"(formal) posthumous birthday" Chinese-English Dictionary

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冥诞 冥誕 míng dàn (formal) posthumous birthday
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
小寿星 小壽星 xiǎo shòu xīng child whose birthday is being celebrated / birthday boy / birthday girl
shì Japanese variant of 謚|谥 / posthumous name or title / to confer a posthumous title
谥号 諡號 shì hào honorary posthumous name / posthumous title
圣诞 聖誕 shèng dàn Christmas / birthday of reigning Emperor / Confucius' birthday
拜寿 拜壽 bài shòu congratulate an elderly person on his birthday / offer birthday felicitations syn
大寿 大壽 dà shòu (polite) birthday making the beginning of new decade of life for an older person, especially over 50 years old (e.g. 60th or 70th birthday) syn
华诞 華誕 huá dàn (formal) birthday / anniversary of the founding of an organization syn
声请 聲請 shēng qǐng to make a formal request / formal request / to make a claim (law)
死后 死後 sǐ hòu after death / posthumous
追加 zhuī jiā to add something extra / an additional increment / addendum / to append / an additional posthumous title syn
遗书 遺書 yí shū posthumous writing / testament / suicide note / ancient literature syn
太祖 tài zǔ Great Ancestor (posthumous title, e.g. for the founder of a dynasty) syn
太宗 tài zōng posthumous name given to the second emperor of a dynasty / King Taejong of Joseon Korea (1367-1422), reigned 1400-1418
遗作 遺作 yí zuò posthumous work syn
汉高祖 漢高祖 hàn gāo zǔ posthumous name of the first Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 (256 or 247-195 BC), reigned 202-195 BC
追认 追認 zhuī rèn to recognize sth after the event / posthumous recognition / to ratify / to endorse retroactively
遗诏 遺詔 yí zhào posthumous edict (of former emperor)
遗腹子 遺腹子 yí fù zǐ posthumous child
司马炎 司馬炎 sī mǎ yán Sima Yan (236-290), founder and first emperor (265-290) of the Western Jin dynasty 西晉|西晋[Xi1 Jin4], posthumous name 晉武帝|晋武帝[Jin4 Wu3di4]
冥婚 míng hūn posthumous or ghost marriage (in which at least one of the bride and groom is dead)
遗著 遺著 yí zhù posthumous work (of a writer) syn
哀荣 哀榮 āi róng (literary) reverence accorded to sb who has died / posthumous recognition syn
遗墨 遺墨 yí mò posthumous (painting, calligraphy, prose etc) syn
mǐn (ancient character used in posthumous titles of monarchs) / old variant of 憫|悯[min3]
宋太祖 sòng tài zǔ Emperor Taizu of Song, posthumous title of the founding Song emperor Zhao Kuangyin 趙匡胤|赵匡胤 (927-976), reigned from 960
元太祖 yuán tài zǔ posthumous title of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗[Cheng2 ji2 si1 han2] (1162-1227)
先帝遗诏 先帝遺詔 xiān dì yí zhào posthumous edict of a former emperor / Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4] edict to posterity
孝肃 孝肅 xiào sù Xiaosu, posthumous name of Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty
清太宗 qīng tài zōng posthumous title of Hong Taiji 皇太極|皇太极[Huang2 Tai4 ji2] (1592-1643), eighth son of Nurhaci 努爾哈赤|努尔哈赤[Nu3 er3 ha1 chi4], reigned 1626-1636 as Second Khan of Later Jin dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1], then founded the Qing dynasty 大清[Da4 Qing1] and reigned 1636-1643 as Emperor
清太祖 qīng tài zǔ posthumous title of Nurhaci 努爾哈赤|努尔哈赤[Nu3 er3 ha1 chi4] (1559-1626), founder and first Khan of the Manchu Later Jin dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1] (from 1616)
皇太极 皇太極 huáng tài jí Hong Taiji (1592-1643), eighth son of Nurhaci 努爾哈赤|努尔哈赤[Nu3 er3 ha1 chi4], reigned 1626-1636 as Second Khan of Later Jin dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1], then founded the Qing dynasty 大清[Da4 Qing1] and reigned 1636-1643 as Emperor / posthumous name 清太宗[Qing1 Tai4 zong1]
盖棺 蓋棺 gài guān coffin lid / fig. posthumous reputation
遗教 遺教 yí jiào work or plans left as a legacy / the views of the departed / posthumous orders or teachings syn
遗男 遺男 yí nán orphan / posthumous son
开漳圣王 開漳聖王 kāi zhāng shèng wáng Sacred King, founder of Zhangzhou, posthumous title of Tang dynasty general Chen Yuanguang (657-711) 陳元光|陈元光[Chen2 Yuan2 guang1]
陈元光 陳元光 chén yuán guāng Chen Yuanguang (657-711), Tang dynasty general with posthumous title 開漳聖王|开漳圣王[Kai1 zhang1 sheng4 wang2], i.e. Sacred King, founder of Zhangzhou 漳州[Zhang1 zhou1], Fujian
隋文帝 suí wén dì Wendi (541-604), posthumous name of the first Sui emperor, reigned 581-604
追封 zhuī fēng to confer a posthumous title
追尊 zhuī zūn posthumous honorific name
生日 shēng rì birthday / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
生日快乐 生日快樂 shēng rì kuài lè Happy birthday
周岁 週歲 zhōu suì one full year (e.g. on child's first birthday)
过生日 過生日 guò shēng rì to celebrate a birthday syn
千秋 qiān qiū a thousand years / your birthday (honorific)
满月 滿月 mǎn yuè full moon / whole month / baby's one-month old birthday syn
一丝不挂 一絲不掛 yī sī bù guà not wearing one thread (idiom) / absolutely naked / without a stitch of clothing / in one's birthday suit syn
教师节 教師節 jiào shī jié Teachers' Day (September 10th in PRC and Confucius's birthday, September 28th in Taiwan)
诞辰 誕辰 dàn chén birthday syn
生日蛋糕 shēng rì dàn gāo birthday cake
生辰 shēng chén birthday syn
寿星 壽星 shòu xīng god of longevity / elderly person whose birthday is being celebrated syn
庆生 慶生 qìng shēng to celebrate a birthday
祝寿 祝壽 zhù shòu to offer birthday congratulations (to an elderly person) syn
寿辰 壽辰 shòu chén birthday (of an old person) syn
寿桃 壽桃 shòu táo (myth.) peaches of immortality, kept by Xi Wangmu / fresh or confectionery peaches offered as a birthday gift
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]
寿礼 壽禮 shòu lǐ birthday present (for an old person)
生日卡 shēng rì kǎ birthday card
做生日 zuò shēng rì to celebrate a birthday syn
做寿 做壽 zuò shòu to celebrate a birthday (of an elderly person) syn
抓周 zhuā zhōu custom of placing a variety of articles (writing brush, abacus etc) before an infant on its first birthday to see which one he or she picks up (The article chosen is supposed to be an indication of the child's inclinations, future career etc.)
寿面 壽麵 shòu miàn birthday noodles (for longevity)
寿 shòu long life / old age / age / life / birthday / funerary syn
zhù to pray for / to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc) / person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremonies syn
dàn birth / birthday / brag / boast / to increase
花朝月夕 huā zhāo yuè xī a beautiful day / cf Birthday of the Flowers on lunar 15th February and Mid-autumn Festival on lunar 15th August syn
zuì 1st birthday of a child
佛诞日 佛誕日 fó dàn rì Buddha's Birthday (8th day of the 4th Lunar month)
及笄 jí jī to reach marriageable age (a girl's fifteenth birthday)
周晬 zhōu zuì one full year (e.g. on child's first birthday) / same as 週歲|周岁[zhou1 sui4]
喜寿 喜壽 xǐ shòu 77th birthday (honorific, archaic or Japanese term)
寿堂 壽堂 shòu táng mourning hall / a hall for a birthday celebration
寿桃包 壽桃包 shòu táo bāo longevity peach bun / birthday peach bun
寿筵 壽筵 shòu yán birthday banquet
旬岁 旬歲 xún suì full year / first birthday
生日贺卡 生日賀卡 shēng rì hè kǎ birthday card
花朝节 花朝節 huā zhāo jié Birthday of the Flowers, spring festival on lunar 12th or 15th February
萨噶达娃节 薩噶達娃節 sà gá dá wá jié Tibetan festival on 15th April marking Sakyamuni's birthday
下次生日年龄 下次生日年齡 xià cì shēng rì nián líng age at next birthday
上次生日年龄 上次生日年齡 shàng cì shēng rì nián líng age at last birthday
母难日 母難日 mǔ nàn rì (old) birthday
寿糕 壽糕 shòu gāo birthday cake
毛诞节 毛誕節 máo dàn jié Mao Zedong’s birthday, December 26th
过生 過生 guò shēng to celebrate a birthday
冥寿 冥壽 míng shòu birthday of a deceased person
地区 地區 dì qū local / regional / district (not necessarily formal administrative unit) / region / area / as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
正式 zhèng shì formal / official syn
光临 光臨 guāng lín (formal) to honor with one's presence / to attend syn
广播 廣播 guǎng bō broadcast / CL:個|个[ge4] / broadcasting / to broadcast / (formal) to propagate / to publicize syn
前来 前來 qián lái to come (formal) / before / previously
尊敬 zūn jìng to respect / to revere / to esteem / honorable / distinguished (used on formal occasions before a term of address) syn
客气 客氣 kè qi polite / courteous / formal / modest syn
大名 dà míng famous name / your distinguished name / one's formal personal name / (Japanese history) daimyo syn
得罪 dé zuì to commit an offense / to violate the law / excuse me! (formal) / see also 得罪[de2 zui5] syn
少见 少見 shǎo jiàn rare / seldom seen / (formal) it's a rare pleasure to see you syn
礼服 禮服 lǐ fú ceremonial robe / formal attire (dinner suit, evening gown etc) syn
条目 條目 tiáo mù clauses and sub-clauses (in formal document) / entry (in a dictionary, encyclopedia etc) syn
所幸 suǒ xìng fortunately (formal writing)
御史 yù shǐ imperial censor (formal title of a dynastic official)
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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