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

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

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

Derived terms

白手起家 (báishǒuqǐjiā)

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