家小

Mandarin · pinyin jiā xiǎo

Meanings

  1. wife and children
  2. wife
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家
jiā · house, home, residence; family
小
xiǎo · small, tiny, insignificant
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1–3 · jia1 xiao3

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noun

  1. (literary) wife and children
  2. (Suzhounese) wife

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