回娘家

回娘家

Chinese

		to circle; to go back; to turn around to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; (a measure word for matters or actions) a time; Islam	married woman's parents' home
simp. and trad. (回娘家)		回	娘家

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huí niángjiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄋㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wui⁴ noeng⁴ gaa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: huí niángjiā → huí niángjia (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄋㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄚ → ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄋㄧㄤˊ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwei niang.jia
    • IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ni̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯a̠⁵⁵/ → /xu̯eɪ̯³⁵ ni̯ɑŋ³⁵ d͡ʑ̥i̯a̠³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wui⁴ noeng⁴ gaa¹
    • Yale: wùih nèuhng gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wui⁴ noeng⁴ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wui⁴ nêng⁴ ga¹
    • IPA ^(key): /wuːi̯²¹ nœːŋ²¹ kaː⁵⁵/

Verb

回娘家

1. (of a married woman) to return to her parents' home for a visit
2. (figuratively) to return to one's old place, former job, etc.