Chinese word

千家万户

Pronunciation

Pinyinqiān jiā wàn hù

Meaning

  • nounmany households

Example

春节时，千家万户都贴春联。chūn jié shí qiān jiā wàn hù dōu tiē chūn lián

During the Spring Festival, many households put up spring couplets.

Illustration for 千家万户 (many households)

More examples

台风来袭后，千家万户都受到了不同程度的影响。tái fēng lái xí hòu qiān jiā wàn hù dōu shòu dào le bù tóng chéng dù de yíng xiǎng

After the typhoon struck, many households were affected to different degrees.

Core concept

A society-wide field of households linked by the same situation.

Common phrases

  • 千家万户受到影响qiān jiā wàn hù shòu dào yíng xiǎng

    many households are affected

  • 深入千家万户shēn rù qiān jiā wàn hù

    reach deep into many households

Similar words

家家户户jiā jiā hù hù: All the households in an area, with attention to the same action or situation in each one.
各家各户gè jiā gè hù: Individual households taken one by one while referring to the whole group.

Definition in Chinese

表示许多家庭，常作主语或状语，用来突出某种情况在广泛家庭中的普遍性。biǎo shì xǔ duō jiā tíng cháng zuò zhú yǔ huò zhuàng yǔ yòng lái tū chū móu zhǒng qíng kuàng zài guǎng fàn jiā tíng zhōng de pǔ biàn xìng

Word origin

千 (qiān, "thousand") + 家 (jiā, "family") + 万 (wàn, "ten thousand") + 户 (hù, "household") use paired number and home terms to create a conventional image of households in great numbers.

Usage tips

  • In everyday Chinese, the word suits shared customs and public events that reach homes across a region, not only private activity inside one home.

Other meanings

  • every householdnoun

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