在家

Chinese

		(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
simp. and trad. (在家)		在	家

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zàijiā

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zoi⁶ gaa¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zàijiā
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zàijia
  - Wade–Giles: tsai⁴-chia¹
  - Yale: dzài-jyā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzayjia
  - Palladius: цзайцзя (czajczja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zoi⁶ gaa¹
  - Yale: joih gā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoi⁶ gaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zoi⁶ ga¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːi̯²² kaː⁵⁵/

Verb

在家

to be at home
你在家呀，難得啊。 [MSC, trad.]
你在家呀，难得啊。 [MSC, simp.]
Nǐ zàijiā ya, nándé a. [Pinyin]
It's so rare that you're at home.

他果然沒在家。／他果然没在家。 ― Tā guǒrán méi zàijiā. ― He wasn't at home, just as expected.
(Mainland China) to be at one's workplace, not on a business trip
(Buddhism) to lead a secular life

Synonyms

(to be at home): (Cantonese) 喺企

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “lead a secular life”): 出家 (chūjiā)

Derived terms

在家千日好，出門一時難／在家千日好，出门一时难 (zàijiā qiānrì hǎo, chūmén yīshí nán)
在家工作
在家靠父母，出外靠朋友

Japanese

Kanji in this term
在	家
Grade: 5	Grade: 2

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ざいけ [zàíké] (Heiban – [0])[1]
(Tokyo) ざいけ [záꜜìkè] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [d͡za̠ike̞]

Noun

在家(ざいけ) • (zaike)

the title of followers of Buddhism (or, historically, of Gautama Buddha) who are not monks, nuns, or novice monastics in a Buddhist order, and who undertake certain vows
Antonym: 出家 (shukke)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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