成家
chéngjiā
to get married and establish a household
Characters in this word
家 jiā
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Made of
- 宀 roof 豕 pig, boar
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他并不急着成家，因为眼下还有许多职业目标没有完成。 Tā bìng bù jí zhe chéngjiā, yīnwèi yǎnxià hái yǒu xǔduō zhíyè mùbiāo méiyǒu wánchéng. He is not in a hurry to start a family, because he still has many career goals to complete.
- 哥哥去年成家，现在已经有了一个孩子。 Gēge qùnián chéngjiā, xiànzài yǐjīng yǒu le yí ge háizi. My elder brother started a family last year and already has a child.
- 爷爷那一辈人大多二十岁左右就成家了。 Yéye nà yí bèi rén dàduō èrshí suì zuǒyòu jiù chéngjiā le. Most of grandfather's generation started families at around twenty.
Related words
- 变成 biànchéng to turn into; to become
- 成 chéng to become
- 成绩 chéngjì grades; results
- 成为 chéngwéi to become
- 完成 wánchéng to complete
- 组成 zǔchéng to form; to make up
- 成功 chénggōng success; successful
- 成果 chéngguǒ result; achievement
- 成就 chéngjiù achievement
- 成立 chénglì to be founded
- 成熟 chéngshú mature; ripe
- 成员 chéngyuán member