集群 jí qún clan / to clan together / to flock together 宗室 zōng shì imperial clan / member of the imperial clan / clansman / ancestral shrine syn 族权 族權 zú quán clan authority / clan power 辈分 輩分 bèi fèn seniority in the family or clan / position in the family hierarchy syn 辈分 輩分 bèi fen seniority in the family or clan / position in the family hierarchy / Taiwan pr. [bei4fen4] syn 一家 yī jiā the whole family / the same family / the family ... (when preceded by a family name) / group 家族 jiā zú family / clan syn 一族 yī zú social group / subculture / family / clan / see also 族[zu2] 家门 家門 jiā mén house door / family clan syn 本家 běn jiā a member of the same clan / a distant relative with the same family name syn 望族 wàng zú distinguished or prominent family / influential clan (old) syn 大族 dà zú large and influential family / clan syn 亲族 親族 qīn zú relatives / members of the same family, clan, tribe etc syn 堂 táng (main) hall / large room for a specific purpose / CL:間|间[jian1] / relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family / of the same clan / classifier for classes, lectures etc / classifier for sets of furniture syn 势族 勢族 shì zú influential family / powerful clan 郡望 jùn wàng choronym (a family's region of origin, used as an indicator of superior social status in a surname-choronym combination) (For example, the Tang writer Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Han2 Yu4] is also known as 韓昌黎|韩昌黎[Han2 Chang1li2], where 韓|韩[Han2] is his surname and 昌黎[Chang1li2] is his clan's ancestral prefecture 郡[jun4].) 单传 單傳 dān chuán to have only one heir in a generation (of a family, clan etc) / to be learned from only one master (of a skill, art etc) 携家带口 攜家帶口 xié jiā dài kǒu (idiom) to take all one's family along / encumbered by a family / tied down by family obligations syn 携家带眷 攜家帶眷 xié jiā dài juàn to take all one's family along (idiom) / encumbered by a family / tied down by family obligations 芸香科 yún xiāng kē (botany) family Rutaceae (rue family, aka citrus family) 扩大家庭 擴大家庭 extended family / composite family / joint family 复合家庭 複合家庭 extended family / composite family / joint family 组合家庭 組合家庭 extended family / composite family / joint family 一家人不说两家话 一家人不說兩家話 yī jiā rén bù shuō liǎng jiā huà lit. family members speak frankly with one another, not courteously, as if they were from two different families (idiom) / fig. people don't need to be deferential when they ask a family member for help / people from the same family should stick together (and good friends likewise) 族人 zú rén clansman / clan members / relatives / ethnic minority 族长 族長 zú zhǎng clan elder 部族 bù zú tribe / clan syn 宗主 zōng zhǔ head of a clan / natural leader / person of prestige and authority in a domain / suzerain 氏族 shì zú clan 宗族 zōng zú clan / clansman 神农氏 神農氏 shén nóng shì Shennong or Farmer God (c. 2000 BC), first of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] and creator of agriculture in China / followers or clan of Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] 族类 族類 zú lèi clan / race 族 zú race / nationality / ethnicity / clan / by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族) syn 宗 zōng school / sect / purpose / model / ancestor / clan / to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work) / classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs syn 氏 shì clan name / maiden name syn 吊瓶族 diào píng zú "infusion clan", patients who prefer medication by drip rather than orally or by injection etc 奔奔族 bēn bēn zú lit. Rushing Clan, generation born between 1975-1985 and China's most hedonistic and hard-working social group (netspeak) 德川 dé chuān Tokugawa, the ruling clan of Japan from 1550-1850 联宗 聯宗 lián zōng combined branches of a clan 宗正 zōng zhèng Director of the Imperial Clan in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiu3 qing1] 钮祜禄 鈕祜祿 niǔ hù lù Niohuru (prominent Manchu clan) 宗祠 zōng cí ancestral temple / clan hall syn 宗法 zōng fǎ patriarchal clan system 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 门户 門戶 mén hù door / strategic gateway / portal / faction / sect / family status / family / web portal / (old) brothel syn 家属 家屬 jiā shǔ family member / (family) dependent syn 世家 shì jiā family influential for generations / aristocratic family syn 大户 大戶 dà hù great family / rich family / large landlord / conspicuous spender or consumer syn 家境 jiā jìng family financial situation / family circumstances syn 皇室 huáng shì royal family / imperial household / member of the royal family syn 家私 jiā sī family property / family wealth syn 养家 養家 yǎng jiā to support a family / to raise a family 家传 家傳 jiā chuán handed down in a family / family traditions syn 良家 liáng jiā respectable family / decent family 天伦 天倫 tiān lún family bonds / ethical family relations syn 寒门 寒門 hán mén poor and humble family / my family (humble) 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 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 柴门 柴門 chái mén lit. woodcutter's family / humble background / poor family background 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 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 包袱底儿 包袱底兒 bāo fu dǐ r family heirloom / most precious family possession / person's secrets / one's best performance 拉家带口 拉家帶口 lā jiā dài kǒu to bear the burden of a household (idiom) / encumbered by a family / tied down by family obligations syn 书香门第 書香門第 shū xiāng mén dì family with a literary reputation (idiom) / literary family syn 养家糊口 養家糊口 yǎng jiā hú kǒu to support one's family (idiom) / to have difficulty feeding a family 一家人 yī jiā rén the whole family / members of the same family (lit. or fig.) 光耀门楣 光耀門楣 guāng yào mén méi splendor shines on the family's door (idiom) / fig. to bring honor to one's family 团年 團年 tuán nián (of a family) to come together at lunar New Year's Eve / family reunion at New Year's 宦门 宦門 huàn mén family of officials / family with connections to the bureaucracy (i.e. the middle classes in imperial China) 家计 家計 jiā jì family livelihood / a household's economic situation / family property 故家 gù jiā old and respected family / family whose members have been officials from generation to generation 聘娶婚 pìn qǔ hūn formal betrothal (in which the boy's family sends presents to the girl's family) 飞鱼族 飛魚族 fēi yú zú "flying fish family", family who sacrifice everything to send their children abroad to study 鮨科 qí kē the grouper family / Serranidae (fish family including Epinephelinae or grouper 石斑魚|石斑鱼) 重组家庭 reorganized family / recomposed family 大家庭 dà jiā tíng extended family / big family / harmonious group 身家 shēn jiā oneself and one's family / family background / pedigree / one's property / one's total assets syn 家规 家規 jiā guī family rules / family code of conduct 大家 dà jiā everyone / influential family / great expert syn 家庭 jiā tíng family / household / CL:戶|户[hu4],個|个[ge4] 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 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 家人 jiā rén family member / (old) servant syn 大门 大門 dà mén entrance / door / gate / large and influential family 家中 jiā zhōng one's family syn 家用 jiā yòng home-use / domestic / family expenses / housekeeping money syn 出身 chū shēn to be born of / to come from / family background / class origin syn 传世 傳世 chuán shì handed down from ancient times / family heirloom syn 家教 jiā jiào family education / upbringing / to bring sb up / private tutor 亲戚 親戚 qīn qi a relative (i.e. family relation) / CL:門|门[men2],個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 亲情 親情 qīn qíng affection / family love / love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children syn 养老 養老 yǎng lǎo to provide for the elderly (family members) / to enjoy a life in retirement 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 计划生育 計劃生育 jì huà shēng yù family planning 全家 quán jiā whole family syn 自家 zì jiā oneself / one's own 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 