家 jiā — home, house

Meanings

1. 1

   home, house

   The place where you live, with the warmth of "home" rather than the bricks of a building. 回家 is to go home; 在家 is to be in.

   noun
2. 2

   family, household

   noun
3. 3

   measure word for shops and businesses

   measure

Character breakdown

• 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

• 我家在北京。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) jiā (first tone, high and level) zài (fourth tone, falling) Běijīng. (third tone, dipping)···

  My home is in Beijing.

• 我明天不回家。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) míngtiān (second tone, rising) bù (fourth tone, falling) huí (second tone, rising) jiā. (first tone, high and level)···

  I’m not going home tomorrow.

Similar words

Words containing 家

• 国家/國家guójiā (second tone, rising)country, nation, state
• 大家dàjiā (fourth tone, falling)everyone, everybody
• 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