世家

Chinese

		life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
simp. and trad. (世家)		世	家
anagram		家世

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìjiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ gaa¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sè-ka / sì-kee

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shìjiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shìhjia
    • Wade–Giles: shih⁴-chia¹
    • Yale: shr̀-jyā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhjia
    • Palladius: шицзя (šiczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai³ gaa¹
    • Yale: sai gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei³ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ kaː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-ka
    • Tâi-lô: sè-ka
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sea'kaf
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se²¹⁻⁴¹ ka⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /se¹¹⁻⁵³ ka⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ka³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /se²¹⁻⁵³ ka⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-kee
    • Tâi-lô: sì-kee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²¹⁻⁵³ kɛ⁴⁴/

Noun

世家

1. aristocratic family; noble family
2. family well-known for a specialty for generations

   音樂世家／音乐世家  ―  yīnyuè shìjiā  ―  family of musicians

3. hereditary house (term commonly used in Chinese-language historiography)

Related terms

• 世族 (shìzú)
• 士族 (shìzú)