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"British Isles" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
不列颠诸岛 不列顛諸島 bù liè diān zhū dǎo British Isles
英伦三岛 英倫三島 yīng lún sān dǎo British Isles
Chinese Pinyin Translation
盎司 àng sī ounce (British imperial system) (loanword) syn
布鲁克 布魯克 bù lǔ kè Brook (name) / Peter Brook (1925), British theater director
不列颠 不列顛 bù liè diān Britain / British / Great Britain
泰坦尼克号 泰坦尼克號 tài tǎn ní kè hào RMS Titanic, British passenger liner that sank in 1912
罗素 羅素 luó sù Russell (name) / Bertrand Arthur William, 3rd Earl Russell (1872-1970), British logician, rationalist philosopher and pacifist
达尔文 達爾文 dá ěr wén Charles Darwin (1809-1882), British biologist, author of "On the Origin of Species" 物種起源|物种起源[Wu3zhong3 Qi3yuan2] / Darwin, capital of the Northern Territory (Australia)
英军 英軍 yīng jūn British army
英国人 英國人 yīng guó rén British person / British people
撒切尔 撒切爾 sā qiē ěr Thatcher (name) / Baroness Thatcher or Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013), British conservative politician, prime minister 1979-1990
法拉第 fǎ lā dì Faraday (name) / Michael Faraday (1791-1867), British experimental physicist prominent in the development of electricity
凯恩斯 凱恩斯 kǎi ēn sī Keynes (name) / John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946), influential British economist / Cairns, city in Queensland, Australia
李斯特 lǐ sī tè Ferenc (Franz) Liszt (1811-1886), Hungarian composer / Joseph Lister (1883-1897), British surgeon and bacteriologist
托尔金 托爾金 tuō ěr jīn J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973), British philologist and author of fantasy fiction such as Lord of the Rings 魔戒
小贝 小貝 xiǎo bèi "Becks", nickname of British footballer David Beckham (see 貝克漢姆|贝克汉姆[Bei4 ke4 han4 mu3])
滚石 滾石 gǔn shí Rock Records, Taiwanese record label / the Rolling Stones, British rock band / Rolling Stone (magazine)
中英 zhōng yīng Sino-British / Chinese-English
英联邦 英聯邦 yīng lián bāng British Commonwealth of Nations
库克 庫克 kù kè Cook (name) / Captain James Cook (1728-1779), British navigator and explorer
纳尔逊 納爾遜 nà ěr xùn Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), British naval hero
贝克汉姆 貝克漢姆 bèi kè hàn mǔ Beckenham or Beckham (name) / David Beckham (1975-), British midfield footballer
蒙哥马利 蒙哥馬利 méng gē mǎ lì Bernard Montgomery (Montie) (1887-1976), Second World War British field marshal / Montgomery or Montgomerie (surname)
波义耳 波義耳 bō yì ěr Boyle (name) / Robert Boyle (1627-91), British and Irish scientist and pioneer chemist
韦利 韋利 wéi lì Waley or Whaley (name) / Arthur Waley (1889-1966), pioneer British sinologist
道尔顿 道爾頓 dào ěr dùn Dalton (name) / John Dalton (1766-1844), British scientist who contributed to atomic theory
开尔文 開爾文 kāi ěr wén Lord Kelvin 1824-1907, British physicist (William Thomson) / Kelvin (temperature scale)
布兰森 佈蘭森 bù lán sēn (name) Branson or Brandsen / Sir Richard Branson (1950-), British billionaire and founder of the Virgin Group
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.
李约瑟 李約瑟 lǐ yuē sè Joseph Needham (1900-1995), British biochemist and author of Science and Civilization in China
赫胥黎 hè xū lí Huxley (name) / Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895), British evolutionary scientist and champion of Darwin / Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), British novelist
英石 yīng dàn stone (British unit of mass equal to 14 pounds (about 6.3 kilograms))
彭定康 péng dìng kāng Chris Patten (1944-), last British Governor of Hong Kong 1992-1997
肖伯纳 肖伯納 xiāo bó nà Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish-born British playwright
维特根斯坦 維特根斯坦 wéi tè gēn sī tǎn Wittgenstein (name) / Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), Austrian-British philosopher
埃尔金 埃爾金 āi ěr jīn James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811-1863), British High Commissioner to China who ordered the looting and destruction of the Old Winter Palace Yuanmingyuan 圓明園|圆明园 in 1860 / Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766-1841), who stole the Parthenon Marbles in 1801-1810
韩德尔 韓德爾 hán dé ěr (Tw) Handel (name) / George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), German-born British composer
马恩岛 馬恩島 mǎ ēn dǎo Isle of Man, British Isles / Isle of Mann
奥威尔 奧威爾 ào wēi ěr Orwell (name) / George Orwell (1903-1950), British novelist, author of Animal Farm 動物農場|动物农场 and 1984 一九八四年
尼尔逊 尼爾遜 ní ěr xùn Nelson or Nillson (name) / Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), British naval hero
黄金海岸 黃金海岸 huáng jīn hǎi àn name of various places including Gold Coast (Australian city), Gold Coast (former British colony in Africa) and Costa Daurada (area on the coast of Catalonia, Spain)
曼岛 曼島 màn dǎo Isle of Man, British Isles (Tw) / see also 馬恩島|马恩岛[Ma3 en1 Dao3]
英国委任统治 英國委任統治 British Mandate for Palestine / British Mandate
葛兰素史克 葛蘭素史克 gě lán sù shǐ kè GlaxoSmithKline, British pharmaceutical company
煐 yīng (used in names) / British thermal unit (BTU)
英国电讯公司 英國電訊公司 yīng guó diàn xùn gōng sī British telecom / BT
英国广播电台 英國廣播電台 yīng guó guǎng bō diàn tái British Broadcasting Corporation / BBC
英国广播公司 英國廣播公司 yīng guó guǎng bō gōng sī British Broadcasting Corporation / BBC
陈美 陳美 chén měi Vanessa-Mae (1978-), Singaporean-born British violinist and skier
大英帝国 大英帝國 dà yīng dì guó British Empire
卫奕信 衛奕信 wèi yì xìn David Clive Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn (1935-), British diplomat and China expert, Governor of Hong Kong 1986-1992
英国电信 英國電信 yīng guó diàn xìn British
英国国家太空中心 英國國家太空中心 yīng guó guó jiā tài kōng zhōng xīn British
英国石油公司 英國石油公司 yīng guó shí yóu gōng sī British Petroleum, BP
英属维尔京群岛 英屬維爾京群島 yīng shǔ wéi ěr jīng qún dǎo British Virgin Islands
圆明园 圓明園 yuán míng yuán Yuanmingyuan, the Old Summer Palace, destroyed by the British and French army in 1860
不列颠哥伦比亚 不列顛哥倫比亞 bù liè diān gē lún bǐ yà British Columbia, Pacific province of Canada
不列颠哥伦比亚省 不列顛哥倫比亞省 bù liè diān gē lún bǐ yà shěng British Columbia, Pacific province of Canada
亨德尔 亨德爾 hēng dé ěr George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), German-born British composer
伯纳斯·李 伯納斯·李 BonasiLi Sir Tim Berners-Lee (1955-), British computer scientist and creator of the internet
史景迁 史景遷 shǐ jǐng qiān Jonathan D Spence (1936-), distinguished British US historian of China, author of The Search for Modern China 追尋現代中國|追寻现代中国[Zhui1 xun2 Xian4 dai4 Zhong1 guo2]
土邦 tǔ bāng native state (term used by British Colonial power to refer to independent states of India or Africa)
大英博物馆 大英博物館 dà yīng bó wù guǎn British Museum
大卫·艾登堡 大衛·艾登堡 DaweiAidengbao David Attenborough (1926-), British naturalist and broadcaster, author of Life on Earth 地球上的生物[di4 qiu2 shang4 de5 sheng1 wu4]
威妥玛 威妥瑪 wēi tuǒ mǎ Sir Thomas Francis Wade (1818-1895), British diplomat and sinologist, originator of the Wade-Giles Chinese romanization system
尤德 yóu dé Sir Edward Youde (1924-1986), British diplomat, ambassador to Beijing 1974-1978, governor of Hong Kong 1982-1986
希格斯 xī gé sī Higgs (name) / Peter Higgs (1929-), British theoretical physicist, one proposer of the Higgs mechanism or Higgs boson to explain the mass of elementary particles
库克船长 庫克船長 kù kè chuán zhǎng Captain James Cook (1728-1779), British navigator and explorer
张二鸿 張二鴻 zhāng èr hóng Jung Chang 張戎|张戎[Zhang1 Rong2] (1952-), British-Chinese writer, author of Wild Swans 野天鵝|野天鹅[Ye3 Tian1 e2] and Mao: The Unknown Story 毛澤東·鮮為人知的故事|毛泽东·鲜为人知的故事[Mao2 Ze2 dong1 · Xian1 wei2 ren2 zhi1 de5 Gu4 shi5]
张戎 張戎 zhāng róng Jung Chang (1952-), British-Chinese writer, name at birth Zhang Erhong 張二鴻|张二鸿[Zhang1 Er4 hong2], author of Wild Swans 野天鵝|野天鹅[Ye3 Tian1 e2] and Mao: The Unknown Story 毛澤東·鮮為人知的故事|毛泽东·鲜为人知的故事[Mao2 Ze2 dong1 · Xian1 wei2 ren2 zhi1 de5 Gu4 shi5]
爱玛·沃特森 愛瑪·沃特森 AimaWotesen Emma Watson (1990-), British actress
拉萨条约 拉薩條約 lā sà tiáo yuē Treaty of Lhasa (1904) between British empire and Tibet
挽救儿童 挽救兒童 wǎn jiù ér tóng to rescue a child / Save the Children, a British charity
撒切尔夫人 撒切爾夫人 sā qiē ěr fū ren Mrs Thatcher / Baroness Thatcher or Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013), British conservative politician, prime minister 1979-1990
斯坦因 sī tǎn yīn Stein (name) / Marc Aurel Stein (1862-1943), Hungarian-born British archaeologist known for his expeditions to Central Asia
本那比市 běn nà bǐ shì Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
柏克莱 柏克萊 bǎi kè lái Berkeley (name) / George Berkeley (1685-1753), Bishop of Cloyne, famous British philosopher / Berkeley, university city in the San Francisco bay area, California
波茨坦会议 波茨坦會議 bō cí tǎn huì yì Potsdam conference, July-August 1945, between Truman, Stalin and British prime ministers Churchill and Attlee
港英政府 gǎng yīng zhèng fǔ British colonial administration of Hong Kong 1837-1941 and 1945-1997
特易购 特易購 tè yì gòu Tesco, British-based supermarket chain
狄拉克 dí lā kè P.A.M. Dirac (1902-1984), British physicist
琅威理 láng wēi lǐ Captain William M Lang (1843-), British adviser to the Qing north China navy 北洋水師|北洋水师 during the 1880s
翟理斯 zhái lǐ sī Herbert Allen Giles (1845-1935), British diplomat and linguist, contributor to the Wade-Giles Chinese romanization system
艾登堡 ài dēng bǎo Attenborough (name) / David Attenborough (1926-), British naturalist and broadcaster
英国文化协会 英國文化協會 yīng guó wén huà xié huì British Council
英国石油 英國石油 yīng guó shí yóu British Petroleum, BP
英属哥伦比亚 英屬哥倫比亞 yīng shǔ gē lún bǐ yà British Columbia, Pacific province of Canada
军情五处 軍情五處 jūn qíng wǔ chù MI5 (British military counterintelligence office)
军情六处 軍情六處 jūn qíng liù chù MI6 (British military intelligence agency)
迪斯雷利 dí sī léi lì Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), British conservative politician and novelist, prime minister 1868-1880
野天鹅 野天鵝 yě tiān é Wild Swans, family autobiography by British-Chinese writer Jung Chang 張戎|张戎[Zhang1 Rong2] / alternative title 鴻|鸿, after the author's original name 張二鴻|张二鸿[Zhang1 Er4 hong2]
阿普尔顿 阿普爾頓 ā pǔ ěr dùn Appleton (name) / Sir Edward Appleton (1892-1965), British physicist, Nobel laureate who discovered the ionosphere
阿道司·赫胥黎 Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), British novelist and author of Brave new world 美麗新世界|美丽新世界
额尔金 額爾金 é ěr jīn James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811-1863), British High Commissioner to China who ordered the looting and destruction of the Old Winter Palace Yuanmingyuan 圓明園|圆明园 in 1860 / Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766-1841), who stole the Parthenon Marbles in 1801-1810
额菲尔士 額菲爾士 é fēi ěr shì Everest (name) / Colonel Sir George Everest (1790-1866), British Surveyor-General of India 1830-1843 / (Mount) Everest
马克沁 馬克沁 mǎ kè qìn Sir Hiram Maxim (1840-1916), American British inventor of the Maxim machine gun
马噶尔尼 馬噶爾尼 mǎ gá ěr ní Earl George Macartney (1737-1806), leader of British mission to Qing China in 1793 / Paul McCartney, former Beatle
马戛尔尼 馬戛爾尼 mǎ jiá ěr ní Earl George Macartney (1737-1806), leader of British mission to Qing China in 1793 / Paul McCartney, former Beatle
中英联合声明 中英聯合聲明 zhōng yīng lián hé shēng míng Sino-British Joint Declaration
华盛顿海军条约 華盛頓海軍條約 International Treaty for the Limitation of Naval Armament / Treaty Between the United States of America, the British Empire, France, Italy, and Japan / Washington Naval Treaty
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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