住宿 zhù sù to stay at / lodging / accommodation syn 挨家挨户 挨家挨戶 āi jiā āi hù to go from house to house syn 众议院 眾議院 zhòng yì yuàn lower house of bicameral assembly / House of Representatives (USA) / Chamber of Deputies 借宿 jiè sù to stay with sb / to ask for lodging syn 食宿 shí sù board and lodging / room and board syn 下议院 下議院 xià yì yuàn lower chamber (of legislative body) / lower house / the House of Commons 迁入 遷入 qiān rù to move in (to new lodging) 宅院 zhái yuàn house / house with a courtyard 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 二手房 èr shǒu fáng second-hand house / house acquired indirectly through a middle-man 吃住 chī zhù food and lodging / to stay (at some place) and eat meals (there) 金屋藏娇 金屋藏嬌 jīn wū cáng jiāo a golden house to keep one's mistress (idiom) / a magnificent house built for a beloved woman 打前站 dǎ qián zhàn to set out in advance to make arrangements (board, lodging etc) / (military) to dispatch an advance party syn 门 門 mén gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal / derived from Watergate) syn 房子 fáng zi house / building (single- or two-story) / apartment / room / CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],套[tao4],間|间[jian1] syn 酒店 jiǔ diàn wine shop / pub (public house) / hotel / restaurant / (Tw) hostess club syn 奶奶 nǎi nai (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother) / (respectful) mistress of the house / CL:位[wei4] / (coll.) boobies / breasts syn 屋子 wū zi house / room / CL:間|间[jian1] syn 宠物 寵物 chǒng wù house pet 白宫 白宮 bái gōng White House 搬家 bān jiā to move house / to relocate / to remove (sth) syn 房租 fáng zū rent for a room or house 房屋 fáng wū house / building / CL:所[suo3],套[tao4] syn 主妇 主婦 zhǔ fù housewife / woman of senior authority in a household / the lady of the house / hostess syn 家门 家門 jiā mén house door / family clan syn 少爷 少爺 shào ye son of the boss / young master of the house / your son (honorific) syn 庇护所 庇護所 bì hù suǒ safe house syn 急诊 急診 jí zhěn to give or receive urgent medical treatment / emergency treatment (at a hospital emergency department or from a doctor on a house call) syn 出版社 chū bǎn shè publishing house 山庄 山莊 shān zhuāng manor house / villa / (used in hotel names) syn 摆设 擺設 bǎi shè to set out / to display / to furnish (a room or house) syn 房主 fáng zhǔ landlord / house owner syn 电工 電工 diàn gōng electrician / electrical engineering / electrical work (in a house) 软禁 軟禁 ruǎn jìn to place under house arrest syn 民宅 mín zhái house / people's homes syn 歌剧院 歌劇院 gē jù yuàn opera house syn 收容 shōu róng to provide a place to stay / to house / to accommodate / (of an institution etc) to take in / to accept syn 过家家 過家家 guò jiā jiā to play house 众议员 眾議員 zhòng yì yuán member of the House of Representatives 翻修 fān xiū to rebuild (house or road) / to overhaul syn 葫芦 葫蘆 hú lu calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) / hoist / generic term for block and tackle (or parts thereof) / muddled / (poker) full house 买房 買房 mǎi fáng to buy a house 搬动 搬動 bān dòng to move (sth) around / to move house syn 宝库 寶庫 bǎo kù treasure-house / treasury / treasure-trove (often fig., book of treasured wisdom) syn 咖啡屋 kā fēi wū coffee house / café / CL:家[jia1] 新房 xīn fáng brand new house / bridal chamber syn 出诊 出診 chū zhěn to visit a patient at home (of a doctor) / house call 名门 名門 míng mén famous family / prestigious house syn 平房 píng fáng bungalow / single-story house 客栈 客棧 kè zhàn tavern / guest house / inn / hotel syn 府邸 fǔ dǐ mansion house / official residence syn 看家 kān jiā to look after the house / (of skill, ability) special / outstanding 门牌 門牌 mén pái door plate / house number 壁虎 bì hǔ gecko / house lizard syn 房价 房價 fáng jià house price / cost of housing 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 宅子 zhái zi house / residence syn 印刷厂 印刷廠 yìn shuā chǎng printing house / print shop 暖房 nuǎn fáng heating / central heating / greenhouse / hothouse / to pay a house-warming visit syn 开间 開間 kāi jiān unit for the width of a room, equal to the standard width of a room in an old-style house – about 10 chi 尺[chi3] / width of a room / (architecture) bay syn 趁火打劫 chèn huǒ dǎ jié to loot a burning house / to profit from sb's misfortune (idiom) syn 包租 bāo zū to rent / to charter / to rent land or a house for subletting / fixed rent for farmland syn 招租 zhāo zū (of a house or room) to be for rent syn 茅房 máo fáng toilet (rural euphemism) / thatched hut or house syn 房舍 fáng shè house / building syn 厢房 廂房 xiāng fáng wing (of a traditional house) / side room syn 民房 mín fáng private house 当家作主 當家作主 dāng jiā zuò zhǔ to be in charge in one's own house (idiom) / to be the master of one's own affairs syn 进深 進深 jìn shēn (of a house or room) distance from the entrance to the rear / depth syn 凶宅 兇宅 xiōng zhái inauspicious abode / haunted house 主人翁 zhǔ rén wēng master (of the house) / main character in a novel etc / hero or heroine syn 正房 zhèng fáng central building (in a traditional house) / primary wife syn 莱温斯基 萊溫斯基 lái wēn sī jī Monica Lewinsky (1973-), former White House intern 幽禁 yōu jìn to place under house arrest / to imprison syn 书局 書局 shū jú bookstore / publishing house syn 危房 wēi fáng decrepit house syn 抄家 chāo jiā to search a house and confiscate possessions syn 家宅 jiā zhái home / residence / house syn 四合院 sì hé yuàn courtyard house with a fully enclosed courtyard (type of Chinese residence) 东宫 東宮 dōng gōng Orient House syn 少奶奶 shào nǎi nai young lady of the house / wife of the young master syn 府第 fǔ dì mansion house / official residence syn 入户 入戶 rù hù to enter sb's house / to obtain a residence permit 私房 sī fáng privately-owned house / private rooms / private ownings syn 书社 書社 shū shè a reading group / press (i.e. publishing house) 咱家 zán jiā I / me / we / my home / our house syn 鬼屋 guǐ wū haunted house 两院 兩院 liǎng yuàn two chambers (of legislative assembly), e.g. House of Representatives and Senate 太爷 太爺 tài yé (respectful for) one's grandfather / sb's father / older people / the head of the house (used by servants) / a district magistrate syn 世子 shì zǐ crown prince / heir of a noble house 自家人 zì jiā rén sb with whom one is on familiar terms / sb from the same place (same house, same town etc) / one of us 迎亲 迎親 yíng qīn (of the groom's family) to send a bridal sedan chair 花轎|花轿 to fetch the bride / to send a party to escort the bride to the groom's house 客满 客滿 kè mǎn to have a full house / to be sold out / no vacancy syn 灯头 燈頭 dēng tóu electric light socket / burner (component of a kerosene lamp) / light (as a countable item, e.g. number of lights fitted in a house) 通水 tōng shuǐ to have running water (in a house etc) 屋宇 wū yǔ (literary) house / building syn 搬场 搬場 bān chǎng to move (house) / to relocate / removal 堂屋 táng wū central room of a traditional Chinese house syn 照壁 zhào bì a screen wall across the gate of a house (for privacy) syn 