通家

通家

Chinese

		go through; know well; to connect go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
simp. and trad. (通家)		通	家

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tōngjiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung¹ gaa¹
• Min Nan (POJ): thong-ke

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tōngjiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tongjia
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung¹ gaa¹
    • Yale: tūng gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung¹ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung¹ ga¹
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ käː⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thong-ke
    • Tâi-lô: thong-ke
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tongkef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ke⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰɔŋ³³ ke³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ke⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ke⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ke⁴⁴/

Noun

通家

1. (literary) longstanding friendship between two families; generations of family friendship
2. (literary) expert; master; professional
3. (literary) relation by marriage; affinity
4. (literary) entire family; whole family

Synonyms

• (longstanding friendship): 世交 (shìjiāo)
• (expert):

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Synonyms of 通家

內行／内行 (nèiháng) 內行人／内行人 (nèihángrén) 在行 (zàiháng) 大家 (dàjiā) 大方 (dàfāng) (literary) 大神 (dàshén) (slang, Internet) 好手 (hǎoshǒu) 專家／专家 (zhuānjiā) 專門／专门 (zhuānmén)

專門家／专门家 (zhuānménjiā) 方家 (fāngjiā) (literary) 能手 (néngshǒu) 行家 (hángjiā) 行家裡手／行家里手 (hángjiā lǐshǒu) 裡手／里手 (lǐshǒu) 達人／达人 (dárén) 高手 (gāoshǒu)

• (relation by marriage): 姻親／姻亲 (yīnqīn)
• (entire family): (literary) 合家 (héjiā), (literary) 通家 (tōngjiā)

Derived terms

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