世家
Chinese
life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime | home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools | ||
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simp. and trad. (世家) | 世 | 家 | |
anagram | 家世 |
Pronunciation
Noun
世家
- aristocratic family; noble family
- family well-known for a specialty for generations
- 音樂世家/音乐世家 ― yīnyuè shìjiā ― family of musicians
- hereditary house (term commonly used in Chinese-language historiography)
Related terms
- 世族 (shìzú)
- 士族 (shìzú)