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jiā

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jiā Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiā | jia1
English translation
see 傢伙
>家伙 jiāhuo [jiā huo]
home
family
(polite) my (sister, uncle etc)
classifier for families or businesses
refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China
noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian
CL:
>[gè]
surname Jia
house, home, residence; family

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About jiā

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

jiā

Contains the radical

gài

Part of speech

Isolated measure word / 量词 liàng cí Liàngcí

Learning hint

roof

Etymology of jiā

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

宀豕

Semantic compound

gài

Phonetic compound

shǐ

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. gài represents the meaning and shǐ represents the sound.

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Example sentences using jiā

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回到 huí dào 家里 jiā lǐ shí 情绪 qíngxù 非常 fēicháng hǎo .

He felt in excellent spirits when he arrived home.

jiā 旅馆 lǚ guǎn qiāo le 我们 wǒmen 一笔 Qián .

They fleeced us at that hotel.

他们 tā men cuàn Guò 边界 biānjiè shǎng de 村镇 cūn zhèn , 剥人头皮 tóu pí ,一家 yī jiā 一家人 yī jiā rén 杀死 shā sǐ .

Slipping past the frontier towns, they were scalping and killing whole families.

de liǎn ,好象 hǎo xiàng 墨西哥 Mò xī gē 印第安人 Yìn dì ān rén (阿兹 Tái 克人) diāo jiā shì 着刻出来 chū lái de 塞巴斯蒂安 Sāi bā sī dì ān 的雕 xiàng .

He has the face as though an Aztec sculptor had attempted a portrait of Seba stian.

百物 bǎi wù 涨价 zhǎng jià shí ,觉得 juéde 料理 liào lǐ 家务 jiāwù hěn nán .

She found it difficult to contrive when prices of everything went up.

Words with jiā

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
jiā home jiā
大家 dàjiā everyone大家 dàjiā
国家 guójiā country國家
家伙 jiāhuo chap家伙 jiāhuo
回家 huí jiā to return home回家 huí jiā
家庭 jiātíng family家庭 jiātíng
家里 jiā lǐ home家裡
专家 zhuānjiā expert專家
家人 jiā rén household家人 jiā rén
人家 rénjiā household人家 rénjiā
家族 jiā zú family家族 jiā zú
家长 jiā zhǎng family head家長
作家 zuòjiā author作家 zuòjiā
科学家 kē xué jiā scientist科學家
玩家 wán jiā player (of a game)玩家 wán jiā
艺术家 yì shù jiā artist藝術家
家具 jiājù furniture家具 jiājù
家乡 jiāxiāng hometown家鄉
家属 jiāshǔ family member家屬
全家 quán jiā whole family全家 quán jiā
厂家 chǎng jiā factory廠家
国家队 guó jiā duì the national team國家隊
企业家 qǐ yè jiā entrepreneur企業家

jiā Decomposition & Compounds

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jiā Decomposition

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jiā Compounds

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    • jià , jià , jiā , jiā , jià , , ,
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