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人家

Mandarin · pinyin rén jiā#

Meanings · rén jiā

  1. household
  2. dwelling
  3. family
  4. sb else's house
  5. household business
  6. house of woman's husband-to-be
  7. Classifier: 戶 hù, 家 jiā
Mandarin · pinyin rén jia#

Meanings · rén jia

  1. other people
  2. sb else
  3. he, she or they
  4. I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people")
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人
rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
家
jiā · house, home, residence; family
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2–1 · ren2 jia1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jan4 gaa1

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noun

  1. family; household
  2. dwelling
  3. family of a girl's betrothed
  4. Used after a noun to specify a type of person.

pron

  1. (chiefly Mandarin, Wu) others (i.e. besides the speaker and the listener); everybody else
  2. (chiefly Mandarin, Wu) someone specific that the speaker does not wish to name explicitly: he; she; they
  3. (chiefly Mandarin, chiefly women's speech, endearing) I; me (first-person singular pronoun)

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人家 · ren2 jia1 · ren2 jia5
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Exact source records人家 人家 [ren2 jia1] /household/dwelling/family/sb else's house/household business/house of woman's husband-to-be/CL:戶|户[hu4],家[jia1]/人家 人家 [ren2 jia5] /other people/sb else/he, she or they/I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people")/