第 dì (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4-liu4] "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but / however / (literary) only / just syn 变化 變化 biàn huà (intransitive) to change / to vary / change / variation (CL:個|个[ge4]) syn 住处 住處 zhù chù residence / dwelling 住所 zhù suǒ habitation / dwelling place / residence / CL:處|处[chu4] syn 零钱 零錢 líng qián change (of money) / small change / pocket money syn 住宅 zhù zhái residence / dwelling / abode syn 变动 變動 biàn dòng to change / to fluctuate / change / fluctuation syn 府 fǔ seat of government / government repository (archive) / official residence / mansion / presidential palace / (honorific) Your home / prefecture (from Tang to Qing times) syn 改头换面 改頭換面 gǎi tóu huàn miàn to change outwardly while remaining essentially the same (derog.) (idiom) / (Tw) (non-derogatory) to change considerably / to undergo a transformation syn 定居 dìng jū to settle (in some city, country etc) / to take up residence syn 家居 jiā jū home / residence / to stay at home (unemployed) syn 移居 yí jū to migrate / to move to a new place of residence syn 官邸 guān dǐ official residence syn 居留 jū liú residence / to reside syn 变样 變樣 biàn yàng to change (appearance) / to change shape syn 变色 變色 biàn sè to change color / to discolor / to change countenance / to become angry syn 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 家室 jiā shì wife / family / (literary) residence syn 公馆 公館 gōng guǎn residence (of sb rich or important) / mansion syn 府邸 fǔ dǐ mansion house / official residence syn 改口 gǎi kǒu to change one's tune / to modify one's previous remark / to change the way one addresses sb (as when one marries and starts to call one's husband's parents 爸爸[ba4 ba5] and 媽媽|妈妈[ma1 ma5]) syn 住家 zhù jiā residence / household / to reside syn 新居 xīn jū new residence / new home 宅子 zhái zi house / residence syn 故居 gù jū former residence syn 常住 cháng zhù long-term resident / permanent residence / eternalism (permanence of soul, Sanskrit Sassatavada) 府上 fǔ shàng (polite) your home / residence 迁居 遷居 qiān jū to move (from one residence to another) syn 剧变 劇變 jù biàn to change dramatically / radical change syn 暂住证 暫住證 zàn zhù zhèng temporary residence permit 行宫 行宮 xíng gōng temporary imperial residence 质变 質變 zhì biàn qualitative change / fundamental change syn 换汤不换药 換湯不換藥 huàn tāng bù huàn yào different broth but the same old medicine (idiom) / a change in name only / a change in form but not in substance syn 骤变 驟變 zhòu biàn to change suddenly / to change abruptly syn 户口本 戶口本 hù kǒu běn household register / household registration booklet / residence certificate syn 旅居 lǚ jū to stay away from home / residence abroad / sojourn syn 旧居 舊居 jiù jū old residence / former home syn 家宅 jiā zhái home / residence / house syn 居留证 居留證 jū liú zhèng residence permit 四合院 sì hé yuàn courtyard house with a fully enclosed courtyard (type of Chinese residence) 瑶池 瑤池 yáo chí the Jade lake on Mount Kunlun, residence of Xi Wangmu 西王母 府第 fǔ dì mansion house / official residence syn 变天 變天 biàn tiān to have a change of weather (esp. for the worse) / (fig.) to experience a major upheaval / to undergo sweeping change syn 旧宅 舊宅 jiù zhái former residence syn 转向 轉向 zhuǎn xiàng to change direction / fig. to change one's stance syn 户型 戶型 hù xíng configuration of rooms in a residence (e.g. 3BR 2 Bath) 入户 入戶 rù hù to enter sb's house / to obtain a residence permit 居所 jū suǒ residence syn 改换 改換 gǎi huàn to change (sth) / to alter (sth) / to change over (to sth else) syn 所居 suǒ jū residence / dwelling / dwelling place 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 花厅 花廳 huā tīng reception pavilion (generally part of a large residence, and often built in a garden) 黄金屋 黃金屋 huáng jīn wū lit. house made of gold / fig. luxurious residence 宅第 zhái dì residence / mansion syn 祖居 zǔ jū former residence / one's original home syn 宅 zhái residence / (coll.) to stay in at home / to hang around at home syn 舍 shè (bound form) residence / house / (bound form) my (in speaking of relatives younger than oneself) / (archaic) unit of distance equal to 30 li 里[li3] syn 居 jū to reside / to be (in a certain position) / to store up / to be at a standstill / residence / house / restaurant / classifier for bedrooms syn 青瓦台 青瓦臺 qīng wǎ tái the Blue House (or Cheong Wa Dae), formerly the residence of the president of South Korea in Seoul (1948-2022), now a public park 居住地 jū zhù dì current address / place of residence syn 徙 xǐ (literary) to change one's residence syn 邸 dǐ (bound form) residence of a high-ranking official syn 改弦易辙 改弦易轍 gǎi xián yì zhé change of string, move out of rut (idiom) / dramatic change of direction / to dance to a different tune syn 华屋 華屋 huá wū magnificent residence / splendid house 三合院 sān hé yuàn residence consisting of structures surrounding a courtyard on three sides 爱丽舍宫 愛麗捨宮 ài lì shě gōng Elysée Palace, the residence of the president of the French Republic 了 le (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) syn 别 彆 biè to make sb change their ways, opinions etc syn 走 zǒu to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / from / through / away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]) / to change (shape, form, meaning) syn 而 ér and / as well as / and so / but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates causal relation) / (indicates change of state) / (indicates contrast) syn 更 gēng to change or replace / to experience / one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided / watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard) syn 变 變 biàn to change / to become different / to transform / to vary / rebellion syn 改变 改變 gǎi biàn to change / to alter / to transform syn 变成 變成 biàn chéng to change into / to turn into / to become syn 转 轉 zhuǎn to turn / to change direction / to transfer / to forward (mail) / (Internet) to share (sb else's content) syn 改 gǎi to change / to alter / to transform / to correct syn 转移 轉移 zhuǎn yí to shift / to relocate / to transfer / (fig.) to shift (attention) / to change (the subject etc) / (medicine) to metastasize syn 化 huà to make into / to change into / -ization / to ... -ize / to transform / abbr. for 化學|化学[hua4 xue2] syn 大事 dà shì major event / major political event (war or change of regime) / major social event (wedding or funeral) / (do sth) in a big way / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] syn 转变 轉變 zhuǎn biàn to change / to transform / shift / transformation / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 转换 轉換 zhuǎn huàn to change / to switch / to convert / to transform syn 变形 變形 biàn xíng to become deformed / to change shape / to morph 更衣室 gēng yī shì change room / dressing room / locker room / (euphemism) toilet syn 更换 更換 gēng huàn to replace (a worn-out tire etc) / to change (one's address etc) syn 变性 變性 biàn xìng to denature / denaturation / to have a sex change / transsexual 改装 改裝 gǎi zhuāng to change one's costume / to repackage / to remodel / to refit / to modify / to convert 手动 手動 shǒu dòng manual / manually operated / manual gear-change 转机 轉機 zhuǎn jī (to take) a turn for the better / to change planes syn 变为 變為 biàn wéi to change into syn 翻身 fān shēn to turn over (when lying) / (fig.) to free oneself / to emancipate oneself / to bring about a change of one's fortunes syn 换班 換班 huàn bān to change shift / the next work shift / to relieve (a workman on the previous shift) / to take over the job 转化 轉化 zhuǎn huà to change / to turn / to convert / (genetics) to transform / (chemistry) isomerization syn 变革 變革 biàn gé to transform / to change syn 突变 突變 tū biàn sudden change / mutation syn 转学 轉學 zhuǎn xué (of a student) to change schools / to transfer from one school to another 改观 改觀 gǎi guān change of appearance / to revise one's point of view syn 变更 變更 biàn gēng to change / to alter / to modify syn 转手 轉手 zhuǎn shǒu to pass on / to resell / to change hands syn 