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家伙

jiā huo

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

家伙 (jiā huo) means "variant of 伙; household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 家伙 means

1. household dish, implement or furniture
2. domestic animal
3. colloquialguy
4. chap
5. weapon

Other readings

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

• jiā huovariant of {家伙|jiā huo}

The characters in 家伙

• 家jiāused in 家伙
• 伙huǒ(bound form) meals (as in 伙食; variant of 伙

Example sentences

• 那家伙是谁？
  Who's that guy?
• 这家伙死了。
  This guy is dead.
• 那些家伙是谁？
  Who are those guys?
• 离这家伙远点。
  Stay away from this guy.
• 那家伙是两面派。
  Nà jiāhuo shì liǎngmiànpài.
  That guy is two-faced.
• 这家伙像个狐狸。
  This guy looks like a fox.

Words containing 家伙

• 老家伙lǎo jiā huo(colloquial) old fellow; old codger
• 好家伙hǎo jiā huomy God!; oh boy!; man!
• 大家伙儿dà jiā huǒ r(colloquial) everyone; all of us; you folks
• 坏家伙huài jiā huǒbad guy; scoundrel; dirty bastard

Where 家伙 is taught

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

Go deeper

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