"family history" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
族谱 族譜 zú pǔ genealogical record / family history / lineage
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
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
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
三国 三國 sān guó Three Kingdoms period (220-280) in Chinese history / any of several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新羅|新罗[Xin1luo2] in 658
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
通史 tōng shǐ narrative history / comprehensive history / a history covering an extended period
野史 yě shǐ unofficial history / history as popular legends
近现代史 近現代史 jìn xiàn dài shǐ modern history and contemporary history
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
戏说 戲說 xì shuō dramatic form consisting of historical narration / history as jocular narrative / to stretch history for a joking story / amusing story with strained interpretations of history / to make an unreasonable comparison in jest syn
家传 家傳 jiā chuán handed down in a family / family traditions syn
国史 國史 guó shǐ national history / dynastic history
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
书经 書經 shū jīng the Book of History, one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经[Wu3 jing1], a compendium of documents which make up the oldest extant texts of Chinese history, from legendary times down to the time of Confucius, also known as 尚書經|尚书经[Shang4 shu1 jing1], 尚書|尚书[Shang4 shu1], 書|书[Shu1]
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.)
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
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
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
历史 歷史 lì shǐ history / CL:門|门[men2],段[duan4] syn
家族 jiā zú family / clan syn
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]
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
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
有史以来 有史以來 yǒu shǐ yǐ lái since the beginning of history syn
老二 lǎo èr second-eldest child in a family / (euphemism) penis syn
行程 xíng chéng journey / travel route / distance of travel / course (of history) / stroke (of a piston) / (Tw) (computing) process syn
家中 jiā zhōng one's family syn
家门 家門 jiā mén house door / family clan syn
病历 病歷 bìng lì medical record / case history 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
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)
大名 dà míng famous name / your distinguished name / one's formal personal name / (Japanese history) daimyo syn
拆散 chāi sàn to break up (a marriage, family etc) syn
姓氏 xìng shì family name syn
自家 zì jiā oneself / one's own family syn
家教 jiā jiào family education / upbringing / to bring sb up / private tutor
病史 bìng shǐ medical history syn
一家子 yī jiā zi the whole family syn
来历 來歷 lái lì history / antecedents / origin 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
史无前例 史無前例 shǐ wú qián lì (idiom) unprecedented in history syn
王室 wáng shì royal family / royal household syn
悠久 yōu jiǔ long (tradition, history etc) syn
百灵 百靈 bǎi líng lark (bird of family Alaudidae)
家事 jiā shì family matters / domestic affairs / housework syn
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
诉说 訴說 sù shuō to recount / to tell of / to relate / (fig.) (of a thing) to stand as testament to (some past history) syn
载入 載入 zǎi rù to load into / to record / to write into / to enter (data) / to go into (the records) / to go down (in history)
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
身世 shēn shì one's life experience / one's lot / one's past history syn
内务 內務 nèi wù internal affairs / domestic affairs / family affairs / (trad.) affairs within the palace
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
刷新 shuā xīn to renovate / to refurbish / to refresh (computer window) / to write a new page (in history) / to break (a record) 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
篇章 piān zhāng chapter / section (of a written work) / passage of writing / (fig.) chapter (in the history of sth) 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)
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
名门 名門 míng mén famous family / prestigious house syn
信天翁 xìn tiān wēng albatross (family Diomedeidae)
木瓜 mù guā papaya (Carica papaya) / genus Chaenomeles of shrubs in the family Rosaceae / Chinese flowering quince (Chaenomeles speciosa) syn
家常 jiā cháng the daily life of a family syn
发家 發家 fā jiā to lay down a family fortune / to get rich / to become prosperous 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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