薪水 xīn shuǐ salary / wage syn 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 大战 大戰 dà zhàn war / to wage war 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 交战 交戰 jiāo zhàn to fight / to wage war 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 透支 tòu zhī (banking) to overdraw / to take out an overdraft / an overdraft / to overspend (i.e. expenditure in excess of revenue) / (old) to draw one's wage in advance / (fig.) to exhaust (one's enthusiasm, energy etc) / to damage a natural resource through overuse syn 世家 shì jiā family influential for generations / aristocratic family syn 薪金 xīn jīn salary / wage 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 对仗 對仗 duì zhàng antithesis (two lines of poetry matching in sense and sound) / to fight / to wage war syn 打游击 打游擊 dǎ yóu jī to wage guerrilla warfare / to fight as a guerrilla / (fig.) (coll.) to live or eat at no fixed place 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 工资总额 工資總額 gōng zī zǒng é wage bill 计件工资 計件工資 jì jiàn gōng zī piece rate wage / remuneration based on one's output / opposite: time rate wage 計時工資|计时工资[ji4 shi2 gong1 zi1] 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 日薪 rì xīn daily wage 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.) 调资 調資 tiáo zī wage adjustment / to raise or lower wages 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 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 家族 jiā zú family / clan 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 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 老二 lǎo èr second-eldest child in a family / (euphemism) penis syn 家中 jiā zhōng one's family syn 家门 家門 jiā mén house door / family clan 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) 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 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) 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 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 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) 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 提琴 tí qín instrument of the violin family (violin, viola, cello or double bass) / CL:把[ba3] 农家 農家 nóng jiā peasant family syn 探亲 探親 tàn qīn to go home to visit one's family syn 家业 家業 jiā yè family property syn 分家 fēn jiā to separate and live apart / division of a large family into smaller groups 家谱 家譜 jiā pǔ genealogy / family tree 郎君 láng jūn my husband and master (archaic) / playboy of rich family / pimp syn 天伦之乐 天倫之樂 tiān lún zhī lè family love and joy / domestic bliss 传世 傳世 chuán shì handed down from ancient times / family heirloom syn 