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 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 家务 家務 jiā wù household duties / housework syn 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 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 专业户 專業戶 zhuān yè hù rural household that specializes in a particular type of product / (fig.) specialist 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 联营 聯營 lián yíng joint venture / under joint management 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 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 连带责任 連帶責任 lián dài zé rèn to bear joint responsibility for sth / joint liability (law) 周家 zhōu jiā the Zhou family (household, firm etc) / Jow-Ga Kung Fu - Martial Art 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 户 戶 hù a household / door / family syn 赘 贅 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 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 共同 gòng tóng common / joint / jointly / together / collaborative syn 集体 集體 jí tǐ collective (decision) / joint (effort) / a group / a team / en masse / as a group syn 关节 關節 guān jié joint (physiology) / key point / critical phase syn 接头 接頭 jiē tóu connector / joint / coupling / (coll.) to contact / to get in touch with / to have knowledge of / to be familiar with syn 合影 hé yǐng to take a joint photo / group photo 赌局 賭局 dǔ jú game of chance / gambling party / gambling joint 共谋 共謀 gòng móu to scheme together / to conspire / joint plan / conspiracy syn 脱臼 脫臼 tuō jiù dislocation (of a joint) 共用 gòng yòng to share the use of / to have joint use of / communal (bathroom) / shared (antenna) / to use, in total, ... syn 联席会议 聯席會議 lián xí huì yì joint conference 连带 連帶 lián dài to be related / to entail / to involve / joint (liability etc) syn 复位 復位 fù wèi to restore sb or sth to its original position / to regain the throne / to reset (a dislocated joint, an electronic device etc) / reset 对接 對接 duì jiē to join up / to dock / a joint (between components) syn 股份公司 gǔ fèn gōng sī joint-stock company 牙关 牙關 yá guān jaw / mandibular joint 合资 合資 hé zī joint venture 合演 hé yǎn to act together / to put on a joint performance 膝关节 膝關節 xī guān jié knee joint syn 会审 會審 huì shěn joint hearing / to review jointly (i.e. with other checkers) 会意 會意 huì yì combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书[liu4 shu1] of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements / also known as joint ideogram or associative compound / to comprehend without being told explicitly / to cotton on / knowing (smile, glance etc) syn 合股 hé gǔ joint stock / ply (e.g. 2-ply yarn) syn 并称 並稱 bìng chēng joint name / combined name syn 汇演 匯演 huì yǎn joint performance syn 三通 sān tōng T-joint / T-piece / T-pipe / three links 骨节 骨節 gǔ jié joint (of the skeleton) syn 合葬 hé zàng to bury husband and wife together / joint interment 股份有限公司 gǔ fèn yǒu xiàn gōng sī joint-stock limited company / corporation 联保 聯保 lián bǎo joint guarantee (finance, law) 细腰 細腰 xì yāo slender waist / fig. pretty woman / mortise and tenon joint on a coffin 结点 結點 jié diǎn joint / node 合营 合營 hé yíng to operate jointly / a joint venture / cooperative 三联书店 三聯書店 sān lián shū diàn Joint Publishing, bookstore chain and publisher, founded in Hong Kong in 1948 三资企业 三資企業 sān zī qǐ yè foreign, private and joint ventures syn 合击 合擊 hé jī combined assault / to mount a joint attack syn 公决 公決 gōng jué public decision (by ballot) / majority decision / a joint decision / referendum syn 共赴 gòng fù joint participation / to go together 竹节 竹節 zhú jié bamboo joint 焊点 焊點 hàn diǎn welding point / (electronics) solder joint 铆接 鉚接 mǎo jiē to join with rivets / to rivet / riveted joint syn 万向节 萬向節 wàn xiàng jié universal joint system 公私合营 公私合營 gōng sī hé yíng joint public private operation 节 節 jié joint / node / (bound form) section / segment / solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar) / seasonal festival / (bound form) to economize / to save / (bound form) moral integrity / chastity / classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc / knot (nautical miles per hour) syn 髋关节 髖關節 kuān guān jié pelvis / hip joint 黑户 黑戶 hēi hù unregistered resident or household / unlicensed shop 联署 聯署 lián shǔ joint signatures (on a letter or declaration) 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 