上家

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
simp. and trad. (上家)		上	家

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngjiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ gaa¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siōng-ke

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngjiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngjia
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-chia¹
    • Yale: shàng-jyā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqjia
    • Palladius: шанцзя (šanczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngjiār
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄚㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngjiar
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-chia¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: shàng-jyār
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqjial
    • Palladius: шанцзяр (šanczjar)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁶ gaa¹
    • Yale: seuhng gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² kaː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-ke
    • Tâi-lô: siōng-ke
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngkef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ke⁴⁴/

Noun

上家

1. (games) player whose turn comes just before (in mahjong, card games, etc.)
2. previous one in a sequence

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “player whose turn comes just before”): 下家 (xiàjiā)
• (antonym(s) of “previous one in a sequence”): 下家 (xiàjiā)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
上	家
かみ Grade: 1	ちゃ Grade: 2
irregular

Etymology

From 上 (kami, “high, top”) + Chinese 家 (jiā, “-er”).

Noun

上家(かみチャ) or 上家(カミチャ) • (kamicha) 

1. (mahjong) the opponent on the player's left; player on the left

Coordinate terms

• 対面(トイメン) (toimen, “player across”)
• 下家(シモチャ) (shimocha, “player on the right”)

See also

• 自(じ)風(かぜ) (jikaze)