jiā

house, home, residence; family

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DEFINITIONS

家 jiā
  • see 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5]
  • 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:個|个[ge4]

STROKES

家 stroke order diagram
家 stroke order animation

WORDS

壩 xiàng jiā bà Xiangjiaba Dam, Yunnan, site of a hydropower station
zhōu jiā the Zhou family (household, firm etc); Jow-Ga Kung Fu - Martial Art
zá jiā I; me; my; (often used in early vernacular literature)
zán jiā I; me; we; my home; our house
āi jiā I, me (self-referring by a widowed empress etc, used in historical novels and operas)
哲學 zhé xué jiā philosopher
唐初四大 táng chū sì dà jiā Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang; refers to Yu Shinan 虞世南[Yu2 Shi4 nan2], Ouyang Xun 歐陽詢|欧阳询[Ou1 yang2 Xun2], Chu Suiliang 褚遂良[Chu3 Sui4 liang2] and Xue Ji 薛稷[Xue1 Ji4]
唐宋八大 táng sòng bā dà jiā Eight Giants of Tang and Song prose, esp. involved in the Classics movement 古文運動|古文运动[gu3 wen2 yun4 dong4], namely: Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Han2 Yu4], Liu Zongyuan 柳宗元[Liu3 Zong1 yuan2], Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修[Ou1 yang2 Xiu1], the Three Su father and sons 三蘇|三苏[San1 Su1], Wang Anshi 王安石[Wang2 An1 shi2], Zeng Gong 曾鞏|曾巩[Zeng1 Gong3]
山 táng jiā shān area in Beichuan county Sichuan
璇 táng jiā xuán Tang Jiaxuan (1938-), politician and diplomat
之犬 sàng jiā zhī quǎn stray dog (idiom)
之狗 sàng jiā zhī gǒu see 喪家之犬|丧家之犬[sang4 jia1 zhi1 quan3]
之狗 sàng jiā zhī gǒu see 喪家之犬|丧家之犬[sang4 jia1 zhi1 quan3]
单亲庭 dān qīn jiā tíng single parent family
單親庭 dān qīn jiā tíng single parent family
四海为 sì hǎi wéi jiā to regard the four corners of the world all as home (idiom); to feel at home anywhere; to roam about unconstrained; to consider the entire country, or world, to be one's own
四海為 sì hǎi wéi jiā to regard the four corners of the world all as home (idiom); to feel at home anywhere; to roam about unconstrained; to consider the entire country, or world, to be one's own
回娘 huí niáng jiā (of a wife) to return to her parental home; (fig.) to return to one's old place, job, school etc
吃自己 huí jiā chī zì jǐ (coll.) (Tw) to get sacked; to be fired
guó jiā country; nation; state; CL:個|个[ge4]
一级保护 guó jiā yī jí bǎo hù Grade One State protected (species)
一級保護 guó jiā yī jí bǎo hù Grade One State protected (species)
主席 guó jiā zhǔ xí president (title of the head of state of China and several other nations)
主席 guó jiā zhǔ xí president (title of the head of state of China and several other nations)
主义 guó jiā zhǔ yì nationalism; statism