一家 yī jiā the whole family / the same family / the family ... (when preceded by a family name) / group 泥鳅 泥鰍 ní qiu loach / mud fish / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 鳛 鰼 xí loach / mudfish 鰼 xí loach / mudfish 携家带口 攜家帶口 xié jiā dài kǒu (idiom) to take all one's family along / encumbered by a family / tied down by family obligations syn 携家带眷 攜家帶眷 xié jiā dài juàn to take all one's family along (idiom) / encumbered by a family / tied down by family obligations 芸香科 yún xiāng kē (botany) family Rutaceae (rue family, aka citrus family) 扩大家庭 擴大家庭 extended family / composite family / joint family 复合家庭 複合家庭 extended family / composite family / joint family 组合家庭 組合家庭 extended family / composite family / joint family 一家人不说两家话 一家人不說兩家話 yī jiā rén bù shuō liǎng jiā huà lit. family members speak frankly with one another, not courteously, as if they were from two different families (idiom) / fig. people don't need to be deferential when they ask a family member for help / people from the same family should stick together (and good friends likewise) 上门 上門 shàng mén to drop in / to visit / to lock a door / (of a shop) to close / to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family syn 门户 門戶 mén hù door / strategic gateway / portal / faction / sect / family status / family / web portal / (old) brothel syn 家属 家屬 jiā shǔ family member / (family) dependent syn 世家 shì jiā family influential for generations / aristocratic family syn 大户 大戶 dà hù great family / rich family / large landlord / conspicuous spender or consumer syn 家境 jiā jìng family financial situation / family circumstances syn 皇室 huáng shì royal family / imperial household / member of the royal family syn 家私 jiā sī family property / family wealth syn 养家 養家 yǎng jiā to support a family / to raise a family 家传 家傳 jiā chuán handed down in a family / family traditions syn 良家 liáng jiā respectable family / decent family 天伦 天倫 tiān lún family bonds / ethical family relations syn 辈分 輩分 bèi fèn seniority in the family or clan / position in the family hierarchy syn 寒门 寒門 hán mén poor and humble family / my family (humble) syn 送终 送終 sòng zhōng to attend upon a dying parent or other senior family member / to handle the funeral affairs of a senior family member 大义灭亲 大義滅親 dà yì miè qīn to place righteousness before family (idiom) / ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it syn 柴门 柴門 chái mén lit. woodcutter's family / humble background / poor family background syn 入赘 入贅 rù zhuì to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family syn 门风 門風 mén fēng family tradition / family principles syn 房 fáng house / room / CL:間|间[jian1] / branch of an extended family / classifier for family members (or concubines) syn 包袱底儿 包袱底兒 bāo fu dǐ r family heirloom / most precious family possession / person's secrets / one's best performance 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 书香门第 書香門第 shū xiāng mén dì family with a literary reputation (idiom) / literary family syn 养家糊口 養家糊口 yǎng jiā hú kǒu to support one's family (idiom) / to have difficulty feeding a family 一家人 yī jiā rén the whole family / members of the same family (lit. or fig.) 光耀门楣 光耀門楣 guāng yào mén méi splendor shines on the family's door (idiom) / fig. to bring honor to one's family 团年 團年 tuán nián (of a family) to come together at lunar New Year's Eve / family reunion at New Year's 宦门 宦門 huàn mén family of officials / family with connections to the bureaucracy (i.e. the middle classes in imperial China) 家计 家計 jiā jì family livelihood / a household's economic situation / family property 故家 gù jiā old and respected family / family whose members have been officials from generation to generation 聘娶婚 pìn qǔ hūn formal betrothal (in which the boy's family sends presents to the girl's family) 飞鱼族 飛魚族 fēi yú zú "flying fish family", family who sacrifice everything to send their children abroad to study 鮨科 qí kē the grouper family / Serranidae (fish family including Epinephelinae or grouper 石斑魚|石斑鱼) 重组家庭 reorganized family / recomposed family 大家庭 dà jiā tíng extended family / big family / harmonious group 身家 shēn jiā oneself and one's family / family background / pedigree / one's property / one's total assets syn 家规 家規 jiā guī family rules / family code of conduct 辈分 輩分 bèi fen seniority in the family or clan / position in the family hierarchy / Taiwan pr. [bei4fen4] syn 大家 dà jiā everyone / influential family / great expert syn 家庭 jiā tíng family / household / CL:戶|户[hu4],個|个[ge4] 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 家族 jiā zú family / clan syn 老大 lǎo dà old age / very / eldest child in a family / leader of a group / boss / captain of a boat / leader of a criminal gang syn 家长 家長 jiā zhǎng head of a household / family head / patriarch / parent or guardian of a child syn 家人 jiā rén family member / (old) servant syn 大门 大門 dà mén entrance / door / gate / large and influential family 家中 jiā zhōng one's family syn 一族 yī zú social group / subculture / family / clan / see also 族[zu2] 家用 jiā yòng home-use / domestic / family expenses / housekeeping money syn 出身 chū shēn to be born of / to come from / family background / class origin syn 传世 傳世 chuán shì handed down from ancient times / family heirloom syn 家教 jiā jiào family education / upbringing / to bring sb up / private tutor 亲戚 親戚 qīn qi a relative (i.e. family relation) / CL:門|门[men2],個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 亲情 親情 qīn qíng affection / family love / love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children syn 养老 養老 yǎng lǎo to provide for the elderly (family members) / to enjoy a life in retirement syn 怀抱 懷抱 huái bào to hug / to cherish / within the bosom (of the family) / to embrace (also fig. an ideal, aspiration etc) syn 计划生育 計劃生育 jì huà shēng yù family planning 全家 quán jiā whole family syn 自家 zì jiā oneself / one's own family syn 家门 家門 jiā mén house door / family clan syn 总管 總管 zǒng guǎn to be in charge of (a major area of responsibility) / person in charge / manager / (old) butler (of a rich family) / chief steward 兼顾 兼顧 jiān gù to handle two or more responsibilities at the same time / to balance (career and family, or work and studies etc) 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 老二 lǎo èr second-eldest child in a family / (euphemism) penis syn 鸽子 鴿子 gē zi pigeon / dove / various birds of the family Columbidae syn 农家 農家 nóng jiā peasant family syn 三代 sān dài three generations of a family / the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou) 计生 計生 jì shēng planned childbirth / birth control / family planning / abbr. for 計劃生育|计划生育 免税 免稅 miǎn shuì not liable to taxation (of monastery, imperial family etc) / tax free / duty free (shop) 姓氏 xìng shì family name syn 亲朋好友 親朋好友 qīn péng hǎo yǒu friends and family / kith and kin syn 养活 養活 yǎng huo to provide for / to keep (animals, a family etc) / to raise animals / to feed and clothe / support / the necessities of life / to give birth syn 家庭教育 jiā tíng jiào yù family education 后顾之忧 後顧之憂 hòu gù zhī yōu fears of trouble in the rear (idiom) / family worries (obstructing freedom of action) / worries about the future consequences / often in negative expressions, meaning "no worries about anything" 百灵 百靈 bǎi líng lark (bird of family Alaudidae) 大宗 dà zōng large amount / staple / influential family of long standing syn 语系 語系 yǔ xì language family 名门 名門 míng mén famous family / prestigious house syn 家事 jiā shì family matters / domestic affairs / housework syn 孝顺 孝順 xiào shùn filial / dutiful / devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc) / to show filial piety towards (an older family member) / filial piety syn 眷属 眷屬 juàn shǔ family member / husband and wife syn 木瓜 mù guā papaya (Carica papaya) / genus Chaenomeles of shrubs in the family Rosaceae / Chinese flowering quince (Chaenomeles speciosa) syn 家庭成员 家庭成員 jiā tíng chéng yuán family member 探亲 探親 tàn qīn to go home to visit one's family syn 单子 單子 dān zǐ the only son of a family / (functional programming or philosophy) monad syn 口子 kǒu zi hole / opening / cut / gap / gash / my husband or wife / classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc) / precedent syn 王室 wáng shì royal family / royal household syn 家常 jiā cháng the daily life of a family syn 