(jiā) - home, family, household in Mandarin
jiāTraditional: 家
Translation
home, family, household
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Word origin
家 (jiā, 'home, family') is a compound: 宀 (the roof radical) over 豕 (shǐ, 'pig'). The traditional reading sees a domestic animal kept under one roof, standing for the household.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 宀 (roof radical) + 豕 (shǐ, pig)
Stroke order
家
Examples
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I want to go home.
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My family has four members.
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He is not at home.
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There is a cat outside my home.
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After work I head straight home.
家 (jiā) - home, family, household.
Where this fits
Appears in 10 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 家.
Used in
Stories
(36)两碗米饭
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我只想买花
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在浩轩的家
2 min read · Core 5000
小公园里的音乐
3 min read · Core 1000
梓涵的家
3 min read · Core 5000
生日的惊喜
3 min read · Core 1000
春节的饺子
3 min read · Core 5000
吴涛的新家
3 min read · Core 5000
下雨的下午
3 min read · Core 1000
今年回谁家？
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新工作的第一天
3 min read · Core 1000
一起做饭
3 min read · Core 1000
早上的市场
3 min read · Core 1000
端午节在新加坡
4 min read · Core 5000
老样子
4 min read · Core 1000
香港的暑假
4 min read · Core 5000
火车晚了两个小时
5 min read · Core 5000
等了三年
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山不见了
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后面的字
5 min read · Core 5000
今天不开门
5 min read · Core 5000
旧手机
5 min read · Core 5000
看场合
5 min read · Core 1000
最老的门
5 min read · Core 5000
楼上的声音
5 min read · Core 5000
那件事
5 min read · Core 5000
那两分呢？
5 min read · Core 5000
小芳的钥匙
5 min read · Core 5000
三天
5 min read · Core 5000
我老公找路
5 min read · Core 5000
欢迎再来
5 min read · Core 5000
三条腿
5 min read · Core 5000
一直开
5 min read · Core 5000
有钱没时间
5 min read · Core 5000
中间的树
5 min read · Core 5000
走廊上的翻译
5 min read · Core 5000
Grammar articles
(36)Mandarin Aspect Markers: 了, 过, 在 and 着 Instead of Tense
Not Only... But Also in Mandarin: 不但...而且
不是…而是, 不是…就是 and 既然…就 in Mandarin
Mandarin Causatives: 使 (shǐ), 令 (lìng) and 让 (ràng)
Mandarin Grammar Cheatsheet: The Essentials, One Page
Mandarin 除了...以外: Except, or Besides?
Mandarin Measure Words (Classifiers): The Core 12 and 个
Mandarin Co-verbs: 从, 到, 在, 用, 给, 离 as Prepositions
Mandarin Complements: 得, Direction and Result After a Verb
Mandarin Directional Complements: 走出来, 拿出去, 站起来
Although in Mandarin: 虽然…还是, 不过 and 还是
If in Mandarin: 如果, 要是, 的话 and 就 (Conditionals)
Mandarin Conjunctions: 虽然…但是, 因为…所以 and More
大家 (Everyone) and Reflexive 自己 (Oneself) in Mandarin
How Tall, How Far in Mandarin: 多高, 多远, 多大 With 多
How Long in Mandarin: Duration After the Verb
There Is in Mandarin: 有, 来了一个人, 出现 and 发生
Formal Mandarin Connectives: 然而, 因此, 于是 and 尽管
Intermediate Mandarin Grammar (B1-B2, HSK 4-5)
就 (jiù) vs 才 (cái) in Mandarin: Early vs Late
Mandarin 在 vs 有: Location, Existence and 上/下/里
Mandarin Modal Verbs: 会, 能, 可以, 想, 要 and 应该
Mandarin Noun Suffixes 子, 家 and 员: Things, Experts and Members
Mandarin Spoken Passives: 让 (ràng), 叫 (jiào) and 给 (gěi)
Possession in Mandarin: 的 (de) for My, Your and His
Mandarin Serial Verbs: 我去商店买东西 and Verb Order
Mandarin Slang: Chinese Internet Words Textbooks Skip
Mandarin 所 (suǒ): 所有, 所谓, 所 + Verb and 为...所
Reported Speech in Mandarin: 听说 and 说
Chinese Sentence Structure: Mandarin Word Order Rules
喜欢 vs 爱: Saying You Like or Love Something in Mandarin
Mandarin Suffixes 性 (xìng) and 化 (huà): -ness and -ise
一…就 (yī…jiù) in Mandarin: As Soon As and Whenever
又 vs 再 vs 还 in Mandarin: Three Ways to Say Again
The Mandarin 于 (yú) Family: 对于, 关于, 由于, 至于, 属于, 位于, 终于
Mandarin 之 (zhī): 之一, 之间, 三分之一 and 总之
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Start your free week (no card)This word is taught in chapter 6, lesson 5: 家, 坐, 了解 and 7 more words.