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"Korean letters" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
朝鲜字母 朝鮮字母 cháo xiǎn zì mǔ hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet / Korean letters
韩文字母 韓文字母 hán wén zì mǔ hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet / Korean letters
Chinese Pinyin Translation
风流 風流 fēng liú distinguished and accomplished / outstanding / talented in letters and unconventional in lifestyle / romantic / dissolute / loose syn
音讯 音訊 yīn xùn letters / mail / news / messages / correspondence syn
大写 大寫 dà xiě capital letters / uppercase letters / block letters / banker's anti-fraud numerals syn
膝下 xī xià at the knee (in reference to children) / (salutation used in letters to parents or grandparents) syn
文学家 文學家 wén xué jiā writer / man of letters / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
韩文 韓文 hán wén hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet / Korean written language
铅字 鉛字 qiān zì (printing) type / movable letters
大小写 大小寫 dà xiǎo xiě capitals and lowercase letters
用字 yòng zì to use letters / to use words / diction
函件 hán jiàn letters / correspondence syn
字词 字詞 zì cí letters or words / words or phrase
应用文 應用文 yìng yòng wén applied writing / writing for practical purposes (business letters, advertising etc) syn
朝鲜族 朝鮮族 cháo xiǎn zú Korean ethnic group in China (mainly in northeast China) / the Koreans (major ethnic group on the Korean Peninsula)
首字母 shǒu zì mǔ initial letters
再拜 zài bài to bow again / to bow twice (gesture of respect in former times) / (in letters, an expression of respect)
楔形 xiē xíng cuneiform (letters) / wedge-shape
代书 代書 dài shū to write on sb's behalf / a scrivener (who writes legal documents or letters for others)
龚自珍 龔自珍 gōng zì zhēn Gong Zizhen (1792-1841), Chinese man of letters, calligrapher and poet
通 tōng to go through / to know well / (suffix) expert / to connect / to communicate / open / to clear / classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc syn
封 fēng to confer / to grant / to bestow a title / to seal / classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters syn
纸 紙 zhǐ paper (CL:張|张[zhang1],沓[da2]) / classifier for documents, letters etc syn
颂 頌 sòng ode / eulogy / to praise in writing / to wish (in letters) syn
缄 緘 jiān letters / to close / to seal syn
大写字母 大寫字母 dà xiě zì mǔ capital letters / uppercase letters
朴正熙 piáo zhèng xī Park Chung-Hee (1917-1979), South Korean military man and dictator, president 1963-1979, influential in developing Korean industry, murdered by his bodyguard
文牍 文牘 wén dú paperwork / official documents and letters / (old) secretary syn
跆拳道 tái quán dào taekwondo (Korean martial art)
棒子 bàng zi stick / club / cudgel / maize (corn) / ear of maize / corncob / (derog.) Korean syn
韩元 韓元 hán yuán South Korean won (currency)
冷面 冷麵 lěng miàn naengmyeon (Korean dish based on cold noodles in soup)
高丽 高麗 gāo lí Korean Goryeo dynasty, 918-1392 / Korea, esp. in context of art and culture
三国 三國 sān guó Three Kingdoms period (220-280) in Chinese history / any of several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新羅|新罗[Xin1luo2] in 658
韩国人 韓國人 hán guó rén Korean (person)
韩语 韓語 hán yǔ Korean language (esp. in context of South Korea)
朝鲜战争 朝鮮戰爭 cháo xiǎn zhàn zhēng Korean War (1950-1953)
渤海 bó hǎi Bohai Sea, or Bo Hai, between Liaoning and Shandong / Parhae, Korean kingdom in Manchuria and Siberia 698-926
韩流 韓流 hán liú Korean Wave, aka Hallyu (the increase in international interest in South Korea and its popular culture since the 1990s)
长白山 長白山 cháng bái shān Changbai or Baekdu mountains 白頭山|白头山, volcanic mountain range between Jilin province and North Korea, prominent in Manchu and Korean mythology
龙井 龍井 lóng jǐng Longjing, county-level city in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州|延边朝鲜族自治州[Yan2bian1 Chao2xian3zu2 Zi4zhi4zhou1], Jilin / Longjing, a district of Taichung 臺中市|台中市[Tai2zhong1 Shi4], Taiwan / Longjing tea (abbr. for 龍井茶|龙井茶[long2jing3cha2])
朝鲜半岛 朝鮮半島 cháo xiǎn bàn dǎo Korean Peninsula
李氏 lǐ shì the Korean Yi or Lee Dynasty (1392-1910)
韩服 韓服 hán fú hanbok (traditional Korean dress)
西海 xī hǎi Yellow Sea (Korean term)
朝核问题 朝核問題 cháo hé wèn tí Korean nuclear problem
中朝 zhōng cháo Sino-Korean / China and North Korea
韩国语 韓國語 hán guó yǔ Korean language
珲春 琿春 hún chūn Hunchun, county-level city in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州|延边朝鲜族自治州[Yan2 bian1 Chao2 xian3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Jilin
韩方 韓方 hán fāng the Korean side
开城 開城 kāi chéng Kaesong or Gaeseong city in southwest North Korea, close to the border with South Korea and a special economic zone for South Korean companies
高句丽 高句麗 gāo gōu lí Goguryeo (37 BC-668 AD), one of the Korean Three Kingdoms
朝鲜语 朝鮮語 cháo xiǎn yǔ Korean language
韩美 韓美 hán měi South Korean-US
百济 百濟 bǎi jì Paekche or Baekje (18 BC-660 AD), one of the Korean Three Kingdoms
竹岛 竹島 zhú dǎo Takeshima (Korean Dokdo 獨島|独岛[Du2 dao3]), disputed islands in Sea of Japan
雅乐 雅樂 yǎ yuè formal ceremonial music of each succeeding Chinese dynasty starting with the Zhou / Korean a'ak / Japanese gagaku
合气道 合氣道 hé qì dào aikido (Japanese martial art) / hapkido (Korean martial art)
朴 piáo surname Piao / Korean surname (Park, Pak or Bak) / also pr. [Pu2] syn
铉 鉉 xuàn stick-like implement inserted into the handles of a tripod cauldron in ancient times in order to lift the cauldron / commonly used in Korean names, transcribed as "hyun"
麦克阿瑟 麥克阿瑟 mài kè ā sè General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war
朝鲜人 朝鮮人 cháo xiǎn rén North Korean (person)
大宇 dà yǔ Daewoo (Korean conglomerate)
李舜臣 lǐ shùn chén Yi Sunshin (1545-1598), Korean admiral and folk hero, famous for sea victories over the Japanese invaders
全斗焕 全斗煥 quán dòu huàn Chun Doo Hwan (1931-), South Korean politician, president 1980-1988
长白 長白 cháng bái Changbai Korean autonomous county in Baishan 白山, Jilin
卢武铉 盧武鉉 lú wǔ xuàn Roh Moo-hyun (1946-2009), South Korean lawyer and politician, president 2003-2008
金泳三 jīn yǒng sān Kim Young-sam (1927-2015), South Korean politician, president 1993-1998
图们 圖們 tú mén Tumen, county-level city in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州|延边朝鲜族自治州[Yan2 bian1 Chao2 xian3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Jilin
安重根 ān zhòng gēn An Jung-geun or Ahn Joong-keun (1879-1910), Korean independence activist, famous as assassin of Japanese prime minister ITŌ Hirobumi 伊藤博文[Yi1 teng2 Bo2 wen2] in 1909
板门店 板門店 bǎn mén diàn Panmunjeom, the Joint Security Area in the Korean demilitarized zone
魏巍 wèi wēi Wei Wei (1920-2008), novelist and poet, author of award-winning novel The Orient 東方|东方[Dong1fang1] about the Korean war
法拉盛 fǎ lā shèng Flushing Chinatown, a predominantly Chinese and Korean neighborhood of Queens, New York City
白头山 白頭山 bái tóu shān Baekdu or Changbai mountains 長白山|长白山, volcanic mountain range between Jilin province and North Korea, prominent in Manchu and Korean mythology
使役 shǐ yì to use (an animal or servant) / working (animal) / (beast) of burden / causative form of verbs (esp. in grammar of Japanese, Korean etc) syn
鲦 鰷 tiáo Korean sharpbelly (fish, Hemiculter leucisculus) / chub
拼音字母 pīn yīn zì mǔ phonetic letters
文武双全 文武雙全 wén wǔ shuāng quán well versed in letters and military technology (idiom) / fine scholar and soldier / master of pen and sword syn
思密达 思密達 sī mì dá (slang) (used at the end of a sentence to mimic Korean speech) (loanword from Korean verb ending "seumnida") / (jocular) a Korean
新罗 新羅 xīn luó Silla, Korean kingdom 57 BC-935 AD / one of the Korean Three Kingdoms from 1st century AD, defeating its rivals Paikche 百濟|百济[Bai3 ji4] and Koguryo 高句麗|高句丽[Gao1 gou1 li2] around 660 in alliance with Tang China / unified Silla 658-935
三国史记 三國史記 sān guó shǐ jì History of Three Kingdoms (Korean: Samguk Sagi), the oldest extant Korean history, compiled under Kim Busik 金富軾|金富轼[Jin1 Fu4 shi4] in 1145. The three kingdoms are Goguryeo 高句麗|高句丽[Gao1 gou1 li2], Baekje 百濟|百济[Bai3 ji4], Silla 新羅|新罗[Xin1 luo2].
六二五事变 六二五事變 liù èr wǔ shì biàn Korean War (dating from North Korean invasion on 25th Jun 1950)
新罗王朝 新羅王朝 xīn luó wáng cháo Silla, Korean kingdom 57 BC-935 AD / one of the Korean Three Kingdoms from 1st century AD, defeating its rivals Paikche 百濟|百济[Bai3 ji4] and Koguryo 高句麗|高句丽[Gao1 gou1 li2] around 660 in alliance with Tang China / unified Silla 658-935
阿里郎 ā lǐ láng Arirang, famous Korean song of love and tragic separation, based on folk tale from Georyo dynasty / Arirang, series of Korean earth observation space satellites
韩半岛 韓半島 hán bàn dǎo Korean peninsula (esp. South Korean usage)
读者来信 讀者來信 dú zhě lái xìn Reader's Letters
椷 jiān a box / letters
罗马字母 羅馬字母 luó mǎ zì mǔ Roman letters / Roman alphabet
西里尔字母 西里爾字母 xī lǐ ěr zì mǔ Cyrillic alphabet / Cyrillic letters
小写字母 小寫字母 xiǎo xiě zì mǔ lowercase (letters)
注音符号 注音符號 zhù yīn fú hào Mandarin phonetic symbols (MPS), phonetic alphabet for Chinese used esp. in Taiwan, also known colloquially as Bopomofo (after the first four letters of the alphabet:ㄅㄆㄇㄈ)
文学博士 文學博士 wén xué bó shì Doctor of Letters
不区分大小写 不區分大小寫 bù qū fēn dà xiǎo xiě case insensitive / not distinguishing capitals from lowercase letters
区分大小写 區分大小寫 qū fēn dà xiǎo xiě case sensitive / distinguishing capitals from lowercase letters
报帖 報帖 bào tiě to announce good news in red letters
拉丁文字 lā dīng wén zì the alphabet / latin letters
书信集 書信集 shū xìn jí collected letters
书牍 書牘 shū dú letter / wooden writing strips (arch.) / general term for letters and documents
重文轻武 重文輕武 zhòng wén qīng wǔ to value letters and belittle arms (idiom) / to stress civil matters and neglect the military / to prefer the pen to the sword
头号字 頭號字 tóu hào zì largest typeface / biggest letters
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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