How to Say ‘How many people are in your family?’ in Traditional Chinese
你家有幾口人？
nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén
[Ni jyah yoh jee koe ren]
🇹🇼 In Taiwan: Asking about someone's family is a normal, friendly early question in Taiwan, much like asking where someone is from.
Phrase Breakdown
你家有
nǐ jiā yǒu
your family has
你家 (nǐ jiā) means 'your family/home'. 有 (yǒu) means 'has'.
你家有狗嗎？
Does your family have a dog?
Words in this phrase
你
nǐ
[Ni]
your
Indicating possession by the person being referred to.
你的杯子在這裡。
Your cup is here.
家
jiā
[jyah]
home; family
Refers to home or family, depending on the context.
你家裡有養狗嗎？
Do you have a dog at home?
有
yǒu
[yoh]
to have
Used to express possession, like “have” in English.
你有很多朋友。
You have many friends.
幾口人？
jǐ kǒu rén
how many people?
幾口人 (jǐ kǒu rén) asks how many family members there are. 幾 and 口 are both third tones, so 幾 rises.
你們家幾口人？
How many people are in your family?
Words in this phrase
幾
jǐ
[jee]
how many
Used in questions to ask a small or unspecified number.
你想買幾件T恤？
How many T-shirts do you want to buy?
口
kǒu
[koe]
person (for family members)
Measure word used in counting members of a family.
我們一家四口。
We are a family of four.
人
rén
[ren]
person; people
A human being or individual.
這裡的人都很樂於合作。
The people here are all happy to cooperate.
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