犁靬 lí jiān Han dynasty name for countries in far West / may refer to Silk Road states or Alexandria or the Roman empire 欧几里得 歐幾里得 ōu jǐ lǐ dé Euclid of Alexandria (c. 300 BC), Greek geometer and author of the Elements 幾何原本|几何原本[Ji3he2 Yuan2ben3] 亚历山大里亚 亞歷山大里亞 yà lì shān dà lǐ yà Alexandria 刁藩都 diāo fān dōu Diophantus of Alexandria (3rd century AD), Greek mathematician 亚历山大议定书 yà lì shān dài yì dìng shū Alexandria Protocol 关于复兴亚历山大图书馆的阿斯旺宣言 關於複興亞歷山大圖書館的阿斯旺宣言 Aswan Declaration on the revival of the Library of Alexandria 本名 běn míng original name / real name / (of foreigners) first name / given name 镇长 鎮長 zhèn zhǎng town headman / mayor (of small town or village) / bailiff 边城 邊城 biān chéng border town / remote town 虎门镇 虎門鎮 hǔ mén zhèn Humen Town, also known as Taiping 太平[Tai4 ping2], a town within Dongguan prefecture-level city 東莞市|东莞市[Dong1 guan3 Shi4], Guangdong 满城风雨 滿城風雨 mǎn chéng fēng yǔ lit. wind and rain sweeping through the town (idiom) / fig. a big scandal / an uproar / the talk of the town syn 北安普敦 běi ān pǔ dūn Northampton, town in central England, county town of Northamptonshire 北安普敦郡[Bei3 an1 pu3 dun1 jun4] 九份 jiǔ fèn Jiufen (or Jioufen or Chiufen), mountainside town in north Taiwan, former gold mining town, used as the setting for two well-known movies 大名 dà míng famous name / your distinguished name / one's formal personal name / (Japanese history) daimyo syn 约翰 約翰 yuē hàn John (name) / Johan (name) / Johann (name) 大和 dà hé Yamato, an ancient Japanese province, a period of Japanese history, a place name, a surname etc / Daiwa, a Japanese place name, business name etc 学名 學名 xué míng scientific name / Latin name (of plant or animal) / (according to an old system of nomenclature) on entering school life, a formal personal name given to new students 花名 huā míng name of a person on the household register (old) / name on a roster / professional name of a prostitute / pseudonym / nickname 表字 biǎo zì literary name (an alternative name of a person stressing a moral principle) / courtesy name syn 名不副实 名不副實 míng bù fù shí the name does not reflect the reality (idiom) / more in name than in fact / Reality does not live up to the name. / Excellent theory, but the practice does not bear it out. syn 代字 dài zì abbreviated name of an entity (e.g. 皖政, a short name for 安徽省人民政府) / code name / (old) pronoun 城关镇 城關鎮 chéng guān zhèn Chengguan town (common place name) 金宝 金寶 jīn bǎo Campbell (name) / Kampar, town in the state of Perak, Malaysia 新塘 xīn táng Xintang, common town or village name / Xintang village in Guangdong province 筸 gān used in 鎮筸|镇筸[Zhen4gan1], the former name of Fenghuang Ancient Town 鳳凰古城|凤凰古城[Feng4huang2 Gu3cheng2] in Hunan 哈贝尔 哈貝爾 hā bèi ěr Habel, Haber or Hubbell (name) / Harbel (town in Liberia) 明德镇 明德鎮 míng dé zhèn Middlebury (name of town in Vermont) 中甸 zhōng diàn Gyeltang or Gyalthang town and county, former name of Shangri-La County 香格里拉縣|香格里拉县[Xiang1 ge2 li3 la1 Xian4] in Dêqên or Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[Di2 qing4 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Yunnan 哈利法克斯 hā lì fǎ kè sī Halifax (name) / Halifax city, capital of Nova Scotia, Canada / Halifax, town in West Yorkshire, England 桑帕约 桑帕約 sāng pà yuē Sampaio (name) / Jorge Sampaio (1939-), Portuguese lawyer and politician, president of Portugal 1996-2006 / Sampaio, town in Brazil 松岛 松島 sōng dǎo Matsushima (name) / Matsushima town and national park in Miyagi prefecture, Japan 中甸县 中甸縣 zhōng diàn xiàn Gyeltang or Gyalthang town and county, former name of Shangri-La County 香格里拉縣|香格里拉县[Xiang1 ge2 li3 la1 Xian4] in Dêqên or Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[Di2 qing4 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Yunnan 斄 tái ancient place name (a Han dynasty town in Shaanxi) / variant of 邰[Tai2] 文峰镇 文峰鎮 wén fēng zhèn Wenfeng town (common place name) 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 金城镇 金城鎮 jīn chéng zhèn Jincheng (common place name) / Chincheng town in Kinmen County 金門縣|金门县[Jin1 men2 xian4] (Kinmen or Quemoy islands), Taiwan 唝吥 嗊吥 gòng bù old name for Kampot province and Kampot town in Cambodia, now written 貢布|贡布[Gong4 bu4] 名称 名稱 míng chēng name (of a thing) / name (of an organization) syn 姓名 xìng míng surname and given name / full name syn 抬头 抬頭 tái tóu to raise one's head / to gain ground / account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc syn 名义 名義 míng yì name / titular / nominal / in name / ostensible purpose syn 天后 tiān hòu Tin Hau, Empress of Heaven, another name for the goddess Matsu 媽祖|妈祖[Ma1 zu3] / Tin Hau (Hong Kong area around the MTR station with same name) 品名 pǐn míng name of product / brand name 金陵 jīn líng pre-Han name for Nanjing / common place name 化名 huà míng to go by an alias / to assume a false name / alias / pseudonym / assumed name syn 维多利亚 維多利亞 wéi duō lì yà (name) Victoria / (place name) Victoria (capital of the Seychelles, southeastern state in Australia etc) 永乐 永樂 yǒng lè Yongle Emperor, reign name of third Ming emperor Zhu Di 朱棣[Zhu1 Di4] (1360-1424), reigned 1403-1424, temple name 明成祖[Ming2 Cheng2 zu3] 点名 點名 diǎn míng roll call / to mention sb by name / (to call or praise or criticize sb) by name syn 起名 qǐ míng to name / to christen / to take a name 并称 並稱 bìng chēng joint name / combined name syn 阿兰 阿蘭 ā lán Alan, Allen, Allan, Alain etc (name) / A-lan (Chinese female name) 申城 shēn chéng alternative name for Shanghai 上海[Shang4 hai3] / alternative name for Xinyang City, Henan 信陽市|信阳市[Xin4 yang2 Shi4] 小名 xiǎo míng pet name for a child / childhood name syn 高梁 gāo liáng Takahashi (name) / Takahashi city in Okayama prefecture, Japan / Highbridge (name) 洪武 hóng wǔ Hongwu Emperor, also written Hung-wu Ti, reign name of first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋[Zhu1 Yuan2 zhang1] (1328-1398), reigned 1386-1398, temple name 明太祖[Ming2 Tai4 zu3] 弗洛伊德 fú luò yī dé Floyd (name) / Freud (name) / Dr Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), the founder of psychoanalysis 年号 年號 nián hào reign title / era name (name for either the entire reign of an emperor or one part of it) / year number (such as 2016 or 甲子) 正德 zhèng dé Zhengde Emperor, reign name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhu Houzhao 朱厚照[Zhu1 Hou4 zhao4] (1491-1521), reigned 1505-1521, temple name 明武宗[Ming2 Wu3 zong1] 假名 jiǎ míng false name / pseudonym / alias / pen name / the Japanese kana scripts / hiragana 平假名[ping2 jia3 ming2] and katakana 片假名[pian4 jia3 ming2] syn 百胜 百勝 bǎi shèng BaiSheng, common name for Chinese company / PakSing, common Hong Kong company name 雅各 yǎ gè Jacob (name) / James (name) 别称 別稱 bié chēng another name / alternative name syn 俗名 sú míng vernacular name / lay name (of a priest) syn 乳名 rǔ míng infant name / pet name for a child syn 有名无实 有名無實 yǒu míng wú shí lit. has a name but no reality (idiom) / exists only in name / nominal syn 天顺 天順 tiān shùn Tianshun Emperor, reign name of eighth Ming Emperor 朱祁鎮|朱祁镇[Zhu1 Qi2 zhen4] (1427-1464), reigned 1457-1464, temple name Yingzong 英宗[Ying1 zong1] 未命名 wèi mìng míng untitled / unnamed / no name / nameless / unknown name 代称 代稱 dài chēng alternative name / to refer to sth by another name / antonomasia 宣德 xuān dé Xuande Emperor, reign name of fifth Ming emperor Zhu Zhanji 朱瞻基[Zhu1 Zhan1 ji1] (1398-1435), reigned 1426-1436, temple name 明宣宗[Ming2 Xuan1 zong1] 冒名顶替 冒名頂替 mào míng dǐng tì to assume sb's name and take his place (idiom) / to impersonate / to pose under a false name syn 称 稱 chēng to weigh / to state / to name / name / appellation / to praise syn 氏 shì clan name / maiden name syn 渝 yú short name for Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4] / old name of Jialing River 嘉陵江[Jia1 ling2 Jiang1] in Sichuan 荀 xún (archaic) name of a plant mentioned in ancient texts / name of a state that existed during the Zhou dynasty in present-day Shanxi 泸 瀘 lú old name of a river in Jiangxi / place name 郪 qī name of a river / place name 名副其实 名副其實 míng fù qí shí not just in name only, but also in reality (idiom) / aptly named / worthy of the name syn 名从主人 名從主人 míng cóng zhǔ rén (idiom) to refer to sth by the name its owners use / to refer to a place by the name its inhabitants use (e.g. refer to Seoul as 首爾|首尔[Shou3 er3] rather than 漢城|汉城[Han4 cheng2]) 有名亡实 有名亡實 yǒu míng wáng shí lit. has a name but no reality (idiom) / exists only in name / nominal 佛洛伊德 fó luò yī dé Floyd (name) / Freud (name) / Dr Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), the founder of psychoanalysis 明和 míng hé Minghe, rail station in South Taiwan / Meiwa (Japanese reign name 1764-1772) / Meiwa (common name for Japanese companies or schools) 莫杰斯特 莫傑斯特 mò jié sī tè Modest (name) / Modeste (name) 中间名 中間名 zhōng jiān míng middle name / second given name 同名同姓 tóng míng tóng xìng having same given name and family name 问名 問名 wèn míng to enquire, according to custom, after the name and horoscope of intended bride / one of a set of six traditional marriage protocols (六禮|六礼), in which name as well as date and time of birth (for horoscope) are formally requested of the prospective bride's family 寄名 jì míng adopted name / to take a name (of one's adoptive family) 岩仓 岩倉 yán cāng Iwakura, Japanese name and place-name 拉鲁 拉魯 lā lǔ Lhalu, Tibetan name and place name / Lhalu Tsewang Dorje (1915-2011), Tibetan pro-Chinese politician / Lhalu suburb of Lhasa 明天启 明天啟 míng tiān qǐ Tianqi Emperor, reign name of fifteenth Ming emperor Zhu Youxiao 朱由校[Zhu1 You2 xiao4] (1605-1627), reigned 1620-1627, temple name 明熹宗[Ming2 Xi1 zong1] 景泰 jǐng tài Jingtai county in Baiyin 白銀|白银[Bai2 yin2], Gansu / Jingtai Emperor, reign name of seventh Ming Emperor Zhu Qiyu 朱祁鈺|朱祁钰[Zhu1 Qi2 yu4] (1428-1457), reigned 1449-1457, temple name 代宗[Dai4 zong1] 欧文 歐文 ōu wén Owen (name) / Erwin (name) / Irvine, California 洪熙 hóng xī Hongxi Emperor, reign name of fourth Ming emperor Zhu Gaochi 朱高熾|朱高炽[Zhu1 Gao1 chi4] (1378-1425), reigned (1424-1425), temple name 明仁宗[Ming2 Ren2 zong1] 淯 yù name of river / old name of Baihe 白河 in Henan / same as 育水 淯水 yù shuǐ name of river / old name of Baihe 白河 in Henan / same as 育水 登记名 登記名 dēng jì míng to register one's name / account name (on a computer) 百合子 bǎi hé zi Yuriko, Japanese female given name, translates Christian name Lily 空名 kōng míng vacuous reputation / name without substance / in name only / so-called 育水 yù shuǐ name of river / old name of Baihe 白河 in Henan 讳名 諱名 huì míng taboo name / name of deceased 