上家

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
simp. and trad. (上家)		上	家

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shàngjiā

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ gaa¹
Min Nan (POJ): siōng-ke

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shàngjiā
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shàngjia
  - Wade–Giles: shang⁴-chia¹
  - Yale: shàng-jyā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqjia
  - Palladius: шанцзя (šanczja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕjä⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shàngjiār
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄚㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shàngjiar
  - Wade–Giles: shang⁴-chiarh¹
  - Yale: shàng-jyār
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqjial
  - Palladius: шанцзяр (šanczjar)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕjɑɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁶ gaa¹
  - Yale: seuhng gā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ gaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ ga¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² kaː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-ke
  - Tâi-lô: siōng-ke
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngkef
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ke⁴⁴/

Noun

上家

(games) player whose turn comes just before (in mahjong, card games, etc.)
previous one in a sequence

Antonyms

(player whose turn comes just before): 下家 (xiàjiā)
(previous one in a sequence): 下家 (xiàjiā)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
上	家
かみ Grade: 1	ちゃ Grade: 2
irregular

Etymology

From 上 (kami, “high, top”) + Chinese 家 (jiā, “-er”).

Noun

上家(かみチャ) • (kamicha)

(mahjong) the opponent on the player's left; player on the left

Coordinate terms

対面(トイメン) (toimen, “player across”)
下家(シモチャ) (shimocha, “player on the right”)

See also

自(じ)風(かぜ) (jikaze)

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