轉外家

Chinese

		to revolve; to turn; to circle about to revolve; to turn; to circle about; to walk about; to convey; to forward (mail); to transfer; to shift	maternal grandparents' home; married woman's parents' home
trad. (轉外家)		轉	外家
simp. (转外家)		转	外家

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Xianyou, Pouseng Ping'ing): duiⁿ³ gua⁵ gor¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tńg-gōa-ke

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• Puxian Min
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: duiⁿ³ gua⁵ gor¹ [Phonetic: duiⁿ¹ gua⁵ or¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tũĩ³³²⁻⁵⁵ kua²¹ ^(k-)ɒ⁵³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tńg-gōa-ke
    • Tâi-lô: tńg-guā-ke
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dngfgoaxkef
    • IPA (Taipei): /tŋ̍⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡua³³⁻¹¹ ke⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tŋ̍⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡua³³⁻²¹ ke⁴⁴/

Verb

轉⫽外家 (verb-object)

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien, Xianyou 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)
• 行外家 (Puxian Min)
• 轉後頭／转后头 (Hokkien)
• 轉後頭厝／转后头厝 (Hokkien)

 

References

• “Entry #12626”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
• 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), “转外家”, 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 180.