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自家人

zì jiā réndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
sb with whom one is on familiar terms / sb from the same place (same house, same town etc) / one of us
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-78a5306de7ad3916. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

自家人 自家人 [zi4 jia1 ren2] /sb with whom one is on familiar terms/sb from the same place (same house, same town etc)/one of us/

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Reference information

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Character information

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  • 自
    zì

    (bound form) self / oneself / from / since / naturally / as a matter of course

  • 家
    jiā

    used in 傢伙|家伙[jiā huo] and 傢俱|家俱[jiā jù] / home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:個|个[gè]

  • 人

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