宜家

Chinese

		proper; should; suitable proper; should; suitable; appropriate	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
simp. and trad. (宜家)		宜	家

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 宜家 (Wu)
• 宜家 (Cantonese)
• 宜家 (Written Standard Chinese^?)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yíjiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ gaa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yíjiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yíjia
    • Wade–Giles: i²-chia¹
    • Yale: yí-jyā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yijia
    • Palladius: ицзя (iczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ji⁴ gaa¹
    • Yale: yìh gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ kaː⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 宜家 而家

Etymology 1

Adjective

宜家

1. (literary) conducive to family harmony

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of Swedish IKEA or English IKEA.

Proper noun

宜家

1. (trademark) IKEA

Etymology 3

Adverb

宜家

1. (Cantonese) alternative form of 而家 (“now”)