娘家

Chinese

	mother; young lady	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
trad. (娘家)	娘	家
simp. ^#(娘家)	娘	家
anagram	家娘

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): niángjiā

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): noeng⁴ gaa¹
Gan (Wiktionary): nyiong⁴ ga¹
Jin (Wiktionary): nion¹ jia¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): niû-ke / niô͘-kee

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: niángjiā → niángjia (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄚ → ㄋㄧㄤˊ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: niángjiå
  - Wade–Giles: niang²-chia⁵
  - Yale: nyáng-jya
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niang.jia
  - Palladius: нянцзя (njanczja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/ → /ni̯ɑŋ³⁵ d͡ʑ̥i̯ä³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: noeng⁴ gaa¹
  - Yale: nèuhng gā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: noeng⁴ gaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: nêng⁴ ga¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nœːŋ²¹ kaː⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: nyiong⁴ ga¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲiɔŋ³⁵ ka⁴²/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: nion¹ jia¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /niɒ̃¹¹ t͡ɕia¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niû-ke
  - Tâi-lô: niû-ke
  - Phofsit Daibuun: niu'kef
  - IPA (Xiamen): /niũ²⁴⁻²² ke⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /niũ²⁴⁻²² ke³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niô͘-kee
  - Tâi-lô: niôo-kee
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /niɔ̃¹³⁻²² kɛ⁴⁴/

Noun

娘家

married woman's parents' home

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 娘家 (“married woman's parents' home”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		娘家
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	娘家
	Harbin	娘家
	Singapore	娘家
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	娘家
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	娘家
	Xining	娘家
	Xuzhou	娘家
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	娘家
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	娘家
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	娘家, 娘屋頭, 娘屋
	Wuhan	娘屋裡
	Guiyang	娘家
	Liuzhou	娘家, 外家
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	娘家
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	娘家
Cantonese	Guangzhou	外家
	Hong Kong	外家
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	外家
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	外家
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	外家
	Dongguan	外家
Gan	Nanchang	娘家, 娘屋裡
	Lichuan	娘家
	Pingxiang	娘屋裡
Hakka	Meixian	妹家, 外家
	Yudu	外家
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	外家, 妹家
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	外家, 妹家
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	外家
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	妹家, 外家
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	外家, 妹家
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	外家
	Hong Kong	妹家
Huizhou	Jixi	娘家
Jin	Taiyuan	娘家, 媽家
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	外家
Eastern Min	Matsu	外家
Southern Min	Xiamen	外家, 後頭, 某後頭
	Quanzhou	外家, 後頭, 某後頭
	Jinjiang	外家, 後頭
	Yongchun	厝頭
	Zhangzhou	外家
	Tainan	外家, 外家厝, 後頭, 後頭厝
	Singapore (Hokkien)	外家
	Manila (Hokkien)	後頭
	Shantou	外家
	Jieyang	家後
	Bangkok (Teochew)	外家
	Singapore (Teochew)	外家
	Haikou	外家
	Singapore (Hainanese)	外家
Puxian Min	Putian	外家
Puxian Min	Xianyou	外家
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	外家, 娘家
Wu	Shanghai	娘家
	Shanghai (Chongming)	娘家
	Danyang	娘家
	Ningbo	娘家
	Jinhua	娘家
Xiang	Changsha	娘屋裡
	Loudi	娘屋裡
	Hengyang	娘屋裡

Antonyms

婆家 (pójiā)

Derived terms

回娘家 (huí niángjiā)