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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zàijiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zàijia
    • Wade–Giles: tsai⁴-chia¹
    • Yale: dzài-jyā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzayjia
    • Palladius: цзайцзя (czajczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoi⁶ gaa¹
    • Yale: joih gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoi⁶ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zoi⁶ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːi̯²² kaː⁵⁵/

Verb

在家

1. to be at home

   你在家呀，難得啊。 [MSC, trad.]
   你在家呀，难得啊。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ zàijiā ya, nándé a. [Pinyin]

   It's so rare that you're at home.

   他果然沒在家。／他果然没在家。  ―  Tā guǒrán méi zàijiā.  ―  He wasn't at home, just as expected.

2. (Mainland China) to be at one's workplace, not on a business trip
3. (Buddhism) to lead a secular life

Synonyms

• (to be at home): (Cantonese) 喺企

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “lead a secular life”): 出家 (chūjiā)

Derived terms

• 在家千日好，出門一時難 / 在家千日好，出门一时难 (zàijiā qiānrì hǎo, chūmén yīshí nán)
• 在家工作
• 在家靠父母，出外靠朋友

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
在	家
ざい Grade: 5	け Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡za̠ike̞]
• (Tokyo) ざいけ [zàíké] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) ざいけ [záꜜìkè] (Atamadaka – [1])

Noun

在(ざい)家(け) • (zaike) 

1. (Buddhism) 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

   Antonym: 出家 (shukke)

2. home in the country

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
在	家
ざい Grade: 5	か Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡za̠ika̠]
• (Tokyo) ざいか [záꜜìkà] (Atamadaka – [1])

Noun

在(ざい)家(か) • (zaika) 

1. home in the country

Further reading

• “在家”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
在	家

Verb

在家

1. chữ Hán form of tại gia (“to not be ordained”)