家
Meaning
- home
- family
- (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)
Measure word
个 gè
Example sentence
来我家吧。
Come over to my house.
The character 家
家 is 豕, a pig, under 宀, a roof — the animal kept inside the house. Home and family: 家里, 回家, 大家 everyone, 国家 the state. Added to a field it makes the expert: 画家 a painter, 作家 a writer.
Words containing 家
- 国家 guó jiā country; nation; state
- 回家 huí jiā to return home
- 家里 jiā lǐ home
- 家人 jiā rén family member
- 在家 zài jiā to be at home
- 大家 dà jiā everyone
- 画家 huà jiā painter
- 家庭 jiā tíng family; household
- 家长 jiā zhǎng head of a household
- 全家 quán jiā whole family
- 作家 zuò jiā author
- 搬家 bān jiā to move house; to relocate
- 家具 jiā jù furniture
- 家属 jiā shǔ family member
- 家乡 jiā xiāng hometown
- 专家 zhuān jiā expert; specialist
- 家务 jiā wù household duties
- 老家 lǎo jiā native place
- 人家 rén jia other people