傾家

Chinese

		to overturn; to collapse; to lean to overturn; to collapse; to lean; to tend; to incline; to pour out	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
trad. (傾家)		傾	家
simp. (倾家)		倾	家

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qīngjiā

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥㄐㄧㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): king¹ gaa¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khên-kâ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qīngjiā
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥㄐㄧㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingjia
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cingjia
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕjä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: king¹ gaa¹
  - Yale: kīng gā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: king¹ gaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: king¹ ga¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɪŋ⁵⁵ käː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khên-kâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: ken´ ga´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ken¹ ga¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰen²⁴⁻¹¹ ka²⁴/

Verb

傾家

to exhaust one's family's financial resources (wealth and assets)
傾家相助 / 倾家相助 ― qīngjiā xiāngzhù ― to use up one's family's financial resources to help

Derived terms

傾家蕩產／倾家荡产 (qīngjiādàngchǎn)

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