家族 (jiā zú): family; clan

Meaning & Stroke Order

HSK 7noun

Word info

Pinyin
Meaning: family; clan
Characters: 2
Part of speech: noun
HSK level: HSK 7

Full definitions

family
clan

Chinese explanation

指以血缘或婚姻关系为基础、由多个家庭组成的社会群体，通常包括父母、子女、兄弟姐妹及其他亲属
也泛指具有共同祖先或同一姓氏的大家族。常用于强调世代相传的亲属关系与家庭背景。

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Character breakdown

HSK 1

home

HSK 5

race

Example sentences

Every Spring Festival, our entire extended family returns to our hometown to honor ancestors and have a reunion dinner together.

This family has lived in the town for over two hundred years; they ran a pharmacy and also a school, and many elderly people still remember them.

After Mr. Zhang passed away, the family genealogy he left behind is kept by the eldest uncle in the family, and every Qingming Festival everyone takes it out to look at.

She married into a large family and didn't adapt at first, but later gradually learned to get along with her sisters-in-law.

The siblings in this family are very united; when any household faces difficulties, the others actively offer help.

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