Word information
Simplified哀家
Traditional哀家
Pinyināi jiā
Part of speechDictionary
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Chinese word dictionary
哀家
āi jiā · I, me (self-referring by a widowed empress etc, used in historical novels and operas)
Character breakdown
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How to learn 哀家
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大家dàjiā
everyone; influential family; great expert
家jiāhome; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; CL:個|个[ge4]; used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]
家人jiārénfamily member; (old) servant
搬家bānjiāto move house; to relocate; to remove (sth)
国家guójiācountry; nation; state; CL:個|个[ge4]
画家huàjiāpainter; CL:個|个[ge4]