顶板 頂板 dǐng bǎn roof / roof plate / rock layer forming roof of a cave or mine / abacus 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 主场 主場 zhǔ chǎng (sports) home ground / home field / (sports) home game / main venue (for a festival etc) 临门 臨門 lín mén to arrive home / facing one's home / home-coming / (soccer) facing the goalmouth 恋家 戀家 liàn jiā home-loving / to feel a strong attachment to home life / to begrudge being away from home syn 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 在家千日好，出门一时难 在家千日好，出門一時難 zài jiā qiān rì hǎo , chū mén yī shí nán lit. at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home can be challenging (idiom) / fig. there's no place like home 马背 馬背 mǎ bèi horse's back / (traditional Chinese architecture) roof with a low-slung curved ridgelines and geometric shapes on the upper gable walls at the ends of the roof ridges 封顶 封頂 fēng dǐng to put a roof (on a building) / to cap the roof (finishing a building project) / fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc) / to top off / fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates) / to stop growing (of plant bud or branch) 敲屋顶 敲屋頂 qiāo wū dǐng roof-knocking / roof knocking 冒顶 冒頂 mào dǐng (mining) roof fall / to have the roof cave in syn 溜 liù swift current / rapids / (dialect) (of speech, actions etc) skilled / proficient / (of movements) quick / speedy / (bound form) rain runoff from a roof / (bound form) roof gutter / classifier for rows, lines etc / surroundings / neighborhood / (dialect) to practice / (dialect) to plaster / to fill in the cracks (with cement, lime plaster etc) syn 家居 jiā jū home / residence / to stay at home (unemployed) syn 出门 出門 chū mén to go out / to leave home / to go on a journey / away from home / (of a woman) to get married syn 家庭影院 jiā tíng yǐng yuàn home cinema / home theater 敬老院 jìng lǎo yuàn senior citizens' home / old folks' home syn 叶落归根 葉落歸根 yè luò guī gēn a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom) / everything has its ancestral home / In old age, an expatriate longs to return home. syn 本垒 本壘 běn lěi (baseball) home base / home plate 宅 zhái residence / (coll.) to stay in at home / to hang around at home syn 四海为家 四海為家 sì hǎi wéi jiā to regard the four corners of the world all as home (idiom) / to feel at home anywhere / to roam about unconstrained / to consider the entire country, or world, to be one's own syn 打道回府 dǎ dào huí fǔ to go home (in a ceremonial procession) / to return home syn 归省 歸省 guī xǐng to go home for a visit / to return to one's parents' home to pay respects 安老院 ān lǎo yuàn (dialect) old people's home / nursing home 老人院 lǎo rén yuàn nursing home / old people's home syn 第二回籍假国 第二回籍假國 alternative home leave country / alternate home leave country 替代回籍假国 替代回籍假國 alternative home leave country / alternate home leave country 家庭直播电视 家庭直播電視 direct-to-home television / direct-to-home broadcasting 家庭直播 direct-to-home television / direct-to-home broadcasting 在家靠父母，出外靠朋友 zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū wài kào péng you one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom) 在家靠父母，出门靠朋友 在家靠父母，出門靠朋友 zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū mén kào péng you one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom) 树高千丈，叶落归根 樹高千丈，葉落歸根 shù gāo qiān zhàng , yè luò guī gēn fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb) / fig. everything has its ancestral home / in old age, an expatriate returns home 家去 jiā qù (dialect) to go home / to return home 家访 家訪 jiā fǎng to pay a home visit, esp. (of a teacher) to visit a student's home 顶部 頂部 dǐng bù roof / topmost part / top (of tree, wall etc) / apex 屋顶 屋頂 wū dǐng roof / CL:個|个[ge4] 天窗 tiān chuāng hatchway / skylight / sun roof 房顶 房頂 fáng dǐng housetop / roof 屋面 wū miàn roof 车顶 車頂 chē dǐng car roof 天井 tiān jǐng courtyard / atrium / opening in a roof / skylight / caisson ceiling / (TCM) acupuncture point TB10 syn 屋脊 wū jǐ roof ridge syn 露台 露臺 lù tái balcony / patio / flat roof / terrace / deck (unroofed platform) / outdoor stage / ancient imperial celestial observation terrace 欢聚一堂 歡聚一堂 huān jù yī táng to gather happily under one roof syn 华盖 華蓋 huá gài imperial canopy (e.g. domed umbrella-like roof over carriage) / aureole / halo syn 琉璃瓦 liú lí wǎ glazed roof tile 顶盖 頂蓋 dǐng gài roof / lid 捆扎 捆紮 kǔn zā to bundle up with rope (e.g. firewood) / to secure with rope (e.g. suitcases on the roof of a car) / to strap down syn 瓦楞 wǎ léng rows of tiles on a roof / corrugated syn 平顶 平頂 píng dǐng flat roof 穹顶 穹頂 qióng dǐng dome / vault / domed roof 上膛 shàng táng roof of the mouth / to load a gun syn 济济一堂 濟濟一堂 jǐ jǐ yī táng to congregate in one hall (idiom) / to gather under one roof syn 拱顶 拱頂 gǒng dǐng an arched roof / a dome / a vault 屋架 wū jià a building / the frame of a building / roof beam / truss 顶 頂 dǐng apex / crown of the head / top / roof / most / to carry on the head / to push to the top / to go against / to replace / to substitute / to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc) / (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile / classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc syn 瓦 wǎ roof tile / abbr. for 瓦特[wa3 te4] syn 茨 cí Caltrop or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris) / to thatch (a roof) syn 砖 磚 zhuān brick / tile (floor or wall, not roof) / CL:塊|块[kuai4] syn 笮 zé board under tiles on roof / narrow 腭 齶 è palate / roof of the mouth syn 桁 héng pole plate / purlin (cross-beam in roof) / ridge-pole syn 棼 fén beams in roof / confused 柁 tuó main beam of roof 榀 pǐn classifier for roof beams and trusses 甍 méng rafters supporting tiles / ridge of a roof 三马同槽 三馬同槽 sān mǎ tóng cáo three horses at the same trough (idiom, alluding to Sima Yi 司馬懿|司马懿[Si1 ma3 Yi4] and his two sons) / conspirators under the same roof 坐不垂堂 zuò bù chuí táng lit. don't sit under the eaves (where tiles may fall from the roof) (idiom) / fig. keep out of danger 寄人篱下 寄人籬下 jì rén lí xià to lodge under another person's roof (idiom) / to live relying on sb else's charity syn 梁上君子 liáng shàng jūn zǐ lit. the gentleman on the roof beam / fig. a thief syn 热锅上的蚂蚁 熱鍋上的螞蟻 rè guō shang de mǎ yǐ (like) a cat on a hot tin roof / anxious / agitated 青堂瓦舍 qīng táng wǎ shè brick house with a tiled roof 杗 máng ridge-pole in roof 茅屋顶 茅屋頂 máo wū dǐng thatched roof 伪顶 偽頂 wěi dǐng false roof 宀 mián "roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc, referred to as 寶蓋|宝盖[bao3 gai4] 棳 zhuó small pillars that support the roof, those which rest on the main beam 三代同堂 sān dài tóng táng three generations under one roof 世界屋脊 shì jiè wū jǐ the roof of the world (usually refers to Tibet or Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 青藏高原[Qing1 Zang4 gao1 yuan2]) 同堂 tóng táng to live under the same roof (of different generations) 四世同堂 sì shì tóng táng four generations under one roof (idiom) 太阳窗 太陽窗 tài yáng chuāng sun window / sun roof (of car) 宝盖 寶蓋 bǎo gài name of the "roof" radical 宀[mian2] (Kangxi radical 40) 封顶仪式 封頂儀式 fēng dǐng yí shì ceremony of capping the roof (to mark the completion of a building project) 方顶 方頂 fāng dǐng square roof 东茅草盖 東茅草蓋 dōng máo cǎo gài thatched roof 梁架 liáng jià roof beam / rafters 棁 zhòu (wooden) stick / roof beam 气楼 氣樓 qì lóu small ventilation tower on roof of building 重屋 chóng wū lit. multiple roof / building of several stories 鸱甍 鴟甍 chī méng a kind of ornament on the roof ridge 棚顶 棚頂 péng dǐng canopy / roof / ceiling 上牙膛 shàng yá táng palate (roof of the mouth) 一站式服务措施 一站式服務措施 yī zhàn shì fù wù cuò shī one-roof service initiative 各人自扫门前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜 各人自掃門前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜 gè rén zì sǎo mén qián xuě , mò guǎn tā jiā wǎ shàng shuāng sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom) 篷顶 篷頂 péng dǐng canopy / roof / ceiling 三天不打，上房揭瓦 sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom) / spare the rod, spoil the child 棁 zhuō (wooden) stick / roof beam 风中烛，瓦上霜 風中燭，瓦上霜 fēng zhōng zhú , wǎ shàng shuāng lit. like a candle in the wind, or frost on the roof (idiom) / fig. (of sb's life) feeble / hanging on a thread 歇山顶 歇山頂 xiē shān dǐng (East Asian) hip-and-gable roof 