公家

Chinese

		just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
trad. (公家)		公	家
simp. #(公家)		公	家
anagram		家公

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngjiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ gaa¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kûng-kâ

  (Hailu, HRS): gung^ˋ ga^ˋ

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gorng¹ ga¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kong-ka / kong-kee

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gong¹ gê¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngjiā → gōngjia (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄚ → ㄍㄨㄥ ˙ㄐㄧㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongjiå
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-chia⁵
    • Yale: gūng-jya
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gong.jia
    • Palladius: гунцзя (gunczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/ → /kʊŋ⁵⁵ d͡ʑ̥i̯ä²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung¹ gaa¹
    • Yale: gūng gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng-kâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: gung^ˊ ga^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gung¹ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ka²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: gung^ˋ ga^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /kuŋ⁵³ ka⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gorng¹ ga¹ [Phonetic: gorng⁵ nga¹]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: go̤ng-ga
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɒŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ ^(k-)ŋa⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gorng¹ ga¹ [Phonetic: gorng⁵ nga¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɒŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ^(k-)ŋa⁵⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-ka
    • Tâi-lô: kong-ka
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kongkaf
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ka⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ka⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ ka³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-kee
    • Tâi-lô: kong-kee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɛ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gong¹ gê¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kong ke
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /koŋ³³⁻²³ ke³³/

Adjective

公家

1. public

Antonyms

• 私家 (sījiā), 私人 (sīrén)

Noun

公家

1. the state
2. the public
3. imperial family
4. royal court; imperial court; imperial household; imperial government

Synonyms

• (royal court):

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• 上國 / 上国 (shàngguó) (as termed by vassal states)
• 世 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 中國 / 中国 (zhōngguó) (archaic)
• 公庭 (gōngtíng)
• 國家 / 国家 (guójiā) (Classical Chinese)
• 朝廷 (cháotíng)
• 王室 (wángshì)
• 王家 (wángjiā)
• 王朝 (wángcháo)
• 皇室 (huángshì)
• 皇朝 (huángcháo)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (公家):

• → Japanese: 公家(くげ) (kuge); 公家(こうか) (kōka)

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-ke / kong-kee

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-ke
    • Tâi-lô: kong-ke
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kongkef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ke⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ke⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-kee
    • Tâi-lô: kong-kee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɛ⁴⁴/

Verb

公家

1. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to work together; to operate jointly

Adverb

公家

1. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) jointly; together

   公家出  ―  kongke chhut  ―  (everyone) pay together