让 讓 ràng to yield / to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) / by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4]) syn 得 dé to obtain / to get / to gain / to catch (a disease) / proper / suitable / proud / contented / to allow / to permit / ready / finished syn 可 kě (prefix) can / may / able to / -able / to approve / to permit / to suit / (particle used for emphasis) certainly / very / but / however syn 住 zhù to live / to dwell / to stay / to reside / to stop / (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt) syn 处 處 chǔ to reside / to live / to dwell / to be in / to be situated at / to stay / to get along with / to be in a position of / to deal with / to discipline / to punish syn 留下 liú xià to leave behind / to stay behind / to remain / to keep / not to let (sb) go syn 允许 允許 yǔn xǔ to permit / to allow syn 住手 zhù shǒu to desist / to stop / to stay one's hand syn 许 許 xǔ to allow / to permit / to promise / to praise / somewhat / perhaps syn 联络 聯絡 lián luò to get in touch with / to contact / to stay in contact (with) / liaison / (math.) connection syn 作出 zuò chū to put out / to come up with / to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc) / to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc) / to draw (conclusion) / to deliver (speech, judgment) / to devise (explanation) / to extract syn 许可 許可 xǔ kě to allow / to permit syn 执照 執照 zhí zhào license / permit syn 躲开 躲開 duǒ kāi to stay out of (hot water, trouble, awkward situation etc) / to avoid (sb) syn 停留 tíng liú to stay somewhere temporarily / to stop over syn 许可证 許可證 xǔ kě zhèng license / authorization / permit syn 留住 liú zhù to ask sb to stay / to keep sb for the night / to await (classical) syn 准许 准許 zhǔn xǔ to allow / to grant / to permit syn 寄宿 jì sù to stay / to lodge / to board syn 置身 zhì shēn to place oneself / to stay syn 逗留 dòu liú to stay for a while / to sojourn syn 熬夜 áo yè to stay up late or all night 容许 容許 róng xǔ to permit / to allow syn 住宿 zhù sù to stay at / lodging / accommodation syn 绿卡 綠卡 lǜ kǎ permanent residency permit (originally referred specifically to the US green card) 慢走 màn zǒu Stay a bit! / Wait a minute! / (to a departing guest) Take care! syn 提神 tí shén to freshen up / to be cautious or vigilant / to watch out / stimulant to enhance mental performance / stay-awake drug / agrypnotic syn 落脚 落腳 luò jiǎo to stay for a time / to stop over / to lodge / to sink down (into soft ground) / leftovers syn 家居 jiā jū home / residence / to stay at home (unemployed) 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 本分 běn fèn (to play) one's part / one's role / one's duty / (to stay within) one's bounds / dutiful / keeping to one's role syn 栖身 棲身 qī shēn to stay at / to live in (temporarily) syn 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 留守 liú shǒu to stay behind to take care of things 留宿 liú sù to put up a guest / to stay overnight syn 久留 jiǔ liú to stay for a long time 户口 戶口 hù kǒu population (counted as number of households for census or taxation) / registered residence / residence permit / (in Hong Kong and Macau) bank account syn 避风 避風 bì fēng to take shelter from the wind / to lie low / to stay out of trouble 挽留 wǎn liú to urge to stay / to detain syn 借宿 jiè sù to stay with sb / to ask for lodging syn 蝉联 蟬聯 chán lián to continue in a post / (to hold a post) several times in succession / (to win a title) in successive years / to stay at number one / to defend a championship syn 静默 靜默 jìng mò silent / still / quiet / to mourn in silence / to observe silence / (neologism c. 2022) to stay at home during a pandemic syn 作客 zuò kè to live somewhere as a visitor / to stay with sb as a guest / to sojourn syn 沉住气 沉住氣 chén zhù qì to keep cool / to stay calm syn 持平 chí píng to stay level (of exchange rate, market share etc) / fair / unbiased syn 歇息 xiē xi to have a rest / to stay for the night / to go to bed / to sleep syn 下榻 xià tà to stay (at a hotel etc during a trip) syn 投宿 tóu sù to lodge / to stay (for the night) syn 准予 zhǔn yǔ to grant / to approve / to permit syn 暂住证 暫住證 zàn zhù zhèng temporary residence permit 盘桓 盤桓 pán huán to pace / to linger / to stay over / to spiral / to hover syn 赋闲 賦閑 fù xián to stay idle at home / to have resigned from office / to be unemployed / to have been fired / to be on a sabbatical syn 旅居 lǚ jū to stay away from home / residence abroad / sojourn syn 居留证 居留證 jū liú zhèng residence permit 证照 證照 zhèng zhào license / permit / ID photo / passport photo syn 入户 入戶 rù hù to enter sb's house / to obtain a residence permit 厮守 廝守 sī shǒu to stay together / to rely on one another 吃住 chī zhù food and lodging / to stay (at some place) and eat meals (there) 驻留 駐留 zhù liú to stay / to remain / to linger / (computing) to reside / resident (program etc) syn 农家乐 農家樂 nóng jiā lè a property providing rural accommodation (farm stay, boutique hotel etc) 居住证 居住證 jū zhù zhèng residence permit 北漂 běi piāo to migrate to Beijing or Taipei in search of better job opportunities / migrant worker living and working in Beijing or Taipei without a residence permit 准生证 準生證 zhǔn shēng zhèng birth permit 闲居 閑居 xián jū to lead a quiet and peaceful life in retirement / to stay home with nothing to do / to lead a solitary life syn 恩准 ēn zhǔn approved by His (or Her) Majesty / permission graciously granted (from highly authoritative position) / to graciously permit / to condescend to allow syn 守岁 守歲 shǒu suì to see in the New Year / to stay up all night on lunar New Year's Eve 上轨道 上軌道 shàng guǐ dào to stay on track / to proceed smoothly syn 留客 liú kè to ask a guest to stay / to detain a guest 待 dāi to stay / to remain syn 撑 撐 chēng to support / to prop up / to push or move with a pole / to maintain / to open or unfurl / to fill to bursting point / brace / stay / support syn 蹲 dūn to crouch / to squat / to stay (somewhere) syn 逗 dòu to tease (playfully) / to entice / (coll.) to joke / (coll.) funny / amusing / to stay / to sojourn / brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 讀|读[dou4]) syn 宅 zhái residence / (coll.) to stay in at home / to hang around at home syn 兴 興 xīng to rise / to flourish / to become popular / to start / to encourage / to get up / (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect) / maybe (dialect) syn 驻 駐 zhù to halt / to stay / to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc) syn 置身事外 zhì shēn shì wài not to get involved / to stay out of it syn 栖 棲 qī to perch / to rest (of birds) / to dwell / to live / to stay syn 允 yǔn just / fair / to permit / to allow syn 足不出户 足不出戶 zú bù chū hù lit. not putting a foot outside / to stay at home 羁留 羈留 jī liú to stay / to detain syn 避实就虚 避實就虛 bì shí jiù xū (idiom) stay clear of the enemy's main force and strike at his weak points 羁旅 羈旅 jī lǚ (literary) to stay long in a place far from home / (literary) person who lives in an alien land 台胞证 台胞證 tái bāo zhèng Mainland Travel Permit for Taiwan Residents / Taiwan Compatriot Entry Permit / abbr. for 台灣居民來往大陸通行證|台湾居民来往大陆通行证[Tai2 wan1 Ju1 min2 Lai2 wang3 Da4 lu4 Tong1 xing2 zheng4] 歇宿 xiē sù to lodge / to stay (for the night) syn 勾留 gōu liú to stay / to stop over / to break one's journey syn 留堂 liú táng to stay behind (after class) / to be given detention / detention 熬更守夜 áo gēng shǒu yè to stay up through the night (idiom) 耳根清净 耳根清淨 ěr gēn qīng jìng lit. ears pure and peaceful (idiom) / to stay away from the filth and unrest of the world 可以交易的污染许可证 可以交易的汙染許可證 tradable pollution permit / marketable pollution permit 允准 yǔn zhǔn to approve / to permit / approval / permission 许和 許和 xǔ hé to allow / permit 建筑许可证 建築許可証 jiàn zhù xǔ kě zhèng building permit 可卖许可证 kě mài xǔ kě zhèng marketable permit 保留许可 bǎo liú xǔ kě retention license / retention permit 特殊许可的南极日本鲸类研究项目 Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit in the Antarctic 谈判许可证 tán pàn xǔ kě zhèng negotiation permit 特殊许可的北太平洋日本鲸类研究项目 Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit in the North Pacific 泊车许可 泊車許可 parking permit 勘探许可 勘探許可 kān tàn xǔ kě exploration licence / exploration permit 