Definition
谁家 is a contraction of 谁 (who) + 家 (home/family), used as a possessive interrogative to ask "whose house/family?" — often seen in 谁家的 + noun (e.g., 孩子, 狗, 车). It can also more broadly mean "whose" in other contexts.
pr.
whose (house/family)
Examples
- 谁家？Zhè shì shéi de háizi?Whose child is this?
- 谁家？shéi de gǒu pǎo chūlái le?Whose dog ran out?
- 谁家？Nǐ zhù zài shéi?Whose house do you live in?
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