哪里 哪裡 nǎ lǐ where? / somewhere / anywhere / wherever / nowhere (negative answer to question) / humble expression denying compliment syn 兄弟 xiōng dì brothers / younger brother / CL:個|个[ge4] / I, me (humble term used by men in public speech) / brotherly / fraternal syn 一家 yī jiā the whole family / the same family / the family ... (when preceded by a family name) / group 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 家属 家屬 jiā shǔ family member / (family) dependent syn 小弟 xiǎo dì little brother / I, your little brother (humble) syn 皇室 huáng shì royal family / imperial household / member of the royal family syn 养家 養家 yǎng jiā to support a family / to raise a family 卑微 bēi wēi lowly / humble syn 下贱 下賤 xià jiàn humble / lowly / depraved / contemptible syn 小号 小號 xiǎo hào trumpet / small size (clothes etc) / (coll.) a number one / a piss / (humble) our store / alternate account (for an Internet forum etc) 谦卑 謙卑 qiān bēi humble syn 谦逊 謙遜 qiān xùn humble / modest / unpretentious / modesty syn 门户 門戶 mén hù door / strategic gateway / portal / faction / sect / family status / family / web portal / (old) brothel syn 世家 shì jiā family influential for generations / aristocratic family syn 小女 xiǎo nǚ my daughter (humble) 微微 wēi wēi slight / faint / humble syn 鄙人 bǐ rén your humble servant / I syn 寒舍 hán shè my humble home syn 土包子 tǔ bāo zi country bumpkin / boor / unsophisticated country person (humble, applied to oneself) / burial mound syn 在下 zài xià under / myself (humble) syn 家境 jiā jìng family financial situation / family circumstances syn 低微 dī wēi meager (wages) / humble (social status) / feeble (voice) syn 老朽 lǎo xiǔ decrepit and behind the times / old / useless / (humble) I / me (used by the elderly) syn 虚心 虛心 xū xīn open-minded / humble syn 妄自菲薄 wàng zì fěi bó to be unduly humble (idiom) / to undervalue oneself syn 大户 大戶 dà hù great family / rich family / large landlord / conspicuous spender or consumer syn 下家 xià jiā player whose turn comes next (in a game) / next one / my humble home 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 绵薄 綿薄 mián bó my humble effort / my meager contribution (humble) syn 家私 jiā sī family property / family wealth syn 见笑 見笑 jiàn xiào to mock / to be ridiculed / to incur ridicule through one's poor performance (humble) syn 蜗居 蝸居 wō jū humble abode / to live (in a tiny, cramped space) syn 拙作 zhuō zuò my unworthy manuscript (humble expr.) / my humble writing syn 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 天伦 天倫 tiān lún family bonds / ethical family relations syn 舍下 shè xià my humble home syn 负荆请罪 負荊請罪 fù jīng qǐng zuì lit. to bring a bramble and ask for punishment (idiom) / fig. to offer sb a humble apology syn 寒微 hán wēi of humble origin syn 不才 bù cái untalented / I / me (humble) syn 良家 liáng jiā respectable family / decent family 辈分 輩分 bèi fèn seniority in the family or clan / position in the family hierarchy syn 浅见 淺見 qiǎn jiàn shallow opinion / humble opinion syn 见教 見教 jiàn jiào I have been enlightened by your teaching (humble) 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 小儿 小兒 xiǎo ér young child / (humble) my son syn 手下留情 shǒu xià liú qíng lit. start off leniently (idiom) / please do not be too strict with me / Do not judge me too harshly. / Look favorably on my humble efforts. syn 小可 xiǎo kě small / unimportant / (polite) my humble person 家传 家傳 jiā chuán handed down in a family / family traditions syn 放低 fàng dī to lower / to be humble 错爱 錯愛 cuò ài misplaced kindness / humble term: I do not deserve your many kindnesses. 贫僧 貧僧 pín sēng poor monk (humble term used by monk of himself) 小犬 xiǎo quǎn puppy / my son (humble) 小家碧玉 xiǎo jiā bì yù pretty daughter in a humble family syn 甘拜下风 甘拜下風 gān bài xià fēng to step down gracefully (humble expression) / to concede defeat / to play second fiddle syn 愚见 愚見 yú jiàn my humble opinion 刍议 芻議 chú yì lit. grass-cutter's comment (humble) / fig. my observation as a humble layman / my humble opinion 才疏学浅 才疏學淺 cái shū xué qiǎn (humble expr.) of humble talent and shallow learning (idiom) / Pray forgive my ignorance,... syn 拙见 拙見 zhuō jiàn my unworthy opinion (humble expr.) syn 柴门 柴門 chái mén lit. woodcutter's family / humble background / poor family background syn 拙政园 拙政園 zhuō zhèng yuán Humble Administrator's Garden in Suzhou, Jiangsu 菲薄 fěi bó humble / meager / thin / to despise 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 菲 fěi poor / humble / unworthy / radish (old) syn 贱 賤 jiàn inexpensive / lowly / despicable / (bound form) (humble) my syn 窃 竊 qiè to steal / secretly / (humble) I syn 虚 虛 xū emptiness / void / abstract theory or guiding principles / empty or unoccupied / diffident or timid / false / humble or modest / (of health) weak / virtual / in vain syn 受宠若惊 受寵若驚 shòu chǒng ruò jīng overwhelmed by favor from superior (humble expr.) syn 卑 bēi low / base / vulgar / inferior / humble syn 一家人 yī jiā rén the whole family / members of the same family (lit. or fig.) 蓬荜生辉 蓬蓽生輝 péng bì shēng huī Your presence brings light to my humble dwelling / see also 蓬蓽生光|蓬荜生光[peng2 bi4 sheng1 guang1] 薄礼 薄禮 bó lǐ my meager gift (humble) syn 微贱 微賤 wēi jiàn humble / lowly syn 管见 管見 guǎn jiàn my limited view (lit. view through a thin tube) / my limited understanding / my opinion (humble) syn 敬祝 jìng zhù to offer humbly (written at the end of letter to sb of higher status) / your humble servant 陋 lòu low / humble / plain / ugly / mean / vulgar syn 舍弟 shè dì my younger brother (humble term) 拙荆 拙荊 zhuō jīng my wife (humble) syn 不亢不卑 bù kàng bù bēi neither haughty nor humble / neither overbearing nor servile / neither supercilious nor obsequious syn 失迎 shī yíng failure to meet / (humble language) I'm sorry not to have come to meet you personally syn 谦辞 謙辭 qiān cí humble words / self-deprecatory expression / to modestly decline 猥 wěi humble / rustic / plentiful syn 眇 miǎo blind in one eye / blind / tiny / humble / to stare syn 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 大家 dà jiā everyone / influential family / great expert syn 老 lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 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 家庭 jiā tíng family / household / CL:戶|户[hu4],個|个[ge4] syn 家人 jiā rén family member / (old) servant syn 家族 jiā zú family / clan syn 科 kē branch of study / administrative section / division / field / branch / stage directions / family (taxonomy) / rules / laws / to mete out (punishment) / to levy (taxes etc) / to fine sb / CL:個|个[ge4] 术 術 zhú various genera of flowers of Asteracea family (daisies and chrysanthemums), including Atractylis lancea 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 大门 大門 dà mén entrance / door / gate / large and influential family 亲戚 親戚 qīn qi a relative (i.e. family relation) / CL:門|门[men2],個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 鸽子 鴿子 gē zi pigeon / dove / various birds of the family Columbidae syn 全家 quán jiā whole family syn 