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  *里* | 里* | *里
li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇 and neighborhood 鄰|邻 levels
HSK 1
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  *家* | 家* | *家
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
HSK 1
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
HSK 4
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  *门* | 门* | *门
gate / door / CL: / gateway / doorway / CL: 個|个 / 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)
HSK 1
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  *户* | 户* | *户
a household / door / family
HSK 4
family / household / CL: 戶|户, 個|个
HSK 2
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  *科* | 科* | *科
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
HSK 2
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  *表* | 表* | *表
exterior surface / family relationship via females / to show (one's opinion) / a model / a table (listing information) / a form / a meter (measuring sth)
HSK 2
family member / (old) servant
HSK 1
whole family
HSK 2
everyone / influential family / great expert
HSK 2
family member / (family) dependent
HSK 3
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  *老* | 老* | *老
prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough
HSK 1
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  *室* | 室* | *室
room / work unit / grave / scabbard / family or clan / one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy
HSK 3
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  *姓* | 姓* | *姓
family name; surname / to be surnamed ...
HSK 2
entrance / door / gate / large and influential family
HSK 2
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  *属* | 属* | *属
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
HSK 3
filial / dutiful / devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc) / to show filial piety towards (an older family member) / filial piety
HSK 7-9
head of a household / family head / patriarch / parent or guardian of a child
HSK 2
to handle two or more responsibilities at the same time; to balance (career and family, or work and studies etc)
HSK 7-9
family name
HSK 7-9
the whole family / the same family / the family ... (when preceded by a family name) / group
friends and family / kith and kin
HSK 7-9
home-use / domestic / family expenses / housekeeping money
HSK 7-9
to provide for / to keep (animals, a family etc) / to raise animals / to feed and clothe / support / the necessities of life / to give birth
HSK 7-9
to provide for the elderly (family members) / to enjoy a life in retirement
HSK 6
smoke from incense (burned as an offering to one's ancestors); (fig.) continuation of family line / cigarette (CL:,條|条,,,)
HSK 7-9
(idiom) pampered scion of a wealthy family
rich patriarchal family / aristocracy
to be born of / to come from / family background / class origin
HSK 7-9
family / clan
HSK 7-9
to hug / to cherish / within the bosom (of the family) / to embrace (also fig. an ideal, aspiration etc)
HSK 7-9
family education / upbringing / to bring sb up / private tutor
HSK 7-9
papaya (Carica papaya) / genus Chaenomeles of shrubs in the family Rosaceae / Chinese flowering quince (Chaenomeles speciosa)
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  *堂* | 堂* | *堂
(main) hall / large room for a specific purpose / CL: 間|间 / relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family / of the same clan / classifier for classes, lectures etc / classifier for sets of furniture
HSK 7-9
affection / family love / love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children
HSK 7-9
lit. when the nest overturns no egg remains intact / no member escapes unscathed from a family disaster (idiom)
a relative (i.e. family relation) / CL: 門|门, 個|个,
HSK 7-9
extended family / big family / harmonious group
HSK 7-9
notable former families
master of the house; head of the family
family influential for generations / aristocratic family
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  *鲿* | 鲿* | *鲿
Bagridae (catfish family)
seniority in the family or clan; position in the family hierarchy / Taiwan pr. [bei4fen4]
social group / subculture / family / clan / see also
each and every family (idiom) / every household
HSK 7-9
the daily life of a family
to manage the household / to be the one in charge of the family / to call the shots / to be in charge
lit. don't let one's own fertile water flow into others' field / fig. keep the goodies within the family (proverb)
three generations of a family / the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou)
household / dwelling / family / sb else's house / household business / house of woman's husband-to-be / CL: 戶|户,
every family (idiom)
HSK 7-9
eldest daughter of an affluent family / (polite) your daughter / bossy or indulged young woman / Miss High and Mighty
(idiom) to provide for one's family
child of a Manchu bannerman family (nobility) / (fig.) privileged brat
family property
family with a literary reputation (idiom); literary family
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  *魦* | 魦* | *魦
shark family, including some rays and skates
the families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom) / (of a prospective marriage partner) an appropriate match
HSK 7-9
large amount / staple / influential family of long standing
HSK 7-9
lit. family members speak frankly with one another, not courteously, as if they were from two different families (idiom) / fig. people don't need to be deferential when they ask a family member for help / people from the same family should stick together (and good friends likewise)
instrument of the violin family (violin, viola, cello or double bass) / CL:
relatives / members of the same family, clan, tribe etc
virus family
family property
hole / opening / cut / gap / gash / my husband or wife / classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc) / precedent
HSK 7-9
The Book of Family Names, anonymous Song dynasty reading primer listing 438 surnames
(of a family) to come together at lunar New Year's Eve / family reunion at New Year's
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  *术* | 术* | *术
various genera of flowers of Asteracea family (daisies and chrysanthemums), including Atractylis lancea
lineage / genealogy / family tree
photograph of the entire family / hodgepodge (cookery)
to go home to visit one's family
HSK 7-9
lit. as if enumerating one's family valuables (idiom) / fig. to be very familiar with a matter
royal family / royal household
not recognizing one's family (idiom); self-centered and not making any allowances for the needs of one's relatives
lit. the black horse of the herd / fig. troublemaker / the black sheep of the family
not liable to taxation (of monastery, imperial family etc) / tax free / duty free (shop)
the whole family / members of the same family (lit. or fig.)
HSK 7-9
practice of allowing only one child per family
precious horses and magnificent carriage (idiom); rich family with extravagant lifestyle / ostentatious display of luxury
woman from an ordinary family
to lay down a family fortune / to get rich / to become prosperous
crab of family Sesarmidae
mutual support between the military and the people – specifically, support provided by local people and authorities for the military, and preferential treatment of the families of soldiers, on the one hand, and the military's support for the government and care for the general public, on the other
to take care of one's family
grouper (Portuguese: garoupa) / also called / Epinephelinae (subfamily of Serranidae, fish family including grouper)
to separate (married couple) / to live apart (of husband and wife, family members)
to be married but keep it secret from family, colleagues or the general public
to be a stranger in a strange land (idiom) / in an unfamiliar place without friends or family
balsam / Balsaminaceae (a flower family including Impatiens balsamina) / touch-me-not / busy Lizzie
large and influential family / clan
sanxian, large family of 3-stringed plucked musical instruments, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and long neck, used in folk music, opera and Chinese orchestra
to gather around the stove / (Tw) to come together for a family dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve
even an honest and upright official will have difficulty resolving a family dispute (proverb)
(neologism 2015) the Zhao family (derogatory term for those who hold power in the PRC)
"left-behind children", rural children whose parents have to make a living as migrant workers in distant urban areas, but cannot afford to keep the family with them
royal family / imperial household / member of the royal family
HSK 7-9
(idiom) thriving; (of a city) populous and wealthy; (of a family) large and prosperous
noble family / of Chinese ancestry
splendor shines on the family's door (idiom) / fig. to bring honor to one's family

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