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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kānjiā
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄢㄐㄧㄚ
  - 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): /kʰæ̃¹¹ 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

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

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

Synonyms

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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 / 卓着 (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 / 显着 (xiǎnzhù)
高強 / 高强 (gāoqiáng)

Derived terms