私家 meaning in English

sījiā

private; privately owned or managed

17 strokes

Meaning of 私家

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

sījiā
  1. private
  2. privately owned or managed

私家 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

这zhè个ge男nán子zi竟jìng然rán是shì一yí个gè私sī家jiā侦zhēn探tàn。
The man turned out to be a private detective.
私sī家jiā侦zhēn探tàn们men受shòu雇gù调diào查chá这zhè桩zhuāng奇qí怪guài的de案àn件jiàn。
Private detectives were hired to look into the strange case.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

私 sī · personal · 7 strokes

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  7. 7

家 jiā · home · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 私家.

回家huí jiāto return home
国家guójiācountry; nation; state
家里jiā lihome
家人jiārénfamily member; (old) servant
在家zàijiāto be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差
大家dàjiāeveryone; influential family
家庭jiātíngfamily; household
作家zuòjiāauthor
科学家kēxuéjiāscientist
家长jiāzhǎnghead of a household; family head
全家quánjiāwhole family
画家huàjiāpainter

Questions about 私家

What does 私家 mean?

私家 (sījiā) means "private; privately owned or managed".

How do you write 私家?

私家 is made of 2 characters: 私 (7 strokes), 家 (10 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.