一家 yī jiā the whole family / the same family / the family ... (when preceded by a family name) / group 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 家属 家屬 jiā shǔ family member / (family) dependent syn 皇室 huáng shì royal family / imperial household / member of the royal family syn 养家 養家 yǎng jiā to support a family / to raise a family 家事 jiā shì family matters / domestic affairs / housework syn 门户 門戶 mén hù door / strategic gateway / portal / faction / sect / family status / family / web portal / (old) brothel syn 世家 shì jiā family influential for generations / aristocratic family syn 家境 jiā jìng family financial situation / family circumstances syn 大户 大戶 dà hù great family / rich family / large landlord / conspicuous spender or consumer syn 送终 送終 sòng zhōng to attend upon a dying parent or other senior family member / to handle the funeral affairs of a senior family member 家私 jiā sī family property / family wealth syn 大义灭亲 大義滅親 dà yì miè qīn to place righteousness before family (idiom) / ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it syn 天伦 天倫 tiān lún family bonds / ethical family relations syn 良家 liáng jiā respectable family / decent family 辈分 輩分 bèi fèn seniority in the family or clan / position in the family hierarchy syn 入赘 入贅 rù zhuì to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family syn 家传 家傳 jiā chuán handed down in a family / family traditions syn 寒门 寒門 hán mén poor and humble family / my family (humble) syn 柴门 柴門 chái mén lit. woodcutter's family / humble background / poor family background syn 门风 門風 mén fēng family tradition / family principles syn 房 fáng house / room / CL:間|间[jian1] / branch of an extended family / classifier for family members (or concubines) syn 一家人 yī jiā rén the whole family / members of the same family (lit. or fig.) 外事处 外事處 wài shì chù Foreign Affairs Office (at a university) / Foreign Affairs Department 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 大家 dà jiā everyone / influential family / great expert syn 老 lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn 情况 情況 qíng kuàng circumstances / state of affairs / situation / CL:個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3] syn 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 家庭 jiā tíng family / household / CL:戶|户[hu4],個|个[ge4] syn 家人 jiā rén family member / (old) servant syn 状态 狀態 zhuàng tài condition / state / state of affairs / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 家族 jiā zú family / clan syn 理 lǐ texture / grain (of wood) / inner essence / intrinsic order / reason / logic / truth / science / natural science (esp. physics) / to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up syn 科 kē branch of study / administrative section / division / field / branch / stage directions / family (taxonomy) / rules / laws / to mete out (punishment) / to levy (taxes etc) / to fine sb / CL:個|个[ge4] 术 術 zhú various genera of flowers of Asteracea family (daisies and chrysanthemums), including Atractylis lancea syn 老大 lǎo dà old age / very / eldest child in a family / leader of a group / boss / captain of a boat / leader of a criminal gang syn 家长 家長 jiā zhǎng head of a household / family head / patriarch / parent or guardian of a child syn 军事 軍事 jūn shì military affairs / (attributive) military syn 大门 大門 dà mén entrance / door / gate / large and influential family 亲戚 親戚 qīn qi a relative (i.e. family relation) / CL:門|门[men2],個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 鸽子 鴿子 gē zi pigeon / dove / various birds of the family Columbidae syn 全家 quán jiā whole family syn 事务 事務 shì wù (political, economic etc) affairs / work / transaction (as in a computer database) syn 办事 辦事 bàn shì to handle (affairs) / to work syn 财务 財務 cái wù financial affairs 局势 局勢 jú shì situation / state (of affairs) syn 老二 lǎo èr second-eldest child in a family / (euphemism) penis syn 国外 國外 guó wài abroad / external (affairs) / overseas / foreign syn 家中 jiā zhōng one's family syn 家门 家門 jiā mén house door / family clan syn 外交 wài jiāo diplomacy / diplomatic / foreign affairs / CL:個|个[ge4] 事态 事態 shì tài situation / existing state of affairs syn 养活 養活 yǎng huo to provide for / to keep (animals, a family etc) / to raise animals / to feed and clothe / support / the necessities of life / to give birth syn 出身 chū shēn to be born of / to come from / family background / class origin syn 民事 mín shì civil case / agricultural affairs / civil 气候 氣候 qì hòu (meteorology) climate / (fig.) climate / prevailing conditions (in human affairs) / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 怀抱 懷抱 huái bào to hug / to cherish / within the bosom (of the family) / to embrace (also fig. an ideal, aspiration etc) syn 分居 fēn jū to separate (married couple) / to live apart (of husband and wife, family members) 希尔 希爾 xī ěr Hill (name) / Christopher Hill, US undersecretary of state of East Asian affairs 商务 商務 shāng wù commercial affairs / commercial / commerce / business 世事 shì shì affairs of life / things of the world syn 拆散 chāi sàn to break up (a marriage, family etc) syn 对外 對外 duì wài external / foreign / pertaining to external or foreign (affairs) 医务 醫務 yī wù medical affairs 姓氏 xìng shì family name syn 定律 dìng lǜ scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy) / (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts") syn 内务部 內務部 nèi wù bù Ministry of Internal Affairs 自家 zì jiā oneself / one's own family syn 人事 rén shì personnel / human resources / human affairs / ways of the world / (euphemism) sexuality / the facts of life syn 家教 jiā jiào family education / upbringing / to bring sb up / private tutor 听命 聽命 tīng mìng to obey an order / to take orders / to accept a state of affairs syn 处事 處事 chǔ shì to handle affairs / to deal with matters syn 出世 chū shì to be born / to come into being / to withdraw from worldly affairs syn 一家子 yī jiā zi the whole family syn 总管 總管 zǒng guǎn to be in charge of (a major area of responsibility) / person in charge / manager / (old) butler (of a rich family) / chief steward 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 王室 wáng shì royal family / royal household syn 百灵 百靈 bǎi líng lark (bird of family Alaudidae) 免税 免稅 miǎn shuì not liable to taxation (of monastery, imperial family etc) / tax free / duty free (shop) 家用 jiā yòng home-use / domestic / family expenses / housekeeping money syn 兼顾 兼顧 jiān gù to handle two or more responsibilities at the same time / to balance (career and family, or work and studies etc) syn 养老 養老 yǎng lǎo to provide for the elderly (family members) / to enjoy a life in retirement syn 内政 內政 nèi zhèng internal affairs (of a country) 抹黑 mǒ hēi to discredit / to defame / to smear sb's name / to bring shame upon (oneself or one's family etc) / to blacken (e.g. commando's face for camouflage) / to black out or obliterate (e.g. censored words) syn 全家福 quán jiā fú photograph of the entire family / hodgepodge (cookery) syn 倾家荡产 傾家蕩產 qīng jiā dàng chǎn to lose a family fortune (idiom) syn 孝顺 孝順 xiào shùn filial / dutiful / devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc) / to show filial piety towards (an older family member) / filial piety syn 皇族 huáng zú the imperial family / royal kin syn 家产 家產 jiā chǎn family property syn 亲情 親情 qīn qíng affection / family love / love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children syn 传家宝 傳家寶 chuán jiā bǎo family heirloom syn 夜鹰 夜鷹 yè yīng nightjar (nocturnal bird in the family Caprimulgidae) 外交部 wài jiāo bù Ministry of Foreign Affairs / foreign office / Dept. of State 家室 jiā shì wife / family / (literary) residence syn 亲朋好友 親朋好友 qīn péng hǎo yǒu friends and family / kith and kin syn 大宗 dà zōng large amount / staple / influential family of long standing syn 计划生育 計劃生育 jì huà shēng yù family planning 当家 當家 dāng jiā to manage the household / to be the one in charge of the family / to call the shots / to be in charge syn 