小家庭

xiǎojiātíng

noun #28,968

Measure Word

一个小家庭 gè

Meanings

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

Characters

courtyard / household

Examples

HSK 6

现代人更倾向于小家庭生活方式。

Xiàndàirén gèng qīngxiàng yú xiǎojiātíng shēnghuó fāngshì.

Modern people tend to prefer the nuclear family lifestyle.

HSK 7-9

他们组建了自己的小家庭。

Tāmen zǔjiàn le zìjǐ de xiǎojiātíng.

They have started their own nuclear family.

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

小 xiǎo

家 jiā

庭 tíng