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人家

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Chinese

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man; person; people
home; family; ‑ist
home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
 
simp. and trad.
(人家)
anagram 家人

Pronunciation 1

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Noun

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人家

  1. family; household
    人家呢度 [Guangzhou Cantonese, trad.]
    人家呢度 [Guangzhou Cantonese, simp.]
    jau5 gei2 wu6 jan4 gaa1 zyu6 hai2 nei1 dou6. [Jyutping]
    There are several families living here.
  2. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) dwelling
  3. family of a girl's betrothed
  4. Used after a noun to specify a type of person.
Synonyms
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  • (family):
  • (household): 住戶住户 (zhùhù)
  • (Cantonese: type of person) (jiā)
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Pronunciation 2

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Pronoun

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人家

  1. (chiefly Mandarin, Wu) others (i.e. besides the speaker and the listener); everybody else
    人家孩子漂亮有才零分 [MSC, trad.]
    人家孩子漂亮有才零分 [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ kàn rénjia de háizi yòu piàoliàng yòu yǒucái, nǐ què kǎo ge língfēn. [Pinyin]
    Look at how other people's children are all not only pretty, but also talented. And you? Scored zero on your exam. (mother to child)
  2. (chiefly Mandarin, Wu) someone specific that the speaker does not wish to name explicitly: he; she; they
    人家壞話人家聽得懂中文 [MSC, trad.]
    人家坏话人家听得懂中文 [MSC, simp.]
    Bié shuō rénjia de huàihuà, rénjia tīng de dǒng zhōngwén. [Pinyin]
    Don't say bad stuff about him. He can understand Chinese.
  3. (chiefly Mandarin, chiefly women's speech, endearing) I; me (first-person singular pronoun)
    哪兒人家這兒半天 [MSC, trad.]
    哪儿人家这儿半天 [MSC, simp.]
    Shàng nǎr qù le, ràng rénjia zài zhèr děng bàntiān. [Pinyin]
    Where did you go? I've been waiting here forever.
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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
じん
Grade: 1

Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(じん)() (jinka

  1. house, dwelling

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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人家 (in'ga) (hangeul 인가)

  1. hanja form? of 인가 (house, dwelling)