冤家

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Chinese

injustice; to wrong
home; family; ‑ist
home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
 
simp. and trad.
(冤家) 		冤 家
alternative forms 灣家／湾家 Hokkien

Pronunciation 1

Note: enemy.

Noun

冤家

  1. enemy; foe; opponent
    Synonyms: 魔星 (móxīng), 紇剌星 / 纥剌星 (gēlāxīng)
  2. (endearing) sweetheart; destined love
  3. (in dramas and folk songs) someone whom one cannot help loving dearly in spite of all of his/her faults; (little) devil
Derived terms

Pronunciation 2

Note:
  • uêng1 gê1 - Chaozhou;
  • uang1 gê1 - Shantou.

    Verb

    冤家

    1. (Eastern Min, Southern Min, Taiwanese Hakka) to quarrel; to argue; to bicker
    2. (Hokkien) to fight; to scuffle
    Synonyms
    Dialectal synonyms of 吵架 (“to quarrel; to argue”)
    Variety Location Words
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 吵架, 爭吵, 吵鬧, 爭執, 吵嘴, 拌嘴, 鬥嘴
    Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 吵架, 打架, 嗆嗆, 吵吵, 吵秧子
    Taiwan 吵架
    Langfang 吵架
    Harbin 吵架, 吵吵, 打嘴仗, 打吵子, 打嘰嘰, 鬧嘰嘰
    Malaysia 吵架
    Singapore 吵架
    Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 犯嚼情, 犯嚼舌, 嗆嗆, 戧, 對掐, 摑
    Tangshan 吵吵
    Cangzhou 打架
    Baoding 吵架
    Shijiazhuang 吵架
    Jinan 吵, 吵架, 吵嘴, 打仗, 打架
    Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 打嘴仗, 打仗
    Qingdao 打仗
    Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 嚷架兒
    Daming 吵架
    Wanrong 吵架
    Xi'an 吵嘴, 吵架, 吵
    Xining 吵架, 吵嘴
    Xuzhou 磨牙, 詥架, 詥, 拌嘴
    Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 吵嘴
    Lanzhou 吵仗, 嚷仗
    Ürümqi 嚷仗, 吵架
    Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 吵架, 吵, 扯筋, 罵架, 鬧架, 角逆, 打嘴巴仗
    Chongqing 吵架, 吵嘴, 找些來鬧
    Wuhan 吵架, 吵嘴, 折罵
    Guiyang 吵架, 鬧起來
    Kunming 嚷, 嚷架, 爭嘴, 拌嘴
    Guilin 吵架
    Liuzhou 吵嘴, 吵, 鬧架
    Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 吵窩子
    Yangzhou 𠵹喪, 𠵹, 吵, 吵死
    Nantong 罵架, 𠵹喪, 𠵹, 犯頂, 犯翹, 吵死, 吵嘴
    Hefei 吵嘴
    Cantonese Guangzhou 嗌交, 嘈交, 鬧交, 吵交, 爭交, 嘈吵
    Hong Kong 嗌交, 鬧交, 嘈交, 爭交
    Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 嗌交
    Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 吵鬧
    Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 鬧交
    Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 嘈交
    Macau 爭交
    Guangzhou (Panyu) 嗌交
    Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 鬧交
    Guangzhou (Conghua) 嗌交
    Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 嘈, 怒交
    Foshan 嗌交
    Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 嗌交
    Foshan (Shunde) 爭交
    Foshan (Sanshui) 吵插
    Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 爭吵, 嗌交
    Zhongshan (Shiqi) 爭交
    Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 爭交
    Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 鬧交
    Zhuhai (Doumen) 鬧交
    Jiangmen (Baisha) 鬧交
    Jiangmen (Xinhui) 鬧交
    Taishan 鬧交
    Kaiping (Chikan) 鬧交
    Enping (Niujiang) 鬧交
    Heshan (Yayao) 嘈
    Dongguan 鬧交, 嘈交
    Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 鬧交
    Shenzhen (Dapeng) 嘈交
    Yangjiang 打交
    Nanning 爭交, 嗌交
    Wuzhou 爭交, 嗌交
    Yulin 爭交
    Hepu (Lianzhou) 爭交
    Danzhou 鬧會
    Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 嘈交, 嗌交, 牙絡
    Singapore (Guangfu) 嘈交, 嗌交
    Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 嗌交
    Gan Nanchang 罵相罵, 埂仗
    Lichuan 相罵, 埂, 吵
    Pingxiang 鬥鬧
    Hakka Meixian 相罵, 嘈交仔, 嘈交, 嘈嘴, 嘈仗, 詏
    Xingning 嘈交哩, 嘈交
    Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 嘈交, 嘈嘴, 撐交, 鬧交
    Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) 詏
    Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) 詏
    Huidong (Daling) 嘈交
    Dongguan (Qingxi) 嘈交
    Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) 爭嘴
    Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 鬧交
    Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 嘈交, 罵交
    Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 罵交
    Wuhua (Shuizhai) 嘈嘴哩
    Wuhua (Huacheng) 嘈交哩
    Wuhua (Changbu) 嘈嘴哩, 嘈交哩
    Wuhua (Mianyang) 嘈相罵
    Heyuan (Bendihua) 嘈交
    Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) 嘈嘴
    Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) 嘈交仔
    Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) 爭
    Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) 嘈口, 嘈交
    Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) 嘈交
    Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) 講口
    Shaoguan (Qujiang) 講口
    Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) 嘈嘴
    Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) 講口
    Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 嘈交, 相聲
    Liannan 嘈交
    Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 罵交
    Jiexi 相詏
    Changting 講口, 鬥舌
    Wuping 嘈交子, 相罵
    Wuping (Pingyu) 嘈交子, 嘈交, 講嘴
    Liancheng 講口, 鬥舌
    Ninghua 講口
    Yudu 講口
    Ruijin 講口
    Shicheng 講口
    Shangyou (Shexi) 講口
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 冤家, 相嘈, 相罵, 駁嘴
    Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 冤家, 相嘈, 相罵, 嘈事
    Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 冤家, 相嘈, 相罵, 駁嘴
    Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 冤家, 相嘈, 相罵, 駁嘴
    Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 冤家, 相嘈, 相罵, 駁嘴
    Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 冤家, 相嘈, 相罵, 駁嘴
    Hong Kong 嘈交
    Luchuan 爭交
    Luchuan (Daqiao) 吵嘴
    Sabah (Longchuan) 嘈交
    Senai (Huiyang) 嘈交
    Kuching (Hepo) 相罵
    Singkawang 相嘈
    Huizhou Jixi 吵, 吵死
    Shexian 吵死
    Jin Taiyuan 吵, 嚷, 吵架
    Xinzhou 嚷架, 嚷
    Zhangjiakou 嚷架
    Handan 吵架
    Northern Min Jian'ou 相罵
    Jian'ou (Dikou) 罵架
    Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 相罵
    Pucheng (Shibei) 相爭
    Eastern Min Fuzhou 冤家, 相罵
    Fuzhou (Changle) 相爭
    Fuqing 冤家, 相罵
    Yongtai 相罵
    Gutian 相爭
    Ningde 相喊
    Shouning 咬齧
    Zhouning 咬齧
    Fuding 猴咬
    Southern Min Xiamen 相罵, 冤家, 冤, 嘀嗒
    Xiamen (Tong'an) 冤家
    Quanzhou 冤家, 冤, 嘀嗒
    Jinjiang 冤家, 冤
    Zhangzhou 冤家, 冤
    Zhao'an 相罵, 冤家, 交拚
    Taipei 相罵, 冤家
    New Taipei (Sanxia) 相罵, 冤家
    Kaohsiung 相罵, 冤家
    Yilan 相罵, 冤家
    Changhua (Lukang) 相罵, 冤家, 相嚷
    Taichung 相罵, 冤家
    Taichung (Wuqi) 冤家
    Tainan 相罵, 冤家
    Taitung 冤家
    Hsinchu 相嚷, 相罵
    Kinmen 相罵
    Penghu (Magong) 相罵
    Penang (Hokkien) 相罵, 相嚷, 厊䜎, 相爭
    Singapore (Hokkien) 相罵, 冤家, 冤, 厊䜎, 相諍
    Manila (Hokkien) 冤家, 相諍, 冤
    Zhangping (Yongfu) 相罵
    Pingnan (Shangdu) 爭交
    Chaozhou 相罵, 冤家
    Shantou 相罵, 相詏, 冤家
    Shantou (Chenghai) 相罵, 相詏, 冤家
    Shantou (Chaoyang) 相詏
    Jieyang 相罵, 冤家
    Puning 相詏, 鬥詏, 鬥相詏, 冤家, 相爭
    Haifeng 相罵, 冤家
    Bangkok (Teochew) 相罵, 相詏
    Johor Bahru (Teochew) 相罵
    Singapore (Teochew) 相罵, 冤家, 厊䜎
    Leizhou 相爭
    Wenchang 相罵, 相爭
    Haikou 相爭
    Singapore (Hainanese) 相罵
    Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 罵交
    Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 罵交
    Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 爭交, 爭架, 鬥口
    Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 鬧交子
    Wu Shanghai 吵相罵, 尋相罵, 盤嘴舌, 吵, 盤淘氣, 相罵 dated, 做惱 dated
    Shanghai (Chongming) 吵相罵, 淘氣
    Suzhou 吵相罵, 尋相罵, 相罵
    Wuxi 吵相罵, 相罵
    Danyang 吵相罵, 吵事, 吵架, 吵屍
    Hangzhou 鬧架兒, 吵吵兒, 吵架兒
    Shaoxing 討相罵, 悖逆
    Ningbo 造孽, 造
    Wenzhou 亂起, 相亂, 爭起
    Jinhua 相罵, 相爭, 接熱
    Jinhua (Tangxi) 相爭
    Xiang Changsha 吵場合, 鬧場合, 扯皮, 扯筋
    Xiangtan 扯皮
    Loudi 𪘬皮, 𪘬架, 吵架
    Shuangfeng 𪘬筋, 扯皮
    Quanzhou 爭吵
    Dialectal synonyms of 打架 (“to fight; to scuffle”)
    Variety Location Words
    Classical Chinese 相打
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 打架, 打鬥
    Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 打架, 掐架, 查架
    Taiwan 打架
    Langfang 打架
    Malaysia 打架
    Singapore 打架
    Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 掐架
    Tangshan 打架
    Cangzhou 打仗
    Baoding 打架
    Shijiazhuang 打架
    Jinan 打架, 打仗
    Central Plains Mandarin Daming 打架
    Xi'an 打捶
    Xuzhou 剋架, 纏架, 揍架, 打架
    Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 打架, 打捶, 角逆
    Wuhan 打架
    Kunming 挺架
    Guilin 打架
    Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 打架
    Yangzhou 打架
    Nantong 打架
    Hefei 打架
    Cantonese Guangzhou 打交
    Hong Kong 打交, 開片
    Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 打交
    Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 打交
    Macau 打交
    Guangzhou (Panyu) 打交
    Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 打交
    Guangzhou (Conghua) 打交
    Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 打交
    Foshan 打交
    Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 打交
    Foshan (Shunde) 打交
    Foshan (Sanshui) 打交
    Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 打交
    Zhongshan (Shiqi) 打交
    Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 打交
    Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 打交
    Zhuhai (Doumen) 打交
    Jiangmen (Baisha) 打交
    Jiangmen (Xinhui) 打交
    Taishan 打交
    Kaiping (Chikan) 打交
    Enping (Niujiang) 打交
    Dongguan 打交
    Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 打交
    Yangjiang 打交
    Beihai 打交
    Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 打交
    Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 打交
    Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 打交
    Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 打交
    Singapore (Guangfu) 打交
    Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 打交
    Móng Cái 打交
    Gan Nanchang 打架
    Hakka Meixian 相打, 打交仔
    Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 打交
    Dongguan (Qingxi) 打交
    Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 打交
    Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 打交
    Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 打交
    Yudu 打交
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 相打
    Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 相打
    Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 相打
    Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 相打
    Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 相打
    Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 相打
    Hong Kong 打交
    Sabah (Longchuan) 打交
    Senai (Huiyang) 打交
    Kuching (Hepo) 相打
    Singkawang 相打
    Jin Taiyuan 打架
    Zhangjiakou 打架
    Handan 打架
    Northern Min Jian'ou 𢫦架
    Eastern Min Fuzhou 相拍
    Southern Min Xiamen 相拍, 比拳頭, 比拳頭母
    Quanzhou 相拍, 比拳頭, 比拳頭母
    Zhangzhou 相拍, 相舂, 比拳頭
    Zhao'an 相拍
    Taipei 相拍
    New Taipei (Sanxia) 相拍
    Kaohsiung 相拍
    Yilan 相拍
    Changhua (Lukang) 相拍
    Taichung 相拍
    Tainan 相拍
    Hsinchu 相拍, 冤家
    Kinmen 相拍
    Penghu (Magong) 相拍
    Penang (Hokkien) 相拍
    Singapore (Hokkien) 相拍
    Manila (Hokkien) 相拍, 冤家
    Chaozhou 相拍
    Raoping 相拍
    Shantou 相拍
    Jieyang 相拍, 鬥拍
    Johor Bahru (Teochew) 相拍
    Singapore (Teochew) 相拍
    Pontianak (Teochew) 相拍
    Leizhou 拍架
    Wenchang 拍架, 相拍
    Haikou 拍架
    Singapore (Hainanese) 拍架
    Puxian Min Putian 廝拍
    Xianyou 廝拍
    Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 拍交
    Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 打交
    Wu Shanghai 打相打, 相打
    Suzhou 相打, 打相打
    Wuxi 相打
    Changzhou 相打
    Danyang 打相罵
    Shaoxing 打人陣
    Ningbo 打相打
    Wenzhou 相打, 打起
    Xiang Changsha 打架
    Shuangfeng 打架, 鬥打
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