家 (jiā) means Family (home - domestic). Below are 24 of the 570 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
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From the graded readers
大 家 鼓掌了。
dàjiā gǔzhǎng le / liǎo / liào.
The audience applauded.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · My First Speech
我很爱我的 家 。
wǒ hěn ài wǒ de(possessive) jiā.
I love my family very much.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Family
我 家 离学校不远。
wǒ jiā lí xuéxiào bùyuǎn.
My home isn't far from school.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going to School
上个月我搬 家 了。
shànggèyuè wǒ bānjiā le / liǎo / liào.
I moved house last month.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Moving House
八点，我在 家 吃早饭。
bā diǎn, wǒ zàijiā chī zǎofàn.
At eight I eat breakfast at home.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Day
我离开老 家 已经十年了。
wǒ líkāi lǎojiā yǐjīng shínián le / liǎo / liào.
It's been ten years since I left my home town.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Going Back Home
我们跑回 家 ，衣服都湿了。
wǒmen pǎo huíjiā, yīfu dōu shī le / liǎo / liào.
We ran home and our clothes were soaked.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · The Weather Today
From the travel phrasebook
你们是厂 家 吗？
Nǐmen shì chǎngjiā ma?
Are you the manufacturer?
Travel phrasebook · Sourcing online (1688 and Alibaba)
这 家 餐厅很好。
Zhè jiā cāntīng hěn hǎo.
This is a lovely restaurant.
Travel phrasebook · Business dining and toasting
From the grammar library
你 家 有几个人？
Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ ge rén?
How many people are in your family?
Grammar library · HSK 1 · Question words stay in place
我 家 有三只猫。
Wǒ jiā yǒu sān zhī māo.
We have three cats.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · Measure words — the top 25
我晚上在 家 看电视。
Wǒ wǎnshang zài jiā kàn diànshì.
I watch TV at home in the evening.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · Word order — Subject + Verb + Object
家 appears in 570 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 家
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 家
How is 家 used in a sentence?
This page shows 570 sentences using 家 (jiā, "Family (home - domestic)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 家 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 家 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 家 an HSK word?
Yes — 家 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 家?
The dictionary page for 家 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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