HSK 6 · Family

家伙 jiāhuo “guy” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 家伙 means

  1. guy
  2. fellow
  3. tool
  4. household dish, implement or furniture
  5. domestic animal
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • (coll.) guy
  • chap
  • weapon

How to say 家伙

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale家jiā1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own伙huoneutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

家伙 in a sentence

  1. 离这家伙远点。

    Lí zhè jiāhuo yuǎn diǎn.

    Stay away from this guy.

    Sentence #5555538 from Tatoeba

  2. 在河里游泳的家伙是我朋友。

    Zài hé lǐ yóuyǒng de jiāhuo shì wǒ péngyou.

    The guy swimming in the river is my friend.

    Sentence #1974791 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 小家伙，你在看什么？

    Xiǎo jiāhuo, nǐ zài kàn shénme?

    What are you looking at, little one?

    Sentence #759304 from Tatoeba

How 家伙 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 家 (jiā) with each of its parts in a different colour
家jiāhome
  • 宀roof · miánMeaning part
  • 豕pig · shǐSound part

宀 hints at the meaning (roof); 豕 (shǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiā.

Memory aidA pig 豕 under a roof 宀: a home, a family.

The character 伙 (huǒ) with each of its parts in a different colour
伙huǒmealslight in 家伙
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 火fire · huǒSound part

亻 hints at the meaning (person); 火 (huǒ) hints at the sound. Compare it with huo.

How to write 家伙

家 10 strokes · 伙 6 strokes

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家伙 (jiāhuo) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 家伙 (jiāhuo). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 家伙

Words with 家

家jiā · home家人jiārén · family member大家dàjiā · everyone国家guójiā · country画家huàjiā · painter搬家bānjiā · to move house作家zuòjiā · writer家具jiājù · furniture家庭jiātíng · family家务jiāwù · household duties

Words with 伙

小伙子xiǎohuǒzi · young man伙伴huǒbàn · partner合伙héhuǒ · to form a partnership大伙儿dàhuǒr · everyone

More words: People, Body & Health

夫妇fūfù · married couple夫人fūrén · madam抚养fǔyǎng · to raise (a child)后代hòudài · descendants家属jiāshǔ · family member居民jūmín · resident君子jūnzǐ · gentleman配偶pèi'ǒu · spouse

FAQs

家伙 (jiāhuo) means “guy” or “fellow”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiāhuo: jiā with a 1st tone, then huo with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 家伙 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiahuo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 家伙 from the suggestions. Typing jiahuo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
家伙 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.