看家

Chinese

		to see; to look at; to look after to see; to look at; to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; it depends; think	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
simp. and trad. (看家)		看	家

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kānjiā

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄢㄐㄧㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hon¹ gaa¹
Jin (Wiktionary): kan¹ jia¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khòaⁿ-ke / khòaⁿ-kee

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kānjiā
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄢㄐㄧㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kanjia
  - Wade–Giles: kʻan¹-chia¹
  - Yale: kān-jyā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kanjia
  - Palladius: каньцзя (kanʹczja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hon¹ gaa¹
  - Yale: hōn gā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hon¹ gaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hon¹ ga¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn⁵⁵ kaː⁵⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)
  - Wiktionary: kan¹ jia¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /kʰæ̃¹¹ t͡ɕia¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòaⁿ-ke
  - Tâi-lô: khuànn-ke
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qvoarkef
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰuã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ke³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ ke⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòaⁿ-kee
  - Tâi-lô: khuànn-kee
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰuã²¹⁻⁵³ kɛ⁴⁴/

Verb

看家

to look after the house; to watch over a house

Synonyms

看門／看门 (kānmén)
(Eastern Min) 䁐厝
(Hokkien) 顧家／顾家, 顧厝／顾厝

Derived terms

看家狗

Adjective

看家

(attributive, of skill, ability, etc.) outstanding; special

Synonyms

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不得了 (bùdéliǎo) (colloquial)
了不得 (colloquial)
了不起 (liǎobùqǐ) (colloquial)
了勿起 (Wu)
佼佼 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
俊偉／俊伟 (jùnwěi) (literary)
偉大／伟大 (wěidà)
傑出／杰出 (jiéchū)
傲人 (àorén) (nowadays especially of breasts, body curve)
優異／优异 (yōuyì)
優秀／优秀 (yōuxiù)
優越／优越 (yōuyuè)
出挑 (chhut-thio) (Quanzhou Hokkien)
出擢 (Hokkien)
出眾／出众 (chūzhòng)
出腳／出脚 (Hokkien)
出色 (chūsè)
勢面／势面 (Hokkien)
勿得了 (Wu)
卓然 (zhuórán) (literary)
卓犖／卓荦 (zhuóluò) (literary)
卓異／卓异 (zhuóyì) (literary)
卓著 (zhuózhù)
卓越 (zhuóyuè)
厲害／厉害 (lìhài) (informal)
咧斗 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
咧斗 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
好極了／好极了 (hǎo jíle)
尤異／尤异 (yóuyì) (literary)
崢嶸／峥嵘 (zhēngróng)
彰顯／彰显 (zhāngxiǎn)
惡實／恶实 (o⁵ shr⁶) (Xiang, used as a complement)
打得 (Hakka)
挺 (tǐng)
斐然 (fěirán)
棒 (bàng) (colloquial)
標青／标青 (biu¹ ceng¹) (Cantonese, Teochew)
漂亮
炳 (bǐng) (literary)
牛 (niú) (Mandarin, slang)
牛鬼 (Guilin Mandarin)
特出 (tèchū)
特異／特异 (tèyì)
犀利 (xīlì) (originally Cantonese, sometimes Mandarin)
皦皦 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
穩／稳 (wěn) (slang, neologism)
突出 (tūchū)
英英 (yīngyīng) (literary)
蓋帽／盖帽 (gàimào) (slang)
表表 (biǎobiǎo) (literary)
超凡 (chāofán)
超卓 (chāozhuó) (literary)
超常 (chāocháng)
超拔 (chāobá) (literary)
超絕／超绝 (chāojué)
非凡 (fēifán)
響噹噹／响当当 (xiǎngdāngdāng)
顯著／显著 (xiǎnzhù)
高強／高强 (gāoqiáng)

Derived terms