娘家

Chinese

		mother; young lady	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
simp. and trad. (娘家)		娘	家
anagram		家娘

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): niángjiā

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): noeng⁴ gaa¹
Min Nan (POJ): niû-ke / niô͘-kee

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: niángjiā → niángjia (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄚ → ㄋㄧㄤˊ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niang.jia
  - Tongyong Pinyin: niángjiå
  - IPA ^(key): /njɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕjä⁵⁵/ → /njɑŋ³⁵ d͡ʑ̥jä³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: noeng⁴ gaa¹
  - Yale: nèuhng gā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: noeng⁴ gaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: nêng⁴ ga¹
  - IPA ^(key): /nœ̽ːŋ²¹ käː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niû-ke
  - Tâi-lô: niû-ke
  - Phofsit Daibuun: niu'kef
  - IPA (Xiamen): /niũ²⁴⁻²² ke⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /niũ²⁴⁻²² ke³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niô͘-kee
  - Tâi-lô: niôo-kee
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /niɔ̃¹³⁻²² kɛ⁴⁴/

Noun

娘家

married woman's parents' home

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 娘家 (“married woman's parents' home”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		娘家
Mandarin	Beijing	娘家
Mandarin	Taiwan	娘家
Cantonese	Guangzhou	外家
Cantonese	Hong Kong	外家
Hakka	Meixian	妹家
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	外家, 妹家
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	外家, 妹家
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	外家
	Dongshi (Dabu)	妹家, 外家
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	外家, 妹家
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	外家
Min Dong	Fuzhou	外家
Min Dong	Matsu	外家
Min Nan	Xiamen	外家, 後頭, 某後頭
	Quanzhou	外家, 後頭, 某後頭
	Zhangzhou	外家
	Taipei	外家, 後頭, 後頭厝
	Kaohsiung	外家, 後頭, 後頭厝

Derived terms

回娘家 (huí niángjiā)

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