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"North Vietnam" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
北越 běi yuè North Vietnam / North Vietnamese
Chinese Pinyin Translation
东京 東京 dōng jīng Tokyo, capital of Japan / Tonkin (northern Vietnam during the French colonial period)
越南 yuè nán Vietnam / Vietnamese
北方 běi fāng north / the northern part a country / China north of the Yellow River syn
北边 北邊 běi biān north / north side / northern part / to the north of syn
北极 北極 běi jí the North Pole / the Arctic Pole / the north magnetic pole
越战 越戰 yuè zhàn Vietnam War (1955-1975)
越共 yuè gòng Communist Party of Vietnam / Viet Cong
南北 nán běi north and south / north to south
西贡 西貢 xī gòng Saigon, capital of former South Vietnam / Sai Kung town in New Territories, Hong Kong
北侧 北側 běi cè north side / north face syn
河内 河內 hé nèi Hanoi, capital of Vietnam
老街 lǎo jiē Lao Cai, Vietnam / Laokai or Laukkai, Burma (Myanmar)
中越 zhōng yuè Sino-Vietnam (relations)
侗族 dòng zú Kam people, who live mostly in southern China and in the north of Laos and Vietnam
南越 nán yuè South Vietnam / South Vietnamese
越南战争 越南戰爭 yuè nán zhàn zhēng Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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
南沙群岛 南沙群島 nán shā qún dǎo Spratly Islands, disputed between China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam
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
黎利 lí lì Le Loi, Vietnamese general and emperor who won back independence for Vietnam from China in 1428
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)
子 zǐ son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / (prefix) sub- syn
北 běi north / (classical) to be defeated syn
朝鲜 朝鮮 cháo xiǎn North Korea / Korea as geographic term / Taiwan pr. [Chao2 xian1]
美洲 měi zhōu America (including North, Central and South America) / the Americas / abbr. for 亞美利加洲|亚美利加洲[Ya4 mei3 li4 jia1 Zhou1]
北美 běi měi North America
北面 běi miàn northern side / north
北约 北約 běi yuē NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) (abbr. for 北大西洋公約組織|北大西洋公约组织[Bei3 Da4xi1 Yang2 Gong1yue1 Zu3zhi1])
平壤 píng rǎng Pyongyang, capital of North Korea
北欧 北歐 běi ōu north Europe / Scandinavia
北上 běi shàng to go up north
西洋 xī yáng the West (Europe and North America) / countries of the Indian Ocean (traditional)
北纬 北緯 běi wěi north latitude
北非 běi fēi North Africa
以北 yǐ běi to the north of (suffix)
北岸 běi àn the north bank
江南 jiāng nán south of Changjiang or Yangtze river / south of the lower reaches of Changjiang / often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces / a province during Qing times / in literature, refers to the sunny south / Gangnam (district in Seoul, South Korea)
北极星 北極星 běi jí xīng North Star / Polaris syn
沙门 沙門 shā mén monk (Sanskrit: Sramana, originally refers to north India) / Buddhist monk syn
两极 兩極 liǎng jí the two poles / the north and south poles / both ends of sth / electric or magnetic poles
金日成 jīn rì chéng Kim Il Sung (1912-1994) Great Leader of North Korea
北美洲 běi měi zhōu North America
秋田 qiū tián Akita prefecture of north Japan
六合 liù hé the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, down) / the whole country / the universe / everything under the sun syn
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
黄土 黃土 huáng tǔ loess (yellow sandy soil typical of north China)
蒙古族 měng gǔ zú Mongol ethnic group of north China and Inner Mongolia syn
北角 běi jiǎo North Point district of Hong Kong
阿特拉斯 ā tè lā sī Atlas (Titan in Greek mythology) / Atlas mountains of north Africa
北国 北國 běi guó the northern part of the country / the North syn
宫城 宮城 gōng chéng Miyagi prefecture in the north of Japan's main island Honshū 本州[Ben3 zhou1]
龙潭 龍潭 lóng tán Longtan district of Jilin city 吉林市, Jilin province / see also 龍潭|龙潭[long2 tan2] / Longtan or Lungtan township in Taoyuan county 桃園縣|桃园县[Tao2 yuan2 xian4], north Taiwan syn
基隆 jī lóng Chilung or Keelung, city and major port in north Taiwan
北亚 北亞 běi yà North Asia
北辰 běi chén Polaris / North Star syn
元山 yuán shān Wonsan city in Kangweon province 江原道 of North Korea
华北 華北 huá běi North China
向北 xiàng běi northward / facing north
六方会谈 六方會談 liù fāng huì tán six-sided talks (on North Korea)
特别行政区 特別行政區 tè bié xíng zhèng qū special administrative region (SAR), of which there are two in the PRC: Hong Kong 香港 and Macau 澳門|澳门 / refers to many different areas during late Qing, foreign occupation, warlord period and Nationalist government / refers to special zones in North Korea and Indonesia
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
朝中 cháo zhōng North Korea-China
抗美援朝 kàng měi yuán cháo Resist US, help North Korea (1950s slogan)
东南西北 東南西北 dōng nán xī běi east, south, west and north / all directions syn
幽州 yōu zhōu Youzhou, ancient province in north Hebei and Liaoning / Fanyang 範陽|范阳 ancient city near modern Beijing
湖区 湖區 hú qū Lake District, north England
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
阳明山 陽明山 yáng míng shān Mt Yangming in Hunan / Mt Yangming in north Taiwan, near Taibei
北韩 北韓 běi hán (Tw, HK) North Korea
羌族 qiāng zú Qiang ethnic group, nowadays esp. in north Sichuan
新屋 xīn wū Xinwu or Hsinwu township in Taoyuan county 桃園縣|桃园县[Tao2 yuan2 xian4], north Taiwan
五方 wǔ fāng the five regions: the east, south, west, north and center / all parts / China and the lands beyond its frontiers syn
燕国 燕國 yān guó Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning / north Hebei / the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕[Qian2 Yan1] (337-370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕[Hou4 Yan1] (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕[Nan2 Yan1] (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕[Bei3 Yan1] (409-436)
龟山 龜山 guī shān Guishan or Kueishan township in Taoyuan county 桃園縣|桃园县[Tao2 yuan2 xian4], north Taiwan
北朝鲜 北朝鮮 běi cháo xiǎn North Korea
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
两河 兩河 liǎng hé the areas to the north and south of the Yellow River (in the Spring and Autumn Period) / Mesopotamia
朝韩 朝韓 cháo hán North and South Korea
南北长 南北長 nán běi cháng north-south distance
白帝城 bái dì chéng Baidi town in Chongqing 重慶|重庆, north of the Changjiang, an important tourist attraction
魏晋南北朝 魏晉南北朝 wèi jìn nán běi cháo Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties / generic term for historic period 220-589 between Han and Sui
山形 shān xíng Yamagata prefecture in the north of Japan's main island Honshū 本州[Ben3 zhou1]
沙巴 shā bā Sabah, state of Malaysia in north Borneo 婆羅洲|婆罗洲
三八线 三八線 sān bā xiàn 38th parallel, forming the DMZ border between North and South Korea
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
北坡 běi pō north slope
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
朔风 朔風 shuò fēng north wind syn
北大西洋 běi dà xī yáng North Atlantic
士族 shì zú land-owning class, esp. during Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties 魏晉南北朝|魏晋南北朝[Wei4 Jin4 Nan2 Bei3 Chao2]
居庸关 居庸關 jū yōng guān Juyongguan, frontier fortress on Great Wall north of Beijing, in Changping district 昌平區|昌平区[Chang1 ping2 qu1]
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)
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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