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Jiā

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Jiā Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Jiā | Jia1
English translation
surname Jia
excellent
auspicious
excellent; joyful; auspicious

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About Jiā

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

Jiā

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

drum

Etymology of Jiā

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

壴加

Semantic compound

zhù

Phonetic compound

Jiā

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. zhù represents the meaning and Jiā represents the sound.

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Example sentences using Jiā

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hāi , yǒu le 这些 zhè xiē Qián , 可以 kěyǐ 安安静静 de 嘉莉生活 shēnghuó 很多 Nián .

Why, he could live quietly with Carrie for years.

穿 chuān Guò 简陋 jiǎnlòu de Guò dào , zài 嘉莉 jiā de 房门 fáng mén shǎng qiāo le qiāo .

Making her way up the commonplace hall, she knocked at Carrie's door.

思嘉 bèi huí le , 因为 yīnwèi 从来 cónglái 喜欢 xǐhuan 想起 xiǎng qǐ 那个 nà ge mèng .

Scarlett was taken aback, for she never liked to think of that dream.

" shì 染过, " Jiā 不屑 bù xiè de 回答 huídá le 一声 yī shēng , 加快 jiā kuài le 脚步 jiǎo bù .

" It is,'said Scarlett shortly, walking faster.

Jiā 浑身 húnshēn Lěng 发抖 fādǒu , 心快 bèng dào 喉咙 hóulóng le .

Scarlett went cold, her hand at her throat.

Words with Jiā

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
嘉宾 jiābīn esteemed guest嘉賓
Jiā excellent Jiā
嘉年华 jiā nián huá carnival (loanword)嘉年華
嘉奖 jiā jiǎng to award嘉獎
可嘉 kě jiā laudable可嘉 kě jiā
李嘉诚 Lǐ Jiā chéng Sir Li Ka-shing (1928-), Hong Kong businessman李嘉誠
嘉兴 Jiā xīng Jiaxing prefecture-level city in Zhejiang嘉興
嘉定 Jiā dìng Jiading district of northwest Shanghai嘉定 Jiā dìng
嘉庆 Jiā qìng Jiaqing Emperor (1760-1820), seventh Qing emperor, personal name 顒琰|颙琰[Yóng​yǎn], reigned 1796-1820嘉慶
嘉陵江 Jiā líng jiāng Jialing river in Sichuan (a tributary of the Yangtze)嘉陵江 Jiā líng jiāng
嘉兴市 Jiā xīng shì Jiaxing prefecture-level city in Zhejiang嘉興市
嘉禾 Jiā hé Jiahe county in Chenzhou 郴州 Chēn zhōu [Chēn​zhōu], Hunan嘉禾 Jiā hé
永嘉 Yǒng jiā reign name 307-313 of Jin Emperor Huai 晋怀帝永嘉 Yǒng jiā
李嘉欣 Lǐ Jiā xīn Michele Monique Reis (1970-) actress, model and former Miss Hong Kong & Miss Chinese International李嘉欣 Lǐ Jiā xīn

Jiā Decomposition & Compounds

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Jiā Decomposition

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