan	家具
	Langfang	家具
	Chifeng	家具
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	家具
	Harbin	家具, 家什
	Shenyang	家具
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	家具, 擺飾
	Tangshan	家具
	Cangzhou	家具
	Baoding	家具, 家伙
	Shijiazhuang	家具
	Jinan	家具, 家什兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Qingdao	家具
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	家什
	Daming	家具
	Wanrong	家具
	Zhengzhou	家具
	Xi'an	家具
	Xining	家具
	Xuzhou	家具
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	家具, 家什
	Lanzhou	家具
	Ürümqi	家具, 家巴什
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	家具
	Chongqing	家具
	Wuhan	家業, 家具
	Guiyang	家具
	Kunming	家具, 家什
	Guilin	家具
	Liuzhou	家私, 家具
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	家具
	Yangzhou	家具
	Nantong	家具
	Hefei	家具
Cantonese	Guangzhou	家私
	Hong Kong	家私
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	家私, 家生
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	家私
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	家私
	Macau	家私
	Taishan	家私
	Dongguan	家私
	Yangjiang	家私
	Beihai	家什
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	家具
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	家具
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	家具
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	家私
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	家私
	Móng Cái	家私
Gan	Nanchang	家具
Gan	Pingxiang	家具
Hakka	Meixian	家私
	Xingning	家私
	Dabu (Xihe)	家私
	Yudu	家具
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	家具
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	家具
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	家具
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	家具
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	家具
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	家具
	Hong Kong	家私
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	家私
	Senai (Huiyang)	家私
Huizhou	Jixi	家具
Huizhou	Shexian	家具, 木器家沙
Jin	Taiyuan	家具, 擺紮
	Xinzhou	家具
	Linhe	家具
	Jining	家具
	Hohhot	家具
	Baotou	家具
	Zhangjiakou	家具
	Handan	家具
Northern Min	Jian'ou	房間裡, 家私
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	家私, 閑架
	Fuzhou (Changle)	家私
	Fuqing	家私
	Yongtai	家私
	Gutian	家私
	Fu'an	家私
	Ningde	家私
	Shouning	行頭
	Zhouning	家私頭
	Fuding	家私
Southern Min	Xiamen	家私, 家私頭
	Quanzhou	家私, 家私頭
	Zhangzhou	家私, 家私頭
	Kaohsiung	家具
	Yilan	家私
	Changhua (Lukang)	家具
	Taichung	家具
	Taichung (Wuqi)	家具
	Tainan	家具
	Taitung	家具
	Hsinchu	家具
	Penghu (Magong)	家用品
	Singapore (Hokkien)	家私
	Chaozhou	家私
	Shantou	家私
	Jieyang	家私
	Bangkok (Teochew)	家具
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	家私
	Leizhou	家私
Puxian Min	Putian	家私
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	家私
Wu	Shanghai	家具, 家生
	Suzhou	家生
	Danyang	家具
	Hangzhou	家具
	Ningbo	家私, 家具
	Wenzhou	間底, 家生
	Jinhua	家具
Xiang	Changsha	家具, 家私
	Loudi	家私
	Shuangfeng	家私

Derived terms

Descendants

Cantonese: 架生