无
家
可
归

Homeless in Chinese: 无家可归 (wú jiā kě guī)

wú jiā kě guī

homeless

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 無家可歸1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1homeless

Stroke order

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无
家
可
归

Zhuyin

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ㄨˊ

wú

ㄨ/ uˊ/ second tone

ㄐㄧㄚ

jiā

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄚ/ a—/ first tone

ㄎㄜˇ

kě

ㄎ/ kㄜ/ eˇ/ third tone

ㄍㄨㄟ

guī

ㄍ/ gㄨ/ uㄟ/ ei—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

无家可归

Simplified

無家可歸

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 那场大火让许多人无家可归。

    nà chǎng dà huǒ ràng xǔ duō rén wú jiā kě guī。

    That big fire left many people homeless.

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Related words

家

jiā

home

无

wú

not to have

归

guī

to return

可

kě

(prefix) can

大家

dà jiā

everyone

可能

kě néng

might (happen)

可以

kě yǐ

can

国家

guó jiā

country

可爱

kě ài

adorable

家具

jiā jù

furniture

可怜

kě lián

pitiful

可是

kě shì

but

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