"household duties" Chinese-English Dictionary

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家务 家務 jiā wù household duties / housework syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
家伙 jiā huo household dish, implement or furniture / domestic animal / (coll.) guy / chap / weapon syn
家庭 jiā tíng family / household / CL:戶|户[hu4],個|个[ge4] syn
家长 家長 jiā zhǎng head of a household / family head / patriarch / parent or guardian of a child syn
解除 jiě chú to remove / to sack / to get rid of / to relieve (sb of their duties) / to free / to lift (an embargo) / to rescind (an agreement) syn
接手 jiē shǒu to take over (duties etc) / catcher (baseball etc) syn
皇家 huáng jiā royal / imperial household syn
主妇 主婦 zhǔ fù housewife / woman of senior authority in a household / the lady of the house / hostess syn
管家 guǎn jiā (old) butler / steward / manager / administrator / housekeeper / to manage a household
皇室 huáng shì royal family / imperial household / member of the royal family syn
交代 jiāo dài to transfer (duties to sb else) / to give instructions / to tell (sb to do sth) / to explain / to give an account / to brief / to confess / to account for oneself / (jocular) to come to a bad end syn
职务 職務 zhí wù post / position / job / duties syn
停职 停職 tíng zhí to suspend (sb) from duties syn
尽职 盡職 jìn zhí to discharge one's duties / conscientious 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
住户 住戶 zhù hù household / inhabitant / householder syn
王室 wáng shì royal family / royal household syn
邻家 鄰家 lín jiā next-door neighbor / neighboring household syn
海尔 海爾 hǎi ěr Haier (PRC household appliance brand) / Hale (name)
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
家喻户晓 家喻戶曉 jiā yù hù xiǎo understood by everyone (idiom) / well known / a household name syn
勤务 勤務 qín wù service / duties / an orderly (military) syn
朝廷 cháo tíng court / imperial household / dynasty syn
当家 當家 dāng jiā to manage the household / to be the one in charge of the family / to call the shots / to be in charge syn
器皿 qì mǐn household utensils syn
家务活 家務活 jiā wù huó household chore syn
住家 zhù jiā residence / household / to reside syn
家电 家電 jiā diàn household electric appliance / abbr. for 家用電器|家用电器 syn
闲杂 閑雜 xián zá (employee) having no fixed duties
专业户 專業戶 zhuān yè hù rural household that specializes in a particular type of product / (fig.) specialist
不务正业 不務正業 bù wù zhèng yè not to engage in honest work / to ignore one's proper occupation / not to attend to one's proper duties syn
户主 戶主 hù zhǔ head of the household
尽人皆知 盡人皆知 jìn rén jiē zhī known by everyone (idiom) / well known / a household name syn
合家 hé jiā whole family / entire household syn
户籍 戶籍 hù jí census register / household register syn
家家户户 家家戶戶 jiā jiā hù hù each and every family (idiom) / every household
神龛 神龕 shén kān shrine / niche / household shrine
奉公守法 fèng gōng shǒu fǎ to carry out official duties and observe the law syn
飞虎队 飛虎隊 fēi hǔ duì Flying Tigers, US airmen in China during World War Two / Hong Kong nickname for police special duties unit
农户 農戶 nóng hù farmer / farmer household syn
户口本 戶口本 hù kǒu běn household register / household registration booklet / residence certificate syn
持家 chí jiā to housekeep / to run one's household
火烛 火燭 huǒ zhú fire and candles / household things that burn syn
料器 liào qì glassware / colored glass household vessel
述职 述職 shù zhí to report on one's work or duties (to a supervisor)
日化 rì huà household chemicals (cleaning products etc) and toiletries (abbr. for 日用化學製品|日用化学制品[ri4 yong4 hua4 xue2 zhi4 pin3]) / (linguistics) to rhotacize / rhotic
户口簿 戶口簿 hù kǒu bù household register syn
蜂窝煤 蜂窩煤 fēng wō méi hexagonal household coal briquette syn
妇孺皆知 婦孺皆知 fù rú jiē zhī understood by everyone (idiom) / well known / a household name syn
同室操戈 tóng shì cāo gē wielding the halberd within the household (idiom) / internecine strife 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
进门 進門 jìn mén to enter a door / to go in / to learn the basics of a subject / to join one's husband's household upon marriage
周家 zhōu jiā the Zhou family (household, firm etc) / Jow-Ga Kung Fu - Martial Art
执事 執事 zhí shì to perform one's job / attendant / job / duties / (respectful appellation for the addressee) you / your Excellency / (Church) deacon
脱产 脫產 tuō chǎn to transfer (from production to other duties) / to take leave (for study or other job) / to dispose of property / to transfer assets (to avoid liability) syn
户均 戶均 hù jūn household average syn
花名 huā míng name of a person on the household register (old) / name on a roster / professional name of a prostitute / pseudonym / nickname
内务府 內務府 nèi wù fǔ Imperial Household Department (in Qing dynasty)
万元户 萬元戶 wàn yuán hù household with savings or annual income of 10,000 yuan or more (considered a large amount in the 1970s, when the term became established) syn
a household / door / family syn
shuì taxes / duties syn
zhuì (bound form) superfluous / (bound form) (of a man) to move into the household of one's in-laws after marrying / (of the bride's parents) to have the groom join one's household syn
克己奉公 剋己奉公 kè jǐ fèng gōng self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom) / selfless dedication / to serve the public interest wholeheartedly syn
兼课 兼課 jiān kè to teach classes in addition to other duties / to hold several teaching jobs
包产到户 包產到戶 bāo chǎn dào hù fixing of farm output quotas for each household
桌椅板凳 zhuō yǐ bǎn dèng chairs and tables / household furniture
夫权 夫權 fū quán authority over the household
塞责 塞責 sè zé to carry out one's duties perfunctorily / to fulfill one's responsibility
黑户 黑戶 hēi hù unregistered resident or household / unlicensed shop
路人皆知 lù rén jiē zhī understood by everyone (idiom) / well known / a household name syn
家计 家計 jiā jì family livelihood / a household's economic situation / family property
勤俭持家 勤儉持家 qín jiǎn chí jiā hardworking and thrifty in running one's household syn
家老 jiā lǎo (old) a senior in one's household
奉公克己 奉公剋己 fèng gōng kè jǐ self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom) / selfless dedication / to serve the public interest wholeheartedly
戴盆望天 dài pén wàng tiān lit. viewing the sky with a basin on one's head / it is hard to get a clear view of the sky while carrying a platter on one's head / fig. it is hard to get on in one's career while encumbered by family obligations / one can't perform a major task while bothered by other duties syn
人给家足 人給家足 rén jǐ jiā zú lit. each household provided for, enough for the individual (idiom) / comfortably off
安家立业 安家立業 ān jiā lì yè stable household, established profession (idiom) / settled and comfortably off syn
户告人晓 戶告人曉 hù gào rén xiǎo to make known to every household (idiom) / to disseminate widely / to shout from the rooftops
拉家带口 拉家帶口 lā jiā dài kǒu to bear the burden of a household (idiom) / encumbered by a family / tied down by family obligations syn
联产到户 聯產到戶 lián chǎn dào hù household responsibility system, introduced in the early 1980s, under which each rural household could freely decide what to produce and how to sell, as long as it fulfilled its quota of products to the state
复合户 fù hé hù composite household / complex household
七事 qī shì (archaic) the seven duties of a sovereign
支差 zhī chāi to assign corvée duties (forced labor)
满孝 滿孝 mǎn xiào at the end of the mourning period / to fulfill one's filial duties of mourning
满服 滿服 mǎn fú at the end of the mourning period / to fulfill one's filial duties of mourning
特别任务连 特別任務連 tè bié rèn wu lián Special Duties Unit, Hong Kong special police
疏忽职守 疏忽職守 shū hū zhí shǒu to neglect one's duties
闲冗 閑冗 xián rǒng officials with light duties / supernumeraries
关征 關征 guān zhēng customs levy / customs post charging import duties
杂税 雜稅 zá shuì miscellaneous duties / various taxes
巡逻和一般任务股 Patrol and General Duties Unit
出口税 chū kǒu shuì export duties
各国经济权利和义务宪章工作组 各國經濟權利和義務憲章工作組 Working Group on the Charter of the Economic Rights and Duties of State
全球水循环方面人类权利和义务世界宪章 全球水循環方面人類權利和義務世界憲章 World Charter on the Rights and Duties of Humanity in Relation to the Global Water Cycle
中立国和人民在陆战中的权利和义务公约 中立國和人民在陸戰中的權利和義務公約 Convention respecting the Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers and Persons in Case of War on Land
关于中立国在海战中的权利和义务公约 關於中立國在海戰中的權利和義務公約 Convention concerning the Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers in Naval War
绿色抵消关税 綠色抵消關稅 green countervailing duties
环境补偿关税 環境補償關稅 huán jìng bǔ cháng guān shuì green countervailing duties
参谋事务助理高级军官 參謀事務助理高級軍官 assistant senior officer, staff duties
国家权利义务宣言 國家權利義務宣言 Declaration on Rights and Duties of States
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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