The family is watching a movie together.
一家人
the whole family
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Meaning and common use
the whole family
members of the same family (lit. or fig.)
How 一家人 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 一家人 appears in 8 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
The family ate dinner together.
The family eats breakfast on the balcony.
Words that keep company with 一家人.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 一家人.
Directly before
- 是一家人1
- 市长一家人1
- 琼斯一家人1
- 这一家人1
- 不是一家人1
Directly after
- 一家人一起2
- 一家人一整天1
- 一家人爱1
- 一家人在1
- 一家人的1
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
About 一家人
What does 一家人 mean in Chinese?
一家人 (yījiārén) means the whole family.
How do you pronounce 一家人?
一家人 is pronounced yījiārén.
Is 一家人 an HSK word?
一家人 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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