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Chinese dictionary
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n.home
我昨天不在家。
I was not at home yesterday.
中午他很少回家吃饭。
He seldom goes home for lunch at noon.
他白天总是不在家。
He is always away during the day.
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n.family; household
家家都有一本难念的经。
There is a skeleton in every house.
成家立业
get married and start a career
他是个顾家的人。
He is a family man.
他们是三口之家。
There are three people in their family.
- 3
measure word(used for families and companies)
这里有三家饭馆。
Here are three restaurants.
他开了几家工厂。
He runs several factories.
那有一家商店，我们过去看看吧。
There is a shop. Let's go to have a look.
五家商店
five shops
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n.specialist in a certain field
艺术家
artist
科学家
scientist
画家
painter
政治家
statesman
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n.school (of thought)
道家
Taoist school
法家
Legalist school
儒家
Confucianism
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n.a person or family engaged in a certain trade
船家
boatman
渔家
fisherman's family
商家
merchant family
农家
farmer
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n.one side; one party
笑到最后的才是赢家。
He laughs best who laughs last.
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n.nationality; ethnic group
苗家
Miao nationality
- 9
adj.dialdomestic; tame
家兔
rabbit
家畜
domestic animal
家鸽
pigeon
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n.mod(used when speaking of relatives older than oneself) I; my
家慈
my mother
家母
my mother
家兄
my elder brother
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n.(member of same clan)
本家
member of the same clan
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n.Jia, a surname
Words and phrases with 家
- 家庭[word]family
- 家用电器[word]household/domestic appliances
- 家姐[word]my sister
- 家书[word]a letter home; letter from one's home
- 家畜[word]domestic animal
- 家常[word]domestic; daily life of a family
- 家子[word]family
- 家具[word]furniture
- 家生[word]utensils
- 家喻户晓[idiom]known to all
- 家破人亡[idiom]family ruined
- 家常便饭[idiom]common meal; common occurrence
- 家道中落[idiom]One's family fortunes decline.
- 家徒四壁[idiom]have nothing in one's house but the bare walls
- 家家户户[idiom]each and every family
- 家长里短[idiom]small household affairs
- 家大业大[idiom]big household, lots of work
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.
- common measure word"家" is often matched with measure word "个".
一个家
one home