外家

外家

Chinese

		outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
simp. and trad. (外家)		外	家

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wàijiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngoi⁶ gaa¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngoi-kâ
• Min Nan (POJ): gōa-ke / gōa-kee / gōe-ke

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: wàijiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wayjia
    • IPA ^(key): /u̯aɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngoi⁶ gaa¹
    • Yale: ngoih gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngoi⁶ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngoi⁶ ga¹
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋɔːy̯²² käː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngoi-kâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngoi ga´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngoi⁴ ga¹
    • IPA: /ŋoi̯⁵⁵ ka²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-ke
    • Tâi-lô: guā-ke
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goaxkef
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /gua³³⁻²¹ ke⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /gua²²⁻²¹ ke⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /gua⁴¹⁻²² ke³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /gua³³⁻¹¹ ke⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōa-kee
    • Tâi-lô: guā-kee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /gua²²⁻²¹ kɛ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gōe-ke
    • Tâi-lô: guē-ke
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goexkef
    • IPA (Taipei): /gue³³⁻¹¹ ke⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /gue³³⁻²¹ ke⁴⁴/

Noun

外家

1. maternal grandparents' home
2. (dialectal) married woman's parents' home
3. (literary) home of one's husband's parents-in-law
4. (historical) outside family of a man formed with a mistress or concubine
5. (historical) mistress of a man

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 娘家 (“married woman's parents' home”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		娘家
Mandarin	Beijing	娘家
	Taiwan	娘家
Cantonese	Guangzhou	外家
	Hong Kong	外家
Hakka	Meixian	妹家
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	外家, 妹家
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	外家, 妹家
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	外家
	Dongshi (Dabu)	妹家, 外家
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	外家, 妹家
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	外家
Min Dong	Fuzhou	外家
	Matsu	外家
Min Nan	Xiamen	外家, 後頭, 某後頭
	Quanzhou	外家, 後頭, 某後頭
	Zhangzhou	外家
	Taipei	外家, 後頭, 後頭厝
	Kaohsiung	外家, 後頭, 後頭厝