家伙 meaning and pronunciation

家伙
Simplified word
家夥
Traditional word

家伙 English definition

jiā huo

  • household dish, implement or furniture
  • domestic animal
  • guy (slang)
  • chap

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Characters

  • (jiā): 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[ge4];
  • (huǒ): meals (abbr. for 伙食[huo3 shi2]); variant of 夥|伙[huo3];