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  • 1

    n.home

    • wǒ zuó tiān bù zài jiā

      昨天

      I was not at home yesterday.

    • zhōng wǔ tā hěn shǎo huí jiā chī fàn

      中午吃饭

      He seldom goes home for lunch at noon.

    • tā bái tiān zǒng shì bù zài jiā

      白天总是

      He is always away during the day.

  • 2

    n.family; household

    • jiā jiā dōu yǒu yī běn nán niàn de jīng

      There is a skeleton in every house.

    • chéng jiā lì yè

      get married and start a career

    • tā shì gè gù jiā de rén

      He is a family man.

  • 3

    measure word(used for families and companies)

    • zhè lǐ yǒu sān jiā fàn guǎn

      这里饭馆

      Here are three restaurants.

    • tā kāi le jǐ jiā gōng chǎng

      工厂

      He runs several factories.

    • nà yǒu yī jiā shāng diàn wǒ men guò qù kàn kàn ba

      商店我们过去

      There is a shop. Let's go to have a look.

  • 4

    n.specialist in a certain field

    • yì shù jiā

      艺术

      artist

    • kē xué jiā

      科学

      scientist

    • huà jiā

      painter

  • 5

    n.school (of thought)

    • dào jiā

      Taoist school

    • fǎ jiā

      Legalist school

    • rú jiā

      Confucianism

  • 6

    n.a person or family engaged in a certain trade

    • chuán jiā

      boatman

    • yú jiā

      fisherman's family

    • shāng jiā

      merchant family

  • 7

    n.one side; one party

    • xiào dào zuì hòu de cái shì yíng jiā

      最后

      He laughs best who laughs last.

  • 8

    n.nationality; ethnic group

    • miáo jiā

      Miao nationality

  • 9

    adj.dialdomestic; tame

    • jiā tù

      rabbit

    • jiā chù

      domestic animal

    • jiā gē

      pigeon

  • 10

    n.mod(used when speaking of relatives older than oneself) I; my

    • jiā cí

      my mother

    • jiā mǔ

      my mother

    • jiā xiōng

      my elder brother

  • 11

    n.(member of same clan)

    • běn jiā

      member of the same clan

  • 12

    n.Jia, a surname

Words and phrases with 家

Word usage

  • Note
    "家(jiā)" is different from "令". 1. "令" is a respectful expression; "家" is a self-deprecatory expression. 2. "令" is not restricted by seniority; "家" is only used for elders or those of the same generation who are older. 3. "令尊" and "令堂" (not "令父" or "令母") is used for other's parents "令尊" and "令堂", and "家严", "家慈" or "家父" and "家母" is used for one's own parents.
  • "家" is often matched with measure word "个".
    • one home

Similar-form characters to 家

Chinese Characters with pinyin jiā

  • put one thing on top of another; put in
  • good
  • good; praise
  • carry something under one's arm; press from both sides
  • character used in proper names and in rendering some foreign names