家属 meaning and pronunciation

家属
Simplified word
家屬
Traditional word

家属 English definition

jiā shǔ

  • family member
  • (family) dependent

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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];
  • (shǔ): category; genus (taxonomy); family members; dependents; to belong to; subordinate to; affiliated with; be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals); to be; to prove to be; to constitute;