<p>This phenomenon is called <a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%87%92%E9%9F%B3" rel="nofollow noreferrer">懒音</a>. And it can be very common in casual spoken language and it's really a personal habit varies for different people. In the case of 大家, the consonant of 家 is omitted for an easier pronunciation, since the vowel of 大 and 家 are both open vowel <code>/a/</code>, and <code>/ʨ/</code> in the center is somewhat hard to articulate. Therefore, it becomes something like <code>/ta a/</code>.</p>

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Harry Summer
<p>In television programs people often speak very fast, then 大家 sounds like <strong>dà-yā</strong> or <strong>dà-ā</strong>.</p>

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xenophōn
<p>大家 is pronounced as dà jiā 
you can convert pinyin to chinese characters:
<a href="http://www.hanbridgemandarin.com/article/chinese-characters-learning-tips/pinyin-to-chinese-characters" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.hanbridgemandarin.com/article/chinese-characters-learning-tips/pinyin-to-chinese-characters</a>
and you can also convert chinese characters to pinyin
<a href="http://www.hanbridgemandarin.com/article/chinese-learning-tips/how-to-convert-chinese-characters-into-pinyin-online" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.hanbridgemandarin.com/article/chinese-learning-tips/how-to-convert-chinese-characters-into-pinyin-online</a></p>

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katherine li
<p>It should be pronounced like "dà-jia".
I think you hear "da-a" word is because of fast speaking .</p>

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Elan Pham
<p>Sometimes in informal speech, in Beijing anyway, a "j" is pronounced so subtly as to be inaudible to the foreign ear.  In a restaurant yesterday the staff discussed my request to leave out soy sauce 酱油 (to keep down sodium).  To me they seemed to say "iang you."</p>

<p>But they certainly did not pronounce it the way they would say 样油/yang you (if such a thing existed), or 羊油 （mutton fat, which does exist, but has yang with second tone).</p>

<p>So I think renfeng is right that to the native ear the j is being pronounced.</p>

<p>I suspect that, if these people who seem to drop the j in 大家 were to say 大鸭, then you would hear a more distinct i-onset to 鸭 than you are hearing to 家.</p>

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Colin McLarty
<p>No. Always da4 jia1 in mandarin.</p>

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renfeng
<p>Can 大家 be pronounced like dà a ? I heard lots of Chinese'd pronounced just like that. Who can help me with this?</p>

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Where do these Chinese live?
Farnz Seager
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@吳斯生 I don't know exactly where they come from. But when they were talking casually, I could always hear it.
Kris
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Where did you hear it?
Farnz Seager
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@吳斯生 lots of different channels from Internet.
Kris
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Just like "written" is sometimes read "REE--IN" (like that)
Violapterin
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About pronunciation of 大家
# About pronunciation of 大家

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-07-09)

Can 大家 be pronounced like dà a ? I heard lots of Chinese'd pronounced just like that. Who can help me with this?

**Tags:** pronunciation, pinyin
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Where do these Chinese live?  
> **username_0**: @吳斯生 I don't know exactly where they come from. But when they were talking casually, I could always hear it.  
> **username_1**: Where did you hear it?  
> **username_0**: @吳斯生 lots of different channels from Internet.  
> **username_2**: Just like "written" is sometimes read "REE--IN" (like that)  

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## 6 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2017-07-10. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

This phenomenon is called [懒音](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%87%92%E9%9F%B3). And it can be very common in casual spoken language and it's really a personal habit varies for different people. In the case of 大家, the consonant of 家 is omitted for an easier pronunciation, since the vowel of 大 and 家 are both open vowel `/a/`, and `/ʨ/` in the center is somewhat hard to articulate. Therefore, it becomes something like `/ta a/`.


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### Answer by username_4 on 2017-07-10. Score: 0

In television programs people often speak very fast, then 大家 sounds like **dà-yā** or **dà-ā**.


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### Answer by username_5 on 2017-07-12. Score: 0

大家 is pronounced as dà jiā
you can convert pinyin to chinese characters:
<http://www.hanbridgemandarin.com/article/chinese-characters-learning-tips/pinyin-to-chinese-characters>
and you can also convert chinese characters to pinyin
<http://www.hanbridgemandarin.com/article/chinese-learning-tips/how-to-convert-chinese-characters-into-pinyin-online>


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### Answer by username_6 on 2017-07-13. Score: 0

It should be pronounced like "dà-jia".
I think you hear "da-a" word is because of fast speaking .


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### Answer by username_7 on 2017-07-10. Score: 0

Sometimes in informal speech, in Beijing anyway, a "j" is pronounced so subtly as to be inaudible to the foreign ear. In a restaurant yesterday the staff discussed my request to leave out soy sauce 酱油 (to keep down sodium). To me they seemed to say "iang you."

But they certainly did not pronounce it the way they would say 样油/yang you (if such a thing existed), or 羊油 （mutton fat, which does exist, but has yang with second tone).

So I think renfeng is right that to the native ear the j is being pronounced.

I suspect that, if these people who seem to drop the j in 大家 were to say 大鸭, then you would hear a more distinct i-onset to 鸭 than you are hearing to 家.


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### Answer by username_8 on 2017-07-10. Score: 0

No. Always da4 jia1 in mandarin.


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