故家

Chinese

		happening; instance; reason happening; instance; reason; cause; deceased; old	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
simp. and trad. (故家)		故	家

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gùjiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu³ gaa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gùjiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gùjia
    • Wade–Giles: ku⁴-chia¹
    • Yale: gù-jyā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guhjia
    • Palladius: гуцзя (guczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu³ gaa¹
    • Yale: gu gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu³ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu³ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³³ kaː⁵⁵/

Noun

故家

1. (literary) distinguished family; family with generations of officials

   • 吾廣故家望族，其先多從南雄珠璣巷而來。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     吾广故家望族，其先多从南雄珠玑巷而来。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1687, 屈大均, 廣東新語

     Wú Guǎng gùjiā wàngzú, qí xiān duō cóng Nánxióng Zhūjī Xiàng ér lái. [Pinyin]

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