WordTaiwan frequency #27,009
白手起家
ㄅㄞˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄑㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄚ
“to build a fortune or business from nothing; to start from scratch with no financial backing or inherited wealth”
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白
ㄅㄞˊ
White; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; surname; spoken lines in opera.
手
ㄕㄡˇ
Hand; person skilled in a certain type of work; person engaged in certain work; classifier for skill; personal; convenient.
起
ㄑㄧˇ
To rise, get up, stand up; to start, begin, initiate; to raise, lift; to appear, emerge; to recover, get better; to take out, fetch.
家
ㄐㄧㄚ
Home; house; family; refers to a school of thought; classifier for families or businesses; noun suffix for a specialist; polite term for relatives.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 國家ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄚcountry; nation; state; a political entity with territory, people, sovereignty, and government; a community sharing language, culture, society, and history.
- 大家ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄚeveryone; all people; a great expert or master; an influential or prominent family
- 一起ㄧ ㄑㄧˇin the same place; together; in company with; altogether; in total; a case or instance of something (e.g., an accident, dispute).
- 起來ㄑㄧˇ ㄌㄞˊto stand up; to get up; to rise; (verb complement) beginning of an action; upward movement; preliminary impression; completion of an action
- 家庭ㄐㄧㄚ ㄊㄧㄥˊfamily; household; a group of people related by marriage, blood, adoption, or cohabitation living together.
- 家人ㄐㄧㄚ ㄖㄣˊfamily members; household members; (old) servants; (I Ching) a hexagram symbolizing inner family order.
- 引起ㄧㄣˇ ㄑㄧˇto cause; to give rise to; to lead to; to arouse
- 回家ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄚto go home; to return home
- 在一起ㄗㄞˋ ㄧ ㄑㄧˇto be together; to be in a relationship; to stay with each other.
- 手機ㄕㄡˇ ㄐㄧcell phone; mobile phone; handheld device for calling, messaging, and internet access.
- 家長ㄐㄧㄚ ㄓㄤˇparent or guardian of a child; family head; patriarch; (archaic) husband; (archaic) master (addressed by servants); (archaic) boat owner
- 專家ㄓㄨㄢ ㄐㄧㄚexpert; specialist; person highly skilled or knowledgeable in a particular field