家小 (jiā) — wife and children; (in narrower usage) wife

Definition

Examples

• 他带着家小搬到南方去了。
  Tā dài zhe jiā bān dào nán fāng qù le.
  He moved to the south with his wife and children.
• 他的家小都在乡下，每年春节才团聚。
  Tā de jiā dōu zài xiāng xia, měi nián chūn jié cái tuán jù.
  His wife and children are all in the countryside; they only reunite for Spring Festival every year.
• 一个人照顾一大家家小，真的很不容易。
  Yí gè rén zhào gù yí dà jiā jiā, zhēn de hěn bù róng yì.
  It's really not easy for one person to take care of a whole family of wife and children.