人家

人家

1. family

   呢度有幾戶人家。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
   呢度有几户人家。 [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]

   Nei¹ dou⁶ jau⁵ gei² wu⁶ jan⁴ gaa¹. [Jyutping]

   There are several families here.

2. household
3. dwelling
4. family of a girl's betrothed
5. (Cantonese) Used after a noun to specify a type of person.

   「好多人話女仔人家賽咩車，又危險，又唔斯文，但我覺得既然佢有興趣，咁就冇問題啦。」 [Cantonese, trad.]
   “好多人话女仔人家赛咩车，又危险，又唔斯文，但我觉得既然佢有兴趣，咁就冇问题啦。” [Cantonese, simp.]

   From:

   “hou² do¹ jan⁴ waa⁶ neoi⁵ zai² jan⁴ gaa¹ coi³ me¹ ce¹, jau⁶ ngai⁴ him², jau⁶ m⁴ si¹ man⁴, daan⁶ ngo⁵ gaau³ dak¹ gei³ jin⁴ keoi⁵ jau⁵ hing¹ ceoi³, gam³ zau⁶ mou⁵ man⁶ tai⁴ laa¹.” [Jyutping]

   "Many folks say that a girl has no business racing cars, that it's dangerous and unseemly; but I think that it's fine, since she has an interest in it anyway."

• (Cantonese: type of person) 家 (jiā)

人家

1. (chiefly Mandarin, Wu) others (i.e. besides the speaker and the listener); everybody else

   你看人家的孩子又漂亮又有才，你卻考個零分。 [MSC, trad.]
   你看人家的孩子又漂亮又有才，你却考个零分。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ kàn rénjiā de háizi yòu piàoliàng yòu yǒucái, nǐ què kǎo ge língfēn. [Pinyin]

   Look at how other people's children are all not only pretty, but also talented. And you? Scored zero on your exam. (mother to child)

2. (chiefly Mandarin, Wu) someone specific that the speaker does not wish to name explicitly: he; she; they

   別說人家的壞話，人家聽得懂中文。 [MSC, trad.]
   别说人家的坏话，人家听得懂中文。 [MSC, simp.]

   Bié shuō rénjiā de huàihuà, rénjiā tīng de dǒng zhōngwén. [Pinyin]

   Don't say bad stuff about him. He can understand Chinese.

3. (chiefly Mandarin, women's speech, affectionate) I; me (first-person singular pronoun)

   上哪兒去了，讓人家在這兒等半天。 [MSC, trad.]
   上哪儿去了，让人家在这儿等半天。 [MSC, simp.]

   Shàng nǎr qù le, ràng rénjiā zài zhèr děng bàntiān. [Pinyin]

   Where did you go? I've been waiting here forever.