起家

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
trad. (起家)		起	家
simp. #(起家)		起	家

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐjiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² gaa¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khí-ke / khí-kee

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐjiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐjia
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-chia¹
    • Yale: chǐ-jyā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiijia
    • Palladius: цицзя (ciczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei² gaa¹
    • Yale: héi gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei² gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi² ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ kaː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-ke
    • Tâi-lô: khí-ke
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qy'kef
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ke⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ke³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-kee
    • Tâi-lô: khí-kee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɛ⁴⁴/

Verb

起家

1. to make one’s family prosper and establish a competency; to build up; to grow and thrive; to make one's fortune, name, etc.
2. (archaic, of a peasant) to be promoted to official

Derived terms

• 白手起家 (báishǒuqǐjiā)