Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

jiā

ㄐㄧㄚ

  1. 1home
  2. 2family
  3. 3(polite) my (sister, uncle etc)
  4. 4classifier for families or businesses
  5. 5refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China
  6. 6noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian
Example

我在家。

wǒ zàijiā

I am at home.

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