薯条 薯條 shǔ tiáo french fries / french fried potatoes / chips 戴高乐 戴高樂 dài gāo lè Charles De Gaulle (1890-1970), French general and politician, leader of the Free French during World War II and president of the Republic 1959-1969 舌吻 shé wěn to French kiss / French kiss 中法战争 中法戰爭 zhōng fǎ zhàn zhēng Sino-French War (1883-1885) (concerning French seizure of Vietnam) 孤拔 gū bá Amédée Courbet (1826-1885), a French admiral who won a series of important land and naval victories during the Tonkin campaign and the Sino-French War 色当 色噹 sè dāng Sedan (French town) 伊斯特 yī sī tè Istres (French town) 克莱蒙特 克萊懞特 kè lái méng tè Clermont (French town) / Claremont, California 勒哈费尔 勒哈費爾 lè hā fèi ěr Le Havre (French town) 卡昂 kǎ áng Caen (French town) 巴斯蒂亚 巴斯蒂亞 bā sī dì yà Bastia (French town on Corsica island) 格勒诺布尔 格勒諾布爾 gé lè nuò bù ěr Grenoble (French town) 比斯特 bǐ sī tè Brest (the most western French town) 沙特鲁 沙特魯 shā tè lǔ Châteauroux / Chateauroux (French town) 迪庄 迪莊 dí zhuāng Dijon (French town) 阿美恩斯 ā měi ēn sī Amiens (French town) 镇长 鎮長 zhèn zhǎng town headman / mayor (of small town or village) / bailiff 边城 邊城 biān chéng border town / remote town 虎门镇 虎門鎮 hǔ mén zhèn Humen Town, also known as Taiping 太平[Tai4 ping2], a town within Dongguan prefecture-level city 東莞市|东莞市[Dong1 guan3 Shi4], Guangdong 满城风雨 滿城風雨 mǎn chéng fēng yǔ lit. wind and rain sweeping through the town (idiom) / fig. a big scandal / an uproar / the talk of the town syn 北安普敦 běi ān pǔ dūn Northampton, town in central England, county town of Northamptonshire 北安普敦郡[Bei3 an1 pu3 dun1 jun4] 九份 jiǔ fèn Jiufen (or Jioufen or Chiufen), mountainside town in north Taiwan, former gold mining town, used as the setting for two well-known movies 法国 法國 fǎ guó France / French 东京 東京 dōng jīng Tokyo, capital of Japan / Tonkin (northern Vietnam during the French colonial period) 法语 法語 fǎ yǔ French (language) 大卫 大衛 dà wèi David (name) / Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825), French neoclassical painter 家乐福 家樂福 jiā lè fú Carrefour, French supermarket chain 法国人 法國人 fǎ guó rén Frenchman / French person 雪铁龙 雪鐵龍 xuě tiě lóng Citroën (French car manufacturer) 里昂 lǐ áng Lyon, French city on the Rhône 闪人 閃人 shǎn rén (coll.) to beat it / to take French leave 中法 zhōng fǎ China-France (cooperation) / Sino-French 巴特 bā tè Barth or Barthes (name) / Roland Barthes (1915-1980), French critic and semiotician 法文 fǎ wén French language 兰蔻 蘭蔻 lán kòu Lancôme, French cosmetics brand 英法 yīng fǎ Anglo-French 雨果 yǔ guǒ Hugo (name) / Victor Hugo (1802-1885), French writer 落地窗 luò dì chuāng floor-to-ceiling window / French window 萨特 薩特 sà tè Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980), French existential philosopher and novelist 梅森 méi sēn Martin Mersenne (1588-1648, French mathematician) 法军 法軍 fǎ jūn French army 贞德 貞德 zhēn dé Jeanne d'Arc (1412-1431), French heroine and liberator, executed as a witch by the Burgundians and English / also called Jehanne Darc, the Maid or Orleans, Joan of Arc or St Joan 巴尔扎克 巴爾扎克 bā ěr zhā kè Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850), French novelist, author of series La comédie humaine 四季豆 sì jì dòu green bean / French bean / runner bean syn 炸薯条 炸薯條 zhá shǔ tiáo french fries 莫奈 mò nài Claude Monet (1840-1926), French impressionist painter 马友友 馬友友 mǎ yǒu yǒu Yo-Yo Ma (1955-), French-Chinese-American cellist 帕斯卡 pà sī kǎ Pascal (name) / Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), French mathematician 霞飞 霞飛 xiá fēi Joseph Joffre (1852-1931), leading French general at the start of World War One 左拉 zuǒ lā Zola (name) / Émile Zola (1840-1902), French naturalist novelist 莫泊桑 mò bó sāng Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893), French novelist and short story writer 笛卡尔 笛卡爾 dí kǎ ěr René Descartes (1596-1650) French philosopher 大仲马 大仲馬 dà zhòng mǎ Alexandre Dumas, père (1802-1870), French writer 孟德斯鸠 孟德斯鳩 mèng dé sī jiū Charles Montesquieu (1689-1755), French political philosopher 德彪西 dé biāo xī Claude Debussy (1862-1918), French composer 莫里哀 mò lǐ āi Molière (1622-1673), French playwright and actor, master of comedy 巴斯德 bā sī dé Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), French chemist and microbiologist 笛卡儿 笛卡兒 dí kǎ ér René Descartes (1596-1650), French philosopher and author of Discours de la méthode 方法論|方法论 傅立叶 傅立葉 fù lì yè Charles Fourier (French sociologist and socialist, 1772-1837) 卡宴 kǎ yàn Cayenne, capital of French Guiana 福楼拜 福樓拜 fú lóu bài Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880), French realist novelist, author of Madame Bovary 布加迪 bù jiā dí Bugatti (name) / Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. (French car company) 孔德 kǒng dé Auguste Comte (1798-1857), French philosopher 雷诺 雷諾 léi nuò Reynolds (name) / Renault (French car company) / Reno, Nevada 爱丽舍宫 愛麗捨宮 ài lì shě gōng Elysée Palace, the residence of the president of the French Republic 巴黎公社 bā lí gōng shè Paris Commune 1871, an unsuccessful proletarian uprising against the French Third Republic 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 法属圭亚那 法屬圭亞那 fǎ shǔ guī yà nà French Guiana 傅里叶 傅里葉 fù lǐ yè Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier (French mathematician, 1768-1830) 马提尼克 馬提尼克 mǎ tí ní kè Martinique (French Caribbean island) 亚利安娜 亞利安娜 yà lì ān nà Ariane (French space rocket) 埃居 āi jū écu (French coin, discontinued by the end of the 18th century) 安格尔 安格爾 ān gé ěr Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867), French Neoclassical painter 柏辽兹 柏遼茲 bó liáo zī Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), French romantic composer, author of Symphonie Fantastique 德勒兹 德勒茲 dé lè zī Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995), French philosopher 法国大革命 法國大革命 fǎ guó dà gé mìng French Revolution (1789-1799) 法国法郎 法國法郎 fǎ guó fǎ láng French 法国共产党 法國共產黨 fǎ guó gòng chǎn dǎng French Communist Party 法国号 法國號 fǎ guó hào French horn 法国科学院 法國科學院 fǎ guó kē xué yuàn French 法属南部领地 法屬南部領地 fǎ shǔ nán bù lǐng dì French 法属印度支那 法屬印度支那 fǎ shǔ yìn dù zhī nà French 福柯 fú kē Michel Foucault (1926-1984), French philosopher 拉瓦锡 拉瓦錫 lā wǎ xī Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794), French nobleman and scientist, considered the father of modern chemistry 拉辛 lā xīn Jean Racine (1639-1699), French dramatist 李维史陀 李維史陀 lǐ wéi shǐ tuó Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908-2009), French social anthropologist 普鲁东 普魯東 pǔ lǔ dōng Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809-1865), French socialist philosopher 圆明园 圓明園 yuán míng yuán Yuanmingyuan, the Old Summer Palace, destroyed by the British and French army in 1860 萨科齐 薩科齊 sà kē qí Nicolas Sarkozy (1955-), French UMP politician, President 2007-2012 人间喜剧 人間喜劇 rén jiān xǐ jù La Comédie humaine, series of novels by 19th century French novelist Honoré de Balzac 巴爾扎克|巴尔扎克[Ba1 er3 zha1 ke4] 伽罗瓦 伽羅瓦 jiā luó wà Évariste Galois (1811-1832), famous French mathematical prodigy and unsuccessful duelist 伽罗华 伽羅華 jiā luó huà Évariste Galois (1811-1832), famous French mathematical prodigy and unsuccessful duelist / also written 伽羅瓦|伽罗瓦 加尔文 加爾文 jiā ěr wén Calvin (1509-1564), French protestant reformer 勒威耶 lè wēi yē Urbain Le Verrier (1811-1877), French mathematician and astronomer who predicted the position of Neptune 勒庞 勒龐 lè páng Jean-Marie Le Pen (1928-), French Front National extreme right-wing politician 卡门柏乳酪 卡門柏乳酪 kǎ mén bó rǔ lào Camembert (soft, creamy French cheese) 古诺 古諾 gǔ nuò Gounod (name) / Charles Gounod (1818-1893), French musician and opera composer 国民议会 國民議會 guó mín yì huì Assemblée nationale (French lower chamber) / national parliament 塔列朗 tǎ liè lǎng Talleyrand (name) / Prince Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754-1838), French diplomat 