jiā

家 (jiā) is a Chinese word meaning “home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)”.

Meanings

  1. 1home
  2. 2family
  3. 3(polite) my (sister, uncle etc)
  4. 4classifier for families or businesses
  5. 5refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China
  6. 6noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian
  7. 7CL:個|个[ge4]
Part of speech
noun, measure word

Related words

Study Chinese with flashcards →