傾家

傾家

Chinese

		to overturn; to collapse; to lean to overturn; to collapse; to lean; to tend; to incline; to pour out	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
trad. (傾家)		傾	家
simp. (倾家)		倾	家

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīngjiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): king¹ gaa¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khên-kâ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qīngjiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingjia
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cingjia
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕjä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: king¹ gaa¹
    • Yale: kīng gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: king¹ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: king¹ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɪŋ⁵⁵ käː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khên-kâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: ken´ ga´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ken¹ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰen²⁴⁻¹¹ ka²⁴/

Verb

傾家

1. to exhaust one's family's financial resources (wealth and assets)

   傾家相助 / 倾家相助  ―  qīngjiā xiāngzhù  ―  to use up one's family's financial resources to help

Derived terms

傾家蕩產／倾家荡产 (qīngjiādàngchǎn)