"Family" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 jiā tíng family / household / CL:戶|户[hu4],個|个[ge4]
 rén jiā household / dwelling / family / sb else's house / household business / house of woman's husband-to-be / CL:戶|户[hu4],家[jia1]
 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]
 jiā zú family / clan
 jiā rén household / (one's) family
 mén hù door / strategic gateway / portal / faction / sect / family status / family / web portal / (old) brothel
 yī zú social group / subculture / family / clan / see also 族[zu2]
 dà jiā everyone / influential family / great expert
 yī jiā the whole family / the same family / the family ... (when preceded by a family name) / group
 lǎo dà old age / very / eldest child in a family / leader of a group / boss / captain of a boat / leader of a criminal gang
 jiā zhǎng head of a household / family head / patriarch / parent or guardian of a child
 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
 dà mén entrance / door / gate / large and influential family
 jiā zhōng one's family
 jiā yòng home-use / domestic / family expenses / housekeeping money
 chū shēn to be born of / to come from / family background / class origin
 chuán shì handed down from ancient times / family heirloom
 jiā shǔ family member / (family) dependent
 jiā jiào family education / upbringing / to bring sb up / private tutor
 qīn qi a relative (i.e. family relation) / CL:門|门[men2],個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
 qīn qíng affection / family love / love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children
 shì jiā family influential for generations / aristocratic family
 jì huà shēng yù family planning
 quán jiā whole family
 zì jiā oneself / one's own family
 jiā mén house door / family clan
 dà hù great family / rich family / large landlord / conspicuous spender or consumer
 jiān gù to attend simultaneously to two or more things / to balance (career and family, family and education etc)
 dāng jiā to manage the household / to be the one in charge of the family / to call the shots / to be in charge
 lǎo èr second-eldest child in a family / (euphemism) penis
 gē zi pigeon / dove / various birds of the family Columbidae
 nóng jiā peasant family
 sān dài three generations of a family / the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou)
 jì shēng planned childbirth / birth control / family planning / abbr. for 計劃生育|计划生育
 miǎn shuì not liable to taxation (of monastery, imperial family etc) / tax free / duty free (shop)
 xìng shì family name
 nán fāng the bridegroom's side / of the bridegroom's family
 jiā jìng family financial situation / family circumstances
 qīn péng hǎo yǒu friends and family / kith and kin
 huáng shì royal family / imperial household / member of the royal family
 yǎng huo to provide for / to keep (animals, a family etc) / to raise animals / to feed and clothe / support / the necessities of life / to give birth
 jiā tíng jiào yù family education
 hòu gù zhī yōu fears of trouble in the rear (idiom) / family worries (obstructing freedom of action) / worries about the future consequences / often in negative expressions, meaning "no worries about anything"
 dà zōng large amount / staple / influential family of long standing
 yǔ xì language family
 míng mén famous family / prestigious house
 jiā shì family matters / domestic affairs / housework
 xiào shùn filial / dutiful / devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc) / to show filial piety towards (an older family member) / filial piety
 juàn shǔ family member / husband and wife
 mù guā papaya (Carica papaya) / genus Chaenomeles of shrubs in the family Rosaceae / Chinese flowering quince (Chaenomeles speciosa)
 jiā tíng chéng yuán family member
 tàn qīn to go home to visit one's family
 dān zǐ the only son of a family / (functional programming or philosophy) monad
 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
 wáng shì royal family / royal household
 jiā cháng the daily life of a family
 jiā sī family property / family wealth
 jiā chǎn family property
 fēn jū to separate (married couple) / to live apart (of husband and wife, family members)
 jī yè foundation / base / family estate
 huáng zú the imperial family / royal kin
 zhōu jiā the Zhou family (household, firm etc) / Jow-Ga Kung Fu - Martial Art
 nián yè fàn New Year's Eve family dinner
 quán jiā fú photograph of the entire family / hodgepodge (cookery)
 láng jūn my husband and master (archaic) / playboy of rich family / pimp
 jiā shì family background
 qiān jiā wàn hù every family (idiom)
 yǎng jiā to support a family / to raise a family
 jiā chuán handed down in a family / family traditions
 lí sàn (of family members) separated from one another / scattered about / dispersed / (math.) discrete
 lǎo xiǎo the old and the young / the youngest member of the family
 shòu pìn hired (for employment) / invited (e.g. to lecture) / engaged (for a task) / (in olden times) betrothal gift from the groom's family
 fā jiā to lay down a family fortune / to get rich / to become prosperous
 èr fáng second branch of an extended family / concubine
 jiā yè family property
 fēn jiā to separate and live apart / division of a large family into smaller groups
 chāi sàn to break up (a marriage, family etc)
 jiā jiā hù hù each and every family (idiom) / every household
 jiā dǐ family property / patrimony
 zhuān yè hù family firm producing a special product / cottage industry
 xīn dīng new addition to a family (i.e. a birth) / a boy who has just come of age / (in a job etc) newcomer / novice
 qīng jiā dàng chǎn to lose a family fortune (idiom)
 tóng fáng (of a married couple) to have intercourse / (literary) to share the same room / of the same family branch
  conjugal family
 nèi wù internal affairs / domestic affairs / family affairs / (trad.) affairs within the palace
 pó jia husband's family
 miè mén to exterminate an entire family
 liáng jiā good family / innocent people
 hé jiā whole family / entire household
 yī jiā zi the whole family
 jié hūn shēng zǐ to get married and have kids / to start a family
 jǔ jiā the whole family
 gù jiā to take care of one's family
 jiā pò rén wáng family bankrupt and the people dead (idiom) / ruined and orphaned / destitute and homeless
 mén dì family status
 mǒ hēi to discredit / to defame / to smear sb's name / to bring shame upon (oneself or one's family etc) / to blacken (e.g. commando's face for camouflage) / to black out or obliterate (e.g. censored words)
 běn jiā a member of the same clan / a distant relative with the same family name
 tiān lún family bonds / ethical family relations
 jiā pǔ genealogy / family tree
 tí qín instrument of the violin family (violin, viola, cello or double bass) / CL:把[ba3]
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