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一家

yī jiā

2-character word

What 一家 means

1. the whole family
2. the same family
3. the family ... (when preceded by a family name)
4. group

The characters in 一家

• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 家jiāused in 家伙

Example sentences

• 那是一家宾馆。
  Nàshi yījiā bīnguǎn.
  That's a hotel.

Words starting with 一家

• 一家人yī jiā rénthe whole family; (lit. and fig.) members of the same family
• 一家子yī jiā zithe whole family
• 一家之主yī jiā zhī zhǔmaster of the house; head of the family

Words containing 一家

• 自成一家zì chéng yī jiāto have a style of one's own
• 亲如一家qīn rú yī jiāfamily-like close relationship (idiom)
• 辛普森一家Xīn pǔ sēn yī jiāThe Simpsons (US TV series)
• 五百年前是一家wǔ bǎi nián qián shì yī jiāfive hundred years ago we were the same family (saying)…
• 不是一家人不进一家门bù shì yī jiā rén bù jìn yī jiā ménpeople who don't belong together, don't get to live together (idiom)…

Sounds the same

Read yī jiā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 医家healer; physician; medical man
• 衣夹clothespin; clothes peg