谁家 (shéi) — whose (house/family)
Definition
Used in questions about whose family or household something belongs to (whose dog, whose child). Note the tone contour: shéi, not shuí.
pronoun
whose (house/family)
Examples
- 谁家？Zhè shì shéi de hái zi?Whose child is this?
- 谁家？shéi De gǒu pǎo chū lái le?Whose dog ran out?
- 谁家？Nǐ zhù zài shéi?Whose house do you live in?
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