家
喻
户
晓

Understood by everyone (idiom) in Chinese: 家喻户晓 (jiā yù hù xiǎo)

jiā yù hù xiǎo

understood by everyone (idiom)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 家喻戶曉1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1understood by everyone (idiom); well known
  2. 2a household name

Stroke order

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家
喻
户
晓

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄐㄧㄚ

jiā

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄚ/ a—/ first tone

ㄩˋ

yù

ㄩ/ üˋ/ fourth tone

ㄏㄨˋ

hù

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

ㄒㄧㄠˇ

xiǎo

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

家喻户晓

Simplified

家喻戶曉

Traditional

Example sentences

See 家喻户晓 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 这个故事在中国家喻户晓。

    zhè ge gù shì zài zhōng guó jiā yù hù xiǎo。

    This story is known to everyone in China.

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Related words

家

jiā

home

户

hù

a household

大家

dà jiā

everyone

国家

guó jiā

country

窗户

chuāng hu

window

家具

jiā jù

furniture

家庭

jiā tíng

family

家务

jiā wù

household duties

家乡

jiā xiāng

hometown

账户

zhàng hù

bank account

专家

zhuān jiā

expert

回家

huí jiā

to return home

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