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咱家

Mandarin · pinyin zá jiā#

I
me
my
(often used in early vernacular literature)

Mandarin · pinyin zán jiā#

I
me
we
my home
our house

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咱: zán · we, us
家: jiā · house, home, residence; family

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2–1 · za2 jia1

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(archaic, dialectal Mandarin, vulgar) I; me

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