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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
临门 臨門 lín mén to arrive home / facing one's home / home-coming / (soccer) facing the goalmouth
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
lái to come / (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) / hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2lai5]) / ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4gu3 yi3lai2]) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ... / the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2shi4]) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2de5lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1bu5lai2]) syn
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
zhù to live / to dwell / to stay / to reside / to stop / (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt) syn
seat of government / government repository (archive) / official residence / mansion / presidential palace / (honorific) Your home / prefecture (from Tang to Qing times) syn
出来 出來 chu lai (after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect) syn
未来 未來 wèi lái future / tomorrow / CL:個|个[ge4] / approaching / coming / pending syn
故乡 故鄉 gù xiāng home / homeland / native place / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
当头 當頭 dāng tóu coming right into one's face / imminent / to put first syn
呼之欲出 hū zhī yù chū lit. ready to appear at the call (idiom) / fig. on the verge of coming out into the open / (of a person's choice etc) on the point of being disclosed / (of an artistic depiction) vividly portrayed syn
府上 fǔ shàng (polite) your home / residence
容身 róng shēn to find a place where one can fit in / to make one's home / to seek shelter syn
居处 居處 jū chù dwelling place / home
乏善可陈 乏善可陳 fá shàn kě chén to be nothing to write home about (idiom)
家宅 jiā zhái home / residence / house syn
闲居 閑居 xián jū to lead a quiet and peaceful life in retirement / to stay home with nothing to do / to lead a solitary life syn
成人礼 成人禮 chéng rén lǐ coming of age ceremony
小饭桌 小飯桌 xiǎo fàn zhuō dining room for young schoolchildren unable to go home for lunch
首页 首頁 shǒu yè home page (of a website) / title page / front page / first page / fig. beginning / cover letter
的话 的話 de huà if (coming after a conditional clause) syn
主页 主頁 zhǔ yè home page
回家 huí jiā to return home syn
家里 家裡 jiā lǐ home syn
家园 家園 jiā yuán home / homeland syn
国内外 國內外 guó nèi wài domestic and international / at home and abroad
家居 jiā jū home / residence / to stay at home (unemployed) syn
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
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])
主场 主場 zhǔ chǎng (sports) home ground / home field / (sports) home game / main venue (for a festival etc)
中外 zhōng wài Sino-foreign / Chinese-foreign / home and abroad syn
家用 jiā yòng home-use / domestic / family expenses / housekeeping money syn
回国 回國 huí guó to return to one's home country
豪宅 háo zhái luxury home / mansion
老家 lǎo jiā native place / place of origin / home state or region syn
落户 落戶 luò hù to settle / to set up home syn
房贷 房貸 fáng dài home loan
海内外 海內外 hǎi nèi wài domestic and international / at home and abroad 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
出走 chū zǒu to leave home / to go off / to run away syn
归宿 歸宿 guī sù place to return to / home / final destination / ending
外边 外邊 wài bian outside / outer surface / abroad / place other than one's home syn
异乡 異鄉 yì xiāng foreign land / a place far from home syn
家庭生活 jiā tíng shēng huó home life
来意 來意 lái yì one's purpose in coming syn
抛售 拋售 pāo shòu to dump (selling abroad more cheaply than cost price at home) syn
来年 來年 lái nián next year / the coming year syn
游子 遊子 yóu zǐ person living or traveling far from home syn
探亲 探親 tàn qīn to go home to visit one's family syn
离家出走 離家出走 lí jiā chū zǒu to leave home (to live somewhere else)
家庭影院 jiā tíng yǐng yuàn home cinema / home theater
乡亲 鄉親 xiāng qīn fellow countryman (from the same village) / local people / villager / the folks back home syn
远行 遠行 yuǎn xíng a long journey / far from home 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
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
新居 xīn jū new residence / new home
故里 gù lǐ home town / native place syn
娘家 niáng jia married woman's parents' 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
归国 歸國 guī guó to go home (to one's native country) / to return from abroad
乡里 鄉里 xiāng lǐ one's home town or village syn
登门 登門 dēng mén to visit sb at home syn
门人 門人 mén rén disciple / follower / hanger-on (at an aristocrat's home)
返乡 返鄉 fǎn xiāng to return to one's home town syn
安家 ān jiā to settle down / to set up a home syn
闭合 閉合 bì hé to close by coming together (like the lips of a wound, the doors of an elevator, the walls of a channel) / to close by connecting in a loop (like a circuit) / closed-loop syn
浪迹 浪跡 làng jì to roam about / to wander without a home
外卖 外賣 wài mài (of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal / takeout (business) / takeout (meal)
家常菜 jiā cháng cài home cooking
咱家 zán jiā I / me / we / my home / our house syn
偏方 piān fāng folk remedy / home remedy 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
阑珊 闌珊 lán shān coming to an end / waning syn
屋檐 屋簷 wū yán eaves / roof (i.e. home) syn
流连忘返 流連忘返 liú lián wàng fǎn to linger / to remain enjoying oneself and forget to go home syn
聚散 jù sàn coming together and separating / aggregation and dissipation
境内外 境內外 jìng nèi wài within and without the borders / domestic and foreign / home and abroad
敬老院 jìng lǎo yuàn senior citizens' home / old folks' home syn
单方 單方 dān fāng unilateral / one-sided / home remedy / folk prescription(same as 丹方) / single-drug prescription (same as 奇方[ji1 fang1], one of the seven kinds of prescriptions of Chinese medicine 七方[qi1 fang1]) / metaphorically. a good solution syn
归途 歸途 guī tú the way back / one's journey home
响动 響動 xiǎng dòng sound coming from sth (typically sth not immediately visible) / also pr. [xiang3 dong5] syn
原籍 yuán jí ancestral home (town) / birthplace syn
白沫 bái mò froth / foam (coming from the mouth) syn
家养 家養 jiā yǎng domestic (animals) / home reared
游学 遊學 yóu xué to study away from home or abroad (old)
土生土长 土生土長 tǔ shēng tǔ zhǎng locally born and bred / indigenous / home-grown syn
串门 串門 chuàn mén to call on sb / to drop in / to visit sb's home syn
返家 fǎn jiā to return home 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
家用电脑 家用電腦 jiā yòng diàn nǎo home computer
独来独往 獨來獨往 dú lái dú wǎng coming and going alone (idiom) / a lone operator / keeping to oneself / unsociable / maverick
平淡无奇 平淡無奇 píng dàn wú qí ordinary and mediocre (idiom) / nothing to write home about syn
后起之秀 後起之秀 hòu qǐ zhī xiù (idiom) an up-and-coming youngster / new talent / a brilliant younger generation syn
姗姗来迟 姍姍來遲 shān shān lái chí to be late / to arrive slowly / to be slow in the coming syn
后来居上 後來居上 hòu lái jū shàng lit. late-comer lives above (idiom) / the up-and-coming youngster outstrips the older generation / the pupil surpasses the master syn
寄居 jì jū to live away from home syn
萍水相逢 píng shuǐ xiāng féng strangers coming together by chance (idiom) syn
流离 流離 liú lí homeless and miserable / forced to leave home and wander from place to place / to live as a refugee
户内 戶內 hù nèi indoors / within the home
家徒四壁 jiā tú sì bì lit. with only four bare walls for a home (idiom) / fig. very poor / wretched syn
安身 ān shēn to make one's home / to take shelter syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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