Chinese

搬家

bānjiā
to move house; to move to a new home
  • HSK 3
  • TOCFL 4

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  • characterChinese搬 “to move; to shift the position of; to transport (something large)”
    • meaningChinese手 “hand (Classifier: 隻/只 m c mn; 雙/双 m mn; 對/对 c)”
    • soundChinese般 “sort; kind; class”
  • characterChinese家 “home”
    • meaningChinese宀 “a type of deep house with walls on all four sides, a roof, a main hall, and back rooms”
    • soundChinese𢑓 “pig.”
    • soundChinese豭 “boar; male pig”
      • meaningChinese豕 “pig; boar”
      • soundChinese叚 “original form of 假 (jiǎ, “to borrow”)”
        • ideaChinese爪 “claw (of animal, bird); talon; paw; nail”
        • ideaChinese又 “again; once more”
        • ideaChinese石 “stone; rock (Classifier: 嚿 c; 塊/块 c)”

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