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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 人家

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
人家 rén jiā - household
- dwelling
- family
- sb else's house
- household business
- house of woman's husband-to-be
- CL:戶|户[hu4],家[jia1]
人家 rén jia - other people
- sb else
- he, she or they
- I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people")

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
6 4 2,369 1,335 619

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
rén- person; people
- CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
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]
jiā- used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1ju4]

Other Words Containing 人家

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
人家 6 4 2,369 1,335 619
老人家 - 8 10,121 7,158 5,451
女人家 - - 38,521 78,260 58,685