人家

(rénjiā)

1. household; family

♦ 这个村子有百十户~。 There are a hundred or so families in this village.

♦ 那条路上找不到一户~。 No house can be seen on that road.

2. the family of a girl's fiancé

♦ 她有了~儿了。 She is engaged to be married.

人家
(rénjiɑ)

1. a person or persons other than the speaker or hearer

♦ ~都不怕, 就你怕。 No one else is afraid. It's only you who are afraid.

♦ ~能做到的, 我们也能做到。 What other people can do we can do, too. or If other people can do it, so can we.

2. with the person or persons referred to in a near context, roughly equivalent to the third personal pronoun

♦ 把信给~送去。 Take the letter to him (her, them).

3. (used before a nominal expression, usu. with liveliness of feeling)

♦ 说干活, 咱们可比不上~年轻的。 As for work, we can't compare with those young people.

4. (used rhetorically in place of the first personal pronoun, often playfully expressing displeasure)

♦ 你走慢点儿行不行, ~跟不上啊! Would you slow down? I can't keep up!

♦ 原来是你呀, 差点儿没把~吓死! Oh, it's only you! You almost scared me to death.