一家人

Chinese

		entire family	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (一家人)		一家	人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yījiārén
(Zhuyin): ㄧㄐㄧㄚㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ gaa¹ jan⁴
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): chi̍t-ke-lâng
(Teochew, Peng'im): zêg⁸ gê¹ nang⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yījiārén [Phonetic: yìjiārén]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄐㄧㄚㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yijiarén
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-chia¹-jên²
  - Yale: yī-jyā-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ijiaren
  - Palladius: ицзяжэнь (iczjažɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ t͡ɕjä⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yījiārénr [Phonetic: yìjiārénr]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄐㄧㄚㄖㄣˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yijiarénr
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-chia¹-jênrh²
  - Yale: yī-jyā-rénr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ijiarel
  - Palladius: ицзяжэnр (iczjažɛnr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ t͡ɕjä⁵⁵ ʐəɻ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ gaa¹ jan⁴
  - Yale: yāt gā yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ gaa¹ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ ga¹ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ kaː⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍t-ke-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: tsi̍t-ke-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cidkelaang
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕit̚⁴⁻³² ke⁴⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕit̚²⁴⁻² ke³³ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ke⁴⁴⁻²² laŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕit̚⁴⁻³² ke⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕit̚⁴⁻³² ke⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zêg⁸ gê¹ nang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tse̍k ke nâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sek̚⁴⁻² ke³³⁻²³ naŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

一家人

all of the same family; the whole family
只要一家人能團聚，受多少罪，吃多少苦，我都不怕。 [MSC, trad.]
只要一家人能团聚，受多少罪，吃多少苦，我都不怕。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhǐyào yījiārén néng tuánjù, shòu duōshǎo zuì, chī duōshǎo kǔ, wǒ dōu bùpà. [Pinyin]
As long as the family can be reunited, I am willing to endure any kind of hardship that comes my way.
爸爸失去了工作，一家人的生活全靠媽媽支撐。 [MSC, trad.]
爸爸失去了工作，一家人的生活全靠妈妈支撑。 [MSC, simp.]
Bàba shīqù le gōngzuò, yījiārén de shēnghuó quán kào māma zhīchēng. [Pinyin]
Dad lost his job, so the whole family had to be supported by mum.
(figuratively) group of people who have close, family-like relationships

Synonyms

(all of the same family): 一家子 (yījiāzi)

Derived terms

不是一家人，不進一家門／不是一家人，不进一家门 (bùshì yī jiā rén, bù jìn yī jiā mén)

關起門來，都是一家人／关起门来，都是一家人