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 东 東 dōng east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord 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 宠物 寵物 chǒng wù house pet 客人 kè rén visitor / guest / customer / client / CL:位[wei4] syn 奶奶 nǎi nai (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother) / (respectful) mistress of the house / CL:位[wei4] / (coll.) boobies / breasts syn 嘉宾 嘉賓 jiā bīn esteemed guest / honored guest / guest (on a show) syn 屋子 wū zi house / room / CL:間|间[jian1] syn 入户 入戶 rù hù to enter sb's house / to obtain a residence permit 急诊 急診 jí zhěn to give or receive urgent medical treatment / emergency treatment (at a hospital emergency department or from a doctor on a house call) syn 看家 kān jiā to look after the house / (of skill, ability) special / outstanding 私房 sī fáng privately-owned house / private rooms / private ownings syn 房舍 fáng shè house / building syn 灯头 燈頭 dēng tóu electric light socket / burner (component of a kerosene lamp) / light (as a countable item, e.g. number of lights fitted in a house) 屋宇 wū yǔ (literary) house / building syn 家宅 jiā zhái home / residence / house syn 双号 雙號 shuāng hào even number (on a ticket, house etc) 黄金屋 黃金屋 huáng jīn wū lit. house made of gold / fig. luxurious residence 主宾 主賓 zhǔ bīn guest of honor / host and guests 吃请 吃請 chī qǐng to be a guest at a dinner party / to be wined and dined (as a bribe) syn 广 yǎn "house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc syn 楼 樓 lóu house with more than 1 story / storied building / floor / CL:層|层[ceng2],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4] syn 寄 jì to send / to mail / to entrust / to depend on / to attach oneself to / to live (in a house) / to lodge / foster (son etc) syn 酒店 jiǔ diàn wine shop / pub (public house) / hotel / restaurant / (Tw) hostess club syn 游客 遊客 yóu kè traveler / tourist / (online gaming) guest player syn 出版社 chū bǎn shè publishing house 房屋 fáng wū house / building / CL:所[suo3],套[tao4] syn 房子 fáng zi house / building (single- or two-story) / apartment / room / CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],套[tao4],間|间[jian1] syn 房价 房價 fáng jià house price / cost of housing 二手房 èr shǒu fáng second-hand house / house acquired indirectly through a middle-man 贵宾 貴賓 guì bīn honored guest / distinguished guest / VIP syn 过客 過客 guò kè passing traveler / transient guest / sojourner syn 买房 買房 mǎi fáng to buy a house 下手 xià shǒu to start / to put one's hand to / to set about / the seat to the right of the main guest syn 山庄 山莊 shān zhuāng manor house / villa / (used in hotel names) syn 少爷 少爺 shào ye son of the boss / young master of the house / your son (honorific) syn 客房 kè fáng guest room / room (in a hotel) 电工 電工 diàn gōng electrician / electrical engineering / electrical work (in a house) 客栈 客棧 kè zhàn tavern / guest house / inn / hotel syn 搬家 bān jiā to move house / to relocate / to remove (sth) syn 招租 zhāo zū (of a house or room) to be for rent syn 新房 xīn fáng brand new house / bridal chamber syn 家门 家門 jiā mén house door / family clan syn 做客 zuò kè to be a guest or visitor syn 葫芦 葫蘆 hú lu calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) / hoist / generic term for block and tackle (or parts thereof) / muddled / (poker) full house 来宾 來賓 lái bīn guest / visitor syn 摆设 擺設 bǎi shè to set out / to display / to furnish (a room or house) syn 作客 zuò kè to live somewhere as a visitor / to stay with sb as a guest / to sojourn syn 白宫 白宮 bái gōng White House 房租 fáng zū rent for a room or house 报告会 報告會 bào gào huì public lecture (with guest speakers etc) 主妇 主婦 zhǔ fù housewife / woman of senior authority in a household / the lady of the house / hostess syn 宝库 寶庫 bǎo kù treasure-house / treasury / treasure-trove (often fig., book of treasured wisdom) syn 来客 來客 lái kè guest syn 名门 名門 míng mén famous family / prestigious house syn 目送 mù sòng to follow with one's eyes (a departing guest etc) syn 客串 kè chuàn to appear on stage in an amateur capacity / (of a professional) to make a guest appearance / (fig.) to assume a role outside one's usual duties / to substitute for 印刷厂 印刷廠 yìn shuā chǎng printing house / print shop 平房 píng fáng bungalow / single-story house 书局 書局 shū jú bookstore / publishing house syn 迎宾 迎賓 yíng bīn to welcome a guest / to entertain a customer (of prostitute) syn 房主 fáng zhǔ landlord / house owner syn 咖啡屋 kā fēi wū coffee house / café / CL:家[jia1] 收容 shōu róng to provide a place to stay / to house / to accommodate / (of an institution etc) to take in / to accept syn 民宅 mín zhái house / people's homes syn 书社 書社 shū shè a reading group / press (i.e. publishing house) 厢房 廂房 xiāng fáng wing (of a traditional house) / side room syn 不速之客 bù sù zhī kè (idiom) uninvited or unexpected guest 主人翁 zhǔ rén wēng master (of the house) / main character in a novel etc / hero or heroine syn 民房 mín fáng private house 四合院 sì hé yuàn courtyard house with a fully enclosed courtyard (type of Chinese residence) 门牌 門牌 mén pái door plate / house number 危房 wēi fáng decrepit house syn 咱家 zán jiā I / me / we / my home / our house syn 鬼屋 guǐ wū haunted house 歌剧院 歌劇院 gē jù yuàn opera house syn 两院 兩院 liǎng yuàn two chambers (of legislative assembly), e.g. House of Representatives and Senate 众议院 眾議院 zhòng yì yuàn lower house of bicameral assembly / House of Representatives (USA) / Chamber of Deputies 壁虎 bì hǔ gecko / house lizard syn 府邸 fǔ dǐ mansion house / official residence syn 软禁 軟禁 ruǎn jìn to place under house arrest syn 宅院 zhái yuàn house / house with a courtyard syn 客官 kè guān (polite appellation for a guest at a hotel etc) syn 太爷 太爺 tài yé (respectful for) one's grandfather / sb's father / older people / the head of the house (used by servants) / a district magistrate syn 外宾 外賓 wài bīn foreign guest / international visitor 东宫 東宮 dōng gōng Orient House syn 见外 見外 jiàn wài to treat sb with the formal courtesy accorded to a host or a guest syn 宅子 zhái zi house / residence syn 世子 shì zǐ crown prince / heir of a noble house 少奶奶 shào nǎi nai young lady of the house / wife of the young master syn 宾主 賓主 bīn zhǔ guest and host syn 留宿 liú sù to put up a guest / to stay overnight syn 电灯泡 電燈泡 diàn dēng pào light bulb / (slang) unwanted third guest syn 当家作主 當家作主 dāng jiā zuò zhǔ to be in charge in one's own house (idiom) / to be the master of one's own affairs syn 进深 進深 jìn shēn (of a house or room) distance from the entrance to the rear / depth syn 自家人 zì jiā rén sb with whom one is on familiar terms / sb from the same place (same house, same town etc) / one of us 开间 開間 kāi jiān unit for the width of a room, equal to the standard width of a room in an old-style house – about 10 chi 尺[chi3] / width of a room / (architecture) bay syn 慢走 màn zǒu Stay a bit! / Wait a minute! / (to a departing guest) Take care! syn 趁火打劫 chèn huǒ dǎ jié to loot a burning house / to profit from sb's misfortune (idiom) syn 