Chinese word

重组家庭

Pronunciation

Pinyinchóng zǔ jiā tíng

Meaning

  • nounstepfamily

Example

我小时候在一个重组家庭长大。wǒ xiǎo shí hòu zài yí gè chóng zǔ jiā tíng zhǎng dà

As a child, I grew up in a stepfamily.

Illustration for 重组家庭 (stepfamily)

More examples

父母再婚后，他们组成了一个重组家庭。fù mǔ zài hūn hòu tā men zǔ chéng le yí gè chóng zǔ jiā tíng

After their parents remarried, they formed a stepfamily.

Core concept

A newly joined family unit in which remarriage connects adults and children from earlier family lives.

Common phrases

  • 在重组家庭长大zài chóng zǔ jiā tíng zhǎng dà

    grow up in a stepfamily

  • 重组家庭的孩子chóng zǔ jiā tíng de hái zi

    child in a stepfamily

  • 父母组建的重组家庭fù mǔ zǔ jiàn de chóng zǔ jiā tíng

    a stepfamily formed by the parents

Similar words

再婚家庭zài hūn jiā tíng: A family formed after one or both parents marry again.
单亲家庭dān qìng jiā tíng: A household in which only one parent raises the children.
继父母jì fù mǔ: Adults who take on a parent's role without being the child's biological parents.
继子女jì zí nǚ: Children from an earlier family who are not the biological children of a parent's new spouse.

Definition in Chinese

指由父母再婚或原有家庭成员合并而形成的新家庭，通常包含继父母或继子女等非完全血缘的成员。zhǐ yóu fù mǔ zài hūn huò yuán yǒu jiā tíng chéng yuán hé bìng ér xíng chéng de xīn jiā tíng tōng cháng bāo hán jì fù mǔ huò jì zí nǚ děng fēi wán quán xuè yuán de chéng yuán

Word origin

重组 (chóngzǔ, "reorganize") + 家庭 (jiātíng, "family") forms a modern compound that presents family life as a new arrangement of existing members.

Usage tips

  • This noun focuses on the present household rather than explaining its history, so additional context is needed when the reason for the new household matters.

Opposites

  • 原生家庭yuán shēng jiā tíngfamily of originnoun
  • 传统家庭chuán tǒng jiā tíngtraditional familynoun

Related words

  • 重组chóng zǔreorganizeverb
  • 家庭重组jiā tíng chóng zǔfamily reorganizationnoun

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