做 zuò to make / to produce / to write / to compose / to do / to engage in / to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc) / to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as / to be used for / to assume (an air or manner) syn 先生 xiān sheng teacher / gentleman / sir / mister (Mr.) / husband / (dialect) doctor / CL:位[wei4] syn 位 wèi position / location / place / seat / classifier for people (honorific) / classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes) / (physics) potential syn 高 gāo high / tall / above average / loud / your (honorific) syn 令 lìng to order / to command / an order / warrant / writ / to cause / to make sth happen / virtuous / honorific title / season / government position (old) / type of short song or poem syn 丈夫 zhàng fu husband syn 夫 fū husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old) syn 夫妇 夫婦 fū fù a (married) couple / husband and wife / CL:對|对[dui4] syn 士 shì member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker syn 殿下 diàn xià Your Majesty (honorific) / His or Her Highness syn 老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow / old man / father / husband syn 夫妻 fū qī husband and wife / married couple syn 前夫 qián fū former husband 公子 gōng zǐ son of an official / son of nobility / your son (honorific) syn 老头子 老頭子 lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man / (said of an aging husband) my old man syn 婆婆 pó po husband's mother / mother-in-law / grandma syn 分居 fēn jū to separate (married couple) / to live apart (of husband and wife, family members) 少爷 少爺 shào ye son of the boss / young master of the house / your son (honorific) syn 奉陪 fèng péi (honorific) to accompany / to keep sb company syn 府 fǔ seat of government / government repository (archive) / official residence / mansion / presidential palace / (honorific) Your home / prefecture (from Tang to Qing times) syn 女婿 nǚ xù daughter's husband / son-in-law syn 久仰 jiǔ yǎng honorific: I've long looked forward to meeting you. / It's an honor to meet you at last. syn 口子 kǒu zi hole / opening / cut / gap / gash / my husband or wife / classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc) / precedent syn 汉子 漢子 hàn zi man / fellow / (dialect) husband syn 大作 dà zuò your work (book, musical composition etc) (honorific) / to erupt / to begin abruptly syn 姐夫 jiě fu (coll.) older sister's husband syn 嫁人 jià rén (of a woman) to get married / to take a husband syn 千金 qiān jīn thousand jin 斤 (pounds) of gold / money and riches / (honorific) invaluable (support) / (honorific) daughter syn 令尊 lìng zūn Your esteemed father (honorific) syn 公公 gōng gong husband's father / father-in-law / grandpa / grandad / (old) form of address for a eunuch syn 妹夫 mèi fu younger sister's husband syn 高见 高見 gāo jiàn wise opinion / brilliant idea (honorific) syn 老伴 lǎo bàn (of an elderly couple) husband or wife syn 仁兄 rén xiōng (honorific written address) My dear friend syn 宽衣 寬衣 kuān yī please take off your coat (honorific) / loose-fitting garment syn 麾下 huī xià troops / subordinates / (honorific appellation for a general) syn 千秋 qiān qiū a thousand years / your birthday (honorific) 改口 gǎi kǒu to change one's tune / to modify one's previous remark / to change the way one addresses sb (as when one marries and starts to call one's husband's parents 爸爸[ba4 ba5] and 媽媽|妈妈[ma1 ma5]) syn 驾临 駕臨 jià lín to grace sb with one's presence / your arrival (honorific) / your esteemed presence syn 男方 nán fāng (of a marriage) the bridegroom's side / the husband's side 尊称 尊稱 zūn chēng to address sb deferentially / title / honorific syn 两口子 兩口子 liǎng kǒu zi husband and wife syn 姨父 yí fu husband of mother's sister / uncle syn 郎君 láng jūn my husband and master (archaic) / playboy of rich family / pimp syn 老公公 lǎo gōng gong old man / husband's father / father-in-law / court eunuch syn 令郎 lìng láng your esteemed son (honorific) syn 奉告 fèng gào (honorific) to inform syn 眷属 眷屬 juàn shǔ family member / husband and wife syn 大伯 dà bó husband's older brother / father's older brother (esp. his oldest brother) syn 婆家 pó jia husband's family syn 姑父 gū fu father's sister's husband / husband of paternal aunt / uncle syn 奉还 奉還 fèng huán to return with thanks / to give back (honorific) syn 禅师 禪師 chán shī honorific title for a Buddhist monk syn 赐教 賜教 cì jiào (honorific) to impart one's wisdom / to enlighten syn 珍重 zhēn zhòng precious / extremely valuable / (honorific) Please take good care of yourself! syn 姨丈 yí zhàng mother's sister's husband / husband of mother's sister syn 公婆 gōng pó husband's parents / parents-in-law syn 奉送 fèng sòng (honorific) to give syn 姑爷 姑爺 gū ye son-in-law (used by wife's family) / uncle (husband of father's sister) syn 借问 借問 jiè wèn (honorific) May I ask? syn 贵贱 貴賤 guì jiàn noble and lowly / high versus low social hierarchy of ruler to people, father to son, husband to wife in Confucianism 小姑 xiǎo gū father's youngest sister / husband's younger sister / sister-in-law syn 令堂 lìng táng (honorific) your mother syn 敬语 敬語 jìng yǔ honorific (e.g. in grammar of oriental languages) 高论 高論 gāo lùn enlightening remarks (honorific) / brilliant views 夫婿 fū xù (literary) husband syn 伉俪 伉儷 kàng lì husband and wife (literary) syn 道人 dào rén Taoist devotee (honorific) syn 叔公 shū gōng great uncle / grandfather's younger brother / husband's father's younger brother syn 姨夫 yí fu mother's sister's husband / husband of mother's sister syn 相公 xiàng gong lord / master / young gentleman / male prostitute / catamite / mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes / (old form of address for one's husband) husband syn 大姑 dà gū father's oldest sister / husband's older sister / sister-in-law syn 烈女 liè nǚ a woman who dies fighting for her honor or follows her husband in death syn 姊夫 zǐ fu older sister's husband syn 合葬 hé zàng to bury husband and wife together / joint interment 良人 liáng rén husband (arch.) syn 高足 gāo zú honorific: Your distinguished disciple / Your most brilliant pupil syn 人家 rén jiā household / dwelling / family / sb else's house / household business / house of woman's husband-to-be / CL:戶|户[hu4],家[jia1] syn 老公 lǎo gōng (coll.) husband syn 几位 幾位 jǐ wèi several people (honorific) / Ladies and Gentlemen! 进门 進門 jìn mén to enter a door / to go in / to learn the basics of a subject / to join one's husband's household upon marriage 女婿 nǚ xu daughter's husband / son-in-law syn 双飞 雙飛 shuāng fēi flying in pairs / close union as husband and wife / round-trip flight / (slang) threesome 天尊 tiān zūn (honorific appellation of a deity) 贵校 貴校 guì xiào (honorific) your school 鼎力 dǐng lì (honorific) your kind efforts / thanks to your help syn 老儿 老兒 lǎo ér father / husband / old man 小叔 xiǎo shū husband's younger brother / brother-in-law 高堂 gāo táng main hall / honorific for one's parents (old) 相夫教子 xiàng fū jiào zǐ to assist one's husband and educate the children (idiom) / the traditional roles of a good wife 仁波切 rén bō qiè Rinpoche (Tibetan honorific) 尊号 尊號 zūn hào honorific title / form of address reserved for a queen, ancestor, emperor etc 糟糠 zāo kāng chaff, husks, distillers' dregs etc (food eaten by the poor) / (fig.) rubbish / junk / (abbr. for 糟糠妻[zao1 kang1 qi1]) wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband syn 鸾凤 鸞鳳 luán fèng luan and phoenix / husband and wife / virtuous person / sovereign / belle syn 贵府 貴府 guì fǔ your home (honorific) 姑丈 gū zhàng husband of paternal aunt syn 奉迎 fèng yíng (honorific) to greet / to fawn 表姐夫 biǎo jiě fu husband of older female cousin via female line 贵 貴 guì expensive / (bound form) highly valued / precious / (bound form) noble / of high rank / (prefix) (honorific) your syn 