(dà jiā) - everyone, everybody in Mandarin

dàjiā

Traditional: 大家

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Translation

everyone, everybody

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Word origin

The word 大家 combines 大 'big' with 家 'family, household', literally 'the big family', extended to mean 'everyone'. 家 shows a pig 豕 under a roof 宀, the household animal under the home.

Origin
compound
Root
大 (dà, big) + 家 (jiā, household: 宀 roof + 豕 pig)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 大

大

Stroke order for 家

家

Examples

!

Hello everyone!

。

Everyone has come.

!

Thank you everyone!

。

Let us all have a meal together.

。

Everyone has agreed.

大家 (dà jiā) means everyone, everybody. It is used as a pronoun in everyday Mandarin speech.

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This word is taught in chapter 4, lesson 11: 大家, 一点, 非常 and 7 more words.