家
jiā
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Home; a family, a household. 回家 is 'to go home', 在家 'at home', 我家 'my home' or 'my family'. It is also the measure word for shops, restaurants and companies: 一家公司 'a company'. At the end of a word it means a specialist: 画家 'a painter', 专家 'an expert'.
Nhà, nơi mình ở; cũng chỉ gia đình. 回家 là về nhà, 在家 là ở nhà, 我家 là “nhà tôi” (ngôi nhà hoặc gia đình). Còn là lượng từ cho cửa hàng, nhà hàng, công ty: 一家公司 (một công ty). Đứng cuối từ thì chỉ người chuyên về một lĩnh vực: 画家 (hoạ sĩ), 专家 (chuyên gia).
NounRegister: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 063 (2026-11-14). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ · No Vietnamese entry is linked as its twin; the Hán-Việt reading is given character by character. Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Common questions
What does “家” mean?
Home; a family, a household. 回家 is 'to go home', 在家 'at home', 我家 'my home' or 'my family'. It is also the measure word for shops, restaurants and companies: 一家公司 'a company'. At the end of a word it means a specialist: 画家 'a painter', 专家 'an expert'.
Is “家” formal or informal?
家 is generally neutral.