大家 dàjiā — everyone, everybody

Meanings

1. 1

   everyone, everybody

   All the people in the group being addressed or talked about. It is plural in itself, so it never takes 们, and it is the normal way to open an announcement: 大家好.

   pronoun

Character breakdown

• 大

  dà (fourth tone, falling) dài (fourth tone, falling)

  big, large; (of age) old; greatly, very; (dài) only in 大夫 dàifu, a doctor

  3 strokesRadical 大
• 家

  jiā (first tone, high and level)

  home; family, household; a specialist (as a suffix, e.g. 画家 painter); measure word for shops and businesses

  10 strokes⿱宀豕Radical 宀

Example sentences

• 大家好！Dàjiā (fourth tone, falling) hǎo! (third tone, dipping)···

  Hello everyone!

• 大家都想去旅游。/大家都想去旅遊。Dàjiā (fourth tone, falling) dōu (first tone, high and level) xiǎng (third tone, dipping) qù (fourth tone, falling) lǚyóu. (third tone, dipping)···

  Everyone wants to go travelling.

Common mistakes

• Not quite大家们都来了。

  Correct大家都来了。

  大家 is already plural — the 家 in it means the whole group. Adding 们 doubles the plural and is ungrammatical.

Similar words

Words containing 大

• 大dà (fourth tone, falling)big, large
• 大学/大學dà (fourth tone, falling) xué (second tone, rising)university
• 大概dàgài (fourth tone, falling)probably, roughly, approximately
• 伟大/偉大wěi (third tone, dipping) dà (fourth tone, falling)great
• 长大/長大zhǎng (third tone, dipping) dà (fourth tone, falling)to grow up
• 巨大jù (fourth tone, falling) dà (fourth tone, falling)huge
• 重大zhòng (fourth tone, falling) dà (fourth tone, falling)great
• 大量dà (fourth tone, falling) liàng (fourth tone, falling)great amount
• 强大/強大qiáng (second tone, rising) dà (fourth tone, falling)large
• 大部分dà (fourth tone, falling) bù (fourth tone, falling) fen (neutral tone)in large part
• 大多数/大多數dà (fourth tone, falling) duō (first tone, high and level) shù (fourth tone, falling)(great) majority
• 大约/大約dà (fourth tone, falling) yuē (first tone, high and level)approximately
• 大人dà (fourth tone, falling) ren (neutral tone)adult
• 大会/大會dà (fourth tone, falling) huì (fourth tone, falling)general assembly
• 大赛/大賽dà (fourth tone, falling) sài (fourth tone, falling)grand contest
• 大型dà (fourth tone, falling) xíng (second tone, rising)large
• 大师/大師dà (fourth tone, falling) shī (first tone, high and level)great master

Words containing 家

• 家jiā (first tone, high and level)home, house
• 国家/國家guójiā (second tone, rising)country, nation, state
• 回家huí (second tone, rising) jiā (first tone, high and level)to return home
• 家庭jiā (first tone, high and level) tíng (second tone, rising)family
• 家里/家裡jiā (first tone, high and level) lǐ (third tone, dipping)home
• 专家/專家zhuān (first tone, high and level) jiā (first tone, high and level)expert
• 家人jiā (first tone, high and level) rén (second tone, rising)family member
• 家伙/傢伙jiā (first tone, high and level) huo (neutral tone)household dish
• 人家rén (second tone, rising) jia (neutral tone)other people
• 在家zài (fourth tone, falling) jiā (first tone, high and level)to be at home
• 家长/家長jiā (first tone, high and level) zhǎng (third tone, dipping)head of a household
• 家族jiā (first tone, high and level) zú (second tone, rising)family
• 科学家/科學家kē (first tone, high and level) xué (second tone, rising) jiā (first tone, high and level)scientist
• 家具jiā (first tone, high and level) jù (fourth tone, falling)furniture
• 家乡/家鄉jiā (first tone, high and level) xiāng (first tone, high and level)hometown
• 全家quán (second tone, rising) jiā (first tone, high and level)whole family
• 家属/家屬jiā (first tone, high and level) shǔ (third tone, dipping)family member