娘家

married woman's parents' home

mother / young lady / (coll.) effeminate

variant of 娘[niang2]

see 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5]

home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:個|个[ge4]

(of a wife) to return to her parental home / (fig.) to return to one's old place, job, school etc

maiden name (of married woman)

(of a wife) to visit one's parental home