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人家

rén jiā

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Measure word 户、家

人家 (rén jiā) means "household". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 人家 means

1. household
2. dwelling
3. family
4. sb else's house
5. household business
6. house of woman's husband-to-be

How 人家 is used in grammar

人家 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• 人家: third-person/distancing pronoun (HSK 4)

The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 6, pronouns (人称代词).

Other readings

人家 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• rén jiaother people; sb else; he, she or they

The characters in 人家

• 人rénperson; people
• 家jiāused in 家伙

Words starting with 人家

• 人家牵驴你拔橛rén jiā qiān lǘ nǐ bá juésee 别人牵驴你拔橛子

Words containing 人家

• 老人家lǎo rén jiāpolite term for old woman or man
• 大户人家dà hù rén jiā(idiom) wealthy, prominent family
• 女人家nǚ rén jiawomen (in general)
• 做人家zuò rén jiāthrifty; economical
• 妇道人家fù dao rén jiawoman (derog.)

Where 人家 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · qún–rén (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read rén jiā correctly.
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