家 jiā

  1. jiā noun house; home; residence
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Family
    Notes: For example, 家喻户晓 'every family and household knows' (CCI p. 34; Guoyu '家' n 1; Kroll 2015 '家' 1, p. 191; Mathews 1931 '家', p. 79; NCCED '家' 1; Unihan '家')
  2. jiā noun family
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Family
    Notes: (Guoyu '家' n 2; Guoyu '家' n 2; Kroll 2015 '家' 2, p. 191; Mathews 1931 '家', p. 79; NCCED '家' 2; Unihan '家')
  3. jiā bound form a specialist
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: A specialist in a particular field; for example, 科学家 'scientist' (Guoyu '家' n 5; Mathews 1931 '家', p. 79; NCCED '家' 4)
  4. jiā noun a group of people devoted to the same ideal; school of thought
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For example, 儒家 'Confucianism' (Guoyu '家' n 3; Kroll 2015 '家' 6, p. 191; NCCED '家' 10; Yao 2000, p. 27)
  5. jiā measure word measure word for families, companies, etc
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
    Notes: (Guoyu '家' n 9; NCCED '家' 12)
  6. jiā noun a family or person engaged in a particular trade
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: For example, 商家 'merchant' (Guoyu '家' n 4; Kroll 2015 '家' 6, p. 191; NCCED '家' 3)
  7. jiā noun a person with particular characteristics
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: For example, 野心家 'a person focussed on ambition' (NCCED '家' 5)
  8. jiā noun someone related to oneself in a particular way
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: For example, 亲家 'same family' (NCCED '家' 6)
  9. jiā adjective domestic
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (NCCED '家' 8)
  10. jiā noun ethnic group; nationality
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (NCCED '家' 9)
  11. jiā noun side; party
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (NCCED '家' 11)
  12. jiā noun dynastic line
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '家' 2b, p. 191)
  13. jiā noun a respectful form of address
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Used for elder members of the same family; for example, 家兄 'elder brother' (Guoyu '家' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '家' 3, p. 191; Mathews 1931 '家', p. 79)
  14. jiā noun a familiar form of address
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Used between husband and wife (Kroll 2015 '家' 4, p. 191)
  15. jiā noun school; sect; lineage
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: For example, 五家 five Chan schools of Buddhism (FGDB '五家'; Kroll 2015 '家' 6a, p. 191)
  16. jiā noun I; my; our
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For example, 自家 'self' (Guoyu '家' 6)
  17. jiā noun district
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: An administrative district in ancient China (Guoyu '家' n 7)
  18. jiā noun private propery
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 私有财产 (Guoyu '家' n 8)
  19. jiā proper noun Jia
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '家' n 10)
  20. jiā verb to reside; to dwell
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 居住 (Guoyu '家' v)
  21. gū noun lady
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: A respectful form of address for a woman; for example, 大家 (Guoyu '家' gū; Kroll 2015 '家' gū)
  22. jiā noun house; gṛha
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: gṛha, Japanese: ke, Tibetan: khyim (BCSD '家', p. 381; DJBT '家', p. 422; Mahāvyutpatti 'gṛham'; MW 'gṛha'; SH '家', p. 323)

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