"Hanger-on" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 食客 | shí kè | diner (in a restaurant etc) / hanger-on / sponger |   |
| 门人 | mén rén | disciple / follower / hanger-on (at an aristocrat's home) | |
| 腻子 | nì zi | putty (same as 泥子) / frequent caller / hanger-on | |
| 门客 | mén kè | hanger-on / visitor (in a nobleman's house) | |
| 门子 | mén zi | door / doorman (old) / hanger-on of an aristocrat / social influence / pull / classifier for relatives, marriages etc | |
