| 宅 | zhái | residence |
| 住宅 | zhù zhái | residence; tenement |
| 住宅区 | zhù zhái qū | residential area; housing development |
| 住宅楼 | zhù zhái lóu | residential building; CL:幢,座,栋 |
| 住宅泡沫 | zhù zhái pào mò | housing bubble |
| 侵入家宅者 | qīn rù jiā zhái zhě | housebreaker; burglar |
| 凶宅 | xiōng zhái | inauspicious abode; haunted house |
| 卜宅 | bǔ zhái | to choose a capital by divination; to choose a home; to choose one's burial place by divination |
| 古宅 | gǔ zhái | former residence |
| 宅女 | zhái nǚ | female geek; female nerd; otaku girl |
| 宅子 | zhái zi | house; residence |
| 宅度假 | zhái dù jià | staycation; residential vacation |
| 宅男 | zhái nán | male addicted to computers, computer games, adult cartoons etc (2000s Taiwan slang, derived from Japanese otaku 御宅男 house male); fan of computer games; by extension, nerd |
| 宅经 | zhái jīng | one of the earliest classics about Fengshui; see also 黄帝宅经 |
| 宅舍 | zhái shè | house; residence |
| 宅院 | zhái yuàn | house; house with a courtyard |
| 御宅族 | yù zhái zú | otaku, a Japanese term for people with obsessive interests such as anime, manga, and video games; see also 宅男; see also 宅女[zhai2 nu:3] |
| 故宅 | gù zhái | former home |
| 民宅 | mín zhái | house; people's homes |
| 浮家泛宅 | fú jiā fàn zhái | lit. to live on a boat; to drift from place to place (idiom) |
| 旧宅 | jiù zhái | former residence |
| 豪宅 | háo zhái | grand residence; mansion |
| 黄帝宅经 | huáng dì zhái jīng | one of the earliest classics about Fengshui |
