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 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 入户 入戶 rù hù to enter sb's house / to obtain a residence permit 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 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) 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 广 yǎn "house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc 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 酒店 jiǔ diàn wine shop / pub (public house) / hotel / restaurant / (Tw) hostess club syn 出版社 chū bǎn shè publishing house 房价 房價 fáng jià house price / cost of housing 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 主妇 主婦 zhǔ fù housewife / woman of senior authority in a household / the lady of the house / hostess syn 宝库 寶庫 bǎo kù treasure-house / treasury / treasure-trove (often fig., book of treasured wisdom) syn 名门 名門 míng mén famous family / prestigious house syn 印刷厂 印刷廠 yìn shuā chǎng printing house / print shop 平房 píng fáng bungalow / single-story house 书局 書局 shū jú bookstore / publishing house syn 房主 fáng zhǔ landlord / house owner syn 咖啡屋 kā fēi wū coffee house / café / CL:家[jia1] 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 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 咱家 zán jiā I / me / we / my home / our house syn 鬼屋 guǐ wū haunted house 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 众议院 眾議院 zhòng yì yuàn lower house of bicameral assembly / House of Representatives (USA) / Chamber of Deputies 壁虎 bì hǔ gecko / house lizard syn 府邸 fǔ dǐ mansion house / official residence syn 软禁 軟禁 ruǎn jìn to place under house arrest syn 太爷 太爺 tài yé (respectful for) one's grandfather / sb's father / older people / the head of the house (used by servants) / a district magistrate syn 东宫 東宮 dōng gōng Orient House syn 世子 shì zǐ crown prince / heir of a noble house 少奶奶 shào nǎi nai young lady of the house / wife of the young master syn 当家作主 當家作主 dāng jiā zuò zhǔ to be in charge in one's own house (idiom) / to be the master of one's own affairs syn 进深 進深 jìn shēn (of a house or room) distance from the entrance to the rear / depth syn 自家人 zì jiā rén sb with whom one is on familiar terms / sb from the same place (same house, same town etc) / one of us 开间 開間 kāi jiān unit for the width of a room, equal to the standard width of a room in an old-style house – about 10 chi 尺[chi3] / width of a room / (architecture) bay syn 趁火打劫 chèn huǒ dǎ jié to loot a burning house / to profit from sb's misfortune (idiom) syn 搬动 搬動 bān dòng to move (sth) around / to move house syn 迎亲 迎親 yíng qīn (of the groom's family) to send a bridal sedan chair 花轎|花轿 to fetch the bride / to send a party to escort the bride to the groom's house 府第 fǔ dì mansion house / official residence syn 翻修 fān xiū to rebuild (house or road) / to overhaul syn 挨家挨户 挨家挨戶 āi jiā āi hù to go from house to house syn 客满 客滿 kè mǎn to have a full house / to be sold out / no vacancy syn 通水 tōng shuǐ to have running water (in a house etc) 搬场 搬場 bān chǎng to move (house) / to relocate / removal 包租 bāo zū to rent / to charter / to rent land or a house for subletting / fixed rent for farmland syn 堂屋 táng wū central room of a traditional Chinese house syn 抄家 chāo jiā to search a house and confiscate possessions syn 出诊 出診 chū zhěn to visit a patient at home (of a doctor) / house call 