家私
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Chinese
Pronunciation 1
home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools |
personal; private; selfish | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (家私) |
家 | 私 | |
| 2nd round simp. | 𡦼厶 | ||
| anagram | 私家 | ||
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: jiāsī
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄙ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jiasih
- Wade–Giles: chia1-ssŭ1
- Yale: jyā-sz̄
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiasy
- Palladius: цзясы (czjasy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gaa1 si1
- Yale: gā sī
- Cantonese Pinyin: gaa1 si1
- Guangdong Romanization: ga1 xi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kaː⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
Noun
家私
Pronunciation 2
home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools |
personal; private; selfish | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (家私/傢俬) | 家/傢 | 私/俬 | |
| simp. (家私) | 家 | 私 | |
| 2nd round simp. | 𡦼厶 | ||
| anagram | 私家 | ||
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa1 si1
- Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): ga1 si1
- Eastern Min (BUC): gă-sĭ
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gor1 si1
- Southern Min
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gaa1 si1
- Yale: gā sī
- Cantonese Pinyin: gaa1 si1
- Guangdong Romanization: ga1 xi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kaː⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: gă-sĭ
- Sinological IPA (key): /ka⁵⁵ (s-)li⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: gor1 si1
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: go̤-si
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɒ⁵³³⁻¹¹ (ɬ-)li⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: gor1 si1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɒ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ (ɬ-)li⁵⁴⁴/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
Noun
家私
- (Cantonese, Hakka, Min, Xiang, Liuzhou Mandarin) furniture (Classifier: 房 mn)
- (Min) tool; utensil
- (Southern Min) weapon
- (Puxian Min) various utensils and simple scenery in traditional opera
Synonyms
- (furniture):
Dialectal synonyms of 家具 (“furniture”)
- (tool): 工具 (gōngjù), 家生 (jiāshēng); (Eastern Min) 家私花; (Hokkien) 家私頭／家私头
- (weapon): 武器 (wǔqì), 家生 (jiāshēng); (Hokkien) 家私頭／家私头
- (various utensils and simple scenery): 砌末
Derived terms
References
- “家私”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
- 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 , editor (2021), “家私”, in 莆仙方言大词典 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 225.