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jià Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jià | jia4
English translation
(of a woman) to marry
to marry off a daughter
to shift (blame etc)
to marry, to give a daughter in marriage

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About jià

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

jià

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

woman

Etymology of jià

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

女家 nǚ jiā

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

jiā

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and jiā represents the sound.

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Example sentences using jià

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出嫁 chū jià de qián , péi le 一夜.

The night before she left, we cried together all night.

shì tái 西已经 yǐjīng jià gěi 托姆·布坎南 Bù kǎn nán , ér 他们 tā men shì 之家”.

But Daisy is married to Tom Buchanan; and they are'the very rich '.

最终 zuì zhōng jiāng jià gěi shuí , zhè shì shuí 拿不 zhǔn de shì .

It's anybody's guess who she'll eventually marry.

不幸 bù xìng de 梅朵,几次 jǐ cì 改嫁 gǎi jià , 老是 lǎo shi huí jiā lái 定居 dìng jū .

Poor Medora , repeatedly widowed, was always coming home to settle down.

zhēn gǎo dǒng 怎么 zěnme huì 嫁给 le 那个 nà ge 穷小子. ( zūn 嫁人 jià rén )

I can't make out why she married with the left hand.

Words with jià

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
jià (of a woman) to marry jià
嫁人 jià rén to get married (of woman)嫁人 jià rén
转嫁 zhuǎn jià to remarry (of widow)轉嫁
出嫁 chū jià to get married (of woman)出嫁 chū jià
嫁接 jià jiē to graft (a branch to a rootstock)嫁接 jià jiē
嫁妆 jià zhuang dowry嫁妝
改嫁 gǎi jià to remarry (of a woman)改嫁 gǎi jià
婚嫁 hūn jià marriage婚嫁 hūn jià
嫁娶 jià qǔ marriage嫁娶 jià qǔ
再嫁 zài jià to remarry (of woman)再嫁 zài jià
嫁祸 jià huò to impute嫁禍
陪嫁 péi jià dowry陪嫁 péi jià
嫁祸于人 jià huò yú rén to pass the buck嫁禍於人
外嫁 wài jià (of a woman) to marry a non-local or foreigner外嫁 wài jià
新嫁娘 xīn jià niáng bride新嫁娘 xīn jià niáng
嫁鸡随鸡 jià jī suí jī We must learn to accept the people around us.嫁雞隨雞
男婚女嫁 nán hūn nǚ jià to celebrate a wedding男婚女嫁 nán hūn nǚ jià

jià Decomposition & Compounds

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jià Decomposition

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