小說家

小说家
Xiǎoshuōjiā
School of Minor-talks, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家 zhūzǐbǎijiā during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)

CEDICT

Homographs

小說家 xiǎoshuōjiā novelist

Examples

他是一位小說家和詩人。

He is a novelist and poet.

Source: Tatoeba

我遇到一位小說家和一位詩人。

I met a novelist and a poet.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 小說 xiǎoshuō
  1. novel
  2. fiction

classifiers: 本, 部
=2 家 jiā used in 傢伙 jiāhuo and 傢俱 jiājù
=2 家 jiā
  1. home
  2. family
  3. (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)
  4. classifier for families or businesses
  5. refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China
  6. noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian

classifier: 個