家 (gaa1 | jia1) : home; family; specialist

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家

gaa1

jia1

[1] home; family; household
[2] specialist in a certain field
[3] person of certain trade or characteristics
[4] school of thought
[5] party; side; contender
[6] classifier for firms or other enterprises

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Stroke count: 10

Level: 1

Radical: 宀 (#40)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

家

This word has been viewed 31974 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 27th Jun 2013 05:06

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大家 daai6 gaa1 da4 jia1 = everybody

國家 gwok3 gaa1 guo2 jia1 = country

家人 gaa1 jan4 jia1 ren2 = one's family

而家 ji4 gaa1 er2 jia1 = now; this moment 粵

一家大細 jat1 gaa1 daai6 sai3 = All Members of the Family.

搬家 bun1 gaa1 ban1 jia1 = move house 國

回家 wui4 gaa1 hui2 jia1 = return home; go home 國

家姐 gaa1 ze2*1 = elder sister 粵

全家 cyun4 gaa1 = the entire family

作家 zok3 gaa1 zuo4 jia1 = author; writer
See all 471 compounds (CantoDict reports 525 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 49 examples containing 家

而家幾點鐘? 而家係三點三個字。粵
What time is it now? It's a quarter past three.

我哋而家出門[口] 粵
We're leaving now.
[literally, "We're going out the front door now." - the 口 is optional.]

而家幾點(鐘)？粵
What is the time now?

我同佢而家冇拍拖粵
I'm not dating her any more.
[Lit. I with her now don't have dating, i.e. we split up. 而家我同佢冇拍拖 is also valid.]

你而家喺日本粵
You're in Japan at the moment
[Lit. you now at Japan Std. Chinese: 你現在身處日本]

而家差兩個字七點粵
It's ten to seven now.
[Lit. now different two [counter] five-minutes seven o'clock]

我而家要決定。粵
I have to decide now.

你喺邊一個國家來㗎？粵
Which country are you from?

希望大家有個輕鬆悠閑嘅聖誕節粵
I hope we have a relaxing Christmas.

希望大家過個輕鬆悠閒的聖誕節國
I hope we have a relaxing Christmas.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 家
Unicode code for this character: U+5bb6 (off-site link)

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