成家

Chinese

		finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
simp. and trad. (成家)		成	家

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chéngjiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴ gaa¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̀n-kâ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sêng-ka / sêng-kee

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sêng⁵ gê¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chéngjiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chéngjia
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-chia¹
    • Yale: chéng-jyā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngjia
    • Palladius: чэнцзя (čɛnczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing⁴ gaa¹
    • Yale: sìhng gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹ kaː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀n-kâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: siin^ˇ ga^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sin² ga¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨn¹¹ ka²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng-ka
    • Tâi-lô: sîng-ka
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sengkaf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ka³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ka⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng-kee
    • Tâi-lô: sîng-kee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ¹³⁻²² kɛ⁴⁴/

Note: sêng-kee - to get married.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sêng⁵ gê¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sêng ke
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /seŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ke³³/

Verb

成⫽家 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. (of a man) to get married
2. to become an expert

Synonyms

• (to get married):

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• 交姻 (American (–1980) Cantonese)
• 作對 / 作对 (zuòduì, “to pair off in marriage”)
• 匹偶 (pǐ'ǒu) (literary)
• 匹配 (pǐpèi)
• 娶 (of a man)
• 婚嫁 (hūnjià)
• 婚配 (hūnpèi)
• 嫁 (jià) (of a woman)
• 嫁娶 (jiàqǔ)
• 安家 (ānjiā) (figurative)
• 完婚 (wánhūn)
• 完成 (wánchéng) (literary)
• 成交 (chéngjiāo) (Shanghainese)
• 成婚 (chénghūn)
• 成親 / 成亲 (chéngqīn)
• 桃夭 (táoyāo) (literary)
• 𤆬 (“to take a wife”) (Hokkien, Teochew, Leizhou Min)
• 𤆬人 (Hokkien)
• 𤆬新娘 (“to take a wife”) (Min Nan)
• 𤆬新婦 / 𤆬新妇 (“to take a wife”)
• 結合 / 结合 (jiéhé)
• 結婚 / 结婚 (jiéhūn)
• 聯結 / 联结 (liánjié)

Derived terms

• 成家立室
• 成家立業 / 成家立业 (chéngjiālìyè)
• 成家立計 / 成家立计
• 白手成家 (báishǒuchéngjiā)

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiâⁿ-ke / chhiâⁿ-kee

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiâⁿ-ke
    • Tâi-lô: tshiânn-ke
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chvia'kef
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiã²³⁻³³ ke⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiã²⁴⁻¹¹ ke⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiã²⁴⁻²² ke³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiã²⁴⁻²² ke⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiâⁿ-kee
    • Tâi-lô: tshiânn-kee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiã¹³⁻²² kɛ⁴⁴/

Verb

成家

1. (Southern Min) to establish a family; to housekeep

Japanese

Kanji in this term
成	家
なる Grade: 4	け Grade: 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [na̠ɾɯ̟ke̞]

Proper noun

成(なる)家(け) • (Naruke) 

1. a surname