经 經 jīng classics / sacred book / scripture / to pass through / to undergo / to bear / to endure / warp (textile) / longitude / menstruation / channel (TCM) / abbr. for economics 經濟|经济[jing1 ji4] syn 频道 頻道 pín dào frequency / (television) channel syn 通道 tōng dào (communications) channel / thoroughfare / passage syn 管道 guǎn dào tubing / pipeline / (fig.) channel / means 途径 途徑 tú jìng way / means / channel syn 渠道 qú dào irrigation ditch / (fig.) channel / means syn 群岛 群島 qún dǎo group of islands / archipelago 灌输 灌輸 guàn shū to imbue with / to inculcate / to instill into / to teach / to impart / to channel water to another place syn 航道 háng dào waterway / ship channel syn 海峡 海峽 hǎi xiá strait / channel 纳入 納入 nà rù to bring into / to channel into / to integrate into / to incorporate 阴沟 陰溝 yīn gōu sewer / underground drainage channel syn 泽西 澤西 zé xī Jersey (Channel Islands) 闭合 閉合 bì hé to close by coming together (like the lips of a wound, the doors of an elevator, the walls of a channel) / to close by connecting in a loop (like a circuit) / closed-loop syn 沟渠 溝渠 gōu qú channel / moat / irrigation canal syn 导入 導入 dǎo rù to introduce into / to channel / to lead / to guide into / to import (data) 九州 jiǔ zhōu division of China during earliest dynasties / fig. ancient China / Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands syn 通路 tōng lù thoroughfare / passage / pathway / channel syn 信道 xìn dào (telecommunications) channel / (in Confucian texts) to believe in the principles of wisdom and follow them 河道 hé dào river course / river channel syn 英吉利海峡 英吉利海峽 yīng jí lì hǎi xiá English Channel 声道 聲道 shēng dào sound track / audio channel 航标 航標 háng biāo buoy / channel marker / signal light 列岛 列島 liè dǎo archipelago / chain of islands 经脉 經脈 jīng mài channel of TCM syn 调拨 調撥 diào bō to send (products) / to allocate / to commit (funds) / to channel (goods) syn 琉球 liú qiú Ryūkyū / refers to the Ryūkyū Islands 琉球群島|琉球群岛[Liu2 qiu2 Qun2 dao3] stretching from Japan to Taiwan / Liuchiu township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan 钓鱼台 釣魚臺 diào yú tái Diaoyu Islands, located between Taiwan and Okinawa, controlled by Japan – which calls them the Senkaku Islands – but claimed by China 中途岛 中途島 zhōng tú dǎo Midway Islands 所罗门群岛 所羅門群島 suǒ luó mén qún dǎo Solomon Islands in southwest Pacific 四国 四國 sì guó Shikoku (one of the four main islands of Japan) 钓鱼岛 釣魚島 diào yú dǎo Diaoyu Islands, claimed by China but controlled by Japan as the Senkaku Islands, also called the Pinnacle Islands 澎湖 péng hú Penghu county (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan 南沙 nán shā Nansha Islands, aka Spratly Islands / Nansha District of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市[Guang3zhou1 Shi4], Guangdong 引水 yǐn shuǐ to pilot a ship / to channel water / to draw water (for irrigation) syn 马祖 馬祖 mǎ zǔ Matsu Islands off Fujian, administered by Taiwan 独岛 獨島 dú dǎo Dokdo (Japanese Takeshima 竹島|竹岛[Zhu2 dao3]), disputed islands in Sea of Japan 离岛 離島 lí dǎo outlying islands 成串 chéng chuàn to be lined up (like a chain of islands, a string of pearls etc) / to form a cluster (like a bunch of grapes) / to come one after the other (like a series of sighs) 苏门答腊 蘇門答臘 sū mén dá là Sumatra, one of the Indonesian islands 转台 轉台 zhuǎn tái to change the channel (TV) 南沙群岛 南沙群島 nán shā qún dǎo Spratly Islands, disputed between China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam 瀛洲 yíng zhōu Yingzhou, easternmost of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, home of immortals and source of elixir of immortality 明渠 míng qú (open, uncovered) water channel / canal 西沙群岛 西沙群島 xī shā qún dǎo Paracel Islands, in the South China Sea 竹岛 竹島 zhú dǎo Takeshima (Korean Dokdo 獨島|独岛[Du2 dao3]), disputed islands in Sea of Japan 槽 cáo trough / manger / groove / channel / (Tw) (computing) hard drive syn 金门 金門 jīn mén Kinmen or Quemoy islands off the Fujian coast, administered by Taiwan / Jinmen county in Quanzhou 泉州[Quan2 zhou1], Fujian, PRC 开曼群岛 開曼群島 kāi màn qún dǎo Cayman Islands 主航道 zhǔ háng dào main channel 马绍尔群岛 馬紹爾群島 mǎ shào ěr qún dǎo Marshall Islands 引河 yǐn hé irrigation channel 暗渠 àn qú underground water channel / covered ditch / culvert 金沙镇 金沙鎮 jīn shā zhèn Chinsha town in Kinmen County 金門縣|金门县[Jin1 men2 xian4] (Kinmen or Quemoy islands), Taiwan 航标灯 航標燈 háng biāo dēng lighted buoy / channel marking light / signal light 白沙 bái shā Baisha (common place name) / Baisha Lizu autonomous county, Hainan / Baisha or Paisha township in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县[Peng2 hu2 xian4] (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan 库克群岛 庫克群島 kù kè qún dǎo Cook Islands 安达曼群岛 安達曼群島 ān dá màn qún dǎo Andaman Islands 塔希提 tǎ xī tí Tahiti, island of the Society Islands group in French Polynesia 加拉帕戈斯群岛 加拉帕戈斯群島 jiā lā pà gē sī qún dǎo Galapagos Islands 阿留申群岛 阿留申群島 ā liú shēn qún dǎo Aleutian Islands (trailing 2250 km southwest of Alaska almost down to Kamtchatka) 马里亚纳群岛 馬里亞納群島 mǎ lǐ yà nà qún dǎo Mariana Islands in the Pacific 巴士海峡 巴士海峽 bā shì hǎi xiá Bashi Channel in the northern part of the Luzon Strait, just south of Taiwan 灌渠 guàn qú irrigation channel 基里巴斯 jī lǐ bā sī Kiribati (formerly the Gilbert Islands) 索罗门 索羅門 suǒ luó mén Solomon (name) / Solomon (Islands) 亚速尔群岛 亞速爾群島 yà sù ěr qún dǎo Azores Islands 湖西 hú xī Huhsi township in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县[Peng2 hu2 xian4] (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan 蓬莱 蓬萊 péng lái (Chinese mythology) Penglai, one of three fabled islands in the Bohai sea, where immortals were said to live / (by extension) fairyland 钓鱼岛及其附属岛屿 釣魚島及其附屬島嶼 Diaoyu Islands / Senkaku Islands / Senkaku / Diaoyu Islands / the Senkaku Islands (Diaoyu Islands) 尖阁列岛 尖閣列島 jiān gé liè dǎo Senkaku Islands (Japanese name for the Diaoyu Islands 釣魚島|钓鱼岛[Diao4 yu2 Dao3]), also known as the Pinnacle Islands 奥尔德尼岛 奧爾德尼島 ào ěr dé ní dǎo Alderney (Channel Islands) 巴坦群岛 巴坦群島 bā tǎn qún dǎo Batan Islands in Bashi Channel between Taiwan and the Philippines 根西岛 根西島 gēn xī dǎo Guernsey (Channel Islands) 格恩西岛 格恩西島 gé ēn xī dǎo Guernsey (Channel Islands) 泽西岛 澤西島 zé xī dǎo Jersey (Channel Islands) 马尔维纳斯群岛 馬爾維納斯群島 mǎ ěr wéi nà sī qún dǎo Malvinas Islands (also known as Falkland Islands) 南西诸岛 南西諸島 nán xī zhū dǎo Ryukyu Islands / Okinawa 沖繩|冲绳[Chong1 sheng2] and other islands of modern Japan 琉球群岛 琉球群島 liú qiú qún dǎo Ryukyu Islands / Okinawa 沖繩|冲绳[Chong1 sheng2] and other islands of modern Japan 安全岛屿方桉 安全島嶼方案 Safe Islands Programme / Safe Islands Program 传输通道 傳輸通道 chuán shū tōng dào transport channel 通讯通道 通訊通道 tōng xùn tōng dào communications channel 虚拟通道标志符 虛擬通道標誌符 xū nǐ tōng dào biāo zhì fú virtual channel connection identifier / VCI 虚拟通道连接 虛擬通道連接 xū nǐ tōng dào lián jiē virtual channel connection / VCC 语音通讯通道 語音通訊通道 yǔ yīn tōng xùn tōng dào voice (communications) channel 交流道 jiāo liú dào (Tw) highway interchange / (fig.) channel of communication 加来海峡 加來海峽 jiā lái hǎi xiá Strait of Calais in the English channel / Strait of Dover / Pas-de-Calais, département of France 埃文茅斯 āi wén máo sī Avonmouth in southwest England / same as the Bristol channel 布里斯托爾海峽|布里斯托尔海峡[Bu4 li3 si1 tuo1 er3 hai3 xia2] 尾水渠道 wěi shuǐ qú dào outflow channel 布里斯托尔海峡 布里斯托爾海峽 bù lǐ sī tuō ěr hǎi xiá Bristol Channel in southwest England 河槽 hé cáo river bed / channel syn 溪径 溪徑 xī jìng path / (fig.) way / channel 疏挖 shū wā to dredge / to dig out (a channel) 石渠 shí qú stone channel (e.g. drain) 第四台 第四臺 dì sì tái fourth channel / (in Taiwan) cable TV, FTV 谿徑 xī jìng variant of 溪徑|溪径, path / way through / channel 凹嘴鵎鵼 channel-billed toucan 购物频道 購物頻道 gòu wù pín dào shopping channel 峡谷侵蚀 ravine erosion / channel erosion 