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Household in Chinese: 人家 (rén jiā)

rén jiā

household

HSK 3.0 Level 41 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1household
  2. 2dwelling
  3. 3family
  4. 4sb else's house
  5. 5household business
  6. 6house of woman's husband-to-be

Stroke order

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家

Zhuyin

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ㄖㄣˊ

rén

ㄖ/ rㄣ/ enˊ/ second tone

ㄐㄧㄚ

jiā

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄚ/ a—/ first tone

Example sentences

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  • 山下只有几户人家。

    shān xià zhǐ yǒu jǐ hù rén jiā。

    There are only a few households at the foot of the mountain.

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Related words

家

jiā

home

人

rén

person

大家

dà jiā

everyone

男人

nán rén

a man

女人

nǚ rén

woman

别人

bié ren

other people

国家

guó jiā

country

客人

kè rén

visitor

家具

jiā jù

furniture

敌人

dí rén

enemy

个人

gè rén

individual

工人

gōng rén

worker

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