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家

jiā · jia

Traditional 傢

Meaning

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home
family
(polite) my (sister, uncle etc)
classifier for families or businesses
refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China
noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian
CL:個 / 个 (gè)

2 examples

某(mǒu)天(tiān)晚(wǎn)上(shang)，他(tā)又(yòu)累(lèi)又(yòu)沮(jǔ)丧(sàng)地(de)回(huí)到(dào)了(le)家(jiā)。

One night he came home very tired and sad.

这(zhè)家(jiā)人(rén)开(kāi)了(le)一(yì)家(jiā)小(xiǎo)饭(fàn)馆(guǎn)。

This family opened a small restaurant.

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