家
jiā
home; family
Every meaning
jiā
- home; family
- household
- (after a pronoun or name) that shop, brand or company (colloquial, as in 他家 or 它家)
- school of thought
- classifier for businesses and families
- (suffix) specialist; -ist (as in 作家)
jia
- (suffix) used after some nouns for a kind of person (as in 姑娘家)
In a sentence
这条街上有三家饭店。
There are three restaurants on this street.
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In the Library
罗小乐回到家。
第四，大熊猫的家在中国。
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去年，我去女朋友家，见她的爸爸妈妈。
Words with 家
Meanings are from Mandarin The Wild’s own dictionary. Levels follow the official HSK word list (the exam’s 2025 syllabus, levels 7–9 shown together).