行外家

Chinese

		to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional	maternal grandparents' home; married woman's parents' home
trad. (行外家)		行	外家
simp. #(行外家)		行	外家

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gia² gua⁵ gor¹ / giaⁿ² gua⁵ gor¹

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• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gia² gua⁵ gor¹ [Phonetic: gia⁵ gua⁵ or¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kia¹³⁻²¹ kua²¹ ^(k-)ɒ⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: giaⁿ² gua⁵ gor¹ [Phonetic: giaⁿ⁵ gua⁵ or¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kĩã¹³⁻²¹ kua²¹ ^(k-)ɒ⁵³³/

Verb

行⫽外家 (verb-object)

1. (Puxian Min, of a married woman) to return to her parents' home for a visit

Synonyms

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• 回娘家 (huí niángjiā)
• 轉外家／转外家 (Hokkien, Xianyou Puxian Min)
• 轉後頭／转后头 (Hokkien)
• 轉後頭厝／转后头厝 (Hokkien)

 

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “行外家”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 212.