一家大小

Chinese

		entire family	big and small; size; proportions big and small; size; proportions; dimensions; magnitude
simp. and trad. (一家大小)		一家	大小
Literally: “entire family, big and small”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yījiā-dàxiǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄐㄧㄚㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ gaa¹ daai⁶ siu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yījiā-dàxiǎo [Phonetic: yìjiā-dàxiǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄐㄧㄚㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yi1jiadahsheau
  - IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯a̠⁵⁵ ta̠⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ gaa¹ daai⁶ siu²
  - Yale: yāt gā daaih síu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ gaa¹ daai⁶ siu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ ga¹ dai⁶ xiu²
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ kɑː⁵⁵ tɑːi̯²² siːu̯³⁵/

Idiom

一家大小

the whole family

放假了，我們一家大小往鄉下去探望祖母。 [MSC, trad.]
放假了，我们一家大小往乡下去探望祖母。 [MSC, simp.]
Fàngjià le, wǒmen yījiādàxiǎo wǎng xiāngxià qù tànwàng zǔmǔ. [Pinyin]
We had a holiday, so our whole family went to the countryside to visit grandmother.

Synonyms

一家老小 (yījiā-lǎoxiǎo)
(Cantonese) 一家大細／一家大细

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