安南 ān nán Annam (Tang Dynasty protectorate located in what is now northern Vietnam) / Annam (autonomous kingdom located in what is now northern Vietnam, 10th-15th century) / Annam (central part of Vietnam during the French colonial period) / old name for Vietnam / Annan District in Tainan 臺南|台南[Tai2 nan2], Taiwan / Kofi Annan (1938-2018), UN secretary-general 1997-2006 蔡 cài surname Cai 喃字 nán zì Vietnam characters (like Chinese characters but native to Vietnam) 越南民主共和国 越南民主共和國 yuè nán mín zhǔ gòng hé guó Democratic Republic of Vietnam (aka North Vietnam), a country in Southeast Asia 1945-1976 秀才 xiù cai a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical) / scholar / skillful writer / fine talent syn 棺材 guān cai coffin / CL:具[ju4],口[kou3] syn 云彩 雲彩 yún cai (coll.) cloud / CL:朵[duo3] syn 奴才 nú cai slave / fig. flunkey syn 蔡元培 cài yuán péi Cai Yuanpei (1868-1940), educationist and politician, president of Peking University 1917-27 痞子蔡 pǐ zi cài Rowdy Cai (1969-), Taiwanese Internet writer 才 纔 cái (variant of 才[cai2]) just now / (variant of 才[cai2]) (before an expression of quantity) only syn 蔡锷 蔡鍔 cài è Cai E (1882-1916), military leader who was a key figure in the establishment the National Protection Army 護國軍|护国军[Hu4guo2jun1], which in 1916 fought the forces of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4kai3], who had tried to reestablish the monarchy with himself as emperor 蔡伦 蔡倫 cài lún Cai Lun (-121), the inventor of the papermaking process 采 採 cǎi color / complexion / looks / variant of 彩[cai3] / variant of 採|采[cai3] syn 采 cài used in 采邑[cai4yi4] and 采地[cai4di4] syn 财 財 cái money / wealth / riches / property / valuables syn 材 cái material / timber / ability / aptitude / a capable individual / coffin (old) syn 彩 cǎi (bright) color / variety / applause / applaud / lottery prize syn 裁 cái to cut out (as a dress) / to cut / to trim / to reduce / to diminish / to cut back (e.g. on staff) / decision / judgment syn 菜 cài vegetable / greens (CL:棵[ke1]) / dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yang4],道[dao4],盤|盘[pan2]) / (of one's skills etc) weak / poor / (coll.) (one's) type syn 猜 cāi to guess syn 踩 cǎi to step on / to tread / to stamp / to press a pedal / to pedal (a bike) / (online) to downvote syn 睬 cǎi to pay attention / to take notice of / to care for syn 縩 cài see 綷縩[cui4 cai4] 不见棺材不落泪 不見棺材不落淚 bù jiàn guān cai bù luò lèi lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom) / fig. refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality 跴 cǎi to capture / to step on 埰 cài old variant of 采[cai4] 寀 cài feudal estate 光复会 光復會 guāng fù huì anti-Qing revolutionary party set up in 1904 under Cai Yuanpei 蔡元培[Cai4 Yuan2 pei2] / aka 復古會|复古会[Fu4 gu3 hui4] 宋四家 sòng sì jiā four famous Song calligraphers, namely: Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼[Su1 Shi4], Huang Tingjian 黃庭堅|黄庭坚[Huang2 Ting2 jian1], Mi Fu 米芾[Mi3 Fu2] and Cai Xiang 蔡襄[Cai4 Xiang1] 复古会 復古會 fù gǔ huì anti-Qing revolutionary party set up in 1904 under Cai Yuanpei 蔡元培[Cai4 Yuan2pei2] / aka 光復會|光复会[Guang1fu4hui4] 历朝通俗演义 歷朝通俗演義 lì cháo tōng sú yǎn yì Dramatized history of successive dynasties (from Han to Republican China) by Cai Dongfan 蔡東藩|蔡东藩 民国通俗演义 民國通俗演義 mín guó tōng sú yǎn yì Dramatized history of Republican China until 1927 by Cai Dongfan 蔡東藩|蔡东藩, and later chapters by Xu Qinfu 許廑父|许廑父 䌽 綵 cǎi variant of 彩[cai3] 蔡国强 蔡國強 cài guó qiáng Cai Guoqiang (1957-), contemporary Chinese artist working with firework displays and light shows 蔡东藩 蔡東藩 cài dōng fān Cai Dongfan (1877-1945), historian and historical novelist 蔡襄 cài xiāng Cai Xiang (1012-1067), Song calligrapher 棺材瓤子 guān cai ráng zi geezer with one foot in the grave (used jokingly or as an imprecation) 秀才不出门，全知天下事 秀才不出門，全知天下事 xiù cai bù chū mén , quán zhī tiān xià shì a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom) 秀才不出门，能知天下事 秀才不出門，能知天下事 xiù cai bù chū mén , néng zhī tiān xià shì a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom) A菜 A - cài (Tw) A-choy, or Taiwanese lettuce (Lactuca sativa var. sativa) (from Taiwanese 萵仔菜, Tai-lo pr. [ue-á-tshài] or [e-á-tshài]) 中财 中財 zhōng - cái Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing (abbr. for 中央財經大學|中央财经大学[Zhong1yang1 Cai2jing1 Da4xue2]) 偲 cāi (literary) learned / erudite / (literary) gifted / highly talented / Taiwan pr. [sai1] 棺材板 guān cai bǎn wooden board used to make a coffin (also refers to the coffin itself) / (fig.) (of a facial expression) grim / unsmiling / coffin bread, a Taiwanese snack consisting of a thick slab of bread, fried or toasted, then hollowed out, filled with a thick stew, and capped with a "coffin lid" (slice of fried bread) 东京 東京 dōng jīng Tokyo, capital of Japan / Tonkin (northern Vietnam during the French colonial period) 越南 yuè nán Vietnam / Vietnamese 越战 越戰 yuè zhàn Vietnam War (1955-1975) 中越 zhōng yuè Sino-Vietnam (relations) 河内 河內 hé nèi Hanoi, capital of Vietnam 侗族 dòng zú Kam people, who live mostly in southern China and in the north of Laos and Vietnam 西贡 西貢 xī gòng Saigon, capital of former South Vietnam / Sai Kung town in New Territories, Hong Kong 南越 nán yuè South Vietnam / South Vietnamese 越南战争 越南戰爭 yuè nán zhàn zhēng Vietnam War (1955-1975) 南沙群岛 南沙群島 nán shā qún dǎo Spratly Islands, disputed between China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam 越共 yuè gòng Communist Party of Vietnam / Viet Cong 交趾 jiāo zhǐ former southernmost province of the Chinese Empire, now northern Vietnam 占城 佔城 zhàn chéng Champa (Sanskrit: Campapura or Campanagara), ancient kingdom in the South of Vietnam c. 200-1693 下龙湾 下龍灣 xià lóng wān Ha Long Bay, Vietnam 金瓯 金甌 jīn ōu Ca Mau, Vietnam syn 顺化 順化 shùn huà Hue, city in central Vietnam and capital of Thua Thien province 京族 jīng zú Gin or Jing, ethnic minority of China, descendants of ethnic Vietnamese people living mainly in Guangxi / Kinh, the ethnic majority in Vietnam 会安 會安 huì ān Hoi An (in Vietnam) 北越 běi yuè North Vietnam / North Vietnamese 胡志明市 hú zhì míng shì Ho Chi Minh City a.k.a. Saigon, Vietnam 中日韩越 中日韓越 zhōng rì hán yuè China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam 陈德良 陳德良 chén dé liáng Tran Duc Luong (1937-), former president of Vietnam 越南共产党 越南共產黨 yuè nán gòng chǎn dǎng Communist Party of Vietnam 越南国家航空公司 越南國家航空公司 yuè nán guó jiā háng kōng gōng sī Vietnam 中法战争 中法戰爭 zhōng fǎ zhàn zhēng Sino-French War (1883-1885) (concerning French seizure of Vietnam) 中法新约 中法新約 zhōng fǎ xīn yuē treaty of Tianjin of 1885 ceding Vietnam to France 南定 nán dìng Nam Dinh, Vietnam 大湄公河次区域 大湄公河次區域 dà méi gōng hé cì qū yù Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), area of economic cooperation between China and Vietnam 大湄公河次区域合作 大湄公河次區域合作 dà méi gōng hé cì qū yù hé zuò Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), economic cooperation program between China and Vietnam 安南山脉 安南山脈 ān nán shān mài Annamite Range, aka Annamese Cordillera, mountain range forming the border between Vietnam and Laos 岘港 峴港 xiàn gǎng Da Nang or Danang, Vietnam 斯普拉特利群岛 斯普拉特利群島 sī pǔ lā tè lì qún dǎo Spratly Islands, disputed between China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam / same as 南沙群島|南沙群岛[Nan1 sha1 Qun2 dao3] 日南郡 rì nán jùn Han dynasty province in Vietnam 荣市 榮市 róng shì Vinh, Vietnam 波来克 波來克 bō lái kè Pleiku, Vietnam 薄瑞光 bó ruì guāng Raymond Burghard (1945-), US diplomat and ambassador to Vietnam 2001-2004, chairman of American Institute in Taiwan from 2006 长山山脉 長山山脈 cháng shān shān mài Annamite Range, aka Annamese Cordillera, mountain range forming the border between Vietnam and Laos 阮晋勇 阮晉勇 ruǎn jìn yǒng Nguyễn Tấn Dũng (1949-), prime minister of Vietnam 2006-2016 高平 gāo píng Gaoping, city in 山西[Shan1 xi1] / Cao Bang, Vietnam 黎利 lí lì Le Loi, Vietnamese general and emperor who won back independence for Vietnam from China in 1428 美国越战退伍军人基金会 美國越戰退伍軍人基金會 Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation 越南计划生育协会 越南計劃生育協會 Vietnam Family Planning Association 占婆 佔婆 zhàn pó Champa (Sanskrit: Campapura or Campanagara), ancient kingdom in the South of Vietnam c. 200-1693 槟椥 檳椥 bīn zhī Ben Tre, province and city in Vietnam 槟知 檳知 bīn zhī Ben Tre, province and city in Vietnam 波来古 波來古 bō lái gǔ Pleiku, Vietnam 北圻 běi qí Tonkin, northern Vietnam during the French colonial period 牛轭礁 牛軛礁 niú è jiāo Niu'e Reef, disputed territory in the South China Sea, claimed by China, Vietnam and the Philippines, aka Whitsun Reef or Julian Felipe Reef 占婆 zhān pó Champa, ancient Indochinese kingdom lasting from the 2nd to the 17th century, located in what is now central and southern Vietnam 海南鳈 海南鰁 hǎi nán quán Sarcocheilichthys hainanensis, a species of cyprinid fish found in China, Laos and Vietnam 老子 lǎo zǐ Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism / the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1] by Laozi syn 姥姥 lǎo lao (coll.) mother's mother / maternal grandmother syn 道家 dào jiā Daoist School of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC), based on the teachings of Laozi or Lao-tze 老子[Lao3 zi3] (c. 500 BC-) and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] (369-286 BC) syn 老君 lǎo jūn Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, founder of Taoism 道德经 道德經 dào dé jīng the Book of Dao by Laozi or Lao-Tze, the sacred text of Daoism 