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家庭 — meaning in English

jiā tíng

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English meaning

  • familial adjective Relating to a family, or passed down within one.
  • family noun A group of people related by blood, marriage, or adoption, especially parents and their children.
  • household noun All the people who live together in one home, including family and any live-in staff.
  • parentage noun The identity and nature of one's parents, and in particular, the legitimacy of one's birth.

Senses

家庭 is used for these senses in English:

  • familial Of or pertaining to any grouping of things referred to as a family.
  • family A nuclear family: a mother and father who are married and cohabiting and their child or children.
  • family (music) A group of instruments having the same basic method of tone production.
  • parentage The identity and nature of one's parents, and in particular, the legitimacy of one's birth.

family — full definition

  1. noun A group of people related by blood, marriage, or adoption, especially parents and their children.
  2. noun A group of related things classified together, such as a category in biology or a set of related languages.
  3. adjective Suitable for both children and adults.

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