疍家

蜑家

Dànjiā

proper noun

Meanings

1 the Tanka, boat-dwelling fishing people of the coasts and rivers of south China

Characters

the Tanka boat people

Examples

HSK 3

她奶奶是疍家，年轻时一直在海上打鱼。

Tā nǎinai shì Dànjiā, niánqīng shí yìzhí zài hǎishàng dǎyú.

Her grandmother is Tanka, and fished at sea all through her younger years.

HSK 7-9

很多疍家渔民世世代代住在船上。

Hěnduō Dànjiā yúmín shìshìdàidài zhù zài chuán shàng.

Many Tanka fishing families have lived on boats for generations.

Tips

culture

They live along the coasts and rivers of Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Fujian and Hong Kong, and are officially counted as Han, not as one of the 56 ethnic groups. 疍民 is an older name, and the word is also written 蜑家. Their 咸水歌, "salt-water songs", are listed as national intangible heritage.

Stroke Order

疍 dàn

家 jiā