Glossary of Family Law Terms in Mandarin

Divorce Process

Legal terminologies can be complicated and confusing in the English Language, even more so when English is not one’s first language.

As such, this article provides a list of commonly used legal terminologies and words used during a divorce proceeding in the Chinese language.

English Word	Chinese Word	Hanyu Pinyin
A
Access	探视权	Tàn Shì Quán
Address for Service	送达的地址	Sòng Dá Dì Dì Zhǐ
Adultery	通奸	Tōng Jiān
Affidavit	宣誓书	Xuān Shì Shū
Affidavit of Assets and Means	财务宣誓书	Cái Wù Xuān Shì Shū
Affidavit for Evidence-in-Chief	原告人的主问证据宣誓书	Yuán Gào Rén de Zhǔ Wèn Zhèng Jù Xuān Shì Shū
Agreed Matrimonial Property Plan	同意婚姻财产计划	Tóng Yì Hūn Yīn Cái Chǎn Jì Huà
Agreement	合意	Hé Yì
Allowance for Parents	父母津贴	Fù Mǔ Jīn Tiē
Amendment	修订	Xiū Dìng
Ancillary Matters Proceedings	附属事项诉讼	Fù Shǔ Shì Xiàng Sù Sòng
Ancillary Relief	附属济助	Fù Shǔ Jì Zhù
Annulment	婚姻无效	Hūn Yīn Wú Xiào
Assets	资产	Zī Chǎn
B
Brief Facts	简要事实	Jiǎn Yào Shì Shí
C
Case	案件	Àn Jiàn
Care and Control	照顾与管教权	Zhào Gù Yù Guǎn Jiào Quán
Case Conference	案件会议	Àn Jiàn Huì Yì
Child Focused Resolution Centre (CFRC)	孩子为主的调解中心	Hái Zi Wéi Zhǔ de Tiáo Jiě Zhōng Xīn
Child Maintenance	子女的赡养费	Zǐ Nǚ de Shàn Yǎng Fèi
Claim	诉说	Sù Shuō
Co-defendant	共同被告	Gòng Tóng Bèi Gào
Cohabitation	同居	Tóng Jū
Consent Order	同意令/经各方同意的庭令	Tóng Yì Lìng/Jīng Gè Fāng Tóng Yì de Tíng Lìng
Contested Divorce	争议离婚	Zhēng Yì Lí Hūn
Counterclaim	反诉	Fǎn Sù
Custody	抚养权	Fǔ Yǎng Quán
D
Defence	抗辩理由	Kàng Biàn Li Yóu
Defendant	被告	Bèi Gào
Desertion	遗弃	Yí Qì
Disclosure	披露	Pī Lù
Dissolution of Marriage	解除婚姻关系	Jiě Chú Hūn Yīn Guān Xì
Dispute	纠纷	Jiū Fēn
Divorce Proceedings	离婚诉讼	Lí Hūn Sù Sòng
Divorce Support Specialist Agencies (DSSA)	离婚专案援助机构	Lí Hūn Zhuān’àn Yuán Zhù Jī Gòu
Documents	文件	Wén Jiàn
Dowry	嫁妆	Jià Zhuāng
E
Enforcement of Judgment/Order	执行/强制执行判决/命令	Zhí Xíng/Qiáng Zhì Zhí Xíng Pàn Jué/Mìng Lìng
Entitled	有权	Yǒu Quán
Events	事件	Shì Jiàn
Exchange	交换	Jiāo Huàn
Expedited Order (EO)	加快命令	Jiā Kuài Mìng Lìng
Expenses	花费	Huā Fèi
F
Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) Conference	家事纠纷解会议	Jiā Shì Jiū Fēn Jiě Huì Yì
Final Judgment	最后判决	Zuì Hòu Pàn Jué
G
Groceries	杂货	Zá Huò
Grounds for Divorce	离婚的依据	Lí Hūn de Yī Jù
H
Housing Loan	房屋贷款	Fáng Wū Dài Kuǎn
I
Income Tax	所得税	Sho Dé Shuì
Incur	招致	Zhāo Zhì
Indirect Contribution	间接贡献	Jiàn Jiē Gòng Xiàn
In-principle Agreement	原则上一致	Yuán Zé Shàng Yī Zhì
Insurance Policies	保险政策	Bao Xian Zhèng Cè
Interim Judgment	临时判决书	Lín Shí Pàn Jué Shū
Interrogatories Process	质问的过程	Zhì Wèn de Guò Chéng
Invest	投资	Tóu Zī
J
Joint Tenancy	联名拥有权	Lián Míng Yǒng Yǒu Quán
K
Key Issues	主要问题
L
Leave (permission)	法庭的许可	Fǎ Tíng de Xǔ Kě
Loan	贷款	Dài Kuǎn
M
Mandatory Parenting Programme	强制性育儿辅导计划	Qiáng Zhì Xìng Yù’ér Fǔ Dǎo Jì Huà
Maintenance	赡养费	Shàn Yǎng Fèi
Matrimonial Assets	婚姻财产	Hūn Yīn Cài Chan
Matrimonial Home	婚姻住所	Hūn Yīn Zhù Suǒ
Mediation	调解	Tiáo Jiě

Medical and Dental Fees	医疗和牙科费用	Yī Liáo hé Yá Kē Fèi Yòng
Miscellaneous	各种各样的	Gè Zhǒng Gè Yàng de
Monthly Expenses	每月花费	Měi Yuè Huā Fèi
Monthly Income	月收入	Yuè Shōu Rù
O
Order of Court	法院命令	Fǎ Yuàn Mìng Lìng
P
Party	当事人	Dāng Shì Rén
Personal Service	当面送达	Dāng Miàn Sòng Dá
Personal Protection Order (PPO)	个人保护令	Gè Rén Bǎo Hù Lìng
Plaintiff	原告	Yuán Gào
Pre-trial Conference	审前会议	Shěn Qián Huì Yì
Process Server	法律程序文件送达人	Fǎ Lǜ Chéng Xù Wén Jiàn Sòng Dá Rén
Property	财产	Cái Chǎn
Property Tax	财产税	CáI Chǎn Shuì
Proposed Matrimonial Property Plan	拟议婚姻财产计划	Nǐ Yì Hūn Yīn Cái Chǎn Jì Huà
Proposed Parenting Plan	拟议育儿计划	Nǐ Yì de Yù’ér Jì Huà
R
Relocation	搬迁	Bān Qiān
Rental	租金	Zū Jīn
Respondent	答辩人	Dá Biàn Rén
S
Service	送达	Sòng Dá
Spousal Maintenance	配偶赡养费	Pèi ‘ou Shàn Yang Fèi
Statement of Claim	索偿陈述书	Suǒ Cháng Chén Shù Shū
Statement of Particulars	详情陈述	Xiáng Qíng Chén Shù
Substituted Service	替代送达	Tì Dài Sòng Dá
T
Tenants in Common	分权拥有权	Fēn Quán Yǒng Yǒu Quán
U
Uncontested	无可争议	Wú Ke Zhēng Yí
Unreasonable Behaviour	不合理行为	Bù Hé Lǐ Xíng Wèi
W
Without Prejudice	不损害利益	Bù Sǔn Hài Lì Yì
Writ of Divorce	离婚令装	Lí Hūn Lìng Zhuāng