屋企

Li (1997b) suggests that this comes from taboo avoidance of 屋下 (attested in Hakka), replacing 下 (“to descend; down”) with 起 (“to rise; up”).

屋企

1. (Cantonese) home

   你而家返屋企喇嗬？ [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   nei⁵ ji⁴ gaa¹ faan¹ uk¹ kei² laa³ ho²? [Jyutping]

   You are going home now, aren't you?

2. (Cantonese) family

   你畀唔畀家用屋企？ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   nei⁵ bei² m⁴ bei² gaa¹ jung⁶ uk¹ kei²? [Jyutping]

   Do you give your family housekeeping money?

   我屋企冇乜錢。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我屋企冇乜钱。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ uk¹ kei² mou⁵ mat¹ cin^4-2. [Jyutping]

   My family is poor.