出门 出門 chū mén to go out / to leave home / to go on a journey / away from home / (of a woman) to get married syn 家居 jiā jū home / residence / to stay at home (unemployed) syn 主场 主場 zhǔ chǎng (sports) home ground / home field / (sports) home game / main venue (for a festival etc) 旧约 舊約 jiù yuē former agreement / former contract syn 居家 jū jiā to live at home / to stay at home / home (schooling etc) / in-home (care etc) / household (repairs etc) / living (environment etc) syn 宾至如归 賓至如歸 bīn zhì rú guī guests feel at home (in a hotel, guest house etc) / a home away from home syn 旧物 舊物 jiù wù old property (esp. inherited from former generation) / former territory syn 恋家 戀家 liàn jiā home-loving / to feel a strong attachment to home life / to begrudge being away from home syn 敬老院 jìng lǎo yuàn senior citizens' home / old folks' home syn 临门 臨門 lín mén to arrive home / facing one's home / home-coming / (soccer) facing the goalmouth 萨摩 薩摩 sà mó Satsuma, the name of a former feudal domain in Japan, and of a former province, a battleship, a district, a peninsula etc 家庭影院 jiā tíng yǐng yuàn home cinema / home theater 往届 往屆 wǎng jiè former sessions / former years 祖居 zǔ jū former residence / one's original home syn 宅 zhái residence / (coll.) to stay in at home / to hang around at home syn 叶落归根 葉落歸根 yè luò guī gēn a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom) / everything has its ancestral home / In old age, an expatriate longs to return home. syn 本垒 本壘 běn lěi (baseball) home base / home plate 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 前 qián front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly syn 回家 huí jiā to return home syn 曾经 曾經 céng jīng once / already / former / previously / ever / (past tense marker used before verb or clause) syn 家里 家裡 jiā lǐ home syn 原来 原來 yuán lái original / former / originally / formerly / at first / so, actually, as it turns out syn 原 yuán former / original / primary / raw / level / cause / source syn 在家 zài jiā to be at home / (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差[chu1chai1]) / (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家[chu1jia1]) 制服 zhì fú to subdue / to check / to bring under control / (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status / uniform (army, party, school etc) / livery (for company employees) / CL:套[tao4] 拉丁 lā dīng Latin / (in former times) to press-gang / to kidnap and force people into service 前任 qián rèn predecessor / ex- / former / ex (spouse etc) syn 前夫 qián fū former husband 汉城 漢城 hàn chéng Hanseong, former name of Seoul (capital of South Korea), replaced in 2005 with 首爾|首尔[Shou3 er3] 出走 chū zǒu to leave home / to go off / to run away syn 家园 家園 jiā yuán home / homeland syn 老家 lǎo jiā native place / place of origin / home state or region syn 请便 請便 qǐng biàn Please do as you wish! / You are welcome to do whatever you like! / Please make yourself at home. syn 往事 wǎng shì past events / former happenings syn 复原 復原 fù yuán to restore (sth) to (its) former condition / to recover from illness / recovery syn 原先 yuán xiān originally / original / former syn 外边 外邊 wài bian outside / outer surface / abroad / place other than one's home syn 故乡 故鄉 gù xiāng home / homeland / native place / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 武术 武術 wǔ shù military skill or technique (in former times) / all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development) / self-defense / tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage) / also called kungfu 功夫 / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 中场 中場 zhōng chǎng middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times) / midfield / mid-court (in sports) / half-time / intermission half-way through a performance 府 fǔ seat of government / government repository (archive) / official residence / mansion / presidential palace / (honorific) Your home / prefecture (from Tang to Qing times) syn 养老院 養老院 yǎng lǎo yuàn nursing home syn 归宿 歸宿 guī sù place to return to / home / final destination / ending 屋檐 屋簷 wū yán eaves / roof (i.e. home) syn 回国 回國 huí guó to return to one's home country 复发 復發 fù fā to recur (of a disease) / to reappear / to relapse (into a former bad state) syn 旧事 舊事 jiù shì old affair / former matter syn 往日 wǎng rì former days / the past syn 叙旧 敘舊 xù jiù to reminisce / to talk about former times syn 前嫌 qián xián former hatred / bygone enmity 昔日 xī rì former days / in the past syn 主页 主頁 zhǔ yè home page 家用 jiā yòng home-use / domestic / family expenses / housekeeping money syn 娘家 niáng jia married woman's parents' home syn 家常便饭 家常便飯 jiā cháng biàn fàn simple home-style meal / common occurrence / nothing out of the ordinary syn 前者 qián zhě the former syn 原有 yuán yǒu original / former syn 土生土长 土生土長 tǔ shēng tǔ zhǎng locally born and bred / indigenous / home-grown syn 远行 遠行 yuǎn xíng a long journey / far from home syn 安家 ān jiā to settle down / to set up a home syn 传承 傳承 chuán chéng to pass on (to future generations) / passed on (from former times) / a continued tradition / an inheritance syn 登门 登門 dēng mén to visit sb at home syn 旧日 舊日 jiù rì former times / olden days syn 异乡 異鄉 yì xiāng foreign land / a place far from home syn 乡亲 鄉親 xiāng qīn fellow countryman (from the same village) / local people / villager / the folks back home syn 平淡无奇 平淡無奇 píng dàn wú qí ordinary and mediocre (idiom) / nothing to write home about syn 西贡 西貢 xī gòng Saigon, capital of former South Vietnam / Sai Kung town in New Territories, Hong Kong 寒舍 hán shè my humble home syn 出诊 出診 chū zhěn to visit a patient at home (of a doctor) / house call 抛售 拋售 pāo shòu to dump (selling abroad more cheaply than cost price at home) syn 容身 róng shēn to find a place where one can fit in / to make one's home / to seek shelter syn 往年 wǎng nián in former years / in previous years syn 随遇而安 隨遇而安 suí yù ér ān at home wherever one is (idiom) / ready to adapt / flexible / to accept circumstances with good will syn 串门 串門 chuàn mén to call on sb / to drop in / to visit sb's home syn 麦迪 麥迪 mài dí Tracy McGrady (1979-), former NBA player 旧时 舊時 jiù shí in former times / the olden days syn 静默 靜默 jìng mò silent / still / quiet / to mourn in silence / to observe silence / (neologism c. 2022) to stay at home during a pandemic syn 家常菜 jiā cháng cài home cooking 闯荡 闖盪 chuǎng dàng to leave home to make one's way in the world / to leave the life one knows to seek success syn 上辈子 上輩子 shàng bèi zi one's ancestors / past generations / a former incarnation syn 探亲 探親 tàn qīn to go home to visit one's family syn 安身 ān shēn to make one's home / to take shelter syn 新居 xīn jū new residence / new home 三军 三軍 sān jūn (in former times) upper, middle and lower army / army of right, center and left / (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force syn 寄居 jì jū to live away from home syn 迎娶 yíng qǔ (of a groom) to fetch one's bride from her parents' home to escort her to the wedding ceremony / (fig.) to take as one's wife / to marry (a woman) syn 返乡 返鄉 fǎn xiāng to return to one's home town syn 流离失所 流離失所 liú lí shī suǒ destitute and homeless (idiom) / forced from one's home and wandering about / displaced syn 旧病 舊病 jiù bìng old illness / former affliction syn 便饭 便飯 biàn fàn an ordinary meal / simple home cooking syn 中外 zhōng wài Sino-foreign / Chinese-foreign / home and abroad syn 王法 wáng fǎ the law / the law of the land / the law of a state (in former times) / criterion syn 故居 gù jū former residence syn 故里 gù lǐ home town / native place syn 归国 歸國 guī guó to go home (to one's native country) / to return from abroad 府上 fǔ shàng (polite) your home / residence 切中 qiè zhòng to hit the target (esp. in argument) / to strike home syn 