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 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] 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 入户 入戶 rù hù to enter sb's house / to obtain a residence permit 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 居留证 居留證 jū liú zhèng residence permit 三无人员 三無人員 sān wú rén yuán person without identification papers, a normal residence permit or a source of income 临时工 臨時工 lín shí gōng temporary worker / temp / temporary work syn 临时助理人员职位 lín shí zhù lǐ rén yuán zhí wèi general temporary assistance position / temporary assistance position 临时派任 lín shí pài rèn temporary duty assignment / temporary assignment 行宫 行宮 xíng gōng temporary imperial residence 停留时间 停留時間 tíng liú shí jiān residence time (1) / lifetime / chemical residence time 滞留时间 滯留時間 zhì liú shí jiān residence time (1) / lifetime / chemical residence time 许可证 許可證 xǔ kě zhèng license / authorization / permit syn 允许 允許 yǔn xǔ to permit / to allow 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 准许 准許 zhǔn xǔ to allow / to grant / to permit syn 容许 容許 róng xǔ to permit / to allow syn 证照 證照 zhèng zhào license / permit / ID photo / passport photo syn 准予 zhǔn yǔ to grant / to approve / to permit syn 绿卡 綠卡 lǜ kǎ permanent residency permit (originally referred specifically to the US green card) 可 kě (prefix) can / may / able to / -able / to approve / to permit / to suit / (particle used for emphasis) certainly / very / but / however syn 得 dé to obtain / to get / to gain / to catch (a disease) / proper / suitable / proud / contented / to allow / to permit / ready / finished syn 准生证 準生證 zhǔn shēng zhèng birth permit 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 许 許 xǔ to allow / to permit / to promise / to praise / somewhat / perhaps syn 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 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 允 yǔn just / fair / to permit / to allow syn 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 可转让排放许可证 tradable emission permit 排放许可证 排放許可證 emission permit 卸货证明书 卸貨證明書 xiè huò zhèng míng shū landing certificate / landing permit 起岸证明书 起岸證明書 qǐ àn zhèng míng shū landing certificate / landing permit 联合国驾照 聯合國駕照 United Nations driver's permit 逗留许可 逗留許可 stay permit 污染许可证 汙染許可證 pollution permit 开许 開許 kāi xǔ (literary) to allow / to permit 龙标 龍標 lóng biāo (PRC) film screening permit 工签 工簽 gōng qiān work visa / work permit (abbr. for 工作簽證|工作签证[gong1 zuo4 qian1 zheng4]) 永久居留证 永久居留證 yǒng jiǔ jū liú zhèng permanent residency permit 暂时 暫時 zàn shí temporary / provisional / for the time being syn 一时 一時 yī shí a period of time / a while / for a short while / temporary / momentary / at the same time syn 临时 臨時 lín shí as the time draws near / at the last moment / temporary / interim / ad hoc syn 打工 dǎ gōng to work a temporary or casual job / (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation 民工 mín gōng migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work) / temporary worker enlisted on a public project 搭建 dā jiàn to build (esp. with simple materials) / to knock together (a temporary shed) / to rig up 暂定 暫定 zàn dìng temporary arrangement / provisional / tentative 进站 進站 jìn zhàn (of a train, bus etc) to pull into a station / to arrive at a stop / (of a person) to enter a station / to visit a website / to formally begin a temporary postdoctoral research position (China has postdoctoral research "stations" 博士後流動站|博士后流动站[bo2shi4hou4 liu2dong4zhan4] where postdocs conduct research for a limited period.) 行 xíng to walk / to go / to travel / a visit / temporary / makeshift / current / in circulation / to do / to perform / capable / competent / effective / all right / OK! / will do / behavior / conduct / Taiwan pr. [xing4] for the behavior-conduct sense syn 挂职 掛職 guà zhí temporary assignment to a Chinese government or CCP post 正职 正職 zhèng zhí main job / day job / steady full-time job (as opposed to temporary or casual) / chief or principal post (as opposed to deputy) 收容所 shōu róng suǒ temporary shelter / hospice / refuge (e.g. for animals) / detention center 青黄不接 青黃不接 qīng huáng bù jiē lit. yellow does not reach green (idiom) / the yellow autumn crop does not last until the green spring crop / temporary deficit in manpower or resources / unable to make ends meet syn 零工 líng gōng temporary job / odd job syn 约法 約法 yuē fǎ temporary law / provisional constitution 借读 借讀 jiè dú to attend school on a temporary basis 权 權 quán authority / power / right / (literary) to weigh / expedient / temporary syn 板房 bǎn fáng temporary housing built with wooden planks or other makeshift materials 短工 duǎn gōng temporary job / odd job / seasonal worker syn 便桥 便橋 biàn qiáo temporary bridge 寄存处 寄存處 jì cún chù warehouse / temporary store / left-luggage office / cloak-room 浮 fú to float / superficial / floating / unstable / movable / provisional / temporary / transient / impetuous / hollow / inflated / to exceed / superfluous / excessive / surplus syn 厝 cuò to lay in place / to put / to place a coffin in a temporary location pending burial syn 蹔 zhàn temporary / fleeting / ephemeral 名噪一时 名噪一時 míng zào yī shí to achieve fame among one's contemporaries (idiom) / temporary or local celebrity syn 拆东补西 拆東補西 chāi dōng bǔ xī lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom) / fig. temporary expedient / Rob Peter to pay Paul 挖肉补疮 挖肉補瘡 wā ròu bǔ chuāng to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom) / faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient syn 敲门砖 敲門磚 qiāo mén zhuān lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom) / fig. a temporary expedient / to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune syn 假吏 jiǎ lì acting magistrate / temporary official (in former times) 搭盖 搭蓋 dā gài to build (esp. with simple materials) / to knock together (a temporary shed) / to rig up 防城各族自治县 防城各族自治縣 fáng chéng gè zú zì zhì xiàn Fangcheng Various Nationalities Autonomous County in Guangxi (temporary name during 1950s for Fangcheng district 防城區|防城区[Fang2 cheng2 qu1] of Fangchenggang city) 临时措施 lín shí cuò shī provisional measure / temporary measure 北草坪暂建楼 běi cǎo píng zàn jiàn lóu Temporary North Lawn Building / North Lawn Building 临时安全区 lín shí ān quán qū Temporary Security Zone 临时国际机制 lín shí guó jì jī zhì Temporary International Mechanism 暂行特别措施 temporary special measures 临时任用 lín shí rèn yòng temporary appointment 临时空缺通知 temporary vacancy announcement 临时检查站 mobile checkpoint / temporary checkpoint 货物凭A.T.A.报关单证册暂时进口的海关公约 貨物憑A.T.A.報關單證冊暫時進口的海關公約 Customs Convention on the ATA Carnet for the Temporary Admission of Goods / ATA Convention A.T.A.公约 A.T.A.公約 Customs Convention on the ATA Carnet for the Temporary Admission of Goods / ATA Convention 关于暂准进口的公约 關於暫準進口的公約 Convention on Temporary Admission / Istanbul Convention 伊斯坦布尔公约 伊斯坦布爾公約 Convention on Temporary Admission / Istanbul Convention 临时排除产品清单 臨時排除產品清單 Temporary Exclusion List 临时社会委员会 臨時社會委員會 Temporary Social Commission 关于商用公路车辆临时进口的海关公约 關於商用公路車輛臨時進口的海關公約 Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Commercial Road Vehicles 