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,
a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC, but adopted for Mao's campaign of 1956
百家百家bai3 jia1
many schools of thought; many people or households
百家乐百家樂bai3 jia1 le4
Baccarat (loanword)
百家姓百家姓bai3 jia1 xing4
The Book of Family Names, anonymous Song dynasty reading primer listing 438 surnames
百家争鸣百家爭鳴bai3 jia1 zheng1 ming2
a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC
败家子敗家子bai4 jia1 zi3
spendthrift; wastrel; prodigal
搬家搬家ban1 jia1
to move house; removal
扮家家酒扮家家酒ban4 jia1 jia1 jiu3
to play house (Tw)
半路出家半路出家ban4 lu4 chu1 jia1
switch to a job one was not trained for
傍家儿傍家兒bang4 jia1 er5
lover; partner
保家卫国保家衛國bao3 jia1 wei4 guo2
guard home, defend the country (idiom); national defense
lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom); fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted
持家持家chi2 jia1
to housekeep; housekeeping
丑妻近地家中宝醜妻近地家中寶chou3 qi1 jin4 di4 jia1 zhong1 bao3
an ugly wife is a treasure at home (idiom)
出家出家chu1 jia1
to leave home (to become a Buddhist monk or nun)
出家人出家人chu1 jia1 ren2
monk; nun (Buddhist or Daoist)
传家傳家chuan2 jia1
to pass on through the generations
船家船家chuan2 jia1
person who lives and makes a living on a boat; boatman; boat dweller
传家宝傳家寶chuan2 jia1 bao3
family heirloom
慈善家慈善家ci2 shan4 jia1
philanthropist; humanitarian; charity donor
打家劫舍打家劫舍da3 jia1 jie2 she4
to break into a house for robbery (idiom)
大方之家大方之家da4 fang1 zhi1 jia1
learned person; expert in a certain field; abbr. to 方家
大国家党大國家黨da4 guo2 jia1 dang3
South Korean Grand national party
大家大家da4 jia1
everyone; influential family; great expert
大家闺秀大家閨秀da4 jia1 gui1 xiu4
girl from a wealthy family; unmarried daughter of a noble house
大投资家大投資家da4 tou2 zi1 jia1
big investor
单亲家庭單親家庭dan1 qin1 jia1 ting2
single parent family
蜑家蜑家dan4 jia1
Tanka, boat-dwelling people of Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Hainan, and Zhejiang provinces
当代新儒家當代新儒家dang1 dai4 xin1 ru2 jia1
Contemporary New Confucianism; see 新儒家
当家當家dang1 jia1
to manage the household; to be the one in charge of the family; to call the shots; to be in charge
当家作主當家作主dang1 jia1 zuo4 zhu3
to be in charge in one's own house (idiom); to be the master of one's own affairs
道德家道德家dao4 de2 jia1
Daoist
到家到家dao4 jia1
perfect; excellent; brought to the utmost degree
道家道家dao4 jia1
Daoist School of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC), based on the teachings of Laozi or Lao-tze 老子 (c. 500 BC-) and Zhuangzi 庄子 (369-286 BC)
登山家登山家deng1 shan1 jia1
mountaineer
地理学家地理學家di4 li3 xue2 jia1
geographer
地震学家地震學家di4 zhen4 xue2 jia1
seismologist; earthquake scientist
地质学家地質學家di4 zhi4 xue2 jia1
geologist
地主家庭地主家庭di4 zhu3 jia1 ting2
land-owning household
颠覆国家罪顛覆國家罪dian1 fu4 guo2 jia1 zui4
crime of incitement to overthrow the state; abbr. for 煽動顛覆國家政權|煽动颠覆国家政权
店家店家dian4 jia1
proprietor of a shop or restaurant; landlord; shop
雕刻家雕刻家diao1 ke4 jia1
sculptor
丁宠家庭丁寵家庭ding1 chong3 jia1 ting2
double income family who have pets rather than children (see also 丁克)
a son won't abandon his mother for being ugly, just as a dog won't abandon its owner for being poor (proverb)
二奶专家二奶專家er4 nai3 zhuan1 jia1
"mercenary expert", a person who is supposedly an independent expert, but receives payment for making comments favorable to a particular entity
发达国家發達國家fa1 da2 guo2 jia1
developed nation
发家發家fa1 jia1
to lay down a family fortune; to get rich; to become prosperous
发明家發明家fa1 ming2 jia1
inventor
发展中国家發展中國家fa1 zhan3 zhong1 guo2 jia1
developing country
法家法家fa3 jia1
Legalist School of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) founded by Han Fei 韓非|韩非 and Li Si 李斯, later adopted by Shang Yang 商鞅 whose reforms helped establish the supremacy of the Qin Dynasty 秦代 (221-207 BC)
法学家法學家fa3 xue2 jia1
jurist; member of the pre-Han legalist school
翻译家翻譯家fan1 yi4 jia1
translator (of writings)
返家返家fan3 jia1
to return home
方家方家fang1 jia1
learned person; expert in a certain field; abbr. for 大方之家
非核国家非核國家fei1 he2 guo2 jia1
non-nuclear country
非核武器国家非核武器國家fei1 he2 wu3 qi4 guo2 jia1
non-nuclear weapon states (NNWS)
分家分家fen1 jia1
to separate and live apart; division of a large family into smaller groups
分析家分析家fen1 xi1 jia1
(political) analyst
佛家佛家fo2 jia1
Buddhism; Buddhist
浮家泛宅浮家泛宅fu2 jia1 fan4 zhai2
lit. to live on a boat; to drift from place to place (idiom)
sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)
公家公家gong1 jia1
the public; the state; society; the public purse
公家机关公家機關gong1 jia1 ji1 guan1
civil service
工业化国家工業化國家gong1 ye4 hua4 guo2 jia1
industrialized country
孤家寡人孤家寡人gu1 jia1 gua3 ren2
one who is cut off from others (idiom); one who has chosen to follow a solitary path; (can also be an indirect way of referring to an unmarried person)
古生物学家古生物學家gu3 sheng1 wu4 xue2 jia1
palaeontologist; paleobiologist
故家故家gu4 jia1
old and respected family; family whose members have been officials from generation to generation
故家子弟故家子弟gu4 jia1 zi3 di4
descended from an old family
观察家觀察家guan1 cha2 jia1
observer; The Observer (UK newspaper)
官宦人家官宦人家guan1 huan4 ren2 jia1
family of a functionary (i.e. educated middle class in Qing times)
官家官家guan1 jia1
emperor; government; official
管家管家guan3 jia1
housekeeper; butler; manage one's household
管家婆管家婆guan3 jia1 po2
housewife (jocularly); female housekeeper of a higher rank (old); busybody
管家职务管家職務guan3 jia1 zhi2 wu4
stewardship
惯家慣家guan4 jia5
(usually derog.) an old hand at sth
诡辩家詭辯家gui3 bian4 jia1
sophist; one who relies on specious arguments
国家國家guo2 jia1
country; nation; state
国家安全國家安全guo2 jia1 an1 quan2
national security
国家安全部國家安全部guo2 jia1 an1 quan2 bu4
PRC Ministry of State Security
国家安全局國家安全局guo2 jia1 an1 quan2 ju2
National Security Bureau (NSB) (Tw); National Security Agency (NSA) (USA)
PRC State Development and Planning Committee, set up 1998 to replace State Planning Committee 國家計劃委員會|国家计划委员会, replaced in 2003 by National Development and Reform Commission 國家發展和改革委員會|国家发展和改革委员会
国家公园國家公園guo2 jia1 gong1 yuan2
national park
国家海洋局國家海洋局guo2 jia1 hai3 yang2 ju2
State Oceanic Administration (PRC)
国家汉办國家漢辦guo2 jia1 han4 ban4
Office of Chinese Language Council International (known colloquially as "Hanban"), an organ of the PRC government which develops Chinese language and culture teaching resources worldwide, and has established Confucius Institutes 孔子學院|孔子学院 internationally;
(PRC) State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA), former incarnation (until 2008) of 環境保護部|环境保护部
国家火山公园國家火山公園guo2 jia1 huo3 shan1 gong1 yuan2
Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii
国家级國家級guo2 jia1 ji2
(administrative) national-level
国家计划委员会國家計劃委員會guo2 jia1 ji4 hua4 wei3 yuan2 hui4
PRC State Planning Committee, set up in 1952, replaced in 1998 by State Development and Planning Committee 國家發展計劃委員會|国家发展计划委员会 then in 2003 by National Development and Reform Commission 國家發展和改革委員會|国家发展和改革委员会
国家计委國家計委guo2 jia1 ji4 wei3
PRC State Planning Committee, abbr. for 國家計劃委員會|国家计划委员会
State Key Laboratories (university laboratories in PRC supported by the central government)
国家重点学科國家重點學科guo2 jia1 zhong4 dian3 xue2 ke1
National Key Disciplines (disciplines recognized as important and supported by PRC central government, including medicine, science, chemistry, engineering, commerce and law)
国家主义國家主義guo2 jia1 zhu3 yi4
statism
国破家亡國破家亡guo2 po4 jia1 wang2
the country ruined and the people starving (idiom)
过家家過家家guo4 jia1 jia1
to play house
海湾国家海灣國家hai3 wan1 guo2 jia1
Nations of the Persian Gulf; Gulf states
汉学家漢學家han4 xue2 jia1
sinologist; scholar of Chinese
航海家航海家hang2 hai3 jia1
mariner; seafarer
行家行家hang2 jia1
connoisseur; expert; veteran
行家里手行家裡手hang2 jia1 li3 shou3
connoisseur; expert
好家伙好家伙hao3 jia1 huo5
my God!; oh boy!; man!
核国家核國家he2 guo2 jia1
nuclear nations
阖家闔家he2 jia1
variant of 合家
合家合家he2 jia1
whole family; entire household
合家欢合家歡he2 jia1 huan1
group photo of whole family
荷兰皇家航空荷蘭皇家航空he2 lan2 huang2 jia1 hang2 kong1
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
黑道家族黑道家族hei1 dao4 jia1 zu2
The Sopranos (US TV series)
洪家洪家hong2 jia1
the Hong family (household); Hung Gar Kung Fu - Martial Art
华润万家華潤萬家hua2 run4 wan4 jia1
CR Vanguard or China Resources Vanguard Shop, a supermarket chain in Hong Kong and Mainland China
Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly. (idiom); Don't wash your dirty linen in public, don't listen to others' gossip.
家丑不可外扬家醜不可外揚jia1 chou3 bu4 ke3 wai4 yang2
lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom); fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public
家畜家畜jia1 chu4
domestic animal; livestock; cattle
家传家傳jia1 chuan2
handed down in a family; family traditions
家慈家慈jia1 ci2
(polite) my mother
家当家當jia1 dang4
familial property; belongings
家道家道jia1 dao4
family financial circumstances
家道中落家道中落jia1 dao4 zhong1 luo4
to come down in the world (idiom); to suffer a reversal of fortune
家的家的jia1 de5
(old) wife
家底家底jia1 di3
family property; patrimony
家弟家弟jia1 di4
(polite) my younger brother
家电家電jia1 dian4
household electric appliance; abbr. for 家用電器|家用电器
家丁家丁jia1 ding1
(old) servant hired to keep guard, run errands etc
家儿家兒jia1 er2
(old) child, particularly referring to the son who resembles his father
家父家父jia1 fu4
(polite) my father
家妇家婦jia1 fu4
wife (old)
家公家公jia1 gong1
head of a family; (polite) my father; (polite) my grandfather; your esteemed father
家姑家姑jia1 gu1
(polite) father's sisters
家和万事兴家和萬事興jia1 he2 wan4 shi4 xing1
if the family lives in harmony all affairs will prosper (idiom)
lit. heaven won't let the sparrows go hungry (idiom); fig. don't give up hope; if you tough it out, there will be light at the end of the tunnel
离家别井離家別井li2 jia1 bie2 jing3
to leave home; to abandon one's family
离家出走離家出走li2 jia1 chu1 zou3
to leave home; to abandon one's family
理论家理論家li3 lun4 jia1
theorist; theoretician
理学家理學家li3 xue2 jia1
scholar of the rationalist school of Neo-Confucianism 理學|理学
历史家歷史家li4 shi3 jia1
historian
历史学家歷史學家li4 shi3 xue2 jia1
historian
恋家戀家lian4 jia1
home-loving; to feel a strong attachment to home life; to begrudge being away from home
良家良家liang2 jia1
good family; innocent people
良家女子良家女子liang2 jia1 nv3 zi3
woman from a respectable family; respectable woman
邻家鄰家lin2 jia1
next-door neighbor; neighboring household; adjacent country (short for 鄰接的國家|邻接的国家)
林家翘林家翹lin2 jia1 qiao2
Lin Chia-Chiao (1916-2013), Chinese-American physicist, astronomer and applied mathematician
刘家村劉家村liu2 jia1 cun1
Liujia village in Zhangdian district 张店区 of Zhibo city 淄博市, Shandong
刘家辉劉家輝liu2 jia1 hui1
Gordon Liu (1955-), Hong Kong action actor
刘家夼劉家夼liu2 jia1 kuang3
Liujiakuang township in Muping district 牟平區|牟平区, Yantai, Shandong
刘家夼镇劉家夼鎮liu2 jia1 kuang3 zhen4
Liujiakuang township in Muping district 牟平區|牟平区, Yantai, Shandong
流氓国家流氓國家liu2 mang2 guo2 jia1
rogue state
六朝四大家六朝四大家liu4 chao2 si4 da4 jia1
Four Great Painters of the Six dynasties, namely: Cao Buxing 曹不興|曹不兴, Gu Kaizhi 顧愷之|顾恺之, Lu Tanwei 陸探微|陆探微 and Zhang Sengyou 張僧繇|张僧繇
六家六家liu4 jia1
Six schools of pre-Han philosophy, as analyzed by 司馬談|司马谈 (儒家, 道家, 陰陽|阴阳, 法家, 名家, and 墨家)
罗家英羅家英luo2 jia1 ying1
Law Kar-Ying (1946-), Hong Kong actor
玛家瑪家ma3 jia1
Machia township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
马家军馬家軍ma3 jia1 jun1
the Ma clique of warlords in Gansu and Ningxia during the 1930s and 1940s
玛家乡瑪家鄉ma3 jia1 xiang1
Machia township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
马三家馬三家ma3 san1 jia1
Masanjia town in Yuhong District 于洪區|于洪区 in Liaoning, known for its labor camp where Falun Gong practitioners etc are believed to have been detained and tortured
even an honest and upright official will have difficulty resolving a family dispute (proverb)
倾家傾家qing1 jia1
to ruin a family; to lose a fortune
倾家荡产傾家蕩產qing1 jia1 dang4 chan3
to lose a family fortune (idiom)
亲家親家qing4 jia5
parents of one's daughter-in-law or son-in-law; relatives by marriage
穷家薄业窮家薄業qiong2 jia1 bo2 ye4
poor and with few means of subsistance (idiom); destitute
全家全家quan2 jia1
whole family
全家福全家福quan2 jia1 fu2
photograph of the entire family; hodgepodge (cookery)
人给家足人給家足ren2 ji3 jia1 zu2
lit. each household provided for, enough for the individual (idiom); comfortably off
人家人家ren2 jia1
household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be
人家人家ren2 jia5
other people; sb else; he, she or they; I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people")
人类学家人類學家ren2 lei4 xue2 jia1
anthropologist
儒家儒家ru2 jia1
Confucian school, founded by Confucius 孔子 (551-479 BC) and Mencius 孟子 (c. 372-c. 289 BC)
儒家思想儒家思想ru2 jia1 si1 xiang3
Confucian thoughts; the thinking of the Confucian school
如数家珍如數家珍ru2 shu3 jia1 zhen1
lit. as if enumerating one's family valuables (idiom); fig. to be very familiar with a matter
三家村三家村san1 jia1 cun1
lit. village of three households; name of essay column in Beijing newspaper from 1961-1966, written by Deng Tuo 鄧拓|邓拓, Wu Han 吳晗|吴晗 and Liao Mosha 廖沫沙, criticized as anti-party during the Cultural Revolution
丧家之狗喪家之狗sang4 jia1 zhi1 gou3
see 喪家之犬|丧家之犬
丧家之犬喪家之犬sang4 jia1 zhi1 quan3
stray dog (idiom)
沙家浜沙家浜sha1 jia1 bang1
"Sha Family's Creek", a Beijing opera classified as model theater 樣板戲|样板戏
Shizhu Tujia Autonomous County in Qianjiang suburbs of Chongqing municipality
史家史家shi3 jia1
historian
史学家史學家shi3 xue2 jia1
historian
世家世家shi4 jia1
family influential for generations; aristocratic family
世禄之家世祿之家shi4 lu4 zhi1 jia1
family with hereditary emoluments
事怕行家事怕行家shi4 pa4 hang2 jia1
an expert always produces the best work (idiom)
收藏家收藏家shou1 cang2 jia1
a collector (e.g. of artworks)
首家首家shou3 jia1
first (hotel of its type, store of its type etc)
书法家書法家shu1 fa3 jia1
calligrapher
书画家書畫家shu1 hua4 jia1
calligrapher and painter
数学家數學家shu4 xue2 jia1
mathematician
水利家水利家shui3 li4 jia1
water manager; hydraulic engineer
私家私家si1 jia1
private; privately owned or managed
私家车私家車si1 jia1 che1
private car
思想家思想家si1 xiang3 jia1
thinker
四海为家四海為家si4 hai3 wei2 jia1
to regard the four corners of the world all as home (idiom); to feel at home anywhere; to roam about unconstrained; to consider the entire country, or world, to be one's own
送货到家送貨到家song4 huo4 dao4 jia1
home delivery
宋四家宋四家song4 si4 jia1
four famous Song calligraphers, namely: Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼, Huang Tingjian 黃庭堅|黄庭坚, Mi Fu 米芾 and Cai Xiang 蔡襄
苏家屯甦家屯su1 jia1 tun2
Sujiatun district of Shenyang city 沈陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning
苏家屯区甦家屯區su1 jia1 tun2 qu1
Sujiatun district of Shenyang city 沈陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning
俗家俗家su2 jia1
layman; layperson; original home of a monk
算命家算命家suan4 ming4 jia1
fortune-teller
探家探家tan4 jia1
to make a trip home
探险家探險家tan4 xian3 jia1
explorer
唐初四大家唐初四大家tang2 chu1 si4 da4 jia1
Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang; refers to Yu Shi'nan 虞世南, Ouyang Xun 陽歐詢|欧阳询, Chu Suiliang 褚遂良 and Xue Ji 薛稷
唐家山唐家山tang2 jia1 shan1
area in Beichuan county Sichuan
唐家璇唐家璇tang2 jia1 xuan2
Tang Jiaxuan (1938-), politician and diplomat
唐宋八大家唐宋八大家tang2 song4 ba1 da4 jia1
Eight Giants of Tang and Song prose, esp. involved in the Classics movement 古文運動|古文运动, namely: Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈, Liu Zongyuan 柳宗元, Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修, the Three Su father and sons 三蘇|三苏, Wang Anshi 王安石, Zeng Gong 曾鞏|曾巩
滕家滕家teng2 jia1
Tengjia township in Rongcheng 榮成|荣成, Weihai 威海, Shandong
滕家镇滕家鎮teng2 jia1 zhen4
Tengjia township in Rongcheng 榮成|荣成, Weihai 威海, Shandong
天体物理学家天體物理學家tian1 ti3 wu4 li3 xue2 jia1
astrophysicist
天文学家天文學家tian1 wen2 xue2 jia1
astronomer
田家庵田家庵tian2 jia1 an1
Tianji'an district of Huainan city 淮南市, Anhui
田家庵区田家庵區tian2 jia1 an1 qu1
Tianji'an district of Huainan city 淮南市, Anhui
头家頭家tou2 jia1
organizer of a gambling party who takes a cut of the winnings; banker (gambling); preceding player (in a game); (dialect) boss; proprietor
投资家投資家tou2 zi1 jia1
investor
涂家塗家tu2 jia1
painter; artist
土家族土家族tu3 jia1 zu2
Tujia ethnic group of Hunan
拖家带口拖家帶口tuo1 jia1 dai4 kou3
dragged down by having a family to feed
外交家外交家wai4 jiao1 jia1
diplomat
玩家玩家wan2 jia1
player (of a game); enthusiast (audio, model planes etc)
玩偶之家玩偶之家wan2 ou3 zhi1 jia1
Doll's House (1879), drama by Ibsen 易卜生
万贯家财萬貫家財wan4 guan4 jia1 cai2
vast wealth
万家灯火萬家燈火wan4 jia1 deng1 huo3
(of a city etc) ablaze with lights
万家乐萬家樂wan4 jia1 le4
Macro (brand)
王家王家wang2 jia1
princely
王家瑞王家瑞wang2 jia1 rui4
Wang Jiarui (1949-), PRC politician and diplomat, from 2006 head of CPC central committee's external affairs department 對外聯絡部|对外联络部
王家卫王家衛wang2 jia1 wei4
Wong Kar-wai (1956-), Hong Kong film director
微生物学家微生物學家wei1 sheng1 wu4 xue2 jia1
microbiologist
温家宝溫家寶wen1 jia1 bao3
Wen Jiabao (1942-), Premier of PRC from 2003-2013
文学家文學家wen2 xue2 jia1
writer; man of letters
文字学家文字學家wen2 zi4 xue2 jia1
expert on writing systems
无家可归無家可歸wu2 jia1 ke3 gui1
homeless
五百年前是一家五百年前是一家wu3 bai3 nian2 qian2 shi4 yi1 jia1
five hundred years ago we were the same family (idiom) (said of persons with the same surname)
the League of the Left-Wing Writers, an organization of writers formed in China in 1930
中国作家协会中國作家協會zhong1 guo2 zuo4 jia1 xie2 hui4
China Writers Association (CWA)
周家周家zhou1 jia1
the Zhou family (household, firm etc); Jow-Ga Kung Fu - Martial Art
诸子百家諸子百家zhu1 zi3 bai3 jia1
the Hundred Schools of Thought, the various schools of thought and their exponents during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC)
诸子十家諸子十家zhu1 zi3 shi2 jia1
various sages and ten schools of thought; refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒 represented by Confucius 孔子 and Mencius 孟子, Daoism 道 by Laozi 老子 and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子, Mohism 墨 by Mozi 墨子, Legalism 法 by Sunzi 孫子|孙子 and Han Feizi 韓非子