How to say 大家

  • Traditional characters: 大家
  • Pinyin (Taiwan standard): dà jiā
  • Zhuyin (bopomofo): ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄚ
  • Meaning: everyone

Hear it in a Taiwan accent:

大家 in example sentences

Real lines from CiaoSpeak’s graded stories, each with pinyin, an English translation and Taiwan-accent audio.

你已經準備了，不要緊張。第一句先說：「謝謝大家今天來。」

nǐ yǐ jīng zhǔn bèi le bú yào jǐn zhāng dì yī jù xiān shuō xiè xie dà jiā jīn tiān lái

You've already prepared — don't be nervous. Open with: 'Thank you all for coming today.'

From the story 準備簡報 (Getting Ready for the Presentation)

謝謝大家今天來…謝謝大家今天來…好，記住了。

xiè xie dà jiā jīn tiān lái xiè xie dà jiā jīn tiān lái hǎo jì zhù le

Thank you all for coming today... thank you all for coming today... okay. Got it.

From the story 準備簡報 (Getting Ready for the Presentation)

那個時間，村子裡沒有人會往山上走，除非有事情要瞞著大家。

nà ge shí jiān cūn zi lǐ méi yǒu rén huì wǎng shān shàng zǒu chú fēi yǒu shì qíng yào mán zhe dà jiā

At that hour, no one in the village had reason to head up the mountain — unless there was something they meant to keep hidden.

From the story 鎖著的門，空著的鉤子 (A Locked Door, an Empty Hook)

小雨聽完，心裡忽然一沉——她一直在找錯方向，真正該被懷疑的，或許是大家都不敢懷疑的那個人。

Xiǎoyǔ tīng wán xīn lǐ hū rán yì chén tā yì zhí zài zhǎo cuò fāng xiàng zhēn zhèng gāi bèi huái yí de huò xǔ shì dà jiā dōu bù gǎn huái yí de nà ge rén

Xiaoyu's heart sank as she listened — she'd been looking in entirely the wrong direction. The one who truly deserved suspicion might be the one person no one dared suspect.

From the story 布包裡的秘密 (What Was Under His Arm)

「我不想嚇壞大家。」他看著自己的手，「也不想承認，我的眼睛和手，已經不像從前那麼可靠了。」

wǒ bù xiǎng xià huài dà jiā tā kàn zhe zì jǐ de shǒu yě bù xiǎng chéng rèn wǒ de yǎn jīng hé shǒu yǐ jīng bú xiàng cóng qián nà me kě kào le

'I didn't want to frighten everyone.' He looked down at his own hands. 'And I didn't want to admit that my eyes and my hands aren't what they used to be.'

From the story 老敲鐘人瞞著的事 (What the Old Bell-Keeper Was Hiding)

Where 大家 is taught

  • Unit level: TOCFL Novice 2 (CiaoSpeak’s placement, not the official TOCFL word list)
  • Unit: People, Actions & Questions
  • Lesson: Everyone & Others
  • Taught just before: 什麼時候
  • Taught just after: 自己