# 家伙 (jiāhuo)

In Mandarin Chinese, 家伙 (jiāhuo) means “guy; chap (informal); weapon (slang)”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: guy; chap (informal); weapon (slang)
- Pinyin: jiāhuo (jia1 huo5)
- Traditional: 傢伙
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 那个家伙跑得真快。
  Nàge jiāhuo pǎo de zhēn kuài.
  That guy runs really fast.

## Characters

- [家](https://hanziro.com/word/jia-home/) (jiā): home; family
- [伙](https://hanziro.com/word/huo-groups/) (huǒ): (measure word) for groups; partner

https://hanziro.com/word/jia-huo-guy/

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