人家

Chinese

		man; person; people	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
simp. and trad. (人家)		人	家
anagram		家人

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): rénjiā
(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄚ
(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): жынҗя (řɨnži͡a, I-II)
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ gaa¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngìn-kâ
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): jîn-ke / lîn-ke / lîn-ka / jîn-kee
(Teochew, Peng'im): nang⁵ gê¹
Wu (Wiktionary): nyin ka (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rénjiā
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rénjia
  - Wade–Giles: jên²-chia¹
  - Yale: rén-jyā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: renjia
  - Palladius: жэньцзя (žɛnʹczja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ t͡ɕjä⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: жынҗя (řɨnži͡a, I-II)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐəŋ²⁴ t͡ɕia⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan⁴ gaa¹
  - Yale: yàhn gā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ gaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ ga¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ kaː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngìn-kâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: nginˇ ga´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngin² ga¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ɲin¹¹ ka²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-ke
  - Tâi-lô: jîn-ke
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jinkef
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ʑin²³⁻³³ ke⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-ke
  - Tâi-lô: lîn-ke
  - Phofsit Daibuun: linkef
  - IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴⁻¹¹ ke⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lin²⁴⁻²² ke³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² ke⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn-ka
  - Tâi-lô: lîn-ka
  - Phofsit Daibuun: linkaf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lin²⁴⁻²² ka³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴⁻²² ka⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jîn-kee
  - Tâi-lô: jîn-kee
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ʑin¹³⁻²² kɛ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: nang⁵ gê¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nâng ke
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ke³³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: nyin ka (T3)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲɪɲ²² ka̱⁴⁴/

Noun

人家

family; household
有幾戶人家住喺呢度。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
有几户人家住喺呢度。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]
jau⁵ gei² wu⁶ jan⁴ gaa¹ zyu⁶ hai² nei¹ dou⁶. [Jyutping]
There are several families living here.
(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) dwelling
- 東南形勝，三吳都會，錢塘自古繁華。煙柳畫橋，風簾翠幕，參差十萬人家。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  东南形胜，三吴都会，钱塘自古繁华。烟柳画桥，风帘翠幕，参差十万人家。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Watching the Tidal Bore 望海潮, by Liu Yong 柳永, Northern Song Dynasty; Translated by Xu Yuanchong 许渊冲
  Dōngnán xíngshèng, sānwú dōuhuì, qiántáng zìgǔ fánhuá. Yānliǔ huà qiáo, fēnglián cuì mù, cānchā shíwàn rénjiā. [Pinyin]
  Scenic splendor southeast of River Blue
  And capital of ancient Kindom Wu,
  Qiantang's as flourishing as e'er.
  The smokelike willows from a windproof screen;
  Adorned with painted birdges and curtains green,
  A hundred thousand houses spread out here and there.
family of a girl's betrothed
Used after a noun to specify a type of person.
「好多人話女仔人家賽咩車，又危險，又唔斯文，但我覺得既然佢有興趣，咁就冇問題啦。」 [Cantonese, trad.]
“好多人话女仔人家赛咩车，又危险，又唔斯文，但我觉得既然佢有兴趣，咁就冇问题啦。” [Cantonese, simp.]
From: 首位F3000女車手 17歲香港美少女殺入歐洲賽車壇, 21/07/2002
“hou² do¹ jan⁴ waa⁶ neoi⁵ zai² jan⁴ gaa¹ coi³ me¹ ce¹, jau⁶ ngai⁴ him², jau⁶ m⁴ si¹ man⁴, daan⁶ ngo⁵ gaau³ dak¹ gei³ jin⁴ keoi⁵ jau⁵ hing¹ ceoi³, gam³ zau⁶ mou⁵ man⁶ tai⁴ laa¹.” [Jyutping]
"Many folks say that a girl has no business racing cars, that it's dangerous and unseemly; but I think that it's fine, since she has an interest in it anyway."

Synonyms

(family):

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室 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
家 (jiā)
家子 (jiāzi) (colloquial)
家室 (jiāshì)
家庭 (jiātíng)

家族 (jiāzú)
戶家／户家 (hùjiā) (literary)
房頭／房头 (fángtóu) (literary)
親族／亲族 (qīnzú)

(household): 住戶／住户 (zhùhù)
(Cantonese: type of person) 家 (jiā)

Derived terms

做人家
女人家
好人家 (hǎorénjiā)
官宦人家
平常人家
有了人家
有人家
水上人家
白屋人家

衙院人家
大戶人家／大户人家
婦道人家／妇道人家 (fùdaorénjiā)
富貴人家／富贵人家
小戶人家／小户人家
有錢人家／有钱人家 (yǒuqián rénjiā)
詩禮人家／诗礼人家
門戶人家／门户人家

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rénjia
(Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ gaa¹
Wu (Wiktionary): nyin ka (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rénjia
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄣˊ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rénjiå
  - Wade–Giles: jên²-chia⁵
  - Yale: rén-jya
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ren.jia
  - Palladius: жэньцзя (žɛnʹczja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐən³⁵ d͡ʑ̥jä³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan⁴ gaa¹
  - Yale: yàhn gā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ gaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ ga¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ kaː⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: nyin ka (T3)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /n̠ʲɪɲ²² ka̱⁴⁴/

Pronoun

人家

(chiefly Mandarin, Wu) others (i.e. besides the speaker and the listener); everybody else
你看人家的孩子又漂亮又有才，你卻考個零分。 [MSC, trad.]
你看人家的孩子又漂亮又有才，你却考个零分。 [MSC, simp.]
Nǐ kàn rénjia de háizi yòu piàoliàng yòu yǒucái, nǐ què kǎo ge língfēn. [Pinyin]
Look at how other people's children are all not only pretty, but also talented. And you? Scored zero on your exam. (mother to child)
(chiefly Mandarin, Wu) someone specific that the speaker does not wish to name explicitly: he; she; they
別說人家的壞話，人家聽得懂中文。 [MSC, trad.]
别说人家的坏话，人家听得懂中文。 [MSC, simp.]
Bié shuō rénjia de huàihuà, rénjia tīng de dǒng zhōngwén. [Pinyin]
Don't say bad stuff about him. He can understand Chinese.
(chiefly Mandarin, chiefly women's speech, endearing) I; me (first-person singular pronoun)
上哪兒去了，讓人家在這兒等半天。 [MSC, trad.]
上哪儿去了，让人家在这儿等半天。 [MSC, simp.]
Shàng nǎr qù le, ràng rénjia zài zhèr děng bàntiān. [Pinyin]
Where did you go? I've been waiting here forever.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 別人 (“someone else; others”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		別人, 他人
Mandarin	Beijing	人家, 別人
	Taiwan	人家, 別人
	Harbin	人家
	Yantai (Muping)	人家, 別人, 旁人
	Jinan	人家, 別人, 旁人
	Luoyang	人家, 別人, 旁人
	Wanrong	人家
	Wanrong (Ronghe)	人家
	Xi'an	人家, 伢, 旁人
	Yinchuan	別, 別家
	Lanzhou	人家
	Xining	家
	Ürümqi	人家, 旁人
	Wuhan	人家, 別個
	Chengdu	人家, 別個
	Guiyang	人家, 別個
	Liuzhou	人家
	Xuzhou	人
	Yangzhou	人家, 旁人, 別人
	Nanjing	人家, 別人家, 別人
	Hefei	人家, 旁人
	Nantong	人家
	Malaysia	別人
	Singapore	人家, 別人
Cantonese	Guangzhou	人哋
	Hong Kong	人哋
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	人囉
	Macau	人哋
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	人哋
	Taishan	偌, 人偌
	Dongguan	人哋
	Yangjiang	俼
	Baise	人哋
	Qinzhou	人哋, 人家
	Beihai	人家
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	人哋
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	人哋
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	人哋
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	人哋
	Singapore (Guangfu)	人哋
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	第個
	Móng Cái	人哋
Gan	Nanchang	人家, 別個, 別人
	Lichuan	人家
	Pingxiang	人家, 別個, 別人, 別人家
Hakka	Meixian	別人, 人家
	Xingning	人家
	Huidong (Daling)	人家
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	人家
	Changting	人家
	Wuping	人家
	Wuping (Pingyu)	人家
	Liancheng	人家, 別佬儕
	Ninghua	人家
	Yudu	人家
	Ruijin	人家
	Shicheng	人家
	Shangyou (Shexi)	別佬人
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	別人, 別儕
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	別人, 別儕
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	別人, 別儕
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	別儕, 別人
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	別人, 別儕
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	別儕
	Hong Kong	人家
	Senai (Huiyang)	別人家
Huizhou	Jixi	人家, 別人家, 別個
Jin	Taiyuan	伢, 人家, 旁人
Jin	Xinzhou	伢, 人家
Min Bei	Jian'ou	別人, 兀人
Min Dong	Fuzhou	伊儂, 別儂
	Fuqing	伊儂, 別儂
	Minqing	別儂
	Matsu	別儂
Min Nan	Xiamen	別儂
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	別儂
	Quanzhou	別儂
	Shishi	別儂
	Zhangzhou	別儂
	Dongshan	別儂
	Taipei	別儂
	Kaohsiung	別儂
	Penang (Hokkien)	別儂
	Singapore (Hokkien)	別儂
	Manila (Hokkien)	別儂
	Chaozhou	別儂
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	別儂
	Haifeng	別儂
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	別儂
	Singapore (Teochew)	別儂
	Leizhou	儂阿眾
	Haikou	別儂
Min Zhong	Yanping (Wangtai)	別人
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	人哋, 人屋
Wu	Shanghai	別人家, 人家, 別人, 旁人
	Shanghai (Chongming)	別人家
	Suzhou	人家, 別人家, 別人
	Danyang	人家
	Ningbo	人家, 別人家
	Wenzhou	別儂
	Jinhua	別浪, 別人, 別個, 別人堂
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	別儂
Xiang	Changsha	別個, 人家
	Loudi	別個
	Shuangfeng	人家, 別個, 別家

Derived terms

吃人家的嘴軟，拿人家的手軟／吃人家的嘴软，拿人家的手软 (chī rénjia de zuǐ ruǎn, nà rénjia de shǒu ruǎn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
人	家
じん Grade: 1	か Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi

IPA^(key): [(d͡)ʑĩŋka̠]

Noun

人(じん)家(か) • (jinka)

house, dwelling

Korean

Hanja in this term
人	家

Noun

人家 • (in'ga) (hangeul 인가)

Hanja form^? of 인가 (“house, dwelling”).