小家庭

xiǎojiātíng
noun #28,968

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 nuclear family
  2. 2 small family unit (husband, wife, and children)

Examples

Tāmen zǔjiàn le zìjǐ de xiǎojiātíng.
They have started their own nuclear family.
Xiàndài rén gèng qīngxiàng yú xiǎojiātíng shēnghuó fāngshì.
Modern people tend to prefer the nuclear family lifestyle.

Tips

culture
小家庭 contrasts with the traditional extended family (大家庭 dàjiātíng) common in Chinese culture. With urbanization and the one-child policy era, the nuclear family became the dominant household structure.

Stroke Order

xiǎo
jiā
tíng