家居

家居

Chinese

		home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools	reside
simp. and trad. (家居)		家	居
anagram		居家

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiājū

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄐㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹ geoi¹
• Min Nan (POJ): ka-kir / ka-ku / ka-ki

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiājū
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄐㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiajyu
    • Wade–Giles: chia¹-chü¹
    • Yale: jyā-jyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiajiu
    • Palladius: цзяцзюй (czjaczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjä⁵⁵ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa¹ geoi¹
    • Yale: gā gēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹ goey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga¹ gêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː⁵⁵ kɵy̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-kir
    • Tâi-lô: ka-kir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ka³³ kɯ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-ku
    • Tâi-lô: ka-ku
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ka'kw
    • IPA (Taipei): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ ku⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² ku⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-ki
    • Tâi-lô: ka-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ka'ky
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ ki⁴⁴/

Noun

家居

1. home; residence

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 家居

住宅 (zhùzhái) 住屋 (zhùwū) 住房 (zhùfáng) 住所 (zhùsuǒ) 宅第 (Wu) 宅舍 (zháishè) (literary) 家室 (jiāshì) 家屋 (jiāwū) (literary) 寓 (yù) (literary, or in compounds) 寓所 (yùsuǒ) (formal) 居室 (jūshì)

居所 (jūsuǒ) 屋子 (wūzi) (colloquial) 屋宇 (wūyǔ) (literary) 房子 (fángzi) 房宇 (fángyǔ) (literary) 房屋 (fángwū) 房舍 (fángshè) (literary) 住處／住处 (zhùchù) 宮／宫 (gōng) (archaic) 宮室／宫室 (gōngshì) (archaic)

Verb

家居

1. to stay at home; to be unemployed