pīnyīn 
pin1yin1 
ㄓㄨㄧㄣ 
 
simplified 
traditional 
 
户 
戶 
hu4 
 
 
a household; door; family 
 
 
strokes 
4 
 
radical 
 
 
strokes after radical 
0 
 
挨户 
挨戶 
ai1 hu4 
 
 
from house to house, one by one 
 
挨户挨家 
挨戶挨家 
ai1 hu4 ai1 jia1 
 
 
see 挨家挨戶|挨家挨户 
 
挨家挨户 
挨家挨戶 
ai1 jia1 ai1 hu4 
 
 
to go from house to house 
 
挨门挨户 
挨門挨戶 
ai1 men2 ai1 hu4 
 
 
see 挨家挨戶|挨家挨户 
 
安家落户 
安家落戶 
an1 jia1 luo4 hu4 
 
 
to make one's home in a place; to settle 
 
搬迁户 
搬遷戶 
ban1 qian1 hu4 
 
 
relocated household; unit that has moved 
 
傍户而立 
傍戶而立 
bang4 hu4 er2 li4 
 
 
to stand close to the door 
 
傍人门户 
傍人門戶 
bang4 ren2 men2 hu4 
 
 
to be dependent upon sb 
 
包产到户 
包產到戶 
bao1 chan3 dao4 hu4 
 
 
fixing of farm output quotas for each household 
 
包产到户制 
包產到戶制 
bao1 chan3 dao4 hu4 zhi4 
 
 
system of quotas for farm output per household 
 
保户 
保戶 
bao3 hu4 
 
 
insurance policy holder 
 
暴发户 
暴發戶 
bao4 fa1 hu4 
 
 
newly rich; parvenu; upstart 
 
报户口 
報戶口 
bao4 hu4 kou3 
 
 
to apply for residence; to register a birth 
 
柴门小户 
柴門小戶 
chai2 men2 xiao3 hu4 
 
 
woodcutter's cottage (idiom); poor person's hovel; fig. my humble house 
 
吃大户 
吃大戶 
chi1 da4 hu4 
 
 
mass seizure of food from landlords during famines before liberation 
 
储户 
儲戶 
chu3 hu4 
 
 
(bank) depositor 
 
储蓄帐户 
儲蓄帳戶 
chu3 xu4 zhang4 hu4 
 
 
savings account (in bank) 
 
船户 
船戶 
chuan2 hu4 
 
 
boatman; boat dweller 
 
窗户棂 
窗戶欞 
chuang1 hu4 ling2 
 
 
window frame 
 
窗户 
窗戶 
chuang1 hu5 
 
 
window 
 
存户 
存戶 
cun2 hu4 
 
 
depositor (in bank or shares) 
 
大户 
大戶 
da4 hu4 
 
 
great family; rich family; large landlord; conspicuous spender or consumer 
 
蜑户 
蜑戶 
dan4 hu4 
 
 
see 蜑家 
 
登记用户 
登記用戶 
deng1 ji4 yong4 hu4 
 
 
registered user 
 
佃户 
佃戶 
dian4 hu4 
 
 
tenant farmer 
 
钉子户 
釘子戶 
ding1 zi5 hu4 
 
 
householder who refuses to vacate his home despite pressure from property developers 
 
顶门壮户 
頂門壯戶 
ding3 men2 zhuang4 hu4 
 
 
to support the family business (idiom) 
 
定户 
定戶 
ding4 hu4 
 
 
variant of 訂戶|订户 
 
订户 
訂戶 
ding4 hu4 
 
 
subscriber (to a newspaper or periodical) 
 
独立门户 
獨立門戶 
du2 li4 men2 hu4 
 
 
to live apart from parents (of married couple); to achieve independence 
 
多用户 
多用戶 
duo1 yong4 hu4 
 
 
multiuser 
 
非对称式数据用户线 
非對稱式數據用戶線 
fei1 dui4 chen4 shi4 shu4 ju4 yong4 hu4 xian4 
 
 
Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line; ADSL 
 
富户 
富戶 
fu4 hu4 
 
 
rich family; large landlord 
 
个体户 
個體戶 
ge4 ti3 hu4 
 
 
self-employed; a private firm (PRC usage) 
 
黑户 
黑戶 
hei1 hu4 
 
 
unregistered resident or household; unlicensed shop 
 
户部 
戶部 
hu4 bu4 
 
 
Ministry of Revenue in imperial China 
 
户部尚书 
戶部尚書 
hu4 bu4 shang4 shu1 
 
 
Minister of Revenue (from the Han dynasty onwards) 
 
户告人晓 
戶告人曉 
hu4 gao4 ren2 xiao3 
 
 
to make known to every household (idiom); to disseminate widely; to shout from the rooftops 
 
户籍 
戶籍 
hu4 ji2 
 
 
census register; household register 
 
户均 
戶均 
hu4 jun1 
 
 
household average 
 
户口 
戶口 
hu4 kou3 
 
 
population (counted as number of households for census or taxation); registered residence; residence permit; (in Hong Kong and Macau) bank account 
 
户口本 
戶口本 
hu4 kou3 ben3 
 
 
household register; household registration booklet; residence certificate 
 
户口簿 
戶口簿 
hu4 kou3 bu4 
 
 
household register 
 
户口制 
戶口制 
hu4 kou3 zhi4 
 
 
PRC system of compulsory registration of households 
 
户口制度 
戶口制度 
hu4 kou3 zhi4 du4 
 
 
PRC system of compulsory registration 
 
户内 
戶內 
hu4 nei4 
 
 
indoors; within the home 
 
户枢不蠹 
戶樞不蠹 
hu4 shu1 bu4 du4 
 
 
lit. a door hinge never becomes worm-eaten; constant activity prevents decay (idiom) 
 
户头 
戶頭 
hu4 tou2 
 
 
bank account 
 
户外 
戶外 
hu4 wai4 
 
 
outdoor 
 
户县 
戶縣 
hu4 xian4 
 
 
Hu county in Xi'an 西安, Shaanxi 
 
户限 
戶限 
hu4 xian4 
 
 
threshold 
 
户限为穿 
戶限為穿 
hu4 xian4 wei4 chuan1 
 
 
an endless stream of visitors (idiom) 
 
户型 
戶型 
hu4 xing2 
 
 
configuration of rooms in a residence (e.g. 3BR 2 Bath) 
 
户牖 
戶牖 
hu4 you3 
 
 
door and window; the home 
 
户主 
戶主 
hu4 zhu3 
 
 
head of the household 
 
花户 
花戶 
hua1 hu4 
 
 
registered occupants of a house 
 
活期帐户 
活期帳戶 
huo2 qi1 zhang4 hu4 
 
 
current account (in bank) 
 
集体户 
集體戶 
ji2 ti3 hu4 
 
 
collective; joint household 
 
家家户户 
家家戶戶 
jia1 jia1 hu4 hu4 
 
 
each and every family (idiom); every household 
 
家喻户晓 
家喻戶曉 
jia1 yu4 hu4 xiao3 
 
 
understood by everyone (idiom); well known; a household name 
 
江户 
江戶 
jiang1 hu4 
 
 
Edo (old name of Tokyo) 
 
脚户 
腳戶 
jiao3 hu4 
 
 
porter; donkey driver 
 
净身出户 
凈身出戶 
jing4 shen1 chu1 hu4 
 
 
to leave a marriage with nothing (no possessions or property) 
 
开户 
開戶 
kai1 hu4 
 
 
to open an account (bank etc) 
 
客户 
客戶 
ke4 hu4 
 
 
client; customer 
 
客户端 
客戶端 
ke4 hu4 duan1 
 
 
client (computing) 
 
客户服务 
客戶服務 
ke4 hu4 fu2 wu4 
 
 
customer service; client service 
 
客户服务部 
客戶服務部 
ke4 hu4 fu2 wu4 bu4 
 
 
customer service division 
 
客户服务器结构 
客戶服務器結構 
ke4 hu4 fu2 wu4 qi4 jie2 gou4 
 
 
client server architecture 
 
客户机 
客戶機 
ke4 hu4 ji1 
 
 
client (computer) 
 
客户机服务器环境 
客戶機服務器環境 
ke4 hu4 ji1 fu2 wu4 qi4 huan2 jing4 
 
 
client-server environment 
 
客户机软件 
客戶機軟件 
ke4 hu4 ji1 ruan3 jian4 
 
 
client software 
 
客户应用 
客戶應用 
ke4 hu4 ying4 yong4 
 
 
client application 
 
联产到户 
聯產到戶 
lian2 chan3 dao4 hu4 
 
 
household responsibility system, introduced in the early 1980s, under which each rural household could freely decide what to produce and how to sell, as long as it fulfilled its quota of products to the state 
 
猎户臂 
獵戶臂 
lie4 hu4 bi4 
 
 
Orion spiral arm or local spur of our galaxy (containing our solar system) 
 
猎户座 
獵戶座 
lie4 hu4 zuo4 
 
 
Orion (constellation) 
 
猎户座大星云 
獵戶座大星雲 
lie4 hu4 zuo4 da4 xing1 yun2 
 
 
the Great Nebula in Orion M42 
 
猎户座流星雨 
獵戶座流星雨 
lie4 hu4 zuo4 liu2 xing1 yu3 
 
 
Orionids; Orionid meteor shower 
 
流水不腐,户枢不蠹 
流水不腐,戶樞不蠹 
liu2 shui3 bu4 fu3 - hu4 shu1 bu4 du4 
 
 
lit. flowing water does not rot, nor a door-hinge rust (idiom); fig. constant activity prevents decay 
 
落户 
落戶 
luo4 hu4 
 
 
to settle; to set up home 
 
门当户对 
門當戶對 
men2 dang1 hu4 dui4 
 
 
the families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom); (of a prospective marriage partner) an appropriate match 
 
门户 
門戶 
men2 hu4 
 
 
door; strategic gateway; portal; faction; sect; family status; family; web portal; (old) brothel 
 
门户开放 
門戶開放 
men2 hu4 kai1 fang4 
 
 
open door policy; Egyptian President Sadat's infitah policy towards investment and relations with Israel 
 
门户网站 
門戶網站 
men2 hu4 wang3 zhan4 
 
 
web portal 
 
门户之见 
門戶之見 
men2 hu4 zhi1 jian4 
 
 
sectarian bias; parochialism 
 
名义账户 
名義賬戶 
ming2 yi4 zhang4 hu4 
 
 
nominal bank account 
 
农户 
農戶 
nong2 hu4 
 
 
peasant household 
 
蓬户 
蓬戶 
peng2 hu4 
 
 
thatched house; poor person's house; humble home 
 
棚户 
棚戶 
peng2 hu4 
 
 
shacks; shack-dwellers; slum-dwellers 
 
棚户区 
棚戶區 
peng2 hu4 qu1 
 
 
shantytown 
 
蓬户瓮牖 
蓬戶甕牖 
peng2 hu4 weng4 you3 
 
 
thatched house, broken urn windows (idiom); poor person's house; humble home 
 
蓬门筚户 
蓬門篳戶 
peng2 men2 bi4 hu4 
 
 
overgrown gate, wicker windows (idiom); poor person's house; humble home 
 
蓬门荜户 
蓬門蓽戶 
peng2 men2 bi4 hu4 
 
 
overgrown gate, wicker windows (idiom); poor person's house; humble home 
 
铺户 
鋪戶 
pu4 hu4 
 
 
store; shop 
 
千家万户 
千家萬戶 
qian1 jia1 wan4 hu4 
 
 
every family (idiom) 
 
清拆户 
清拆戶 
qing1 chai1 hu4 
 
 
demolition of homes; to destroy homes (for new building projects) 
 
入户 
入戶 
ru4 hu4 
 
 
to obtain a residence permit 
 
散户 
散戶 
san3 hu4 
 
 
individual (shareholder); the small investor 
 
商户 
商戶 
shang1 hu4 
 
 
merchant; trader; businessman; firm 
 
神户 
神戶 
shen2 hu4 
 
 
Kōbe, major Japanese port near Ōsaka 
 
收益帐户 
收益帳戶 
shou1 yi4 zhang4 hu4 
 
 
income account (accountancy) 
 
数字用户线路 
數字用戶線路 
shu4 zi4 yong4 hu4 xian4 lu4 
 
 
digital subscriber line (DSL) 
 
水户市 
水戶市 
shui3 hu4 shi4 
 
 
Mito City, capital of Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan 
 
邃户 
邃戶 
sui4 hu4 
 
 
forbidding entrance to a large, quiet house 
 
屠户 
屠戶 
tu2 hu4 
 
 
butcher 
 
图像用户介面 
圖像用戶介面 
tu2 xiang4 yong4 hu4 jie4 mian4 
 
 
graphical user interface; GUI 
 
图形用户界面 
圖形用戶界面 
tu2 xing2 yong4 hu4 jie4 mian4 
 
 
graphical user interface (GUI) 
 
万户 
萬戶 
wan4 hu4 
 
 
ducal title meaning lord of 10,000 households; also translated as Marquis 
 
万户 
萬戶 
wan4 hu4 
 
 
ten thousand houses or households 
 
万户侯 
萬戶侯 
wan4 hu4 hou2 
 
 
Marquis (highest Han dynasty ducal title meaning lord of 10,000 households); high nobles 
 
万元户 
萬元戶 
wan4 yuan2 hu4 
 
 
household with savings or annual income of 10,000 yuan or more (considered a large amount in the 1970s, when the term became established) 
 
往来帐户 
往來帳戶 
wang3 lai2 zhang4 hu4 
 
 
current account (in bank) 
 
耶户 
耶戶 
ye1 hu4 
 
 
Jehu (842-815 BC), Israelite king, prominent character in 2 Kings 9:10 
 
夜不闭户 
夜不閉戶 
ye4 bu4 bi4 hu4 
 
 
lit. doors not locked at night (idiom); fig. stable society 
 
阴户 
陰戶 
yin1 hu4 
 
 
vulva 
 
用户 
用戶 
yong4 hu4 
 
 
user; consumer; subscriber; customer 
 
用户创造内容 
用戶創造內容 
yong4 hu4 chuang4 zao4 nei4 rong2 
 
 
user-generated content (of a website) 
 
用户到网络的接口 
用戶到網絡的接口 
yong4 hu4 dao4 wang3 luo4 de5 jie1 kou3 
 
 
User-Network Interface; UNI 
 
用户到网络接口 
用戶到網絡接口 
yong4 hu4 dao4 wang3 luo4 jie1 kou3 
 
 
user-network interface; UNI 
 
用户定义 
用戶定義 
yong4 hu4 ding4 yi4 
 
 
user-defined 
 
用户端设备 
用戶端設備 
yong4 hu4 duan1 she4 bei4 
 
 
customer premise equipment; CPE 
 
用户界面 
用戶界面 
yong4 hu4 jie4 mian4 
 
 
user interface 
 
用户名 
用戶名 
yong4 hu4 ming2 
 
 
username; user ID 
 
用户线 
用戶線 
yong4 hu4 xian4 
 
 
subscriber line 
 
在户外 
在戶外 
zai4 hu4 wai4 
 
 
outdoors 
 
债户 
債戶 
zhai4 hu4 
 
 
debtor 
 
帐户 
帳戶 
zhang4 hu4 
 
 
(bank, computer etc) account 
 
账户 
賬戶 
zhang4 hu4 
 
 
bank account; online account 
 
终端用户 
終端用戶 
zhong1 duan1 yong4 hu4 
 
 
end user 
 
住户 
住戶 
zhu4 hu4 
 
 
inhabitant; householder 
 
专业户 
專業戶 
zhuan1 ye4 hu4 
 
 
family firm producing a special product; cottage industry 
 
庄稼户 
莊稼戶 
zhuang1 jia5 hu4 
 
 
wealthy farmer; landlord 
 
庄稼户儿 
莊稼戶兒 
zhuang1 jia5 hu4 er5 
 
 
erhua variant of 莊稼戶|庄稼户 
 
自立门户 
自立門戶 
zi4 li4 men2 hu4 
 
 
to form one's own group or school of thought; to set up one's own business; to establish oneself 
 
租户 
租戶 
zu1 hu4 
 
 
tenant; person who leases 
 
足不出户 
足不出戶 
zu2 bu4 chu1 hu4 
 
 
lit. not putting a foot outside; to stay at home