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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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men 期望 qīwàng 作家 zuòjiā men xiě chū gēng duō gēng hǎo de 作品 zuòpǐn .

We expect writers to produce more and better works.

hěn hǎo , jiāng wèi 作家 zuòjiā de 风格 fēnggé 确切 quèqiè de 刻画 kè huà chū lái le .

Good, you have exactly hit off the writer's style.

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 商店 shāngdiàn 有些 yǒu xiē hěn hǎo de 苹果 píngguǒ 出售 chū shòu .

There are some nice apples on sale in that shop.

zhè wèi 作家 zuòjiā 最新 zuì xīn 创作 chuàngzuò de 这本 Shū qián běn 好得多.

The writer's new book is streets ahead of his last one.

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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