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家世

jiāshì
noun HSK 7-9 #50,037

Meanings

  1. 1 family background
  2. 2 lineage; ancestry

Examples

HSK 5
他从不提自己的家世。
Tā cóngbù tí zìjǐ de jiāshì.
He never mentions his own family background.
HSK 7-9
老先生的家世可以追溯到清代。
Lǎo xiānsheng de jiāshì kěyǐ zhuīsù dào Qīngdài.
The old gentleman's family line can be traced back to the Qing dynasty.
HSK 7-9
相亲的时候，双方难免会打听家世。
Xiāngqīn de shíhou, shuāngfāng nánmiǎn huì dǎting jiāshì.
When people meet through a matchmaker, both sides inevitably ask about family background.

Tips

register
A written, formal word. In conversation the same question comes out as 家庭背景, or simply asking what someone's parents do.
usage
The line you come from, not your own story. 身世 is the personal history, and it usually implies a hard one, an orphan has a 身世, an old family has a 家世.

Stroke Order

家 jiā
世 shì