家人

jiā rén

HSK 3.0 Level 1 Noun Common

Definitions

1. family member

Word relationships

Antonyms

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• 外人 wài rén 外人 wài rén outsider 与家人相对，指非家庭成员: outsider

Related words

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• 亲人 qīn rén 亲人 qīn rén one's close relatives 强调亲近、有感情的家庭成员: one's close relatives
• 家属 jiā shǔ 家属 jiā shǔ family member 特指户主以外的家庭成员，常用于行政或法律场合: family member

Synonyms

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• 亲属 qīn shǔ 亲属 qīn shǔ kin 泛指有血缘或婚姻关系的家庭成员，用于更正式语境: kin

Usage notes

Collocations

'家人' is often paired with '和朋友' (and friends) in the phrase '家人和朋友' (family and friends).

Cultural notes

In Chinese culture, '家人' carries strong connotations of closeness and mutual support, and sometimes extends to close friends considered as family.

Example Sentences

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我每天都跟 家人 一起吃饭。

I eat with my family every day.

他狠心离开了 家人 。

He resolutely left his family.

请代我问候你的 家人 。

Please give my regards to your family.

他喜歡為 家人 做飯。

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Words Containing 家人

• 一家人 一家人 yī jiā rén: the whole family
• 一家人不说两家话 一家人不说两家话 yī jiā rén bù shuō liǎng jiā huà: lit. family members speak frankly with one another, not courteously, as if they were from two different families (idiom)
• 不是一家人不进一家门 不是一家人不进一家门 bù shì yī jiā rén bù jìn yī jiā mén: people who don't belong together, don't get to live together (idiom)
• 出家人 出家人 chū jiā rén: monk; nun (Buddhist or Daoist)
• 客家人 客家人 kè jiā rén: Hakka people
• 自家人 自家人 zì jiā rén: sb with whom one is on familiar terms

Child Words of 家人

• 人 人 rén: person; people
• 家 家 jiā: home