家财

家財
jiācái
noun #33,081

Meanings

  1. 1 family wealth
  2. 2 household property
  3. 3 personal estate

Examples

Tā jìchéngle yí dà bǐ jiācái.
He inherited a large family fortune.
Zhè chǎng dà huǒ shāoguāngle tā de jiācái.
The fire burned away all his household wealth.

Tips

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Slightly literary / older. Modern speech tends to use 家产 (jiāchǎn, family property), 财产 (cáichǎn, property / assets), or 家底 (jiādǐ, family savings, more colloquial). 家财 ("a family wealth of ten thousand strings of cash") is the set chengyu meaning fabulously wealthy.

Stroke Order

jiā
cái