一家老小

Chinese

		entire family	the young and the old; one's entire family
trad. (一家老小)		一家	老小
simp. ^#(一家老小)		一家	老小
Literally: “entire family, old and young”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yījiālǎoxiǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄐㄧㄚㄌㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ gaa¹ lou⁵ siu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yījiālǎoxiǎo [Phonetic: yìjiāláoxiǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄐㄧㄚㄌㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yijialǎosiǎo
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-chia¹-lao³-hsiao³
  - Yale: yī-jyā-lǎu-syǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ijialaosheau
  - Palladius: ицзялаосяо (iczjalaosjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ gaa¹ lou⁵ siu²
  - Yale: yāt gā lóuh síu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ gaa¹ lou⁵ siu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ ga¹ lou⁵ xiu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ kaː⁵⁵ lou̯¹³ siːu̯³⁵/

Idiom

一家老小

the entire family

Synonyms

一家大小 (yījiādàxiǎo)
(Cantonese) 一家大細／一家大细

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