古法 gǔ fǎ traditional method / traditional technique / (of a product, craft etc) traditional / old-style 白描 bái miáo line drawing in traditional ink-and-brush style / simple and straightforward style of writing 正体 正體 zhèng tǐ standard form (of a Chinese character) / plain font style (as opposed to bold or italic) / printed style (as opposed to cursive) / (Tw) traditional (i.e. unsimplified) characters syn 非洲影响妇幼健康传统习俗问题委员会 非洲影響婦幼健康傳統習俗問題委員會 Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children / Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices 非洲传统习俗委员会 非洲傳統習俗委員會 Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children / Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices 传统疗法术士 傳統療法術士 traditional health practitioner / traditional healer / healer 土医郎中 土醫郎中 traditional health practitioner / traditional healer / healer 旧式行医者 舊式行醫者 traditional health practitioner / traditional healer / healer 写意画 寫意畫 xiě yì huà freehand drawing or painting in traditional Chinese style 八角床 bā jiǎo chuáng traditional-style canopy bed 石库门 石庫門 shí kù mén "shikumen" style architecture: traditional (ca. 19th century) residences with courtyards, once common in Shanghai 常德丝弦 常德絲弦 cháng dé sī xián Changde sixian, theatrical folk music style with singing in Changde dialect accompanied by traditional string instruments 打档车 打檔車 dǎ dǎng chē (Tw) manual transmission motorcycle (usually denotes a traditional-style motorcycle, as opposed to a scooter) 国风 國風 guó fēng traditional Chinese style 作风 作風 zuò fēng style / style of work / way syn 格调 格調 gé diào style (of art or literature) / form / one's work style / moral character syn 写法 寫法 xiě fǎ style of writing (literary style) / way of writing a character / spelling 手笔 手筆 shǒu bǐ sth written or painted in one's own hand / (of a writer, calligrapher or painter) skill / style / hand / (fig.) style shown in spending money, handling business etc / scale syn 体式 體式 tǐ shì (of characters) form / style (cursive, printed etc) / (of a literary work) form / style / genre 狗爬式 gǒu pá shì dog paddle (swimming style) / doggy style (sex position) 澳式 ào shì Australian-style / Macanese-style 英式 yīng shì British-style / English-style 传统 傳統 chuán tǒng tradition / traditional / convention / conventional / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 人物 rén wù person / personage / figure (esp. sb of importance) / character (in a play, novel etc) / (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting syn 楼主 樓主 lóu zhǔ original poster (in an online forum) / landlord of a building (traditional) 简体 簡體 jiǎn tǐ simplified form of Chinese characters, as opposed to traditional form 繁體|繁体[fan2 ti3] 中医 中醫 zhōng yī traditional Chinese medical science / a doctor trained in Chinese medicine syn 繁体 繁體 fán tǐ traditional form of Chinese, as opposed to simplified form 簡體|简体[jian3 ti3] syn 中药 中藥 zhōng yào traditional Chinese medicine / CL:服[fu4],種|种[zhong3] syn 繁体中文 繁體中文 fán tǐ zhōng wén traditional character Chinese 农历 農曆 nóng lì the traditional Chinese calendar / the lunar calendar syn 中秋 zhōng qiū the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the 8th lunar month syn 正宗 zhèng zōng orthodox school / fig. traditional / old school / authentic / genuine syn 天子 tiān zǐ the (rightful) emperor / "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation) syn 西洋 xī yáng the West (Europe and North America) / countries of the Indian Ocean (traditional) 长袍 長袍 cháng páo chang pao (traditional Chinese men's robe) / gown / robe / CL:件[jian4] syn 正统 正統 zhèng tǒng orthodoxy / tradition / orthodox / traditional / principles of dynastic succession / (of an heir) legitimate syn 国画 國畫 guó huà traditional Chinese painting syn 太极拳 太極拳 tài jí quán shadowboxing or Taiji, T'aichi or T'aichichuan / traditional form of physical exercise or relaxation / a martial art 气功 氣功 qì gōng qigong, a traditional Chinese system of cultivating vital energy 氣|气[qi4] through coordinated breathing, movement and meditation 马背 馬背 mǎ bèi horse's back / (traditional Chinese architecture) roof with a low-slung curved ridgelines and geometric shapes on the upper gable walls at the ends of the roof ridges 杨柳 楊柳 yáng liǔ willow tree / poplar and willow / name of traditional tune syn 民乐 民樂 mín yuè folk music, esp. for traditional instruments syn 磕头 磕頭 kē tóu to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground) syn 中西医结合 中西醫結合 zhōng xī yī jié hé to combine traditional Chinese and Western medicine 被窝 被窩 bèi wō (traditional bedding) quilt wrapped around the body as a tube / (contemporary) bedding / bed cover 厢房 廂房 xiāng fáng wing (of a traditional house) / side room syn 长衫 長衫 cháng shān long gown / cheongsam / traditional Asian dress for men or (in Hong Kong) women's qipao syn 韩服 韓服 hán fú hanbok (traditional Korean dress) 小脚 小腳 xiǎo jiǎo bound feet (traditional) syn 简繁 簡繁 jiǎn fán simple versus traditional (Chinese characters) 星宿 xīng xiù constellation (arch., now 星座) / one of the 28 constellations of traditional Chinese astronomy and astrology / motion of stars since one's birth (predetermining one's fate in astrology) syn 繁体字 繁體字 fán tǐ zì traditional Chinese character 叩头 叩頭 kòu tóu to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground) / also written 磕頭|磕头[ke1 tou2] syn 中医学 中醫學 zhōng yī xué traditional Chinese medicine / TCM syn 狂言 kuáng yán ravings / delirious utterances / kyōgen (a form of traditional Japanese comic theater) syn 灯会 燈會 dēng huì carnival during the Lantern Festival, with lantern displays and traditional folk performances such as stilt walking and lion dance 唐装 唐裝 táng zhuāng Tang suit (traditional Chinese jacket) 道袍 dào páo Taoist robe / traditional men's gown syn 陈皮 陳皮 chén pí dried tangerine peel (used in cuisine and traditional Chinese medicine) 黑店 hēi diàn lit. inn that kills and robs guests (esp. in traditional fiction) / fig. a scam / protection racket / daylight robbery 舞狮 舞獅 wǔ shī lion dance (traditional Chinese dance form) syn 丝竹 絲竹 sī zhú traditional Chinese musical instruments / music 清官 qīng guān honest and upright official (traditional) syn 繁简 繁簡 fán jiǎn complicated and simple / traditional and simplified form of Chinese characters 干妈 乾媽 gān mā adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) syn 仕女 shì nǚ court lady / palace maid / traditional painting of beautiful women syn 月子 yuè zi traditional one-month confinement period following childbirth / puerperium 两广 兩廣 liǎng guǎng the two provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi (traditional) 花红 花紅 huā hóng flowers on red silk (a traditional gift to celebrate weddings etc) / a bonus / crab apple (Malus asiatica) syn 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] syn 汉服 漢服 hàn fú traditional Han Chinese dress 大福 dà fú a great blessing / daifuku, a traditional Japanese sweet consisting of a soft, chewy outer layer made of glutinous rice (mochi) and a sweet filling, commonly red bean paste (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 大福 "daifuku") 工笔 工筆 gōng bǐ gongbi, traditional Chinese painting method characterized by meticulous brush technique and detailed description 传统医学 傳統醫學 chuán tǒng yī xué traditional medicine 斗拱 dǒu gǒng interlocking wooden brackets between the top of a column and crossbeams used in traditional Chinese architecture 卫道 衛道 wèi dào to defend traditional values 堂屋 táng wū central room of a traditional Chinese house syn 国乐 國樂 guó yuè national music / Chinese traditional music 帮腔 幫腔 bāng qiāng vocal accompaniment in some traditional Chinese operas / to speak in support of / to chime in syn 正房 zhèng fáng central building (in a traditional house) / primary wife syn 相夫教子 xiàng fū jiào zǐ to assist one's husband and educate the children (idiom) / the traditional roles of a good wife 做功 zuò gōng (physics) to do work / non-vocal acting (in traditional Chinese opera) 贤慧 賢慧 xián huì (of a wife) wise and kind / perfect in her traditional roles 华容道 華容道 huá róng dào Huarong Road (traditional puzzle involving sliding wooden blocks, loosely based on an episode in Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]) 土法 tǔ fǎ traditional method 七巧板 qī qiǎo bǎn tangram (traditional Chinese block puzzle) 海参崴 海參崴 hǎi shēn wǎi Haishenwai, traditional Chinese name for Vladivostok 符拉迪沃斯托克[Fu2 la1 di2 wo4 si1 tuo1 ke4] 千字文 qiān zì wén Thousand Character Classic, 6th century poem used as a traditional reading primer 种姓 種姓 zhǒng xìng caste (traditional Indian social division) 影壁 yǐng bì spirit wall (screen wall used to shield an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture) syn 太极剑 太極劍 tài jí jiàn a kind of traditional Chinese sword-play 夏历 夏曆 xià lì the traditional Chinese lunar calendar syn 交杯酒 jiāo bēi jiǔ formal exchange of cups of wine between bride and groom as traditional wedding ceremony 虚岁 虛歲 xū suì one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived) – In this system, a person's age at birth is one, and increases by one at the beginning of the first solar term 立春[Li4 chun1] each year, rather than on one's birthday. / contrasted with 實歲|实岁[shi2 sui4] 抛绣球 拋繡球 pāo xiù qiú throwing the embroidered ball (traditional Zhuang flirting game at festivals) / (fig.) to make overtures / to court 兰花指 蘭花指 lán huā zhǐ hand gesture in traditional dances (joined thumb and middle finger, the rest extended) syn 萧墙 蕭牆 xiāo qiáng (literary) screen wall shielding an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture syn 湘绣 湘繡 xiāng xiù Hunan embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 蘇繡|苏绣[Su1 xiu4], 粵繡|粤绣[Yue4 xiu4] and 蜀繡|蜀绣[Shu3 xiu4]) 