人家

Chinese

Pronunciation 1

Noun

人家

1. family; household

   有幾戶人家住喺呢度。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
   有几户人家住喺呢度。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]

   jau⁵ gei² wu⁶ jan⁴ gaa¹ zyu⁶ hai² nei¹ dou⁶.

   There are several families living here.

2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) dwelling

   • 東南形勝，三吳都會，錢塘自古繁華。煙柳畫橋，風簾翠幕，參差十萬人家。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     东南形胜，三吴都会，钱塘自古繁华。烟柳画桥，风帘翠幕，参差十万人家。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Watching the Tidal Bore 望海潮, by Liu Yong 柳永, Northern Song Dynasty; Translated by Xu Yuanchong 许渊冲

     Dōngnán xíngshèng, sānwú dōuhuì, qiántáng zìgǔ fánhuá. Yānliǔ huà qiáo, fēnglián cuì mù, cānchā shíwàn rénjiā.

     Scenic splendor southeast of River Blue
     And capital of ancient Kindom Wu,
     Qiantang's as flourishing as e'er.
     The smokelike willows from a windproof screen;
     Adorned with painted birdges and curtains green,
     A hundred thousand houses spread out here and there.

3. family of a girl's betrothed
4. Used after a noun to specify a type of person.

   • 「好多人話女仔人家賽咩車，又危險，又唔斯文，但我覺得既然佢有興趣，咁就冇問題啦。」 [Cantonese, trad.]
     「好多人话女仔人家赛咩车，又危险，又唔斯文，但我觉得既然佢有兴趣，咁就冇问题啦。」 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 首位F3000女車手 17歲香港美少女殺入歐洲賽車壇, 21/07/2002

     “hou² do¹ jan⁴ waa⁶ neoi⁵ zai² jan⁴ gaa¹ coi³ me¹ ce¹, jau⁶ ngai⁴ him², jau⁶ m⁴ si¹ man⁴, daan⁶ ngo⁵ gok³ dak¹ gei³ jin⁴ keoi⁵ jau⁵ hing³ ceoi³, gam³ zau⁶ mou⁵ man⁶ tai⁴ laa¹.”

     "Many folks say that a girl has no business racing cars, that it's dangerous and unseemly; but I think that it's fine, since she has an interest in it anyway."

Synonyms

• (family):

• (household): 住戶／住户 (zhùhù)
• (Cantonese: type of person) 家 (jiā)

Derived terms

Pronunciation 2

Pronoun

人家

1. (chiefly Mandarin, Wu) others (i.e. besides the speaker and the listener); everybody else

   你看人家的孩子又漂亮又有才，你卻考個零分。 [MSC, trad.]
   你看人家的孩子又漂亮又有才，你却考个零分。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ kàn rénjia de háizi yòu piàoliàng yòu yǒucái, nǐ què kǎo ge língfēn.

   Look at how other people's children are all not only pretty, but also talented. And you? Scored zero on your exam. (mother to child)

2. (chiefly Mandarin, Wu) someone specific that the speaker does not wish to name explicitly: he; she; they

   別說人家的壞話，人家聽得懂中文。 [MSC, trad.]
   别说人家的坏话，人家听得懂中文。 [MSC, simp.]

   Bié shuō rénjia de huàihuà, rénjia tīng de dǒng zhōngwén.

   Don't say bad stuff about him. He can understand Chinese.

3. (chiefly Mandarin, chiefly women's speech, endearing) I; me (first-person singular pronoun)

   上哪兒去了，讓人家在這兒等半天。 [MSC, trad.]
   上哪儿去了，让人家在这儿等半天。 [MSC, simp.]

   Shàng nǎr qù le, ràng rénjia zài zhèr děng bàntiān.

   Where did you go? I've been waiting here forever.

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Japanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

人(じん)家(か) • (jinka) 

1. house, dwelling

Korean

Noun

人家 • (in'ga) (hangeul 인가)

1. Hanja form^? of 인가 (“house, dwelling”).