"(literary) residence" Chinese-English Dictionary

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家室 jiā shì wife / family / (literary) residence syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4-liu4] "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but / however / (literary) only / just syn
(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but / then / (bound form) standard / norm / (bound form) principle / (literary) to imitate / to follow / classifier for written items syn
住处 住處 zhù chù residence / dwelling
住所 zhù suǒ habitation / dwelling place / residence / CL:處|处[chu4] syn
住宅 zhù zhái residence / dwelling / abode syn
seat of government / government repository (archive) / official residence / mansion / presidential palace / (honorific) Your home / prefecture (from Tang to Qing times) syn
烟火 煙火 yān huǒ smoke and fire / cooked food / (literary) beacon fire / (literary) descendants / posterity syn
定居 dìng jū to settle (in some city, country etc) / to take up residence syn
污秽 污穢 wū huì (literary) dirty / filthy / (literary) dirt / filth syn
家居 jiā jū home / residence / to stay at home (unemployed) syn
朦胧 朦朧 méng lóng (literary) (of moonlight) dim / (literary) murky / indistinct syn
移居 yí jū to migrate / to move to a new place of residence syn
官邸 guān dǐ official residence syn
居留 jū liú residence / to reside syn
窈窕 yǎo tiǎo (literary) (of a woman) graceful and refined / comely / (esp.) slender / slim / (literary) (of a bower, a mountain stream or a boudoir within a palace etc) secluded syn
户口 戶口 hù kǒu population (counted as number of households for census or taxation) / registered residence / residence permit / (in Hong Kong and Macau) bank account syn
公馆 公館 gōng guǎn residence (of sb rich or important) / mansion syn
府邸 fǔ dǐ mansion house / official residence syn
踌躇 躊躇 chóu chú to hesitate / (literary) to pace back and forth / (literary) self-satisfied syn
住家 zhù jiā residence / household / to reside syn
新居 xīn jū new residence / new home
先祖 xiān zǔ (literary) my deceased grandfather / (literary) ancestors syn
宅子 zhái zi house / residence syn
故居 gù jū former residence syn
常住 cháng zhù long-term resident / permanent residence / eternalism (permanence of soul, Sanskrit Sassatavada)
府上 fǔ shàng (polite) your home / residence
迁居 遷居 qiān jū to move (from one residence to another) syn
斐然 fěi rán (literary) of great literary talent / (literary) (of achievements etc) brilliant / outstanding syn
文采 wén cǎi literary talent / literary grace / rich and bright colors syn
暂住证 暫住證 zàn zhù zhèng temporary residence permit
行宫 行宮 xíng gōng temporary imperial residence
文体 文體 wén tǐ genre of writing / literary form / style / literary recreation and sporting activities
他日 tā rì (literary) some day / (literary) days in the past syn
惺忪 xīng sōng drowsy-eyed / (literary) wavering / indecisive / (literary) awake / conscious / clearheaded syn
周章 zhōu zhāng (literary) effort / trouble / pains (to get sth done) / (literary) frightened / terrified
名士 míng shì (old) a person of literary talent / a celebrity (esp. a distinguished literary person having no official post) syn
户口本 戶口本 hù kǒu běn household register / household registration booklet / residence certificate syn
旅居 lǚ jū to stay away from home / residence abroad / sojourn syn
旧居 舊居 jiù jū old residence / former home syn
家宅 jiā zhái home / residence / house syn
居留证 居留證 jū liú zhèng residence permit
四合院 sì hé yuàn courtyard house with a fully enclosed courtyard (type of Chinese residence)
瑶池 瑤池 yáo chí the Jade lake on Mount Kunlun, residence of Xi Wangmu 西王母
府第 fǔ dì mansion house / official residence syn
彪炳 biāo bǐng (literary) (of deeds, accomplishments etc) to shine brightly (in the annals of history etc) / (literary) outstanding / splendid / glorious
旧宅 舊宅 jiù zhái former residence syn
户型 戶型 hù xíng configuration of rooms in a residence (e.g. 3BR 2 Bath)
所见 所見 suǒ jiàn (literary) what one sees / (literary) opinion / view
入户 入戶 rù hù to enter sb's house / to obtain a residence permit
达人 達人 dá rén (coll.) expert / connoisseur / guru / enthusiast / geek (influenced by Japanese 達人 "tatsujin" c. 2000) / (literary) sensible person / person who understands life / (literary) optimist
眉宇 méi yǔ (literary) forehead / (literary) countenance / features syn
居所 jū suǒ residence syn
东瀛 東瀛 dōng yíng (literary) East China Sea / (literary) Japan syn
惺惺 xīng xīng (literary) awake / (literary) intelligent / clever
顾盼 顧盼 gù pàn (literary) to look around / (literary) to care for syn
婵娟 嬋娟 chán juān (literary) beautiful woman / (literary) lovely / graceful / (literary) the moon syn
所居 suǒ jū residence / dwelling / dwelling place
居住证 居住證 jū zhù zhèng residence permit
北漂 běi piāo to migrate to Beijing or Taipei in search of better job opportunities / migrant worker living and working in Beijing or Taipei without a residence permit
花厅 花廳 huā tīng reception pavilion (generally part of a large residence, and often built in a garden)
黄金屋 黃金屋 huáng jīn wū lit. house made of gold / fig. luxurious residence
宅第 zhái dì residence / mansion syn
祖居 zǔ jū former residence / one's original home syn
整饬 整飭 zhěng chì (literary) to put in good order / to make shipshape / (literary) orderly / neat / tidy syn
睚眦 睚眥 yá zì (literary) to glare in anger / (literary) (fig.) a small grievance syn
liáo (coll.) to chat / (literary) temporarily / for a while / (literary) somewhat / slightly / (literary) to depend upon syn
(literary) bridle / halter / headstall / to rein in / to compel / to force / (literary) to carve / to engrave / (literary) to command / to lead (an army etc) / (physics) lux (abbr. for 勒克斯[le4ke4si1]) syn
(literary) branch / stem / stalk / (literary) ax handle syn
(bound form) descendants / (bound form) of ... ancestry (as in 華裔|华裔[Hua2yi4] "of Chinese descent") / (literary) distant lands / (literary) fringe / periphery syn
sāo (bound form) to disturb / to disrupt / flirty / coquettish / abbr. for 離騷|离骚[Li2 Sao1] / (literary) literary writings / poetry / foul-smelling (variant of 臊[sao1]) / (dialect) (of certain domestic animals) male syn
zhái residence / (coll.) to stay in at home / to hang around at home syn
shè (bound form) residence / house / (bound form) my (in speaking of relatives younger than oneself) / (archaic) unit of distance equal to 30 li 里[li3] syn
to reside / to be (in a certain position) / to store up / to be at a standstill / residence / house / restaurant / classifier for bedrooms syn
(literary) all / both / entirely / without exception / (literary) to be together / (literary) to be alike syn
jiè (literary) cushion / mat / (literary) to put some padding underneath syn
shè (bound form) to take in / to absorb / to assimilate / to capture (video or still images) / (literary) to conserve (one's health) / (literary) to act for syn
zhān (literary) verbose / (literary) to arrive, to reach
yuàn (literary) enclosed area for growing trees, keeping animals etc / imperial garden / park / (literary) center (of arts, literature etc) syn
fěi phonetic fei or fi / (literary) (bound form) rich with literary elegance / phi (Greek letter Φφ)
xuàn (literary) dizzy / (literary) dazzled / bewildered / to dazzle (variant of 炫[xuan4]) syn
kuāng (literary) to rectify / (literary) to assist / (coll.) to calculate roughly / to estimate syn
xīng (literary) to come to one's senses / to awaken / (literary) astute / sharp-witted
shì (literary) to grow / (literary) to transplant / Taiwan pr. [shi2] syn
(literary) king / monarch / (literary) (of a sovereign) to summon to official service / (literary) to avoid (variant of 避[bi4]) / (literary) to repel (variant of 避[bi4]) syn
(literary) chin / jaw / (literary) to foster / to nurture / to protect syn
àng (literary) ancient earthenware container with a big belly and small mouth / (literary) brimming / abundant
青瓦台 青瓦臺 qīng wǎ tái the Blue House (or Cheong Wa Dae), formerly the residence of the president of South Korea in Seoul (1948-2022), now a public park
居住地 jū zhù dì current address / place of residence syn
shū (literary) to kill / to behead / to sever / to separate / to surpass / (bound form) different / (bound form) special / remarkable / (literary) very / extremely syn
rěn (literary) ripe grain / ripe / harvest / year / (literary) very familiar with / well acquainted with syn
liǎn (literary) to hold back / (literary) to restrain / to control (oneself) / to collect / to gather / Taiwan pr. [lian4] syn
(literary) to expect / to anticipate / (literary) to be concerned about / to be apprehensive / (literary) to deceive / to dupe syn
guǐ (bound form) sly / crafty / (literary) weird / bizarre / (literary) contradictory / inconsistent syn
rǎng (literary) to push up one's sleeves / (literary) to reject / to resist / (literary) to seize / to steal / (literary) to perturb / Taiwan pr. [rang2] syn
(literary) to change one's residence syn
zhí metatarsus / (literary) sole of the foot / (literary) to tread on syn
biāo (literary) handle of a spoon or ladle / (literary) collective name for the three stars that form the handle of the Big Dipper
輿 (literary) chassis of a carriage (contrasted with the canopy 堪[kan1]) / (literary) (fig.) the earth (while the carriage canopy is a metaphor for heaven) / land / territory / (literary) carriage / (literary) sedan chair / palanquin / (bound form) the multitudes / the people / the public syn
(bound form) residence of a high-ranking official syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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