位 wèi position / location / place / seat / classifier for people (honorific) / classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes) / (physics) potential syn 高 gāo high / tall / above average / loud / your (honorific) syn 令 lìng to order / to command / an order / warrant / writ / to cause / to make sth happen / virtuous / honorific title / season / government position (old) / type of short song or poem syn 士 shì member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker syn 殿下 diàn xià Your Majesty (honorific) / His or Her Highness syn 前妻 qián qī ex-wife / late wife syn 公子 gōng zǐ son of an official / son of nobility / your son (honorific) syn 少爷 少爺 shào ye son of the boss / young master of the house / your son (honorific) syn 奉陪 fèng péi (honorific) to accompany / to keep sb company syn 府 fǔ seat of government / government repository (archive) / official residence / mansion / presidential palace / (honorific) Your home / prefecture (from Tang to Qing times) syn 久仰 jiǔ yǎng honorific: I've long looked forward to meeting you. / It's an honor to meet you at last. syn 大作 dà zuò your work (book, musical composition etc) (honorific) / to erupt / to begin abruptly syn 千金 qiān jīn thousand jin 斤 (pounds) of gold / money and riches / (honorific) invaluable (support) / (honorific) daughter syn 令尊 lìng zūn Your esteemed father (honorific) syn 高见 高見 gāo jiàn wise opinion / brilliant idea (honorific) syn 仁兄 rén xiōng (honorific written address) My dear friend syn 宽衣 寬衣 kuān yī please take off your coat (honorific) / loose-fitting garment syn 夫君 fū jūn (honorific) husband syn 麾下 huī xià troops / subordinates / (honorific appellation for a general) syn 千秋 qiān qiū a thousand years / your birthday (honorific) 驾临 駕臨 jià lín to grace sb with one's presence / your arrival (honorific) / your esteemed presence syn 尊称 尊稱 zūn chēng to address sb deferentially / title / honorific syn 令郎 lìng láng your esteemed son (honorific) syn 奉告 fèng gào (honorific) to inform syn 奉还 奉還 fèng huán to return with thanks / to give back (honorific) syn 家小 jiā xiǎo wife and children / wife syn 禅师 禪師 chán shī honorific title for a Buddhist monk syn 赐教 賜教 cì jiào (honorific) to impart one's wisdom / to enlighten syn 珍重 zhēn zhòng precious / extremely valuable / (honorific) Please take good care of yourself! syn 奉送 fèng sòng (honorific) to give syn 借问 借問 jiè wèn (honorific) May I ask? syn 令堂 lìng táng (honorific) your mother syn 敬语 敬語 jìng yǔ honorific (e.g. in grammar of oriental languages) 高论 高論 gāo lùn enlightening remarks (honorific) / brilliant views 舅母 jiù mǔ wife of mother's brother / aunt / maternal uncle's wife syn 贤内助 賢內助 xián nèi zhù (said of sb else's wife) a good wife syn 道人 dào rén Taoist devotee (honorific) syn 高足 gāo zú honorific: Your distinguished disciple / Your most brilliant pupil syn 几位 幾位 jǐ wèi several people (honorific) / Ladies and Gentlemen! 天尊 tiān zūn (honorific appellation of a deity) 贵校 貴校 guì xiào (honorific) your school 鼎力 dǐng lì (honorific) your kind efforts / thanks to your help syn 贤妻 賢妻 xián qī (old) perfect wife / you, my beloved wife 高堂 gāo táng main hall / honorific for one's parents (old) 仁波切 rén bō qiè Rinpoche (Tibetan honorific) 正室 zhèng shì primary wife (in contrast to concubine) / legal wife 尊号 尊號 zūn hào honorific title / form of address reserved for a queen, ancestor, emperor etc 贵府 貴府 guì fǔ your home (honorific) 奉迎 fèng yíng (honorific) to greet / to fawn 贵 貴 guì expensive / (bound form) highly valued / precious / (bound form) noble / of high rank / (prefix) (honorific) your syn 尊 zūn senior / of a senior generation / to honor / to respect / honorific / classifier for cannons and statues / ancient wine vessel syn 贤 賢 xián worthy or virtuous person / honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation syn 惠 huì (bound form) act of kindness (from a superior) / (honorific prefix) kind (as in 惠顧|惠顾[hui4 gu4]) 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 贵庚 貴庚 guì gēng your age (honorific) 钧 鈞 jūn 30 catties / great / your (honorific) syn 瑶 瑤 yáo jade / precious stone / mother-of-pearl / nacre / precious / used a complementary honorific 孙媳妇 孫媳婦 sūn xí fu son's son's wife / grandson's wife syn 做 zuò to make / to produce / to write / to compose / to do / to engage in / to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc) / to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as / to be used for / to assume (an air or manner) syn 女人 nǚ ren wife syn 妻子 qī zi wife syn 太太 tài tai married woman / Mrs. / Madam / wife / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 老婆 lǎo pó (coll.) wife syn 夫妇 夫婦 fū fù a (married) couple / husband and wife / CL:對|对[dui4] syn 配合 pèi hé matching / fitting in with / compatible with / to correspond / to fit / to conform to / rapport / to coordinate with / to act in concert with / to cooperate / to become man and wife / to combine parts of machine syn 夫妻 fū qī husband and wife / married couple syn 上门 上門 shàng mén to drop in / to visit / to lock a door / (of a shop) to close / to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family syn 分居 fēn jū to separate (married couple) / to live apart (of husband and wife, family members) 外甥 wài shēng sister's son / wife's sibling's son syn 婶婶 嬸嬸 shěn shen wife of father's younger brother / aunt syn 岳父 yuè fù wife's father, father-in-law syn 大妈 大媽 dà mā father's elder brother's wife / aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman) syn 口子 kǒu zi hole / opening / cut / gap / gash / my husband or wife / classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc) / precedent syn 岳母 yuè mǔ wife's mother, mother-in-law syn 嫂子 sǎo zi (coll.) older brother's wife / sister-in-law syn 老板娘 lǎo bǎn niáng female proprietor / lady boss / boss's wife syn 伯母 bó mǔ wife of father's elder brother / aunt / (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law / wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation syn 家室 jiā shì wife / family / (literary) residence syn 老伴 lǎo bàn (of an elderly couple) husband or wife syn 娘子 孃子 niáng zǐ (dialect) form of address for one's wife / polite form of address for a woman syn 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife / sister-in-law / elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) syn 外甥女 wài sheng nǚ sister's daughter / wife's sibling's daughter syn 小舅子 xiǎo jiù zi (coll.) wife's younger brother syn 弟妹 dì mèi younger sibling / younger brother's wife syn 娘儿们 娘兒們 niáng r men (dialect) woman / wife syn 小姨子 xiǎo yí zi (coll.) wife's younger sister / sister-in-law (term not used to directly address her) 舅妈 舅媽 jiù mā (coll.) aunt / maternal uncle's wife syn 丈母娘 zhàng mǔ niáng wife's mother / mother-in-law syn 两口子 兩口子 liǎng kǒu zi husband and wife syn 迎娶 yíng qǔ (of a groom) to fetch one's bride from her parents' home to escort her to the wedding ceremony / (fig.) to take as one's wife / to marry (a woman) syn 大娘 dà niáng (coll.) father's older brother's wife / aunt (polite address) syn 眷属 眷屬 juàn shǔ family member / husband and wife syn 姑爷 姑爺 gū ye son-in-law (used by wife's family) / uncle (husband of father's sister) syn 妻室 qī shì wife syn 军嫂 軍嫂 jūn sǎo serviceman's wife / wives of military personnel 嫂嫂 sǎo sao older brother's wife / sister-in-law / (polite address to a younger married woman) sister 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 家眷 jiā juàn one's wife and children syn 