呢 nī this (Cantonese) / see also 哩[li1] syn 基 jī (bound form) base / foundation / (bound form) radical (chemistry) / (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese) syn 出门 出門 chū mén to go out / to leave home / to go on a journey / away from home / (of a woman) to get married syn 点心 點心 diǎn xin light refreshments / pastry / dim sum (in Cantonese cooking) / dessert syn 夏娃 xià wá Eve, the first woman (transcription used in Protestant versions of the Bible) (from Hebrew Ḥawwāh, probably via Cantonese 夏娃 {Haa6waa1}) 母鸡 母雞 mǔ jī hen / don't know (humorous slang mimicking Cantonese 唔知, Jyutping: m4 zi1) syn 家居 jiā jū home / residence / to stay at home (unemployed) syn 主场 主場 zhǔ chǎng (sports) home ground / home field / (sports) home game / main venue (for a festival etc) 居家 jū jiā to live at home / to stay at home / home (schooling etc) / in-home (care etc) / household (repairs etc) / living (environment etc) syn 按揭 àn jiē a mortgage (loanword via Cantonese) / to buy property on a mortgage 宾至如归 賓至如歸 bīn zhì rú guī guests feel at home (in a hotel, guest house etc) / a home away from home syn 街市 jiē shì downtown area / commercial district / (chiefly Cantonese) wet market, i.e. a marketplace selling fresh meat, fish and vegetables etc 粤语 粵語 yuè yǔ Cantonese language 恋家 戀家 liàn jiā home-loving / to feel a strong attachment to home life / to begrudge being away from home syn 饮茶 飲茶 yǐn chá to have tea and refreshments / to have dim sum lunch (Cantonese) syn 敬老院 jìng lǎo yuàn senior citizens' home / old folks' home syn 临门 臨門 lín mén to arrive home / facing one's home / home-coming / (soccer) facing the goalmouth 粤菜 粵菜 yuè cài Cantonese cuisine 家庭影院 jiā tíng yǐng yuàn home cinema / home theater 无厘头 無厘頭 wú lí tóu silly talk or "mo lei tau" (Cantonese), genre of humor emerging from Hong Kong late in the 20th century 埋单 埋單 mái dān to pay the bill (in a restaurant etc) (loanword from Cantonese) / (fig.) to bear responsibility 广东人 廣東人 guǎng dōng rén Cantonese (people) 广东话 廣東話 guǎng dōng huà Cantonese language 粤剧 粵劇 yuè jù Cantonese opera syn 烧腊 燒臘 shāo là barbecue (Cantonese style) 吉列 jí liè breaded and fried cutlet (loanword via Cantonese) 牛腩 niú nǎn brisket (esp. Cantonese) / belly beef / spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs / erroneously translated as sirloin 叫鸡 叫雞 jiào jī rooster / cock / (slang) (Cantonese) to visit a prostitute 大黄鱼 大黃魚 dà huáng yú Croceine croaker (Pseudosciaena crocea), a fish popular in Cantonese cooking syn 唔 wú oh (expression of agreement or surprise) / (Cantonese) not syn 佬 lǎo male / man (Cantonese) syn 哩 lī this (Cantonese) / see also 呢[ni1] / see also 哩哩羅羅|哩哩罗罗[li1 li1 luo1 luo1] syn 宅 zhái residence / (coll.) to stay in at home / to hang around at home syn 曲奇 qǔ qí cookie (loanword via Cantonese 曲奇 kuk1 kei4) 噼 pī child's buttocks (esp. Cantonese) / (onom.) crack, slap, clap, clatter etc 呔 tāi tie / necktie / tire (Cantonese) syn 粤 粵 yuè Cantonese / short name for Guangdong 廣東|广东[Guang3 dong1] 乜 miē used in 乜斜[mie1xie5] / (Cantonese) what? syn 叶落归根 葉落歸根 yè luò guī gēn a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom) / everything has its ancestral home / In old age, an expatriate longs to return home. syn 豉油 chǐ yóu soy sauce (chiefly in Cantonese and Hakka areas) 本垒 本壘 běn lěi (baseball) home base / home plate 腩 nǎn brisket / belly beef / spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs / see 牛腩[niu2 nan3] esp. Cantonese / erroneously translated as sirloin 家 jiā home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 回家 huí jiā to return home syn 家里 家裡 jiā lǐ home syn 在家 zài jiā to be at home / (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差[chu1chai1]) / (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家[chu1jia1]) 出走 chū zǒu to leave home / to go off / to run away syn 家园 家園 jiā yuán home / homeland syn 老家 lǎo jiā native place / place of origin / home state or region syn 请便 請便 qǐng biàn Please do as you wish! / You are welcome to do whatever you like! / Please make yourself at home. syn 外边 外邊 wài bian outside / outer surface / abroad / place other than one's home syn 故乡 故鄉 gù xiāng home / homeland / native place / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 府 fǔ seat of government / government repository (archive) / official residence / mansion / presidential palace / (honorific) Your home / prefecture (from Tang to Qing times) syn 养老院 養老院 yǎng lǎo yuàn nursing home syn 归宿 歸宿 guī sù place to return to / home / final destination / ending 屋檐 屋簷 wū yán eaves / roof (i.e. home) syn 回国 回國 huí guó to return to one's home country 主页 主頁 zhǔ yè home page 家用 jiā yòng home-use / domestic / family expenses / housekeeping money syn 娘家 niáng jia married woman's parents' home syn 家常便饭 家常便飯 jiā cháng biàn fàn simple home-style meal / common occurrence / nothing out of the ordinary syn 土生土长 土生土長 tǔ shēng tǔ zhǎng locally born and bred / indigenous / home-grown syn 远行 遠行 yuǎn xíng a long journey / far from home syn 安家 ān jiā to settle down / to set up a home syn 登门 登門 dēng mén to visit sb at home syn 异乡 異鄉 yì xiāng foreign land / a place far from home syn 乡亲 鄉親 xiāng qīn fellow countryman (from the same village) / local people / villager / the folks back home syn 平淡无奇 平淡無奇 píng dàn wú qí ordinary and mediocre (idiom) / nothing to write home about syn 寒舍 hán shè my humble home syn 出诊 出診 chū zhěn to visit a patient at home (of a doctor) / house call 抛售 拋售 pāo shòu to dump (selling abroad more cheaply than cost price at home) syn 容身 róng shēn to find a place where one can fit in / to make one's home / to seek shelter syn 随遇而安 隨遇而安 suí yù ér ān at home wherever one is (idiom) / ready to adapt / flexible / to accept circumstances with good will syn 串门 串門 chuàn mén to call on sb / to drop in / to visit sb's home syn 静默 靜默 jìng mò silent / still / quiet / to mourn in silence / to observe silence / (neologism c. 2022) to stay at home during a pandemic syn 家常菜 jiā cháng cài home cooking 闯荡 闖盪 chuǎng dàng to leave home to make one's way in the world / to leave the life one knows to seek success syn 探亲 探親 tàn qīn to go home to visit one's family syn 安身 ān shēn to make one's home / to take shelter syn 新居 xīn jū new residence / new home 寄居 jì jū to live away from home syn 迎娶 yíng qǔ (of a groom) to fetch one's bride from her parents' home to escort her to the wedding ceremony / (fig.) to take as one's wife / to marry (a woman) syn 返乡 返鄉 fǎn xiāng to return to one's home town syn 流离失所 流離失所 liú lí shī suǒ destitute and homeless (idiom) / forced from one's home and wandering about / displaced syn 便饭 便飯 biàn fàn an ordinary meal / simple home cooking syn 中外 zhōng wài Sino-foreign / Chinese-foreign / home and abroad syn 故里 gù lǐ home town / native place syn 归国 歸國 guī guó to go home (to one's native country) / to return from abroad 府上 fǔ shàng (polite) your home / residence 切中 qiè zhòng to hit the target (esp. in argument) / to strike home syn 偏方 piān fāng folk remedy / home remedy syn 返家 fǎn jiā to return home syn 国内外 國內外 guó nèi wài domestic and international / at home and abroad 乡里 鄉里 xiāng lǐ one's home town or village syn 荣归 榮歸 róng guī to return home with honor syn 钉子户 釘子戶 dīng zi hù householder who refuses to vacate his home despite pressure from property developers 归途 歸途 guī tú the way back / one's journey home 家信 jiā xìn letter (to or from) home syn 单方 單方 dān fāng unilateral / one-sided / home remedy / folk prescription(same as 丹方) / single-drug prescription (same as 奇方[ji1 fang1], one of the seven kinds of prescriptions of Chinese medicine 七方[qi1 fang1]) / metaphorically. a good solution syn 