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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
一家人
- all of the same family; the whole family
只要一家人能團聚，受多少罪，吃多少苦，我都不怕。
只要一家人能团聚，受多少罪，吃多少苦，我都不怕。 - Zhǐyào yījiārén néng tuánjù, shòu duōshǎo zuì, chī duōshǎo kǔ, wǒ dōu bùpà.
- As long as the family can be reunited, I am willing to endure any kind of hardship that comes my way.
爸爸失去了工作，一家人的生活全靠媽媽支撐。
爸爸失去了工作，一家人的生活全靠妈妈支撑。 - Bàba shīqù le gōngzuò, yījiārén de shēnghuó quán kào māma zhīchēng.
- Dad lost his job, so the whole family had to be supported by mum.
- (figurative) group of people who have close, family-like relationships
Synonyms
- (all of the same family):
- 一家 (yījiā)
- 一家伙 (Hokkien)
- 一家伙仔 (Hokkien)
- 一家子 (yījiāzi)
- 一屋裏 / 一屋里 (Xiang)
- 全家 (quánjiā)
- 冚家 (ham6 gaa1) (Cantonese, vulgar)
- 合家 (héjiā) (literary)
- 滿門 / 满门 (mǎnmén) (literary)
- 老小 (lǎoxiǎo) (literary)
- 規家伙 (Hokkien)
- 規家伙仔 (Hokkien)
- 規家口仔 / 规家口仔 (Hokkien)
- 通家 (tōngjiā) (literary)
- 闔家 / 阖家 (héjiā) (literary, honorific)
Derived terms