安拉 ān lā Allah (Arabic name of God) 奥马尔 奧馬爾 ào mǎ ěr Omar (Arabic name) 易卜拉辛 yì bǔ lā xīn Ibrahim (name) / Arabic and Islamic version of Abraham 亞伯拉罕|亚伯拉罕 玉素甫 yù sù fǔ Yusuf, Arabic given name (Joseph) 赛义迪 賽義迪 sài yì dí Said or Sayed (Arabic name) 本名 běn míng original name / real name / (of foreigners) first name / given name 阿拉伯 ā lā bó Arabian / Arabic / Arab 阿拉伯语 阿拉伯語 ā lā bó yǔ Arabic (language) 阿拉伯数字 阿拉伯數字 ā lā bó shù zì Arabic numerals 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 半岛电视台 半島電視台 bàn dǎo diàn shì tái Al Jazeera (Arabic news network) 阿拉伯文 ā lā bó wén Arabic (language & writing) 迈赫迪 邁赫迪 mài hè dí Mahdi or Mehdi (Arabic: Guided one), redeemer of some Islamic prophesy 闪含语系 閃含語系 shǎn hán yǔ xì Hamito-Semitic family of languages (incl. Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew etc) 阿拉伯胶 阿拉伯膠 ā lā bó jiāo gum arabic / acacia gum 小儿经 小兒經 xiǎo ér jīng Xiao'erjing, refers to the use of the Arabic alphabet to write Chinese 阿拉伯文日 Arabic Language Day 联合国阿拉伯文中心 United Nations Arabic Language Centre 阿拉伯国家校内校外教育区域方桉 阿拉伯國家校內校外教育區域方案 Regional Programme for in-school and out-of-school education in the Arabic countries 阿拉伯文笔译处 阿拉伯文筆譯處 Arabic Translation Service 阿拉伯文口译科 阿拉伯文口譯科 Arabic Interpretation Section 阿拉伯文逐字记录科 阿拉伯文逐字記錄科 Arabic Verbatim Section 阿拉伯分部 Arabic Division 阿拉伯文文本处理股 阿拉伯文文本處理股 Arabic Text-Processing Unit 阿拉伯文服务信托基金 阿拉伯文服務信托基金 Trust Fund for Arabic Language Services 阿拉伯股 Arabic Unit 阿拉伯文笔译和文本处理科 阿拉伯文筆譯和文本處理科 Arabic Translation and Text-Processing Section 主麻 zhǔ má (Islam) Jumu'ah (refers to Friday or the noon prayer on Friday) (loanword from Arabic) / (Islam) a week 亚剌伯 亞剌伯 yà lā bó (old) Arabia / Arab / Arabic 穆夫提 mù fū tí (Islam) mufti (loanword from Arabic) 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 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) 亚历山大 亞歷山大 yà lì shān dà Alexander (name) / Alexandria (town 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 