约翰 約翰 yuē hàn John (name) / Johan (name) / Johann (name) 泥土 ní tǔ earth / soil / mud / clay syn 大名 dà míng famous name / your distinguished name / one's formal personal name / (Japanese history) daimyo syn 塑像 sù xiàng to sculpt or mold a statue (by shaping a pliable material such as clay, plaster or wax, which may later be cast in metal – as distinct from carving in stone or wood) / a statue created through such a process syn 粘土 nián tǔ clay / loam syn 土人 tǔ rén native / aborigine / clay figure syn 陶土 táo tǔ potter's clay / kaolin syn 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 黏土 nián tǔ clay syn 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 胶泥 膠泥 jiāo ní clay 本名 běn míng original name / real name / (of foreigners) first name / given name 高岭土 高嶺土 gāo lǐng tǔ kaolin (clay) / china clay syn 泥塑 ní sù clay modeling / clay figurine or statue syn 花名 huā míng name of a person on the household register (old) / name on a roster / professional name of a prostitute / pseudonym / nickname 八音 bā yīn ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲|丝, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹) / the eight kinds of sound produced by instruments in these categories / music 彩塑 cǎi sù painted clay figure 水罐 shuǐ guàn container for holding and pouring water (or other liquid): jug, pitcher, clay jar, jerry can, water bottle etc 表字 biǎo zì literary name (an alternative name of a person stressing a moral principle) / courtesy name syn 泥牛入海 ní niú rù hǎi lit. a clay ox enters the sea (idiom) / fig. to disappear with no hope of returning syn 土 tǔ earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] syn 泥 ní mud / clay / paste / pulp syn 塑 sù to model (a figure) in clay / (bound form) plastic (i.e. the synthetic material) syn 泥菩萨 泥菩薩 ní pú sà clay Bodhisattva 堇 jǐn clay / old variant of 僅|仅[jin3] / violet (plant) 垆 壚 lú clay / shop 骨瓷 gǔ cí bone china (fine white porcelain made from a mixture of clay and bone ash) 封泥 fēng ní sealing clay / lute 埴 zhí soil with large clay content syn 埏 shān to mix water with clay 名义 名義 míng yì name / titular / nominal / in name / ostensible purpose syn 姓名 xìng míng surname and given name / full 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) 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 名称 名稱 míng chēng name (of a thing) / name (of an organization) syn 化名 huà míng to go by an alias / to assume a false name / alias / pseudonym / assumed name syn 弗洛伊德 fú luò yī dé Floyd (name) / Freud (name) / Dr Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), the founder of psychoanalysis 点名 點名 diǎn míng roll call / to mention sb by name / (to call or praise or criticize sb) by name syn 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 起名 qǐ míng to name / to christen / to take a name 阿兰 阿蘭 ā lán Alan, Allen, Allan, Alain etc (name) / A-lan (Chinese female name) 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 别称 別稱 bié chēng another name / alternative name syn 小名 xiǎo míng pet name for a child / childhood name syn 代称 代稱 dài chēng alternative name / to refer to sth by another name / antonomasia 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 金陵 jīn líng pre-Han name for Nanjing / common place 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] 并称 並稱 bìng chēng joint name / combined name syn 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] 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] 乳名 rǔ míng infant name / pet name for a child 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] 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 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] 高梁 gāo liáng Takahashi (name) / Takahashi city in Okayama prefecture, Japan / Highbridge (name) 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) 俗名 sú míng vernacular name / lay name (of a priest) syn 未命名 wèi mìng míng untitled / unnamed / no name / nameless / unknown name 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] 那么 那麼 nà me like that / in that way / or so / so / so very much / about / in that case syn 名字 míng zi name (of a person or thing) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 号 號 hào ordinal number / day of a month / mark / sign / business establishment / size / ship suffix / horn (wind instrument) / bugle call / assumed name / to take a pulse / classifier used to indicate number of people syn 名 míng name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people syn 总 總 zǒng general / overall / to sum up / in every case / always / invariably / anyway / after all / eventually / sooner or later / surely / (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zong3 jing1 li3] or 總編|总编[zong3 bian1] etc syn 水 shuǐ water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4]) / (coll.) lacking in substance / shoddy / (bound form) additional cost / extra income / classifier for washings of a garment syn 杰克 傑克 jié kè Jack (name) 命 mìng life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc syn 代表 dài biǎo representative / delegate / CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4],名[ming2] / to represent / to stand for / on behalf of / in the name of syn 收 shōu to receive / to accept / to collect / to put away / to restrain / to stop / in care of (used on address line after name) syn 字 zì letter / symbol / character / word / CL:個|个[ge4] / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China syn 帽子 mào zi hat / cap / (fig.) label / bad name / CL:頂|顶[ding3] syn 地区 地區 dì qū local / regional / district (not necessarily formal administrative unit) / region / area / as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 汤姆 湯姆 tāng mǔ Tom (name) 称 稱 chēng to weigh / to state / to name / name / appellation / to praise syn 莱 萊 lái name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc) / Chenopodium album syn 华盛顿 華盛頓 huá shèng dùn Washington (name) / George Washington (1732-1799), first US president / Washington, US State / Washington, D.C. (US federal capital) 乔治 喬治 qiáo zhì George (name) 弗兰克 弗蘭克 fú lán kè Frank (name) 比尔 比爾 bǐ ěr Bill (name) 大卫 大衛 dà wèi David (name) / Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825), French neoclassical painter 签名 簽名 qiān míng to sign (one's name with a pen etc) / to autograph / signature syn 彼得 bǐ dé Peter (name) 姓 xìng family name / surname / to be surnamed ... syn 玛丽 瑪麗 mǎ lì Mary or Marie (name) / Mali 卡尔 卡爾 kǎ ěr Karl (name) 丹尼 dān ní Danny (name) 尼克 ní kè Nick (name) 罪名 zuì míng charge / accusation / stigma / bad name / stained reputation syn 安娜 ān nà Anna (name) 亨利 hēng lì Henry (name) / henry (unit of inductance) 登记 登記 dēng jì to register (one's name) syn 迈克尔 邁克爾 mài kè ěr (name) Michael 詹姆斯 zhān mǔ sī James (name) / LeBron James (1984-), NBA player 凯文 凱文 kǎi wén Kevin (person name) 哈里 hā lǐ Harry or Hari (name) 