管家

Chinese

		to take care (of); to control; to manage to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; tube; pipe	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
simp. and trad. (管家)		管	家

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guǎnjiā

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gun² gaa¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kón-kâ
Min Nan (POJ): koán-ke / koán--kee

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: guǎnjiā → guǎnjia (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄚ → ㄍㄨㄢˇ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goan.jia
  - IPA ^(key): /ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/ → /ku̯än²¹⁴ d͡ʑ̥i̯ä⁴/

Note: Toneless - only the noun sense.

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gun² gaa¹
  - Yale: gún gā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gun² gaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gun² ga¹
  - IPA ^(key): /kuːn³⁵ käː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kón-kâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: gon` ga´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gon³ ga¹
  - IPA: /kon³¹ ka²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koán-ke
  - Tâi-lô: kuán-ke
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koafnkef
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /kuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ke³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koán--kee
  - Tâi-lô: kuán--kee

Noun

管家

housekeeper; butler; manager

Verb

管家

to manage one's household

Derived terms

管家娘子

管家婆

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