成家

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Chinese

		finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
simp. and trad. (成家)		成	家

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chéngjiā

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴ gaa¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̀n-kâ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sêng-ka / sêng-kee

(Teochew, Peng'im): sêng⁵ gê¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chéngjiā
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chéngjia
  - Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-chia¹
  - Yale: chéng-jyā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngjia
  - Palladius: чэнцзя (čɛnczja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing⁴ gaa¹
  - Yale: sìhng gā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴ gaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴ ga¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹ kaː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀n-kâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: siinˇ ga´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sin² ga¹
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨn¹¹ ka²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng-ka
  - Tâi-lô: sîng-ka
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sengkaf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ka³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ka⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng-kee
  - Tâi-lô: sîng-kee
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ¹³⁻²² kɛ⁴⁴/

Note: sêng-kee - to get married.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sêng⁵ gê¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sêng ke
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /seŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ke³³/

Verb

成家

(of a man) to get married
to become an expert

Synonyms

(to get married):

作對／作对 (zuòduì, “to pair off in marriage”)
匹偶 (pǐ'ǒu) (literary)
匹配 (pǐpèi)
娶 (of a man)
婚嫁 (hūnjià)
婚配 (hūnpèi)
嫁 (jià) (of a woman)
嫁娶 (jiàqǔ)
安家 (ānjiā) (figurative)
完婚 (wánhūn)
完成 (wánchéng) (literary)
成婚 (chénghūn)
成親／成亲 (chéngqīn)
桃夭 (táoyāo) (literary)
𤆬 (“to take a wife”) (Hokkien, Teochew, Leizhou Min)
𤆬新娘 (“to take a wife”) (Min Nan)
𤆬新婦／𤆬新妇 (“to take a wife”)
結合／结合 (jiéhé)
結婚／结婚 (jiéhūn)
聯結／联结 (liánjié)

Derived terms

成家立室
成家立業／成家立业 (chéngjiā lìyè)
成家立計／成家立计
白手成家 (báishǒuchéngjiā)

Pronunciation 2

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiâⁿ-ke / chhiâⁿ-kee

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiâⁿ-ke
  - Tâi-lô: tshiânn-ke
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chvia'kef
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiã²³⁻³³ ke⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiã²⁴⁻¹¹ ke⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiã²⁴⁻²² ke³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiã²⁴⁻²² ke⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiâⁿ-kee
  - Tâi-lô: tshiânn-kee
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiã¹³⁻²² kɛ⁴⁴/

Verb

成家

(Southern Min) to establish a family; to housekeep

Japanese

Kanji in this term
成	家
なる Grade: 4	け Grade: 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Proper noun

成(なる)家(け) • (Naruke)

a surname

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