看家

Chinese

		to see; to look at; to look after to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
simp. and trad. (看家)		看	家

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kānjiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon¹ gaa¹
• Jin (Wiktionary): kan¹ jia¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khòaⁿ-ke / khòaⁿ-kee

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kānjiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kanjia
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan¹-chia¹
    • Yale: kān-jyā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kanjia
    • Palladius: каньцзя (kanʹczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon¹ gaa¹
    • Yale: hōn gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon¹ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon¹ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: kan¹ jia¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /kʰxæ̃¹¹ t͡ɕia¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòaⁿ-ke
    • Tâi-lô: khuànn-ke
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qvoarkef
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ke³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ ke⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòaⁿ-kee
    • Tâi-lô: khuànn-kee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ kɛ⁴⁴/

Verb

看家

1. to look after the house; to watch over a house

Synonyms

• 看門／看门 (kānmén)
• (Eastern Min) 䁐厝
• (Hokkien) 顧家／顾家, 顧厝／顾厝

Derived terms

• 看家狗

 

Adjective

看家

1. (attributive, of skill, ability, etc.) outstanding; special

Synonyms

• 不得了 (bùdéliǎo) (colloquial)
• 了不得 (colloquial)
• 了不起 (liǎobùqǐ) (colloquial)
• 了勿起 (Wu)
• 佼佼 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
• 俊偉／俊伟 (jùnwěi) (literary)
• 偉大／伟大 (wěidà)
• 傑出／杰出 (jiéchū)
• 傲人 (àorén) (nowadays especially of breasts, body curve)
• 優異／优异 (yōuyì)
• 優秀／优秀 (yōuxiù)
• 優越／优越 (yōuyuè)
• 出挑 (chhut-thio) (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 出擢 (Hokkien)
• 出眾／出众 (chūzhòng)
• 出腳／出脚 (Hokkien)
• 出色 (chūsè)
• 勢面／势面 (Hokkien)
• 勿得了 (Wu)
• 卓然 (zhuórán) (literary)
• 卓犖／卓荦 (zhuóluò) (literary)
• 卓異／卓异 (zhuóyì) (literary)
• 卓著 (zhuózhù)
• 卓越 (zhuóyuè)
• 厲害／厉害 (lìhài) (informal)
• 咧斗 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 咧斗 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 好極了／好极了 (hǎo jíle)
• 尤異／尤异 (yóuyì) (literary)
• 崢嶸／峥嵘 (zhēngróng)
• 彰顯／彰显 (zhāngxiǎn)
• 惡實／恶实 (o⁵ shr⁶) (Xiang, used as a complement)
• 打得 (Hakka)
• 挺 (tǐng)
• 斐然 (fěirán)
• 棒 (bàng) (colloquial)
• 標青／标青 (biu¹ ceng¹) (Cantonese, Teochew)
• 漂亮
• 炳 (bǐng) (literary)
• 牛 (niú) (Mandarin, slang)
• 牛鬼 (Guilin Mandarin)
• 特出 (tèchū)
• 特異／特异 (tèyì)
• 犀利 (xīlì) (originally Cantonese, sometimes Mandarin)
• 皦皦 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
• 穩／稳 (wěn) (slang, neologism)
• 突出 (tūchū)
• 英英 (yīngyīng) (literary)
• 蓋帽／盖帽 (gàimào) (slang)
• 表表 (biǎobiǎo) (literary)
• 超凡 (chāofán)
• 超卓 (chāozhuó) (literary)
• 超常 (chāocháng)
• 超拔 (chāobá) (literary)
• 超絕／超绝 (chāojué)
• 非凡 (fēifán)
• 響噹噹／响当当 (xiǎngdāngdāng)
• 顯著／显著 (xiǎnzhù)
• 高強／高强 (gāoqiáng)

 

Derived terms

• 看家戲／看家戏
• 看家本領／看家本领
• 看家狗