约翰 約翰 yuē hàn John (name) / Johan (name) / Johann (name) 餐厅 餐廳 cān tīng dining hall / dining room / restaurant / CL:間|间[jian1],家[jia1] syn 大厅 大廳 dà tīng hall / concourse / public lounge / (hotel) lobby syn 大名 dà míng famous name / your distinguished name / one's formal personal name / (Japanese history) daimyo syn 舞厅 舞廳 wǔ tīng dance hall / ballroom / CL:間|间[jian1] syn 市政厅 市政廳 shì zhèng tīng city hall 市政府 shì zhèng fǔ city hall / city government 包厢 包廂 bāo xiāng box (in a theater or concert hall) / private room (in a restaurant or karaoke) syn 食堂 shí táng dining hall / cafeteria / CL:個|个[ge4],間|间[jian1] syn 礼堂 禮堂 lǐ táng assembly hall / auditorium / CL:座[zuo4] 殿堂 diàn táng palace / hall / temple buildings syn 纪念馆 紀念館 jì niàn guǎn memorial hall / commemorative museum 门厅 門廳 mén tīng entrance hall / vestibule 音乐厅 音樂廳 yīn yuè tīng concert hall / auditorium 饭厅 飯廳 fàn tīng dining room / dining hall / mess hall syn 会堂 會堂 huì táng meeting hall / assembly hall 舞场 舞場 wǔ chǎng dance hall syn 宴会厅 宴會廳 yàn huì tīng ballroom / banqueting hall syn 纪念堂 紀念堂 jì niàn táng memorial hall / mausoleum 展览馆 展覽館 zhǎn lǎn guǎn exhibition hall 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 展馆 展館 zhǎn guǎn exhibition hall / (expo) pavilion 大殿 dà diàn main hall of a Buddhist temple 会馆 會館 huì guǎn provincial or county guild hall syn 歌厅 歌廳 gē tīng karaoke hall / singing hall (venue for concerts of popular songs) 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 公堂 gōng táng law court / hall (in castle) / CL:家[jia1] syn 会议厅 會議廳 huì yì tīng conference hall 济济一堂 濟濟一堂 jǐ jǐ yī táng to congregate in one hall (idiom) / to gather under one roof syn 祠堂 cí táng ancestral hall / memorial hall syn 饭堂 飯堂 fàn táng dining hall / canteen / cafeteria syn 灵堂 靈堂 líng táng mourning hall / funeral hall 本名 běn míng original name / real name / (of foreigners) first name / given name 厅堂 廳堂 tīng táng hall syn 讲堂 講堂 jiǎng táng lecture hall / CL:家[jia1],間|间[jian1] syn 正殿 zhèng diàn main hall of a Buddhist temple 小灶 xiǎo zào mess hall for high-ranking cadres / (fig.) special treatment / cf. 大灶[da4 zao4] 人民大会堂 人民大會堂 rén mín dà huì táng the Great Hall of the People (in Beijing) 宝殿 寶殿 bǎo diàn king's palace / throne hall 玄关 玄關 xuán guān entrance hall / vestibule 楹联 楹聯 yíng lián couplet (hung on the columns of a hall) syn 北京人民大会堂 北京人民大會堂 běi jīng rén mín dà huì táng the Great Hall of the People in Beijing 大会堂 大會堂 dà huì táng General Assembly Hall syn 禅院 禪院 chán yuàn Buddhist hall 花名 huā míng name of a person on the household register (old) / name on a roster / professional name of a prostitute / pseudonym / nickname 高堂 gāo táng main hall / honorific for one's parents (old) 过堂 過堂 guò táng to appear in court for trial (old) / (of Buddhist monks) to have a meal together in the temple hall syn 太和殿 tài hé diàn Hall of Supreme Harmony, the largest of the three halls that constitute the heart of the Outer Court of the Forbidden City 紫禁城[Zi3 jin4 cheng2] 表字 biǎo zì literary name (an alternative name of a person stressing a moral principle) / courtesy name syn 中正纪念堂 中正紀念堂 zhōng zhèng jì niàn táng Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taipei 庭 tíng main hall / front courtyard / law court syn 堂 táng (main) hall / large room for a specific purpose / CL:間|间[jian1] / relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family / of the same clan / classifier for classes, lectures etc / classifier for sets of furniture syn 厅 廳 tīng (reception) hall / living room / office / provincial government department syn 庙 廟 miào temple / ancestral shrine / CL:座[zuo4] / temple fair / great imperial hall / imperial syn 殿 diàn palace hall syn 不登大雅之堂 bù dēng dà yǎ zhī táng lit. not fit for elegant hall (of artwork) / not presentable / coarse / unrefined 怀仁堂 懷仁堂 huái rén táng Huairen Hall or Huairentang, a building inside Zhongnanhai 中南海[Zhong1 nan2 hai3], used as the main meeting place of the Politburo of the CCP 庑 廡 wǔ small rooms facing or to the side of the main hall or veranda 祧 tiāo ancestral hall 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) 