HSK 5 · Family

家庭 jiātíng “family” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 家庭 means

  1. family
  2. household

Measure word 户 hù · 一户家庭 yí hù jiātíng

How to say 家庭

  • 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 second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale庭tíng2nd tone, rising

家庭 in a sentence

  1. 教育从家庭开始。

    Jiàoyù cóng jiātíng kāishǐ.

    Education starts at home.

    Sentence #346757 from Tatoeba

  2. 这个家庭热情地接待了我。

    Zhè ge jiātíng rèqíng de jiēdài le wǒ.

    The family gave me a warm welcome.

    Sentence #444791 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你的家庭有多大？

    Nǐ de jiātíng yǒu duō dà?

    How big is your family?

    Sentence #6149013 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 家庭 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 庭 (tíng) with each of its parts in a different colour
庭tíngmain hall
  • 广shelter · guǎng
  • 廷courtyard · tíng

How to write 家庭

家 10 strokes · 庭 9 strokes

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

Words related to 家庭

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家务jiāwù · household duties家乡jiāxiāng · hometown

More words: People, Body & Health

姑姑gūgu · paternal aunt姑娘gūniang · girl伙伴huǒbàn · partner交往jiāowǎng · to associate with家务jiāwù · household duties嘉宾jiābīn · esteemed guest嫁jià · (of a woman) to marry舅舅jiùjiu · mother’s brother

FAQs

家庭 (jiātíng) means “family” or “household”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jiātíng: jiā with a 1st tone, then tíng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 家庭 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 户 (hù). For example, one family is 一户家庭 (yí hù jiātíng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiating with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 家庭 from the suggestions. Typing jiating into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
家庭 is an HSK 5 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.