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jiā

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jiā Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiā | jia1
English translation
used in transliterations

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About jiā

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

jiā

Contains the radical

chuò

Part of speech

Place name / 地名 dì míng Dìmíng

Learning hint

walk

Etymology of jiā

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

辶加

Semantic compound

chuò

Phonetic compound

Jiā

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using jiā

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迦太基 Jiā tài jī rén 受尽 shòu jìn le jǐn zhī .

The Carthaginians suffered horribly from famine.

悉达 duō · Gāo duō (释迦牟尼 Shì jiā móu ní 之俗 xìng )抓住 zhuā zhù le 智慧 zhìhuì de 闪现 shǎn xiàn ?

Could the flash of wisdom that came over Siddhartha Gautama?

, 右边 yòubian 那个 nà ge 就是 jiù shì de Shuài 按摩师! 西拉 Xī lā 米迦勒.

There, the one on the right is my handsome masseur! Silas Michael.

但是 dànshì 迦勒 de de 传统 chuántǒng 依然 yīrán 苟延 fèi .

The tradition of the Chaldean priests still lingered.

zài 欧洲 Ōuzhōu 阿迦汗三世 sān shì 表现 biǎoxiàn 完全 wánquán shì lìng 一副样子 yàngzi

In Europe, Aga Khan III presented himself in a completely different light.

Words with jiā

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
jiā (phonetic sound for Buddhist terms) jiā
释迦牟尼 Shì jiā móu ní Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya)釋迦牟尼
迦太基 Jiā tài jī Carthage迦太基 Jiā tài jī
释迦 shì jiā sugar apple釋迦
迦纳 Jiā nà Ghana (Tw)迦納
迦南 Jiā nán Canaan (in Biblical Palestine)迦南 Jiā nán
萨迦 Sà jiā saga (i.e. heroic tale)薩迦
南迦巴瓦峰 Nán jiā Bā wǎ fēng Namcha Barwa (Himalayan mountain)南迦巴瓦峰 Nán jiā Bā wǎ fēng
释迦牟尼佛 Shì jiā móu ní fó Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya)釋迦牟尼佛
萨迦县 Sà jiā xiàn Sa'gya county, Tibetan: Sa skya rdzong, in Shigatse prefecture, Tibet薩迦縣

jiā Decomposition & Compounds

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