亚太 亞太 yà tài Asia-Pacific 亚洲 亞洲 yà zhōu Asia (abbr. for 亞細亞洲|亚细亚洲[Ya4xi4ya4 Zhou1]) 太平洋 tài píng yáng Pacific Ocean 斐济 斐濟 fěi jì Fiji, country in the southwest Pacific Ocean 西亚 西亞 xī yà Southwest Asia 东南亚 東南亞 dōng nán yà Southeast Asia 鞑靼 韃靼 dá dá Tartar (various northern tribes in ancient China) / Tatar (Turkic ethnic group in central Asia) 中亚 中亞 zhōng yà Central Asia 东亚 東亞 dōng yà East Asia 亚细亚 亞細亞 yà xì yà Asia 汤加 湯加 tāng jiā Tonga, South Pacific archipelago kingdom 南亚 南亞 nán yà southern Asia 南洋 nán yáng Southeast Asia / South seas 厄尔尼诺 厄爾尼諾 è ěr ní nuò El Niño, equatorial climate variation in the Pacific 国泰 國泰 guó tài Cathay Pacific (Hong Kong airline) 乌拉尔 烏拉爾 wū lā ěr the Ural mountains in Russia, dividing Europe from Asia 欧亚 歐亞 ōu yà Europe and Asia / Eurasia 北亚 北亞 běi yà North Asia 帕米尔 帕米爾 pà mǐ ěr the Pamirs, highland region of Central Asia 寒蝉 寒蟬 hán chán a cicada in cold weather (used as a metaphor for sb who keeps their thoughts to themself) / Meimuna opalifera, a kind of cicada found in East Asia syn 所罗门群岛 所羅門群島 suǒ luó mén qún dǎo Solomon Islands in southwest Pacific 大中华 大中華 dà zhōng huá 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 突厥 tū jué Turkic people, who lived across the Eurasian continent / (esp.) the Göktürks of medieval Inner Asia 大乘 dà shèng Mahayana, the Great Vehicle / Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond / also pr. [Da4 cheng2] 东北亚 東北亞 dōng běi yà Northeast Asia 金三角 jīn sān jiǎo Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia) 瑶族 瑤族 yáo zú Yao ethnic group of southwest China and southeast Asia 妈祖 媽祖 mā zǔ Matsu, name of a sea goddess still widely worshipped on the SE China coast and in SE Asia 大夏 dà xià Han Chinese name for an ancient Central Asia country 南诏 南詔 nán zhào Nanzhao kingdom 738-937 in southwest China and southeast Asia 澜沧江 瀾滄江 lán cāng jiāng Lancang River of Qinghai and Yunnan, the upper reaches of Mekong River 湄公河[Mei2 gong1 He2] of Southeast Asia 西太平洋 xī tài píng yáng the western Pacific Ocean 中国海 中國海 zhōng guó hǎi the China Seas (the seas of the Western Pacific Ocean, around China: Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea) 佤族 wǎ zú Wa, Kawa or Va ethnic group of Myanmar, south China and southeast Asia 阿尔泰 阿爾泰 ā ěr tài Altai republic in Russian central Asia, capital Gorno-Altaysk 秋刀鱼 秋刀魚 qiū dāo yú Pacific saury (Cololabis saira) 帕米尔高原 帕米爾高原 pà mǐ ěr gāo yuán the Pamirs, highland region of Central Asia 月氏 yuè zhī ancient people of central Asia during the Han dynasty 麦克阿瑟 麥克阿瑟 mài kè ā sè General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war 乌孙国 烏孫國 wū sūn guó Wusun kingdom of central Asia (c. 300 BC-300 AD) 蒙巴顿 矇巴頓 méng bā dùn Mountbatten (name, Anglicization of German Battenberg) / Lord Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979), British commander in Southeast Asia during WWII, presided over the partition of India in 1947, murdered by the IRA. 鲱 鯡 fēi Pacific herring 安纳托利亚 安納托利亞 ān nà tuō lì yà Anatolia / Asia Minor 瓦努阿图 瓦努阿圖 wǎ nǔ ā tú Vanuatu, country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean 马里亚纳群岛 馬里亞納群島 mǎ lǐ yà nà qún dǎo Mariana Islands in the Pacific 小亚细亚 小亞細亞 xiǎo yà xì yà Asia Minor / Anatolia 坎儿井 坎兒井 kǎn r jǐng karez, qanat or "horizontal well" (irrigation and water management system used in Xinjiang, Central Asia and Middle East) 瑙鲁 瑙魯 nǎo lǔ Nauru, island country in the southwestern Pacific 佤 wǎ Wa, Kawa or Va ethnic group of Myanmar, south China and southeast Asia 蕹 wèng water spinach or ong choy (Ipomoea aquatica), used as a vegetable in south China and southeast Asia / Taiwan pr. [yong1] 鲐 鮐 tái mackerel / Pacific mackerel (Pneumatophorus japonicus) 联合国和平与裁军亚洲及太平洋区域中心 United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific / United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament for Asia and the Pacific 太平洋岛屿亚太经合中心 太平洋島嶼亞太經合中心 Pacific Islands Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Centre 人口信息网信息技术工作组 POPIN Information Technology Working Group 人口信息网考访站 人口信息网考訪站 rén kǒu xìn xī wǎng kǎo fǎng zhàn POPIN Gopher 人口信息网参考资料中心 人口信息網參考資料中心 POPIN Reference Centre 全球人口信息网咨询委员会会议 全球人口信息網咨詢委員會會議 Global Population Information Network (POPIN) Advisory Committee Meeting 人口信息网协调股 人口信息網協調股 POPIN Coordinating Unit 亚欧大陸桥 亞歐大陸橋 yà ōu dà lù qiáo New Asia-Europe Land Bridge / rail line from China through Central Asia to Europe 亚非合作亚非论坛 yà fēi hé zuò yà fēi lùn tán Asia-Africa Forum for Asia-Africa Cooperation 英联邦青年方桉亚洲中心 英聯邦青年方案亞洲中心 Commonwealth Youth Programme Asia / CYP Asia 中亚-南亚电力输送和贸易项目 中亞-南亞電力輸送和貿易項目 Central Asia South Asia Electricity Transmission and Trade Project / СASA-1000 亚洲太平洋地区 亞洲太平洋地區 yà zhōu tài píng yáng dì qū Asia-Pacific region 亚洲与太平洋 亞洲與太平洋 yà zhōu yǔ tài píng yáng Asia-Pacific 亚洲与太平洋地区 亞洲與太平洋地區 yà zhōu yǔ tài píng yáng dì qū Asia-Pacific region 亚太区 亞太區 yà tài qū Asian area / the Far East / Asia Pacific region 亚太经合会 亞太經合會 yà tài jīng hé huì APEC (Asia Pacific economic cooperation) 大东亚共荣圈 大東亞共榮圈 dà dōng yà gòng róng quān Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, Japanese wartime slogan for their short-lived Pacific Empire, first enunciated by Prime Minister Prince KONOE Fumimaro 近衛文麿|近卫文麿 in 1938 亚洲太平洋经济合作组织 亞洲太平洋經濟合作組織 yà zhōu tài píng yáng jīng jì hé zuò zǔ zhī Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation 亚洲和太平洋区域办事处 Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific 亚太清洁发展和气候伙伴关系 Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate 亚太区域机构间委员会 Regional Inter-Agency Committee for Asia and the Pacific 亚太山区网络 Asia-Pacific Mountain Network 亚洲-太平洋参照框架 Asia-Pacific Reference Frame 亚洲及太平洋发展交通运输区域行动方桉 亞洲及太平洋發展交通運輸區域行動方案 Regional Action Programme for Transport Development in Asia and the Pacific 亚洲及太平洋林学研究支助方案 yà zhōu jí tài píng yáng lín xué yán jiū zhī zhù fāng àn Forestry Research Support Programme for Asia and the Pacific 亚太卫星通信会议 Asia-Pacific Satellite Communications Conference 亚太区域大地测量项目 Asia Pacific Regional Geodetic Project 亚洲及太平洋发展信息网 Asia and Pacific Development Informatics Network 亚太核保障与核安全会议 Asia-Pacific Nuclear Safeguards and Security Conference 亚太人权信息中心 Asia-Pacific Human Rights Information Centre 亚太地理信息系统基础设施常设委员会 Permanent Committee on GIS Infrastructure for Asia and the Pacific 亚太信息交换中心 Asia Pacific Information Exchange 亚太粮食销售机构协会 Association of Food Marketing Institutes in Asia and the Pacific 亚太信息基础设施 yà tài xìn xī jī chǔ shè shī Asia-Pacific Information Infrastructure 亚洲及太平洋科技信息和经验交流区域网 Regional Network for the Exchange of Information and Experience in Science and Technology in Asia and the Pacific 亚太制订和实施技合方桉政府间协商 亞太制訂和實施技合方案政府間協商 Asia and Pacific Intergovernmental Consultations on the Formulation and Implementation of TCDC Programmes 东亚和太平洋司 East Asia and the Pacific Division 泛太平洋和东南亚妇女协会 Pan-Pacific and South-East Asia Women's Association of Thailand 亚洲及太平洋水产中心网络 Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia and the Pacific 亚太区域木柴能源开发方桉 亞太區域木柴能源開發方案 Regional Wood Energy Development Programme in Asia and the Pacific 亚洲－太平洋通讯社组织 Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies 亚太发展中心亚太经济2000年展望会议 亞太發展中心亞太經濟2000年展望會議 APDC Conference on Asia-Pacific Economy towards Year 2000 亚太行动呼吁 Asia-Pacific Call for Action 亚太国际空间年会议 Asia-Pacific ISY Conference 亚太统计员投入产出表会议 Asia-Pacific Meeting of Statisticians on Input-Output tables 亚太发展战略 Asia and Pacific Development Strategy 亚太区域政府间协商 Asia and Pacific Regional Intergovernmental Consultations 亚太人民环境网 yà tài rén mín huán jìng wǎng Asia-Pacific People's Environment Network 