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 叫声 叫聲 jiào shēng yelling (sound made by person) / barking / braying / roaring (sound made by animals) syn 特制 特製 tè zhì specially made / custom-made 定制 定製 dìng zhì custom-made / made-to-order / to have sth custom made 矿井 礦井 kuàng jǐng a mine / a mine shaft syn 开采 開採 kāi cǎi to extract (ore or other resource from a mine) / to exploit / to mine 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) 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 天造地设 天造地設 tiān zào dì shè lit. made by Heaven and arranged by Earth(idiom) / ideal / perfect / (of a match) made in heaven / to be made for one another 订制 訂製 dìng zhì custom-made / made-to-order / to have sth custom made 矿坑 礦坑 kuàng kēng mine / mine shaft 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 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 豆腐皮 dòu fu pí tofu skin (made by drying the skin that forms on the surface of soymilk during cooking, and therefore not actually made from tofu) syn 家庭影院 jiā tíng yǐng yuàn home cinema / home theater 挖矿 挖礦 wā kuàng to mine ore or minerals / (computing) to mine cryptocurrency 金属探测器 金屬探測器 jīn shǔ tàn cè qì mine detector / mine locator 龟苓膏 龜苓膏 guī líng gāo turtle jelly, medicine made with powdered turtle shell and herbs / a similar product made without turtle shell and consumed as a dessert 雷 léi thunder / (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine / (coll.) to shock / to stun / to astound / (Tw) (coll.) spoiler / (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) syn 宅 zhái residence / (coll.) to stay in at home / to hang around at home syn 酪 lào (bound form) semi-solid food made from milk (junket, cheese etc) / (bound form) fruit jelly / sweet paste made with crushed nuts / Taiwan pr. [luo4] 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 安全鞋 ān quán xié safety shoes / mine shoes / protective boots / anti-mine boots 的 de of / ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3tang2r5de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs syn 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 回家 huí jiā to return home syn 家里 家裡 jiā lǐ home 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]) 拜拜 bài bai to pay one's respects by bowing with hands in front of one's chest clasping joss sticks, or with palms pressed together / (Tw) religious ceremony in which offerings are made to a deity syn 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 人造 rén zào man-made / artificial / synthetic syn 自制 自製 zì zhì self-made / improvised / homemade / handmade syn 外边 外邊 wài bian outside / outer surface / abroad / place other than one's home syn 地雷 dì léi land mine (CL:顆|颗[ke1]) / (fig.) sore point / weak spot 故乡 故鄉 gù xiāng home / homeland / native place / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 海绵 海綿 hǎi mián (zoology) sea sponge / (esp.) dried sea sponge / sponge (made from polyester or cellulose etc) / foam rubber 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 出炉 出爐 chū lú to take out of the furnace / fresh out of the oven / fig. newly announced / recently made available 金矿 金礦 jīn kuàng gold mine / gold ore syn 机制 機製 jī zhì machine-processed / machine-made syn 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 定做 dìng zuò to have something made to order 人为 人為 rén wéi artificial / man-made / having human cause or origin / human attempt or effort syn 肥肉 féi ròu fat (e.g. pork fat) / fatty meat / (fig.) a gold mine / cash cow syn 背黑锅 背黑鍋 bēi hēi guō to be made a scapegoat / to be unjustly blamed syn 煤矿 煤礦 méi kuàng coal mine / coal seam 主页 主頁 zhǔ yè home page 家用 jiā yòng home-use / domestic / family expenses / housekeeping money syn 现成 現成 xiàn chéng ready-made / readily available 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 波罗 波羅 bō luó Polo (car made by Volkswagen) / surname Polo 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 材质 材質 cái zhì texture of timber / quality of material / material (that sth is made of) syn 草包 cǎo bāo bag made of woven straw / bag filled with straw / (fig.) a good-for-nothing / clumsy oaf syn 眼色 yǎn sè signal made with one's eyes / meaningful glance syn 安家 ān jiā to settle down / to set up a home syn 法制 法製 fǎ zhì made in France syn 登门 登門 dēng mén to visit sb at home syn 矿山 礦山 kuàng shān mine 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 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 耍赖 耍賴 shuǎ lài to act shamelessly / to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc / to act dumb / to act as if sth never happened syn 容身 róng shēn to find a place where one can fit in / to make one's home / to seek shelter 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 门闩 門閂 mén shuān horizontal bar to hold a door closed (made of wood or metal) / door bolt syn 成衣 chéng yī ready-made clothes syn 串门 串門 chuàn mén to call on sb / to drop in / to visit sb's home syn 皮球 pí qiú ball (made of rubber, leather etc) 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 麻花 má huā fried dough twist (crisp snack food made by deep-frying plaited dough) / worn out or worn smooth (of clothes) syn 探亲 探親 tàn qīn to go home to visit one's family syn 年糕 nián gāo nian gao, New Year cake, typically a sweet, steamed cake made with glutinous rice flour 安身 ān shēn to make one's home / to take shelter syn 蒲团 蒲團 pú tuán praying mat (Buddhism, made of woven cattail) 新居 xīn jū new residence / new home 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 犒劳 犒勞 kào láo to reward with food and drink / to feast (sb) / presents of food etc made to troops / Taiwan pr. [kao4 lao4] syn 病友 bìng yǒu a friend made in hospital or people who become friends in hospital / wardmate 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 水雷 shuǐ léi naval mine 