WordTaiwan frequency #19,963
無家可歸
ㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄎㄜˇ ㄍㄨㄟ
“homeless; having no home to return to”
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無
ㄨˊ
Not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less; used in Buddhist phrases like 'namo'.
家
ㄐㄧㄚ
Home; house; family; refers to a school of thought; classifier for families or businesses; noun suffix for a specialist; polite term for relatives.
可
ㄎㄜˇ
Able to; can; may; to permit; to approve; suitable; worth; but; however; certainly; very.
歸
ㄍㄨㄟ
To return; to go back; to give back; to belong to; to gather; to depend on; a woman marrying.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 可以ㄎㄜˇ ㄧˇcan; may; to be able to; to be possible; not bad; pretty good
- 可能ㄎㄜˇ ㄋㄥˊpossible; might happen; maybe; perhaps; possibility; probability.
- 無法ㄨˊ ㄈㄚˇunable to; incapable of; no way to; no method to
- 國家ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄐㄧㄚcountry; nation; state; a political entity with territory, people, sovereignty, and government; a community sharing language, culture, society, and history.
- 大家ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄚeveryone; all people; a great expert or master; an influential or prominent family
- 可是ㄎㄜˇ ㄕˋbut; however; yet; indeed; could it be that; just happens to be
- 家庭ㄐㄧㄚ ㄊㄧㄥˊfamily; household; a group of people related by marriage, blood, adoption, or cohabitation living together.
- 家人ㄐㄧㄚ ㄖㄣˊfamily members; household members; (old) servants; (I Ching) a hexagram symbolizing inner family order.
- 不可ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇcannot; must not; should not; impossible; not allowed.
- 回家ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄚto go home; to return home
- 家長ㄐㄧㄚ ㄓㄤˇparent or guardian of a child; family head; patriarch; (archaic) husband; (archaic) master (addressed by servants); (archaic) boat owner
- 不可能ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄋㄥˊimpossible; not possible; cannot happen or be done.