管家

Chinese

		to take care (of); to control; to manage to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; tube; pipe	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
trad. (管家)		管	家
simp. ^#(管家)		管	家

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): guǎnjiā

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄚ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): guan³ jia¹

(Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): guǎnjià
Cantonese (Jyutping): gun² gaa¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): kón-kâ

(Hailu, HRS): gon^ˊ ga^ˋ

(Meixian, Guangdong): guon³ ga¹
Jin (Wiktionary): guan² jia¹
Northern Min (KCR): guǐng-gá
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): guang³ ga¹ / guong³ ga¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): koán-ke / koán--kee

(Teochew, Peng'im): guang² gê¹
Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): gun² gaa¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵kuoe-ka₁

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guǎnjiā → guǎnjia (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄚ → ㄍㄨㄢˇ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guǎnjiå
  - Wade–Giles: kuan³-chia⁵
  - Yale: gwǎn-jya
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goan.jia
  - Palladius: гуаньцзя (guanʹczja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/ → /ku̯än²¹⁴ d͡ʑ̥i̯ä⁴/

Note: Toneless - only the noun sense.

- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: guan³ jia¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: guangia
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuan⁵³ t͡ɕia⁵⁵/
- (Nanjing)
  - Nanjing Pinyin: guǎnjià [Phonetic: guánjià]
  - Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): guan³ jia¹ [Phonetic: guan² jia¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuã¹¹⁻¹² t͡ɕia³¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gun² gaa¹
  - Yale: gún gā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gun² gaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gun² ga¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn³⁵ kaː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kón-kâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: gon^ˋ ga^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gon³ ga¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kon³¹ ka²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: gon^ˊ ga^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /kon²⁴⁻³³ ka⁵³/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: guon³ ga¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kuɔn³¹ ka⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: guan² jia¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /kuæ̃⁵³ t͡ɕia¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: guǐng-gá
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuiŋ²¹ ka⁵⁴/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: guang³ ga¹ [Phonetic: guang⁵ nga¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: guâng-ga
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuaŋ⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ ^(k-)ŋa⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: guong³ ga¹ [Phonetic: guong⁵ nga¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuoŋ³³²⁻²¹ ^(k-)ŋa⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koán-ke
  - Tâi-lô: kuán-ke
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koafnkef
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /kuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ke³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koán--kee
  - Tâi-lô: kuán--kee
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: guang² gê¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuáng ke
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ ke³³/
Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
  - Jyutping++: gun² gaa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kun³³ ka⁵³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵kuoe-ka₁
  - MiniDict: kuoe^去 ka^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²kuoe-ka₁
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kuø³³ ka⁴⁴/

Noun

管家

(literal, figurative) housekeeper; butler; manager; steward
金融好管家 ― jīnróng hǎo guǎnjiā ― good financial steward

Verb

管家

to manage one's household

Derived terms

管家基因 (guǎnjiā jīyīn)
管家娘子
管家婆 (guǎnjiāpó)

References

李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “895 管家”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 379.