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这家 (zhè jiā) — this (store/restaurant/hotel/company/establishment)

Definition

Pronoun meaning 'this (one)' — used to refer to a nearby shop, restaurant, hotel, or other business just mentioned, paired with the noun-classifier 家. Contrasted with 那家 ('that one').

pronoun
this (store/restaurant/hotel/company/establishment)

Examples

  • 这家，。
    zhè jiā Cài de là wèi zhèng hǎo, wǒ hěn xǐ huan.
    This restaurant's food has just the right spiciness; I like it very much.
  • ，这家。
    Zuó tiān wǒ men qù le nà jiā xīn kāi de jiǔ diàn, gǎn jué bù rú zhè jiā shū fu.
    Yesterday we went to that newly opened hotel; it didn't feel as comfortable as this one.
  • 这家。
    zhè jiā Yǐ jīng jīng yíng le èr shí nián.
    This company has been in business for twenty years.

Origin

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 這; 这 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辶Written in full as辵chuòwalk
Sound part声符shēngfú
言
言yán這zhè
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In the traditional form 這, 辶 (walk) combines with 言 for the sound. The character first meant “to meet” and was later used for “this”.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
宀宀miánroof
Sound part声符shēngfú
𢑓
𢑓𢑓家jiā
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The early drawing of 家 showed a roof 宀 over a male-pig sign 𢑓 that gave the pronunciation; the lower part later changed shape.

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