Meaning of 无家可归
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
wújiākěguī
- (idiom) homeless
无家可归 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
他们无家可归。
They have no house to live in.
他无家可归。
He has no house to live in.
当我无家可归的时候，我常在那张长椅上睡觉。
I often slept on that bench when I was homeless.
那些无家可归的人每天过著仅够糊口的生活。
Those homeless people are living hand-to-mouth.
Stroke order for each character
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无 wú · not to have · 4 strokes
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家 jiā · home · 10 strokes
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可 kě · can · 5 strokes
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归 guī · to return · 5 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 无家可归.
| 回家 | huí jiā | to return home |
| 国家 | guójiā | country; nation; state |
| 家里 | jiā li | home |
| 家人 | jiārén | family member; (old) servant |
| 在家 | zàijiā | to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差 |
| 可以 | kěyǐ | can; may |
| 可能 | kěnéng | might (happen); possible |
| 大家 | dàjiā | everyone; influential family |
| 可是 | kěshì | but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed |
| 可爱 | kě'ài | adorable; cute |
| 可怕 | kěpà | awful; dreadful |
| 家庭 | jiātíng | family; household |
Questions about 无家可归
What does 无家可归 mean?
无家可归 (wújiā-kěguī) means "(idiom) homeless".
How do you write 无家可归?
无家可归 is made of 4 characters: 无 (4 strokes), 家 (10 strokes), 可 (5 strokes), 归 (5 strokes). That is 24 strokes in total.
Is 无家可归 an HSK word?
Yes. 无家可归 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 无家可归 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 无家可归 is written 無家可歸.