HSK 6 · Family

家属 jiāshǔ “family member” in Chinese

Traditional 家屬

What 家属 means

  1. family member
  2. dependant
  3. (family) dependent

How to say 家属

  • 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 third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale属shǔ3rd tone, dipping

家属 in a sentence

  1. 汤姆有家属需要赡养。

    Tāngmǔ yǒu jiāshǔ xūyào shànyǎng.

    Tom has dependants to support.

    Sentence #13598703 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 家属 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 属 (shǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
属shǔcategory
  • 尸corpse · shīMeaning part
  • 禹legendary Hsia dynasty founder · YǔSound part

尸 hints at the meaning (corpse); 禹 (Yǔ) hints at the sound. Compare it with shǔ.

How to write 家属

家 10 strokes · 属 12 strokes

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

Words related to 家属

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 属

属于shǔyú · to be classified as金属jīnshǔ · metal附属fùshǔ · affiliated下属xiàshǔ · subordinate

More words: People, Body & Health

夫人fūrén · madam抚养fǔyǎng · to raise (a child)后代hòudài · descendants家伙jiāhuo · guy居民jūmín · resident君子jūnzǐ · gentleman配偶pèi'ǒu · spouse乞丐qǐgài · beggar

FAQs

家属 (jiāshǔ) means “family member” or “dependant”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiāshǔ: jiā with a 1st tone, then shǔ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 家属 is written 家屬. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiashu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 家属 from the suggestions. Typing jiashu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
家属 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.