世家

Chinese

		life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
simp. and trad. (世家)		世	家
anagram		家世

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shìjiā

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ gaa¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sè-ka / sì-kee

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shìjiā
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhjia
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴-chia¹
  - Yale: shr̀-jyā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhjia
  - Palladius: шицзя (šiczja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai³ gaa¹
  - Yale: sai gā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ gaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei³ ga¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ kaː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-ka
  - Tâi-lô: sè-ka
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sea'kaf
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /se²¹⁻⁴¹ ka⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /se¹¹⁻⁵³ ka⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ka³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /se²¹⁻⁵³ ka⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-kee
  - Tâi-lô: sì-kee
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi²¹⁻⁵³ kɛ⁴⁴/

Noun

世家

aristocratic family; noble family
family well-known for a specialty for generations
音樂世家／音乐世家 ― yīnyuè shìjiā ― family of musicians
hereditary house (term commonly used in Chinese-language historiography)

Related terms

世族 (shìzú)
士族 (shìzú)

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