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 府 fǔ seat of government / government repository (archive) / official residence / mansion / presidential palace / (honorific) Your home / prefecture (from Tang to Qing times) syn 疾病 jí bìng disease / sickness / ailment syn 故乡 故鄉 gù xiāng home / homeland / native place / CL:個|个[ge4] 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 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 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 抛售 拋售 pāo shòu to dump (selling abroad more cheaply than cost price at home) 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 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 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 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 原籍 yuán jí ancestral home (town) / birthplace 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 平淡无奇 平淡無奇 píng dàn wú qí ordinary and mediocre (idiom) / nothing to write home about syn 寄居 jì jū to live away from home 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 俗家 sú jiā layman / layperson / original home of a monk 下家 xià jiā player whose turn comes next (in a game) / next one / my humble home 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 旅居 lǚ jū to stay away from home / residence abroad / sojourn syn 临门 臨門 lín mén to arrive home / facing one's home / home-coming / (soccer) facing the goalmouth 养老院 養老院 yǎng lǎo yuàn nursing home syn 旧居 舊居 jiù jū old residence / former home syn 送餐 sòng cān home delivery of meal 伊莱克斯 伊萊克斯 yī lái kè sī Electrolux (Swedish manufacturer of home appliances) 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 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 本乡 本鄉 běn xiāng home village / one's native place syn 切中 qiè zhòng to hit the target (esp. in argument) / to strike home syn 丰沛 豐沛 fēng pèi copious / plentiful (of water) / surging (of waves) / refers to home village of first Han emperor 漢高祖|汉高祖[Han4 Gao1 zu3] / fig. majestic syn 恋家 戀家 liàn jiā home-loving / to feel a strong attachment to home life / to begrudge being away from home syn 全垒打 全壘打 quán lěi dǎ home run (baseball) 吃不了兜着走 吃不了兜著走 chī bu liǎo dōu zhe zǒu lit. if you can't eat it all, you'll have to take it home (idiom) / fig. you'll have to take the consequences 赋闲 賦閑 fù xián to stay idle at home / to have resigned from office / to be unemployed / to have been fired / to be on a sabbatical syn 