PREPARED CHINESE INK - Chinese Dictionary

Chinese-English Dictionary. Audio.

Simplified	Traditional	Pinyin	English	French
墨汁	墨汁	mò zhī	prepared Chinese ink
㐄	㐄	kuà	component in Chinese characters, mirror image of 夂\|夂[zhi3]
㐆	㐆	yǐn	component in Chinese character 殷\|殷[yin1]
㔾	㔾	jié	"seal" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 26)
一	一	yī	one ; 1 ; single ; a (article) ; as soon as ; entire ; whole ; all ; throughout ; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)	un, une; premier, première; à peine; aussitôt; même ; tout;
一二八事变	一二八事變	yī èr bā shì biàn	Shanghai incident of 28th January 1932, Chinese uprising against Japanese quarters of Shanghai
丁韪良	丁韙良	dīng wěi liáng	William A.P. Martin (1827-1916), American missionary who lived 62 years in China between 1850 and 1916, and helped found many Chinese colleges, first president of Beijing university
丂	丂	qiǎo	"breath" or "sigh" component in Chinese characters
七夕	七夕	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	Soirée la 7ème lune;
七夕节	七夕節	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
七巧板	七巧板	qī qiǎo bǎn	tangram (traditional Chinese block puzzle)
七情	七情	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\|&
七方	七方	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
三个代表	三個代表	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 fun
三十六计	三十六計	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
三国演义	三國演義	sān guó yǎn yì	Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中\|罗贯中[Luo2 Guan4 zhong1], 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,
三弦	三弦	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
三星	三星	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ब	Samsung
三框栏	三框欄	sān kuàng lán	name of radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 22) ; see also 匚\|匚[fang1]
三点水	三點水	sān diǎn shuǐ	name of "water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85) ; see also 氵\|氵[shui3]
三焦	三焦	sān jiāo	triple foci, the three visceral cavities of traditional Chinese medicine
三皇五帝	三皇五帝	sān huáng wǔ dì	three sovereigns 三皇 and five emperors 五帝 of myth and legend ; the earliest system of Chinese historiography
三皇炮捶	三皇炮捶	sān huáng pào chuí	Paochui - "Three Emperor Cannon Punch" (Chinese Martial Art)
三膲	三膲	sān jiāo	variant of 三焦[san1 jiao1], triple foci, the three visceral cavities of traditional Chinese medicine
三足乌	三足烏	sān zú wū	three-legged Golden Crow that lives in the sun (in northeast Asian and Chinese mythology) ; Korean: samjog'o
三足金乌	三足金烏	sān zú jīn wū	three-legged Golden Crow that lives in the sun (in northeast Asian and Chinese mythology) ; Korean: samjog'o
上方宝剑	上方寶劍	shàng fāng bǎo jiàn	imperial sword (giving bearer plenipotentiary powers) ; imperial Chinese version of 007 licensed to kill
上校	上校	shàng xiào	high ranking officer in Chinese army ; colonel
上火	上火	shàng huǒ	to get angry ; to have a yang 陽\|阳[yang2] imbalance in the body causing excessive internal heat (traditional Chinese medicine)	se fâcher ; avoir de la chaleur endogène (médecine traditionnelle chinoise);
不周山	不周山	bù zhōu shān	Buzhou Mountain, a mountain from Chinese legend
丘成桐	丘成桐	qiū chéng tóng	Shing-Tung Yau (1949-), Chinese-American mathematician, Fields medalist in 1982
东仓里	東倉里	dōng cāng lǐ	Dongchang-ni, North Korean missile launch site on Yellow Sea, 70 km from Chinese border
东君	東君	dōng jūn	Lord of the East, the sun God of Chinese mythology
东突	東突	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
东突组织	東突組織	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
两会	兩會	liǎng huì	National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Congress
两点水	兩點水	liǎng diǎn shuǐ	name of "ice" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 15) ; see also 冫\|冫[bing1]
严复	嚴復	yán fù	Yan Fu (1853-1921), influential Chinese writer and translator of Western books, esp. on social sciences
丬	爿	qiáng	"piece of wood" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 90), mirror image of 片\|片[pian4]
中共	中共	zhōng gòng	abbr. for Chinese Communist (party, regime etc)	le Parti Communiste Chinois;
中共中央	中共中央	zhōng gòng zhōng yāng	Chinese Communist Party Central Committee	Comité Central du PCC
中共中央纪律检查委员会	中共中央紀律檢查委員會	zhōng gòng zhōng yāng jì lǜ jiǎn chá wěi yuán huì	disciplinary committee of Chinese communist party
中共九大	中共九大	zhōng gòng jiǔ dà	Chinese Communist Party 9th congress in 1969
中农	中農	zhōng nóng	Chinese agriculture	agriculture chinoise
中医	中醫	zhōng yī	traditional Chinese medical science ; a doctor trained in Chinese medicine	médecine traditionnelle chinois;
中医学	中醫學	zhōng yī xué	traditional Chinese medicine ; TCM	médecine
中华台北	中華臺北	zhōng huá tái běi	Chinese Taipei, compromise title of Taiwan participation in PRC international events
中华字海	中華字海	zhōng huá zì hǎi	Zhonghua Zihai, a Chinese character dictionary
中华学生爱国民主同盟	中華學生愛國民主同盟	zhōng huá xué sheng ài guó mín zhǔ tóng méng	Patriotic Democratic Alliance of Chinese Students
中华民族	中華民族	zhōng huá mín zú	the Chinese people	nation chinoise
中华绒螯蟹	中華絨螯蟹	zhōng huá róng áo xiè	Chinese
中华苏维埃共和国	中華蘇維埃共和國	zhōng huá sū wéi āi gòng hé guó	Chinese Soviet Republic (1931-1934), also translated as Jiangxi republic
中华革命党	中華革命黨	zhōng huá gé mìng dǎng	Chinese
中古	中古	zhōng gǔ	medieval ; Middle Ages ; Chinese middle antiquity, 3rd to 9th centuries, including Sui and Tang Dynasties ; Middle (of a language, eg Middle English) ; used ; second-hand	le Moyen-Âge;
中古汉语	中古漢語	zhōng gǔ hàn yǔ	middle and early Chinese (linguistics)
中国书法	中國書法	zhōng guó shū fǎ	Chinese calligraphy
中国人	中國人	zhōng guó rén	Chinese person	Chinois;
中国人民	中國人民	zhōng guó rén mín	the Chinese people	peuple chinois
中国人民对外友好协会	中國人民對外友好協會	zhōng guó rén mín duì wài yǒu hǎo xié huì	Chinese People's Association For Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC)
中国人民志愿军	中國人民志願軍	zhōng guó rén mín zhì yuàn jūn	the Chinese People's Volunteer Army deployed by China to aid North Korea in 1950
中国人民政治协商会议	中國人民政治協商會議	zhōng guó rén mín zhèng zhì xié shāng huì yì	Chinese
中国人民解放军	中國人民解放軍	zhōng guó rén mín jiě fàng jūn	Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA)	Armée populaire de Libération de Chine
中国人民解放军海军	中國人民解放軍海軍	zhōng guó rén mín jiě fàng jūn hǎi jūn	Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN)
中国伊斯兰教协会	中國伊斯蘭教協會	zhōng guó yī sī lán jiào xié huì	Chinese Patriotic Islamic Association
中国共产党	中國共產黨	zhōng guó gòng chǎn dǎng	Communist Party of China (CPC) ; also written Chinese Communist Party (CCP)	Parti communiste de Chine
中国剩余定理	中國剩餘定理	zhōng guó shèng yú dìng lǐ	the Chinese remainder theorem (math.)
中国化	中國化	zhōng guó huà	to Sinicize ; to take on Chinese characteristics
中国历史	中國歷史	zhōng guó lì shǐ	Chinese history
中国历史博物馆	中國歷史博物館	zhōng guó lì shǐ bó wù guǎn	Museum of Chinese History
中国围棋协会	中國圍棋協會	zhōng guó wéi qí xié huì	Chinese
中国国际信托投资公司	中國國際信托投資公司	zhōng guó guó jì xìn tuō tóu zī gōng sī	CITIC ; Chinese International Trust and Investment Company
中国地球物理学会	中國地球物理學會	zhōng guó dì qiú wù lǐ xué huì	Chinese Geophysical Society
中国大蝾螈	中國大蠑螈	zhōng guó dà róng yuán	Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus davidianus)
中国大陆	中國大陸	zhōng guó dà lù	Chinese mainland
中国大陆电视剧列表	中國大陸電視劇列表	zhōng guó dà lù diàn shì jù liè biǎo	Chinese
中国天主教爱国会	中國天主教愛國會	zhōng guó tiān zhǔ jiào ài guó huì	Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association
中国奥林匹克委员会	中國奧林匹克委員會	zhōng guó ào lín pǐ kè wěi yuán huì	Chinese
中国小说史略	中國小說史略	zhōng guó xiǎo shuō shǐ l//v//è	Concise History of the Chinese Novel by Lu Xun 鲁迅\|鲁迅
中国工程院	中國工程院	zhōng guó gōng chéng yuàn	Chinese Academy of Engineering
中国式	中國式	zhōng guó shì	Chinese style ; à la chinoise	à la chinoise
中国当局	中國當局	zhōng guó dāng jú	Chinese authorities	autorités chinoises
中国政府	中國政府	zhōng guó zhèng fǔ	Chinese government	gouvernement chinois
中国文学	中國文學	zhōng guó wén xué	Chinese literature	littérature chinoise
中国海关	中國海關	zhōng guó hǎi guān	Chinese customs (i.e. border police)
中国特色社会主义	中國特色社會主義	zhōng guó tè sè shè huì zhǔ yì	"socialism with Chinese characteristics"
中国画	中國畫	zhōng guó huà	Chinese painting
中国社会科学院	中國社會科學院	zhōng guó shè huì kē xué yuàn	Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)	Académies Chinoise des Sciences Sociales
中国科学院	中國科學院	zhōng guó kē xué yuàn	Chinese Academy of Science	Académie des sciences de Chine
中国自立教会	中國自立教會	zhōng guó zì lì jiào huì	Chinese
中国艺术	中國藝術	zhōng guó yì shù	Chinese
中国菜	中國菜	zhōng guó cài	Chinese cuisine
中国话	中國話	zhōng guó huà	(spoken) Chinese language
中国足协杯	中國足協杯	zhōng guó zú xié bēi	Chinese
中国邮政	中國郵政	zhōng guó yóu zhèng	China Post (Chinese postal service)
中国队	中國隊	zhōng guó duì	Chinese team
中国风俗	中國風俗	zhōng guó fēng sú	Chinese custom
中国餐馆症候群	中國餐館症候群	zhōng guó cān guǎn zhèng hòu qún	Chinese restaurant syndrome
中外	中外	zhōng wài	Sino-foreign ; Chinese-foreign ; home and abroad
中央宣传部	中央宣傳部	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)
中央汇金	中央匯金	zhōng yāng huì jīn	central finance ; Chinese monetary fund
中宣部	中宣部	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)
中山大学	中山大學	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	Université Sun Yat-Sen; Université Zhongshan
中山服	中山服	zhōng shān fú	Chinese tunic suit ; Mao jacket
中山装	中山裝	zhōng shān zhuāng	Chinese tunic suit	habit à col fermé; costume Zhongshan;
中成药	中成藥	zhōng chéng yào	Chinese	médicament chinoi propriétaire
中成葯	中成藥	zhōng chéng yào	prepared prescription (Chinese medicine)
中文	中文	zhōng wén	Chinese ; Chinese written language ; Chinese writing	chinois; langue chinoise;
中文广播	中文廣播	zhōng wén guǎng bō	Chinese language broadcast
中文标准交换码	中文標準交換碼	zhōng wén biāo zhǔn jiāo huàn mǎ	CSIC, Chinese standard interchange code used from 1992
中文版	中文版	zhōng wén bǎn	Chinese (language) version
中文系	中文系	zhōng wén xì	Chinese language department (of college)
中文网	中文網	zhōng wén wǎng	Chinese language network
中文输入法	中文輸入法	zhōng wén shū rù fǎ	Chinese input methods for computers
中方	中方	zhōng fāng	the Chinese side (in an international venture)
中校	中校	zhōng xiào	middle ranking officer in Chinese army ; lieutenant colonel ; commander
中波	中波	zhōng bō	Chinese-Polish
中科院	中科院	zhōng kē yuàn	abbr. for Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
中纪委	中紀委	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
中英	中英	zhōng yīng	Sino-British ; Chinese-English
中英对照	中英對照	zhōng yīng duì zhào	Chinese English parallel texts
中英文对照	中英文對照	zhōng yīng wén duì zhào	Chinese-English parallel texts
中草药	中草藥	zhōng cǎo yào	Chinese herbal medicine
中药	中藥	zhōng yào	(traditional) Chinese medicine	médicament traditionnel chinois;
中装	中裝	zhōng zhuāng	Chinese dress
中西	中西	zhōng xī	Chinese-Western (e.g. exchange)
中西医	中西醫	zhōng xī yī	Chinese and western medicine ; a doctor trained in Chinese and western medicine
中西合并	中西合併	zhōng xī hé bìng	Chinese-Western fusion
中资	中資	zhōng zī	Chinese capital ; Chinese enterprise
中餐	中餐	zhōng cān	Chinese meat ; Chinese food	cuisine chinoise;
中餐馆	中餐館	zhōng cān guǎn	Chinese restaurant
丵	丵	zhuó	thick grass ; "bush" component in Chinese characters
丶	丶	zhǔ	radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3)	point (radical)
主谓宾	主謂賓	zhǔ wèi bīn	subject-verb-object SVO or subject-predicate-object sentence pattern (e.g. in Chinese grammar)
丿	丿	piē	radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) ; see 撇\|撇[pie3]	oblique (radical), 乀 (fu2), 乁 (yi2)
乇	乇	tuō	"blade of grass" component in Chinese characters
之乎者也	之乎者也	zhī hū zhě yě	four common characters of classical Chinese (idiom); fig. semi-incomprehensible talk ; double Dutch ; all Greek to me
乎	乎	hū	(final particle in classical Chinese, expressing question or doubt, similar to 嗎\|吗)	(utilisé après un verbe); dépasser l'attente de qn; imprévisible; (utilisé après un adjectif ou un adverbe); extraordinaire
乐府	樂府	yuè fǔ	yuefu (Chinese style of lyric poetry)
乐蒂	樂蒂	lè dì	Betty Loh Ti, Chinese actress
乔石	喬石	qiáo shí	Qiao Shi (Chinese leadership contender)
乙	乙	yǐ	turning stroke (in Chinese characters) ; see also 折\|折[zhe2]	le 2e des dix Troncs célestes ; deuxième; second;
乚	乚	yà	component in Chinese characters ; archaic variant of 毫\|毫[hao2] ; archaic variant of 乙\|乙[yi3]
九泉	九泉	jiǔ quán	the nine springs ; the underworld of Chinese mythology ; Hades
也	也	yě	also ; too ; (in classical Chinese) final particle serving as copula	également; aussi ; à la fois ; même; voire;
书名号	書名號	shū míng hào	Chinese guillemet《》(punct. used for names of books etc)	guillemet chinois ??
书经	書經	shū jīng	the Book of History, one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經\|五经[Wu3 Jing1], 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
亅	亅	jué	"vertical stroke with hook" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 6) ; see also 豎鉤\|竖钩[shu4 gou1]	crochet (radical)
二世	二世	èr shì	the Second (of numbered Kings) ; second generation (e.g. Chinese Americans), Japanese nissei
二簧	二簧	èr huáng	one of the two chief types of music in Chinese opera ; Peking opera ; also written 二黃\|二黄[er4 huang2] ; see also 西皮\|西皮[xi1 pi2]
二胡	二胡	èr hú	Erhu ; Chinese 2-string fiddle ; alto fiddle	erhu (violon chinois à deux cordes)
二黄	二黃	èr huáng	one of the two chief types of music in Chinese opera ; Peking opera ; also written 二簧\|二簧[er4 huang2] ; see also 西皮\|西皮[xi1 pi2]
五倍子树	五倍子樹	wǔ bèi zi shù	Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis)
五四爱国运动	五四愛國運動	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
五四运动	五四運動	wǔ sì yùn dòng	May Fourth Movement ; Chinese national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles
五官	五官	wǔ guān	five sense organs of traditional Chinese medicine (nose eyes lips tongue ears 鼻目口舌耳) ; facial features	les organes des cinq sens;
五笔	五筆	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\|王永民 in 1983
五笔字型	五筆字型	wǔ bǐ zì xíng	five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民\|王永民 in 1983
五笔字形	五筆字形	wǔ bǐ zì xíng	Chinese character input method for entering characters by numbered strokes ; variant of 五筆字型\|五笔字型
五笔编码	五筆編碼	wǔ bǐ biān mǎ	five-stroke code, Chinese character input method
五笔输入法	五筆輸入法	wǔ bǐ shū rù fǎ	five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民\|王永民 in 1983
五脏	五臟	wǔ zàng	five viscera of traditional Chinese medicine, namely: heart 心[xin1], liver 肝[gan1], spleen 脾[pi2], lungs 肺[fei4] and kidneys 腎\|肾[shen4]
五脏六腑	五臟六腑	wǔ zàng liù fǔ	five viscera and six bowels of traditional Chinese medicine
五苓散	五苓散	wǔ líng sǎn	wuling powder (decoction of poria mushroom used in traditional Chinese medicine) ; poria five powder ; Hoelen five powder ; five ling powder
五行	五行	wǔ xíng	five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水	5 éléments
五音	五音	wǔ yīn	five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la ; five initial consonants of Chinese phonetics, namely: 喉音, 牙音, 舌音, 齒音\|齿音, 唇音
五香	五香	wǔ xiāng	five spice seasoned ; incorporating the five basic flavors of Chinese cooking (sweet, sour, bitter, savory, salty)
交换码	交換碼	jiāo huàn mǎ	interchange code ; computer coding for characters, including Chinese
京二胡	京二胡	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
京胡	京胡	jīng hú	Jinghu, a smaller higher pitched Erhu 二胡 (two-stringed fiddle) used to accompany Chinese opera ; also called 京二胡	Jinghu, instrument de musique plus aigus que le Erhu
京都念慈菴枇杷膏	京都念慈菴枇杷膏	jīng dū niàn cí ān pí pá gāo	Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa, a Traditional Chinese natural herbal remedy ; condensed loquat extract
亮菌	亮菌	liàng jūn	Armillariella tabescens (mushroom used in trad. Chinese medicine)
人大	人大	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]
人民币	人民幣	rén mín bì	Renminbi (RMB) ; Chinese Yuan (CNY)	renminbi (RMB)
人精	人精	rén jīng	sophisticate ; man with extensive experience ; child prodigy ; Wunderkind (i.e. brilliant child) ; spirit within a person (i.e. blood and essential breath 血氣\|血气 of traditional Chinese medicine)
仄	仄	zè	oblique tone ; nonlevel tone ; uneven tone (classical Chinese)	s'inquiéter
仄声	仄聲	zè shēng	oblique tone ; nonlevel tone ; uneven tone (the third tone of classical Chinese)
今音	今音	jīn yīn	modern (i.e. not ancient) pronunciation of a Chinese character
仓颉	倉頡	cāng jié	Cang Jie, legendary scribe of the Yellow Emperor and creator of Chinese writing ; Cangjie input method (computing)
以华制华	以華制華	yǐ huá zhì huá	use Chinese collaborators to subdue the Chinese (imperialist policy)
以备不测	以備不測	yǐ bèi bù cè	to be prepared for accidents
以毒攻毒	以毒攻毒	yǐ dú gōng dú	to cure ills with poison (idiom, refers to technique of traditional Chinese medicine); to fight evil with evil ; set a thief to catch a thief ; to fight fire with fire
以防万一	以防萬一	yǐ fáng wàn yī	to guard against the unexpected (idiom); just in case ; prepared for any eventualities
伏羲	伏羲	fú xī	Fu Hsi ; Fuxi, legendary Chinese emperor, trad. 2852-2738 BC, mythical creator of fishing, trapping and writing
伏羲氏	伏羲氏	fú xī shì	Fuxi or Fu Hsi, legendary Chinese emperor 2852-2738 BC, mythical creator of fishing, trapping, and writing
会意	會意	huì yì	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
会意字	會意字	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
传统中国医药	傳統中國醫藥	chuán tǒng zhōng guó yī yào	Chinese traditional medicine	médecine traditionnelle chinoise
传统医药	傳統醫藥	chuán tǒng yī yào	Chinese traditional medicine	Médecine traditionnelle chinoise
佛跳墙	佛跳牆	fó tiào qiáng	lit. Buddha jumps over the wall, name for a Chinese dish that uses many non-vegetarian ingredients
佩兰	佩蘭	pèi lán	orchid ; fragrant thoroughwort ; (botany) Eupatorium fortunei ; Herba Eupatorii (used in Chinese medicine)
侅	侅	gāi	to give ; prepared for included in ; embraced in
侧刀旁	側刀旁	cè dāo páng	name of "knife" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 18), occurring in 到, 利, 别 etc ; see also 刂\|刂[dao1]
侨乡	僑鄉	qiáo xiāng	home town of overseas Chinese
侯	侯	hóu	marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位\|五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] ; nobleman or high official	marquis; feudataire;
俗体字	俗體字	sú tǐ zì	common form of Chinese character (versus the etymologically correct form)
俗字	俗字	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
倒插门	倒插門	dào chā mén	to marry and live with the bride's family (inverting traditional Chinese expectations)
倪匡	倪匡	ní kuāng	Ni Kuang (1935-), Chinese novelist and screenwriter
倪柝声	倪柝聲	ní tuò shēng	Ni Tuosheng or Watchman Nee (1903-1972), influential Chinese Christian
假借	假借	jiǎ jiè	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	avoir recours à;
假借字	假借字	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	sous le couvert de mots
偏	偏	piān	one-sided ; to lean ; to slant ; prejudiced ; inclined to one side ; the left-hand side of split Chinese character, often the key or radical ; to insist on	incliner; incliné; oblique; justement;
偏旁	偏旁	piān páng	the left- and right-side of a split Chinese character, often the key (radical) and phonetic
僵尸	僵屍	jiāng shī	gyonshi ; jiang shi ; Chinese vampire ; zombie	cadavre; momie;
儿化	兒化	ér huà	nonsyllabic final r 儿 added to a word in spoken Chinese ; also called retroflex final or r-ization
儿化韵	兒化韻	ér huà yùn	retroflex final ; nonsyllabic final r 儿 added to a word in spoken Chinese
元	元	yuán	Chinese monetary unit ; dollar ; primary ; first ; the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368) ; surname Yuan	premier ; principal; yuan ( unité de la monnaie chinoise );
元气	元氣	yuán qì	strength ; vigor ; vitality ; original vital breath (traditional Chinese medicine)	énergie vitale; vigueur ; santé; constitution;
先秦	先秦	xiān qín	pre-Qin, Chinese history up to the foundation of the Qin imperial dynasty in 221 BC
党内	黨內	dǎng nèi	within the party (esp. Chinese communist party)
党参	黨參	dǎng shēn	poor man's ginseng (Codonopsis pilosula) ; codonopsis root used in traditional Chinese medicine
入声	入聲	rù shēng	entering tone ; checked tone ; one of the four tones of Middle Chinese
全国人民代表大会	全國人民代表大會	quán guó rén mín dài biǎo dà huì	(Chinese) National People's Congress ; abbr. to 人大[Ren2 da4]
全本	全本	quán běn	whole edition ; whole performance (of Chinese opera)
全聚德	全聚德	quán jù dé	Quanjude (famous Chinese restaurant)
全身	全身	quán shēn	whole body ; em-dash, a hyphen the length of an m in current typeface, one half the Chinese dash 破折號\|破折号 ──
八卦拳	八卦拳	bā guà quán	baguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing)
八卦掌	八卦掌	bā guà zhǎng	baguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing)
八珍汤	八珍湯	bā zhēn tāng	eight-treasure decoction, tonic formula used in Chinese medicine
八角茴香	八角茴香	bā jiǎo huí xiāng	Chinese anise ; star anise
六书	六書	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ø
六淫	六淫	liù yín	six excesses causing illness in traditional Chinese medicine, namely: excessive wind 風\|风[feng1], cold 寒[han2], heat 暑[shu3], damp 濕\|湿[shi1], dryness燥\|燥[zao4], fire 火[huo3]
六腑	六腑	liù fǔ	six bowels (hollow organs) of traditional Chinese medicine, namely: gall bladder 膽\|胆[dan3], stomach 胃[wei4], large intestine 大腸\|大肠[da4 chang2], small intestine 小腸\|小肠三[xiao
六邪	六邪	liù xié	six unhealthy influences causing illness in traditional Chinese medicine, namely: excessive wind 風\|风[feng1], cold 寒[han2], heat 暑[shu3], damp 濕\|湿[shi1], dryness燥\|燥[zao4], fire 火[huo3]
兮	兮	xī	(particle in old Chinese similar to 啊)	(inter.) (interjection utilisée en poésie indiquant l'émerveillement) Oh!;
关格	關格	guān gé	blocked or painful urination, constipation and vomiting (Chinese medicine)
兵精粮足	兵精糧足	bīng jīng liáng zú	elite soldiers, ample provisions (idiom); well prepared forces ; preparations for war are in an advanced state
冀朝铸	冀朝鑄	jì cháo zhù	Ji Chaozhu (1929-), Chinese diplomat
冂	冂	jiǒng	radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 13), occurring in 用, 同, 网 etc ; see also 同字框\|同字框[tong2 zi4 kuang4]	boîte (radical)
冒暑	冒暑	mào shǔ	heat stroke (traditional Chinese medicine)
冖	冖	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 ga	sur (radical)
写意画	寫意畫	xiě yì huà	freehand drawing or painting in traditional Chinese style
农历	農曆	nóng lì	the traditional Chinese calendar ; the lunar calendar	calendrier lunaire
农历新年	農曆新年	nóng lì xīn nián	Chinese New Year ; Lunar New Year	Nouvel An chinois; Nouvelle Année lunaire
冫	冫	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]	glace (radical)
冬字头	冬字頭	dōng zì tóu	name of "walk slowly" component in Chinese characters ; see also 夂\|夂[zhi3]
冬瓜	冬瓜	dōng guā	wax gourd (Cucurbitaceae, Benincasa hispida) ; white gourd ; white hairy melon ; Chinese squash	courge
冲剂	沖劑	chōng jì	to be taken dissolved in boiling water (of Chinese herbal medicine)
冻容	凍容	dòng róng	"youth freezing", Chinese girls beginning anti-ageing treatments as young as two years old in the hope they will never look old
凉粉	涼粉	liáng fěn	liangfen (Chinese dish) ; grass jelly (Chinese dish)
凉茶	涼茶	liáng chá	Chinese herb tea
凌霄花	凌霄花	líng xiāo huā	Chinese trumpet vine (Campsis grandiflora)
凡	凡	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	ordinaire; commun; le monde; tout; quiconque;
刂	刂	dāo	"knife" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 18) ; see also 立刀旁\|立刀旁[li4 dao1 pang2] ; see also 側刀旁\|侧刀旁[ce4 dao1 pang2]
分野	分野	fēn yě	dividing line between distinct realms ; boundary ; field-allocation (in Chinese astrology, the association between celestial regions and corresponding terrestrial realms)
切片	切片	qiē piàn	a slice ; thin section of specimen for examination (as part of biopsy) ; slide prepared for microscopy	lame; feuille sciée;
刑天	刑天	xíng tiān	Xingtian, headless giant hero of Chinese mythology decapitated by the Yellow Emperor 黃帝\|黄帝[Huang2 Di4]
划	劃	huá	to delimit ; to transfer ; to assign ; to differentiate ; to mark off ; to draw (a line) ; to delete ; stroke of a Chinese character	pagayer; ramer; conduire un bateau à l'aviron; gratter; frotter; au profit de qn; valoir la peine; délimiter; tracer les limites; affecter; combiner; former; trait horizontal d'un caractère chinois;
刘少奇	劉少奇	liú shào qí	Liu Shaoqi (1898-1969), Chinese communist leader, a martyr of the Cultural Revolution
刘翔	劉翔	liú xiáng	Liu Xiang (Chinese gold-medal hurdler of the 2004 Olympic games)
刘贵今	劉貴今	liú guì jīn	Liu Guijin (1945-), PRC diplomat, special representative to Africa from 2007, Chinese specialist on Sudan and the Darfur issue
利事	利事	lì shì	lucky item (poster, envelope etc) made from red paper, used especially at Chinese New Year, also written 利是\|利是[li4 shi4]
利是	利是	lì shì	lucky item (poster, envelope etc) made from red paper, used especially at Chinese New Year, also written 利事\|利事[li4 shi4]
刮痧	刮痧	guā shā	gua sha (technique in traditional Chinese medicine)
刺五加	刺五加	cì wǔ jiā	manyprickle (Acanthopanax senticosus), root used in traditional Chinese medicine	manyprickle (Acanthopanax senticosus), racine utilisée en médecine traditionnelle chinoise
刺柏	刺柏	cì bó	Chinese juniper
剧坛	劇壇	jù tán	the world of Chinese opera ; theatrical circles
剪纸	剪紙	jiǎn zhǐ	papercutting (Chinese folk art) ; to make paper cutouts	papier découpé;
劈挂拳	劈掛拳	pī guà quán	Piguaquan "Chop-Hanging Fist" (Chinese Martial Art)
动量词	動量詞	dòng liàng cí	verbal classifier (in Chinese grammar) ; measure word applying mainly to verbs
劳动人民	勞動人民	láo dòng rén mín	working people ; the workers of Socialist theory or of the glorious Chinese past
化痰	化痰	huà tán	to transform phlegm (traditional Chinese medicine)
北京中医药大学	北京中醫藥大學	běi jīng zhōng yī yào dà xué	Beijing University of Chinese Medicine (placename)
北京时间	北京時間	běi jīng shí jiān	Chinese Standard Time	heure de Pékin;
北岛	北島	běi dǎo	Bei Dao (Chinese poet)
北洋水师	北洋水师	běi yáng shuǐ shī	north China navy (esp. the ill-fated Chinese navy in the 1895 war with Japan)
北派螳蜋拳	北派螳螂拳	běi pài táng láng quán	Beipai Tanglang Quan - "Northern Praying Mantis" (Chinese Martial Art)
匚	匚	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]	(Antiquité) récipient carré; (nom d'une cérémonie)
匸	匸	xǐ	"cover" or "conceal" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 23) ; see also 匚\|匚[fang1]	enceinte cachée (radical)
区字框	區字框	qū zì kuàng	name of radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 22) ; see also 匚\|匚[fang1]
医家	醫家	yī jiā	healer ; physician ; medical man ; doctor (esp. of traditional Chinese medicine)
十二时辰	十二時辰	shí èr shí chen	twelve divisions of the day of early Chinese and Babylonian time-keeping and astronomy
十二经	十二經	shí èr jīng	twelve channels of traditional Chinese medicine
十二经脉	十二經脈	shí èr jīng mài	twelve channels of traditional Chinese medicine
十五大	十五大	shí wǔ dà	1 5th Party Congress (of Chinese Communist Party)
华严宗	華嚴宗	huá yán zōng	Chinese Buddhist school founded on the Buddhavatamsaka-mahavaipulya Sutra (Garland sutra)
华人	華人	huá rén	ethnic Chinese person or people	Chinois;
华侨	華僑	huá qiáo	overseas Chinese	Chinois d'outre-mer; ressortissant chinois;
华侨中学	華僑中學	huá qiáo zhōng xué	The Chinese High School	Lycée chinois
华国锋	華國鋒	huá guó fēng	Hua Guofeng (1921-), leader of Chinese communist party after the cultural revolution
华文	華文	huá wén	Chinese language ; Chinese script
华罗庚	華羅庚	huá luó gēng	Hua Luogeng (1910-1985), Chinese number theorist
华裔	華裔	huá yì	ethnic Chinese ; non-Chinese citizen of Chinese ancestry	étranger d'origine chinoise;
华语	華語	huá yǔ	Chinese language
华里	華里	huá lǐ	li (Chinese unit of distance)
卒	卒	zú	soldier ; servant ; to finish ; to die ; finally ; at last ; pawn in Chinese chess	soldat; finir; achever; mourir;
单方	單方	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.
南拳	南拳	nán quán	Nanquan - "Southern Fist" (Chinese Martial Art)
博古	博古	bó gǔ	Bo Gu (1907-1946), Soviet trained Chinese communist, journalist and propagandist, 1930s left adventurist, subsequently rehabilitated, killed in air crash
博弈	博弈	bó yì	to play games (such as Chinese chess) ; to gamble ; gaming
博讯	博訊	bó xùn	Boxun, US based dissident Chinese news network
博讯新闻网	博訊新聞網	bó xùn xīn wén wǎng	Boxun, US based dissident Chinese news network
印台	印臺	yìn tái	ink pad ; stamp pad
印支期	印支期	yìn zhī qī	Indo-Chinese epoch (geology) ; Indosinian orogeny
印泥	印泥	yìn ní	red ink paste used for seal
印盒	印盒	yìn hé	seal case ; box for seal and ink pad
厂字旁	廠字旁	chǎng zì páng	name of "roof" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27) ; see also 厂\|厂[chang3]
参宿	參宿	shēn xiù	Three Stars (Chinese constellation)
参宿七	參宿七	shēn xiù qī	Rigel (star) ; lit. seventh star of the Three Stars Chinese constellation
参茸	參茸	shēn róng	ginseng and young deer antler (used in traditional Chinese medicine)
反切	反切	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
反华	反華	fǎn huá	anti-Chinese
发语词	發語詞	fā yǔ cí	form word ; in classical Chinese, first character of phrase having auxiliary grammatical function
古字	古字	gǔ zì	old character ; archaic form of a Chinese character
古文	古文	gǔ wén	old language ; the Classics ; classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose ; classical Chinese as a school subject
古砚	古硯	gǔ yàn	antique ink slab
古诗	古詩	gǔ shī	old verse ; classical Chinese poem
台湾话	台灣話	tái wān huà	Taiwanese Chinese (language)
司马	司馬	sī mǎ	official post of minister of war in pre-han Chinese states ; two-character surname Sima
司马迁	司馬遷	sī mǎ qiān	Sima Qian (145-86 BC), historian, author of 史記\|史记[Shi3 ji4], known as the father of Chinese historiography
吃法	吃法	chī fǎ	way of eating ; how something is eaten ; how a dish is prepared ; the way a dish is to be cooked
合体字	合體字	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
合四乙尺工	合四乙尺工	hé sì yǐ chǐ gōng	names of the five notes of the Chinese pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la
吊嗓子	吊嗓子	diào sǎng zi	voice training (for Chinese opera)
同字框	同字框	tóng zì kuàng	name of radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 13) ; see also 冂\|冂[jiong1]
同文馆	同文館	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 Beijing University library
名量词	名量詞	míng liàng cí	nominal classifier (in Chinese grammar) ; measure word applying mainly to nouns
后羿	后羿	hòu yì	Houyi, mythological Chinese archer whose wife was Chang'e
吐鲁番	吐魯番	tǔ lǔ fān	Turpan City in Xinjiang (Chinese: Tulufan)
吐鲁番市	吐魯番市	tǔ lǔ fān shì	Turpan City in Xinjiang (Chinese: Tulufan)
启明	啟明	qǐ míng	classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the east before dawn
吴永刚	吳永剛	wú yǒng gāng	Wu Yonggang (1907-1982), Chinese film director
吴语	吳語	wú yǔ	southern Chinese dialects
呒虾米	嘸蝦米	m2 xiā mǐ	Boshiamy (Hoklo: 無甚物 [bô-siáⁿ-mi̍h] it's nothing) input method for Chinese	Boshiamy
呒虾米输入法	嘸蝦米輸入法	fǔ xiā mǐ shū rù fǎ	Boshiamy (Hoklo: 無甚物 [bô-siáⁿ-mi̍h] it's nothing) input method for Chinese	Boshiamy
周恩来	周恩來	zhōu ēn lái	Zhou Enlai (1898-1976), Chinese communist leader, Prime Minister 1949-1976	Zhou Enlai
和胃力气	和胃力氣	hé wèi lì qì	to harmonize the stomach and rectify qi 氣\|气[qi4] (Chinese medicine)
咏春	詠春	yǒng chūn	Wing Chun ; same as 詠春拳\|咏春拳[Yong3 chun1 quan2] ; Yongchun - "Singing Spring Fist" (Chinese martial art)
咏春拳	詠春拳	yǒng chūn quán	Yongchun - "Singing Spring Fist" (Chinese martial art)
哈密	哈密	hā mì	Kumul city in Xinjiang (Chinese: Hami)
哈密地区	哈密地區	hā mì dì qū	Kumul prefecture in Xinjiang (Chinese: Hami))
哈密市	哈密市	hā mì shì	Kumul city in Xinjiang (Chinese: Hami)
唢呐	嗩吶	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]	(un instrument à vent);
商务汉语考试	商務漢語考試	shāng wù hàn yǔ kǎo shì	Business Chinese Test (BCT)
喀什噶尔	喀什噶爾	kā shí gá ěr	Kashgar or Qeshqer (Chinese Kashi) in the west of Xinjiang near Kyrgyzstan
喃字	喃字	nán zì	Vietnam characters (like Chinese characters but native to Vietnam)
善罢甘休	善罷甘休	shàn bà gān xiū	to leave the matter at that ; to be prepared to let go ; to be willing to take things lying down
喜则气缓	喜則氣緩	xǐ zé qì huǎn	joy depresses one's qi vital breath ; an excess of joy may lead to sluggishness of vital energy (traditional Chinese medicine)
喷墨	噴墨	pēn mò	ink jet
四十二章经	四十二章經	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)
四合院	四合院	sì hé yuàn	courtyard house (type of Chinese residence)
四声	四聲	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
四大发明	四大發明	sì dà fā míng	the four great Chinese inventions: paper, printing, magnetic compass and gunpowder
四大名著	四大名著	sì dà míng zhù	the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, namely: A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢\|红楼梦, Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義\|三国演义, Water Margin 水滸	Quatre classiques
四灵	四靈	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] ;
四物汤	四物湯	sì wù tāng	four-substance decoction (si wu tang), tonic formula used in Chinese medicine
四维	四維	sì wéi	the four social bonds: propriety, justice, integrity and honour ; see 禮義廉恥\|礼义廉耻[li3 yi4 lian2 chi3] ; the four directions ; the four limbs (Chinese medicine) ; four-dimensional
四角号码	四角號碼	sì jiǎo hào mǎ	four corner code (input method for Chinese characters)
回	回	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)	fois; revenir; retourner ; tourner ; répondre;
回回	回回	huí huí	time and again ; every time ; Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)
回归	回歸	huí guī	to return (to previous condition) ; Hong Kong's return to Chinese sovereignty ; to regress
回民	回民	huí mín	Hui ethnic group (Chinese muslims)	musulman;
固有词	固有詞	gù yǒu cí	native words (i.e. not derived from Chinese, in Korean and Japanese etc)
国乐	國樂	guó yuè	national music ; Chinese traditional music
国共	國共	guó gòng	Guomindang 國民黨\|国民党 and Chinese communist party 共產黨\|共产党
国共两党	國共兩黨	guó gòng liǎng dǎng	Guomindang 國民黨\|国民党 and Chinese communist party 共產黨\|共产党
国共内战	國共內戰	guó gòng nèi zhàn	Chinese Civil War, also known as War of Liberation 解放戰爭\|解放战争
国字	國字	guó zì	(Chinese) characters native to Korea, Japan, Vietnam etc ; Japanese kokuji ; Korean gugja
国学	國學	guó xué	Chinese national culture ; studies of ancient Chinese civilization ; the Imperial College (history)
国家标准中文交换码	國家標準中文交換碼	guó jiā biāo zhǔn zhōng wén jiāo huàn mǎ	CNS 11643, Chinese character coding adopted in Taiwan, 1986-1992
国画	國畫	guó huà	national painting ; Chinese art	peinture traditionnelle chinoise;
国语	國語	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	langue chinoise ( mandarin );
国语注音符号第一式	國語注音符號第一式	guó yǔ zhù yīn fú hào dì yī shì	Mandarin Phonetic Symbols 1 (official name of the phonetic system of writing Chinese used in Taiwan) ; Bopomofo ; abbr. to 注音一式 [zhu4 yin1 yi1 shi4]
国语罗马字	國語羅馬字	guó yǔ luó mǎ zì	"Gwoyeu Romatzyh" romanization system for Chinese devised by Zhao Yuanren in 1926
圆	圓	yuán	circle ; round ; circular ; spherical ; (of the moon) full ; unit of Chinese currency (Yuan) ; tactful ; to justify	cercle; rond; justifier; rond; circulaire;
土曜日	土曜日	tǔ yào rì	traditional Chinese name for Saturday
圣母峰	聖母峰	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
地积单	地積單	dì jī dān	unit of area (eg 畝\|亩[mu3], Chinese acre)
地黄	地黃	dì huáng	Chinese foxglove (Rehmannia glutinosa), its rhizome used in traditional Chinese medicine
坎肩	坎肩	kǎn jiān	sleeveless jacket (usually cotton) ; Chinese waistcoat
坎肩儿	坎肩兒	kǎn jiān r	erhua variant of 坎肩\|坎肩, sleeveless jacket (usually cotton) ; Chinese waistcoat
城市运动会	城市運動會	chéng shì yùn dòng huì	National Games, Chinese athletics competition, organized every four years since 1988
城运会	城運會	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
城隍	城隍	chéng huáng	Shing Wong (deity in Chinese mythology)
堂屋	堂屋	táng wū	central room of a traditional Chinese house
塌棵菜	塌棵菜	tā kē cài	Brassica narinosa (broadbeaked mustard) ; Chinese flat cabbage
塔尔寺	塔爾寺	tǎ ěr sì	Kumbum (Chinese Ta'er), monastery in Qinhai, formerly Amdo province of Tibet
墨	墨	mò	ink stick ; China ink ; corporal punishment consisting of carving and inking characters on the victim's forehead ; abbr. for 墨西哥 Mexico	encre de Chine; encre; noir;
墨匣	墨匣	mò xiá	ink cartridge
墨水	墨水	mò shuǐ	ink	encre;
墨水儿	墨水兒	mò shuir3	erhua variant of 墨水, ink
墨渍	墨漬	mò zì	ink stain ; ink blot ; spot ; smudge
墨盒	墨盒	mò hé	ink cartridge
墨砚	墨硯	mò yàn	ink slab ; ink stone
墨迹	墨跡	mò jì	ink marks ; original calligraphy or painting of famous person
墨鱼	墨魚	mò yú	squid ; ink fish ; cuttlefish
声旁	聲旁	shēng páng	phonetic component of Chinese character	composant phonétique des caractères chinois
声母	聲母	shēng mǔ	consonant ; the initial consonant (of a Chinese syllable)
声调	聲調	shēng diào	tone ; note ; a tone (on a Chinese syllable)	ton; intonation ; ton d'un caractère chinois;
声调语言	聲調語言	shēng diào yǔ yán	tonal language (e.g. Chinese or Vietnamese)	langues tonale
夂	夂	suī	"walk slowly" component in Chinese characters ; see also 冬字頭\|冬字头[dong1 zi4 tou2]	aller (radical)
备战	備戰	bèi zhàn	prepared against war ; to prepare for war ; warmongering	se préparer à la guerre;
夏历	夏曆	xià lì	the traditional Chinese lunar calendar	Xiali; calendrier chinois lunaire traditionnel
夏商周	夏商周	xià shāng zhōu	Xia, Shang and Zhou, the earliest named Chinese dynasties
夏衍	夏衍	xià yǎn	Xia Yan (1900-1995), Chinese writer, playwright, socialist critic and movie pioneer	Xia Yan
夔	夔	kuí	one-legged mountain demon of Chinese mythology ; Chinese mythical figure who invented music and dancing ; Chinese rain god ; surname Kui
外电	外電	wài diàn	reports from foreign (non-Chinese) news agencies	agence étrangère;
外籍华人	外籍華人	wài jí huá rén	overseas Chinese ; persons of Chinese origin having foreign citizenship
多瓣蒜	多瓣蒜	duō bàn suàn	Chinese elephant garlic
多音节词	多音節詞	duō yīn jié cí	polysyllabic word ; Chinese word made up of three or more characters
大中华区	大中華區	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
大五码	大五碼	dà wǔ mǎ	Big5 Chinese character coding (developed by Taiwanese companies from 1984)
大料	大料	dà liào	Chinese anise ; star anise
大明历	大明曆	dà míng lì	the 5th century Chinese calendar established by Zu Chongzhi 祖冲之
大校	大校	dà xiào	senior ranking officer in Chinese army ; senior colonel	colonel
大沽炮台	大沽砲臺	dà gū pào tái	Taku Forts, Northern Chinese defences built during the Opium Wars (1839 - 1860)
大白菜	大白菜	dà bái cài	bok choy ; Chinese cabbage ; Brassica pekinensis
大茴香	大茴香	dà huí xiāng	Chinese anise ; star anise
大葱	大蔥	dà cōng	leek ; Chinese onion
大蝾螈	大蠑螈	dà róng yuán	Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus davidianus)
大陆话	大陸話	dà lù huà	Mainland Chinese (language)
大麦地	大麥地	dà mài dì	place name in Ningxia with rock carving conjectured to be a stage in the development of Chinese characters
天地会	天地會	tiān dì huì	Tiandihui (Chinese fraternal organization)
天方	天方	tiān fāng	old Chinese word for Arabia or Arabs
天路历程	天路歷程	tiān lù lì chéng	lit. the course of the road to heaven ; Pilgrim's Progress, 1678 novel by John Bunyan (first Chinese translation 1851)
太史令	太史令	tài shǐ lìng	grand scribe (official position in many Chinese states up to the Han)
太极	太極	tài jí	the Absolute or Supreme ultimate, the source of all things according to some interpretations of Chinese mythology
太极剑	太極劍	tài jí jiàn	a kind of traditional Chinese sword-play
头胀	頭脹	tóu zhàng	distention in the head (in traditional Chinese medicine)
头风	頭風	tóu fēng	headache (Chinese medicine)
奇异果	奇異果	qí yì guǒ	kiwi fruit ; Chinese gooseberry
奎	奎	kuí	crotch ; 15th of the 28th constellations of Chinese astronomy	;
套数	套數	tào shù	song cycle in Chinese opera ; fig. a series of tricks ; polite remarks
女娲	女媧	nǚ wā	Nüwa (creator of humans in Chinese mythology)	Nüwa
女娲氏	女媧氏	nǚ wā shì	Nüwa (creator of humans in Chinese mythology)	Nüwa
姚明	姚明	yáo míng	Yao Ming (Chinese NBA star player)	Yao Ming
姜文	姜文	jiāng wén	Jiang Wen, sixth generation Chinese movie director
威妥玛	威妥瑪	wēi tuǒ mǎ	Sir Thomas Francis Wade (1818-1895), British diplomat and sinologist, originator of the Wade-Giles Chinese romanization system
威妥玛拼法	威妥瑪拼法	wēi tuǒ mǎ pīn fǎ	Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
威妥玛拼音	威妥瑪拼音	wēi tuǒ mǎ pīn yīn	Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
威氏注音法	威氏註音法	wēi shì zhù yīn fǎ	Wade-Giles transliteration scheme for Chinese
威玛拼法	威瑪拼法	wēi mǎ pīn fǎ	Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
威玛拼音	威瑪拼音	wēi mǎ pīn yīn	Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
娃娃鱼	娃娃魚	wáwa yú	Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus)	salamandre géante;
娄	婁	lóu	surname Lou ; one of the 28 lunar mansions in Chinese astronomy	pourrir;
嫦娥	嫦娥	cháng é	the lady in the moon (Chinese mythology) ; PRC moon probe	déesse de la lune;
孔夫子	孔夫子	kǒng fū zǐ	Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔子\|孔子[Kong3 zi3]
孔子	孔子	kǒng zi	Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as孔夫子\|孔夫子 [Kong3 fu1 zi3]	Confucius;
字形	字形	zì xíng	form of a Chinese character ; variant of 字型\|字型[zi4 xing2]
字根	字根	zì gēn	component of Chinese character used in wubi input method 五筆輸入法\|五笔输入法[wu3 bi3 shu1 ru4 fa3]
字根通用码	字根通用碼	zì gēn tōng yòng mǎ	common coding for components of Chinese character ; same as Zheng coding 鄭碼\|郑码[Zheng4 ma3]
孙子定理	孫子定理	sūn zi dìng lǐ	the Chinese remainder theorem
孙继海	孫繼海	sūn jì hǎi	Sun Jihai (1977-), Chinese footballer, played for Manchester City
季羡林	季羨林	jì xiàn lín	Ji Xianlin (1911-2009), Chinese linguist and Indologist
宀	宀	mián	"roof" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc ; see also 寶蓋\|宝盖[bao3 gai4]	toit (radical)
安徽中医学院	安徽中醫學院	ān huī zhōng yī xué yuàn	Anhui College of Traditional Chinese Medicine
安息香	安息香	ān xī xiāng	Styrax officinalis or Styrax benzoin ; benzoin resin, used in traditional Chinese medicine
安息香脂	安息香脂	ān xī xiāng zhī	benzoinum ; benzoin resin, used in traditional Chinese medicine
宗族	宗族	zōng zú	Chinese clan	clan;
宗筋	宗筋	zōng jīn	penis (Chinese medicine)
官桂	官桂	guān guì	Chinese cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia) ; also written 肉桂[rou4 gui4]
宝盖	寶蓋	bǎo gài	name of "roof" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 40) ; see also 宀\|宀[mian2]
客家	客家	kè jiā	Hakka ethnic group (Han Chinese migrants from north to south China)	Hakka;
客家语	客家語	kè jiā yǔ	Hakka (a Chinese dialect)	Hakka (dialecte chinois)
宣读	宣讀	xuān dú	to read out loud to an audience ; a prepared speech (e.g. to a party conference)	lire un texte en public; donner lecure de; proclamer;
室	室	shì	room ; work unit ; grave ; scabbard ; family or clan ; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy	salle; pièce;
宫调	宫調	gōng diào	modes of ancient Chinese music
寡人	寡人	guǎ rén	solitary ; lone person ; I, the sovereign (a special Chinese word, a modest self appointed name) ; Royal we (a modest form of)
寸口	寸口	cùn kǒu	location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in traditional Chinese medicine
寸口脉	寸口脈	cùn kǒu mài	pulse taken at the wrist (in traditional Chinese medicine)
寸脉	寸脈	cùn mài	pulse taken at the wrist (in traditional Chinese medicine)
对外联络部	對外聯絡部	duì wài lián luò bù	CPC central committee's external affairs department (i.e. Chinese communist party's foreign office)
对称轴	對稱軸	duì chèn zhóu	axis of symmetry ; central axis (in Chinese architecture)
对襟	對襟	duì jīn	buttoned Chinese jacket
将帅	將帥	jiàng shuài	commander-in-chief, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess
小篆	小篆	xiǎo zhuàn	the small or lesser seal, the form of Chinese character standardized by the Qin dynasty	style d'écriture "petit sceau";
小花远志	小花遠志	xiǎo huā yuǎn zhì	small-flowered milkwort (Polygala arvensis Willd. or P. telephioides), with roots used in Chinese medicine
少校	少校	shào xiào	junior ranking officer in Chinese army ; major ; lieutenant commander
少阳病	少陽病	shǎo yáng bìng	name of disease in traditional Chinese medicine
少阳经	少陽經	shǎo yáng jīng	one of the channels of traditional Chinese medicine
尔雅	爾雅	ěr yǎ	"Erya" or "The Ready Guide", first extant Chinese dictionary, c. 3rd century BC, with glossaries on classical texts
尚书经	尚書經	shàng shū jīng	Book of History ; a compendium of documents in various styles, making up the oldest extant texts of Chinese history, from legendary times down to the times of Confucius
尚方剑	尚方劍	shàng fāng jiàn	imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers) ; in fiction, Chinese version of 007's license to kill
尚方宝剑	尚方寶劍	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
尺	尺	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	unité de longueur qui équivaut à un tiers de mètre ; règle; mètre;
岑彭	岑彭	cén péng	Cen Peng (died 35 a.d.), Chinese general
峇峇娘惹	峇峇孃惹	bā bā niáng rě	Nyonya, an ethnic group of Chinese residing in the Malay peninsula (also known as Straits Chinese)
崋	崋	huá	flowery ; illustrious ; Chinese
崔明慧	崔明慧	cuī míng huì	Christine Choy, Chinese-American film director	Christine Choy
川党	川黨	chuān dǎng	Sichuan codonopsis (Codonopsis pilosula, root used in traditional Chinese medicine)
川党参	川黨參	chuān dǎng shēn	Sichuan codonopsis (Codonopsis pilosula, root used in traditional Chinese medicine)
川谷	川穀	chuān gǔ	Job's tears (Coix lacryma) ; erroneously called Chinese pearl barley
左倾机会主义	左傾機會主義	zuǒ qīng jī huì zhǔ yì	leftist opportunism (blamed for failures of Chinese communists from 1927) ; left adventurism ; cf Mao's purges following 1935 Zunyi conference 遵義會議\|遵义会议[Zun1 yi4 hui4 yi4]
左字头	左字頭	zuǒ zì tóu	"top of 左 character" component in Chinese characters
巴戟	巴戟	bā jǐ	morinda root (Morinda officinalis), plant used in Chinese medicine
市两	市兩	shì liǎng	Chinese unit of weight equivalent to 50 grams
市制	市制	shì zhì	Chinese units of measurement
帮腔	幫腔	bāng qiāng	vocal accompaniment in some traditional Chinese operas	prendre le parti de qn
干煸土豆丝	乾煸土豆絲	gān biān tǔ dòu sī	dry-fried potato slices (Chinese dish)
平仄	平仄	píng zè	level and oblique tones (technical term for classical Chinese rhythmic poetry)
平型关大捷	平型關大捷	píng xíng guān dà jié	victory of Pingxingguan pass, famous victory of Republican Chinese forces over the Japanese in Sep 1937
平宝盖	平寶蓋	píng bǎo gài	name of "cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14) ; see also 冖\|冖[mi4]
年三十	年三十	nián sān shí	last day of the lunar year ; Chinese New Year's Eve
年号	年號	nián hào	reign name of a Chinese emperor
广州中医葯大学	廣州中醫葯大學	guǎng zhōu zhōng yī yào dà xué	Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine
广雅	廣雅	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
庙号	廟號	miào hào	temple name of a deceased Chinese emperor
康生	康生	kāng shēng	Kang Sheng (1896-1975), Chinese communist leader, a politburo member during the Cultural Revolution and posthumously blamed for some of its excesses
廉	廉	lián	incorruptible ; honest ; inexpensive ; to investigate (old) ; side wall of a traditional Chinese house (old)	honnête; intègre ; bon marché;
开天避地	開天避地	kāi tiān bì dì	to open the sky and divide the earth ; ref. to Pangu 盤古\|盘古 in the Chinese creation myth
开襟	開襟	kāi jīn	buttoned Chinese tunic ; unbuttoned (to cool down)
异体	異體	yì tǐ	variant form (of a Chinese character)
异体字	異體字	yì tǐ zì	variant Chinese character
异形词	異形詞	yì xíng cí	variant spelling of the same Chinese word e.g. e.g. 筆劃\|笔划[bi3 hua4] and 筆畫\|笔画[bi3 hua4] ; exact synonym and homonym written with different characters
弈	弈	yì	ancient name for go (Chinese board game)	jouer aux échecs; jeu de go;
张二鸿	張二鴻	zhāng èr hóng	Jung Chang 張戎\|张戎 (1952-), British Chinese writer, author of Wild Swans 野天鵝\|野天鹅 and Mao Zedong, the unknown story 毛澤東:鮮為人知的故
张国焘	張國燾	zhāng guó tāo	Zhang Guotao (1897-1979), Chinese communist leader in the 1920s and 1930s, defected to Guomindang in 1938
张太雷	張太雷	zhāng tài léi	Zhang Tailei (1898-1927), founding member of Chinese communist party
张戎	張戎	zhāng róng	Jung Chang (1952-), British Chinese writer, name at birth Zhang Erhong 張二鴻\|张二鸿 author of Wild Swans 野天鵝\|野天鹅 and Mao Zedong, the unknown story 毛澤東:'
张揖	張揖	zhāng yī	Zhang Yi (c. 3rd century), literary figure from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, other name 稚讓\|稚让[Zhi4 rang4], named as compiler of earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia 廣雅\|广雅[Guang3 ya3] and several lost w
张爱玲	張愛玲	zhāng ài líng	Eileen Chang (1920-1995), famous Chinese-American novelist
张纯如	張純如	zhāng chún rú	Iris Chang (1968-2004), Chinese American historian and author of the Rape of Nanjing	Iris Chang (auteur américain)
弥猴桃	彌猴桃	mí hóu táo	kiwi fruit ; Chinese gooseberry
形声	形聲	xíng shēng	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
形声字	形聲字	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
形意拳	形意拳	xíng yì quán	Xingyiquan (Chinese martial art)
形旁	形旁	xíng páng	part of Chinese character indicating the meaning ; also called significative or radical	partie du caractère chinois indiquant le sens, aussi appelé radical
彭真	彭真	péng zhēn	Peng Zhen (1902-1997), Chinese communist leader
徐星	徐星	xú xīng	Xu Xing (1956-), Chinese palaeontologist
徐渭	徐渭	xú wèi	Xu Wei, Chinese painter
徐继畲	徐繼畬	xú jì yú	Xu Jiyu (1795-1873), Chinese geographer
徽墨	徽墨	huī mò	Anhui ink (known for its quality)
心气	心氣	xīn qì	intention ; motive ; state of mind ; ambition ; aspiration ; heart qi in traditional Chinese medicine
心神	心神	xīn shén	mind ; state of mind ; attention ; (Chinese medicine) psychic constitution	esprit; état d'esprit;
心里美萝卜	心裏美蘿蔔	xīn li měi luó bo	Chinese roseheart radish (shinrimei radish), green on the outside, purple-red on the inside, a favorite Beijing vegetable
忽鲁谟斯	忽魯謨斯	hū lǔ mó sī	old Chinese name for Hormuz ; now called 霍爾木茲\|霍尔木兹
怸	怸	xī	obscure variant of 悉 ; Achyranthes bidentata, a root used in Chinese medicine, equivalent to 牛膝
意符	意符	yì fú	part of Chinese character indicating the meaning ; also called significative or radical
愤青	憤青	fèn qīng	angry youth ; positive term used to describe young Chinese with extreme nationalistic tendencies ; see also 糞青\|粪青[fen4 qing1]	« Jeunesse en Colère »; terme désignant généralement les jeunes Chinois nationalistes;
戏曲	戲曲	xì qǔ	Chinese opera	opéra traditionnel chinois;
成语	成語	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	expression toute faite; locution; proverbe;
戴秉国	戴秉國	dài bǐng guó	Dai Bingguo (1941-), a Chinese politician and professional diplomat
户部	戶部	hù bù	feudal Chinese Ministry of Revenue
手卷	手捲	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
扯铃	扯鈴	chě líng	diabolo ; Chinese yo-yo
拆字	拆字	chāi zì	fortune telling by unpicking Chinese characters
拉鲁	拉魯	lā lǔ	Lhalu, Tibetan name and place name ; Lhalu Tsewang Dorje (1915-), Tibetan pro-Chinese politician ; Lhalu suburb of Lhasa
拔火罐	拔火罐	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
拔火罐儿	拔火罐兒	bá huǒ guàn er	erhua variant of 拔火罐, suction cup (used in Chinese medicine to draw the blood and qi 氣\|气) ; detachable suction chimney to make a stove draw
拔罐	拔罐	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)
拔罐子	拔罐子	bá guàn zǐ	cupping technique used in traditional Chinese medicine	ventousage (petites cloches de verre préalablement chauffées et appliquées sur la peau pour stimuler la circulation)
拔罐法	拔罐法	bá guàn fǎ	fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin) ; ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics)
拳术	拳術	quán shù	Chinese boxing ; fisticuffs
拳脚	拳腳	quán jiǎo	Chinese boxing ; fist and feet ; punching and kicking
拼音	拼音	pīn yīn	phonetic writing ; pinyin (Chinese romanization)	transcription phonétique;
挂职	掛職	guà zhí	temporary assignment to a Chinese government or CPC post
指事	指事	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
指事字	指事字	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
挥毫洒墨	揮毫灑墨	huī háo sǎ mò	to flourish with the pen and sprinkle ink; to write in a free style (idiom)
排华	排華	pái huá	anti-Chinese (policies, actions, sentiments etc) ; Sinophobia
排华法案	排華法案	pái huá fǎ àn	Chinese Exclusion Act, a US law restricting Chinese immigration from 1882-1943
掠卖华工	掠賣華工	l//v//è mài huá gōng	Chinese people press-ganged and sold into slavery during Western colonialism
推拿	推拿	tuī ná	tui na (form of Chinese manual therapy)	Tui Na (forme de thérapie manuelle chinoise)
提法	提法	tí fǎ	wording (of a proposal) ; formulation ; a technique of Chinese bone setting
搜狐	搜狐	sōu hú	Sohu, Chinese web portal and online media company
搜狐网	搜狐網	sōu hú wǎng	Sohu, Chinese web portal and online media company
放血	放血	fàng xiě	to let blood (Chinese medicine) ; to bleed ; to stab sb (slang)
政协	政協	zhèng xié	CPPCC (Chinese People's Political Consultative Committee)	CCPPC (Conférence consultative politique du peuple chinois);
政治委员	政治委員	zhèng zhì wěi yuán	political commissar (during Russian and Chinese communist revolutions)
政训处	政訓處	zhèng xùn chù	political training office (during Chinese revolution, since renamed political division 政治部)
敬词	敬詞	jìng cí	term of esteem ; honorific (in Chinese grammar) ; polite form of pronoun (in European grammar)
敬贺新春	敬賀新春	jìng hè xīn chūn	the Chinese New Year
文言	文言	wén yán	classical Chinese	classique chinois
文言文	文言文	wén yán wén	classical Chinese	littérature chinoise classique
新剧同志会	新劇同志會	xīn jù tóng zhì huì	New Dramatic Society, Chinese theatrical company from 1912, a continuation of Tokyo Spring willow society 春柳社
新华	新華	xīn huá	Xinhua (the official Chinese news agency)	Chine Nouvelle;
新春	新春	xīn chūn	Chinese New Year
新春佳节	新春佳節	xīn chūn jiā jié	Chinese New Year festivities
新浪	新浪	xīn làng	Sina, Chinese web portal and online media company	Sina (sina.com)
新浪网	新浪網	xīn làng wǎng	Sina, Chinese web portal and online media company
方剂	方劑	fāng jì	prescription ; recipe (Chinese medicine)
方块字	方塊字	fāng kuài zì	Chinese characters
方寸	方寸	fāng cùn	square cun (Chinese unit of area: 1 cun × 1 cun, or 3⅓ cm × 3⅓ cm) ; heart ; mind
方格	方格	fāng gé	square box character (in Chinese text) indicating illegible character
方格纸	方格紙	fāng gé zhǐ	squared paper ; graph paper ; grid paper (manuscript paper with squares for Chinese characters)
旁	旁	páng	beside ; one side ; other ; side ; self ; the right-hand side of split Chinese character, often the phonetic	côté; bord;
旋覆花	旋覆花	xuán fù huā	(botany) convolvulvus ; Flos Inulae (Chinese herb)
旓	旓	shāo	serrated edges on a Chinese flag
旗袍	旗袍	qí páo	Chinese-style dress ; cheongsam	robe chinoise;
无支祁	無支祁	wú zhī qí	a water goblin in Chinese mythology usually depicted as a monkey
日喀则地区	日喀則地區	rì kā zé dì qū	Shigatse or Xigaze prefecture in central Tibet, Tibetan: Gzhis ka rtse sa khul, Chinese Rikaze
日喀则市	日喀則市	rì kā zé shì	Shigatse or Xigaze, Tibetan: Gzhis ka rtse, city and prefecture in central Tibet, Chinese Rikaze
日曜日	日曜日	rì yào rì	Sunday (used in Ancient Chinese astronomy)
旦角	旦角	dàn jiǎo	Dan, female roles in Chinese opera (played by specialized male actors)
旧历	舊曆	jiù lì	old calendar ; the Chinese lunar calendar ; same as 農曆\|农历[nong2 li4]
旧学	舊學	jiù xué	old learning ; Chinese traditional teaching as opposed to material from the West
旧年	舊年	jiù nián	last year ; the Chinese New Year (i.e. the new year in the old calendar)
昆	昆	kūn	descendant ; elder brother ; a style of Chinese poetry	;
昌都	昌都	chāng dū	Kham or Chamdo, Tibetan: Chab mdo historic capital of Kham prefecture of Tibet (Chinese Qamdo or Changdu) ; also Qamdo county
昌都地区	昌都地區	chāng dū dì qū	Kham or Chamdo prefecture in Tibet, Tibetan: Chab mdo sa khul, Chinese Qamdo or Changdu
易建联	易建聯	yì jiàn lián	Yi Jianlian (1987-), Chinese basketball player for the New Jersey Nets (NBA)
星宿	星宿	xīng sù	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)	constellation
春柳	春柳	chūn liǔ	Spring willow society, pioneering Chinese theatrical company set up in Tokyo in 1906, part of New Culture movement, continued in China from 1912 as 新劇同志會\|新剧同志会
春柳剧场	春柳劇場	chūn liǔ jù chǎng	Spring willow society, pioneering Chinese theatrical company set up in Tokyo in 1906, part of New Culture movement, continued in China from 1912 as 新劇同志會\|新剧同志会
春柳社	春柳社	chūn liǔ shè	Spring willow society, pioneering Chinese theatrical company set up in Tokyo in 1906, part of New Culture movement, continued in China from 1912 as 新劇同志會\|新剧同志会
春节	春節	chūn jié	Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)	Fête du Printemps;
春蚕	春蠶	chūn cán	Silkworms in Spring (1933), Chinese silent movie in socialist realist style, based on novel by Mao Dun 茅盾
春运	春運	chūn yùn	Chunyun (the high traffic load around Chinese New Year) ; Spring Festival travel season
普通话	普通話	pǔ tōng huà	Mandarin (common language) ; Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language) ; ordinary speech	Mandarin ; Putonghua (langue nationale chinoise basée sur le dialecte de Pékin);
暑温	暑溫	shǔ wēn	summer-warm disease (traditional Chinese medicine)
曾孝谷	曾孝谷	zēng xiào gǔ	Zeng Xiaogu (1873-1937), actor and pioneer of Chinese drama in New Culture style
月季	月季	yuè jì	Chinese rose (Rosa sinensis)
月曜日	月曜日	yuè yào rì	Monday (used in Ancient Chinese astronomy)
有备无患	有備無患	yǒu bèi wú huàn	Preparedness averts peril. ; to be prepared, just in case (idiom)	(phrase) se prémunir contre tout danger; prévoyance est mère de sûreté; On peut faire face à toute éventualité si l'on s'y est préparé.;
木子美	木子美	mù zi měi	Mu Zimei, Chinese celebrity	Mu Zimei, célébrité chinoise
木曜日	木曜日	mù yào rì	Thursday (used in Ancient Chinese astronomy)
木骨都束	木骨都束	mù gǔ dū shù	Chinese name for African kingdom in Somalia, cf Mogadishu 摩加迪沙	nom chinois pour le Royaume Africain en Somalie
本草	本草	běn cǎo	a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine ; Chinese materia medica	un livre sur la médecine traditionnelle chinoise;
李嘉欣	李嘉欣	lǐ jiā xīn	Michele Monique Reis (1970-) actress, model and former Miss Hong Kong & Miss Chinese International
李大钊	李大釗	lǐ dà zhāo	Li Dazhao (1889-1927), early Chinese Marxist and founding member of the communist party
李德	李德	lǐ dé	Otto Braun (1900-1974), Comintern adviser to the Chinese communist party 1932-1939
李政道	李政道	lǐ zhèng dào	Tsung-Dao Lee (1926-), Chinese American physicist, Columbia University, 1957 Nobel laureate
李缨	李纓	lǐ yīng	Li Ying (1963-), Japanese-educated Chinese documentary film director
杞	杞	qǐ	Chinese wolfberry shrub (Lycium chinense) ; willow ; name of a feudal state
杨月清	楊月清	yáng yuè qīng	Yang Yueqing, Chinese-Canadian woman documentary film director
杨梅	楊梅	yáng méi	red bayberry ; Chinese bayberry ; Japanese bayberry ; Myrica rubra
杨洁篪	楊潔篪	yáng jié chí	Yang Jiechi (1950-), Chinese politician and diplomat, foreign minister of PRC from 2007
杨澄中	楊澄中	yáng chéng zhōng	Yang Chengzhong (1913-1987), Chinese nuclear physicist
板栗	板栗	bǎn lì	Chinese chestnut	châtaigne; marron
板眼	板眼	bǎn yǎn	measure in traditional Chinese music ; orderliness	mesure; temps; bone ordre; suite; méthode
板蓝根	板藍根	bǎn lán gēn	indigo woad root ; root of Isatis indigotica (used in traditional Chinese medicine)
枇杷膏	枇杷膏	pí pá gāo	Pei Pa Koa, a Traditional Chinese natural herbal remedy ; see 京都念慈菴枇杷膏\|京都念慈菴枇杷膏[Jing1 du1 nian4 ci2 an1 pi2 pa2 gao1]
枓	枓	dǒu	square base for Chinese flagstaff
枕戈寝甲	枕戈寢甲	zhěn gē qǐn jiǎ	to sleep on one's armor with spear by the pillow (idiom); ready for battle ; determined to kill the enemy ; Be prepared!
枕戈待旦	枕戈待旦	zhěn gē dài dàn	to keep one's spear by the pillow and await the dawn (idiom); ready for battle ; determined to kill the enemy ; Be prepared!
林家翘	林家翹	lín jiā qiáo	Lin Chia-Chiao (1916-), Chinese-American physicist, astronomer and applied mathematician	Lin Chia-Chiao
林彪	林彪	lín biāo	Lin Biao (1908-1971), Chinese army leader at time of the Cultural Revolution
林森	林森	lín sēn	Lin Sen (1868-1943), revolutionary politician, colleague of Sun Yat-sen, chairman of the Chinese nationalist government (1928-1932)
林纾	林紓	lín shū	Lin Shu (1852-1924), writer and influential translator and adaptor of vast swathes of Western literature into classical Chinese
林芝	林芝	lín zhī	Nyingchi prefecture of Tibet, Tibetan: Nying khri, Chinese Linzhi
林芝地区	林芝地区	lín zhī dì qū	Nyingchi prefecture of Tibet, Tibetan: Nying khri sa khul, Chinese Linzhi
枫香木	楓香木	fēng xiāng mù	Chinese sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana)
枫香树	楓香樹	fēng xiāng shù	Chinese sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana)
枸杞子	枸杞子	gǒu qǐ zi	fruit of Chinese wolfberry (Lycium chinense)
枸檵	枸檵	gǒu qǐ	variant of 枸杞, Chinese wolfberry shrub (Lycium chinense)
柘	柘	zhè	a thorny tree ; sugarcane ; Cudrania triloba ; three-bristle cudrania (Cudrania tricuspidata) ; Chinese mulberry (Cudrania)	mûrier
柘砚	柘硯	zhè yàn	ink slabs from a place in Shandong
柟	柟	nán	variant of 楠, Machilus nanmu ; Chinese cedar ; Chinese giant redwood
查字法	查字法	chá zì fǎ	look-up method for Chinese characters
校官	校官	xiào guān	military officer ; ranked officer in Chinese army, divided into 大校, 上校, 中校, 少校
格律	格律	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
桂皮	桂皮	guì pí	Chinese cinnamon (Cinnamonum cassia) ; cassia bark
桃仁	桃仁	táo rén	peach kernel, used in Chinese medicine
桐	桐	tóng	Chinese wood-oil tree (Aleurites cordata)	paulownia ; aleurite ; sterculier;
桓	桓	huán	surname Huan ; Chinese soapberry (Sapindus mukurossi) ; big	(nom de famille);
桔梗	桔梗	jié gěng	Chinese bellflower
桧	檜	guì	Chinese Juniper (Juniperus chinensis) ; coffin lid decoration (old)	genévrier de Chine;
梅核气	梅核氣	méi hé qì	(traditional Chinese medicine) plum-pit qi, a feeling of a lump in the throat (globus pharyngis) or of stagnant phlegm
梅花拳	梅花拳	méi huā quán	Meihua Quan - "Plum Blossom Fist" (Chinese Martial Art)
梍	梍	zào	Chinese honey locust (Gleditsia sinensis) ; now written zào jiá 皂莢\|皂荚
梧桐	梧桐	wú tóng	wutong or Paulownia tree (Fermiana platanifolia), a lightweight strong wood used for musical instruments ; Chinese parasol tree	sterculia;
梨园子弟	梨園子弟	lí yuán zǐ dì	Chinese opera performers
梵汉对音	梵漢對音	fàn hàn duì yīn	Sanskrit-Chinese transliteration
检字法	檢字法	jiǎn zì fǎ	indexing system for Chinese characters in a dictionary
棉花拳击	棉花拳擊	mián huā quán jī	Mianhua Quanji - "Cotton Boxing" (Chinese Martial Art)
棋具	棋具	qí jù	checkers (board and pieces for go 圍棋\|围棋 or Chinese chess 象棋 etc)
椳	椳	wēi	the pivots, at the top and bottom of a Chinese door, on which the door turns
楂	楂	chá	Chinese quince ; hawthorn	cheveux ou barbe courts ou raides; barbe de trois jours;
楚	楚	chǔ	distinct ; clear ; orderly ; pain ; suffering ; deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex) ; punishment cane (old)	propre; soigné ; clair; net;
楠	楠	nán	Machilus nanmu ; Chinese cedar ; Chinese giant redwood	nanmu; persea nanmu;
楠木	楠木	nán mù	Phoebe zhennan ; Machilus nanmu ; Chinese cedar ; Chinese giant redwood	cèdre chinois; séquoia géant de Chine
楷书	楷書	kǎi shū	regular script (one of the calligraphic styles of Chinese characters)
榔榆	榔榆	láng yú	Chinese or lacebark elm (Ulmus parvifolia)
榜葛剌	榜葛剌	bǎng gě là	old Chinese name for Bengal or Bangladesh, now written 孟加拉, pronunciation uncertain (possibly ge2 or la2)
榠	榠	míng	Chinese quince
槐	槐	huái	Chinese scholar tree (Sophora japonica) ; Japanese pagoda tree	sophora;
樟木	樟木	zhāng mù	Dram (Chinese Zhangmu), town at Tibet-Nepal border	bois de camphrier
横斜钩	橫斜鈎	héng xié gōu	⺄ stroke in Chinese characters
横浜	橫浜	héng bīn	Japanese spelling of Yokohama (Chinese spelling 橫濱\|横滨[Heng2 bin1])
横钩	橫鉤	héng gōu	horizontal stroke with a hook at the end (in Chinese characters)
橄榄	橄欖	gǎn lǎn	Chinese olive ; olive	olive; olivier;
橘红	橘紅	jú hóng	orange (color) ; orange peel (used in traditional Chinese medicine)
欧阳予倩	歐陽予倩	ōu yáng yú qiàn	Ouyang Yuqian (1889-1962), Chinese actor
歇后语	歇後語	xiē hòu yǔ	stable figure of speech contrasting two incompatible parts, such as English "snowball's chances in hell" or Chinese 馬尾穿豆腐\|马尾穿豆腐 stringing beancurd on horsetail
正体	正體	zhèng tǐ	standard form ; block letter ; alternate term for Traditional Chinese character, used in Taiwan
正体字	正體字	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)
正教	正教	zhèng jiào	lit. true religion ; orthodox religion ; orthodox Christianity ; Islam (in the writing of Chinese or Hui theologians)
正旦	正旦	zhèng dàn	starring female role in a Chinese opera
正气	正氣	zhèng qì	healthy environment ; healthy atmosphere ; righteousness ; vital energy (in Chinese medicine)	probité; intégrité morale; loyauté;
正生	正生	zhèng shēng	starring male role in a Chinese opera
正邪	正邪	zhèng xié	opposition between vital energy 正氣\|正气[zheng4 qi4] and pathogeny 邪氣\|邪气[xie2 qi4] in traditional Chinese medicine
正邪相争	正邪相爭	zhèng xié xiāng zhēng	term in traditional Chinese medicine describing the progress of disease as an opposition between vital energy 正氣\|正气[zheng4 qi4] and pathogeny 邪氣\|邪气[xie2 qi4]
正骨	正骨	zhèng gǔ	bone setting ; Chinese osteopathy
正骨八法	正骨八法	zhèng gǔ bā fǎ	the eight methods of bone setting ; Chinese osteopathy
武侠	武俠	wǔ xiá	martial arts chivalry (Chinese literary, theatrical and cinema genre) ; knight-errant	chevalier;
武打	武打	wǔ dǎ	acrobatic fighting in Chinese opera or dance
武旦	武旦	wǔ dàn	female military role in a Chinese opera
武生	武生	wǔ shēng	male military role in a Chinese opera
段荃法	段荃法	duàn quán fǎ	Duan Quanfa (1939-2010), Chinese writer
比干	比干	bǐ gān	Bi Gan (Chinese god of wealth)
毛	毛	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\|角[jiao3] , = 1 ;	poil; plume ; laine; rude/ brusque ; affolé;
毛主席	毛主席	máo zhǔ xí	Chairman Mao ; Mao Zedong 毛澤東\|毛泽东 (1893-1976), Chinese communist leader	président Mao;
毛泽东	毛澤東	máo zé dōng	Mao Zedong (1893-1976), Chinese communist leader	Mao Zedong
民族工业	民族工業	mín zú gōng yè	national industry ; industry run by Chinese nationals or ethnic Chinese
气化	氣化	qì huà	to vaporize ; evaporation ; carburetion ; qi4 transformation in traditional Chinese medicine (i.e. transformation of yin yang vital breath) ; unvoicing of voiced consonant
气口	氣口	qì kǒu	location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in traditional Chinese medicine
气血	氣血	qì xuè	qi and blood (two basic bodily fluids of Chinese medicine)
水墨	水墨	shuǐ mò	ink (used in painting)
水墨画	水墨畫	shuǐ mò huà	ink and wash painting
水曜日	水曜日	shuǐ yào rì	Wednesday (used in Ancient Chinese astronomy)
水浒传	水滸傳	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
水浒全传	水滸全傳	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
氵	氵	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]
汉人	漢人	hàn rén	Han Chinese person or people	Han
汉化	漢化	hàn huà	Chinese localization ; to convert sth into Chinese	sinisation
汉城	漢城	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	Séoul (Corée-du-Sud)
汉城特别市	漢城特別市	hàn chéng tè bié shì	Hanseong Metropolitan City, old name for Seoul, capital of Korea ; adopted new Chinese spelling 首爾\|首尔 in 2005
汉字	漢字	hàn zì	Chinese character ; Japanese: kanji ; Korean: hanja	caractère chinois;
汉字字体	漢字字體	hàn zì zì tǐ	calligraphic style of Chinese characters ; typeface ; font
汉字查字法	漢字查字法	hàn zì chá zì fǎ	look-up method for Chinese characters
汉学	漢學	hàn xué	studies of classical Chinese back to the Han ; Chinese studies (in foreign schools)	sinologie
汉学家	漢學家	hàn xué jiā	sinologist ; scholar of Chinese	sinoloque
汉文	漢文	hàn wén	Chinese written language ; Chinese literature esp. as taught abroad
汉英	漢英	hàn yīng	Chinese-English
汉英互译	漢英互譯	hàn yīng hù yì	Chinese and English two-way translation
汉藏语系	漢藏語系	hàn zàng yǔ xì	Chinese-Tibetan language system
汉语	漢語	hàn yǔ	Chinese language	langue chinoise;
汉语水平考试	漢語水平考試	hàn yǔ shuǐ píng kǎo shì	HSK (Chinese Proficiency Test)
江猪	江豬	jiāng zhū	Chinese river dolphin, Lipotes vexillifer
池鹭	池鷺	chí lù	Chinese pond heron (Ardeola bacchus)
汤剂	湯劑	tāng jì	decoction (Chinese medicine) ; potion
汤药	湯藥	tāng yào	tisane ; decoction (Chinese medicine)
沈国放	沈國放	shěn guó fàng	Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson
沉香	沉香	chén xiāng	Chinese eaglewood ; agarwood tree (Aquilaria agallocha) ; lignum aloes
河洛人	河洛人	hé luò rén	Hoklo people, southern Chinese people of Taiwan
油墨	油墨	yóu mò	printing ink	encre d'imprimerie;
油松	油松	yóu sōng	Chinese red pine
治外法权	治外法權	zhì wài fǎ quán	diplomatic immunity ; (history) extraterritoriality, the rights (under unequal treaties) of a foreigner to live in China outside Chinese jurisdiction
法拉盛	法拉盛	fǎ lā shèng	Flushing Chinatown, a predominantly Chinese and Korean neighborhood of Queens, New York City
法论功	法論功	fǎ lún gōng	erroneous variant of 法輪功\|法轮功[Fa3 lun2 gong1], Falungong (proscribed Chinese spiritual practice)
法轮功	法輪功	fǎ lún gōng	Falungong (proscribed Chinese spiritual practice)	Falungong (secte)
泡桐	泡桐	pāo tóng	Paulownia tree (Fermiana platanifolia), a lightweight strong wood used for musical instruments ; Chinese parasol tree
注音	註音	zhù yīn	Annotated Sounds, a phonetic transliteration for Chinese used esp. in Taiwan ; also known as Bopomofo ㄅㄆㄇㄈ
注音符号	注音符號	zhù yīn fú hào	Annotated Sounds, a phonetic transliteration for Chinese used esp. in Taiwan ; also known as Bopomofo ㄅㄆㄇㄈ
洋娃娃	洋娃娃	yáng wá wá	doll ; baby of mixed Chinese and Overseas parentage (colloquial)	pépée
津液	津液	jīn yè	bodily fluids (general term in Chinese medicine)
活血	活血	huó xuè	to improve blood circulation (Chinese medicine)
浑天说	渾天說	hún tiān shuō	geocentric theory in ancient Chinese astronomy
海上奇书	海上奇書	hǎi shàng qí shū	literary journal published in 1892-93 by Han Bangqing 韓邦慶\|韩邦庆 featuring serialized novels in classical Chinese and Jiangsu vernacular
海上花列传	海上花列傳	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
海外华人	海外華人	hǎi wài huá rén	overseas Chinese
海棠花	海棠花	hǎi táng huā	Chinese flowering crab-apple (Malus spectabilis)
消暑	消暑	xiāo shǔ	to spend a summer holiday ; (esp of Chinese medicine) to relieve summer heat
涤砚	滌硯	dí yàn	to wash an ink-slab ; to prepare for study (idiom)
淤滞	瘀滯	yū zhì	(in Chinese medicine) stasis (of blood or other fluids)
混沌	混沌	hùn dùn	primal chaos ; formless mass before creation in Chinese mythology ; muddled ; innocent as a baby	chaos;
清热	清熱	qīng rè	to alleviate fever (medicine) ; to clear internal heat (Chinese medicine)
清红帮	清紅幫	qīng hóng bāng	traditional secret society, Chinese equivalent of Freemasons
渲染	渲染	xuàn rǎn	rendering (computing) ; to add washes of ink or color to a drawing (Chinese painting) ; to exaggerate ; to embellish	colorer ; exagérer;
湖北花楸	湖北花楸	hú běi huā qiū	Chinese Rowan tree ; Sorbus hupehensis or Hupeh rowan
湿温	濕溫	shī wēn	damp heat ; summer fever in traditional Chinese medicine
溪黄草	溪黃草	xī huáng cǎo	Rabdosia lophanthoides (no common name), herb plant of Lamiaceae family (together with mint and lavender), used in traditional Chinese medicine
滑竿	滑竿	huá gān	Chinese-style sedan chair
满汉	滿漢	mǎn hàn	Manchurian-Chinese (relations)
满江红	滿江紅	mǎn jiāng hóng	Man Jiang Hong (Chinese poems)
濡染	濡染	rú rǎn	to infect ; to influence ; to dip (in ink)
濡毫	濡毫	rú háo	to dip the pen into ink ; to write
火	火	huǒ	fire ; urgent ; ammunition ; fiery or flaming ; internal heat (Chinese medicine) ; classifier for military units (old)	feu; flamme ; fièvre; chaleur interne ; colère;
火曜日	火曜日	huǒ yào rì	Tuesday (used in Ancient Chinese astronomy)
灭族	滅族	miè zú	extermination of an entire family (ancient Chinese punishment)
灯笼花	燈籠花	dēng lóng huā	Chinese enkianthus
灯谜	燈謎	dēng mí	riddles written on lanterns (e.g. for the Lantern Festival at the end of Chinese New Year)
灸	灸	jiǔ	moxibustion (Chinese medicine)	cautérisation par moxa; cautériser;
炎黄子孙	炎黃子孫	yán huáng zǐ sūn	Descendants of the Fiery Emperor and Yellow Emperor (i.e. Han Chinese people)	les Chinois
炮制	炮制	pào zhì	to concoct ; to invent ; to fabricate ; to produce ; to process ; processing and curing (Chinese medicine)
炮烙	炮烙	páo lào	the hot pillar (ancient Chinese torture instrument)
点	點	diǎn	drop (of liquid) ; stain ; spot ; speck ; jot ; dot stroke (in Chinese characters) ; decimal point ; point ; mark (of degree or level) ; a place (with certain characteristics) ; iron bell ; o’clock ; a little ; a bit ; some ; (point) unit of measure	un peu ; heure; point ; goutte ; tache; toucher; effleurer ; allumer ; compter; effleurer;
点画	點畫	diǎn huà	strokes of a Chinese character
焚砚	焚硯	fén yàn	to destroy one's ink-slab ; to write no more because others write so much better (idiom)
熊胆	熊膽	xióng dǎn	bear gall (used in traditional Chinese medicine)
熟丝	熟絲	shú sī	silk raw material (prepared by boiling in soap)
熟地	熟地	shú dì	cultivated land ; in Chinese medicine, preparation from rhizome of Chinese foxglove (Rehmannia glutinosa)
熟字	熟字	shú zì	familiar words ; known Chinese character
熨法	熨法	yùn fǎ	to apply a hot compress (Chinese medicine)
牛膝	牛膝	niú xī	Achyranthes bidentata (root used in Chinese medicine)
狄仁杰	狄仁傑	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\|狄公
独立中文笔会	獨立中文筆會	dú lì zhōng wén bǐ huì	Independent Chinese PEN center
猕猴桃	獼猴桃	mí hóu táo	Chinese gooseberry ; Kiwi fruit	kiwi (Actinidia sinensis);
獬豸	獬豸	xiè zhì	Xiezhi, mythical Chinese unicorn
王丹	王丹	wáng dān	Wang Dan (1969-), Chinese dissident, one of the leaders of the Beijing student democracy movement of 1989
王明	王明	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	Wang Ming
王治郅	王治郅	wáng zhì zhì	Wang Zhizhi (Chinese basketball player)
王码	王碼	wáng mǎ	Wang code, same as 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\|王永民 in 1983
王颖	王穎	wáng yǐng	Wayne Wang (1949-), Chinese US film director
理气	理氣	lǐ qì	to rectify qi4 (traditional Chinese medicine)
理气化痰	理氣化痰	lǐ qì huà tán	to rectify qi4 and transform phlegm (traditional Chinese medicine)
琴棋书画	琴棋書畫	qín qí shū huà	Four Arts of the Chinese Scholar (zither, Go, calligraphy, painting)
琵琶	琵琶	pí pá	pipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard	pipa, luth;
瑞狮	瑞獅	ruì shī	Rui Shi, Auspicious Lions of Chinese mythology
瓦砚	瓦硯	wǎ yàn	ink stone or ink slab made from an antique palace tile
甘蓝	甘藍	gān lán	cabbage ; Chinese broccoli ; gai larn
甪端	甪端	lù duān	Luduan, mythical Chinese beast able to detect the truth
甲骨	甲骨	jiǎ gǔ	tortoise shell and animal bones used in divination ; oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script)
甲骨文	甲骨文	jiǎ gǔ wén	oracle script ; oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script)	inscription antique gravée sur des os d'animal ou des carapaces de tortue;
甲骨文字	甲骨文字	jiǎ gǔ wén zì	oracle script ; oracle bone character (an early form of Chinese script)
疏肝理气	疏肝理氣	shū gān lǐ qì	to course the liver and rectify qi4 (traditional Chinese medicine)
病因学	病因學	bìng yīn xué	pathological science in traditional Chinese medicine
病邪	病邪	bìng xié	pathogeny (cause of disease) in traditional Chinese medicine ; as opposed to vital energy 正氣\|正气[zheng4 qi4]
症结	癥結	zhēng jié	hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine) ; crux of an issue ; main point in an argument ; sticking point ; deadlock in negotiations
痹证	痹證	bì zhèng	localized pain disorder (in Chinese medicine) ; arthralgia syndrome ; bi disorder
瘰疬	瘰癧	luǒ lì	scrofula (in Chinese medicine)
癃闭	癃閉	lóng bì	illness having to do with obstruction of urine flow ; (Chinese medicine) ; retention of urine
白头翁	白頭翁	bái tóu wēng	root of Chinese pulsatilla ; Chinese bulbul
白头鹎	白頭鵯	bái tóu bēi	Chinese Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis)
白描	白描	bái miáo	line drawing in traditional ink and brush style ; simple and straightforward style of writing	dessin au trait; composition littéraire de style simple, dépouillé
白暨豚	白鱀豚	bái jì tún	Chinese river dolphin (Lipotes vexillifer)
白眉拳	白眉拳	bái méi quán	Pak Mei or Bak Mei - "White Eyebrow" (Chinese Martial Art)
白翳	白翳	bái yì	opacity of the cornea (in traditional Chinese medicine) ; cataract
白芍	白芍	bái sháo	root of herbaceous peony (Paeonia lactiflora), used in traditional Chinese medicine	paeonia lactiflora (blanc); pivoine herbacée (racine de)
白苋	白莧	bái xiàn	white amaranth (Amaranthus albus) ; sprouts and tender leaves of Chinese spinach (Amaranthus spp.) used as food
白菜	白菜	bái cài	Chinese cabbage ; pak choi	chou chinois;
白蔹	白蘞	bái liǎn	Ampelopsis japonica (creeper with root used in traditional Chinese medicine)
白蜡	白蠟	bái là	white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)	cire blanche (de Chine)
白蜡树	白蠟樹	bái là shù	Chinese ash (Fraxinus chinensis), whose bark, flowers and leaves are used in traditional Chinese medicine
白蜡虫	白蠟蟲	bái là chóng	Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
白话文	白話文	bái huà wén	vernacular Chinese
白附片	白附片	bái fù piàn	sliced white aconite (used in traditional Chinese medicine)
百胜	百勝	bǎi shèng	BaiSheng, common name for Chinese company ; PakSing, common Hong Kong company name
皂荚	皂莢	zào jiá	Chinese honey locust (Gleditsia sinensis)
皂荚树	皂莢樹	zào jiá shù	Chinese honey locust (Gleditsia sinensis)
益智	益智	yì zhì	to grow the intellect ; Alpinia oxyphylla, a type of ginger (Chinese medicine)
盐肤木	鹽膚木	yán fū mù	Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis)	sumac de Chine
盔头	盔頭	kuī tou	decorated hat or helmet in Chinese opera to characterize role
盘古	盤古	pán gǔ	Pangu (creator of the universe in Chinese mythology)
盘古氏	盤古氏	pán gǔ shì	Pangu (creator of the universe in Chinese mythology)
直	直	zhí	straight ; to straighten ; fair and reasonable ; frank ; straightforward ; (indicates continuing motion or action) ; vertical ; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters	directement ; sans cesse; redresser; droit ; vertical ; franc; sincère;
直通车	直通車	zhí tōng chē	"through train" (refers to the idea of retaining previous legislature after transition to Chinese rule in Hong Kong or Macao)
真腊	真臘	zhēn là	Khmer kingdom of Kampuchea or Cambodia ; Chinese term for Cambodia from 7th to 15th century
着墨	著墨	zhuó mò	to describe (in writing, applying ink)
着重号	著重號	zhuó zhòng hào	Chinese underdot (punct. used for emphasis, sim. to western italics)
瞑眩	瞑眩	míng xuàn	dizziness, nausea etc brought on as a side effect of drug treatment (Chinese medicine)
瞿秋白	瞿秋白	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
石涛	石濤	shí tāo	Shitao (Chinese painter)
石狮子	石獅子	shí shī zi	Chinese stone lion
石鼓文	石鼓文	shí gǔ wén	early form of Chinese characters inscribed in stone, a precursor of the small seal 小篆[xiao3zhuan4]
码子	碼子	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)
砂仁	砂仁	shā rén	Amomom (fructus Amomi), plant used in Chinese medicine
砚	硯	yàn	ink-stone	pierre à encre;
砚台	硯臺	yàn tái	ink stone ; ink slab	encrier chinois;
砚室	硯室	yàn shì	case for an ink slab
砚席	硯席	yàn xí	ink slab and sitting mat ; place where one studies and teaches
砚水壶儿	硯水壺兒	yàn shuǐ hú r	water container for an ink slab
砚池	硯池	yàn chí	(concave) ink stone or ink slab
砚滴	硯滴	yàn dī	small cup for adding water to an ink stone
砚瓦	硯瓦	yàn wǎ	ink slab
砚田	硯田	yàn tián	ink stone ; writing as a livelihood
砚盒	硯盒	yàn hé	case for an ink stone or ink slab
砚石	硯石	yàn shí	ink stone ; ink slab
砭灸术	砭灸術	biān jiǔ shù	acupuncture and moxibustion (Chinese medicine)
破体字	破體字	pò tǐ zi	non-standard or corrupted form of a Chinese character
破折号	破折號	pò zhé hào	dash ; Chinese dash ── (punct., double the length of the western dash)
磨穿铁砚	磨穿鐵硯	mó chuān tiě yàn	to grind one's way through an ink stone ; to persevere in a difficult task (idiom) ; to study diligently (idiom)
社科院	社科院	shè kē yuàn	(Chinese) Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)	Académie des sciences sociales chinoise
祍	祍	rèn	variant of 衽 overlapping part of Chinese gown
祛寒	祛寒	qū hán	to dispel cold (in traditional Chinese medicine)
祛淤	祛瘀	qū yū	to dispel blood stasis (in traditional Chinese medicine)
祛痰	祛痰	qū tán	to dispel phlegm (general term of traditional Chinese medicine)
祛痰药	祛痰藥	qū tán yào	medicine to dispel phlegm (in traditional Chinese medicine)
祛风	祛風	qū fēng	to relieve (cold, rheumatic pain etc) ; lit. to dispel pathogenic wind (refers to traditional Chinese medicine)
票	票	piào	ticket ; ballot ; bank note ; person held for ransom ; amateur performance of Chinese opera ; classifier for shipments and business transactions (topolect)	ticket; billet ; bulletin de vote;
票友	票友	piào yǒu	an amateur actor (e.g. in Chinese opera)
票友儿	票友兒	piào yǒu r	an amateur actor (e.g. in Chinese opera)
秃宝盖	禿寶蓋	tū bǎo gài	name of "cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14) ; see also 冖\|冖[mi4]
秋燥	秋燥	qiū zào	autumn dryness disease (traditional Chinese medicine)
科泽科德	科澤科德	kē zé kē dé	old Chinese name for Calicut, town on Arabian sea in Kerala, India ; now called 卡利卡特
租界	租界	zū jiè	settlement ; international settlement in many Chinese cities established under unequal treaties from 1860	concession;
程邈	程邈	chéng miǎo	Cheng Miao, a jailer turned prisoner in the Jin dynasty who created the clerical style of Chinese calligraphy
穷二代	窮二代	qióng èr dài	those who did not benefit from the Chinese economic reforms of the 1980s ; see also 富二代\|富二代[fu4 er4 dai4]
空竹	空竹	kōng zhú	Chinese yo-yo
立刀旁	立刀旁	lì dāo páng	name of "knife" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 18), occurring in 到, 利, 别 etc ; see also 刂\|刂[dao1]
竖	豎	shù	to erect ; vertical ; vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)	ériger; dresser; vertical;
竖弯钩	豎彎鈎	shù wān gōu	乚 stroke in Chinese characters
竖直	豎直	shù zhí	vertical ; to erect ; to set upright ; vertical stroke in Chinese characters ; young servant (old)
竖笔	竪筆	shù bǐ	vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)
竖钩	豎鉤	shù gōu	vertical stroke with a hook at the end (in Chinese characters)
端砚	端硯	duān yàn	high-quality ink stonemade in Duanxi and Guangdong
竹书纪年	竹書紀年	zhú shū jì nián	Bamboo Annals, early chronicle of Chinese ancient history, written c. 300 BC
竹茹	竹茹	zhú rú	bamboo shavings (Bambusa tuldoides) used in Chinese medicine
竺可桢	竺可楨	zhú kě zhēn	Zhu Kezhen (1890-1974), Chinese metereologist and geologist
笔	筆	bǐ	pen ; pencil ; writing brush ; to write or compose ; the strokes of Chinese characters ; classifier for sums of money, deals	stylo; crayon; pinceau; écrire ou composer; les traits de caractères chinois
笔划	筆劃	bǐ huà	variant of 筆畫\|笔画[bi3 hua4] ; strokes of a Chinese character
笔划检字表	筆劃檢字表	bǐ huà jiǎn zì biǎo	look-up table for Chinese character based on radical and stroke-count
笔墨	筆墨	bǐ mò	pen and ink ; words ; writing	pinceau et encre; composition littéraire;
笔画	筆畫	bǐ huà	strokes of a Chinese character	trait;
笔画数	筆畫數	bǐ huà shù	stroke count (number of brushstrokes of a Chinese character)
笔砚	筆硯	bǐ yàn	writing brush and ink stone
笔触	筆觸	bǐ chù	brush stroke in Chinese painting and calligraphy ; brushwork ; style of drawing or writing	coup de pinceau dans la peinture chinoise et la calligraphie; style littéraire;
笔顺	筆順	bǐ shùn	stroke order (when writing Chinese character)	ordre à observer pour tracer les traits d'un caractère;
符拉迪沃斯托克	符拉迪沃斯託克	fú lā dí wò sī tuō kè	Vladivostok (Russian port city) ; Chinese name 海參崴\|海参崴
简体	簡體	jiǎn tǐ	simple form ; simplified form of Chinese, as opposed to traditional form繁體\|繁体[fan2 ti3]
简体中文	簡體中文	jiǎn tǐ zhōng wén	simplified character Chinese, simplified Chinese
简体字	簡體字	jiǎn tǐ zì	simplified Chinese character, as opposed to traditional Chinese character 繁體字\|繁体字[fan2 ti3 zi4]	caractère simplifié;
简化字	簡化字	jiǎn huà zì	simplified Chinese character
简繁	簡繁	jiǎn fán	simple versus traditional (Chinese characters)
简繁转换	簡繁轉換	jiǎn fán zhuǎn huàn	conversion from simple to traditional Chinese characters
箜	箜	kōng	ancient harp ; cf 箜篌, Chinese harp
箜篌	箜篌	kōng hóu	konghou (Chinese harp)
篇幅	篇幅	piān fu	(take up or devote) space ; ink ; time (in a printed page or news story) ; length (of a piece of writing)	étendue; longueur
米夫	米夫	mǐ fū	Pavel Aleksandrovich Mif (1901-1938), Ukrainian Soviet expert on Chinese affairs, secretly executed in Stalin's purges	Pavel Aleksandrovich Mif
粉	粉	fěn	powder ; cosmetic face powder ; food prepared from starch ; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour ; whitewash ; white ; pink	poudre ; fard ; couleur rose;
粉丝	粉絲	fěn sī	bean vermicelli ; mung bean starch noodles ; Chinese vermicelli ; cellophane noodles ; fan (loanword) ; enthusiast for sb or sth
粗榧	粗榧	cū fěi	Chinese plum-yew ; Cephalotaxus sinensis (botany)
精气神	精氣神	jīng qì shén	the three energies of Chinese medicine: 精\|精[jing1], 氣\|气[qi4], and 神\|神[shen2]
糖葫芦	糖胡蘆	táng hú lu	sugar coated Chinese hawthorn fruit on a stick ; tanghulu
紫微斗数	紫微斗數	zǐ wēi dòu shù	Zi Wei Dou Shu, a form of Chinese fortune-telling
繁	繁	fán	complicated ; many ; in great numbers ; abbr. for 繁體\|繁体[fan2 ti3], traditional form of Chinese characters	nombreux; multiple; compliqué;
繁体	繁體	fán tǐ	elaborate form ; traditional form of Chinese, as opposed to simplified form 簡體\|简体[jian3 ti3]
繁体中文	繁體中文	fán tǐ zhōng wén	traditional character Chinese
繁体字	繁體字	fán tǐ zì	traditional Chinese character	caractère non simplifié; forme originale d'un caractère chinois simplifié;
繁简	繁簡	fán jiǎn	complicated and simple ; traditional and simplified form of Chinese characters
红墨水	紅墨水	hóng mò shuǐ	red ink
红姑娘	紅姑娘	hóng gū niang	Chinese lantern plant ; winter cherry ; strawberry ground-cherry ; Physalis alkekengi
红筹股	紅籌股	hóng chóu gǔ	red chip stocks (Chinese company stocks incorporated outside Mainland China and listed in the Hong Kong stock exchange)
约翰・拉贝	約翰・拉貝	yuē hàn · lā bèi	John Rabe (1882-1950), German that helped protect Chinese during the Nanking massacre period
经气聚集	經氣聚集	jīng qì jù jí	meeting points of qi (in Chinese medicine)
经络	經絡	jīng luò	energy channels (in Chinese medicine)
经脉	經脈	jīng mài	channel of traditional Chinese medicine
结脉	結脈	jié mài	knotted or slow pulse in traditional Chinese medicine
绿尾虹雉	綠尾虹雉	lǜ wěi hóng zhì	Chinese
绿旗兵	綠旗兵	lǜ qí bīng	same as 綠營\|绿营[lu:4 ying2], Green standard army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units
绿营	綠營	lǜ yíng	Green standard army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units
绿营兵	綠營兵	lǜ yíng bīng	Green standard army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units
编年体	編年體	biān nián tǐ	in the style of annals ; chronological history, the regular form of the Chinese dynastic histories	système d'analyse (historiographie)
罗布麻	羅布麻	luó bù má	dogbane (Apocynum venetum), leaves used in traditional Chinese medicine
罗汉果	羅漢果	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
翔凤	翔鳳	xiáng fèng	Soaring Phoenix (Chinese built Advanced Regional Jet passenger plane, model number ARJ-900 etc)
翟理斯	翟理斯	zhái lǐ sī	Herbert Allen Giles (1845-1935), British diplomat and linguist, contributor to the Wade-Giles Chinese romanization system
翼	翼	yì	wing ; area surrounding the bullseye of a target ; to assist ; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy ; old variant of 翌	aile;
老君	老君	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
老将	老將	lǎo jiàng	lit. old general ; commander-in-chief 將帥\|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess ; fig. old-timer ; veteran
老爷岭	老爺嶺	lǎo ye lǐng	Chinese name for Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russia's Primorsky Krai around Vladivostok
老舍	老舍	lǎo shě	Lao She (1899-1966) famous Chinese novelist
耳	耳	ěr	ear ; handle (archaeology) ; and that is all (classical Chinese)	oreille;
耶律大石	耶律大石	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
聊斋志异	聊齋志異	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]
联俄	聯俄	lián é	alliance with Russia (e.g. of early Chinese communists)
肉夹馍	肉夾馍	ròu jiā mó	lit. meat wedged in steamed bun ; "Chinese burger" ; sliced meat sandwich popular in north China
肉桂	肉桂	ròu guì	Chinese cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia)	cinname;
胡琴	胡琴	hú qín	huqin ; family of Chinese two-stringed fiddles, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and bamboo bow with horsehair bowstring
胡耀邦	胡耀邦	hú yào bāng	Hu Yaobang (1915-1989), Chinese politician
胡适	胡適	hú shì	Hu Shi (1891-1962), original proponent of writing in colloquial Chinese 白話文\|白话文
脉口	脈口	mài kǒu	location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in traditional Chinese medicine
脉象	脈象	mài xiàng	condition or type of pulse (in Chinese medicine)
脉门	脈門	mài mén	pulse (in Chinese medicine)
脚色	腳色	jué sè	background (one's origin) ; role (esp in Chinese opera)
脾虚	脾虛	pí xū	depletion of the spleen (Chinese medicine)
腽肭脐	膃肭臍	wà nà qí	penis and testes of fur seal used in traditional Chinese medicine
膀胱气化	膀胱氣化	páng guāng qì huà	bladder qi4 transformation in traditional Chinese medicine
膲	膲	jiāo	see 三膲\|三焦[san1 jiao1], triple foci, the three visceral cavities of traditional Chinese medicine
臑	臑	nào	biceps (in Chinese medicine) ; (arch.) forelimbs of livestock animal
自然之友	自然之友	zì rán zhī yǒu	Friends of Nature (Chinese environmental NGO)
舍车保帅	捨車保帥	shě jū bǎo shuài	rook sacrifice to save the king (in Chinese chess); fig. to protect a senior figure by blaming an underling ; to pass the buck
舞狮	舞獅	wǔ shī	lion dance (traditional Chinese dance form)
船政学堂	船政學堂	chuán zhèng xué táng	Fuzhou naval college, set up in 1866 by the Qing dynasty, called the cradle of Chinese navy
艗	艗	yì	bow of a Chinese boat
良桐	良桐	liáng tóng	good Chinese wood-oil tree (Aleurites cordata)
艾	艾	ài	Chinese mugwort or wormwood ; to stop or cut short ; phonetic "ai" or "i" ; abbr. for 艾滋病\|艾滋病[ai4 zi1 bing4], AIDS	armoise;
艾青	艾青	ài qīng	Ai Qing (1910-1996), Chinese poet
芍	芍	sháo	Chinese peony ; Paeonia albiflora or lactiflora
芍药	芍藥	sháo yao	Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora) ; common herbaceous peony ; peony used in traditional Chinese medicine	Pivoine, Paeonia
芥兰	芥蘭	gài lán	Chinese kale ; cabbage mustard (Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra)
芥蓝	芥藍	gài lán	Chinese broccoli or Chinese kale ; (botany) cabbage mustard ; variant of 芥蘭\|芥兰
芨	芨	jí	Bletilla hyacinthina (mucilaginous) ; Acronym for the Chinese Elder tree 菫草
芫	芫	yuán	lilac daphne (Daphne genkwa), used in Chinese herbal medicine
花旦	花旦	huā dàn	role of vivacious young female in Chinese opera
花椒	花椒	huā jiāo	Sichuan pepper ; Chinese prickly ash
芷	芷	zhǐ	angelica (type of iris) ; plant root used in traditional Chinese medicine	;
芹	芹	qín	Chinese celery	;
苋	莧	xiàn	amaranth (genus Amaranthus) ; Joseph's coat (Amaranthus tricolor) ; Chinese spinach (Amaranth mangostanus)
苋科	莧科	xiàn kē	Amaranthaceae, family of herbaceous plants containing Chinese spinach (Amaranthus inamoenus) 莧菜
苋菜	莧菜	xiàn cài	amaranth greens (genus Amaranthus) ; Chinese spinach (Amaranth mangostanus)
苎	苧	zhù	Boehmeria nivea ; Chinese grass
苏	蘇	sū	Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil) ; place name ; to revive ; used as phonetic in transliteration ; abbr. for Soviet Union 蘇維埃\|苏维埃 or 蘇聯\|苏联, Jiangsu province 江&	reprendre connaissance;
苏合香	蘇合香	sū hé xiāng	snowdrop bush (Styrax officinalis) ; gum storax, used in traditional Chinese medicine
苏州码子	蘇州碼子	sū zhōu mǎ zi	Suzhou numerals, i.e. the ten numerals 〡,〢,〣,〤,〥,〦,〧,〨,〩,十 nowadays mainly used in traditional trades such as Chinese medicine ; also called 草碼\|草码[cao3 ma3]
苏州话	蘇州話	sū zhōu huà	Suzhou dialect ; one of the main forms of southern Chinese 吳語\|吴语, having seven tones
苏木	蘇木	sū mù	sappan wood (Caesalpinia sappan), used in Chinese medicine ; administrative subdivision of banner 旗 (county) in inner Mongolia (Mongol: arrow)
苏枋木	蘇枋木	sū fāng mù	sappan wood (Caesalpinia sappan), used in Chinese medicine
苕	苕	tiáo	reed grass ; Chinese trumpet vine (Campsis grandiflora) (old)
苦力	苦力	kǔ lì	bitter work ; hard toil ; coolie (English is loan word), unskilled Chinese laborer in colonial times
苦参	苦參	kǔ shēn	liquorice (Sophora flavescens), with roots used in traditional Chinese medicine
英华	英華	yīng huá	English-Chinese
英汉	英漢	yīng hàn	English-Chinese
英汉对译	英漢對譯	yīng hàn duì yì	English-Chinese parallel text
茅台酒	茅臺酒	máo tái jiǔ	maotai (a Chinese liquor)
茅盾	茅盾	máo dùn	Maodun (1896-1981), Chinese novelist
荆芥	荊芥	jīng jiè	schizonepeta, herb used in Chinese medicine
草书	草書	cǎo shū	grass script (a style of Chinese calligraphy) ; cursive
草码	草碼	cǎo mǎ	the ten numerals 〡,〢,〣,〤,〥,〦,〧,〨,〩,十 nowadays mainly used in traditional trades such as Chinese medicine
荔枝核	荔枝核	lì zhī hé	seeds of litchi or lychee (in traditional Chinese medicine)
荣威	榮威	róng wēi	Roewe, Chinese car brand manufactured by Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation 上海汽車工業\|上海汽车工业
荧惑星	熒惑星	yíng huò xīng	Mars in traditional Chinese astronomy
荸荠	荸薺	bí qí	Chinese water chestnut ; Eleocharis dulcis or E. congesta
莫言	莫言	mò yán	Mo Yan (Chinese author)	Mo Yan
莴笋	萵筍	wō sǔn	Chinese lettuce ; celtuce ; asparagus lettuce ; celery lettuce ; stem lettuce
莽草	莽草	mǎng cǎo	Chinese anise (Ilicium anisatum, a shrub with poisonous leaves)
萧	蕭	xiāo	miserable ; desolate ; dreary ; Chinese mugwort	triste; désert;
萰	萰	liàn	Ampelopsis japonica (creeper with root used in traditional Chinese medicine) ; same as 白蘞\|白蔹[bai2 lian3]
葛优	葛優	gě yōu	Ge You (Chinese actor)
葛根	葛根	gé gēn	tuber of the kudzu vine (Pueraria lobata) used in Chinese medicine
董必武	董必武	dǒng bì wǔ	Dong Biwu (1886-1975), one of the founders of the Chinese communist party
蒜蓉油菜	蒜蓉油菜	suàn róng yóu cài	Chinese vegetable in garlic sauce
蒲葵	蒲葵	pú kuí	Chinese fan palm ; Livistona chinensis
蔡国强	蔡國強	cài guó qiáng	Cai Guoqiang (1957-), contemporary Chinese artist working with firework displays and light shows
蔡志忠	蔡志忠	cài zhì zhōng	Tsai Chih Chung (1948-), famous Taiwanese cartoonist specializing in retelling the Chinese classics
薏	薏	yì	Job's tear plant (Coix lacryma) ; erroneously called Chinese pearl barley	coïx (larmes de Job)
薏仁	薏仁	yì rén	Job's tear grains (Coix lacryma) ; erroneously called Chinese pearl barley
薏米	薏米	yì mǐ	Job's tear grains (Coix lacryma) ; erroneously called Chinese pearl barley	graines de larme de Job (Coix lacryma); orge
薏苡	薏苡	yì yǐ	Job's tear plant (Coix lacryma) ; erroneously called Chinese pearl barley
藁本	藁本	gǎo běn	Ligusticum levisticum (Chinese lovage root) ; ligusticum root
藏象	藏象	zàng xiàng	hidden inner properties and their external manifestations in traditional Chinese medicine
蘸	蘸	zhàn	to dip in (ink, sauce etc)	tremper dans; imbiber;
虍	虍	hū	"tiger" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 141) ; see also 虎字頭\|虎字头[hu3 zi4 tou2]	rayures de tigre
虎字头	虎字頭	hǔ zì tóu	name of "tiger" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 141) ; see also 虍\|虍[hu3]
虎骨	虎骨	hǔ gǔ	tiger bone (used in traditional Chinese medicine)
虚宫格	虛宮格	xū gōng gé	four-square box in which one practices writing a Chinese character
虚缺号	虛缺號	xū quē hào	Chinese blank character □ (punct. used to represent an unreadable character)
虞喜	虞喜	yú xǐ	Chinese astronomer (281-356) famous for determining the precession of the equinoxes
虫白蜡	蟲白蠟	chóng bái là	white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
虫蜡	蟲蠟	chóng là	white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
蚕蛾	蠶蛾	cán é	Chinese silkworm moth (Bombyx mori)
蛇胆	蛇膽	shé dǎn	snake gall (used in traditional Chinese medicine)
蛮子	蠻子	mán zi	insulting term for south Chinese ; southern barbarian ; chap
蜡虫	蠟蟲	là chóng	Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
蝉衣	蟬衣	chán yī	cicada slough used in traditional Chinese medicine
蟠龙	蟠龍	pán lóng	panlong (dragons in Chinese mythology)
血郁	血鬱	xuè yù	stagnant blood (in traditional Chinese medicine)
衣襟	衣襟	yī jīn	the front piece(s) of a Chinese jacket ; lapel
衽	衽	rèn	overlapping part of Chinese gown
衿	衿	jīn	lapel ; overlapping part of Chinese gown ; same as 襟	;
褀	祺	qí	propitious ; felicitous ; euphoria ; used for 旗, e.g. in 旗袍, long Chinese dress
襟	襟	jīn	lapel ; overlap of Chinese gown ; fig. bosom (the seat of emotions) ; to cherish (ambition, desires, honorable intentions etc) in one's bosom	pans d'un vêtement; beaux-frères(maris de surs);
西施	西施	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
西游记	西遊記	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	Pèlerinage vers l'Ouest, Voyage vers l'Occident
西皮	西皮	xī pí	one of the two chief types of music in Chinese opera ; see also 二黃\|二黄[er4 huang2]
规谏	規諫	guī jiàn	to remonstrate ; to warn earnestly (esp. classical written Chinese) ; to exhort
解廌	解廌	xiè zhì	Xiezhi, mythical Chinese unicorn
解放军	解放軍	jiě fàng jūn	People's Liberation Army (i.e. the Chinese army)	armée de libération;
解毒	解毒	jiě dú	to detoxify ; to relieve fever (in Chinese medicine)
触诊	觸診	chù zhěn	body palpation (diagnostic method in traditional Chinese medicine) ; tactile examination
觱栗	觱慄	bì lì	ancient bamboo reed instrument ; Chinese shawm (probably related to central Asian zurna)
觱篥	觱篥	bì lì	ancient bamboo reed instrument ; Chinese shawm (probably related to central Asian zurna)
言字旁	言字旁	yán zì páng	name of "speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149) ; see also 言\|讠[yan2]
讠	言	yán	"speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149) ; see also 言字旁\|言字旁[yan2 zi4 pang2]
诊脉	診脈	zhěn mài	to feel the pulse (chinese medicine) ; Taiwan pr. zhen3 mo4
词	詞	cí	works ; phrases ; classical Chinese poem ; word ; diction	mot; terme;
词典	詞典	cí diǎn	dictionary (of Chinese compound words) ; also written 辭典\|辞典[ci2 dian3]	dictionnaire;
译成	譯成	yì chéng	to translate into (Chinese, English etc)
诗经	詩經	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[Wu3 Jing1]	le Livre des Odes; Classique de la Poésie recueil de 305 pièces de vers, chansons d'amour ou hymnes religieux;
读法	讀法	dú fǎ	reading ; pronunciation (of a Chinese character)
读破	讀破	dú pò	nonstandard pronunciation of a Chinese character, e.g. reading hao4 in compound 愛好\|爱好[ai4 hao4] "hobby" in place of hao3
读破句	讀破句	dú pò jù	incorrect break in reading Chinese, dividing text into clauses at wrong point
调号	調號	diào hào	tone mark on a Chinese syllable (i.e. accents on ā á ǎ à)
谦辞	謙辭	qiān cí	humble word ; term of humility ; modesty language in Chinese grammar, intended to honor one's interlocutor
谭盾	譚盾	tán dùn	Tan Dun (1957-) Chinese composer
象形	象形	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
象形字	象形字	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	idéogramm;
象棋	象棋	xiàng qí	Chinese chess	échecs;
象棋赛	象棋賽	xiàng qí sài	Chinese chess tournament
豸	豸	zhì	worm-like invertebrate ; mythical animal (see 獬豸\|獬豸[xie4 zhi4]) ; radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 153)
贝聿铭	貝聿銘	bèi yù míng	Pei Ieoh Ming or I.M. Pei (1917-), famous Chinese-American architect
贴旦	貼旦	tiē dàn	female supporting actress in a Chinese opera
贴生	貼生	tiē shēng	male supporting actor in a Chinese opera
贺普丁	賀普丁	hè pǔ dīng	Chinese brand name of Lamivudine 拉米夫定[La1 mi3 fu1 ding4]
赵元任	趙元任	zhào yuán rèn	Chao Yuenren, a Chinese American linguist who devised the Gwoyeu romatzyh or Guoyu romazi 國語羅馬字\|国语罗马字 romanization system
赵国	趙國	zhào guó	Zhao, one of the seven states during the Warring States Period of Chinese history (475-220 BC)
赵忠尧	趙忠堯	zhào zhōng yáo	Zhao Zhongyao (1902-1998), Chinese pioneer nuclear physicist
赵紫阳	趙紫陽	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
赵薇	趙薇	zhào wéi	Zhao Wei or Vicky Zhao (1976-), Chinese film star
跳水	跳水	tiào shuǐ	to dive ; diving (sport, a Chinese specialty)	plongeon;
蹴鞠	蹴鞠	cù jū	cuju, ancient Chinese football (soccer)
车	車	jū	war chariot (archaic) ; rook (in Chinese chess) ; rook (in chess)	tourner; façonner; véhicule ; machine;
转注	轉註	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
转注字	轉註字	zhuǎn zhù zì	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
输墨装置	輸墨裝置	shū mò zhuāng zhì	ink supply mechanism (idiom)
辞典	辭典	cí diǎn	dictionary (of Chinese compound words) ; also written 詞典\|词典[ci2 dian3]	dictionnaire;
辟雍砚	辟雍硯	pì yōng yàn	ink slab or ink stone of celadon or white porcelain with unglazed surface
辨证论治	辨證論治	biàn zhèng lùn zhì	holistic diagnosis and treatment (in traditional Chinese medicine)
辰星	辰星	chén xīng	Mercury in traditional Chinese astronomy ; see also 水星\|水星[shui3 xing1]
过年	過年	guò nián	to celebrate the Chinese New Year	passer le Nouvel An;
远志	遠志	yuǎn zhì	far-reaching ambition ; lofty ideal ; milkwort (Polygala myrtifolia), with roots used in Chinese medicine
迟浩田	遲浩田	chí hào tián	Chinese Defense Minister
迷踪罗汉拳	迷蹤羅漢拳	mí zōng luó hàn quán	Mizongyi, Mizong, My Jhong Law Horn - "Lost Track Fist" (Chinese Martial Art)
送气	送氣	sòng qì	aspiration (phonetics, explosion of breath on consonants distinguishing Chinese p, t from b, d)
逐水	逐水	zhú shuǐ	to relieve oedema through purging or diuresis (Chinese medicine)
通用汉字标准交换码	通用漢字標準交換碼	tōng yòng hàn zì biāo zhǔn jiāo huàn mǎ	UCS, Chinese character coding adopted in PRC 1986 ; abbr. to 通用碼\|通用码[tong1 yong4 ma3]
通经	通經	tōng jīng	conversant with the Confucian classics ; to stimulate menstrual flow (in traditional Chinese medicine)
造字	造字	zào zì	to create Chinese characters ; cf Six Methods of forming Chinese characters 六書\|六书[liu4 shu1]
逢年过节	逢年過節	féng nián guò jié	at the Chinese New Year or other festivities	pendant le Nouvel An ou les autres fêtes;
道教	道教	dào jiào	Taoism ; Daoism (Chinese system of beliefs)	taoïme;
邓小平	鄧小平	dèng xiǎo píng	Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997), Chinese communist leader, de facto leader of PRC 1978-1990 and creator of "socialism with Chinese characteristics"	Deng Xiaoping;
邓小平理论	鄧小平理論	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
邓颖超	鄧穎超	dèng yǐng chāo	Deng Yingchao (1904-1992), Chinese communist leader, wife of Zhou Enlai 周恩來\|周恩来
邪	邪	xié	demonic ; iniquitous ; nefarious ; evil ; unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine)	mauvais; malfaisant;
邪气	邪氣	xié qì	evil influence ; unhealthy trend ; pathogeny (cause of disease) in traditional Chinese medicine ; as opposed to vital energy 正氣\|正气[zheng4 qi4]
郎中	郎中	láng zhōng	doctor (Chinese medicine) ; ancient official title ; companions (respectful)
郎平	郎平	láng píng	Jenny Lang Ping (1960-), Chinese volleyball player, coach of USA women's national team since 2005
郑幸娟	鄭幸娟	zhèng xìng juān	Zheng Xingjuan (1989-), Chinese athlete, lady high jumper
郑成功	鄭成功	zhèng chéng gōng	Koxinga (1624-1662), south Chinese regional leader during early Qing, fled the mainland and conquered Taiwan from the Dutch
郑码	鄭碼	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
部首	部首	bù shǒu	the key or radical by which a character is arranged in a traditional Chinese dictionary	radicaux des caractères chinois par lesquels les mots sont arrangés dans un dictionnaire chinois traditionnel;
部首编排法	部首編排法	bù shǒu biān pái fǎ	dictionary arrangement of Chinese characters under radicals
郭晶晶	郭晶晶	guō jīng jīng	Guo Jingjing (1981-), Chinese female diver and Olympic gold medalist
郭永怀	郭永懷	guō yǒng huái	Guo Yonghuai (1909-1968), Chinese aviation pioneer
酸浆	酸漿	suān jiāng	Chinese lantern plant ; winter cherry ; strawberry ground-cherry ; Physalis alkekengi
酸菜	酸菜	suān cài	pickled vegetables, especially Chinese cabbage
里	里	lǐ	li (Chinese mile) ; 500 meters (modern) ; home ; hometown ; village ; neighborhood ; administrative unit
重叠	重疊	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)	superposer; empiler; répéter; réitérer; redoubler ; plier; qui se superposent; qui recouvre; qui fait double emploi avec quelque chose
重文	重文	chóng wén	repetitious passage ; multiple variants of Chinese characters
重迭	重迭	chóng dié	overlapping ; to duplicate ; to reduplicate (in Chinese grammar)
野天鹅	野天鵝	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
量	量	liáng	capacity ; quantity ; amount ; to estimate ; abbr. for 量詞\|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar) ; measure word	dose
量词	量詞	liàng cí	classifier (in Chinese grammar) ; measure word	gobelet
金曜日	金曜日	jīn yào rì	Friday (used in Ancient Chinese astronomy)
金毛狗	金毛狗	jīn máo gǒu	golden retriever (dog breed) ; Cibotium barometz, Asian tropical tree fern with hairy fronds, used in traditional Chinese medicine
金针菜	金針菜	jīn zhēn cài	day lily (Hemerocallis), used in Chinese medicine and cuisine
鑐	鑐	xū	bolt of a Chinese lock
钟鼎文	鐘鼎文	zhōng dǐng wén	bell-cauldron script ; the 籀文 form of Chinese character used in metal inscriptions
钱其琛	錢其琛	qián qí chēn	Qian Qichen (Chinese vice-premier)	Qian Qichen (vice-ministre chinois)
钱学森	錢學森	qián xué sēn	Qian Xuesen (1911-2009), Chinese scientist and aeronautical engineer
钱永健	錢永健	qián yǒng jiàn	Roger Yonchien Tsien (1952-), US Chinese chemist and 2008 Nobel laureate
铁板茄子	鐵板茄子	tiě bǎn qié zi	iron pan eggplant (typical Northern-Chinese dish)
锁呐	鎖吶	suǒ nà	suona, Chinese shawm ; see 嗩吶\|唢呐
错字	錯字	cuò zì	incorrect character ; typo (in Chinese text)	caractère fautif; faute d'impression; faute d'orthographe;
锣鼓	鑼鼓	luó gǔ	a gong ; traditional Chinese percussion instruments	gong et tambour;
锭	錠	dìng	(weaving) spindle ; ingot ; pressed cake of medicine etc ; classifier for: gold and silver ingots, ink sticks	lingot; fuseau; broche de métier à filer;
长庚	長庚	cháng gēng	classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the west after dusk
间隔号	間隔號	jiàn gé hào	Chinese centred dot mark · (punct. used to separate western names or words)
闹洞房	鬧洞房	nào dòng fáng	disturbing the bridal room (chinese custom where guests make fun at the expense of the newly-weds)
闽南	閩南	mǐn nán	Minnan, lit. south Fujian ; a southern Chinese dialect of Fujian and east Guangdong
闽南语	閩南語	mǐn nán yǔ	Minnan, lit. south Fujianese dialect ; southern Chinese dialects of Fujian and east Guangdong
阮咸	阮咸	ruǎn xián	ancient Chinese stringed instrument
阿不来提・阿不都热西提	阿不來提・阿不都熱西提	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
阿兰	阿蘭	ā lán	Alan, Allen, Allan, Alain etc (name) ; A-lan (Chinese female name)
阿胶	阿膠	ē jiāo	donkey hide glue (used in traditional Chinese medicine)
陆征祥	陸徵祥	lù zhēng xiáng	Lu Zhengxiang (1871-1949), Chinese diplomat and Catholic monk
陈冲	陳沖	chén chōng	Joan Chen (1961-), Chinese born American actress
陈厚	陳厚	chén hòu	Peter Chen Ho, Chinese actor
陈景润	陳景潤	chén jǐng rùn	Chen Jingrun (1933-1996) Chinese number theorist
陈独秀	陳獨秀	chén dú xiù	Chen Duxiu (1879-1942), Chinese Marxist and leading communist, blamed for the failures of Chinese communism from 1927, posthumously rehabilitated
陈皮	陳皮	chén pí	orange peel ; tangerine peel ; dried orange peel used in Chinese medicine
陈省身	陳省身	chén xǐng shēn	Shiing-Shen Chern (1911-2004), Chinese-American mathematician
降火	降火	jiàng huǒ	to decrease internal heat (Chinese medicine)
陶哲轩	陶哲軒	táo zhé xuān	Terence Tao, Chinese-Australian mathematician, Fields medalist in 2006
陶砚	陶硯	táo yàn	ink stone made of pottery
隶书	隸書	lì shū	Clerical script (Chinese writing style)
雅乐	雅樂	yǎ yuè	formal ceremonial music of each succeeding Chinese dynasty starting with the Zhou ; Korean a'ak ; Japanese gagaku
集部	集部	jí bù	non-canonical text ; Chinese literary work not included in official classics ; apocryphal
零声母	零聲母	líng shēng mǔ	absence of initial consonant ; a Chinese syllable having no initial consonant (starting directly with the medial vowel)
雷公	雷公	léi gōng	Lei Gong or Duke of Thunder, the God of Thunder in Chinese mythology
青囊	青囊	qīng náng	medical practice (Chinese medicine) (old)
青枣	青棗	qīng zǎo	blue or green jujube ; Chinese green date
青江菜	青江菜	qīng jiāng cài	bok choy ; Shanghai pak choy ; Chinese mustard (Brassica rapa Chinensis)
青红帮	青紅幫	qīng hóng bāng	traditional secret society, Chinese equivalent of Freemasons
青菜	青菜	qīng cài	green vegetables ; Chinese cabbage	légumes verts;
青龙	青龍	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[Dong1 fang1 Qing1 Long2 or 東方蒼龍\|东方&
韦氏拼法	韋氏拼法	wéi shì pīn fǎ	Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
韩邦庆	韓邦慶	hán bāng qìng	Han Bangqing (1856-1894), writer and publisher of experimental literary journal in classical Chinese and Jiangsu vernacular, author of novel 海上花列傳\|海上花列传
音符	音符	yīn fú	(music) note ; phonetic component of a Chinese character ; phonetic symbol ; phonogram	note;
音译	音譯	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
音韵	音韻	yīn yùn	phonetics of Chinese, 音[yin1] corresponding to the initial consonant and 韻\|韵[yun4] to the rhyme and tone
音韵学	音韻學	yīn yùn xué	Chinese phonetics (concerned also with rhyme in poetry)
韵	韻	yùn	beautiful sound ; appeal ; charm ; vowel ; rhyme ; in Chinese phonetics, the medial and final sound of a syllable (i.e. excluding the initial consonant)	rime ; charme;
韵书	韻書	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)
韵尾	韻尾	yùn wěi	the rhyming part of a syllable ; in a Chinese syllable, the medial vowel plus final consonant (if any)
韵母	韻母	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	voyelle; finale;
顺应天时	順應天時	shùn yìng tiān shí	going with nature and the seasons (traditional Chinese medicine concept)
顾炎武	顧炎武	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
顿号	頓號	dùn hào	Chinese back-sloping comma 、 (punct. used to separate items in a list)
颜体	顏體	yán tǐ	Yan Style (in Chinese calligraphy)
额菲尔士峰	額菲爾士峰	é fēi ěr shì fēng	Mt Everest (transliteration), Mt Chomolungma or Qomolangma (Tibetan), Chinese 珠穆朗瑪峰\|珠穆朗玛峰 ; Nepalese: Sagarmatha
风邪	風邪	fēng xié	pathogenic influence (in traditional Chinese medicine)
食疗	食療	sì liáo	food therapy ; treatment via food (in traditional Chinese medicine)
餫	餫	hún	Chinese ravioli
饨	飩	tún	Chinese ravioli
馄	餛	hún	Chinese ravioli
馅儿饼	餡兒餅	xiàn r bǐng	erhua variant of 餡餅\|馅饼 ; Chinese meat pie ; pasty
首尔	首爾	shǒu ěr	Seoul 서울, capital of South Korea (Chinese spelling adopted in 2005)
首尔市	首爾市	shǒu ěr shì	Seoul Metropolitan City, capital of South Korea (Chinese spelling adopted in 2005)
首尔特别市	首爾特別市	shǒu ěr tè bié shì	Seoul Metropolitan City, capital of South Korea (Chinese spelling adopted in 2005)
香桂	香桂	xiāng guì	see 桂皮[gui4 pi2], Chinese cinnamon
香港中文大学	香港中文大學	xiāng gǎng zhōng wén dà xué	Chinese University of Hong Kong	Université chinoise de Hong Kong
香蕉人	香蕉人	xiāng jiāo rén	banana person (yellow outside, white inside) ; mildly pejorative term used by Chinese for assimilated Asian Americans ; Westernized person of Asian appearance
马	馬	mǎ	horse ; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess ; knight in Western chess	cheval; jument;
马友友	馬友友	mǎ yǒu yǒu	Yo-Yo Ma (1955-), French-Chinese-American cellist
马尾松	馬尾松	mǎ wěi sōng	Masson pine (Pinus massoniana, Chinese red pine, horsetail pine)
马蹄	馬蹄	mǎ tí	horse's hoof ; horseshoe ; Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis or E. congesta)
马面	馬面	mǎ miàn	Horse-Face, one of the two guardians of the underworld in Chinese mythology
骐麟	騏驎	qí lín	variant of 麒麟[qi2 lin2] ; qilin (mythical Chinese animal) ; kylin ; Chinese unicorn ; commonly mistranslated as giraffe
高行健	高行健	gāo xíng jiàn	Gao Xingjian (1940-), Chinese novelist and Nobel laureate, author of Soul Mountain 靈山\|灵山
魏京生	魏京生	wèi jīng shēng	Wei Jingsheng (1950-), Beijing-based Chinese dissident, imprisoned 1978-1993 and 1995-1997, released to the US in 1997
鱀	鱀	jì	variant of 暨 ; reach to ; the end ; see 白鱀豚\|白暨豚 extinct Chinese river dolphin
鲁班	魯班	lǔ bān	Lu Ban, legendary master craftsman, called the father of Chinese carpentry
鲁迅	魯迅	lǔ xùn	Lu Xun (1881-1936), one of the earliest and best-known modern Chinese writers
鲅	鲅	bō	Chinese mackerel
鳄蜥	鱷蜥	è xī	Chinese crocodile lizard (Shinisaurus crocodilurus)
鳝	鱔	shàn	Chinese yellow eel	anguille
鸨	鴇	bǎo	Chinese bustard ; procuress	outarde
鹂	鸝	lí	Chinese oriole
鹤佬人	鶴佬人	hè lǎo rén	Hoklo people, southern Chinese people of Taiwan
鹪鹩	鷦鷯	jiāo liáo	wren, Troglodytes troglodytes, many Chinese and Himalayan species
鹿茸	鹿茸	lù róng	young deer antler prior to ossification (used in traditional Chinese medicine)
麐	麐	lín	female of Chinese unicorn
麒麟	麒麟	qí lín	qilin (mythical Chinese animal) ; kylin ; Chinese unicorn ; commonly mistranslated as giraffe	licorne chinoise;
麒麟菜	麒麟菜	qí lín cài	eucheuma, type of red algae used in Traditional Chinese Medicine
麻黄	麻黃	má huáng	ephedra plant (Ephedra sinica) ; ephedrine (alkaloid of traditional Chinese medicine)
黄泉	黄泉	huáng quán	the Yellow Springs ; the underworld of Chinese mythology ; the equivalent of Hades or Hell
黄炎贵胄	黃炎貴胄	huáng yán guì zhòu	honorable Chinese nationals (idiom)
黄耆	黃耆	huáng qí	milk vetch ; plant genus Astragalus ; huangqi 黃芪\|黄芪, Astragalus membranaceus, used in traditional Chinese medicine
黄芪	黃芪	huáng qí	huangqi ; milk vetch root used in traditional Chinese medicine ; Astragalus membranaceus or Astragalus mongholicus
黄连	黃連	huáng lián	Chinese goldthread (Coptis chinensis), rhizome used in medicine
鼻韵母	鼻韻母	bí yùn mǔ	(of Chinese pronunciation) a vowel followed by a nasal consonant
齐白石	齊白石	qí bái shí	Qi Baishi (1864-1957), famous Chinese painter
龙的传人	龍的傳人	lóng de chuán rén	Descendant of the Dragon (i.e Han Chinese)
龙骨	龍骨	lóng gǔ	keel ; dragon bones (ancient bones used in traditional Chinese medicine)

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