東家

See also: 东家

Chinese

		east	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
trad. (東家)		東	家
simp. (东家)		东	家

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dōngjiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ gaa¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tong-ka / tong-kee

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dōngjiā → dōngjia (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄚ → ㄉㄨㄥ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dongjiå
    • Wade–Giles: tung¹-chia⁵
    • Yale: dūng-jya
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dong.jia
    • Palladius: дунцзя (dunczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/ → /tʊŋ⁵⁵ d͡ʑ̥i̯ä²/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 東加 / 东加 東家 / 东家

Note:

• The senses “landlord; master; host” are usually pronounced as toneless on the Chinese mainland.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: dung¹ gaa¹
    • Yale: dūng gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung¹ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 東加 / 东加 東家 / 东家

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tong-ka
    • Tâi-lô: tong-ka
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dongkaf
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ka⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ka⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ³³ ka³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tong-kee
    • Tâi-lô: tong-kee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɛ⁴⁴/

Noun

東家

1. (literally) one who lives in the east; household living to the east
2. (literary) landlord; master; boss
3. host (person who receives or entertains other people as guests)

Usage notes

• Originally, this term was used by a tenant farmer as a form of address to his landlord.

Synonyms

• (landlord):

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• 厝主 (chió-ciō) (Eastern Min, Hokkien, Teochew)
• 厝東家 / 厝东家 (chio̤̿-dóng-gá) (Northern Min)
• 厝頭家 / 厝头家 (Hokkien)
• 地主 (dìzhǔ) (often pejorative)
• 房東 / 房东 (fángdōng)
• 東人 / 东人 (dōngrén) (archaic)

 

• (host):

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• 主人 (zhǔrén)
• 主人公 (zhǔréngōng) (literary, honorific)
• 主人翁 (zhǔrénwēng) (literary, honorific)
• 東人 / 东人 (dōngrén) (archaic)
• 東道 / 东道 (dōngdào)
• 東道主 / 东道主 (dōngdàozhǔ)
• 東道主人 / 东道主人 (dōngdào zhǔrén)

 

Derived terms

• 東家之子 / 东家之子
• 東家效顰 / 东家效颦
• 東家長西家短 / 东家长西家短 (dōngjiā cháng xījiā duǎn)
• 東家食西家宿 / 东家食西家宿