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家
jiā
家 (jiā) means "home; family; (suffix) specialist in a field". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was HSK 1 in the old six-level list.
What 家 means
- used in {家伙|jiā huo} and {家俱|jiā jù}
Other readings
Example sentences
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家！Home!
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回家。Go home.
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回家！Go home!
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你在家吗Nǐ zài jiā maAre you home?
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您在家吗Nín zài jiā maAre you home?
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大家好。Hi, everybody.
Words starting with 家
- 家里jiā lǐhome
- 家庭jiā tíngfamily; household
- 家具jiā jùfurniture
- 家乡jiā xiānghometown; native place
- 家务jiā wùhousehold duties; housework
- 家长jiā zhǎnghead of a household; family head; patriarch
- 家伙jiā huohousehold dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (colloquial) guy
- 家属jiā shǔfamily member; (family) dependent
- 家常jiā chángthe daily life of a family
- 家喻户晓jiā yù hù xiǎounderstood by everyone (idiom); well known; a household name
- 家人jiā rénfamily member; (old) servant
- 家族jiā zúfamily; clan
- 家园jiā yuánhome; homeland
- 家门jiā ménhouse door; family clan
- 家教jiā jiàofamily education; upbringing; to bring sb up
- 家电jiā diànhousehold electric appliance; abbr. for 家用电器
- 家小jiā xiǎowife and children; wife
- 家居jiā jūhome; residence; to stay at home (unemployed)
- 家境jiā jìngfamily financial situation; family circumstances
- 家用jiā yònghome-use; domestic; family expenses
- 家谱jiā pǔgenealogy; family tree
- 家产jiā chǎnfamily property
- 家当jiā dàngfamilial property; belongings
- 家禽jiā qínpoultry; domestic fowl
Words containing 家
- 大家dà jiāeveryone; influential family; great expert
- 国家guó jiācountry; nation; state
- 回家huí jiāto return home
- 人家rén jiāhousehold; dwelling; family
- 专家zhuān jiāexpert; specialist
- 作家zuò jiāauthor
- 在家zài jiāto be at home; (at a workplace) to be in…
- 科学家kē xué jiāscientist
- 艺术家yì shù jiāartist
- 老家lǎo jiānative place; place of origin; home state or region
- 全家quán jiāwhole family
- 一家人yī jiā rénthe whole family; (lit. and fig.) members of the same family
- 画家huà jiāpainter
- 厂家chǎng jiāfactory; manufacturer; (colloquial) a factory owner; the factory management
- 玩家wán jiāplayer (of a game); enthusiast (audio, model planes etc)
- 企业家qǐ yè jiāentrepreneur
- 自家zì jiāoneself; one's own family
- 老人家lǎo rén jiāpolite term for old woman or man
- 搬家bān jiāto move house; to relocate; to remove (sth)
- 商家shāng jiāmerchant; business; enterprise
- 独家dú jiāexclusive
- 王家wáng jiāprincely
- 经济学家jīng jì xué jiāeconomist
- 发达国家fā dá guó jiādeveloped nation
Characters that look like 家
Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.
- 宣xuānto declare (publicly); to announce
- 象xiàngelephant; shape; form
- 笨bènstupid; foolish; silly
- 宸chénimperial apartments
- 冢zhǒngmound; burial mound; senior (i.e. eldest child or senior in rank)
- 衮gǔnimperial robe
Sounds the same
Read jiā, tone for tone, but written differently.
- 加to add; (math) plus; to increase; to augment
- 夹to press from either side; to place in between; to sandwich
- 嘉excellent; auspicious; to praise
- 佳beautiful; fine; good
- 迦(phonetic sound for Buddhist terms)
- 镓gallium (chemistry)
- 伽traditionally used as phonetic for "ga"
- 枷cangue (wooden collar like stocks used to restrain and punish criminals in China)
- 珈gamma; jewelry
- 茄phonetic character used in loanwords for the sound "jia", although 夹
- 痂scab
- 耞flail (for threshing grain); old variant of 枷
Where 家 is taught
In the GraphChinese course it is part of Places and Locations (HSK 1), HSK 1 Characters · Set 7 (HSK 1), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.
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