门 門 mén gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal / derived from Watergate) syn 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 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 配合 pèi hé matching / fitting in with / compatible with / to correspond / to fit / to conform to / rapport / to coordinate with / to act in concert with / to cooperate / to become man and wife / to combine parts of machine syn 老婆 lǎo pó (coll.) wife syn 妻子 qī zi wife syn 妻子 qī zǐ wife and children syn 宠物 寵物 chǒng wù house pet 奶奶 nǎi nai (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother) / (respectful) mistress of the house / CL:位[wei4] / (coll.) boobies / breasts syn 夫妇 夫婦 fū fù a (married) couple / husband and wife / CL:對|对[dui4] syn 太太 tài tai married woman / Mrs. / Madam / wife / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 屋子 wū zi house / room / CL:間|间[jian1] syn 媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law / wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation syn 嫂子 sǎo zi (coll.) older brother's wife / sister-in-law syn 入户 入戶 rù hù to enter sb's house / to obtain a residence permit 伯母 bó mǔ wife of father's elder brother / aunt / (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 急诊 急診 jí zhěn to give or receive urgent medical treatment / emergency treatment (at a hospital emergency department or from a doctor on a house call) syn 看家 kān jiā to look after the house / (of skill, ability) special / outstanding 私房 sī fáng privately-owned house / private rooms / private ownings syn 岳母 yuè mǔ wife's mother, mother-in-law syn 扶正 fú zhèng to set sth upright or straight / to promote an employee from part-time to full-time (or from deputy to principal) / (old) to raise from concubine to wife status 房舍 fáng shè house / building syn 小姨子 xiǎo yí zi (coll.) wife's younger sister / sister-in-law (term not used to directly address her) 怕老婆 pà lǎo pó henpecked / to be under one's wife's thumb 灯头 燈頭 dēng tóu electric light socket / burner (component of a kerosene lamp) / light (as a countable item, e.g. number of lights fitted in a house) 屋宇 wū yǔ (literary) house / building syn 家宅 jiā zhái home / residence / house syn 双号 雙號 shuāng hào even number (on a ticket, house etc) 黄金屋 黃金屋 huáng jīn wū lit. house made of gold / fig. luxurious residence 贤慧 賢慧 xián huì (of a wife) wise and kind / perfect in her traditional roles 军嫂 軍嫂 jūn sǎo serviceman's wife / wives of military personnel 表嫂 biǎo sǎo wife of older male cousin via female line 发妻 髮妻 fà qī first wife syn 裙带关系 裙帶關係 qún dài guān xi favoritism shown to sb because of the influence of the person's wife or other female relative / (by extension) favoritism towards relatives, friends or associates 广 yǎn "house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc syn 孙媳妇 孫媳婦 sūn xí fu son's son's wife / grandson's wife syn 楼 樓 lóu house with more than 1 story / storied building / floor / CL:層|层[ceng2],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4] syn 寄 jì to send / to mail / to entrust / to depend on / to attach oneself to / to live (in a house) / to lodge / foster (son etc) syn 娶 qǔ to take a wife / to marry (a woman) syn 女人 nǚ ren wife syn 酒店 jiǔ diàn wine shop / pub (public house) / hotel / restaurant / (Tw) hostess club syn 出版社 chū bǎn shè publishing house 房屋 fáng wū house / building / CL:所[suo3],套[tao4] syn 房子 fáng zi house / building (single- or two-story) / apartment / room / CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],套[tao4],間|间[jian1] syn 夫妻 fū qī husband and wife / married couple syn 房价 房價 fáng jià house price / cost of housing 上门 上門 shàng mén to drop in / to visit / to lock a door / (of a shop) to close / to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family syn 二手房 èr shǒu fáng second-hand house / house acquired indirectly through a middle-man 买房 買房 mǎi fáng to buy a house 山庄 山莊 shān zhuāng manor house / villa / (used in hotel names) syn 少爷 少爺 shào ye son of the boss / young master of the house / your son (honorific) syn 电工 電工 diàn gōng electrician / electrical engineering / electrical work (in a house) 客栈 客棧 kè zhàn tavern / guest house / inn / hotel syn 搬家 bān jiā to move house / to relocate / to remove (sth) syn 招租 zhāo zū (of a house or room) to be for rent syn 新房 xīn fáng brand new house / bridal chamber syn 家门 家門 jiā mén house door / family clan syn 葫芦 葫蘆 hú lu calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) / hoist / generic term for block and tackle (or parts thereof) / muddled / (poker) full house 摆设 擺設 bǎi shè to set out / to display / to furnish (a room or house) syn 白宫 白宮 bái gōng White House 房租 fáng zū rent for a room or house 老板娘 lǎo bǎn niáng female proprietor / lady boss / boss's wife syn 主妇 主婦 zhǔ fù housewife / woman of senior authority in a household / the lady of the house / hostess syn 双飞 雙飛 shuāng fēi flying in pairs / close union as husband and wife / round-trip flight / (slang) threesome 宝库 寶庫 bǎo kù treasure-house / treasury / treasure-trove (often fig., book of treasured wisdom) syn 大妈 大媽 dà mā father's elder brother's wife / aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman) syn 前妻 qián qī ex-wife / late wife syn 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife / sister-in-law / elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) syn 娘子 孃子 niáng zǐ (dialect) form of address for one's wife / polite form of address for a woman syn 大娘 dà niáng (coll.) father's older brother's wife / aunt (polite address) syn 名门 名門 míng mén famous family / prestigious house syn 二奶 èr nǎi mistress / second wife / lover syn 眷属 眷屬 juàn shǔ family member / husband and wife syn 岳父 yuè fù wife's father, father-in-law 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 印刷厂 印刷廠 yìn shuā chǎng printing house / print shop 老伴 lǎo bàn (of an elderly couple) husband or wife syn 平房 píng fáng bungalow / single-story house 书局 書局 shū jú bookstore / publishing house 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 房主 fáng zhǔ landlord / house owner syn 咖啡屋 kā fēi wū coffee house / café / CL:家[jia1] 分居 fēn jū to separate (married couple) / to live apart (of husband and wife, family members) 收容 shōu róng to provide a place to stay / to house / to accommodate / (of an institution etc) to take in / to accept syn 民宅 mín zhái house / people's homes syn 书社 書社 shū shè a reading group / press (i.e. publishing house) 厢房 廂房 xiāng fáng wing (of a traditional house) / side room syn 主人翁 zhǔ rén wēng master (of the house) / main character in a novel etc / hero or heroine syn 民房 mín fáng private house 娶妻 qǔ qī to take a wife / to get married (man) 四合院 sì hé yuàn courtyard house with a fully enclosed courtyard (type of Chinese residence) 门牌 門牌 mén pái door plate / house number 危房 wēi fáng decrepit house syn 江青 jiāng qīng Jiang Qing (1914-1991), Mao Zedong's fourth wife and leader of the Gang of Four 咱家 zán jiā I / me / we / my home / our house syn 鬼屋 guǐ wū haunted house 妻儿 妻兒 qī ér wife and child syn 歌剧院 歌劇院 gē jù yuàn opera house syn 两院 兩院 liǎng yuàn two chambers (of legislative assembly), e.g. House of Representatives and Senate 