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人家

rén jiā · ren jia/rén jia · ren jia

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Meaning

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rén jiā 人家

  1. household
  2. dwelling
  3. family
  4. sb else's house
  5. household business
  6. house of woman's husband-to-be
  7. CL:戶 / 户 (hù),家 (jiā)

rén jia 人家

  1. other people
  2. sb else
  3. he, she or they
  4. I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people")

In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)必(bì)须(xū)把(bǎ)我(wǒ)的(de)电(diàn)脑(nǎo)拿(ná)去(qù)给(gěi)人(rén)家(jia)修(xiū)理(lǐ)。

I have to get my computer repaired.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

对(duì)不(bu)起(qǐ)，这(zhè)位(wèi)子(zi)是(shì)否(fǒu)被(bèi)人(rén)家(jia)占(zhàn)了(le)？

Excuse me, is this seat taken?

Tatoeba: Chinese by U2FS · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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