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全家

quán jiā · quan jia/Quán jiā · quan jia

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Meaning

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quán jiā 全家

  1. whole family

Quán jiā 全家

  1. FamilyMart (convenience store chain)
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Grandpa leads the hike

  1. Dengdeng

    周末(zhōumò)我们(wǒmen)全家(quánjiā)去(qù)爬山(páshān)。

    This weekend our whole family is going hiking.

  2. Liangliang

    全家(quánjiā)都(dōu)去(qù)？爷爷(yéye)也(yě)去(qù)？

    The whole family? Grandpa too?

  3. Dengdeng

    爷爷(yéye)走(zǒu)得(de)最(zuì)快(kuài)，全家(quánjiā)都(dōu)跟(gēn)不上(bùshàng)他(tā)。

    Grandpa walks the fastest. The whole family cannot keep up.

  4. Liangliang

    爷爷(yéye)真(zhēn)厉害(lìhai)。

    Grandpa is impressive.

  5. Dengdeng

    所以(suǒyǐ)我们(wǒmen)全家(quánjiā)决定(juédìng)，下次(xiàcì)要(yào)多(duō)锻炼(duànliàn)。

    So the whole family decided to exercise more next time.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)全(quán)家(jiā)都(dōu)在(zài)农(nóng)场(chǎng)工(gōng)作(zuò)。

All of his family work on a farm.

Tatoeba: Chinese by notabene · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

奶(nǎi)奶(nai)去(qù)世(shì)让(ràng)全(quán)家(jiā)都(dōu)受(shòu)了(le)打(dǎ)击(jī)。

Grandmother's passing away came as a great blow to the entire family.

Tatoeba: Chinese by ydcok · English by FeuDRenais2 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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全
quán

all; whole

家
jiā

home; family

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