一家老小

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yījiā-lǎoxiǎo

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yījiā-lǎoxiǎo [Phonetic: yìjiāláoxiǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄐㄧㄚㄌㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yi1jialaosheau
  - IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯a̠⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ gaa¹ lou⁵ siu²
  - Yale: yāt gā lóuh síu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ gaa¹ lou⁵ siu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ ga¹ lou⁵ xiu²
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ kɑː⁵⁵ lou̯¹³ siːu̯³⁵/

Idiom

一家老小

the entire family

Synonyms

一家大小 (yījiā-dàxiǎo)
(Cantonese) 一家大細／一家大细

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