Chinese mnemonics and annotator
Matthews
Compositions
Explanation of characters by Herbert A. Giles
| 家 |
Chia is composed of 冖 mien shelter as radical, and 豭 chia a boar, abbreviated, as phonetic. It is the equivalent of our word home, a pig under a roof forming an ideogram which should be especially suggestive to our neighbours in the sister isle. |
Chinese-English (CC-CEDICT)
家
傢
jiā
see 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5]
家
jiā
home/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]/surname Jia
Phrases ending with the given character
丢丟diū
到到dào
家家jiā
to lose (face) utterly
企企qǐ
业業yè
家家jiā
entrepreneur
作zuò
曲qǔ
家jiā
composer/songwriter
做zuò
人rén
家jiā
thrifty/economical
冒冒mào
险險xiǎn
家家jiā
adventurer
分fēn
析xī
家jiā
(political) analyst
剧劇jù
作作zuò
家家jiā
playwright
化化huà
学學xué
家家jiā
chemist
占zhān
星xīng
家jiā
astrologer
史史shǐ
学學xué
家家jiā
historian
吉jí
野yě
家jiā
Yoshinoya (Japanese fast food chain)
名名míng
画畫huà
家家jiā
famous painter
哲哲zhé
学學xué
家家jiā
philosopher
回huí
娘niáng
家jiā
(of a wife) to return to her parental home/(fig.) to return to one's old place, job, school etc
回huí
老lǎo
家jiā
to go back to one's roots/to return to one's native place/by ext. to join one's ancestors (i.e. to die)
外wài
交jiāo
家jiā
diplomat
梦夢mèng
想想xiǎng
家家jiā
dreamer/visionary
女nǚ
管guǎn
家jiā
housekeeper
宋sòng
四sì
家jiā
four famous Song calligraphers, namely: Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼[Su1 Shi4], Huang Tingjian 黃庭堅|黄庭坚[Huang2 Ting2 jian1], Mi Fu 米芾[Mi3 Fu2] and Cai Xiang 蔡襄[Cai4 Xiang1]
实實shí
干幹gàn
家家jiā
sb who gets things done/doer
实實shí
业業yè
家家jiā
industrialist
专專zhuān
门門mén
家家jiā
specialist
小小xiǎo
说說shuō
家家jiā
novelist/School of Minor-talks, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家[zhu1 zi3 bai3 jia1] during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
希xī
西xī
家jiā
Hezekiah or Ezekias (740-687 BC), twelfth king of Judah (Judaism)
思sī
想xiǎng
家jiā
thinker
慈cí
善shàn
家jiā
philanthropist/humanitarian/charity donor
战戰zhàn
略略lǜe
家家jiā
a strategist
戏戲xì
剧劇jù
家家jiā
dramatist/playwright
批批pī
评評píng
家家jiā
critic
投投tóu
资資zī
家家jiā
investor
指指zhǐ
挥揮huī
家家jiā
conductor (music)
探探tàn
险險xiǎn
家家jiā
explorer
摄攝shè
影影yǐng
家家jiā
photographer
收shōu
藏cáng
家jiā
a collector (e.g. of artworks)
改gǎi
革gé
家jiā
reformer
政zhèng
治zhì
家jiā
statesman/politician/CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
教jiào
育yù
家jiā
educationalist
数數shù
学學xué
家家jiā
mathematician
文文wén
学學xué
家家jiā
writer/man of letters/CL:個|个[ge4]
新xīn
儒rú
家jiā
New Confucianism, a social and political movement founded in 1920s China that combines aspects of Western and Eastern philosophy/see also 當代新儒家|当代新儒家[Dang1 dai4 Xin1 Ru2 jia1]
星xīng
命mìng
家jiā
astrologer (esp. Daoist)
星xīng
相xiàng
家jiā
astrologer
书書shū
法法fǎ
家家jiā
calligrapher
书書shū
画畫huà
家家jiā
calligrapher and painter
核核hé
国國guó
家家jiā
nuclear nations
杨楊yáng
福福fú
家家jiā
Yang Fujia (1936-), nuclear physicist, famous for Yang-Mills gauge theory
歌gē
唱chàng
家jiā
singer
历歷lì
史史shǐ
家家jiā
historian
水shuǐ
利lì
家jiā
water manager/hydraulic engineer
法法fǎ
学學xué
家家jiā
jurist/member of the pre-Han legalist school
活活huó
动動dòng
家家jiā
political activist
演演yǎn
讲講jiǎng
家家jiā
orator
汉漢hàn
学學xué
家家jiā
sinologist/scholar of Chinese
漫漫màn
画畫huà
家家jiā
cartoon writer (from Japanese mangaka)
理理lǐ
学學xué
家家jiā
scholar of the rationalist school of Neo-Confucianism 理學|理学[Li3 xue2]
理理lǐ
论論lùn
家家jiā
theorist/theoretician
男nán
管guǎn
家jiā
butler/majordomo/housekeeper
登dēng
山shān
家jiā
mountaineer
发發fā
明明míng
家家jiā
inventor
神神shén
学學xué
家家jiā
theologian
科科kē
学學xué
家家jiā
scientist/CL:個|个[ge4]
算suàn
命mìng
家jiā
fortune-teller
编編biān
译譯yì
家家jiā
translator and editor
编編biān
辑輯jí
家家jiā
editor/compiler
纵縱zòng
横橫héng
家家jiā
School of Diplomacy of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) whose leading advocates were Su Qin 蘇秦|苏秦[Su1 Qin2] and Zhang Yi 張儀|张仪[Zhang4 Yi2]
美měi
食shí
家jiā
gourmet
翻翻fān
译譯yì
家家jiā
translator (of writings)
老lǎo
人rén
家jiā
polite term for old woman or man
考kǎo
古gǔ
家jiā
archaeologist
臧zāng
克kè
家jiā
Zang Kejia (1905-2004), Chinese poet
舞wǔ
蹈dǎo
家jiā
dancer
航háng
海hǎi
家jiā
mariner/seafarer
艺藝yì
术術shù
家家jiā
artist/CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
观觀guān
察察chá
家家jiā
observer/The Observer (UK newspaper)
评評píng
论論lùn
家家jiā
critic/reviewer
诡詭guǐ
辩辯biàn
家家jiā
sophist/one who relies on specious arguments
资資zī
本本běn
家家jiā
capitalist
走zǒu
娘niáng
家jiā
(of a wife) to visit one's parental home
军軍jūn
事事shì
家家jiā
military expert/general
运運yùn
动動dòng
家家jiā
athlete/sportsman/activist
过過guò
家家jiā
家家jiā
to play house
道dào
德dé
家jiā
Daoist
医醫yī
学學xué
家家jiā
medical scientist
金jīn
融róng
家jiā
financier/banker
银銀yín
行行háng
家家jiā
banker
钢鋼gāng
琴琴qín
家家jiā
pianist
鉴鑒jiàn
赏賞shǎng
家家jiā
connoisseur/appreciative person/fan
阴陰yīn
阳陽yáng
家家jiā
School of Yin-Yang of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) founded by Zou Yan 鄒衍|邹衍[Zou1 Yan3]
雄雄xióng
辩辯biàn
家家jiā
orator
雕diāo
刻kè
家jiā
sculptor
革gé
命mìng
家jiā
a revolutionary
音音yīn
乐樂yuè
家家jiā
musician
预預yù
言言yán
家家jiā
prophet
马馬mǎ
三三sān
家家jiā
Masanjia town in Yuhong District 于洪區|于洪区[Yu2 hong2 Qu1] in Liaoning, known for its labor camp where Falun Gong practitioners etc are believed to have been detained and tortured