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"Historical Linguistics" Chinese-English Dictionary

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文献学 文獻學 wén xiàn xué Philology / Historical Linguistics
Chinese Pinyin Translation
传 傳 zhuàn biography / historical narrative / commentaries / relay station syn
代 dài to be a substitute for / to act on behalf of / to replace / to substitute / generation / dynasty / age / period / (historical) era / (geological) eon syn
体 體 tǐ body / form / style / system / substance / to experience / aspect (linguistics) syn
强势 強勢 qiáng shì strong / powerful / (linguistics) emphatic / intensive
西服 xī fú suit / Western-style clothes (historical usage) syn
让步 讓步 ràng bù to concede / to give in / to yield / a concession / (linguistics) concessive syn
应用 應用 yìng yòng to put to use / to apply / practical / applied (science, linguistics etc) / application / practical use / (computing) app syn
文物 wén wù cultural relic / historical relic / CL:件[jian4],個|个[ge4]
名词 名詞 míng cí (linguistics) noun / term (name for a concept)
再现 再現 zài xiàn to recreate / to reconstruct (a historical relic) syn
同音 tóng yīn (music) unison / (linguistics) homophonous / homonymic
遗迹 遺跡 yí jì trace / vestige / historical remains / remnant
韵律 韻律 yùn lǜ cadence / rhythm / rhyme scheme / meter (in verse) / (linguistics) prosody syn
母语 母語 mǔ yǔ native language / mother tongue / (linguistics) parent language
语言学 語言學 yǔ yán xué linguistics
火枪 火槍 huǒ qiāng firearms (in historical context) / flintlock (old powder and shot firearm)
古迹 古跡 gǔ jì places of historic interest / historical sites / CL:個|个[ge4]
复数 複數 fù shù (linguistics) plural / (math.) complex number
普鲁士 普魯士 pǔ lǔ shì Prussia (historical German state)
诗篇 詩篇 shī piān a poem / a composition in verse / fig. epic (compared with historical epic) / the biblical Book of Psalms syn
翻案 fān àn to reverse a verdict / to present different views on a historical person or verdict
映射 yìng shè to shine on / (math., linguistics etc) mapping syn
成语 成語 chéng yǔ Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation / idiom / proverb / saying / adage / CL:條|条[tiao2],本[ben3],句[ju4]
考证 考證 kǎo zhèng to do textual research / to make textual criticism / to verify by means of research (esp. historical details) / to take an exam to get a certificate (abbr. for 考取證件|考取证件[kao3 qu3 zheng4 jian4]) syn
青史 qīng shǐ annal / historical record / CL:筆|笔[bi3] 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
名胜 名勝 míng shèng a place famous for its scenery or historical relics / scenic spot / CL:處|处[chu4] syn
后缀 後綴 hòu zhuì suffix (linguistics)
词根 詞根 cí gēn (linguistics) root
史实 史實 shǐ shí historical fact 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
思潮 sī cháo tide of thought / way of thinking characteristic of a historical period / Zeitgeist syn
映衬 映襯 yìng chèn to set off by contrast / antithesis / analogy parallelism (linguistics) syn
呼应 呼應 hū yìng to conform (with) / to echo / to correlate well / (linguistics) agreement syn
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
史料 shǐ liào historical material or data
名胜古迹 名勝古跡 míng shèng gǔ jì historical sites and scenic spots syn
前缀 前綴 qián zhuì prefix (linguistics)
历史剧 歷史劇 lì shǐ jù historical drama
演义 演義 yǎn yì to dramatize historical events / novel or play on historical theme
形态学 形態學 xíng tài xué morphology (in biology or linguistics)
秀才 xiù cai a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical) / scholar / skillful writer / fine talent syn
上古 shàng gǔ the distant past / ancient times / antiquity / early historical times syn
继往开来 繼往開來 jì wǎng kāi lái to follow the past and herald the future (idiom) / part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages syn
英吉利 yīng jí lì England (historical loan, from English)
日化 rì huà household chemicals (cleaning products etc) and toiletries (abbr. for 日用化學製品|日用化学制品[ri4 yong4 hua4 xue2 zhi4 pin3]) / (linguistics) to rhotacize / rhotic
倒装 倒裝 dào zhuāng (linguistics) to invert (word order)
承前启后 承前啟後 chéng qián qǐ hòu to follow the past and herald the future (idiom) / part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages syn
转义 轉義 zhuǎn yì (linguistics) transferred meaning / (computing) to escape
口音 kǒu yīn (linguistics) oral speech sounds syn
收音 shōu yīn to receive a radio signal / to make an audio recording / (of an auditorium etc) to have good acoustics / (vocal training, linguistics) ending (of a word or syllable)
列传 列傳 liè zhuàn historical biography
戏说 戲說 xì shuō dramatic form consisting of historical narration / history as jocular narrative / to stretch history for a joking story / amusing story with strained interpretations of history / to make an unreasonable comparison in jest syn
历史时期 歷史時期 lì shǐ shí qī historical period
历史人物 歷史人物 lì shǐ rén wù historical person
历史事件 歷史事件 lì shǐ shì jiàn historical incident
历史背景 歷史背景 lì shǐ bèi jǐng historical background
吴国 吳國 wú guó Wu state (in south China, in different historical periods) / Wu state 220-280, founded by Sun Quan 孫權|孙权 the southernmost of the three Kingdoms
历史博物馆 歷史博物館 lì shǐ bó wù guǎn historical museum
字根 zì gēn component of a Chinese character / (linguistics) word root / etymon
情态 情態 qíng tài spirit / mood / (linguistics) modal syn
历史唯物主义 歷史唯物主義 lì shǐ wéi wù zhǔ yì historical materialism (Marx's theory of history) syn
史籍 shǐ jí historical records syn
虚词 虛詞 xū cí (linguistics) function word
掌故 zhǎng gù anecdote / tales (esp. about a historical figure) syn
盛京 shèng jīng historical name of Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳 in modern Liaoning province
历史上 歷史上 lì shǐ shàng historical / in history
词法 詞法 cí fǎ morphology (linguistics) / word formation and inflection
实词 實詞 shí cí (linguistics) content word
多义 多義 duō yì polysemy / polysemous / ambiguity (linguistics)
词类 詞類 cí lèi (linguistics) part of speech / word class / lexical category
桃花扇 táo huā shàn The Peach Blossom Fan, historical play about the last days of the Ming dynasty by Kong Shangren 孔尚任[Kong3 Shang4 ren4]
模态 模態 mó tài modal (computing, linguistics)
叶 葉 yè leaf / page / lobe / (historical) period / classifier for small boats syn
吴 吳 wú surname Wu / area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai / name of states in southern China at different historical periods
汉阳 漢陽 hàn yáng Hanyang county in Hubei province / historical name Hanyang for Seoul, Korea
波西米亚 波西米亞 bō xī mǐ yà Bohemia, historical region in Central Europe / bohemian (i.e. artistic and unconventional)
升调 昇調 shēng diào to promote to a higher post / (linguistics) rising intonation / (Chinese linguistics) rising tone
喉音 hóu yīn guttural sound / (linguistics) glottal (or laryngeal) consonant
词缀 詞綴 cí zhuì prefix or suffix of a compound word / affix (linguistics)
词汇学 詞彙學 cí huì xué lexicology (linguistics)
语料 語料 yǔ liào (linguistics) language material / language data
评话 評話 píng huà storytelling dramatic art dating back to Song and Yuan periods, single narrator without music, often historical topics with commentary syn
车裂 車裂 chē liè to tear off sb's four limbs and head using five horse-drawn carts (historical form of capital punishment) syn
平话 平話 píng huà storytelling dramatic art dating back to Song and Yuan periods, single narrator without music, often historical topics with commentary
姚雪垠 yáo xuě yín Yao Xueyin (1910-1999), PRC novelist, author of historical novel Li Zicheng 李自成
老城区 老城區 lǎo chéng qū old city district / historical center
降调 降調 jiàng diào falling intonation (linguistics) / to lower the key of a tune / to demote
阿比西尼亚 阿比西尼亞 ā bǐ xī ní yà Abyssinia, historical name of Ethiopia
波美拉尼亚 波美拉尼亞 bō měi lā ní yà Pomerania, a historical region on the south shore of the Baltic Sea
拟音 擬音 nǐ yīn to make a sound effect / sound effect / (historical linguistics) to reconstruct the sound system of an archaic language
词形 詞形 cí xíng form of words (e.g. inflection, conjugation) / morphology (linguistics)
祦 禑 wú happy / used in historical names
承上起下 chéng shàng qǐ xià to follow the past and herald the future (idiom) / part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
轶事遗闻 軼事遺聞 yì shì yí wén anecdote (about historical person) / lost or apocryphal story
颚龈音 顎齦音 è yín yīn prepalatal or palatal sound (linguistics) / palato-alveolar consonant (linguistics)
配价 配價 pèi jià (linguistics) valence / valency
施事 shī shì (linguistics) agent / doer
首音 shǒu yīn (linguistics) onset
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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