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大家

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: da1 gê1
POJ: ta-ke
Variety: chaozhou
Peng'im: dua7 gê1
POJ: tuā-ke
Variety: chaozhou

Meanings and usage

noun: mother-in-law (husband's mother), respectful address for a woman (literary)
大家, 婆婆

2 candidate readings from Wiktionary — genuine Chaozhou colloquial form not yet confirmed by a speaker. Split into a separate entry from the pronoun sense above ('everyone', reading dai6 gê1), because the page ties these two readings to a different pos block rather than duplicating them across all senses.

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