世家

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Chinese

 
life; age; generation
life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
 
home; family; ‑ist
home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
simp. and trad.
(世家)
anagram 家世

Pronunciation


Noun

世家

  1. aristocratic family; noble family
  2. family well-known for a specialty for generations
    音樂世家音乐世家  ―  yīnyuè shìjiā  ―  family of musicians
  3. hereditary house (term commonly used in Chinese-language historiography)

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