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"my son-in-law (humble)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
哪里 哪裡 nǎ lǐ where? / somewhere / anywhere / wherever / nowhere (negative answer to question) / humble expression denying compliment syn
儿子 兒子 ér zi son 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
儿 兒 ér child / son syn
子 zǐ son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / (prefix) sub- syn
准 準 zhǔn accurate / standard / definitely / certainly / about to become (bride, son-in-law etc) / quasi- / para- syn
杂种 雜種 zá zhǒng hybrid / mixed breed / bastard / son of a bitch syn
王子 wáng zǐ prince / son of a king syn
孙子 孫子 sūn zi grandson / son's son syn
侄子 姪子 zhí zi brother's son / nephew syn
执法 執法 zhí fǎ to enforce a law / law enforcement
公子 gōng zǐ son of an official / son of nobility / your son (honorific) syn
小弟 xiǎo dì little brother / I, your little brother (humble) syn
孙女 孫女 sūn nǚ son's daughter / granddaughter
父子 fù zǐ father and son syn
外甥 wài shēng sister's son / wife's sibling's son syn
少爷 少爺 shào ye son of the boss / young master of the house / your son (honorific) syn
犹大 猶大 yóu dà Judas / Judah (son of Jacob)
定律 dìng lǜ scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy) / (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts") syn
天子 tiān zǐ the (rightful) emperor / "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation) syn
女婿 nǚ xù daughter's husband / son-in-law syn
浪子 làng zǐ loafer / wastrel / prodigal son syn
卑微 bēi wēi lowly / humble syn
下贱 下賤 xià jiàn humble / lowly / depraved / contemptible syn
圣子 聖子 shèng zǐ Holy Son / Jesus Christ / God the Son (in the Christian Trinity)
外孙 外孫 wài sūn daughter's son / grandson / descendant via the female line 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)
长子 長子 zhǎng zǐ eldest son syn
谦卑 謙卑 qiān bēi humble syn
严刑 嚴刑 yán xíng strict law / cruel punishment / to carry out cruel law rigorously syn
谦逊 謙遜 qiān xùn humble / modest / unpretentious / modesty syn
独生子 獨生子 dú shēng zǐ a son who is an only child syn
小女 xiǎo nǚ my daughter (humble)
起诉书 起訴書 qǐ sù shū indictment (law) / statement of charges (law) syn
微微 wēi wēi slight / faint / humble syn
鄙人 bǐ rén your humble servant / I syn
独子 獨子 dú zǐ a son who is an only child syn
养子 養子 yǎng zǐ adopted son / foster son 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
爱子 愛子 ài zǐ beloved son
男儿 男兒 nán ér a (real) man / boy / son syn
孝子 xiào zǐ filial son syn
亲家 親家 qìng jia parents of one's daughter-in-law or son-in-law / relatives by marriage syn
师兄 師兄 shī xiōng senior male fellow student or apprentice / son (older than oneself) of one's teacher syn
在下 zài xià under / myself (humble) syn
低微 dī wēi meager (wages) / humble (social status) / feeble (voice) syn
次子 cì zǐ second son
令郎 lìng láng your esteemed son (honorific) syn
王法 wáng fǎ the law / the law of the land / the law of a state (in former times) / criterion syn
公子哥儿 公子哥兒 gōng zǐ gē r pampered son of a wealthy family 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
以身试法 以身試法 yǐ shēn shì fǎ to challenge the law (idiom) / to knowingly violate the law syn
护法 護法 hù fǎ to keep the law / to protect Buddha's teachings / protector of Buddhist law (i.e. temple donor)
法治 fǎ zhì rule of law / to rule by law syn
妄自菲薄 wàng zì fěi bó to be unduly humble (idiom) / to undervalue oneself syn
承继 承繼 chéng jì adoption (e.g. of a nephew as a son) / to inherit syn
子嗣 zǐ sì son / heir syn
姑爷 姑爺 gū ye son-in-law (used by wife's family) / uncle (husband of father's sister) syn
贵贱 貴賤 guì jiàn noble and lowly / high versus low social hierarchy of ruler to people, father to son, husband to wife in Confucianism
下家 xià jiā player whose turn comes next (in a game) / next one / my humble home syn
绵薄 綿薄 mián bó my humble effort / my meager contribution (humble) syn
贪赃枉法 貪贓枉法 tān zāng wǎng fǎ corruption and abuse of the law (idiom) / to take bribes and bend the law syn
天道 tiān dào natural law / heavenly law / weather (dialect) syn
公司法 gōng sī fǎ corporations law / company law / corporate law
周公 zhōu gōng Duke of Zhou (11th c. BC), son of King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhou1 Wen2 wang2], played an important role as regent in founding the Western Zhou 西周[Xi1 Zhou1], and is also known as the "God of Dreams"
望子成龙 望子成龍 wàng zǐ chéng lóng lit. to hope one's son becomes a dragon (idiom) / fig. to long for one' s child to succeed in life / to have great hopes for one's offspring / to give one's child the best education as a career investment syn
见笑 見笑 jiàn xiào to mock / to be ridiculed / to incur ridicule through one's poor performance (humble) syn
阿斗 ā dǒu A-dou, nickname of Liu Shan 劉禪|刘禅[Liu2 Shan4] (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263 / (fig.) weak and inept person 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
表叔 biǎo shū son of grandfather's sister / son of grandmother's brother or sister / father's younger male cousin / (Hong Kong slang) mainlander syn
孝道 xiào dao filial piety (Confucian virtue) / to be a good son or daughter syn
逆子 nì zǐ unfilial son 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
习惯法 習慣法 xí guàn fǎ customary law / common law
长孙 長孫 zhǎng sūn eldest grandson / the eldest son of one's eldest son
驸马 駙馬 fù mǎ emperor's son-in-law
婆媳 pó xí mother-in-law and daughter-in-law
不才 bù cái untalented / I / me (humble) 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
添丁 tiān dīng to add a son to the family syn
小儿 小兒 xiǎo ér young child / (humble) my son syn
女婿 nǚ xu daughter's husband / son-in-law syn
单子 單子 dān zǐ the only son of a family / (functional programming or philosophy) monad syn
王八蛋 wáng bā dàn bastard (insult) / son of a bitch 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
饕餮 tāo tiè ferocious mythological animal, the fifth son of the dragon king / zoomorphic mask motif, found on Shang and Zhou ritual bronzes / gluttonous / sumptuous (banquet) syn
放低 fàng dī to lower / to be humble
张学良 張學良 zhāng xué liáng Zhang Xueliang (1901-2001) son of Fengtian clique warlord, then senior general for the Nationalists and subsequently for the People's Liberation Army
错爱 錯愛 cuò ài misplaced kindness / humble term: I do not deserve your many kindnesses.
丘比特 qiū bǐ tè Cupid, son of Venus and Mars, Roman god of love and beauty
贫僧 貧僧 pín sēng poor monk (humble term used by monk of himself)
多尔衮 多爾袞 duō ěr gǔn Dorgon (1612-1651), fourteenth son of Nurhaci 努爾哈赤|努尔哈赤[Nu3 er3 ha1 chi4], successful general, instrumental in Manchu conquest of China, ruled China as regent 1644-1650 for his nephew Emperor Shunzhi 順治帝|顺治帝[Shun4 zhi4 di4]
蒋经国 蔣經國 jiǎng jīng guó Chiang Ching-kuo (1910-1988), son of Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石, Guomindang politician, president of ROC 1978-1988
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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