百家

百家

Chinese

		hundred	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
simp. and trad. (百家)		百	家

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎijiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ gaa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎijiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎijia
    • Wade–Giles: pai³-chia¹
    • Yale: bǎi-jyā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baejia
    • Palladius: байцзя (bajczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕjä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak³ gaa¹
    • Yale: baak gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag³ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³ kaː⁵⁵/

Noun

百家

1. many people
2. many households
3. many schools of thought

Proper noun

百家

1. (historical) Short for 諸子百家／诸子百家 (Zhūzǐ Bǎijiā, “Hundred Schools of Thought”).

   罷黜百家獨尊儒術 [MSC, trad.]
   罢黜百家独尊儒术 [MSC, simp.]

   bàchù bǎijiā dú zūn rúshù [Pinyin]

   to ban the Hundred Schools of Thought and only revere Confucianism

Derived terms

百家樂／百家乐 (bǎijiālè) 百家爭鳴／百家争鸣 (bǎijiāzhēngmíng)

諸子百家／诸子百家 (Zhūzǐ Bǎijiā)