大家

Chinese

		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

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): dàjiā, dà'ā

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄚ, ㄉㄚˋ ㄚ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): da⁴ jia¹

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): даҗя (daži͡a, III-I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): daai⁶ gaa¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): ai⁵ ga^1-4* / ai⁵ ga^1*
Gan (Wiktionary): 'tai⁵ ga¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): thai-kâ

(Hailu, HRS): tai^˖ ga^ˋ

(Meixian, Guangdong): tai⁴ ga¹
Jin (Wiktionary): da³ jia¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tāi-ke

(Teochew, Peng'im): dai⁶ gê¹
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶da-ka₁ / ²da₆-ka₁
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): dai⁵ ga

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàjiā
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàjia
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-chia¹
  - Yale: dà-jyā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahjia
  - Palladius: дацзя (daczja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, colloquial)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dà'ā
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dà-a
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-a¹
  - Yale: dà-ā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daha
  - Palladius: даа (daa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ˀä⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: da⁴ jia¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: dagia
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ta²¹³ t͡ɕia⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: даҗя (daži͡a, III-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ta⁴⁴ t͡ɕia²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ gaa¹
  - Yale: daaih gā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ gaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ ga¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² kaː⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: ai⁵ ga^1-4* / ai⁵ ga^1*
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ai³² ka³³⁻²¹⁵/, /ai³² ka³³⁻³³⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: 'tai⁵ ga¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈtʰai¹¹ ka⁴²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-kâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: tai ga^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ ga¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ ka²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: tai^˖ ga^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰai³³ ka⁵³/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: tai⁴ ga¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰaɪ⁵³ ka⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: da³ jia¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /ta⁴⁵ t͡ɕia¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Philippines, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-ke
  - Tâi-lô: tāi-ke
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daixkef
  - IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /tai²²⁻²¹ ke⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /tai⁴¹⁻²² ke³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dai⁶ gê¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tăi ke
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tai³⁵⁻¹¹ ke³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶da-ka₁
  - MiniDict: da^去 ka^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³da-ka₁
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /da²² ka⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou, Jiaxing)
  - Wugniu: ²da₆-ka₁
  - MiniDict: da^去 ka^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /dɑ²² kɑ³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /da²² ka⁴⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: dai⁵ ga
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tai̯²¹⁻¹¹ ka̠³/

Middle Chinese: daH kae

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	/dɑ^H/	/kˠa/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑ^H/	/kᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑ^H/	/ka/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/da^H/	/kaɨ/
Li Rong	/dɑ^H/	/ka/
Wang Li	/dɑ^H/	/ka/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱɑ^H/	/ka/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	duò	jiā
Expected Cantonese Reflex	do⁶	gaa¹

Pronoun

大家

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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一體 / 一体 (yītǐ)
人人 (rénrén)
儕儕 / 侪侪 (Hakka)
各人 (gèrén)
大夥 / 大伙 (dàhuǒ) (colloquial)
大家夥 / 大家伙 (dàjiāhuǒ) (colloquial)
所有人 (suǒyǒurén)
所有的人 (suǒyǒu de rén)
每人 (měirén)
每儕 / 每侪 (Hakka)
眾人 / 众人 (zhòngrén)
逐人 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
逐個 / 逐个 (Hokkien)
逐個人 / 逐个人 (Hokkien)
逐儕 / 逐侪 (Hakka)
逐股 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)

Dialectal synonyms of 大家 (“everyone; everybody”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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
Lanyin Mandarin	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
Jin	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
Eastern Min	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)	逐個, 逐個儂, 逐家, 大家
	Zhangping	大家
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	大家
	Chaozhou	大家, 大家儂, 撮儂
	Shantou	大家, 大家儂, 大家夥, 撮儂
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	大家
	Jieyang	大家, 大家儂, 撮儂
	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
Xiang	Shuangfeng	大家, 圞身

Derived terms

大家好 (dàjiā hǎo)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàjiā

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄚ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): daai⁶ gaa¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): ai⁵ ga¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thai-kâ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-ka / tāi-kee

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàjiā
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàjia
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-chia¹
  - Yale: dà-jyā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahjia
  - Palladius: дацзя (daczja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ gaa¹
  - Yale: daaih gā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ gaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ ga¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² kaː⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: ai⁵ ga¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ai³² ka³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thai-kâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: tai ga^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tai⁴ ga¹
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰai̯⁵⁵ ka²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-ka
  - Tâi-lô: tāi-ka
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daixkaf
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tai³³⁻²¹ ka⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² ka³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tai³³⁻¹¹ ka⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tai²²⁻²¹ ka⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-kee
  - Tâi-lô: tāi-kee
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ kɛ⁴⁴/

Note:

“rich and powerful family; great expert”.

Middle Chinese: daH kae

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	/dɑ^H/	/kˠa/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑ^H/	/kᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑ^H/	/ka/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/da^H/	/kaɨ/
Li Rong	/dɑ^H/	/ka/
Wang Li	/dɑ^H/	/ka/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱɑ^H/	/ka/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	duò	jiā
Expected Cantonese Reflex	do⁶	gaa¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤat-s|lˤa[t]-s kˤra/

(Zhengzhang): /*daːds kraː/

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	‹ da^H ›	‹ daj^H ›	‹ 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

大家

residence of members of the nobility
master (as used by a servant)
emperor (as used by his consort)
rich and powerful family; old and well-known family
大家閨秀／大家闺秀 ― dàjiāguīxiù ― unmarried daughter of a noble house
master; great expert
大家手筆／大家手笔 ― dàjiā shǒubǐ ― handwriting of a great calligrapher

Synonyms

(master):

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內行 / 内行 (nèiháng)
內行人 / 内行人 (nèihángrén)
名家 (míngjiā)
大方 (dàfāng) (literary)
大神 (dàshén) (Internet slang)
好手 (hǎoshǒu)
專家 / 专家 (zhuānjiā)
專才 / 专才 (zhuāncái)
專業人員 / 专业人员 (zhuānyè rényuán)
專業人才 / 专业人才 (zhuānyè réncái)
專業戶 / 专业户 (zhuānyèhù) (figurative)
專門 / 专门 (zhuānmén)
專門家 / 专门家 (zhuānménjiā)
強手 / 强手 (qiángshǒu)
懸手 / 悬手 (Hokkien)
把式 (bǎshì)
方家 (fāngjiā) (literary)
能手 (néngshǒu)
行家 (hángjiā)
行家裡手 / 行家里手 (hángjiā lǐshǒu)
裡手 / 里手 (lǐshǒu)
通家 (tōngjiā) (literary)
達人 / 达人 (dárén)
高手 (gāoshǒu)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “master”):

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外行 (wàiháng)
外行人 (wàihángrén)
棒槌 (bàngchuí) (figurative)
行外人 (hángwàirén)
門外漢 / 门外汉 (ménwàihàn)

Pronunciation 3

		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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàgū

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ gu¹
Eastern Min (BUC): dâi-gă
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ta-ke / tōa-kee

(Teochew, Peng'im): da¹ gê¹ / dua⁷ gê¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàgū
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄍㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàgu
  - Wade–Giles: ta⁴-ku¹
  - Yale: dà-gū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahgu
  - Palladius: дагу (dagu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ku⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    大姑
    小姑
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ gu¹
  - Yale: daaih gū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ gu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ gu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² kuː⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    大姑
    大家
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: dâi-gă
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tai²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)a⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Kaohsiung, Taipei, Lukang, Sanxia, Tainan, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ta-ke
  - Tâi-lô: ta-ke
  - Phofsit Daibuun: da'kef
  - IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /ta⁴⁴⁻²² ke⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung, Taipei, Tainan): /ta⁴⁴⁻³³ ke⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Lukang): /ta³³ ke³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-kee
  - Tâi-lô: tuā-kee
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ kɛ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: da¹ gê¹ / dua⁷ gê¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ta ke / tuā ke
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ta³³⁻²³ ke³³/, /tua¹¹ ke³³/

Note: dua7 gê1 - Jieyang.

Noun

大家

(literary) alternative form of 大姑 (dàgū, “respectful address for a woman”)
曹大家 ― Cáo Dàgū ― Madame Cao
(literary or Eastern Min, Southern Min) mother-in-law (husband's mother)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 婆婆 (“husband's mother; mother-in-law”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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
Jin	Xinzhou	老娘娘, 婆婆
Northern Min	Jian'ou	媽媽
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	大家, 大家奶
Eastern Min	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
Puxian Min	Xianyou	大家
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	奶
Wu	Shanghai	婆婆, 阿婆, 婆阿媽 dated
	Shanghai (Xinzhuang, Minhang)	婆阿媽 <>
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	婆阿媽 <>
	Shanghai (Chuansha, Pudong)	婆阿媽 <>
	Shanghai (Nanhui, Pudong)	婆阿媽 <>
	Shanghai (Fengxian)	婆阿媽 <>
	Shanghai (Jinshan)	婆 <>
	Shanghai (Qingpu)	婆 <>
	Shanghai (Yuepu, Baoshan)	婆阿媽 <>, 婆太太 <>
	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

大家有喙，新婦無喙 / 大家有喙，新妇无喙
雜念大家出蠻皮新婦 / 杂念大家出蛮皮新妇

References

“大家”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Japanese

Etymology 1

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

Alternative spelling
大屋

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おおや [óꜜòyà] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [o̞ːja̠]

Noun

大(おお)家(や) • (ōya)

landlord or landlady, the owner of a rented apartment

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) たいか [táꜜìkà] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ta̠ika̠]

Noun

大(たい)家(か) • (taika)

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

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) たいけ [táꜜìkè] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ta̠ike̞]

Noun

大(たい)家(け) • (taike)

rich family

Korean

Hanja in this term
大	家

Noun

大家 • (daega) (hangeul 대가)

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

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
大	家

Noun

大家

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

Chinese

Pronunciation 1

Pronoun

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Pronunciation 2

Noun

Synonyms

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Pronunciation 3

Noun

Synonyms

Compounds

References

Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

See also

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

Korean

Noun

Vietnamese

Noun