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"Chinese literature" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
中国文学 中國文學 zhōng guó wén xué Chinese literature
Chinese Pinyin Translation
部 bù ministry / department / section / part / division / troops / board / classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc syn
品味 pǐn wèi to sample / to taste / to appreciate / one's taste (i.e. in music, literature, fashion, food and drink etc) / good taste syn
笔记 筆記 bǐ jì to take down (in writing) / notes / a type of literature consisting mainly of short sketches / CL:本[ben3] syn
文学 文學 wén xué literature / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn
塑造 sù zào to model / to mold / (fig.) to create (a character, a market, an image etc) / (fig.) (literature) to portray (in words) syn
遗书 遺書 yí shū posthumous writing / testament / suicide note / ancient literature syn
素材 sù cái source material (in literature and art) syn
中餐 zhōng cān lunch / Chinese meal / Chinese food / CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4]
格调 格調 gé diào style (of art or literature) / form / one's work style / moral character syn
江南 jiāng nán south of Changjiang or Yangtze river / south of the lower reaches of Changjiang / often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces / a province during Qing times / in literature, refers to the sunny south / Gangnam (district in Seoul, South Korea)
文艺 文藝 wén yì literature and art syn
三星 sān xīng three major stars of the Three Stars 參宿|参宿[Shen1 xiu4] Chinese constellation / the belt of Orion / three spirits 福[fu2], 祿|禄[lu4], and 壽|寿[shou4] associated with the Three Stars 參宿|参宿[Shen1 xiu4] Chinese constellation
文摘 wén zhāi digest (of literature) / to make a digest (of data) / summary
典故 diǎn gù classical story or quote from the literature / the story behind sth syn
语文 語文 yǔ wén literature and language / (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject)
花木兰 花木蘭 huā mù lán Hua Mulan, legendary woman warrior (c. fifth century), Northern dynasties folk hero recorded in Sui and Tang literature
华裔 華裔 huá yì ethnic Chinese / non-Chinese citizen of Chinese ancestry syn
中医 中醫 zhōng yī traditional Chinese medical science / a doctor trained in Chinese medicine syn
盲文 máng wén braille / literature in braille syn
音译 音譯 yīn yì transliteration (rendering phonetic value, e.g. of English words in Chinese characters) / characters giving phonetic value of Chinese word or name (when the correct characters may be unknown) / transcription (linguistics) / to transcribe phonetic symbols syn
眼帘 眼簾 yǎn lián eyes (in literature) / eyesight syn
诗文 詩文 shī wén poetry and literature syn
古文 gǔ wén old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject syn
中华 中華 zhōng huá Zhonghua, historical and cultural term for China, often used to denote Chinese civilization and identity (as in 中華文化|中华文化[Zhong1hua2 wen2hua4] "Chinese culture") / used in the official name of the Republic of China, 中華民國|中华民国[Zhong1hua2 Min2guo2] syn
字头 字頭 zì tóu single-character headword (in a dictionary) / first character of a Chinese word / the top part (esp. a radical) of a Chinese character / the initial of a Chinese syllable
巨匠 jù jiàng great master (of literature, music etc) syn
意识流 意識流 yì shí liú stream of consciousness (in literature)
扶桑 fú sāng Fusang, mythical island of ancient literature, often interpreted as Japan syn
汉文 漢文 hàn wén Chinese written language / Chinese literature esp. as taught abroad
象形 xiàng xíng pictogram / one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters / Chinese character derived from a picture / sometimes called hieroglyph
国语 國語 guó yǔ Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature / Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject / Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government / Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC syn
古典文学 古典文學 gǔ diǎn wén xué classical literature
庶民 shù mín the multitude of common people (in highbrow literature) / plebeian syn
会意 會意 huì yì combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书[liu4 shu1] of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements / also known as joint ideogram or associative compound / to comprehend without being told explicitly / to cotton on / knowing (smile, glance etc) syn
文学史 文學史 wén xué shǐ history of literature
妄言 wàng yán lies / wild talk / to tell lies / to talk nonsense / fantasy (literature) syn
白头翁 白頭翁 bái tóu wēng root of Chinese pulsatilla / Chinese bulbul
邓小平 鄧小平 dèng xiǎo píng Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997), Chinese communist leader, de facto leader of PRC 1978-1990 and creator of "socialism with Chinese characteristics"
华侨 華僑 huá qiáo overseas Chinese / (in a restricted sense) Chinese emigrant who still retains Chinese nationality / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
小将 小將 xiǎo jiàng (in classical literature) young military officer of high rank for his age / (during the Cultural Revolution) young militant in the Red Guard / (in modern usage) rising star (in sport, politics etc) syn
国学 國學 guó xué Chinese national culture / studies of ancient Chinese civilization / the Imperial College (history) syn
文史 wén shǐ literature and history
冷宫 冷宮 lěng gōng (in literature and opera) a place to which a monarch banishes a wife or concubine who falls from favor / (fig.) the doghouse / a state of disfavor
简体中文 簡體中文 jiǎn tǐ zhōng wén simplified character Chinese, simplified Chinese
中华民族 中華民族 zhōng huá mín zú the Chinese nation / the Chinese people (collective reference to all the ethnic groups in China) syn
征文 徵文 zhēng wén to solicit articles, essays or pieces of literature (on a subject or in commemoration of an event)
参考文献 參考文獻 cān kǎo wén xiàn cited material / reference (to the literature) / bibliography
华文 華文 huá wén Chinese language / Chinese script
文学作品 文學作品 wén xué zuò pǐn literature / writing / CL:部[bu4]
中西医 中西醫 zhōng xī yī Chinese and Western medicine / a doctor trained in Chinese and Western medicine
本草 běn cǎo a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine / Chinese materia medica
中资 中資 zhōng zī Chinese capital / Chinese enterprise
国共 國共 guó gòng Chinese Nationalist Party 國民黨|国民党[Guo2 min2 dang3] and Chinese Communist Party 共產黨|共产党[Gong4 chan3 dang3] syn
脾胃 pí wèi spleen and stomach (digestive organs in TCM) / preferences / one's taste (e.g. in literature) syn
凉粉 涼粉 liáng fěn liangfen (Chinese dish) / grass jelly (Chinese dish)
咱家 zá jiā I / me / my / (often used in early vernacular literature) syn
移情 yí qíng to redirect one's affections / (of literature etc) to cultivate people's character / empathy (i.e. attribution of feelings to an object) / transference (psychology)
语文老师 語文老師 yǔ wén lǎo shī language and literature teacher
侨务 僑務 qiáo wù matters relating to the Chinese diaspora (as a concern of the Chinese government)
体例 體例 tǐ lì style (of literature) / form
四大名著 sì dà míng zhù the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, namely: A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4], Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4], Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]
柴胡 chái hú Chinese thorowax (Bupleurum chinense) / root of Chinese thorowax (used in TCM)
简体字 簡體字 jiǎn tǐ zì simplified Chinese character, as opposed to traditional Chinese character 繁體字|繁体字[fan2 ti3 zi4] syn
菜心 cài xīn choy sum / Chinese flowering cabbage / stem of any Chinese cabbage
缠绵悱恻 纏綿悱惻 chán mián fěi cè (of a person) sad beyond words (idiom) / (of music, literature etc) poignant / very sentimental syn
楠木 nán mù Phoebe zhennan / Machilus nanmu / Chinese cedar / Chinese giant redwood
气韵 氣韻 qì yùn (of literature, art) distinct style / flavor / spirit / character syn
熟地 shú dì cultivated land / in Chinese medicine, preparation from rhizome of Chinese foxglove (Rehmannia glutinosa) syn
造字 zào zì to create Chinese characters / cf Six Methods of forming Chinese characters 六書|六书[liu4 shu1]
阿来 阿來 ā lái Alai (1959-), ethnic Tibetan Chinese writer, awarded Mao Dun Literature Prize in 2000 for his novel 塵埃落定|尘埃落定[Chen2 ai1 luo4 ding4] "Red Poppies"
希腊文 希臘文 xī là wén Greek literature
虚岁 虛歲 xū suì one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived) – In this system, a person's age at birth is one, and increases by one at the beginning of the first solar term 立春[Li4 chun1] each year, rather than on one's birthday. / contrasted with 實歲|实岁[shi2 sui4]
川端康成 chuān duān kāng chéng Kawabata Yasunari, Japanese literature Nobel laureate
尺 chǐ a Chinese foot / one-third of a meter / a ruler / a tape-measure / one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine / CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3] syn
乙 yǐ second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / second in order / letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方[yi3 fang1], as opposed to 甲方[jia3 fang1]) / ethyl / bent / winding / radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5) / ancient Chinese compass point: 105°
苑 yuàn (literary) enclosed area for growing trees, keeping animals etc / imperial garden / park / (literary) center (of arts, literature etc) syn
韵事 韻事 yùn shì poetic occasion / elegant situation / in literature, the cue for a poem syn
桥段 橋段 qiáo duàn (cinema, literature etc) scene / trope / plot device / (songwriting) bridge
楠 nán Machilus nanmu / Chinese cedar / Chinese giant redwood syn
象形字 xiàng xíng zì pictogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character derived from a picture / sometimes called hieroglyph
夔 kuí one-legged mountain demon of Chinese mythology / Chinese mythical figure who invented music and dancing / Chinese rain god / surname Kui
一 yī one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit syn
点 點 diǎn point / dot / drop / speck / o'clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop / (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[geng1] / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items syn
将 將 jiàng (bound form) a general / (literary) to command / to lead / (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) syn
车 車 jū war chariot (archaic) / rook (in Chinese chess) / rook (in chess) syn
比 bǐ to compare / (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / ratio / to gesture / (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese) syn
马 馬 mǎ horse / CL:匹[pi3] / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess syn
子 zǐ son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / (prefix) sub- syn
未 wèi not yet / did not / have not / not / 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep / ancient Chinese compass point: 210° syn
人物 rén wù person / personage / figure (esp. sb of importance) / character (in a play, novel etc) / (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting syn
元 yuán currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / (bound form) first / original / primary / (bound form) basic / fundamental / (bound form) constituent / part / (prefix) meta- / (math.) argument / variable / era (of a reign) / (Tw) (geology) eon syn
直 zhí straight / to straighten / fair and reasonable / frank / straightforward / (indicates continuing motion or action) / vertical / vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters syn
盒子 hé zi box / case / hezi – a savory turnover-like pie in northern Chinese and Mongolian cuisines syn
上校 shàng xiào high ranking officer in Chinese army / colonel
量 liàng capacity / quantity / amount / to estimate / abbr. for 量詞|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word syn
少校 shào xiào junior ranking officer in Chinese army / major / lieutenant commander
僵尸 僵屍 jiāng shī gyonshi / jiang shi / Chinese vampire / zombie syn
中校 zhōng xiào middle ranking officer in Chinese army / lieutenant colonel / commander
语音 語音 yǔ yīn speech sounds / pronunciation / colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character / phonetic / audio / voice / (Internet) to voice chat / voice message syn
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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