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Chinese
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outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external
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home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
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| trad. (外家)
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外
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家
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| simp. #(外家)
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外
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家
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Pronunciation
Noun
外家
- maternal grandparents' home
- (dialectal) married woman's parents' home
- (literary) home of one's husband's parents-in-law
- (historical) outside family of a man formed with a mistress or concubine
- (historical) mistress of a man
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
娘家 (“married woman's parents' home”)
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Location
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Words
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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娘家
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| Mandarin
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Taiwan
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娘家
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| Harbin
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娘家
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| Jinan
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娘家
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| Xi'an
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娘家
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| Yinchuan
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娘家
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| Xining
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娘家
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| Ürümqi
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娘家
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| Wuhan
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娘屋裡
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| Chengdu
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娘家, 娘屋頭, 娘屋
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| Guiyang
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娘家
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| Liuzhou
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娘家, 外家
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| Xuzhou
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娘家
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| Yangzhou
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娘家
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| Nanjing
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娘家
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| Singapore
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娘家
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| Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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外家
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| Hong Kong
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外家
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| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
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外家
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| Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
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外家
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| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
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外家
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| Dongguan
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外家
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| Gan
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Nanchang
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娘家, 娘屋裡
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| Lichuan
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娘家
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| Pingxiang
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娘屋裡
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| Hakka
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Meixian
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妹家, 外家
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| Yudu
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外家
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| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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外家, 妹家
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| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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外家, 妹家
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| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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外家
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| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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妹家, 外家
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| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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外家, 妹家
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| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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外家
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| Hong Kong
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妹家
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| Huizhou
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Jixi
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娘家
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| Jin
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Taiyuan
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娘家, 媽家
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| Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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外家
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| Matsu
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外家
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| Southern Min
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Xiamen
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外家, 後頭, 某後頭
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| Quanzhou
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外家, 後頭, 某後頭
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| Zhangzhou
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外家
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| Tainan
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外家, 外家厝, 後頭, 後頭厝
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| Singapore (Hokkien)
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外家
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| Shantou
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外家
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| Jieyang
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家後
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| Bangkok (Teochew)
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外家
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| Haikou
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外家
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| Singapore (Hainanese)
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外家
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| Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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外家, 娘家
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| Wu
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Shanghai
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娘家
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| Shanghai (Chongming)
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娘家
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| Danyang
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娘家
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| Ningbo
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娘家
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| Jinhua
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娘家
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| Xiang
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Changsha
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娘屋裡
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| Loudi
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娘屋裡
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Derived terms