外家 [－－]

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Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. slang for addressing the 'wife's family side'
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    已婚​婦女​未嫁​之前​嘅​家庭
    (of married women) maiden family
  2. 近義詞
    娘家
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, historical
    outside family of a man formed with a mistress or concubine
  2. noun, historical
    mistress of a man
  3. noun
    maternal grandparents' home
  4. noun, literary
    home of one's husband's parents-in-law
  5. noun, dialectal
    married woman's parents' home
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. 娘家
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    妈妈同佢嘅外家打仗嘅时候失散咗，一直都连系唔到。
    媽媽同佢嘅外家打仗嘅時候失散咗，一直都連繫唔到。
    maa4 maa1 tung4 keoi5 ge3 ngoi6 gaa1 daa2 zoeng3 ge3 si4 hau6 sat1 saan3 zo5, jat1 zik6 dou1 lin4 hai6 m4 dou5.
    • My mother hasn't been able to make contact with her family ever since they were separated during the war.
  2. Cantonese
    得到外家接济
    得到外家接濟
    dak1 dou2 ngoi6 gaa1 zip3 zai3
    • to get financial support from one's maiden home