Zhōng
China
Chinese
surname Zhong
Zhōng wén
Chinese
Chinese written language
Chinese writing
wèi
not yet
did not
have not
not
8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep
ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
yī
one
1
single
a (article)
as soon as
entire
whole
all
throughout
"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
huí
to circle
to go back
to turn around
to answer
to return
to revolve
Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)
time
classifier for acts of a play
section or chapter (of a classic book)
jiǎn tǐ
simplified form of Chinese characters, as opposed to traditional form 繁體|繁体[fan2 ti3]
yě
also
too
(in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation
diǎn
point
dot
drop
speck
o'clock
point (in space or time)
to draw a dot
to check on a list
to choose
to order (food in a restaurant)
to touch briefly
to hint
to light
to ignite
to pour a liquid drop by drop
(old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[geng1]
dot stroke in Chinese characters
classifier for items
huǒ
fire
urgent
ammunition
fiery or flaming
internal heat (Chinese medicine)
hot (popular)
classifier for military units (old)
yuán
currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan)
first
original
primary
fundamental
constituent
part
era (of a reign)
(math.) argument
variable
(Tw) (geology) eon
cí
word
statement
speech
lyrics
CL:組|组[zu3],個|个[ge4]
classical Chinese poem
CL:首[shou3]
bǎn
board
plank
plate
shutter
table tennis bat
clappers (music)
CL:塊|块[kuai4]
accented beat in Chinese music
hard
stiff
to stop smiling or look serious
liàng
capacity
quantity
amount
to estimate
abbr. for 量詞|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar)
measure word
zǐ
son
child
seed
egg
small thing
1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat
Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
fān
foreign (non-Chinese)
barbarian
classifier for occurrences (of an event, action or speech utterance)
classifier for iterations: times, -fold (as in twofold etc)
classifier for situations: kind, sort
shì
room
work unit
grave
scabbard
family or clan
one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy
Wēi
surname Wei
ancient Chinese state near present day Chongqing
Taiwan pr. [Wei2]
zhí
straight
to straighten
fair and reasonable
frank
straightforward
(indicates continuing motion or action)
vertical
vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters
mǎ
horse
CL:匹[pi3]
horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess
knight in Western chess
sū
Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil)
place name
to revive
used as phonetic in transliteration
Zhōng wén bǎn
Chinese (language) version
máo
hair
feather
down
wool
mildew
mold
coarse or semifinished
young
raw
careless
unthinking
nervous
scared
(of currency) to devalue or depreciate
classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1])
hǎn
"cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etc
fán
ordinary
commonplace
mundane
temporal
of the material world (as opposed to supernatural or immortal levels)
every
all
whatever
altogether
gist
outline
note of Chinese musical scale
yì zhì
to grow the intellect
Alpinia oxyphylla, a type of ginger (Chinese medicine)
jū
war chariot (archaic)
rook (in Chinese chess)
rook (in chess)
ěr
ear
handle (archaeology)
and that is all (classical Chinese)
Xīn làng
Sina, Chinese web portal and online media company
Xīn làng wǎng
Sina, Chinese web portal and online media company
fēn yě
dividing line between distinct realms
boundary
field-allocation (in Chinese astrology, the association between celestial regions and corresponding terrestrial realms)
piān
to lean
to slant
oblique
prejudiced
to deviate from average
to stray from the intended line
stubbornly
contrary to expectations
left-hand side of a split Chinese character, often the key or radical
yuè yào rì
Monday (used in Ancient Chinese astronomy)
tǔ yào rì
traditional Chinese name for Saturday
jiǎn tǐ zì
simplified Chinese character, as opposed to traditional Chinese character 繁體字|繁体字[fan2 ti3 zi4]
jiǎ
first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]
(used for an unspecified person or thing)
first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc)
letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
armor plating
shell or carapace
(of the fingers or toes) nail
bladed leather or metal armor (old)
ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old)
civil administration unit (old)
ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
huǒ yào rì
Tuesday (used in Ancient Chinese astronomy)
rì yào rì
Sunday (used in Ancient Chinese astronomy)
fán tǐ
traditional form of Chinese, as opposed to simplified form 簡體|简体[jian3 ti3]
liàng xiàng
to strike a pose (Chinese opera)
(fig.) to make a public appearance
to come out in public (revealing one's true personality, opinions etc)
(of a product) to appear on the market or at a trade show etc
shuǐ yào rì
Wednesday (used in Ancient Chinese astronomy)
Rén dà
(Chinese) National People's Congress
abbr. for 全國人民代表大會|全国人民代表大会[Quan2 guo2 Ren2 min2 Dai4 biao3 Da4 hui4]
páng
beside
one side
other
side
self
the right-hand side of split Chinese character, often the phonetic
piào
ticket
ballot
banknote
CL:張|张[zhang1]
person held for ransom
amateur performance of Chinese opera
classifier for groups, batches, business transactions
Hàn yǔ
Chinese language
CL:門|门[men2]
yuán
circle
round
circular
spherical
(of the moon) full
unit of Chinese currency (Yuan)
tactful
to justify
Hàn
Han ethnic group
Chinese (language)
the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
quán běn
whole edition
whole performance (of Chinese opera)
Xīn Huá
Xinhua (the official Chinese news agency)
Dèng Xiǎo píng
Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997), Chinese communist leader, de facto leader of PRC 1978-1990 and creator of "socialism with Chinese characteristics"
Jǐng
Jing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy
surname Jing
huà
to delimit
to transfer
to assign
to plan
to draw (a line)
stroke of a Chinese character
dīng
fourth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]
fourth in order
letter "D" or roman "IV" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
ancient Chinese compass point: 195°
butyl
cubes (of food)
Liú Xiáng
Liu Xiang (1983-), Chinese gold-medal hurdler of the 2004 Olympic Games
Lǐ Jiā xīn
Michele Monique Reis (1970-) actress, model and former Miss Hong Kong & Miss Chinese International
Zhōu Lì bō
Zhou Libo (1908-1979), left-wing journalist, translator and novelist
Zhou Libo (1967-), Chinese stand-up comedian
zhēng jié
hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine)
crux of an issue
main point in an argument
sticking point
deadlock in negotiations
ài
Chinese mugwort or wormwood
moxa
to stop or cut short
phonetic "ai" or "i"
abbr. for 艾滋病[ai4 zi1 bing4], AIDS
xīn
(of taste) hot or pungent
hard
laborious
suffering
eighth in order
eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]
letter "H" or roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
ancient Chinese compass point: 285°
octa
zhōng wài
Sino-foreign
Chinese-foreign
home and abroad
Chūn jié
Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
mù yào rì
Thursday (used in Ancient Chinese astronomy)
Hàn zì
Chinese character
CL:個|个[gè]
Japanese: kanji
Korean: hanja
jìn dài
the not-very-distant past
modern times, excluding recent decades
(in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919)
capitalist times (pre-1949)
xiāo shǔ
to spend a summer holiday
(esp of Chinese medicine) to relieve summer heat
jīn yào rì
Friday (used in Ancient Chinese astronomy)
shēng mǔ
consonant
the initial consonant (of a Chinese syllable)
qī xī
double seven festival, evening of seventh of lunar seventh month
girls' festival
Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed their annual meeting
zhōng gǔ
medieval
Middle Ages
Chinese middle antiquity, 3rd to 9th centuries, including Sui and Tang Dynasties
Middle (of a language, e.g. Middle English)
used
second-hand
gǔ wén
old language
the Classics
classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose
classical Chinese as a school subject
Zhèng tǐ
standard form
block letter
alternate term for Traditional Chinese character, used in Taiwan
Héng bīn
Japanese spelling of Yokohama (Chinese spelling 橫濱|横滨[Héng bīn])
mí hóu táo
kiwi fruit
Chinese gooseberry
yǐ
second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]
second in order
letter "B" or roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方[yi3 fang1], as opposed to 甲方[jia3 fang1])
ethyl
bent
winding
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5)
ancient Chinese compass point: 105°
zhé
turning stroke (in Chinese characters)
see also 折[zhe2]
huáng lián
Chinese goldthread (Coptis chinensis), rhizome used in medicine
fāng jì
prescription
recipe (Chinese medicine)
chóng dié
to overlap
to superimpose
to telescope
to run together
to duplicate
one over another
superposition
an overlap
redundancy
reduplication (in Chinese grammar, e.g. 散散步[san4 san4 bu4] to have a stroll)
huó xuè
to improve blood circulation (Chinese medicine)
sháo
Chinese peony
Paeonia albiflora or lactiflora
guà zhí
temporary assignment to a Chinese government or CPC post
yì
wing
area surrounding the bullseye of a target
to assist
one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy
old variant of 翌
zì xíng
form of a Chinese character
variant of 字型[zi4 xing2]
fěn sī
bean vermicelli
mung bean starch noodles
Chinese vermicelli
cellophane noodles
CL:把[ba3]
fan (loanword)
enthusiast for sb or sth
jìng
clean
completely
only
net (income, exports etc)
(Chinese opera) painted face male role
rén mín bì
Renminbi (RMB)
Chinese Yuan (CNY)
Lín zhī
Nyingchi prefecture of Tibet, Tibetan: Nying khri, Chinese Linzhi
shēn
to extend
to state
to explain
9th earthly branch: 3-5 p.m., 7th solar month (7th August-7th September), year of the Monkey
ancient Chinese compass point: 240°
wǔ xiá
martial arts chivalry (Chinese literary, theatrical and cinema genre)
knight-errant
Hú Yào bāng
Hu Yaobang (1915-1989), Chinese politician
xiān Qín
pre-Qin, Chinese history up to the foundation of the Qin imperial dynasty in 221 BC
Zhōng yī
traditional Chinese medical science
a doctor trained in Chinese medicine
guó gòng
Guomindang 國民黨|国民党 and Chinese communist party 共產黨|共产党
Zhōng gòng
abbr. for Chinese Communist (party, regime etc)
jiē
Chinese pistachio tree (Pistacia chinensis)
bǐ chù
brush stroke in Chinese painting and calligraphy
brushwork
style of drawing or writing
huá
to play Chinese finger-guessing game
guì
Chinese Juniper (Juniperus chinensis)
coffin lid decoration (old)
shì
to serve as an official
an official
the two chess pieces in Chinese chess guarding the "general" or "king" 將|将[jiang4]
luó gǔ
gongs and drums
Chinese percussion instruments
dì huáng
Chinese foxglove (Rehmannia glutinosa), its rhizome used in TCM
yīn yì
transliteration (rendering phonetic value, e.g. of English words in Chinese characters)
characters giving phonetic value of Chinese word or name (when the correct characters may be unknown)
transcription (linguistics)
to transcribe phonetic symbols
cháng é
the lady in the moon (Chinese mythology)
PRC moon probe
chǒu
clown
2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox
ancient Chinese compass point: 30°
Tián Liàng
Tian Liang (1979-), former male Chinese diver, Olympic medalist
zú
soldier
servant
to finish
to die
finally
at last
pawn in Chinese chess
Zhāng Ài líng
Eileen Chang (1920-1995), famous Chinese-American novelist
xiàng xíng
pictogram
one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters
Chinese character derived from a picture
sometimes called hieroglyph
pào zhì
to concoct
to invent
to fabricate
to produce
to process
processing and curing (Chinese medicine)
bǐ
pen
pencil
writing brush
to write or compose
the strokes of Chinese characters
classifier for sums of money, deals
CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]
wǔ shēng
male military role in a Chinese opera
Zhōng fāng
the Chinese side (in an international venture)
zhù yīn
Annotated Sounds, a phonetic transliteration for Chinese used esp. in Taiwan
also known as Bopomofo ㄅㄆㄇㄈ
gèn
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing mountain
☶
ancient Chinese compass point: 45° (northeast)
lián
incorruptible
honest
inexpensive
to investigate (old)
side wall of a traditional Chinese house (old)
jué sè
background (one's origin)
role (esp in Chinese opera)
shēng diào
tone
note
a tone (on a Chinese syllable)
CL:個|个[ge4]
Jì
surname Ji
ancient Chinese city state near modern day Beijing
èr hú
erhu (Chinese 2-string fiddle)
alto fiddle
CL:把[ba3]
jiě dú
to detoxify
to relieve fever (in Chinese medicine)
yáng méi
red bayberry
Chinese bayberry
Japanese bayberry
Myrica rubra
CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
jiǎ gǔ wén
oracle script
oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script)
nán mù
Phoebe zhennan
Machilus nanmu
Chinese cedar
Chinese giant redwood
Chāng dū
Kham or Chamdo, Tibetan: Chab mdo historic capital of Kham prefecture of Tibet (Chinese Qamdo or Changdu)
also Qamdo county
dēng mí
riddles written on lanterns (e.g. for the Lantern Festival at the end of Chinese New Year)
ròu guì
Chinese cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia)
kǔ lì
bitter work
hard toil
(loanword) coolie, unskilled Chinese laborer in colonial times
Hú Shì
Hu Shi (1891-1962), original proponent of writing in colloquial Chinese 白話文|白话文[bai2 hua4 wen2]
zhè
a thorny tree
sugarcane
Cudrania triloba
three-bristle cudrania (Cudrania tricuspidata)
Chinese mulberry (Cudrania)
Zhōng Xī
China and the West
Chinese-Western
gé gēn
tuber of the kudzu vine (Pueraria lobata), used in Chinese medicine
pí xū
depletion of the spleen (Chinese medicine)
jiǎn zhǐ
papercutting (Chinese folk art)
to make paper cutouts
chūn
Chinese toon (Toona sinensis)
tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima)
(literary metaphor) father
Xiào nèi
Xiaonei (Chinese social network website)
xīng xiù
constellation (arch., now 星座)
one of the 28 constellations of traditional Chinese astronomy and astrology
motion of stars since one's birth (predetermining one's fate in astrology)
fán
complicated
many
in great numbers
abbr. for 繁體|繁体[fan2 ti3], traditional form of Chinese characters
xiě yì
to suggest (rather than depict in detail)
freehand style of Chinese painting, characterized by bold strokes rather than accurate details
jiǎ gǔ
tortoise shell and animal bones used in divination
oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script)
pí pa
pipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard
bá guàn
cupping glass
fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin)
ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics)
táo rén
peach kernel, used in Chinese medicine
sháo yào
Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora)
common herbaceous peony
peony used in TCM
Zhōng cān
Chinese meal
Chinese food
CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4]
gān lán
cabbage
Chinese broccoli
gai larn
Huá wén
Chinese language
Chinese script
Qǐ míng
classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the east before dawn
kāi dǎ
(of a sports competition or match) to commence
(of a war or battle) to break out
to perform acrobatic or choreographed fighting (in Chinese opera)
to brawl
to come to blows
cuò zì
incorrect character
typo (in Chinese text)
shú dì
cultivated land
in Chinese medicine, preparation from rhizome of Chinese foxglove (Rehmannia glutinosa)
dào jiào
Taoism
Daoism (Chinese system of beliefs)
Lóu
surname Lou
one of the 28 lunar mansions in Chinese astronomy
chǐ
a Chinese foot
one-third of a meter
a ruler
a tape-measure
one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine
CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3]
qīng rè
to alleviate fever (medicine)
to clear internal heat (Chinese medicine)
Sī mǎ Qiān
Sima Qian (145-86 BC), Han Dynasty historian, author of Records of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4], known as the father of Chinese historiography
Sān guó
Three Kingdoms period (220-280) in Chinese history
several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新羅|新罗[Xin1 luo2] in 658
kuí
crotch
15th of the 28th constellations of Chinese astronomy
mǎ tí
horse's hoof
horseshoe
Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis or E. congesta)
chén pí
orange peel
tangerine peel
dried orange peel used in Chinese medicine
Wáng Zhì zhì
Wang Zhizhi (1977-), former Chinese basketball player
lì shū
clerical script
official script (Chinese calligraphic style)
Huí mín
Hui ethnic group (Chinese muslims)
jiàng shuài
commander-in-chief, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess
Liǎng huì
National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
xíng shū
running script
semi-cursive script (Chinese calligraphic style)
dān fāng
unilateral
one-sided
home remedy
folk prescription(same as 丹方)
single-drug prescription (same as 奇方[ji1 fang1], one of the seven kinds of prescriptions of Chinese medicine 七方[qi1 fang1])
metaphorically. a good solution
zhàng
measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m)
to measure
husband
polite appellation for an older male
cí diǎn
dictionary (of Chinese compound words)
also written 辭典|辞典[ci2 dian3]
CL:部[bu4],本[ben3]
Zhōu Ēn lái
Zhou Enlai (1898-1976), Chinese communist leader, prime minister 1949-1976
zhèng qì
healthy environment
healthy atmosphere
righteousness
vital energy (in Chinese medicine)
qián
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing heaven
male principle
☰
ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)
Hàn wén
Chinese written language
Chinese literature esp. as taught abroad
Zhōng yào
(traditional) Chinese medicine
CL:服[fu4],種|种[zhong3]
Wáng Shuò
Wang Shuo (1958-), Chinese writer, director and actor
Kāng Shēng
Kang Sheng (1896-1975), Chinese communist leader, a politburo member during the Cultural Revolution and posthumously blamed for some of its excesses
Hàn chéng
Hanseong, old name of Seoul as traditional capital of Korea and capital of South Korea
adopted new Chinese spelling 首爾|首尔[Shou3 er3] in 2005
huán
Chinese soapberry (Sapindus mukurossi)
big
pillar (old)
piě
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4)
see 撇[pie3]
lǎo jiàng
lit. old general
commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess
fig. old-timer
veteran
cǎo shū
grass script
cursive script (Chinese calligraphic style)
qīng yī
black clothes
servant (old)
young woman role in Chinese opera, also called 正旦[zheng4 dan4]
huí huí
time and again
every time
Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)
dàn
dawn
morning
daybreak
day
dan, female roles in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)
pīn yīn
phonetic writing
pinyin (Chinese romanization)
fāng cùn
square cun (Chinese unit of area: 1 cun × 1 cun, or 3⅓ cm × 3⅓ cm)
heart
mind
huā dàn
role of vivacious young female in Chinese opera
yuè fǔ
yuefu (Chinese style of lyric poetry)
gǔ shī
old verse
classical Chinese poem
Léi Gōng
Lei Gong or Duke of Thunder, the God of Thunder in Chinese mythology
jīn yè
bodily fluids (general term in Chinese medicine)
Lǎo Shě
Lao She (1899-1966), Chinese novelist and dramatist
Cuī Jiàn
Cui Jian (1961-), father of Chinese rock music
kǎi shū
regular script (Chinese calligraphic style)
qīng cài
green vegetables
Chinese cabbage
kūn
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing earth
female principle
☷
ancient Chinese compass point: 225° (southwest)
Zhào Wēi
Zhao Wei or Vicky Zhao (1976-), Chinese film star
Kuí
one-legged mountain demon of Chinese mythology
Chinese mythical figure who invented music and dancing
Chinese rain god
surname Kui
Tǔ lǔ fān
Turpan City in Xinjiang (Chinese: Tulufan)
yīn fú
(music) note
phonetic component of a Chinese character
phonetic symbol
phonogram
wǔ xiāng
five spice seasoned
incorporating the five basic flavors of Chinese cooking (sweet, sour, bitter, savory, salty)
cháng páo
chang pao (traditional Chinese men's robe)
gown
robe
CL:件[jian4]
Hā mì
Kumul city in Xinjiang (Chinese: Hami)
sān xīng
three major stars of the Three Stars 參宿|参宿[Shen1 xiu4] Chinese constellation
the belt of Orion
three spirits 福[fu2], 祿|禄[lu4], and 壽|寿[shou4] associated with the Three Stars 參宿|参宿[Shen1 xiu4] Chinese constellation
dōng guā
wax gourd (Cucurbitaceae, Benincasa hispida)
white gourd
white hairy melon
Chinese squash
xuàn rǎn
rendering (computing)
to add washes of ink or color to a drawing (Chinese painting)
to exaggerate
to embellish
yuè jì
Chinese rose (Rosa sinensis)
Kǒng zǐ
Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3]
shù
to erect
vertical
vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)
bǐ huà
strokes of a Chinese character
xié
demonic
iniquitous
nefarious
evil
unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine)
Fú Xī
Fuxi or Fu Hsi, legendary Chinese emperor, trad. 2852-2738 BC, mythical creator of fishing, trapping and writing
sì
6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m., 4th solar month (5th May-5th June), year of the Snake
ancient Chinese compass point: 150°
Xī Shī
Xi Shi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the Four legendary beauties 四大美女, given by King Gou Jian of Yue 勾踐|勾践 as concubine to King of Wu as part of a successful plan to destroy Wu
fèn qīng
angry youth
positive term used to describe young Chinese with extreme nationalistic tendencies
see also 糞青|粪青[fen4 qing1]
Hàn rén
Han Chinese person or people
tuī ná
tui na (form of Chinese manual therapy)
Zhōng kē yuàn
abbr. for 中國社會科學院|中国社会科学院[Zhong1 guo2 She4 hui4 Ke1 xue2 yuan4], Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
guó huà
national painting
Chinese art
fàng xuè
to let blood (Chinese medicine)
to bleed
to stab sb (slang)
jiǔ cài
garlic chives
Chinese chives
Chinese leek
zhèng xié
CPPCC (Chinese People's Political Consultative Committee)
pǔ tōng huà
Mandarin (common language)
Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language)
ordinary speech
huá qiáo
overseas Chinese
(in a restricted sense) Chinese emigrant who still retains Chinese nationality
CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi],名[míng]
zū jiè
settlement
international settlement in many Chinese cities established under unequal treaties from 1860
Dí Rén jié
Di Renjie (607-700), Tang dynasty politician, prime minister under Wu Zetian, subsequently hero of legends
master sleuth Judge Dee, aka Chinese Sherlock Holmes, in novel Three murder cases solved by Judge Dee 狄公案[Di2 gong1 an4] translated by Dutch sinologist R.H. van Gulik 高羅珮|高罗佩[Gao1 Luo2 pei4]
bǐng
third of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]
third in order
letter "C" or roman "III" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
ancient Chinese compass point: 165°
propyl
zè
to tilt
narrow
uneasy
oblique tones (in Chinese poetry)
Xiāng gé lǐ lā
Shangri-La (mythical location)
Shangri-La town and county in Dêqên or Diqing Tibetan autonomous prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[Dí qìng Zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], northwest Yunnan
formerly Gyeltang or Gyalthang, Chinese 中甸[Zhōng diàn] in Tibetan province of Kham
Huá rén
ethnic Chinese person or people
yì
ancient name for go (Chinese board game)
jīn
lapel
overlap of Chinese gown
fig. bosom (the seat of emotions)
to cherish (ambition, desires, honorable intentions etc) in one's bosom
sì hé yuàn
courtyard house (type of Chinese residence)
gǒu
Chinese wolfberry (Lycium chinense)
Shǒu ěr
Seoul, capital of South Korea (Chinese spelling adopted in 2005)
Sōu hú
Sohu, Chinese web portal and online media company
pèi lán
orchid
fragrant thoroughwort
(botany) Eupatorium fortunei
Herba Eupatorii (used in Chinese medicine)
hóu
marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
nobleman or high official
jiǎ jiè
to make use of
to use sth as pretext
under false pretenses
under the guise of
masquerading as
lenient
tolerant
loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)
character acquiring meanings by phonetic association
also called phonetic loan
Lǔ Xùn
Lu Xun (1881-1936), one of the earliest and best-known modern Chinese writers
Lǔ Bān
Lu Ban, legendary master craftsman, called the father of Chinese carpentry
hùn dùn
primal chaos
formless mass before creation in Chinese mythology
muddled
innocent as a baby
jiě fàng jūn
People's Liberation Army (i.e. the Chinese army)
wǔ dǎ
acrobatic fighting in Chinese opera or dance
Huáng quán
the Yellow Springs
the underworld of Chinese mythology
the equivalent of Hades or Hell
xīn shén
mind
state of mind
attention
(Chinese medicine) psychic constitution
wǔ
7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse
ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south)
Zhāng Guó tāo
Zhang Guotao (1897-1979), Chinese communist leader in the 1920s and 1930s, defected to Guomindang in 1938
bǐ shùn
stroke order (when writing Chinese character)
huā jiāo
Sichuan pepper
Chinese prickly ash
Lǜ yíng
Green standard army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units
chén xiāng
Chinese eaglewood
agarwood tree (Aquilaria agallocha)
lignum aloes
Guō Jīng jīng
Guo Jingjing (1981-), Chinese female diver and Olympic gold medalist
mù guā
papaya (Carica papaya)
genus Chaenomeles of shrubs in the family Rosaceae
Chinese flowering quince (Chaenomeles speciosa)
qí páo
Chinese-style dress
cheongsam
qí
auspicious
propitious
good luck
felicity
euphoria
used for 旗, e.g. in 旗袍, long Chinese dress
Liú Shào qí
Liu Shaoqi (1898-1969), Chinese communist leader, a martyr of the Cultural Revolution
yín
3rd earthly branch: 3-5 a.m., 1st solar month (4th February-5th March), year of the Tiger
ancient Chinese compass point: 60°
sì wéi
the four social bonds: propriety, justice, integrity and honor
see 禮義廉恥|礼义廉耻[li3 yi4 lian2 chi3]
the four directions
the four limbs (Chinese medicine)
four-dimensional
Kè jiā
Hakka ethnic group (Han Chinese migrants from north to south China)
Qīng Lóng
Azure Dragon, one of the four symbols of the Chinese constellations, also known as the Azure Dragon of the East 東方青龍|东方青龙[Dōng fāng Qīng lóng] or 東方蒼龍|东方苍龙[Dōng fāng Cāng lóng]
yùn
beautiful sound
appeal
charm
vowel
rhyme
in Chinese phonetics, the medial and final sound of a syllable (i.e. excluding the initial consonant)
Máo Zé dōng
Mao Zedong (1893-1976), Chinese communist leader
huá yì
ethnic Chinese
non-Chinese citizen of Chinese ancestry
láng zhōng
doctor (Chinese medicine)
ancient official title
companions (respectful)
kūn
descendant
elder brother
a style of Chinese poetry
guà
Chinese-style unlined garment
gown
hài
12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m., 10th solar month (7th November-6th December), year of the Boar
ancient Chinese compass point: 330°
Yáo Míng
Yao Ming (1980-), retired Chinese basketball player, played for CBA Shanghai Sharks 1997-2002 and for NBA Houston Rockets 2002-2011
quán jiǎo
Chinese boxing
fist and feet
punching and kicking
suān cài
pickled vegetables, especially Chinese cabbage
Pán gǔ
Pangu (creator of the universe in Chinese mythology)
xiǎo lóng
snake (as one of the 12 Chinese zodiac animals 生肖[sheng1 xiao4])
xū
11th earthly branch: 7-9 p.m., 9th solar month (8th October-6th November), year of the Dog
ancient Chinese compass point: 300°
yǒu
10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the Rooster
ancient Chinese compass point: 270° (west)
zhōng xī yī
Chinese and Western medicine
a doctor trained in Chinese and Western medicine
bái cài
Chinese cabbage
pak choi
CL:棵[ke1], 個|个[ge4]
dú yīn
pronunciation
literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character
nán
Machilus nanmu
Chinese cedar
Chinese giant redwood
guó xué
Chinese national culture
studies of ancient Chinese civilization
the Imperial College (history)
yǔ yīn
speech sounds
pronunciation
colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character
phonetic
audio
voice
(Internet) to voice chat
voice message
chǔ
distinct
clear
orderly
pain
suffering
deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex)
punishment cane (old)
Chǔ
surname Chu
abbr. for Hubei 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3] and Hunan 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3] provinces together
Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722-221 BC)
Bó gǔ
Bo Gu (1907-1946), Soviet trained Chinese communist, journalist and propagandist, 1930s left adventurist, subsequently rehabilitated, killed in air crash
cí diǎn
dictionary (of Chinese compound words)
also written 詞典|词典[ci2 dian3]
CL:本[ben3],部[bu4]
xiǎo diào
xiaodiao, a Chinese folk song genre
minor key (in music)
xùn
to obey
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing wood and wind
☴
ancient Chinese compass point: 135° (southeast)
Mǐn nán
Minnan, lit. south Fujian
a southern Chinese dialect of Fujian and east Guangdong
gēng
age
seventh of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]
seventh in order
letter "G" or roman "VII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
ancient Chinese compass point: 255°
hepta
huái
Chinese scholar tree (Sophora japonica)
Japanese pagoda tree
chéng yǔ
Chinese set expression, often made up of 4 characters or two couplets of 4 characters each, often alluding to a story or historical quotation
idiom
proverb
saying
adage
set expression
CL:條|条[tiao2],本[ben3],句[ju4]
rén
ninth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]
ninth in order
letter "I" or roman "IX" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
ancient Chinese compass point: 345°
nona
zǐ jīng
Chinese redbud (Cercis chinensis)
qí lín
qilin (mythical Chinese animal)
kylin
Chinese unicorn
commonly mistranslated as giraffe
mǎo
mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon)
4th earthly branch: 5-7 a.m., 2nd solar month (6th March-4th April), year of the Rabbit
ancient Chinese compass point: 90° (east)
variant of 鉚|铆[mao3]
to exert one's strength
wǔ cháng
five constant virtues of Confucianism, namely: benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信
five cardinal relationships of Confucianism (between ruler and subject, father and son, husband and wife, brothers, friends)
five phases of Chinese philosophy: water 水, fire 火, wood 木, metal 金, earth 土
dà xiào
senior ranking officer in Chinese army
senior colonel
tào shù
song cycle in Chinese opera
(fig.) a series of tricks
polite remarks
number of (things that are counted in 套[tao4], like houses)
guò nián
to celebrate the Chinese New Year
Lǎo Zǐ
Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism
the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經|道德经 by Laozi
shàng xiào
high ranking officer in Chinese army
colonel
nóng lì
the traditional Chinese calendar
the lunar calendar
wǔ xíng
five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水
Sī mǎ
Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states)
two-character surname Sima
chén
5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon
ancient Chinese compass point: 120°
guǐ
tenth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]
tenth in order
letter "J" or roman "X" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
ancient Chinese compass point: 15°
deca
běn cǎo
a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine
Chinese materia medica
zhǔ
"dot" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3)
see also 點|点[dian3]
wú tóng
wutong (Firmiana platanifolia)
Chinese parasol tree
xī
(particle in old Chinese similar to 啊)
Lín Biāo
Lin Biao (1908-1971), Chinese army leader at time of the Cultural Revolution
yáng wá wá
doll
baby of mixed Chinese and Overseas parentage (colloquial)
chūn yùn
(increased) passenger transportation around Chinese New Year
jiāng shī
gyonshi
jiang shi
Chinese vampire
zombie
Tài jí
the Absolute or Supreme Ultimate, the source of all things according to some interpretations of Chinese mythology
shào xiào
junior ranking officer in Chinese army
major
lieutenant commander
Gě Yōu
Ge You (1957-), Chinese actor
huì yì
combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书[liu4 shu1] of forming Chinese characters)
Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements
also known as joint ideogram or associative compounds
to comprehend without being told explicitly
to cotton on
knowing (smile, glance etc)
liáng fěn
liangfen (Chinese dish)
grass jelly (Chinese dish)
Hàn huà
to sinicize
sinicization
(software) Chinese localization
yīn yùn
music
rhyme and rhythm
initial, 音[yin1], and final and tone, 韻|韵[yun4], of a Chinese character
phoneme
shēng xiào
one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]
animal from the Chinese zodiac
guì pí
Chinese cinnamon (Cinnamonum cassia)
cassia bark
xiāo
miserable
desolate
dreary
Chinese mugwort
qǐ
Chinese wolfberry shrub (Lycium chinense)
willow
Zhōng guó Shè huì Kē xué yuàn
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
zhèng gǔ
bone setting
Chinese osteopathy
Máo Dùn
Mao Dun (1896-1981), Chinese novelist
Yáng Jié chí
Yang Jiechi (1950-), Chinese politician and diplomat, foreign minister of PRC 2007-2013
Guó yǔ
Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature
Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject
Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government
Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC
gǔn
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2)
zhōng chéng yào
prepared prescription (Chinese medicine)
zhí tōng chē
"through train" (refers to the idea of retaining previous legislature after transition to Chinese rule in Hong Kong or Macao)
yī jīn
the front piece(s) of a Chinese jacket
lapel
Yáng Zhèn níng
Chen Ning Yang (1922-), Chinese-born American physicist, 1957 Nobel Prize laureate in physics
wō sǔn
Chinese lettuce
celtuce
asparagus lettuce
celery lettuce
stem lettuce
yuǎn zhì
far-reaching ambition
lofty ideal
milkwort (Polygala myrtifolia), with roots used in Chinese medicine
bí qí
Chinese water chestnut
Eleocharis dulcis or E. congesta
nào dòng fáng
disturbing the privacy of bridal room (Chinese custom where guests banter with and play pranks on the newlyweds)
fán jiǎn
complicated and simple
traditional and simplified form of Chinese characters
bīng
"ice" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 15), occurring in 冰, 决, 次
see also 兩點水|两点水[liang3 dian3 shui3]
Cháng gēng
classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the west after dusk
xiàn
amaranth (genus Amaranthus)
Joseph's coat (Amaranthus tricolor)
Chinese spinach (Amaranth mangostanus)
bái tóu wēng
root of Chinese pulsatilla
Chinese bulbul
yì yǐ
Job's tears plant (Coix lacryma-jobi)
Chinese pearl barley
dǎng nèi
within the party (esp. Chinese communist party)
Chén Dú xiù
Chen Duxiu (1879-1942), Chinese Marxist and leading communist, blamed for the failures of Chinese communism from 1927, posthumously rehabilitated
Yáng Bīn
Yang Bin (1963-), Chinese-Dutch businessman
yì tǐ
variant form (of a Chinese character)
zhé
"blade of grass" component in Chinese characters
Zhōng Yīng wén duì zhào
Chinese-English parallel texts
Mò Yán
Mo Yan (1955-), Chinese novelist, winner of 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature
dān zì
single Chinese character
word (in a foreign language)
Zhōng guó Gōng chéng yuàn
Chinese Academy of Engineering
zhōng zī
Chinese capital
Chinese enterprise
Cāng Jié
Cang Jie, legendary scribe of the Yellow Emperor and creator of Chinese writing
Cangjie input method (computing)
Lǐ Dà zhāo
Li Dazhao (1889-1927), early Chinese Marxist and founding member of the communist party
Quán guó Rén mín Dài biǎo Dà huì
(Chinese) National People's Congress
abbr. to 人大[Ren2 da4]
sān huáng wǔ dì
three sovereigns 三皇[san1 huang2] and five emperors 五帝[wu3 di4] of myth and legend
the earliest system of Chinese historiography
Zhōng Yīng duì zhào
Chinese English parallel texts
yì chéng
to translate into (Chinese, English etc)
Qí Bái shí
Qi Baishi (1864-1957), famous Chinese painter
Fèi Xiào tōng
Fei Xiaotong (1910-2005), Chinese sociologist
suǒ nà
suona, Chinese shawm (oboe), used in festivals and processions or for military purposes
also written 鎖吶|锁呐
also called 喇叭[la3 ba5]
qiáo xiāng
home town of overseas Chinese
Jiāng Wén
Jiang Wen (1963-), sixth generation Chinese movie director
Běi jīng Zhōng yī yào Dà xué
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
Jì Xiàn lín
Ji Xianlin (1911-2009), Chinese linguist and Indologist
sòng qì
aspiration (phonetics, explosion of breath on consonants distinguishing Chinese p, t from b, d)
Dèng Xiǎo píng lǐ lùn
Deng Xiaoping theory
the foundation of PRC economic development after the cultural revolution, building the capitalist economy within Chinese communist party control
Fǎ lún Gōng
Falun Gong (Chinese spiritual movement founded in 1992, regarded as a cult by the PRC government)
shù zhí
vertical
to erect
to set upright
vertical stroke in Chinese characters
young servant (old)
Nǚ wā
Nüwa (creator of humans in Chinese mythology)
bǎi shèng
BaiSheng, common name for Chinese company
PakSing, common Hong Kong company name
lóng de chuán rén
Descendants of the Dragon (i.e. Han Chinese)
dà Zhōng huá qū
greater China
refers to China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (esp. in finance and economics)
refers to all areas of Chinese presence (esp. in the cultural field), including parts of Southeast Asia, Europe and the Americas
láo dòng rén mín
working people
the workers of Socialist theory or of the glorious Chinese past
Chén Kǎi gē
Chen Kaige (1952-), Chinese movie director
Zhōng guó Kē xué yuàn
Chinese Academy of Science
sì dà míng zhù
the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, namely: A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4], Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4], Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]
zhōng xuān bù
Central Propaganda Section
abbr. for 中国共产党中央委员会宣传部
Central Propaganda Department (of the Chinese communist party)
bǐ huà shù
stroke count (number of brushstrokes of a Chinese character)
Zhōng guó tè sè shè huì zhǔ yì
"socialism with Chinese characteristics"
Qián Xué sēn
Qian Xuesen (1911-2009), Chinese scientist and aeronautical engineer
Niú Tóu
Ox-Head, one of the two guardians of the underworld in Chinese mythology
nián sān shí
last day of the lunar year
Chinese New Year's Eve
luó hàn guǒ
sweet fruit of Siraitia grosvenorii (formerly Momordica grosvenori, a gourd of the Curcubitaceae family), grown in Guangxi and used in Chinese medicine
Wǔ sì Yùn dòng
May Fourth Movement
Chinese national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles
Kǒng fū zǐ
Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔子[Kong3 zi3]
táng hú lu
sugar coated Chinese hawthorn fruit on a stick
tanghulu
Zhōng gòng zhōng yāng
Chinese Communist Party Central Committee
qī xī jié
double seven festival, evening of seventh of lunar seventh month
girls' festival
Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed their annual meeting
gǒu qǐ zi
fruit of Chinese wolfberry (Lycium chinense)
Xiāng gǎng Zhōng wén Dà xué
Chinese University of Hong Kong
sān gè dài biǎo
the Three Represents enunciated by Jiang Zemin 江澤民|江泽民 as the duty of the Chinese Communist party in 2001, namely: to represent productivity of an advanced society, forward progress of advanced culture and the fundamental interests of the people
Sān guó yǎn yì
Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中[Lúo Guàn zhōng], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature
a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, consistently portraying Liu Bei's Shu Han 劉備, 蜀漢|刘备, 蜀汉 as virtuous heroes and Cao Cao's Wei 曹操, 魏 as tyrannical villains
féng nián guò jié
at the Chinese New Year or other festivities
zhōng xiào
middle ranking officer in Chinese army
lieutenant colonel
commander
Zhōng guó huà
to sinicize
to take on Chinese characteristics
Zhōng wén xì
Chinese language department (of college)
Zhōng guó Rén mín Jiě fàng jūn
Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA)
zhōng jì wěi
disciplinary committee of the Chinese communist party
abbr. for 中共中央紀律檢查委員會|中共中央纪律检查委员会
dà bái cài
bok choy
Chinese cabbage
Brassica pekinensis
CL:棵[ke1]
Yì Jiàn lián
Yi Jianlian (1987-), Chinese basketball player for the New Jersey Nets (NBA)
jiǎn fán
simple versus traditional (Chinese characters)
Yán huáng zǐ sūn
Descendants of the Fiery Emperor and Yellow Emperor (i.e. Han Chinese people)
bù shǒu
the key or radical by which a character is arranged in a traditional Chinese dictionary
èr shì
the Second (of numbered kings)
second generation (e.g. Chinese Americans)
qì xuè
qi and blood (two basic bodily fluids of Chinese medicine)
qī qíng
seven emotional states
seven affects of traditional Chinese medical theory and therapy, namely: joy 喜[xi3], anger 怒[nu4], anxiety 憂|忧[you1], thought 思[si1], grief 悲[bei1], fear 恐[kong3], fright 驚|惊[jing1]
seven relations
tí fǎ
wording (of a proposal)
formulation
a technique of Chinese bone setting
jiù nián
last year
the Chinese New Year (i.e. the new year in the old calendar)
cí rén
writer of 詞|词[ci2] (a kind of classical Chinese poem)
person of literary talent
lì shì
lucky item (poster, envelope etc) made from red paper, used especially at Chinese New Year, also written 利事[li4 shi4]
Zhōng yī xué
traditional Chinese medicine
TCM
wǔ bǐ shū rù fǎ
five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
Máo zhǔ xí
Chairman Mao
Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东 (1893-1976), Chinese communist leader
Mǐn nán yǔ
Minnan, lit. south Fujianese dialect
southern Chinese dialects of Fujian and east Guangdong
Yǒng chūn
Wing Chun
same as 詠春拳|咏春拳[Yǒng chūn quán]
Yongchun - "Singing Spring Fist" (Chinese martial art)
Shī Jīng
Shi Jing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经[Wǔ Jīng]
xiǎo bái cài
bok choy
Chinese cabbage
Brassica chinensis
CL:棵[ke1]
shì liǎng
Chinese unit of weight equivalent to 50 grams
Zhōng huá Tái běi
Chinese Taipei, name for Taiwan to which the PRC and Taiwan agreed for the purpose of participation in international events
jiàng huǒ
to decrease internal heat (Chinese medicine)
Zhāng Dà qiān
Chang Dai-chien or Zhang Daqian (1899-1983), one of the greatest Chinese artists of the 20th century
Kǒng zǐ Xué yuàn
Confucius Institute, organization established internationally by the PRC, promoting Chinese language and culture
fāng gé
checked pattern
square box character (in Chinese text) indicating illegible character
nán quán
Nanquan - "Southern Fist" (Chinese Martial Art)
shì zhì
Chinese units of measurement
Zhōng guó hǎi guān
Chinese customs (i.e. border police)
Zhōng Yīng
Sino-British
Chinese-English
Huá Guó fēng
Hua Guofeng (1921-), leader of Chinese communist party after the cultural revolution
Lǎo jūn
Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism
the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經|道德经 by Laozi
Zhōng guó shì
Chinese style
à la chinoise
sān shí liù jì
The Thirty-Six Stratagems, a Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used in politics, war, and in civil interaction
all the possible schemes and stratagems
Shè kē yuàn
(Chinese) Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
jiǎn fán zhuǎn huàn
conversion from simple to traditional Chinese characters
Ā lán
Alan, Allen, Allan, Alain etc (name)
A-lan (Chinese female name)
Xíng tiān
Xingtian, headless giant hero of Chinese mythology decapitated by the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4]
Wáng Dān
Wang Dan (1969-), Chinese dissident, one of the leaders of the Beijing student democracy movement of 1989
Ěr yǎ
"Erya" or "The Ready Guide", first extant Chinese dictionary, c. 3rd century BC, with glossaries on classical texts
zhù
Boehmeria nivea
Chinese grass
Zhōng guó Yóu zhèng
China Post (Chinese postal service)
Liáng Zhù
The Butterfly Lovers, Chinese folktale
abbr. for 梁山伯與祝英台|梁山伯与祝英台[Liang2 Shan1 bo2 yu3 Zhu4 Ying1 tai2]
máo tái jiǔ
maotai (a Chinese liquor)
CL:杯[bei1],瓶[ping2]
Xī yóu jì
Journey to the West, Ming dynasty novel by Wu Cheng'en 吳承恩|吴承恩, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature
also called Pilgrimage to the West or Monkey
shuǐ hǔ zhuàn
Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh by Shi Naian 施耐庵, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature
Zhōng wén shū rù fǎ
Chinese input methods for computers
Bó xùn
abbr. for 博訊新聞網|博讯新闻网[Bo2 xun4 Xin1 wen2 wang3], Boxun, US-based dissident Chinese news network
dú fǎ
reading
pronunciation (of a Chinese character)
Quán jù dé
Quanjude (famous Chinese restaurant)
fán tǐ zì
traditional Chinese character
xīn chūn jiā jié
Chinese New Year festivities
Zhōng shān Dà xué
Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou)
Sun Yat-sen University (Kaohsiung)
Sun Yat-sen University (Moscow), founded in 1925 as training ground for Chinese communists
Hàn xué
sinology
Chinese studies (in foreign schools)
Han Learning, a Qing dynasty movement aiming at a philological appraisal of the Classics
niú xī
Achyranthes bidentata (root used in Chinese medicine)
Zhōng guó huà
(spoken) Chinese language
wǔ shī
lion dance (traditional Chinese dance form)
Lín Sēn
Lin Sen (1868-1943), revolutionary politician, colleague of Sun Yat-sen, chairman of the Chinese nationalist government (1928-1932)
wǔ bǐ
abbr. of 五筆字型|五笔字型, five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
Zhōng guó dì qiú wù lǐ xué huì
Chinese Geophysical Society
Láng Píng
Jenny Lang Ping (1960-), Chinese volleyball player, coach of USA women's national team since 2005
kōng
ancient harp
cf 箜篌, Chinese harp
wǔ bǐ biān mǎ
five-stroke code, Chinese character input method
Huà Luó gēng
Hua Luogeng (1910-1985), Chinese number theorist
shuǐ
"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 没, 法, 流 etc
see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3]
nèi chǎng
inner area (of a place that has an outer area)
the kitchen of a restaurant (as opposed to the dining area)
infield (baseball etc)
(Chinese opera) the area behind the table on the stage
Wáng Yǐng
Wayne Wang (1949-), Chinese US film director
Zhān Tiān yòu
Zhan Tianyou (1861-1919), Chinese railroad engineer
Sōu hú wǎng
Sohu, Chinese web portal and online media company
Liáo zhāi Zhì yì
Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Qing dynasty book of tales by 蒲松齡|蒲松龄[Pu2 Song1 ling2]
jīng qì shén
the three energies of Chinese medicine: 精[jing1], 氣|气[qi4], and 神[shen2]
piān páng
the left- and right-side of a split Chinese character, often the key (radical) and phonetic
sū mù
sappan wood (Caesalpinia sappan), used in Chinese medicine
administrative subdivision of banner 旗 (county) in Inner Mongolia (Mongol: arrow)
Fú Míng xiá
Fu Mingxia (1978-), Chinese diving champion
tuó
Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis)
jī
"pedestal" component in Chinese characters
nóng lì xīn nián
Chinese New Year
Lunar New Year
xiàn cài
amaranth greens (genus Amaranthus)
Chinese spinach (Amaranth mangostanus)
chuán tǒng yī yào
Chinese traditional medicine
Mǎn jiāng hóng
Man Jiang Hong (Chinese poems)
shǒu juǎn
hand scroll (horizontal format for Chinese landscape painting)
hand roll (Japanese: temaki, style of fish cuisine)
hand rolled cigarette
hand roll (many contexts)
roll up
jiǎn huà zì
simplified Chinese character
Chéng Huáng
Shing Wong (deity in Chinese mythology)
duàn
Chinese linden (Tilia chinensis)
mián
"roof" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc
see also 寶蓋|宝盖[bao3 gai4]
yǎ yuè
formal ceremonial music of each succeeding Chinese dynasty starting with the Zhou
Korean a'ak
Japanese gagaku
zhì
worm-like invertebrate
mythical animal (see 獬豸[xie4 zhi4])
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 153)
sì shēng
the four tones of classical Chinese phonetics, namely: level or even tone 平聲|平声, third tone 上聲|上声, fourth tone 去聲|去声, entering tone 入聲|入声
the four tones of modern standard Chinese pronunciation, namely: First or high level tone 陰平聲|阴平声, Second or rising tone 陽平聲|阳平声, Third or low-falling-raising tone 上聲|上声, Fourth or falling tone 去聲|去声
Jiǎ Píng wā
Jia Pingwa (1952-), Chinese novelist
Wáng Míng
Wang Ming (1904-1974), Soviet trained Chinese communist, Comintern and Soviet stooge and left adventurist in the 1930s, fell out with Mao and moved to Soviet Union from 1956
Wáng Zhèn
Wang Zhen (1908-1993), Chinese political figure
qióng èr dài
those who did not benefit from the Chinese economic reforms of the 1980s
see also 富二代[fu4 er4 dai4]
bá huǒ guàn
suction cup (used in Chinese medicine to draw the blood and qi 氣|气)
detachable suction chimney to make a stove draw
nán
variant of 楠, Machilus nanmu
Chinese cedar
Chinese giant redwood
Zhèng mǎ
Zheng coding
original Chinese character coding based on component shapes, created by Zheng Yili 鄭易里|郑易里[Zheng4 Yi4 li3], underlying most stroke-based Chinese input methods
also called common coding 字根通用碼|字根通用码[zi4 gen1 tong1 yong4 ma3]
Mǐ fū
Pavel Aleksandrovich Mif (1901-1938), Ukrainian Soviet expert on Chinese affairs, secretly executed in Stalin's purges
chóng wén
repetitious passage
multiple variants of Chinese characters
Zhōng guó rén mín zhì yuàn jūn
the Chinese People's Volunteer Army deployed by China to aid North Korea in 1950
gé lǜ
forms of versification
conventions regarding set number of words and lines, choice of tonal patterns and rhyme schemes for various types of classical Chinese poetic composition
metrical verse
sì jiǎo hào mǎ
four corner code (input method for Chinese characters)
wǔ yīn
five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la
five classes of initial consonants of Chinese phonetics, namely: 喉音[hou2 yin1], 牙音[ya2 yin1], 舌音[she2 yin1], 齒音|齿音[chi3 yin1], 唇音[chun2 yin1]
qí yì guǒ
kiwi fruit
Chinese gooseberry
shā rén
Amomom (fructus Amomi), plant used in Chinese medicine
guó zì
(Chinese) characters native to Korea, Japan, Vietnam etc
Japanese kokuji
Korean gugja
zhuàn shū
seal script (Chinese calligraphic style)
Běi Dǎo
Bei Dao (1949-), Chinese poet
Dài Bǐng guó
Dai Bingguo (1941-), a Chinese politician and professional diplomat
Zhāng mù
Dram (Chinese Zhangmu), town at Tibet-Nepal border
wài chǎng
outer area (of a place that has an inner area)
dining area of a restaurant (as opposed to the kitchen)
outfield (baseball etc)
area outside a venue (e.g. exterior of a stadium)
field (maintenance, testing etc)
(Chinese opera) the area in front of the table on the stage
Xià Shāng zhōu
Xia, Shang and Zhou, the earliest named Chinese dynasties
Zhāng Dān
Zhang Dan (1985-), Chinese figure skater
kāi jīn
buttoned Chinese tunic
unbuttoned (to cool down)
mín zú gōng yè
national industry
industry run by Chinese nationals or ethnic Chinese
yuán
lilac daphne (Daphne genkwa), used in Chinese herbal medicine
Hòu Yì
Houyi, mythological Chinese archer whose wife was Chang'e
zhōng yāng xuān chuán bù
Central Propaganda Section
abbr. for 中国共产党中央委员会宣传部
Central Propaganda Department (of the Chinese communist party)
Ní Kuāng
Ni Kuang (1935-), Chinese novelist and screenwriter
zào zì
to create Chinese characters
cf Six Methods of forming Chinese characters 六書|六书[liu4 shu1]
Luó Róng huán
Luo Ronghuan (1902-1963), Chinese communist military leader
Ān huī Zhōng yī Xué yuàn
Anhui College of Traditional Chinese Medicine
huá lǐ
li (Chinese unit of distance)
Chūn cán
Silkworms in Spring (1933), Chinese silent movie in socialist realist style, based on novel by Mao Dun 茅盾[Mao2 Dun4]
shū jīng
the Book of History, one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经[Wǔ Jīng], a compendium of documents which make up the oldest extant texts of Chinese history, from legendary times down to the time of Confucius, also known as 尚書經|尚书经[Shàng Shū Jīng], 尚書|尚书[Shàng Shū], 書|书[Shū]
Chén Chōng
Joan Chen (1961-), Chinese born American actress
hú qin
huqin
family of Chinese two-stringed fiddles, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and bamboo bow with horsehair bowstring
là bā zhōu
Laba congee, ceremonial rice porridge dish eaten on the 8th day of the 12th month in the Chinese calendar
Kè jiā yǔ
Hakka (a Chinese dialect)
qī qiǎo bǎn
tangram (traditional Chinese block puzzle)
sān xián
sanxian, large family of 3-stringed plucked musical instruments, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and long neck, used in folk music, opera and Chinese orchestra
Zhào Guó
Zhao, one of the seven states during the Warring States Period of Chinese history (475-220 BC)
piào yǒu
an amateur actor (e.g. in Chinese opera)
píng zè
level and oblique tones (technical term for classical Chinese rhythmic poetry)
guì yú
mandarin fish
Chinese perch (Siniperca chuatsi)
mài xiàng
condition or type of pulse (in Chinese medicine)
tián jī
frog
the Chinese edible frog (Hoplobatrachus rugulosus)
lǐ lòng
lanes and alleys
neighborhood
lane neighborhoods in parts of Shanghai, with modified Chinese courtyard houses, occupied by single families in the 1930s, now crowded with multiple families
tāng yào
tisane
decoction (Chinese medicine)
xíng shēng
ideogram plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)
also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character
bái là
white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
quán shù
Chinese boxing
fisticuffs
sì dà fā míng
the four great Chinese inventions: paper, printing, magnetic compass and gunpowder
Huáng Jú
Huang Ju (1938-2007), Chinese politician
guó yuè
national music
Chinese traditional music
zǐ wēi dòu shù
Zi Wei Dou Shu, a form of Chinese fortune-telling
jiàn gé hào
Chinese centered dot mark · (punct. used to separate Western names or words)
liàng cí
classifier (in Chinese grammar)
measure word
tiān dì huì
Tiandihui (Chinese fraternal organization)
jīng jiè
schizonepeta, herb used in Chinese medicine
Mǎ Sān lì
Ma Sanli (1914-2003), Chinese comedian
Dèng Yǐng chāo
Deng Yingchao (1904-1992), Chinese communist leader, wife of Zhou Enlai 周恩來|周恩来
kǎn jiān
sleeveless jacket (usually cotton)
Chinese waistcoat
jiǔ quán
the nine springs
the underworld of Chinese mythology
Hades
Fǎ lā shèng
Flushing Chinatown, a predominantly Chinese and Korean neighborhood of Queens, New York City
Qū Qiū bái
Qu Qiubai (1899-1935), politician, Soviet expert of the Chinese communists at time of Soviet influence, publisher and Russian translator, captured and executed by Guomindang at the time of the Long March
mǎ wěi sōng
Masson pine (Pinus massoniana, Chinese red pine, horsetail pine)
Zhào Zǐ yáng
Zhao Ziyang (1919-2005), PRC reforming politician, general secretary of Chinese Communist Party 1987-1989, held under house arrest from 1989 to his death, and non-person since then
yùn mǔ
medial and final of a Chinese syllable (excluding initial consonant and tone)
the rhyming part of a Chinese syllable
rhyme
vowel
character used in traditional phonetics to indicate value of rhyme
final sound
phoneme
bīng táng hú lu
tanghulu
candied fruits on bamboo skewers dipped in sugar syrup, a common Chinese snack
wá wa yú
Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus)
zhèng zhì wěi yuán
political commissar (during Russian and Chinese communist revolutions)
ròu jiā mó
lit. meat wedged in steamed bun
"Chinese burger"
sliced meat sandwich popular in north China
Ā lái
Alai (1959-), ethnic Tibetan Chinese writer, awarded Mao Dun Literature Prize in 2000 for his novel 塵埃落定|尘埃落定[Chen2 ai1 luo4 ding4] "Red Poppies"
guó gòng liǎng dǎng
Guomindang 國民黨|国民党 and Chinese communist party 共產黨|共产党
bā jǐ
morinda root (Morinda officinalis), plant used in Chinese medicine
xiǎo zhuàn
the small or lesser seal, the form of Chinese character standardized by the Qin dynasty
ài qīng
Ai Qing (1910-1996), Chinese poet
mì
"cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14), occurring in 军, 写, 冠 etc
see also 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[tu1 bao3 gai4]
see also 平寶蓋|平宝盖[ping2 bao3 gai4]
cù jū
cuju, ancient Chinese football (soccer)
Zhōng guó Rén mín Wǔ zhuāng Jǐng chá Bù duì
Chinese People's Armed Police Force (CAPF)
zhèng jiào
lit. true religion
orthodox religion
orthodox Christianity
Islam (in the writing of Chinese or Hui theologians)
fó tiào qiáng
lit. Buddha jumps over the wall, name for a Chinese dish that uses many non-vegetarian ingredients
sì wù tāng
four-substance decoction (si wu tang), tonic formula used in Chinese medicine
Lǐ Dé
Otto Braun (1900-1974), Comintern adviser to the Chinese communist party 1932-1939
Lín zhī dì qū
Nyingchi prefecture of Tibet, Tibetan: Nying khri sa khul, Chinese Linzhi
Hǎo Hǎi dōng
Hao Haidong (1970-), former Chinese soccer player
Wáng Xuǎn
Wang Xuan (1937-2006), Chinese printing industry innovator
Lǐ Ruì huán
Li Ruihuan (1934-), former Chinese politician
hàn xué jiā
sinologist
scholar of Chinese
Nán chāng Qǐ yì
Nanchang Uprising, 1st August 1927, the beginning of military revolt by the Communists in the Chinese Civil War
yū zhì
(in Chinese medicine) stasis (of blood or other fluids)
yǒng chūn quán
Yongchun - "Singing Spring Fist" (Chinese martial art)
Yán Fù
Yan Fu (1853-1921), influential Chinese writer and translator of Western books, esp. on social sciences
lián É
alliance with Russia (e.g. of early Chinese communists)
duì chèn zhóu
axis of symmetry
central axis (in Chinese architecture)
chén
Chinese ash (Fraxinus chinensis)
Guǎng yǎ
earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, 3rd century, modeled on Erya 爾雅|尔雅[Er3 ya3], 18150 entries
Shǒu ěr Shì
Seoul Metropolitan City, capital of South Korea (Chinese spelling adopted in 2005)
bā guà zhǎng
baguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing)
Dōng tū
abbr. for 東突厥斯坦解放組織|东突厥斯坦解放组织 East Turkestan liberation organization ETLO, Chinese dissident group
tài jí jiàn
a kind of traditional Chinese sword-play
Péng Zhēn
Peng Zhen (1902-1997), Chinese communist leader
xiàng xíng zì
pictogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)
Chinese character derived from a picture
sometimes called hieroglyph
Hàn yǔ Shuǐ píng Kǎo shì
HSK (Chinese Proficiency Test)
diǎn huà
strokes of a Chinese character
Liú Héng
Liu Heng, personal name of Han emperor Han Wendi 漢文帝|汉文帝
Liu Heng (1954-), Chinese writer
Lǐ Zhèng dào
Tsung-Dao Lee (1926-), Chinese American physicist, Columbia University, 1957 Nobel laureate
shí shī zi
guardian lion, a lion statue traditionally placed at the entrance of Chinese imperial palaces, imperial tombs, temples etc
Tǎ ěr sì
Kumbum (Chinese Ta'er), monastery in Qinhai, formerly Amdo province of Tibet
Sūn Jì hǎi
Sun Jihai (1977-), Chinese footballer, played for Manchester City (2002-2008)
Bǐ Gān
Bi Gan (Chinese god of wealth)
Mǎn Hàn
Manchurian-Chinese (relations)
Hàn bàn
abbr. for 國家漢辦|国家汉办[Guo2 jia1 Han4 ban4], Office of Chinese Language Council International
tiáo
reed grass
Chinese trumpet vine (Campsis grandiflora) (old)
táng wū
central room of a traditional Chinese house
Dǒng Bì wǔ
Dong Biwu (1886-1975), one of the founders of the Chinese communist party
hǎi táng huā
Chinese flowering crab-apple (Malus spectabilis)
Rì kā zé dì qū
Shigatse or Xigaze prefecture in central Tibet, Tibetan: Gzhis ka rtse sa khul, Chinese Rikaze
dāo
"knife" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 18)
see also 立刀旁[li4 dao1 pang2]
see also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[ce4 dao1 pang2]
Chāng dū dì qū
Kham or Chamdo prefecture in Tibet, Tibetan: Chab mdo sa khul, Chinese Qamdo or Changdu
Xíng yì quán
Xingyiquan (Chinese martial art)
chāi zì
fortune telling by unpicking Chinese characters
Qiū Chéng tóng
Shing-Tung Yau (1949-), Chinese-American mathematician, Fields medalist in 1982
Bái Xiān yǒng
Bai Xianyong (1937-), Chinese-Taiwanese-US novelist of Hui descent
wǔ bǐ zì xíng
five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
jí bù
non-canonical text
Chinese literary work not included in official classics
apocryphal
Cài Zhì zhōng
Tsai Chih Chung (1948-), famous Taiwanese cartoonist specializing in retelling the Chinese classics
fāng
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 22), occurring in 区, 医, 匹 etc
see also 三框欄|三框栏[san1 kuang4 lan2]
see also 區字框|区字框[qu1 zi4 kuang4]
qiǎo
"breath" or "sigh" component in Chinese characters
Lā lǔ
Lhalu, Tibetan name and place name
Lhalu Tsewang Dorje (1915-), Tibetan pro-Chinese politician
Lhalu suburb of Lhasa
Zhōng guó Rén mín Jiě fàng jūn Hǎi jūn
Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN)
mán zi
barbarian
slave servant
(old) contemptuous term for people from southern China (used by northern Chinese people)
pí pá gāo
Pei Pa Koa, a Traditional Chinese natural herbal remedy
see 京都念慈菴枇杷膏[Jing1 du1 nian4 ci2 an1 pi2 pa2 gao1]
Hā mì shì
Kumul city in Xinjiang (Chinese: Hami)
rèn
(literary) overlapping part of Chinese gown
lapel
sleeping mat
Jiǎ Yì
Jia Yi (200-168 BC), Chinese poet and statesman of the Western Han Dynasty
Gù Yán wǔ
Gu Yanwu (1613-1682), late Ming and early Qing Confucian philosopher, linguist and historian, played a founding role in phonology of early Chinese, author of Rizhilu or Record of daily study 日知錄|日知录
gài lán
Chinese broccoli
Chinese kale
cabbage mustard
Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra
also pr. [jie4 lan2]
jīng hú
jinghu, a smaller, higher-pitched erhu 二胡 (two-stringed fiddle) used to accompany Chinese opera
also called 京二胡
zhèng shēng
starring male role in a Chinese opera
Bèi Yù míng
Pei Ieoh Ming or I.M. Pei (1917-), famous Chinese-American architect
jué
"vertical stroke with hook" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 6)
see also 豎鉤|竖钩[shu4 gou1]
sān diǎn shuǐ
name of "water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85)
see also 氵[shui3]
Guó gòng nèi zhàn
Chinese Civil War, also known as War of Liberation 解放戰爭|解放战争
jiōng
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 13), occurring in 用, 同, 网 etc
see also 同字框[tong2 zi4 kuang4]
Tán dùn
Tan Dun (1957-) Chinese composer
zhēn shū
regular script (Chinese calligraphic style)
Guó jiā Hàn bàn
Office of Chinese Language Council International (known colloquially as "Hanban"), an organ of the PRC government which develops Chinese language and culture teaching resources worldwide, and has established Confucius Institutes 孔子學院|孔子学院[Kong3 zi3 Xue2 yuan4] internationally
abbr. to 漢辦|汉办[Han4 ban4]
xī pí
one of the two chief types of music in Chinese opera
see also 二黃|二黄[er4 huang2]
Wáng mǎ
Wang code, same as 五筆字型|五笔字型[wu3 bi3 zi4 xing2], five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民[Wang2 Yong3 min2] in 1983
èr huáng
one of the two chief types of music in Chinese opera
Peking opera
also written 二簧[er4 huang2]
see also 西皮[xi1 pi2]
Chén xīng
Mercury in traditional Chinese astronomy
see also 水星[shui3 xing1]
xià lì
the traditional Chinese lunar calendar
běn zì
original form of a Chinese character
huáng bò
Amur cork tree (Phellodendron amurense)
cork-tree bark (Chinese medicine)
Wèi Jīng shēng
Wei Jingsheng (1950-), Beijing-based Chinese dissident, imprisoned 1978-1993 and 1995-1997, released to the US in 1997
Mù Zǐ měi
Mu Zimei, Chinese celebrity
xiào guān
military officer
ranked officer in Chinese army, divided into 大校, 上校, 中校, 少校
shān shuǐ shī
shanshui poetry, genre of Classical Chinese poetry
dùn hào
Chinese back-sloping comma 、 (punct. used to separate items in a list)
Mǎ Miàn
Horse-Face, one of the two guardians of the underworld in Chinese mythology
Zì rán zhī Yǒu
Friends of Nature (Chinese environmental NGO)
dàn jiǎo
Dan, female roles in Chinese opera (played by specialized male actors)
Lǐ Xuě jiàn
Li Xuejian (1954-), Chinese actor
zhǐ
"walk slowly" component in Chinese characters
see also 冬字頭|冬字头[dong1 zi4 tou2]
shàng fāng bǎo jiàn
variant of 尚方劍|尚方剑[shang4 fang1 jian4]
imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers)
in fiction, Chinese version of 007's license to kill
hóng chóu gǔ
red chip stocks (Chinese company stocks incorporated outside Mainland China and listed in the Hong Kong stock exchange)
Tǔ lǔ fān shì
Turpan City in Xinjiang (Chinese: Tulufan)
tóu fēng
headache (Chinese medicine)
Xú Jùn
Xu Jun (1962-), Chinese Chinese chess grandmaster
miè zú
extermination of an entire family (ancient Chinese punishment)
lè
Chinese herring (Ilisha elongata)
white herring
slender shad
bì zhèng
localized pain disorder (in Chinese medicine)
arthralgia syndrome
bi disorder
jīn zhēn cài
day lily (Hemerocallis), used in Chinese medicine and cuisine
Zhú Kě zhēn
Zhu Kezhen (1890-1974), Chinese metereologist and geologist
Wú Mèng chāo
Wu Mengchao (1922-), Chinese medical scientist and surgeon specializing in liver and gallbladder disorders
Ruì Shī
Rui Shi, Auspicious Lions of Chinese mythology
Xiāng gé lǐ lā xiàn
Shangri-La county in Dêqên or Diqing Tibetan autonomous prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[Dí qìng Zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], northwest Yunnan
formerly Gyeltang or Gyalthang, Chinese 中甸[Zhōng diàn] in Tibetan province of Kham
pái huá
anti-Chinese (policies, actions, sentiments etc)
Sinophobia
bǎo gài
name of "roof" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 40)
see also 宀[mian2]
xū suì
one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived). In this system, a person's age is one year at birth, and increases by one year at the beginning of the first solar term 立春[Li4 chun1] each year, rather than on one's birthday.
as opposed to 足歲|足岁[zu2 sui4]
see also 實歲|实岁[shi2 sui4]
yì tǐ zì
variant Chinese character
Zhāng Zì zhōng
Zhang Zizhong (1891-1940), Chinese National Revolutionary Army general during the Second Sino-Japanese War
sì líng
four divinities
four divine emperors
four mythical creatures symbolic of propsperity and longevity, namely phoenix 鳳|凤[feng4], turtle 龜|龟[gui1], dragon 龍|龙[long2], Chinese unicorn 麒麟[qi2 lin2]
also 四象[si4 xiang4], the four division of the sky
xiě yì huà
freehand drawing or painting in traditional Chinese style
Yáng Hǔ chéng
Yang Hucheng (1893-1949), Chinese warlord and Nationalist general
gǔ fǎ
bone structure and physiognomy
the strength observed in brushstrokes (Chinese calligraphy)
jiù lì
old calendar
the Chinese lunar calendar
same as 農曆|农历[nong2 li4]
Chūn liǔ
Spring Willow Society, pioneering Chinese theatrical company set up in Tokyo in 1906, part of New Culture Movement 新文化運動|新文化运动[Xin1 Wen2 hua4 Yun4 dong4], continued in China from 1912 as 新劇同志會|新剧同志会[Xin1 ju4 Tong2 zhi4 hui4]
gǔ zì
old character
archaic form of a Chinese character
Máo Yǐ shēng
Mao Yisheng (1896-1989), Chinese structural engineer and social activist
Xià Yǎn
Xia Yan (1900-1995), Chinese writer, playwright, socialist critic and movie pioneer
xì
"cover" or "conceal" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 23)
see also 匚[fang1]
Chén Jǐng rùn
Chen Jingrun (1933-1996) Chinese number theorist
zhú rú
bamboo shavings (Bambusa tuldoides) used in Chinese medicine
bā jiǎo huí xiāng
Chinese anise
star anise
Fructus Anisi stellati
nào chǎng
gongs and drums overture to a Chinese opera
to create a disturbance
zhī hū zhě yě
four common characters of classical Chinese (idiom); fig. semi-incomprehensible talk
double Dutch
all Greek to me
yīn yùn xué
Chinese phonetics (concerned also with rhyme in poetry)
jí
Bletilla hyacinthina (mucilaginous)
Acronym for the Chinese Elder tree 菫草
qīng náng
medical practice (Chinese medicine) (old)
bā
"eight" component in Chinese characters
archaic variant of 八[ba1]
bǎo
Chinese bustard
procuress
lián xiě
to write without lifting one's pen from the paper
(in the Romanization of Chinese) to write two or more syllables together as a single word (not separated by spaces)
dāo mǎ dàn
female warrior role in Chinese opera
shí èr shí chen
twelve divisions of the day of early Chinese and Babylonian time-keeping and astronomy
Dōng jūn
Lord of the East, the sun God of Chinese mythology
mǎ zi
number (e.g. page or house number)
numeral (e.g. Arabic or Chinese numeral)
code sign
plus or minus sound
counter
chip (e.g. in gambling games)
price tag
ready cash at one's disposal (old)
huá
flowery
illustrious
Chinese
liù shū
Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文|说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意|会意 (combined ideogram), 形聲|形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注|转注 (transfer)
Zhào Jùn zhé
Zhao Junzhe (1979-), Chinese football player
qiáng
"piece of wood" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 90), mirror image of 片[pian4]
bāng qiāng
vocal accompaniment in some traditional Chinese operas
to speak in support of
to chime in
Cài Guó qiáng
Cai Guoqiang (1957-), contemporary Chinese artist working with firework displays and light shows
yán
"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149)
see also 言字旁[yán zì páng]
huá zú
noble family
of Chinese ancestry
Wáng Jūn xiá
Wang Junxia (1973-), Chinese long-distance runner
pò zhé hào
dash
Chinese dash ── (punct., double the length of the western dash)
Běi yáng shuǐ shī
north China navy (esp. the ill-fated Chinese navy in the 1895 war with Japan)
chéng shì yùn dòng huì
National Games, Chinese athletics competition, organized every four years since 1988
shāo
serrated edges on a Chinese flag
duì wài lián luò bù
CPC central committee's external affairs department (i.e. Chinese communist party's foreign office)
Yáng Xióng
Yang Xiong (53 BC-18 AD), scholar, poet and lexicographer, author of the first Chinese dialect dictionary 方言[Fang1 yan2]
xiáng fèng
Soaring Phoenix (Chinese built Advanced Regional Jet passenger plane, model number ARJ-900 etc)
luǒ lì
scrofula (in Chinese medicine)
qīng zǎo
blue or green jujube
Chinese green date
Bù zhōu Shān
Buzhou Mountain, a mountain from Chinese legend
líng xiāo huā
Chinese trumpet vine (Campsis grandiflora)
Zhōng guó Lì shǐ Bó wù guǎn
Museum of Chinese History
Mǎ Yǒu yǒu
Yo-Yo Ma (1955-), French-Chinese-American cellist
Zhōng wén guǎng bō
Chinese language broadcast
Gāo Xíng jiàn
Gao Xingjian (1940-), Chinese novelist and Nobel laureate, author of Soul Mountain 靈山|灵山
zào jiá
Chinese honey locust (Gleditsia sinensis)
xíng shēng zì
radical plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)
also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character
zhǐ shì
ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)
Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down
also known as self-explanatory character
zhú shuǐ
to relieve oedema through purging or diuresis (Chinese medicine)
ér huà
nonsyllabic final r 儿 added to a word in spoken Chinese
also called retroflex final or r-ization
dào chā mén
to marry and live with the bride's family (inverting traditional Chinese expectations)
qīng jiāng cài
bok choy
Shanghai pak choy
Chinese mustard (Brassica rapa Chinensis)
zhōng yāng huì jīn
central finance
Chinese monetary fund
Tóng wén guǎn
the first modern Chinese library established in 1898 by William A.P. Martin 丁韙良|丁韪良, becoming the foundation for Peking University library
gōng diào
modes of ancient Chinese music
Chén Xǐng shēn
Shiing-Shen Chern (1911-2004), Chinese-American mathematician
Shèng mǔ fēng
Goddess peak (Nepalese: Sagarmatha, Sky Goddess)
refers to Mt Chomolungma or Qomolangma (Tibetan), Chinese 珠穆朗瑪峰|珠穆朗玛峰
Mt Everest
chéng yùn huì
abbr. for 城市運動會|城市运动会, National Games, Chinese athletics competition, organized every four years since 1988
Chí Hào tián
Chi Haotian (1929-), Chinese Minister of National Defense 1993-2003
biān nián tǐ
in the style of annals
chronological history, the regular form of the Chinese dynastic histories
dú lì Zhōng wén bǐ huì
Independent Chinese PEN center
rù shēng
entering tone
checked tone
one of the four tones of Middle Chinese
qī fāng
(Chinese medicine) the seven kinds of prescriptions 大方, 小方, 缓方, 急方, 奇方, 偶方 and 重方 or 复方
Zhōng huá Sū wéi āi gòng hé guó
Chinese Soviet Republic (1931-1934), also translated as Jiangxi republic
lì shì
lucky item (poster, envelope etc) made from red paper, used especially at Chinese New Year, also written 利是[li4 shi4]
m25 xiā mǐ
Boshiamy (Hoklo: 無甚物 [bô-siáⁿ-mi̍h] it's nothing) input method for Chinese
zhuǎn zhù
transfer character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)
character with meanings influenced by other words
sometimes called mutually explanatory character
wài jí huá rén
overseas Chinese
persons of Chinese origin having foreign citizenship
qiáo shí
Qiao Shi (Chinese leadership contender)
miào hào
temple name of a deceased Chinese emperor
Fú Xī shì
Fuxi or Fu Hsi, legendary Chinese emperor 2852-2738 BC, mythical creator of fishing, trapping, and writing
Zhōng guó rén mín duì wài yǒu hǎo xié huì
Chinese People's Association For Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC)
sú zì
common form of Chinese character (as opposed to etymologically correct form 正體字|正体字)
same as 俗體字|俗体字
yán tǐ
Yan Style (in Chinese calligraphy)
Zhù yīn fú hào
Annotated Sounds, a phonetic transliteration for Chinese used esp. in Taiwan
also known as Bopomofo ㄅㄆㄇㄈ
Lín Shū
Lin Shu (1852-1924), writer and influential translator and adaptor of vast swathes of Western literature into classical Chinese
pú kuí
Chinese fan palm
Livistona chinensis
Zhào Yuán rèn
Yuen Ren Chao (1892-1982), Chinese-American linguist
jiǎ gǔ wén zì
oracle script
oracle bone character (an early form of Chinese script)
lóng bì
illness having to do with obstruction of urine flow
(Chinese medicine)
retention of urine
jù tán
the world of Chinese opera
theatrical circles
nào
biceps (in Chinese medicine)
(arch.) forelimbs of livestock animal
qián qí chēn
Qian Qichen (Chinese vice-premier)
fāng gé zhǐ
squared paper
graph paper
grid paper (manuscript paper with squares for Chinese characters)
Fú lā dí wò sī tuō kè
Vladivostok (Russian port city)
Chinese name 海參崴|海参崴
lián shū
to write without lifting one's pen from the paper
(in the Romanization of Chinese) to write two or more syllables together as a single word (not separated by spaces)
Shǒu ěr Tè bié shì
Seoul Metropolitan City, capital of South Korea (Chinese spelling adopted in 2005)
dā lian
cloth pouch open in the middle, forming two bags
jacket worn for Chinese wrestling
bā zhēn tāng
eight-treasure decoction, tonic formula used in Chinese medicine
hū
stripes of a tiger
"tiger" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 141)
hǔ
"tiger" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 141)
see also 虎字頭|虎字头[hǔ zì tóu]
shí gǔ wén
early form of Chinese characters inscribed in stone, a precursor of the small seal 小篆[xiao3 zhuan4]
xuán fù huā
(botany) convolvulvus
Flos Inulae (Chinese herb)
Róng Yì rén
Rong Yiren (1916-2005), PRC Vice President from 1993-1998, played an important role in opening Chinese economy to Western investors
zhǔ wèi bīn
subject-verb-object SVO or subject-predicate-object sentence pattern (e.g. in Chinese grammar)
Rì kā zé shì
Shigatse or Xigaze, Tibetan: Gzhis ka rtse, city and prefecture in central Tibet, Chinese Rikaze
xiàn kē
Amaranthaceae, family of herbaceous plants containing Chinese spinach (Amaranthus inamoenus) 莧菜
cán é
Chinese silkworm moth (Bombyx mori)
Zhōng gòng zhōng yāng jì lǜ jiǎn chá wěi yuán huì
disciplinary committee of Chinese communist party
Kā shí gá ěr
Kashgar or Qeshqer (Chinese Kashi) in the west of Xinjiang near Kyrgyzstan
Píng xíng guān dà jié
victory of Pingxingguan pass, famous victory of Republican Chinese forces over the Japanese in Sep 1937
Sū Bù qīng
Su Buqing (1902-2003), Chinese mathematician
tuó
catfish
a kind of small fish
Chinese alligator
páo lào
the hot pillar (ancient Chinese torture instrument)
gǎo běn
Ligusticum levisticum (Chinese lovage root)
ligusticum root
fǎn qiè
traditional system expressing the phonetic value of a Chinese character using two other characters, the first for the initial consonant, the second for the rhyme and tone
qí
propitious
felicitous
euphoria
used for 旗, e.g. in 旗袍, long Chinese dress
xiè zhì
Xiezhi, mythical Chinese unicorn
chá zì fǎ
look-up method for Chinese characters
shū míng hào
Chinese guillemet 《》(punct. used for names of books etc)
mí hóu táo
kiwi fruit
Chinese gooseberry
Lè Dì
Betty Loh Ti, Chinese actress
huá yán zōng
Chinese Buddhist school founded on the Buddhavatamsaka-mahavaipulya Sutra (Garland sutra)
tí bǐ wàng zì
to have difficulty remembering how to write Chinese characters
huì yì zì
combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)
Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements
also known as joint ideogram or associative compounds
Zhāng Chún rú
Iris Chang (1968-2004), Chinese American historian and author of the Rape of Nanjing
qí jù
checkers (board and pieces for go 圍棋|围棋 or Chinese chess 象棋 etc)
zè shēng
oblique tone
nonlevel tone
uneven tone (the third tone of classical Chinese)
dǒu
square base for Chinese flagstaff
hè pǔ dīng
Chinese brand name of Lamivudine 拉米夫定[Lā mǐ fū dìng]
zhèng dàn
starring female role in a Chinese opera
dú pò
to read extensively and thoroughly
nonstandard pronunciation of a Chinese character, e.g. reading [hao4] in compound 愛好|爱好[ai4 hao4] "hobby" in place of [hao3]
zhèng tǐ zì
correct form of a Chinese character (when the common form 俗字 differs)
plain typeface (as opposed to bold or italics)
another name for traditional Chinese character (mainly in Taiwan)
huá gān
Chinese-style sedan chair
Zhōng guó Xiǎo shuō Shǐ lüè
Concise History of the Chinese Novel by Lu Xun 鲁迅
yùn shū
rhyming dictionary
traditional Chinese phonetic dictionary with words ordered first by four tones 四聲|四声 then rhyme 韻|韵 (i.e. medial consonant and final)
yùn wěi
the rhyming part of a syllable
in a Chinese syllable, the medial vowel plus final consonant (if any)
yī èr bā shì biàn
Shanghai incident of 28th January 1932, Chinese uprising against Japanese quarters of Shanghai
Shā Zǔ kāng
Sha Zukang (1947-), Chinese diplomat
suān jiāng
Chinese lantern plant
winter cherry
strawberry ground-cherry
Physalis alkekengi
jīn yīn
modern (i.e. not ancient) pronunciation of a Chinese character
yà
component in Chinese characters
archaic variant of 毫[hao2]
archaic variant of 乙[yi3]
wǔ sì ài guó yùn dòng
May Fourth Movement
Chinese national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles
Wú Yǒng gāng
Wu Yonggang (1907-1982), Chinese film director
bǎn yǎn
measure in traditional Chinese music
orderliness
xiāng guì
see 桂皮[gui4 pi2], Chinese cinnamon
sì shí èr zhāng jīng
The Sutra in Forty-two Sections Spoken by the Buddha, the first Chinese Buddhist text, translated in 67 by Kasyapa-Matanga 迦葉摩騰 and Gobharana 竺法蘭 (Dharmaraksha)
Hàn Yīng hù yì
Chinese and English two-way translation
jiù xué
old learning
Chinese traditional teaching as opposed to material from the West
xiāng jiāo rén
banana person (yellow outside, white inside)
mildly pejorative term used by Chinese for assimilated Asian Americans
Westernized person of Asian appearance
Yìn Zhī qī
Indo-Chinese epoch (geology)
Indosinian orogeny
guān gé
blocked or painful urination, constipation and vomiting (Chinese medicine)
shuān pí lì
Chinese cork oak (Quercus variabilis)
tài shǐ lìng
grand scribe (official position in many Chinese states up to the Han)
Xióng Ní
Xiong Ni (1974-), Chinese diving athlete
Zhú shū Jì nián
Bamboo Annals, early chronicle of Chinese ancient history, written c. 300 BC
shēng páng
phonetic component of Chinese character
zhuó zhòng hào
Chinese underdot (punct. used for emphasis, sim. to Western italics)
Mǎ Jùn rén
Ma Junren (1944-), Chinese track coach
hàn zì zì tǐ
calligraphic style of Chinese characters
typeface
font
Ā bù lái tí · Ā bù dū rè xī tí
Abdulahat Abdurixit (1942-), PRC engineer and politician, chairman of Xinjiang autonomous region 1994-2003, in 2003 vice-chair of 10th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
bā guà quán
baguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing)
Xú Xīng
Xu Xing (1969-), Chinese palaeontologist
Xu Xing (1956-), Chinese short story writer
guān guì
Chinese cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia)
also written 肉桂[rou4 gui4]
Zhōng guó Guó jì Xìn tuō Tóu zī gōng sī
CITIC
Chinese International Trust and Investment Company
fǔ xiā mǐ shū rù fǎ
Boshiamy (Hoklo: 無甚物[bô-siáⁿ-mi̍h] it's nothing) input method for Chinese
bá guàn fǎ
fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin)
ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics)
ruǎn xián
ancient Chinese stringed instrument
yě tiān é
Wild Swans, family autobiography by British Chinese writer Jung Chang 張戎|张戎
alternative title 鴻|鸿 after the author's original name 張二鴻|张二鸿
Ōu yáng Yú qiàn
Ouyang Yuqian (1889-1962), Chinese actor
guā pí mào
Chinese skullcap resembling the skin of half a watermelon
Zhāng Tài léi
Zhang Tailei (1898-1927), founding member of Chinese communist party
qí lín
variant of 麒麟[qi2 lin2]
qilin (mythical Chinese animal)
kylin
Chinese unicorn
commonly mistranslated as giraffe
diào hào
tone mark on a Chinese syllable (i.e. accents on ā á ǎ à)
(music) key signature
Zhōng guó Yī sī lán jiào Xié huì
Chinese Patriotic Islamic Association
bái là shù
Chinese ash (Fraxinus chinensis), whose bark, flowers and leaves are used in TCM
Shuǐ hǔ quán zhuàn
Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh by Shi Naian 施耐庵, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature
also written 水滸傳|水浒传
Qián Yǒng jiàn
Roger Yonchien Tsien (1952-), US Chinese chemist and 2008 Nobel laureate
wǔ dàn
female military role in a Chinese opera
Zhēn là
Khmer kingdom of Kampuchea or Cambodia
Chinese term for Cambodia from 7th to 15th century
diào sǎng zi
voice training (for Chinese opera)
shú zì
familiar words
known Chinese character
hóng gū niang
Chinese lantern plant
winter cherry
strawberry ground-cherry
Physalis alkekengi
mài mén
pulse (in Chinese medicine)
mǎng cǎo
Chinese anise (Ilicium anisatum, a shrub with poisonous leaves)
zhì wài fǎ quán
diplomatic immunity
(history) extraterritoriality, the rights (under unequal treaties) of a foreigner to live in China outside Chinese jurisdiction
láng yú
Chinese or lacebark elm (Ulmus parvifolia)
Tái wān huà
Taiwanese Chinese (language)
Líng shū jīng
the Divine Pivot or Spiritual Pivot, ancient Chinese medical text
sān zú wū
three-legged Golden Crow that lives in the sun (in northeast Asian and Chinese mythology)
Korean: samjog'o
dà wǔ mǎ
Big5 Chinese character coding (developed by Taiwanese companies from 1984)
zhōng gǔ Hàn yǔ
Middle Chinese (linguistics)
yán fū mù
Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis)
hé tǐ zì
a Chinese character formed by combining existing elements - i.e. a combined ideogram 會意|会意 or radical plus phonetic 形聲|形声
méi huā quán
Meihua Quan - "Plum Blossom Fist" (Chinese Martial Art)
zhōng gòng jiǔ dà
Chinese Communist Party 9th congress in 1969
xīn li měi luó bo
Chinese roseheart radish (shinrimei radish), green on the outside, purple-red on the inside, a favorite Beijing vegetable
bí yùn mǔ
(of Chinese pronunciation) a vowel followed by a nasal consonant
xíng páng
part of Chinese character indicating the meaning
also called significative or radical
Shēn xiù
Three Stars (Chinese constellation)
zhōng dǐng wén
bell-cauldron script
the 籀文 form of Chinese character used in metal inscriptions
míng xuàn
dizziness, nausea etc brought on as a side effect of drug treatment (Chinese medicine)
yì xíng cí
variant spelling of the same Chinese word, e.g. 筆劃|笔划[bi3 hua4] and 筆畫|笔画[bi3 hua4]
exact synonym and homonym written with different characters
liǎng diǎn shuǐ
name of "ice" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 15)
see also 冫[bing1]
Mù zha
Muzha, a figure in Chinese mythology
tiān lù lì chéng
lit. the course of the road to heaven
Pilgrim's Progress, 1678 novel by John Bunyan (first Chinese translation 1851)
Lǎo ye lǐng
Chinese name for Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russia's Primorsky Krai around Vladivostok
jìng cí
term of esteem
honorific (in Chinese grammar)
polite form of pronoun (in European grammar)
zào
Chinese honey locust (Gleditsia sinensis)
now written zào jiá 皂莢|皂荚
gōng chě pǔ
traditional Chinese musical notation using Chinese characters to represent musical notes
liàng jūn
Armillariella tabescens (mushroom used in trad. Chinese medicine)
Zhāng Róng
Jung Chang (1952-), British-Chinese writer, name at birth Zhang Erhong 張二鴻|张二鸿[Zhang1 Er4 hong2], author of Wild Swans 野天鵝|野天鹅[Ye3 Tian1 e2] and Mao: The Unknown Story 毛澤東·鮮為人知的故事|毛泽东·鲜为人知的故事[Mao2 Ze2 dong1 · Xian1 wei2 ren2 zhi1 de5 Gu4 shi5]
tiē shēng
male supporting actor in a Chinese opera
yì fú
part of Chinese character indicating the meaning
also called significative or radical
fēng xiāng shù
Chinese sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana)
Pán gǔ shì
Pangu (creator of the universe in Chinese mythology)
fā yǔ cí
form word
in classical Chinese, first character of phrase having auxiliary grammatical function
bái jì tún
Chinese river dolphin (Lipotes vexillifer)
lín
female of Chinese unicorn
chí lù
(bird species of China) Chinese pond heron (Ardeola bacchus)
Nǚ wā shì
Nüwa (creator of humans in Chinese mythology)
Yuē hàn · Lā bèi
John Rabe (1882-1950), German that helped protect Chinese during the Nanking massacre period
jiǎ jiè zì
loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)
character acquiring meanings by phonetic association
also called phonetic loan
yán zì páng
name of "speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149)
see also 訁|讠[yan2]
líng shēng mǔ
absence of initial consonant
a Chinese syllable having no initial consonant (starting directly with the medial vowel)
yùn fǎ
to apply a hot compress (Chinese medicine)
Zēng Jīn yàn
Zeng Jinyan (1983-), Chinese blogger and human rights activist, wife of dissident activist Hu Jia 胡佳[Hu2 Jia1]
Guō Yǒng huái
Guo Yonghuai (1909-1968), Chinese aviation pioneer
chuán zhèng xué táng
Fuzhou naval college, set up in 1866 by the Qing dynasty, called the cradle of Chinese navy
zhōng shān fú
Chinese tunic suit
Mao jacket
CL:件[jian4]
shù gōu
vertical stroke with a hook at the end (in Chinese characters)
Ní Tuò shēng
Ni Tuosheng or Watchman Nee (1903-1972), influential Chinese Christian
Bó xùn xīn wén wǎng
Boxun, US based dissident Chinese news network
Zhōng guó Tiān zhǔ jiào Ài guó huì
Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association
jiāo huàn mǎ
interchange code
computer coding for characters, including Chinese
Zhào Zhōng yáo
Zhao Zhongyao (1902-1998), Chinese pioneer nuclear physicist
jiǎn zì fǎ
indexing system for Chinese characters in a dictionary
zào jiá shù
Chinese honey locust (Gleditsia sinensis)
cū fěi
Chinese plum-yew
Cephalotaxus sinensis (botany)
guī mén dàn
young unmarried lady role in Chinese opera
Chén Hòu
Peter Chen Ho (1931-1970), Chinese actor
duō yīn jié cí
polysyllabic word
Chinese word made up of three or more characters
Zhōng guó shèng yú dìng lǐ
Chinese remainder theorem (math.)
guī jiàn
to remonstrate
to warn earnestly (esp. classical written Chinese)
to exhort
Lǐ Chéng jiāng
Li Chengjiang (1979-), Chinese figure skater
Hé luò rén
Hoklo people, southern Chinese people of Taiwan
Wēi Tuǒ mǎ
Sir Thomas Francis Wade (1818-1895), British diplomat and sinologist, originator of the Wade-Giles Chinese romanization system
Lǐ Yīng
Li Ying (1963-), Japanese-educated Chinese documentary film director
hǎi shàng huā liè zhuàn
The Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai by Han Bangqing 韓邦慶|韩邦庆, long novel of lower life in classical Chinese and Jiangsu vernacular
translated into Putonghua as 海上花 by Iris Chang
kuī tou
decorated hat or helmet in Chinese opera to characterize role
Lǜ yíng bīng
Green standard army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units
Tián Cháng lín
Chang-lin Tien (1935-2002), Chinese-American professor and chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley 1990-1997
zhǐ shì zì
ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)
Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down
also known as self-explanatory character
shàng fāng bǎo jiàn
imperial sword (giving bearer plenipotentiary powers)
imperial Chinese version of 007 licensed to kill
Táo Zhé xuān
Terence Tao, Chinese-Australian mathematician, Fields medalist in 2006
Yē lǜ Dà shí
Yollig Taxin or Yelü Dashi (1087-1143), Chinese-educated Khitan leader, founder of Western Liao 西遼|西辽 in Central Asia
suǒ nà
suona, Chinese shawm
see 嗩吶|唢呐
wēi
the pivots, at the top and bottom of a Chinese door, on which the door turns
qīng hóng bāng
traditional secret society, Chinese equivalent of Freemasons
zhuó
thick grass
"bush" component in Chinese characters
jīng èr hú
jing'erhu, a two-stringed fiddle intermediate in size and pitch between the jinghu 京胡 and erhu 二胡, used to accompany Chinese opera
also called 京胡
Yīng Hàn duì yì
English-Chinese parallel text
è xī
Chinese crocodile lizard (Shinisaurus crocodilurus)
pái Huá fǎ àn
Chinese Exclusion Act, a US law restricting Chinese immigration from 1882-1943
shù wān gōu
乚 stroke in Chinese characters
kǎi zì
regular script (Chinese calligraphic style)
shěn guó fàng
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson
Dōng tū zǔ zhī
abbr. for 東突厥斯坦解放組織|东突厥斯坦解放组织 East Turkestan liberation organization ETLO, Chinese dissident group