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
(Pinyin): guǎnjiā

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gun² gaa¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kón-kâ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koán-ke / koán--kee

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.

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 Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kón-kâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: gon` ga´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gon³ ga¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kon³¹ ka²⁴/
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

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)

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