上家

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
simp. and trad. (上家)		上	家

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shàngjiā

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ gaa¹
Min Nan (POJ): siōng-ke

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shàngjiā
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqjia
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯a̠⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: shàngjiār
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄚㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqjial
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕjɑɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁶ gaa¹
  - Yale: seuhng gā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ gaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ ga¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² kɑː⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-ke
  - Tâi-lô: siōng-ke
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngkef
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ke⁴⁴/

Noun

上家

(games) player whose turn comes just before (in mahjong, card games, etc.)
previous one in a sequence

Antonyms

下家 (xiàjiā)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
上	家
かみ Grade: 1	ちゃ Grade: 2
Irregular

Etymology

From 上 (kami, “high, top”) + Chinese 家 (jiā, “-er”).

Noun

上家 (hiragana and katakana かみチャ, katakana カミチャ, rōmaji kamicha)

(mahjong) the opponent on the player's left; player on the left

Coordinate terms

対面 (トイメン) (toimen, “player across”)
下家 (シモチャ) (shimocha, “player on the right”)

See also

自 (じ)風 (かぜ) (jikaze)

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.