单层 單層 dān céng single layer / single story / single deck / single level 亲子 親子 qīn zǐ parent and child / parent-child (relationship) / two successive generations 母体 母體 mǔ tǐ (zoology, medicine) mother's body / (chemistry etc) parent / matrix / (statistics) population / parent population 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 单盲试验 單盲試驗 single-blind trial / single-blind study / single masked-trial 一家 yī jiā the whole family / the same family / the family ... (when preceded by a family name) / group 单亲 單親 dān qīn single parent 家长 家長 jiā zhǎng head of a household / family head / patriarch / parent or guardian of a child syn 抛家弃子 拋家棄子 pāo jiā - qì zǐ (of a parent) to abandon one's family 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) 分文 fēn wén a single penny / a single cent 单枪匹马 單槍匹馬 dān qiāng pǐ mǎ lit. single spear and horse (idiom) / fig. single-handed / unaccompanied syn 单味药 單味藥 dān wèi yào medicine made from a single herb / drug made from a single substance 单瓣 單瓣 dān bàn single petal / single valve syn 单机检测 單機檢測 single-machine trial / single-machine test 1961年麻醉品单一公约 1961年麻醉品單一公約 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 / Single Convention 1961 1961年单一公约 1961年單一公約 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 / Single Convention 1961 欧洲单一市场 歐洲單一市場 Single European Market / European Single Market 单一窗口单一申报制度 單一窗口單一申報制度 Single Window-Single File System 单脉冲雷 單脈沖雷 single-impulse pressure-fused mine / single-impulse mine 孤男寡女 gū nán guǎ nǚ a single man and a single woman / bachelors / a man and a woman together (typically in a secluded setting) 单枪匹马 單槍匹馬 dān qiāng - pǐ mǎ lit. single spear and horse (idiom) / fig. single-handed / unaccompanied syn 单子叶 單子葉 dān zǐ yè monocotyledon (plant family distinguished by single embryonic leaf, includes grasses, orchids and lilies) 总公司 總公司 zǒng gōng sī parent company / head office syn 母子 mǔ zǐ mother and child / parent and subsidiary (companies) / principal and interest 母公司 mǔ gōng sī parent company syn 母语 母語 mǔ yǔ native language / mother tongue / (linguistics) parent language 家长会 家長會 jiā zhǎng huì parent-teacher conference / parents' association 奔丧 奔喪 bēn sāng to hasten home for the funeral of a parent or grandparent syn 亲 親 qīn parent / one's own (flesh and blood) / relative / related / marriage / bride / close / intimate / in person / first-hand / in favor of / pro- / to kiss / (Internet slang) dear syn 再生父母 zài shēng fù mǔ like a second parent (idiom) / one's great benefactor syn 弑 弒 shì to murder a superior / to murder one's parent syn 乌鸟私情 烏鳥私情 wū niǎo sī qíng lit. the solicitude of the crow (who provides for his old parent)(idiom) / fig. filial piety 割股疗亲 割股療親 gē gǔ liǎo qīn to cut flesh from one's thigh to nourish a sick parent (idiom) / filial thigh-cutting 赘婿 贅婿 zhuì xù son-in-law living at wife's parent's house syn 祖语 祖語 zǔ yǔ proto-language / parent language (linguistics) 令亲 令親 lìng qīn Your esteemed parent (honorific) 回交 huí jiāo backcrossing (i.e. hybridization with parent) 尊亲 尊親 zūn qīn (honorific) your parent 母弹 母彈 mǔ dàn parent shell (of a cluster bomb) 母质 母質 mǔ zhì parent material (e.g. the eroded rock making up sediment) 绕膝 繞膝 rào xī (children) run around parent's knees / fig. to stay to look after one's elderly parents 亲代 親代 qīn dài parent's generation / previous generation 丁艰 丁艱 dīng jiān (literary) to be in mourning after the death of a parent 母体碳氢化合物 mǔ tǐ tàn qīng huà hé wù parent hydrocarbon 国际父母教育联合会 International Federation for Parent Education 教员－儿童－家长办法 teacher-child-parent approach 国际癌症患儿家长组织联合会 International Confederation of Childhood Cancer Parent Organisations 生身父母 shēng shēn fù mǔ biological parent 亲子传播 親子傳播 parent-to-child transmission 原部队 原部隊 parent unit 所属部队 所屬部隊 parent unit 母体物质 母體物質 parent substance 上级组织 上級組織 parent organization 母组织 母組織 parent organization 丁忧 丁憂 dīng yōu (literary) to be in mourning after the death of a parent 母群体 母群體 mǔ qún tǐ (statistics) population / parent population 唱黑脸 唱黑臉 chàng hēi liǎn to play the role of the strict parent (or superior etc) 父级 父級 fù jí parent (computing) 育有 yù yǒu to be the parent of (a child) 割股疗亲 割股療親 gē gǔ liáo qīn to cut flesh from one's thigh to nourish a sick parent (idiom) / filial thigh-cutting 哀毁骨立 哀毀骨立 āi huǐ gǔ lì (idiom) (literary) to become emaciated due to grief (usu. due to the death of a parent) 母星 mǔ xīng (science fiction) home planet / (astronomy) parent star 共读 共讀 gòng dú shared reading (parent-child, classroom, reading group etc) / to engage in shared reading 导护 導護 dǎo hù (Tw) (of a teacher or parent volunteer) to perform student safety duty, guiding students and maintaining traffic order during arrival and dismissal 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 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 