玛丽 瑪麗 mǎ lì Mary or Marie (name) / Mali 马利亚 馬利亞 mǎ lì yà Maria (name) / Mary, mother of Jesus Christ 玛丽娅 瑪麗婭 mǎ lì yà Maria (name) / St Mary 耶和华 耶和華 yē hé huá Jehovah (biblical name for God, Hebrew: YHWH) / compare Yahweh 雅威[Ya3 wei1] and God 上帝[Shang4 di4] syn 马大 馬大 mǎ dà Martha (biblical name) 该隐 該隱 gāi yǐn Cain (name) / Cain (biblical character), a figure of Judeo-Christian-Muslim mythology 亚伯拉罕 亞伯拉罕 yà bó lā hǎn (name) Abraham / Abraham, Biblical patriarch regarded as the founder of monotheism 参孙 參孫 cān sūn Samson (name) / biblical hero around 1100 BC 扫罗 掃羅 sǎo luó Saul (name) / biblical king around 1000 BC 若瑟 ruò sè Joseph (biblical name) 阿彼雅 ā bǐ yǎ Abijah (biblical name) 加俾额尔 加俾額爾 jiā bǐ é ěr Gabriel (biblical name) 本名 běn míng original name / real name / (of foreigners) first name / given name 圣母玛利亚 聖母瑪利亞 shèng mǔ mǎ lì yà Mary (mother of Jesus) 圣母升天节 聖母升天節 shèng mǔ shēng tiān jié Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Christian festival on 15th August) 万福玛丽亚 萬福瑪麗亞 wàn fú mǎ lì yà Hail Mary / Ave Maria (religion) 苏格兰女王玛丽 蘇格蘭女王瑪麗 sū gé lán nǚ wáng mǎ lì Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-87) 血腥玛丽 血腥瑪麗 xuè xīng mǎ lì Bloody Mary 粉车 粉車 fěn chē (Mary Kay Cosmetics) pink car 隐龟 隱龜 yǐn guī Mary River turtle (Elusor macrurus) 玛丽苏 瑪麗蘇 mǎ lì sū (slang) Mary Sue (character type in fiction) 诗篇 詩篇 shī piān a poem / a composition in verse / fig. epic (compared with historical epic) / the biblical Book of Psalms syn 箴言 zhēn yán admonition / exhortation / dictum / the biblical Book of Proverbs syn 迦南 jiā nán Canaan (in Biblical Palestine) 伯利恒 伯利恆 bó lì héng Bethlehem (in the biblical nativity story) 节 節 jié joint / node / (bound form) section / segment / solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar) / seasonal festival / (bound form) to economize / to save / (bound form) moral integrity / chastity / classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc / knot (nautical miles per hour) syn 传道书 傳道書 chuán dào shū Ecclesiastes (biblical book of sermons) 雅歌 yǎ gē part of the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经 / a song / a poem set to elegant music / a refined chant / the biblical Song of Solomon 三位博士 sān wèi bó shì the Magi / the Three Wise Kings from the East in the biblical nativity story 则步隆 則步隆 zé bù lóng Zabulon or Zebulun, biblical land between Jordan and Galilee (Matthew 4:15) 加利利 jiā lì lì Galilee (in biblical Palestine) 加利肋亚 加利肋亞 jiā lì lèi yà Galilee (in biblical Palestine) 大先知书 大先知書 dà xiān zhī shū the biblical books of the prophets 巴拉巴斯 bā lā bā sī Barabbas (in the Biblical passion story) 希罗底 希羅底 xī luó dǐ Herodium (town in biblical Judea) 彼拉多 bǐ lā duō Pilate (Pontius Pilate in the Biblical passion story) 拿撒勒 ná sǎ lè Nazareth (in Biblical Palestine) 最后晚餐 最後晚餐 zuì hòu wǎn cān the Last Supper (in the biblical Passion story) 会幕 會幕 huì mù tabernacle (biblical word for a meeting hall or tent) 东方三博士 東方三博士 dōng fāng sān bó shì the Magi / the Three Wise Kings from the East in the biblical nativity story 灾变说 災變說 zāi biàn shuō catastrophism (theory that geological changes are brought about by catastrophes such as the biblical flood) 灾变论 災變論 zāi biàn lùn catastrophism / the theory that geological change is caused by catastrophic events such as the Biblical flood 圣经典故 聖經典故 shèng jīng diǎn gù biblical classic 般雀比拉多 bān què bǐ lā duō Pontius Pilate (in the Biblical passion story) 葛法翁 gě fǎ wēng Capernaum (biblical town on the Sea of Galilee) 黑落德 hēi luò dé Herod (biblical King) 耶利哥 yē lì gē Jericho (Biblical city) 哈拿 hā ná Hannah (biblical figure) 大名 dà míng famous name / your distinguished name / one's formal personal name / (Japanese history) daimyo syn 约翰 約翰 yuē hàn John (name) / Johan (name) / Johann (name) 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 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 花名 huā míng name of a person on the household register (old) / name on a roster / professional name of a prostitute / pseudonym / nickname 表字 biǎo zì literary name (an alternative name of a person stressing a moral principle) / courtesy name syn 名不副实 名不副實 míng bù fù shí the name does not reflect the reality (idiom) / more in name than in fact / Reality does not live up to the name. / Excellent theory, but the practice does not bear it out. syn 代字 dài zì abbreviated name of an entity (e.g. 皖政, a short name for 安徽省人民政府) / code name / (old) pronoun 名称 名稱 míng chēng name (of a thing) / name (of an organization) syn 姓名 xìng míng surname and given name / full name syn 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 名义 名義 míng yì name / titular / nominal / in name / ostensible purpose syn 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 金陵 jīn líng pre-Han name for Nanjing / common place name 化名 huà míng to go by an alias / to assume a false name / alias / pseudonym / assumed 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) 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] 点名 點名 diǎn míng roll call / to mention sb by name / (to call or praise or criticize sb) by name syn 起名 qǐ míng to name / to christen / to take a name 并称 並稱 bìng chēng joint name / combined name syn 阿兰 阿蘭 ā lán Alan, Allen, Allan, Alain etc (name) / A-lan (Chinese female 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] 小名 xiǎo míng pet name for a child / childhood name syn 高梁 gāo liáng Takahashi (name) / Takahashi city in Okayama prefecture, Japan / Highbridge (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] 弗洛伊德 fú luò yī dé Floyd (name) / Freud (name) / Dr Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), the founder of psychoanalysis 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] 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 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) 别称 別稱 bié chēng another name / alternative name syn 俗名 sú míng vernacular name / lay name (of a priest) syn 乳名 rǔ míng infant name / pet name for a child syn 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 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] 未命名 wèi mìng míng untitled / unnamed / no name / nameless / unknown name 代称 代稱 dài chēng alternative name / to refer to sth by another name / antonomasia 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] 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 称 稱 chēng to weigh / to state / to name / name / appellation / to praise syn 氏 shì clan name / maiden name syn 渝 yú short name for Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4] / old name of Jialing River 嘉陵江[Jia1 ling2 Jiang1] in Sichuan 荀 xún (archaic) name of a plant mentioned in ancient texts / name of a state that existed during the Zhou dynasty in present-day Shanxi 泸 瀘 lú old name of a river in Jiangxi / place name 郪 qī name of a river / place name 名副其实 名副其實 míng fù qí shí not just in name only, but also in reality (idiom) / aptly named / worthy of the name syn 名从主人 名從主人 míng cóng zhǔ rén (idiom) to refer to sth by the name its owners use / to refer to a place by the name its inhabitants use (e.g. refer to Seoul as 首爾|首尔[Shou3 er3] rather than 漢城|汉城[Han4 cheng2]) 有名亡实 有名亡實 yǒu míng wáng shí lit. has a name but no reality (idiom) / exists only in name / nominal 佛洛伊德 fó luò yī dé Floyd (name) / Freud (name) / Dr Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), the founder of psychoanalysis 