寄居

Chinese

		lodge at; to mail; to send lodge at; to mail; to send; to entrust; to depend	reside
simp. and trad. (寄居)		寄	居

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jìjū

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄐㄩ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gei³ geoi¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ki-kî
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kià-ku / kià-ki

(Teochew, Peng'im): gia³ ge¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jìjū
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄐㄩ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jìjyu
  - Wade–Giles: chi⁴-chü¹
  - Yale: jì-jyū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihjiu
  - Palladius: цзицзюй (cziczjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gei³ geoi¹
  - Yale: gei gēui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gei³ goey¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: géi³ gêu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯³³ kɵy̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ki-kî
  - Hakka Romanization System: gi gi^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gi⁴ gi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ki⁵⁵ ki²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kià-ku
  - Tâi-lô: kià-ku
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiarkw
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kia²¹⁻⁵³ ku⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kia¹¹⁻⁵³ ku⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kià-ki
  - Tâi-lô: kià-ki
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiarky
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kia²¹⁻⁴¹ ki⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gia³ ge¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kià kṳ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kia²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kɯ³³/

Verb

寄居

to live away from home; to lodge
(zoology) to be inquilinous

Synonyms

存身 (cúnshēn) (literary)
安身 (ānshēn) (literary)
容身 (róngshēn) (literary)
寄寓 (jìyù) (literary)
寓 (yù) (literary, or in compounds)
居住 (jūzhù)
居留 (jūliú)
棲身 / 栖身 (qīshēn)
歇身 (Hokkien)
藏身 (cángshēn)
處身 / 处身 (chǔshēn) (formal)

Derived terms

寄居蟹 (jìjūxiè)