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 音响 音響 yīn xiǎng sound / acoustics / audio / hi-fi system / stereo sound system (abbr. for 組合音響|组合音响[zu3he2 yin1xiang3]) syn 单枪匹马 單槍匹馬 dān qiāng pǐ mǎ lit. single spear and horse (idiom) / fig. single-handed / unaccompanied 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 分文 fēn wén a single penny / a single cent 平房 píng fáng bungalow / single-story house 下议院 下議院 xià yì yuàn lower chamber (of legislative body) / lower house / the House of Commons 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 小灵通 小靈通 xiǎo líng tōng Personal Handy-phone System (PHS), mobile network system operating in China 1998-2013, branded "Little Smart" 管理信息系统 管理信息系統 guǎn lǐ xìn xī xì tǒng management information system / MI system 单层 單層 dān céng single layer / single story / single deck / single level 学分制 學分制 xué fēn zhì credit system / grading system (in schools, universities etc) 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 组合音响 組合音響 zǔ hé yīn xiǎng hi-fi system / stereo sound system / abbr. to 音響|音响[yin1 xiang3] syn 官制 guān zhì the civil service system / the bureaucratic system 甲 jiǎ first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° syn 分封制 fēn fēng zhì the feudal system / system of enfeoffment 一 yī one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit 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 单 單 dān bill / list / form / single / only / sole / odd number / CL:個|个[ge4] 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 单身 單身 dān shēn unmarried / single / alone 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 一次性 yī cì xìng one-off (offer) / one-time / single-use / disposable (goods) 单身汉 單身漢 dān shēn hàn bachelor / single man syn 字典 zì diǎn Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 詞典|词典[ci2 dian3], which has entries for words of one or more characters) / (coll.) dictionary / CL:本[ben3] 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 单干 單幹 dān gàn to work on one's own / to work single-handed / individual farming syn 出版社 chū bǎn shè publishing house 单人 單人 dān rén one person / single (room, bed etc) syn 山庄 山莊 shān zhuāng manor house / villa / (used in hotel names) syn 一窍不通 一竅不通 yī qiào bù tōng lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head) / I don't understand a word (idiom) / it's all Greek to me syn 摆设 擺設 bǎi shè to set out / to display / to furnish (a room or house) syn 一身 yī shēn whole body / from head to toe / single person / a suit of clothes syn 独身 獨身 dú shēn unmarried / single / alone syn 里弄 lǐ lòng lanes and alleys / neighborhood / lane neighborhoods in parts of Shanghai, with modified Chinese courtyard houses, occupied by single families in the 1930s, now crowded with multiple families 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 开刀 開刀 kāi dāo (of a surgeon) to perform an operation / (of a patient) to have an operation / to decapitate / to behead / to single out as a point of attack syn 单一 單一 dān yī single / only / sole 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 专一 專一 zhuān yī single-minded / concentrated syn 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 一心一意 yī xīn yī yì concentrating one's thoughts and efforts / single-minded / bent on / intently syn 出诊 出診 chū zhěn to visit a patient at home (of a doctor) / house call 单个 單個 dān ge single / alone / individually / an odd one syn 不堪一击 不堪一擊 bù kān yī jī to be unable to withstand a single blow / to collapse at the first blow syn 名门 名門 míng mén famous family / prestigious house syn 光棍 guāng gùn gangster / hoodlum / bachelor / single man / (dialect) wise person / astute person syn 一鸣惊人 一鳴驚人 yī míng jīng rén to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom) / an overnight celebrity syn 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 摇身一变 搖身一變 yáo shēn yī biàn to change shape in a single shake / fig. to take on a new lease of life syn 单细胞 單細胞 dān xì bāo (of an organism) single-celled / unicellular 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 专心致志 專心致志 zhuān xīn zhì zhì (idiom) single-minded / fully focused 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 纹丝不动 紋絲不動 wén sī bù dòng to not move a single jot (idiom) syn 宅子 zhái zi house / residence syn 独木桥 獨木橋 dú mù qiáo single-log bridge / (fig.) difficult path 潜心 潛心 qián xīn to concentrate fully on sth / single-minded 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 寸步难行 寸步難行 cùn bù nán xíng unable to move a single step (idiom) / to be in an (extremely) difficult situation 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 一步登天 yī bù dēng tiān reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom) / (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success syn 茅房 máo fáng toilet (rural euphemism) / thatched hut or house syn 单项 單項 dān xiàng single-item 字头 字頭 zì tóu single-character headword (in a dictionary) / first character of a Chinese word / the top part (esp. a radical) of a Chinese character / the initial of a Chinese syllable 房舍 fáng shè house / building syn 