看家

Chinese

		to see; to look at; to look after to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
simp. and trad. (看家)		看	家

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kānjiā

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄢㄐㄧㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hon¹ gaa¹
Jin (Wiktionary): kan¹ jia¹
Min Nan (POJ): khòaⁿ-ke / khòaⁿ-kee

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kānjiā
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄢㄐㄧㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kanjia
  - Wade–Giles: kʻan¹-chia¹
  - Yale: kān-jyā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kanjia
  - Palladius: каньцзя (kanʹczja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵⁵ t͡ɕjä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hon¹ gaa¹
  - Yale: hōn gā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hon¹ gaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hon¹ ga¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: kan¹ jia¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /kʰxæ̃¹¹ t͡ɕia¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòaⁿ-ke
  - Tâi-lô: khuànn-ke
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qvoarkef
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ke³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ ke⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòaⁿ-kee
  - Tâi-lô: khuànn-kee
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ kɛ⁴⁴/

Verb

看家

to look after the house; to watch over a house

Synonyms

看門／看门 (kānmén)
(Min Dong) 䁐厝
(Min Nan) 顧家／顾家, 顧厝／顾厝

Derived terms

看家狗

Adjective

看家

(attributive, of skill, ability, etc.) outstanding; special

Synonyms

Synonyms of 看家

不得了 (bùdéliǎo) (colloquial)
了不得 (liǎobùdé) (colloquial)
了不起 (liǎobùqǐ) (colloquial)
了勿起 (Wu)
佼佼 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
傲人 (àorén) (nowadays especially of breasts, body curve)
出挑 (chūtiāo) (of personal appearance)
出擢 (Min Nan)
出色 (chūsè)
勿得了 (Wu)
卓然 (zhuórán) (literary)
卓著 (zhuózhù)
卓越 (zhuóyuè)
打得 (Hakka)
斐然 (fěirán)
棒 (bàng) (colloquial)
漂亮 (piàoliang)
炳 (bǐng) (literary)
牛 (niú) (Mandarin, slang)
牛鬼 (Guilin Mandarin)
特出 (tèchū)
犀利 (xīlì) (originally Cantonese, sometimes Mandarin)
皦皦 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
突出 (tūchū)
英英 (yīngyīng) (literary)
表表 (biǎobiǎo) (literary)
超凡 (chāofán)

超拔 (chāobá) (literary)
非凡 (fēifán)
俊偉／俊伟 (jùnwěi) (literary)
偉大／伟大 (wěidà)
傑出／杰出 (jiéchū)
優異／优异 (yōuyì)
優秀／优秀 (yōuxiù)
優越／优越 (yōuyuè)
出眾／出众 (chūzhòng)
出腳／出脚 (Min Nan)
卓犖／卓荦 (zhuóluò) (literary)
卓異／卓异 (zhuóyì) (literary)
厲害／厉害 (lìhài) (informal)
好極了／好极了 (hǎo jíle)
尤異／尤异 (yóuyì) (literary)
崢嶸／峥嵘 (zhēngróng)
彰顯／彰显 (zhāngxiǎn)
惡實／恶实 (Xiang, used as a complement)
標青／标青 (Cantonese, Teochew)
特異／特异 (tèyì)
穩／稳 (wěn) (slang, neologism)
蓋帽／盖帽 (gàimào) (slang)
超絕／超绝 (chāojué)
響噹噹／响当当 (xiǎngdāngdāng)
顯著／显著 (xiǎnzhù)
高強／高强 (gāoqiáng)

Derived terms

看家狗
看家戲／看家戏

看家本領／看家本领

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