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家庭
jiātíng
Main
English Definitionfamily; household
Simplified Script家庭
Traditional ScriptSame
Pinyinjiātíng
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄐㄧㄚ ㄊㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping)gaa1ting4
Part of Speech(名) noun
Measure Words户, 个
Topical Word Lists
Owner of society/family/kinship
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=2 TOCFL=3
Word Decomposition
家jiāhome; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); measure word 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
庭tíngmain hall; front courtyard; law court

Related Words

Words With Same Head Word    
家人jiārénhousehold; (one's) family
家具jiājùfurniture
家长jiāzhǎnghead of a household; family head; patriarch; parent or guardian of a child
家乡jiāxiānghometown; native place
家电jiādiànhousehold electric appliance; abbr. for 家用电器
Words With Same Tail Word    
法庭fǎtíngcourt of law
开庭kāitíngto begin a (judicial) court session
出庭chūtíngto appear in court
大家庭dàjiā tíngextended family; big family; harmonious group
大相径庭dà xiāng jìngtíngas different as can be (idiom); poles apart
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