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大家 dàjiā — everyone, everybody

dàjiā (fourth tone, falling)da4jia1

everyone, everybody

HSK 2· HSK 1–4 (classic)pronoun
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Meanings

  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.

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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.

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