| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 家 | 家 | jiā | - home - family - (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) - classifier for families or businesses - refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China - noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 户 | 戶 | hù | - a household - door - family |
| 门 | 門 | mén | - gate - door - CL:扇[shan4] - gateway - doorway - CL:個|个[ge4] - opening - valve - switch - way to do something - knack - family - house - (religious) sect - school (of thought) - class - category - phylum or division (taxonomy) - classifier for large guns - classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology - (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate) |
| 一族 | 一族 | yīzú | - social group - subculture - family - clan - see also 族[zu2] |
| 人家 | 人家 | rénjiā | - household - dwelling - family - sb else's house - household business - house of woman's husband-to-be - CL:戶|户[hu4],家[jia1] |
| 家子 | 家子 | jiāzi | - household - family |
| 家室 | 家室 | jiāshì | - wife - family - (literary) residence |
| 家庭 | 家庭 | jiātíng | - family - household - CL:戶|户[hu4],個|个[ge4] |
| 家族 | 家族 | jiāzú | - family - clan |
| 门户 | 門戶 | ménhù | - door - strategic gateway - portal - faction - sect - family status - family - web portal - (old) brothel |
| 鹮 | 䴉 | huán | - spoonbill - ibis - family Threskiornidae |
| 冏 | 冏 | jiǒng | - velvetleaf (Abutilon avicennae), plant of the jute family - bright |
| 堂 | 堂 | táng | - (main) hall - large room for a specific purpose - relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family - of the same clan - classifier for sets (or suites) of furniture, classes etc - CL:間|间[jian1] |
| 姓 | 姓 | xìng | - family name - surname - CL:個|个[ge4] - to be surnamed |
| 姬 | 姬 | Jī | - surname Ji - family name of the Zhou Dynasty 周代[Zhou1 dai4] (1046-256 BC) |
| 室 | 室 | shì | - room - work unit - grave - scabbard - family or clan - one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy |
| 属 | 屬 | shǔ | - category - genus (taxonomy) - family members - dependents - to belong to - subordinate to - affiliated with - be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals) - to be - to prove to be - to constitute |
| 房 | 房 | fáng | - house - room - CL:間|间[jian1] - branch of an extended family - classifier for family members (or concubines) |
| 科 | 科 | kē | - branch of study - administrative section - division - field - branch - stage directions - family (taxonomy) - rules - laws - to mete out (punishment) - to levy (taxes etc) - to fine sb - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 表 | 表 | biǎo | - exterior surface - family relationship via females - to show (one's opinion) - a model - a table (listing information) - a form - a meter (measuring sth) |
| 赗 | 賵 | fèng | - (literary) gift (of money etc) to a bereaved family - to contribute to funeral expenses |
| 赘 | 贅 | zhuì | - superfluous - redundant - cumbersome - refers to a son-in-law living with wife's family |
| 鲆 | 鮃 | píng | - family of flatfish - sole |
| 一家 | 一家 | yījiā | - the whole family - the same family - the family ... (when preceded by a family name) - group |
| 下辈 | 下輩 | xiàbèi | - offspring - future generations - younger generation of a family - junior members of a group |
| 世交 | 世交 | shìjiāo | - (long time) friend of the family |
| 世家 | 世家 | shìjiā | - family influential for generations - aristocratic family |
| 世系 | 世系 | shìxì | - lineage - genealogy - family tree |
| 世胄 | 世胄 | shìzhòu | - hereditary house - noble or official family |
| 二房 | 二房 | èrfáng | - second branch of an extended family - concubine |
| 人丁 | 人丁 | réndīng | - number of people in a family - population - (old) adult males - male servants |
| 传世 | 傳世 | chuánshì | - handed down from ancient times - family heirloom |
| 倾家 | 傾家 | qīngjiā | - to ruin a family - to lose a fortune |
| 入赘 | 入贅 | rùzhuì | - to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family |
| 内务 | 內務 | nèiwù | - internal affairs - domestic affairs - family affairs - (trad.) affairs within the palace |
| 内眷 | 內眷 | nèijuàn | - the females in a family - womenfolk |
| 全家 | 全家 | quánjiā | - whole family |
| 出身 | 出身 | chūshēn | - to be born of - to come from - family background - class origin |
| 势族 | 勢族 | shìzú | - influential family - powerful clan |
| 受聘 | 受聘 | shòupìn | - hired (for employment) - invited (e.g. to lecture) - engaged (for a task) - (in olden times) betrothal gift from the groom's family |
| 合家 | 合家 | héjiā | - whole family - entire household |
| 名门 | 名門 | míngmén | - famous family - prestigious house |
| 问名 | 問名 | wènmíng | - to enquire, according to custom, after the name and horoscope of intended bride - one of a set of six traditional marriage protocols (六禮|六礼), in which name as well as date and time of birth (for horoscope) are formally requested of the prospective bride's family |
| 单子 | 單子 | dānzǐ | - the only son of a family - (functional programming or philosophy) monad |
| 基业 | 基業 | jīyè | - foundation - base - family estate |
| 大家 | 大家 | dàjiā | - everyone - influential family - great expert |
| 大户 | 大戶 | dàhù | - great family - rich family - large landlord - conspicuous spender or consumer |
| 大族 | 大族 | dàzú | - large and influential family - clan |
| 大门 | 大門 | dàmén | - entrance - door - gate - large and influential family |
| 天伦 | 天倫 | tiānlún | - family bonds - ethical family relations |
| 女眷 | 女眷 | nǚjuàn | - the females in a family - womenfolk |
| 姓氏 | 姓氏 | xìngshì | - family name |
| 婆家 | 婆家 | pójia | - husband's family |
| 宦门 | 宦門 | huànmén | - family of officials - family with connections to the bureaucracy (i.e. the middle classes in imperial China) |
| 害马 | 害馬 | hàimǎ | - lit. the black horse of the herd - fig. trouble-maker - the black sheep of the family |
| 家世 | 家世 | jiāshì | - family background |
| 家中 | 家中 | jiāzhōng | - one's family |
| 家事 | 家事 | jiāshì | - family matters - domestic affairs - housework |
| 家人 | 家人 | jiārén | - household - (one's) family |
| 家传 | 家傳 | jiāchuán | - handed down in a family - family traditions |
| 家公 | 家公 | jiāgōng | - head of a family - (polite) my father - (polite) my grandfather - your esteemed father |
| 家境 | 家境 | jiājìng | - family financial situation - family circumstances |
| 家属 | 家屬 | jiāshǔ | - family member - (family) dependent |
| 家常 | 家常 | jiācháng | - the daily life of a family |
| 家底 | 家底 | jiādǐ | - family property - patrimony |
| 家教 | 家教 | jiājiào | - family education - upbringing - to bring sb up - private tutor |
| 家业 | 家業 | jiāyè | - family property |
| 家产 | 家產 | jiāchǎn | - family property |
| 家用 | 家用 | jiāyòng | - home-use - domestic - family expenses - housekeeping money |
| 家私 | 家私 | jiāsī | - family property - family wealth |
| 家计 | 家計 | jiājì | - family livelihood - a household's economic situation - family property |
| 家训 | 家訓 | jiāxùn | - instructions to one's children - family precepts |
| 家谱 | 家譜 | jiāpǔ | - genealogy - family tree |
| 家丑 | 家醜 | jiāchǒu | - family scandal - skeleton in the closet |
| 家长 | 家長 | jiāzhǎng | - head of a household - family head - patriarch - parent or guardian of a child |
| 家门 | 家門 | jiāmén | - house door - family clan |
| 富户 | 富戶 | fùhù | - rich family - large landlord |
| 寒门 | 寒門 | hánmén | - poor and humble family - my family (humble) |
| 对家 | 對家 | duìjiā | - partner (in four person game) - family of proposed marriage partner |
| 屋企 | 屋企 | wūqǐ | - home - family (Cantonese) - Mandarin equivalent: 家[jia1] |
| 庭训 | 庭訓 | tíngxùn | - tuition within family - education from father |
| 戚属 | 戚屬 | qīshǔ | - relative - family member - dependent |
| 戚族 | 戚族 | qīzú | - family members - fellow clansman |
| 探亲 | 探親 | tànqīn | - to go home to visit one's family |
| 支系 | 支系 | zhīxì | - branch or subdivision of a family |
| 故家 | 故家 | gùjiā | - old and respected family - family whose members have been officials from generation to generation |
| 望族 | 望族 | wàngzú | - distinguished or prominent family - influential clan (old) |
| 柴门 | 柴門 | cháimén | - lit. woodcutter's family - humble background - poor family background |
| 民女 | 民女 | mínnǚ | - woman from an ordinary family |
| 添丁 | 添丁 | tiāndīng | - to add a son to the family |
| 灭门 | 滅門 | mièmén | - to exterminate an entire family |
| 满门 | 滿門 | mǎnmén | - the whole family |
| 烈属 | 烈屬 | lièshǔ | - family or dependents of martyr (in PRC, esp. revolutionary martyr) |
| 父兄 | 父兄 | fùxiōng | - father and elder brother(s) - head of the family - patriarch |
| 牒谱 | 牒譜 | diépǔ | - genealogy - family tree - same as 譜牒|谱牒 |
| 王室 | 王室 | wángshì | - royal family - royal household |
| 班辈 | 班輩 | bānbèi | - seniority in the family - pecking order |
| 男方 | 男方 | nánfāng | - the bridegroom's side - of the bridegroom's family |
| 当家 | 當家 | dāngjiā | - to manage the household - to be the one in charge of the family - to call the shots - to be in charge |
| 病家 | 病家 | bìngjiā | - a patient and his family |
| 皇室 | 皇室 | huángshì | - royal family - imperial household - member of the royal family |
| 皇族 | 皇族 | huángzú | - the imperial family - royal kin |
| 眷属 | 眷屬 | juànshǔ | - family member - husband and wife |
| 破家 | 破家 | pòjiā | - to destroy one's family |
| 老大 | 老大 | lǎodà | - old age - very - eldest child in a family - leader of a group - boss - captain of a boat - leader of a criminal gang |
| 胡琴 | 胡琴 | húqin | - huqin - family of Chinese two-stringed fiddles, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and bamboo bow with horsehair bowstring |
| 举家 | 舉家 | jǔjiā | - the whole family |
| 良家 | 良家 | liángjiā | - good family - innocent people |
| 华族 | 華族 | huázú | - noble family - of Chinese ancestry |
| 芸香 | 蕓香 | yúnxiāng | - Rutaceae - the citrus family |
| 亲情 | 親情 | qīnqíng | - affection - family love - love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children |
| 亲缘 | 親緣 | qīnyuán | - affinity - family relationship - consanguinity |
| 计生 | 計生 | jìshēng | - planned childbirth - birth control - family planning - abbr. for 計劃生育|计划生育 |
| 语系 | 語系 | yǔxì | - language family |
| 谱氏 | 譜氏 | pǔshì | - family tree - ancestral records |
| 谱牒 | 譜牒 | pǔdié | - genealogical record - record of ancestors - family tree |
| 农家 | 農家 | nóngjiā | - peasant family |
| 遗族 | 遺族 | yízú | - the bereaved - family of the deceased |
| 郎君 | 郎君 | lángjūn | - my husband and master (archaic) - playboy of rich family - pimp |
| 门望 | 門望 | ménwàng | - family prestige |
| 门第 | 門第 | méndì | - family status |
| 门阀 | 門閥 | ménfá | - rich and powerful family |
| 门风 | 門風 | ménfēng | - family tradition - family principles |
| 养家 | 養家 | yǎngjiā | - to support a family - to raise a family |
| 马科 | 馬科 | mǎkē | - Equidae - horse family |
| 鮨科 | 鮨科 | qíkē | - the grouper family - Serranidae (fish family including Epinephelinae or grouper 石斑魚|石斑鱼) |
| 鸢尾 | 鳶尾 | yuānwěi | - Iricdaceae, the iris family |
| 鼎族 | 鼎族 | dǐngzú | - rich patriarchal family - aristocracy |
| 齐家 | 齊家 | qíjiā | - to govern one's family - to manage one's household |
| 一家人 | 一家人 | yījiārén | - household - the whole family |
| 一家子 | 一家子 | yījiāzi | - the whole family |
| 一胎化 | 一胎化 | yītāihuà | - practice of allowing only one child per family |
| 三阿姨 | 三阿姨 | sānāyí | - auntie, third eldest of sisters in mother's family |
| 二阿姨 | 二阿姨 | èrāyí | - auntie, second eldest of sisters in mother's family |
| 传家宝 | 傳家寶 | chuánjiābǎo | - family heirloom |
| 全家福 | 全家福 | quánjiāfú | - photograph of the entire family - hodgepodge (cookery) |
| 合家欢 | 合家歡 | héjiāhuān | - group photo of whole family |
| 大小姐 | 大小姐 | dàxiǎojie | - eldest daughter of an affluent family - (polite) your daughter - bossy or indulged young woman - Miss High and Mighty |
| 大阿姨 | 大阿姨 | dàāyí | - auntie, eldest of sisters in mother's family |
| 孔雀女 | 孔雀女 | kǒngquènǚ | - (Internet slang) spoiled city girl from a rich family |
| 家政学 | 家政學 | jiāzhèngxué | - family and consumer science |
| 专业户 | 專業戶 | zhuānyèhù | - family firm producing a special product - cottage industry |
| 小阿姨 | 小阿姨 | xiǎoāyí | - auntie, youngest of sisters in mother's family |
| 旋花科 | 旋花科 | xuánhuākē | - Convolvulaceae, herbaceous plant family |
| 棕榈科 | 棕櫚科 | zōnglǘkē | - Arecaceae or Palmae, the palm family |
| 班辈儿 | 班輩兒 | bānbèir | - seniority in the family - pecking order |
| 病毒科 | 病毒科 | bìngdúkē | - virus family |
| 百合科 | 百合科 | bǎihékē | - Liliaceae - the lily family |
| 禾本科 | 禾本科 | héběnkē | - Graminae or Poaceae, the grass family |
| 鲮鲤科 | 鯪鯉科 | línglǐkē | - the pangolin family |
| 凤蝶科 | 鳳蝶科 | fèngdiékē | - family Papilionidae (taxonomy) |
| 一家之主 | 一家之主 | yījiāzhīzhǔ | - master of the house - family head |
| 世禄之家 | 世祿之家 | shìlùzhījiā | - family with hereditary emoluments |
| 光耀门楣 | 光耀門楣 | guāngyàoménméi | - splendor shines on the family's door (idiom) - fig. to bring honor to one's family |
| 公子哥儿 | 公子哥兒 | gōngzǐgēr | - pampered son of a wealthy family |
| 包袱底儿 | 包袱底兒 | bāofudǐr | - family heirloom - most precious family possession - person's secrets - one's best performance |
| 单亲家庭 | 單親家庭 | dānqīnjiātíng | - single parent family |
| 大家闺秀 | 大家閨秀 | dàjiāguīxiù | - girl from a wealthy family - unmarried daughter of a noble house |
| 天伦之乐 | 天倫之樂 | tiānlúnzhīlè | - family love and joy - domestic bliss |
| 官宦人家 | 官宦人家 | guānhuànrénjiā | - family of a functionary (i.e. educated middle class in Qing times) |
| 家庭成员 | 家庭成員 | jiātíngchéngyuán | - family member |
| 家破人亡 | 家破人亡 | jiāpòrénwáng | - family bankrupt and the people dead (idiom); ruined and orphaned - destitute and homeless |
| 小家碧玉 | 小家碧玉 | xiǎojiābìyù | - pretty daughter in a humble family |
| 拉家带口 | 拉家帶口 | lājiādàikǒu | - to bear the burden of a household (idiom); encumbered by a family - tied down by family obligations |
| 携家带口 | 攜家帶口 | xiéjiādàikǒu | - to take all one's family along (idiom); encumbered by a family - tied down by family obligations |
| 携家带眷 | 攜家帶眷 | xiéjiādàijuàn | - to take all one's family along (idiom); encumbered by a family - tied down by family obligations |
| 故家子弟 | 故家子弟 | gùjiāzǐdì | - descended from an old family |
| 书香门第 | 書香門第 | shūxiāngméndì | - family with a literary reputation (idiom); literary family |
| 汉藏语系 | 漢藏語系 | HànZàngyǔxì | - Sino-Tibetan language family |
| 系出名门 | 系出名門 | xìchūmíngmén | - to come from a distinguished family |
| 罗曼语族 | 羅曼語族 | Luómànyǔzú | - Romance language family |
| 良家女子 | 良家女子 | liángjiānǚzǐ | - woman from a respectable family - respectable woman |
| 亲朋好友 | 親朋好友 | qīnpénghǎoyǒu | - friends and family - kith and kin |
| 亲缘关系 | 親緣關係 | qīnyuánguānxì | - family relation |
| 计划生育 | 計劃生育 | jìhuàshēngyù | - family planning |
| 双喜临门 | 雙喜臨門 | shuāngxǐlínmén | - two simultaneous happy events in the family |
| 离家出走 | 離家出走 | líjiāchūzǒu | - to leave home - to abandon one's family |
| 离家别井 | 離家別井 | líjiābiéjǐng | - to leave home - to abandon one's family |
| 养家糊口 | 養家糊口 | yǎngjiāhúkǒu | - to support one's family (idiom); to have difficulty feeding a family |
| 穿一条裤子 | 穿一條褲子 | chuānyītiáokùzi | - (of male friends) to have been through thick and thin together - to be like family - to share the same view of things |
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