home in Chinese

How to write 家

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家 is listed in the official HSK vocabulary at HSK 1. The beginner band covers the first, most essential words every learner needs.

家 in a sentence

• 我wǒ想xiǎng回huí家jiā。

  I want to go home.

• 我wǒ家jiā在zài北běi京jīng。

  My home is in Beijing.

• 欢huān迎yíng来lái我wǒ家jiā。

  Welcome to my home.

• 家jiā是shì最zuì温wēn暖nuǎn的de地dì方fāng。

  Home is the warmest place.

家 vs 家庭 vs 房子 vs 家人

Similar and easily confused words, and how they differ.

• 家庭 jiā tíng family; household

  家 covers 'home' and 'family' colloquially; 家庭 is the formal, sociological 'family' — 家庭背景 'family background'.

• 房子 fáng zi house (building)

  The physical building — 买房子 'buy a house'. 家 is home/family as a concept — 回家 'go home'.

• 家人 jiā rén family members

  家人 = the relatives themselves — 照顾家人 'take care of the family'. 家 is the place or the unit.