HSK 6 · Adjectives

家喻户晓 jiāyùhùxiǎo “known to everyone” in Chinese

Traditional 家喻戶曉

What 家喻户晓 means

  1. known to everyone
  2. a household name
  3. understood by everyone (idiom)
  4. well known

How to say 家喻户晓

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale喻yù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale户hù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale晓xiǎo3rd tone, dipping

家喻户晓 in a sentence

  1. 这个故事在中国家喻户晓。

    Zhè ge gùshi zài Zhōngguó jiāyùhùxiǎo.

    This story is known to every household in China.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他是一位家喻户晓的演员。

    Tā shì yí wèi jiāyùhùxiǎo de yǎnyuán.

    He’s a household-name actor.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 家喻户晓 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 喻 (yù) with each of its parts in a different colour
喻yùto describe sth as
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part
  • 俞to consent · yúSound part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 俞 (yú) hints at the sound. Compare it with yù.

The character 户 (hù) with each of its parts in a different colour
户hùa household
  • 丶dot · zhǔ
  • 尸corpse · shī
The character 晓 (xiǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour
晓xiǎodawn
  • 日sun · rìMeaning part
  • 尧a legendary ancient emperor-sage · YáoSound part

日 hints at the meaning (sun); 尧 (Yáo) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiǎo.

How to write 家喻户晓

家 10 strokes · 喻 12 strokes · 户 4 strokes · 晓 10 strokes

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

Words related to 家喻户晓

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 喻

比喻bǐyù · metaphor不言而喻bùyán'éryù · self-evident

Words with 户

窗户chuānghu · window账户zhànghù · bank account客户kèhù · client用户yònghù · user

More words: Adjectives

简要jiǎnyào · brief坚硬jiānyìng · hard娇气jiāoqì · fragile侥幸jiǎoxìng · lucky机动jīdòng · motorised极端jíduān · extreme杰出jiéchū · outstanding寂静jìjìng · quiet

FAQs

家喻户晓 (jiāyùhùxiǎo) means “known to everyone” or “a household name”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiāyùhùxiǎo: jiā with a 1st tone, then yù with a 4th tone, then hù with a 4th tone, then xiǎo 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, 家喻户晓 is written 家喻戶曉. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiayuhuxiao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 家喻户晓 from the suggestions. Typing jiayuhuxiao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
家喻户晓 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.