管家

Chinese

		to take care (of); to control; to manage to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; tube; pipe	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
trad. (管家)		管	家
simp. #(管家)		管	家

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guǎnjiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gun² gaa¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kón-kâ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koán-ke / koán--kee

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guǎnjiā → guǎnjia (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄚ → ㄍㄨㄢˇ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guǎnjiå
    • Wade–Giles: kuan³-chia⁵
    • Yale: gwǎn-jya
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: goan.jia
    • Palladius: гуаньцзя (guanʹczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/ → /ku̯än²¹⁴ d͡ʑ̥i̯ä⁴/

Note: Toneless - only the noun sense.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gun² gaa¹
    • Yale: gún gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gun² gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gun² ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn³⁵ kaː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kón-kâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: gon^ˋ ga^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gon³ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kon³¹ ka²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koán-ke
    • Tâi-lô: kuán-ke
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koafnkef
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /kuan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ke³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koán--kee
    • Tâi-lô: kuán--kee

Noun

管家

1. (literal, figurative) housekeeper; butler; manager; steward

   金融好管家  ―  jīnróng hǎo guǎnjiā  ―  good financial steward

Verb

管家

1. to manage one's household

Derived terms

• 管家基因 (guǎnjiā jīyīn)
• 管家娘子
• 管家婆 (guǎnjiāpó)