冤家

冤家

Chinese

		injustice; to wrong	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
simp. and trad. (冤家)		冤	家

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuānjiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun¹ gaa¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): yên-kâ / yân-kâ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): yan¹ ga¹

• Min Dong (BUC): uŏng-gă
• Min Nan (POJ): oan-ka / oan-ke / oan-kee
• Wu (Wiktionary): yoe ka (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yuānjiā → yuānjia (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢ ㄐㄧㄚ → ㄩㄢ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iuan.jia
    • IPA ^(key): /y̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/ → /y̯ɛn⁵⁵ d͡ʑ̥i̯ä²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun¹ gaa¹
    • Yale: yūn gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn¹ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun¹ ga¹
    • IPA ^(key): /jyːn⁵⁵ käː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yên-kâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: ien´ ga´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan¹ ga¹
    • IPA: /i̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ ka²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yân-kâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ian´ ga´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan¹ ga¹
    • IPA: /(j)i̯an²⁴⁻¹¹ ka²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yan¹ ga¹
    • IPA: /ian⁴⁴ ka⁴⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: uŏng-gă
    • IPA ^(key): /uoŋ⁵⁵ ^(k-)ŋa⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oan-ka
    • Tâi-lô: uan-ka
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oankaf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /uan³³ ka³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /uan⁴⁴⁻²² ka⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oan-ke
    • Tâi-lô: uan-ke
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oankef
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /uan⁴⁴⁻³³ ke⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oan-kee
    • Tâi-lô: uan-kee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /uan⁴⁴⁻²² kɛ⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: yoe ka (T1)
    • IPA ^(key): /yø⁵⁵ ka̱²¹/

Noun

冤家

1. enemy; foe; opponent
2. (affectionate) sweetheart; destined love
3. (in dramas and folk songs) someone whom one cannot help loving dearly in spite of all of his/her faults; (little) devil

Derived terms

不是冤家不聚會／不是冤家不聚会 不是冤家不聚頭／不是冤家不聚头 (bùshì yuānjiā bù jùtóu) 俏冤家 冤家宜解不宜結／冤家宜解不宜结 (yuānjiā yí jiě bùyí jié) 冤家變親家／冤家变亲家 冤家路狹／冤家路狭 冤家路窄 (yuānjiālùzhǎi)

夙世冤家 宿世冤家 小冤家 尺二冤家 歡喜冤家／欢喜冤家 空頭冤家／空头冤家 鐵死冤家／铁死冤家

Pronunciation 2

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yên-kâ / yân-kâ
• Min Dong (BUC): uŏng-gă
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): oan-ke / oan-kee

  (Teochew, Peng'im): uang¹ gê¹

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• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yên-kâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: ien´ ga´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan¹ ga¹
    • IPA: /i̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ ka²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yân-kâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ian´ ga´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan¹ ga¹
    • IPA: /(j)i̯an²⁴⁻¹¹ ka²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: uŏng-gă
    • IPA ^(key): /uoŋ⁵⁵ ^(k-)ŋa⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oan-ke
    • Tâi-lô: uan-ke
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oankef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /uan⁴⁴⁻²² ke⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /uan⁴⁴⁻³³ ke⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /uan³³ ke³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oan-kee
    • Tâi-lô: uan-kee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /uan⁴⁴⁻²² kɛ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: uang¹ gê¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uang ke
    • IPA ^(key): /uaŋ³³⁻²³ ke³³/

Verb

冤家

1. (Min, Hakka) to quarrel; to argue; to bicker

Derived terms

冤家泌背 冤家羅債／冤家罗债

冤家量債／冤家量债