一家人

Chinese

		entire family	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (一家人)		一家	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yījiārén

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ gaa¹ jan⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chi̍t-ke-lâng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zêg⁸ gê¹ nang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yījiārén [Phonetic: yìjiārén]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yijiarén
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-chia¹-jên²
    • Yale: yī-jyā-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ijiaren
    • Palladius: ицзяжэнь (iczjažɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yījiārénr [Phonetic: yìjiārénr]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄖㄣˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yijiarénr
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-chia¹-jên²-ʼrh
    • Yale: yī-jyā-rénr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ijiarel
    • Palladius: ицзяжэньр (iczjažɛnʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ ʐəɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ gaa¹ jan⁴
    • Yale: yāt gā yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ gaa¹ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ ga¹ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ kaː⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chi̍t-ke-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: tsi̍t-ke-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cidkelaang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² ke⁴⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sit̚²⁴⁻² ke³³ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ke⁴⁴⁻²² laŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² ke⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² ke⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zêg⁸ gê¹ nang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tse̍k ke nâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sek̚⁴⁻² ke³³⁻²³ naŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

一家人

1. all of the same family; the whole family

   只要一家人能團聚，受多少罪，吃多少苦，我都不怕。 [MSC, trad.]
   只要一家人能团聚，受多少罪，吃多少苦，我都不怕。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhǐyào yījiārén néng tuánjù, shòu duōshǎo zuì, chī duōshǎo kǔ, wǒ dōu bùpà. [Pinyin]

   As long as the family can be reunited, I am willing to endure any kind of hardship that comes my way.

   爸爸失去了工作，一家人的生活全靠媽媽支撐。 [MSC, trad.]
   爸爸失去了工作，一家人的生活全靠妈妈支撑。 [MSC, simp.]

   Bàba shīqù le gōngzuò, yījiārén de shēnghuó quán kào māma zhīchēng. [Pinyin]

   Dad lost his job, so the whole family had to be supported by mum.

2. (figurative) group of people who have close, family-like relationships

Synonyms

• (all of the same family):

• 一家 (yījiā)
• 一家伙 (Hokkien)
• 一家伙仔 (Hokkien)
• 一家子 (yījiāzi)
• 一屋裏／一屋里 (Xiang)
• 全家 (quánjiā)
• 冚家 (ham⁶ gaa¹) (Cantonese, vulgar)
• 合家 (héjiā) (literary)
• 滿門／满门 (mǎnmén) (literary)
• 老小 (lǎoxiǎo) (literary)
• 規家伙 (Hokkien)
• 規家伙仔 (Hokkien)
• 規家口仔／规家口仔 (Hokkien)
• 通家 (tōngjiā) (literary)
• 闔家／阖家 (héjiā) (literary, honorific)

 

Derived terms

• 不是一家人，不進一家門／不是一家人，不进一家门 (bùshì yī jiā rén, bù jìn yī jiā mén)
• 關起門來，都是一家人／关起门来，都是一家人