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jiā

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jiā Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiā | jia1
English translation
temple; used to transliterations
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gā | ga1
English translation
temple; used to transliterations

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About jiā

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

jiā

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

person

Etymology of jiā

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

亻加

Semantic compound

rén

Phonetic compound

Jiā

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using jiā

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定期 dìngqī shǎng jiā .

He attends regular yoga classes.

过去 guòqu duì 伽利略 Jiā lì lu:è de 看法 kànfǎ bìng 复杂 fùzá ( zhǐ 深奥 shēnào ), zhè shì 令人 lìng rén 欣然 xīn rán de .

The old view of Galileo was delightfully uncomplicated.

采取 cǎiqǔ 60 miǎo 辐射 fúshè 限定 xiàn dìng le 剩余 shèng yú jiā 射线 shè xiàn 水平 shuǐpíng de 增高 zēng gāo .

An irradiation of 60 sec. limits the build - up of excessive gamma radiation levels.

星期四 Xīng qī sì wǎn shǎng shǎng le 瑜伽 yú jiā hěn 高兴 gāoxìng 自己 zìjǐ 有事 yǒu shì zuò

On Thursday night she went to her yoga class, glad to have something to fill up the evening.

伽玛刀治疗 zhìliáo 最近 zuìjìn bèi 尝试 chángshì 作为 zuòwéi 手术 shǒushù 根治 gēn zhì 之外 zhī wài de lìng 一种 yī zhǒng 选择 xuǎnzé

Gamma Knife surgery has recently been tried as an alternative to surgical extirpation.

Words with jiā

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
jiā also pr. [gā] jiā
瑜伽 yú jiā yoga (loanword)瑜伽 yú jiā
伽利略 Jiā lì lu:è Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian scientist伽利略 Jiā lì lu:è
伽马射线 gā mǎ shè xiàn gamma rays伽馬射線
伽蓝 qié lán Buddhist temple (loanword from Sanskrit "samgharama")伽藍
伽马 gā mǎ gamma (Greek letter Γγ) (loanword)伽馬
伽师 Jiā shī Peyzivat nahiyisi (Peyziwat county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区 Kā shí dì qū [Kā​shí​dì​qū], west Xinjiang伽師
欧米伽 ōu mǐ gā omega (Greek letter Ωω)歐米伽
伽师县 Jiā shī xiàn Peyzivat nahiyisi (Peyziwat county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区 Kā shí dì qū [Kā​shí​dì​qū], west Xinjiang伽師縣
伽罗瓦 Jiā luó wà Évariste Galois (1811-1832), famous French mathematical prodigy and unsuccessful duelist伽羅瓦
伽罗华 Jiā luó huà also written 伽羅瓦|伽罗瓦 Jiā luó wà 伽羅華

jiā Decomposition & Compounds

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