| 1 | 住宅 | 住宅 | zhù zhái | zhu4 zhai2 | residence; tenement | | |
| 2 | 宅 | 宅 | zhái | zhai2 | residence; (coll.) to stay in at home; to hang around at home | | |
| 3 | 侵入家宅者 | 侵入家宅者 | qīn rù jiā zhái zhě | qin1 ru4 jia1 zhai2 zhe3 | housebreaker; burglar | | |
| 4 | 宅女 | 宅女 | zhái nǚ | zhai2 nu:3 | female geek; female nerd; otaku girl | | |
| 5 | 宅男 | 宅男 | zhái nán | zhai2 nan2 | a guy who stays at home all the time, typically spending a lot of time playing online games (derived from Japanese "otaku") | | |
| 6 | 宅经 | 宅經 | zhái jīng | Zhai2 jing1 | The Yellow Emperor's Classic on the Feng Shui of Dwellings | | |
| 7 | 住宅区 | 住宅區 | zhù zhái qū | zhu4 zhai2 qu1 | residential area; housing development | | |
| 8 | 宅第 | 宅第 | zhái dì | zhai2 di4 | residence; mansion | | |
| 9 | 御宅族 | 御宅族 | yù zhái zú | yu4 zhai2 zu2 | otaku, a Japanese term for people with obsessive interests such as anime, manga, and video games; see also 宅男 | | |
| 10 | 阴宅 | 陰宅 | yīn zhái | yin1 zhai2 | tomb (feng shui term) | | |
| 11 | 夜入民宅 | 夜入民宅 | yè rù mín zhái | ye4 ru4 min2 zhai2 | to break into sb.'s house at night (idiom) | | |
| 12 | 凶宅 | 兇宅 | xiōng zhái | xiong1 zhai2 | inauspicious abode; haunted house | | |
| 13 | 死宅 | 死宅 | sǐ zhái | si3 zhai2 | die-hard otaku (sb who hardly ever emerges from their home, where they play games, watch movies etc) | | |
| 14 | 卜宅 | 卜宅 | bǔ zhái | bu3 zhai2 | to choose a capital by divination; to choose a home; to choose one's burial place by divination | | |
| 15 | 民宅 | 民宅 | mín zhái | min2 zhai2 | house; people's homes | | |
| 16 | 六宅不安 | 六宅不安 | liù zhái bù ān | liu4 zhai2 bu4 an1 | successive family misfortunes (idiom) | | |
| 17 | 坤宅乾宅 | 坤宅乾宅 | kūn zhái qián zhái | kun1 zhai2 qian2 zhai2 | bride's and groom's families respectively (idiom) | | |
| 18 | 居宅 | 居宅 | jū zhái | ju1 zhai2 | dwelling | | |
| 19 | 旧宅 | 舊宅 | jiù zhái | jiu4 zhai2 | former residence | | |
| 20 | 家宅 | 家宅 | jiā zhái | jia1 zhai2 | home; residence; house | | |
| 21 | 家翻宅乱 | 家翻宅亂 | jiā fān zhái luàn | jia1 fan1 zhai2 luan4 | There is no peace in the house. (idiom) | | |
| 22 | 黄帝宅经 | 黃帝宅經 | huáng dì zhái jīng | huang2 di4 zhai2 jing1 | one of the earliest classics about Fengshui | | |
| 23 | 豪宅 | 豪宅 | háo zhái | hao2 zhai2 | grand residence; mansion | | |
| 24 | 故宅 | 故宅 | gù zhái | gu4 zhai2 | former home | | |
| 25 | 古宅 | 古宅 | gǔ zhái | gu3 zhai2 | former residence | | |