搬家

搬家

Chinese

		remove; transport; move remove; transport; move; shift	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
trad. (搬家)		搬	家
simp. #(搬家)		搬	家

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): bānjiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢ ㄐㄧㄚ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): бан җя (ban ži͡a, I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun¹ gaa¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): bon¹ ga¹
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): ban¹ ga¹
• Jin (Wiktionary): ban¹ jia¹
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): poaⁿ-ke / poaⁿ-kee

  (Teochew, Peng'im): buan¹ gê¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bānjiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: banjia
    • Wade–Giles: pan¹-chia¹
    • Yale: bān-jyā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banjia
    • Palladius: баньцзя (banʹczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵⁵ t͡ɕjä⁵⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: бан җя (ban ži͡a, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pæ̃²⁴ t͡ɕia²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun¹ gaa¹
    • Yale: būn gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun¹ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun¹ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: bon¹ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɵn⁴² ka⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ban¹ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pan⁴⁴ ka⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ban¹ jia¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /pæ̃¹¹ t͡ɕia¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poaⁿ-ke
    • Tâi-lô: puann-ke
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pvoa'kef
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /puã³³ ke³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /puã⁴⁴⁻²² ke⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poaⁿ-kee
    • Tâi-lô: puann-kee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /puã⁴⁴⁻²² kɛ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: buan¹ gê¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puaⁿ ke
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pũã³³⁻²³ ke³³/

Verb

搬⫽家 (verb-object) (intransitive)

1. to move house; to move to a new home

   她上個星期還搬家來著，怎麼會在旅遊呢？ [MSC, trad.]
   她上个星期还搬家来着，怎么会在旅游呢？ [MSC, simp.]

   Tā shàng ge xīngqī hái bānjiā láizhe, zěnme huì zài lǚyóu ne? [Pinyin]

   She moved house only last week, how can she be travelling now?

   恐怕搬家是萬萬不行的。 [MSC, trad.]
   恐怕搬家是万万不行的。 [MSC, simp.]

   Kǒngpà bānjiā shì wànwàn bùxíng de. [Pinyin]

   Unfortunately, moving is out of the question.

   咱們又要搬家了。／咱们又要搬家了。  ―  Zánmen yòu yào bānjiā le.  ―  We have to move again.

2. (by extension) to move; to relocate

   這家工廠已經搬家了。 [MSC, trad.]
   这家工厂已经搬家了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè jiā gōngchǎng yǐjīng bānjiā le. [Pinyin]

   This factory has moved.

Synonyms

• (to move house):

Dialectal synonyms of 搬家 (“to move house; to move to a new home”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		搬家, 遷居, 移居
Mandarin	Taiwan	搬家
	Yantai (Muping)	搬家
	Luoyang	搬家
	Xi'an	搬家
	Ürümqi	搬房子
	Singapore	搬家
Cantonese	Guangzhou	搬屋
	Hong Kong	搬屋
	Taishan	搬屋
	Dongguan	搬屋
	Singapore (Guangfu)	搬屋
Gan	Nanchang	搬家
	Lichuan	搬家
Hakka	Meixian	搬屋, 搬家, 徙屋
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	搬屋, 徙屋, 徙竇
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	搬屋, 徙屋, 徙竇
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	搬屋, 徙屋, 徙竇
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	搬屋, 徙屋, 徙竇
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	搬屋, 徙屋, 徙竇
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	搬屋, 徙屋, 徙藪
Huizhou	Jixi	搬家
Jin	Taiyuan	搬家
Min Bei	Jian'ou	搬厝
Min Dong	Fuzhou	搬厝
Min Nan	Xiamen	搬厝
	Quanzhou	搬厝
	Zhangzhou	搬厝
	Tainan	搬厝
	Penang (Hokkien)	搬厝
	Singapore (Hokkien)	搬厝
	Shantou	搬家
	Jieyang	搬厝, 盤厝, 徙厝
	Singapore (Teochew)	搬厝
	Leizhou	搬厝, 徙厝
	Haikou	搬厝
Wu	Shanghai	搬家, 搬人家, 搬場
	Shanghai (Chongming)	搬場
	Suzhou	搬場
	Danyang	搬家
	Hangzhou	搬房子, 搬場
	Ningbo	搬屋
	Wenzhou	搬家屋

• (to move):

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搬移 (bānyí) 徙動／徙动 (xǐdòng) 搬遷／搬迁 (bānqiān)

遷／迁 (qiān) 遷徙／迁徙 (qiānxǐ) 遷移／迁移 (qiānyí)

Derived terms

腦袋搬家／脑袋搬家