# 屋企
## Chinese

* 屋企 (Cantonese)
* 屋企 (Written Standard Chinese)

### Etymology

Li (1997b) suggests that this comes from taboo avoidance of 屋下 (attested in Hakka), replacing 下 (“to descend; down”) with 起 (“to rise; up”).

### Pronunciation

* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): uk$^1$ kei$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): uuk$^2$ kei$^2$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: uk$^1$ kei$^2$
*** Yale: ūk kéi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: uk$^7$ kei$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ug$^1$ kéi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ʊk̚⁵ kʰei̯³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: uuk$^2$ kei$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɵk̚⁵⁵ kʰei⁵⁵/

### Noun

屋企
* (Cantonese) home
       nei$^5$ ji$^4$ gaa$^1$ faan$^1$ uk$^1$ kei$^2$ laa$^3$ ho$^2$? [Jyutping]
       You are going home now, aren't you?
* (Cantonese) family
       nei$^5$ bei$^2$ m$^4$ bei$^2$ gaa$^1$ jung$^6$ uk$^1$ kei$^2$? [Jyutping]
       Do you give your family housekeeping money?
       ngo$^5$ uk$^1$ kei$^2$ mou$^5$ mat$^1$ cin$^{4-2}$. [Jyutping]
       My family is poor.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 家 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 家 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 家 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 家 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 家 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 家 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 家 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 家 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 家, 屋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 家 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 屋頭, 家 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 屋裡, 家 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 家 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 家, 家頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 家 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 屋企 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 屋企 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 屋企 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 屋企 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 屋企 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 屋企, 企 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 屋企, 企 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 屋企 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 屋己 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 屋己, 屋 |
| Cantonese | Maoming (Xinpo) | 屋己 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 屋企 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 屋企 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 屋裡 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 屋 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 屋 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 屋家 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Changting | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 屋下 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 屋下 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 家 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 厝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 厝 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 厝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 厝, 兜 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 厝, 兜 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 厝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 厝, 兜 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 厝 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 兜 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 兜 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 兜 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 厝, 兜 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 兜, 塊 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 兜 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 厝, 兜 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 兜 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 塊, 兜 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 塊, 兜 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 厝 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 厝, 兜 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 厝, 厝內, 兜 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 內 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 內 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 內 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 內 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 厝 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 厝, 內 |
| Southern Min | Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) | 內 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 厝 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 內 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 厝 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 厝 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 厝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 厝 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 厝 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 寮 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 寮 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 寮 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 寮 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 寮 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 寮 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 寮 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 寮 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 寮 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 寮 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 寮 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 寮 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 寮 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 屋裡 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 屋裡 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 屋落, 屋裡 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 屋裡 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 屋裡 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 屋裡 |

#### Derived terms

* 屋企人
* 返屋企