家常

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Chinese

		home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools	always; ever; often always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant
simp. and trad. (家常)		家	常

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiācháng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚㄔㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹ soeng⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ka-siông / kee-siâng
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹cia-zan

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiācháng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚㄔㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiacháng
  - Wade–Giles: chia¹-chʻang²
  - Yale: jyā-cháng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiacharng
  - Palladius: цзячан (czjačan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    家常
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiāchángr
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚㄔㄤˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiachángr
  - Wade–Giles: chia¹-chʻang²-ʼrh
  - Yale: jyā-chángr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiacharngl
  - Palladius: цзячанр (czjačanr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑ̃ɻ³⁵/

Note: Erhua-ed pronunciation - usually the “small talk” sense.

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaa¹ soeng⁴
  - Yale: gā sèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹ soeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ga¹ sêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː⁵⁵ sœːŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-siông
  - Tâi-lô: ka-siông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kasioong
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ siɔŋ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ka⁴⁴⁻³³ siɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ka³³ siɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² siɔŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kee-siâng
  - Tâi-lô: kee-siâng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɛ⁴⁴⁻²² siaŋ¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹cia-zan
  - MiniDict: cia^平 zan
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹jia-zan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕia⁵⁵ zã²¹/

Noun

家常

daily trivial affairs within a family
small talk; chit-chat

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