Usage of the character 宅
zhái
宅
[宅]
- residence
- (coll.) to stay in at home
- to hang around at home
jiāzhái
家宅
[家宅]
- home
- residence
- house
zháidǐ
宅邸
[宅邸]
- residence of a high-ranking official
zháinü
宅女
[宅女]
- female geek; female nerd; otaku girl
jūzhái
居宅
[居宅]
- dwelling
gǔzhái
古宅
[古宅]
- former residence
yīnzhái
阴宅
[陰宅]
- (feng shui term) tomb
sǐzhái
死宅
[死宅]
- die-hard otaku (sb who hardly ever emerges from their home, where they play games, watch movies etc)
bǔzhái
卜宅
[卜宅]
- to choose a capital by divination
- to choose a home
- to choose one's burial place by divination
zháinán
宅男
[宅男]
- a guy who stays at home all the time, typically spending a lot of time playing online games (derived from Japanese "otaku")
xiōngzhái
凶宅
[兇宅]
- inauspicious abode
- haunted house
zháishè
宅舍
[宅舍]
- house
- residence
zháipèi
宅配
[宅配]
- delivery service, primarily C2C and B2C (Tw)
zhùzhái
住宅
[住宅]
- residence; dwelling; abode
zháiyuàn
宅院
[宅院]
- house
- house with a courtyard
zháidì
宅第
[宅第]
- residence
- mansion
Zháijīng
宅经
[宅經]
- The Yellow Emperor's Classic on the Feng Shui of Dwellings
zháizi
宅子
[宅子]
- house; residence
gùzhái
故宅
[故宅]
- former home
mínzhái
民宅
[民宅]
- house
- people's homes
jiùzhái
旧宅
[舊宅]
- former residence
háozhái
豪宅
[豪宅]
- grand residence
- mansion
zháidùjià
宅度假
[宅度假]
- staycation
- residential vacation
zhùzháiqū
住宅区
[住宅區]
- residential area
- housing development
yùzháizú
御宅族
[御宅族]
- otaku, a Japanese term for people with obsessive interests such as anime, manga, and video games
- see also 宅男 (zháinán)
- see also 宅女 (zháinü)
zhùzháilóu
住宅楼
[住宅樓]
- residential building
- CL:幢 (zhuàng),座 (zuò),棟／栋 (dòng)
zhùzháipàomò
住宅泡沫
[住宅泡沫]
- housing bubble
fújiāfànzhái
浮家泛宅
[浮家泛宅]
- lit. to live on a boat
- to drift from place to place (idiom)