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)⁺
  - Pinyin: zàijiā
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzayjia
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯a̠⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zoi⁶ gaa¹
  - Yale: joih gā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoi⁶ gaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zoi⁶ ga¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːi̯²² kɑː⁵⁵/

Verb

在家

to be at home
to be at work
(Buddhism) to lead a secular life

Synonyms

(Cantonese) 喺企

Antonyms

(lead a secular life): 出家 (chūjiā)

Derived terms

在家靠父母，出外靠朋友 (zàijiā kào fùmǔ, chūwài kào péngyou)

Japanese

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

Noun

在家 (hiragana ざいけ, rōmaji 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

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