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"son-in-law (old)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
倩 qiàn pretty / winsome / to ask for sb's help / son-in-law (old) syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
法 灋 fǎ old variant of 法[fa3] / law syn
准 準 zhǔn accurate / standard / definitely / certainly / about to become (bride, son-in-law etc) / quasi- / para- syn
孙子 孫子 sūn zi grandson / son's son 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
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
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
老娘 lǎo niáng my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife syn
女婿 nǚ xù daughter's husband / son-in-law syn
圣子 聖子 shèng zǐ Holy Son / Jesus Christ / God the Son (in the Christian Trinity)
严刑 嚴刑 yán xíng strict law / cruel punishment / to carry out cruel law rigorously syn
公公 gōng gong husband's father / father-in-law / grandpa / grandad / (old) form of address for a eunuch syn
老牌 lǎo pái old, well-known brand / old style / old school / an old hand / experienced veteran syn
起诉书 起訴書 qǐ sù shū indictment (law) / statement of charges (law) syn
养子 養子 yǎng zǐ adopted son / foster son syn
旧账 舊賬 jiù zhàng lit. old account / old debt / fig. old scores to settle / old quarrels / old grudge
亲家 親家 qìng jia parents of one's daughter-in-law or son-in-law / relatives by marriage syn
老公公 lǎo gōng gong old man / husband's father / father-in-law / court eunuch syn
王法 wáng fǎ the law / the law of the land / the law of a state (in former times) / criterion 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
姑爷 姑爺 gū ye son-in-law (used by wife's family) / uncle (husband of father's sister) syn
念旧 念舊 niàn jiù to remember old friends / to cherish old friendships / for old time's sake 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
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
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
女婿 nǚ xu daughter's husband / son-in-law syn
老不死 lǎo bù sǐ (derog.) old but still alive / old fart / old bastard
阿公 ā gōng (old) grandfather / polite address for an elderly man, or a woman's father-in-law / (Taiwanese) grandfather
丈人 zhàng rén wife's father (father-in-law) / old man syn
小开 小開 xiǎo kāi (dialect) boss's son / rich man's son / young master syn
法政 fá zhèng law and government / law and politics syn
故道 gù dào old road / old way / old course (of a river)
孽子 niè zǐ unfilial son / unworthy son / illegitimate son / concubine's son
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
翁 wēng elderly man / father / father-in-law / neck feathers of a bird (old) syn
婿 xù son-in-law / husband syn
卿 qīng high ranking official (old) / term of endearment between spouses (old) / (from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old) / honorific (old) syn
执法如山 執法如山 zhí fǎ rú shān to maintain the law as firm as a mountain (idiom) / to enforce the law strictly syn
乘龙快婿 乘龍快婿 chéng lóng kuài xù ideal son-in-law syn
孙媳妇 孫媳婦 sūn xí fu son's son's wife / grandson's wife syn
者 zhě (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this syn
儿子 兒子 ér zi son syn
儿 兒 ér child / son syn
博士 bó shì doctor (as an academic degree) / (old) person specialized in a skill or trade / (old) court academician
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
杂种 雜種 zá zhǒng hybrid / mixed breed / bastard / son of a bitch syn
解 xiè acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old) / variant of 懈[xie4] and 邂[xie4] (old) syn
王子 wáng zǐ prince / son of a king syn
士 shì member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker syn
老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow / old man / father / husband syn
古老 gǔ lǎo ancient / old / age-old syn
侄子 姪子 zhí zi brother's son / nephew syn
打发 打發 dǎ fa to dispatch sb to do sth / to make sb leave / to pass (the time) / (old) to make arrangements / (old) to bestow (alms etc) syn
老头子 老頭子 lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man / (said of an aging husband) my old man syn
老式 lǎo shì old-fashioned / old type / outdated syn
孙女 孫女 sūn nǚ son's daughter / granddaughter
父子 fù zǐ father and son syn
犹大 猶大 yóu dà Judas / Judah (son of Jacob)
天子 tiān zǐ the (rightful) emperor / "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation) syn
浪子 làng zǐ loafer / wastrel / prodigal son syn
外孙 外孫 wài sūn daughter's son / grandson / descendant via the female line syn
长子 長子 zhǎng zǐ eldest son syn
独生子 獨生子 dú shēng zǐ a son who is an only child syn
食道 shí dào esophagus / gullet / (old) the proper way to eat / (old) food transportation route syn
独子 獨子 dú zǐ a son who is an only child 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
师兄 師兄 shī xiōng senior male fellow student or apprentice / son (older than oneself) of one's teacher syn
老将 老將 lǎo jiàng lit. old general / commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess / fig. old-timer / veteran syn
次子 cì zǐ second son
令郎 lìng láng your esteemed son (honorific) syn
宿怨 sù yuàn an old grudge / old scores to settle syn
公子哥儿 公子哥兒 gōng zǐ gē r pampered son of a wealthy family syn
老汉 老漢 lǎo hàn old man / I (an old man referring to himself) syn
喜新厌旧 喜新厭舊 xǐ xīn yàn jiù lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom) / fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old syn
寿终正寝 壽終正寢 shòu zhōng zhèng qǐn to die of old age / to die in one's bed at a ripe old age / (fig.) (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life syn
老态 老態 lǎo tài old and frail / decrepit / doddering / decrepitude / infirmities of old age 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
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
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
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
孝道 xiào dao filial piety (Confucian virtue) / to be a good son or daughter syn
逆子 nì zǐ unfilial son syn
添丁 tiān dīng to add a son to the family syn
小子 xiǎo zǐ (literary) youngster / (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation) / (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) syn
小儿 小兒 xiǎo ér young child / (humble) my son syn
老家伙 老傢伙 lǎo jiā huo (coll.) old fellow / old codger syn
单子 單子 dān zǐ the only son of a family / (functional programming or philosophy) monad syn
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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