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"North China Plain" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
华北平原 華北平原 huá běi píng yuán North China Plain
Chinese Pinyin Translation
松辽平原 松遼平原 sōng liáo píng yuán Songliao Plain of northeast China including Songhua River 松花江 through the Liaoning Peninsula, also called the Northeast Plain 東北平原|东北平原[Dong1 bei3 Ping2 yuan2]
华北事变 華北事變 huá běi shì biàn North China Incident of October-December 1935, a Japanese attempt to set up a puppet government in north China
东北平原 東北平原 dōng běi píng yuán Northeast Plain, also called the Manchurian Plain
阿尔戈深海平原 阿爾戈深海平原 Argo abyssal plain / Argo plain
北边 北邊 běi biān north / north side / northern part / to the north of syn
北区 北區 běi qū north district of city / north zone / Pei north district of a Taiwanese city
北方 běi fāng north / the northern part a country / China north of the Yellow River syn
官渡之战 官渡之戰 guān dù zhī zhàn Battle of Guandu of 199 that established Cao Cao's 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] domination over north China, at Guandu (near modern 許昌|许昌[Xu3 chang1] in north Henan)
中国海 中國海 zhōng guó hǎi the China Seas (the seas of the Western Pacific Ocean, around China: Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea)
光背地鸫 光背地鶇 guāng bèi dì dōng (bird species of China) plain-backed thrush (Zoothera mollissima)
山噪鹛 山噪鶥 shān zào méi (bird species of China) plain laughingthrush (Pterorhinus davidi)
林岭雀 林嶺雀 lín lǐng què (bird species of China) plain mountain finch (Leucosticte nemoricola)
纯色啄花鸟 純色啄花鳥 chún sè zhuó huā niǎo (bird species of China) plain flowerpecker (Dicaeum minullum)
褐头鹪莺 褐頭鷦鶯 hè tóu jiāo yīng (bird species of China) plain prinia (Prinia inornata)
南北 nán běi north and south / north to south
北极 北極 běi jí the North Pole / the Arctic Pole / the north magnetic pole
北侧 北側 běi cè north side / north face syn
纵贯 縱貫 zòng guàn lit. warp string in weaving / fig. vertical or north-south lines / to pass through / to cross lengthwise / to pierce (esp. north-south or top-to-bottom) syn
北越 běi yuè North Vietnam / North Vietnamese
黄海道 黃海道 huáng hǎi dào former Hwanghae Province of northwest Korea, divided into North and South Hwanghae Province of North Korea in 1954
咸镜道 咸鏡道 xián jìng dào Hamgyeong Province of Joseon dynasty Korea, now divided into North Hamgyeong Province 咸鏡北道|咸镜北道[Xian2 jing4 bei3 dao4] and South Hamgyeong Province 咸鏡南道|咸镜南道[Xian2 jing4 nan2 dao4] of North Korea
两江道 兩江道 liǎng jiāng dào Ryanggang province province in north North Korea, adjacent to Jilin province
吉州 jí zhōu Jizhou district of Ji'an city 吉安市, Jiangxi / Kilju county in North Hamgyeong province, North Korea
吉州郡 jí zhōu jùn Kilju county in North Hamgyeong province, North Korea
咸镜 咸鏡 xián jìng Hamgyeongdo Province of Joseon Korea, now divided into North Hamgyeong Province 咸鏡北道|咸镜北道[Xian2 jing4 bei3 dao4] and South Hamgyeong Province 咸鏡南道|咸镜南道[Xian2 jing4 nan2 dao4] of North Korea
咸镜北道 咸鏡北道 xián jìng běi dào North Hamgyeong Province in northeast of North Korea, capital Chongjin 清津市[Qing1 jin1 shi4]
平安北道 píng ān běi dào North P'yong'an Province in west of North Korea, adjacent to Liaoning
平安道 píng ān dào P'yong'ando Province of Joseon Korea, now divided into South Pyong'an Province 平安南道[Ping2 an1 nan2 dao4] and North Pyong'an Province 平安北道[Ping2 an1 bei3 dao4] of North Korea
慈江道 cí jiāng dào Chagang province, in the north of North Korea
新义州市 新義州市 xīn yì zhōu shì Shin'ŭiju, capital of North Pyong'an Province, North Korea
玄武 xuán wǔ Black Tortoise (the seven mansions of the north sky) / (in Daoism) God of the north sky
丰溪 豐溪 fēng xī Fengxi, common place name / P'unggye in Kilju county, North Hamgyeong province, the North Korean nuclear test site
丰溪里 豐溪里 fēng xī lǐ P'unggye in Kilju county, North Hamgyeong province, the North Korean nuclear test site
清津市 qīng jīn shì Chongjin, capital of North Hamgyeong province 咸鏡北道|咸镜北道[Xian2 jing4 bei3 dao4], North Korea
黄海北道 黃海北道 huáng hǎi běi dào North Hwanghae Province of west North Korea
俄罗斯北方土着人民协会 俄羅斯北方土著人民協會 Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia and Far East / Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North
北草坪暂建楼 běi cǎo píng zàn jiàn lóu Temporary North Lawn Building / North Lawn Building
中东和北非区域 中東和北非區域 Middle East and North Africa Region / Middle East and North Africa
北掸邦军 北撣邦軍 běi dǎn bāng jūn Shan State Army–North / SSA-North
北海大陆架桉 北海大陸架案 North Sea Continental Shelf Cases / ICJ North Sea Cases
舞水端里 wǔ shuǐ duān lǐ Musudan-ri, North Korean rocket launch site in North Hamgyeong Province 咸鏡北道|咸镜北道[Xian2 jing4 bei3 dao4]
中国通 中國通 zhōng guó tōng China watcher / an expert on China / an old China hand
中国新闻社 中國新聞社 zhōng guó xīn wén shè China News Service (CNS), a state-owned news agency in China, focused primarily on providing news to Chinese communities outside mainland China
自由中国 自由中國 zì yóu zhōng guó Free China (Cold War era term for the Republic of China on Taiwan, as distinct from "Red China")
华北 華北 huá běi North China
黄土 黃土 huáng tǔ loess (yellow sandy soil typical of north China)
五代 wǔ dài Five Dynasties, period of history between the fall of the Tang dynasty (907) and the founding of the Song dynasty (960), when five would-be dynasties were established in quick succession in North China
朝中 cháo zhōng North Korea-China
蒙古族 měng gǔ zú Mongol ethnic group of north China and Inner Mongolia syn
侗族 dòng zú Kam people, who live mostly in southern China and in the north of Laos and Vietnam
中朝 zhōng cháo Sino-Korean / China and North Korea
胡人 hú rén ethnic groups in the north and west of China in ancient times / foreigner / barbarian
五方 wǔ fāng the five regions: the east, south, west, north and center / all parts / China and the lands beyond its frontiers syn
金朝 jīn cháo Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), founded by the Jurchen 女真[Nu:3 zhen1] people of North China, a precursor of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty
金代 jīn dài Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), founded by the Jurchen 女真[Nu:3 zhen1] people of North China, a precursor of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty
察哈尔 察哈爾 chá hā ěr Chahar Province (former province in North China existing from 1912-1936)
枯水期 kū shuǐ qī period of low water level (winter in north China)
夷狄 yí dí non-Han tribes in the east and north of ancient China / barbarians
肉夹馍 肉夾饃 ròu jiā mó lit. meat wedged in steamed bun / "Chinese burger" / sliced meat sandwich popular in north China
中北大学 中北大學 zhōng běi dà xué North University of China (Shanxi)
图们江 圖們江 tú mén jiāng Tumen river in Jilin province 吉林省, forming the eastern border between China and North Korea
貉子 háo zi raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) / raccoon of North China, Korea and Japan (Japanese: tanuki) / also called 狸 syn
貉 hé raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) / raccoon of North China, Korea and Japan (Japanese: tanuki) / also pr. [hao2] syn
大江南北 dà jiāng nán běi north and south sides of the Yangtze River (idiom) / (fig.) all over China
中国北方工业公司 中國北方工業公司 zhōng guó běi fāng gōng yè gōng sī China North Industries Corporation (Norinco)
黄鹤楼 黃鶴樓 huáng hè lóu Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985 / favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes / Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔顥|崔颢[Cui1 Hao4], with theme 'the past will never return' / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼[Yue4 yang2 Lou2] in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁[Teng2 wang2 Ge2] in Nanchang, Jiangxi
岳阳楼 岳陽樓 yuè yáng lóu Yueyang Tower, famous beauty spot in Yueyang, north Hunan, overlooking Dongting Lake 洞庭湖[Dong4 ting2 Hu2] / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼[Huang2 he4 Lou2] in Wuhan, Hubei and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁[Teng2 wang2 Ge2] in Nanchang, Jiangxi
丁汝昌 dīng rǔ chāng Ding Ruchang (1836-1895), commander of the Qing North China Navy
中国人民志愿军 中國人民志願軍 zhōng guó rén mín zhì yuàn jūn the Chinese People's Volunteer Army deployed by China to aid North Korea in 1950
俄中朝 é zhōng cháo Russia, China and North Korea
两情两愿 兩情兩願 liǎng qíng liǎng yuàn by mutual consent (north China dialect)
北洋水师 北洋水師 běi yáng shuǐ shī north China navy (esp. the ill-fated Chinese navy in the 1895 war with Japan)
北洋军 北洋軍 běi yáng jūn north China army, a modernizing Western-style army set up during late Qing, and a breeding ground for the Northern Warlords after the Qinghai revolution
北洋陆军 北洋陸軍 běi yáng lù jūn north China army (esp. during the warlords period)
四大盆地 sì dà pén dì four great basin depressions of China, namely: Tarim 塔里木盆地 in south Xinjiang, Jungar 準葛爾盆地|准葛尔盆地 and Tsaidam or Qaidam 柴達木盆地|柴达木盆地 in north Xinjiang Sichuan 四川盆地
新疆小盘鸡 新疆小盤雞 xīn jiāng xiǎo pán jī Xinjiang small-plate chicken (typical dish from North-West China)
滕王阁 滕王閣 téng wáng gé Tengwang Tower in Nanchang, Jiangxi / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼[Yue4 yang2 Lou2] in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼[Huang2 he4 Lou2] in Wuhan, Hubei
琅威理 láng wēi lǐ Captain William M Lang (1843-), British adviser to the Qing north China navy 北洋水師|北洋水师 during the 1880s
番茄炒蛋 fān qié chǎo dàn scrambled egg with fresh tomatoes (north China) / same as 西紅柿炒蛋|西红柿炒蛋
豆满江 豆滿江 dòu mǎn jiāng Dumangang, Korean name of Tumen river 圖們江|图们江[Tu2 men2 jiang1] in Jilin province, forming the eastern border between China and North Korea
锁国 鎖國 suǒ guó to close a country / to exclude foreign contact / closed country (Qing China, North Korea etc)
长白山天池 長白山天池 cháng bái shān tiān chí Changbaishan Tianchi, volcanic crater lake on the border between China and North Korea
耶律楚材 yē lǜ chǔ cái Yelü Chucai (1190-1244), Khitan statesman and advisor to Genghis Khan and Ögödei Khan, known for convincing the Mongols to tax the conquered population of the north China plains rather than slaughter it
济水 濟水 jǐ shuǐ Ji River, former river of north-eastern China which disappeared after the Yellow River flooded in 1852
耲耙 huái bà a kind of harrow used in north-east China to cultivate or sow / Taiwan pr. [huai2 pa2]
中原 zhōng yuán Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei syn
平原 píng yuán field / plain / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
明了 明瞭 míng liǎo to understand clearly / to be clear about / plain / clear syn
朴实 樸實 pǔ shí plain / simple / guileless / down-to-earth / sincere and honest syn
朴素 樸素 pǔ sù plain and simple / unadorned / simple living / not frivolous syn
布衣 bù yī plain cotton clothing / (literary) the common people syn
原味 yuán wèi authentic taste / plain cooked / natural flavor (without spices and seasonings)
平地 píng dì to level the land / level ground / plain syn
坦诚 坦誠 tǎn chéng candid / frank / plain dealing syn
台面 臺面 tái miàn tabletop / countertop / (fig.) public view / plain sight / (gambling) stake
白水 bái shuǐ plain water syn
原野 yuán yě plain / open country syn
质朴 質樸 zhì pǔ simple / plain / unadorned / unaffected / unsophisticated / rustic / earthy syn
河畔 hé pàn riverside / river plain
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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