闹鬼 鬧鬼 nào guǐ haunted syn 作祟 zuò suì haunted / to haunt / to cause mischief syn 挨家挨户 挨家挨戶 āi jiā āi hù to go from house to house syn 众议院 眾議院 zhòng yì yuàn lower house of bicameral assembly / House of Representatives (USA) / Chamber of Deputies 下议院 下議院 xià yì yuàn lower chamber (of legislative body) / lower house / the House of Commons 宅院 zhái yuàn house / house with a courtyard 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 二手房 èr shǒu fáng second-hand house / house acquired indirectly through a middle-man 金屋藏娇 金屋藏嬌 jīn wū cáng jiāo a golden house to keep one's mistress (idiom) / a magnificent house built for a beloved woman 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 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 酒店 jiǔ diàn wine shop / pub (public house) / hotel / restaurant / (Tw) hostess club syn 奶奶 nǎi nai (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother) / (respectful) mistress of the house / CL:位[wei4] / (coll.) boobies / breasts syn 屋子 wū zi house / room / CL:間|间[jian1] syn 宠物 寵物 chǒng wù house pet 白宫 白宮 bái gōng White House 搬家 bān jiā to move house / to relocate / to remove (sth) syn 房租 fáng zū rent for a room or house 房屋 fáng wū house / building / CL:所[suo3],套[tao4] syn 主妇 主婦 zhǔ fù housewife / woman of senior authority in a household / the lady of the house / hostess syn 家门 家門 jiā mén house door / family clan syn 少爷 少爺 shào ye son of the boss / young master of the house / your son (honorific) syn 庇护所 庇護所 bì hù suǒ safe house syn 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 出版社 chū bǎn shè publishing house 山庄 山莊 shān zhuāng manor house / villa / (used in hotel names) syn 摆设 擺設 bǎi shè to set out / to display / to furnish (a room or house) syn 房主 fáng zhǔ landlord / house owner syn 电工 電工 diàn gōng electrician / electrical engineering / electrical work (in a house) 软禁 軟禁 ruǎn jìn to place under house arrest syn 民宅 mín zhái house / people's homes syn 歌剧院 歌劇院 gē jù yuàn opera house syn 收容 shōu róng to provide a place to stay / to house / to accommodate / (of an institution etc) to take in / to accept syn 过家家 過家家 guò jiā jiā to play house 众议员 眾議員 zhòng yì yuán member of the House of Representatives 翻修 fān xiū to rebuild (house or road) / to overhaul 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 买房 買房 mǎi fáng to buy a house 搬动 搬動 bān dòng to move (sth) around / to move house syn 宝库 寶庫 bǎo kù treasure-house / treasury / treasure-trove (often fig., book of treasured wisdom) syn 咖啡屋 kā fēi wū coffee house / café / CL:家[jia1] 新房 xīn fáng brand new house / bridal chamber syn 出诊 出診 chū zhěn to visit a patient at home (of a doctor) / house call 名门 名門 míng mén famous family / prestigious house syn 平房 píng fáng bungalow / single-story house 客栈 客棧 kè zhàn tavern / guest house / inn / hotel syn 府邸 fǔ dǐ mansion house / official residence syn 看家 kān jiā to look after the house / (of skill, ability) special / outstanding 门牌 門牌 mén pái door plate / house number 壁虎 bì hǔ gecko / house lizard syn 房价 房價 fáng jià house price / cost of housing 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 宅子 zhái zi house / residence syn 印刷厂 印刷廠 yìn shuā chǎng printing house / print shop 暖房 nuǎn fáng heating / central heating / greenhouse / hothouse / to pay a house-warming visit syn 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 趁火打劫 chèn huǒ dǎ jié to loot a burning house / to profit from sb's misfortune (idiom) syn 包租 bāo zū to rent / to charter / to rent land or a house for subletting / fixed rent for farmland syn 招租 zhāo zū (of a house or room) to be for rent syn 茅房 máo fáng toilet (rural euphemism) / thatched hut or house syn 房舍 fáng shè house / building syn 厢房 廂房 xiāng fáng wing (of a traditional house) / side room syn 民房 mín fáng private house 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 主人翁 zhǔ rén wēng master (of the house) / main character in a novel etc / hero or heroine syn 正房 zhèng fáng central building (in a traditional house) / primary wife syn 莱温斯基 萊溫斯基 lái wēn sī jī Monica Lewinsky (1973-), former White House intern 幽禁 yōu jìn to place under house arrest / to imprison syn 书局 書局 shū jú bookstore / publishing house syn 危房 wēi fáng decrepit house syn 抄家 chāo jiā to search a house and confiscate possessions syn 家宅 jiā zhái home / residence / house syn 四合院 sì hé yuàn courtyard house with a fully enclosed courtyard (type of Chinese residence) 东宫 東宮 dōng gōng Orient House syn 少奶奶 shào nǎi nai young lady of the house / wife of the young master syn 府第 fǔ dì mansion house / official residence syn 入户 入戶 rù hù to enter sb's house / to obtain a residence permit 私房 sī fáng privately-owned house / private rooms / private ownings syn 书社 書社 shū shè a reading group / press (i.e. publishing house) 咱家 zán jiā I / me / we / my home / our house syn 两院 兩院 liǎng yuàn two chambers (of legislative assembly), e.g. House of Representatives and Senate 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 世子 shì zǐ crown prince / heir of a noble house 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 迎亲 迎親 yíng qīn (of the groom's family) to send a bridal sedan chair 花轎|花轿 to fetch the bride / to send a party to escort the bride to the groom's house 客满 客滿 kè mǎn to have a full house / to be sold out / no vacancy 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) 通水 tōng shuǐ to have running water (in a house etc) 屋宇 wū yǔ (literary) house / building syn 搬场 搬場 bān chǎng to move (house) / to relocate / removal 堂屋 táng wū central room of a traditional Chinese house syn 照壁 zhào bì a screen wall across the gate of a house (for privacy) syn 门客 門客 mén kè hanger-on / visitor (in a nobleman's house) syn 双号 雙號 shuāng hào even number (on a ticket, house etc) 下院 xià yuàn lower house (of parliament) 黄金屋 黃金屋 huáng jīn wū lit. house made of gold / fig. luxurious residence 