家當

Chinese

		home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools	to act as; represent; equal to act as; represent; equal; should; fitting; suitable; adequate; proper; replace; to be; to hold a position; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; match equally; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at
trad. (家當)		家	當
simp. (家当)		家	当
anagram		當家／当家

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiādàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄉㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹ dong³
• Northern Min (KCR): gá-do̿ng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ka-tòng / kee-tòng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiādàng → jiādang (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄉㄤˋ → ㄐㄧㄚ ˙ㄉㄤ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiadång
    • Wade–Giles: chia¹-tang⁵
    • Yale: jyā-dang
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jia.danq
    • Palladius: цзядан (czjadan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ tɑŋ⁵¹/ → /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ d̥ɑŋ²/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (家當兒／家当儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiādàngr
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄉㄤˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiadàngr
    • Wade–Giles: chia¹-tang⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: jyā-dàngr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiadanql
    • Palladius: цзяданр (czjadanr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ tɑ̃ɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa¹ dong³
    • Yale: gā dong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹ dong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga¹ dong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː⁵⁵ tɔːŋ³³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gá-do̿ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ka⁵⁴ tɔŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka-tòng
    • Tâi-lô: ka-tòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ka'doxng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ka⁴⁴⁻²² tɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ka³³ tɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kee-tòng
    • Tâi-lô: kee-tòng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɛ⁴⁴⁻²² tɔŋ²¹/

Noun

家當

1. family belongings; family property
2. (figuratively) livelihood

Synonyms

• (family property):

• 基業／基业 (jīyè) (archaic)
• 家業／家业 (jiāyè)
• 家產／家产 (jiāchǎn)
• 家當兒／家当儿 (Beijing Mandarin)
• 家財／家财 (jiācái)
• 家資／家资 (jiāzī)
• 家賄／家贿 (Hokkien)
• 產業／产业 (chǎnyè)
• 遺產／遗产 (yíchǎn)