"Sea of Japan" Chinese-English Dictionary

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日本海 rì běn hǎi Sea of Japan
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
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)
海风 海風 hǎi fēng sea breeze / sea wind (i.e. from the sea)
海底军备控制条约 海底軍備控制條約 Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil Thereof / Sea-bed Arms Control Treaty / Sea-bed Treaty
海底条约 海底條約 Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil Thereof / Sea-bed Arms Control Treaty / Sea-bed Treaty
福冈 福岡 fú gāng Fukuoka, capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture in Kyushu, Japan / Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
日本国志 日本國誌 rì běn guó zhì A Record of Japan, by Huang Zunxian 黃遵憲|黄遵宪[Huang2 Zun1 xian4], an extended analysis of Meiji Japan
黄遵宪 黃遵憲 huáng zūn xiàn Huang Zunxian (1848-1905), Qing dynasty poet and diplomat, author of A Record of Japan 日本國誌|日本国志[Ri4 ben3 Guo2 zhi4], an extended analysis of Meiji Japan
伊藤博文 yī téng bó wén Itō Hirobumi (1841-1909), Japan’s first prime minister (served four terms), key figure in Japan’s colonial expansion into Korea
日本难民救助协会 Association for Aid and Relief, Japan / AAR Japan
霓虹国 霓虹國 ní hóng guó (slang) Japan (loanword from the Japanese word for Japan, "Nihon")
11区 11區 shí yī qū (ACG) Japan (from the anime "Code Geass", in which Japan was renamed Area 11)
东瀛 東瀛 dōng yíng (literary) East China Sea / (literary) Japan syn
独岛 獨島 dú dǎo Dokdo (Japanese Takeshima 竹島|竹岛[Zhu2 dao3]), disputed islands in Sea of Japan
竹岛 竹島 zhú dǎo Takeshima (Korean Dokdo 獨島|独岛[Du2 dao3]), disputed islands in Sea of Japan
天桥立 天橋立 tiān qiáo lì Ama-no-hashidate in the north of Kyōto prefecture 京都府 on the Sea of Japan
琉球海 liú qiú hǎi Ryūkyū Sea / refers to the Ryūkyū Islands 琉球群島|琉球群岛[Liu2 qiu2 Qun2 dao3] stretching from Japan to Taiwan
东海 東海 dōng hǎi East China Sea / East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography)
海绵 海綿 hǎi mián (zoology) sea sponge / (esp.) dried sea sponge / sponge (made from polyester or cellulose etc) / foam rubber
下海 xià hǎi to go out to sea / to enter the sea (to swim etc) / (fig.) to take the plunge (e.g. leave a secure job, or enter prostitution etc)
海王 hǎi wáng Poseidon, Greek god of the sea / Neptune, Roman god of the sea / Aquaman, DC comic book superhero / (slang) womanizer / player
浅海 淺海 qiǎn hǎi shallow sea / sea less than 200 meters deep syn
罗斯托夫 羅斯托夫 luó sī tuō fū Rostov-on-Don, Russian river port and regional capital close to Sea of Azov (north of the Black Sea)
碧海青天 bì hǎi qīng tiān green sea, blue sky (idiom) / sea and sky merge in one shade / loneliness of faithful widow
棘皮动物 棘皮動物 jí pí dòng wù echinoderm, the phylum containing sea urchins, sea cucumbers etc
保护波罗的海地区海洋环境公约 保護波羅的海地區海洋環境公約 Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area / Baltic Sea Convention
海上补给 海上補給 replenishment at sea / at-sea replenishment
海洋法技术问题咨询委员会 海洋法技術問題咨詢委員會 Advisory Board on Technical Aspects of the Law of the Sea / Advisory Board on Hydrographic, Geodetic and Marine Geo-Scientific Aspects of the Law of the Sea
海床条约缔约国审查会议 海床條約締約國審查會議 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil Thereof / Review Conference of the Parties to the Sea-Bed Treaty
北海大陆架桉 北海大陸架案 North Sea Continental Shelf Cases / ICJ North Sea Cases
加勒比海委员会 加勒比海委員會 Commission on the Caribbean Sea / Caribbean Sea Commission
日本 rì běn Japan
东京 東京 dōng jīng Tokyo, capital of Japan / Tonkin (northern Vietnam during the French colonial period)
中日 zhōng rì China-Japan
抗战 抗戰 kàng zhàn war of resistance, especially the war against Japan (1937-1945)
抗日 kàng rì to resist Japan (esp. during WW2) / anti-Japanese (esp. wartime activities)
国会 國會 guó huì Parliament (UK) / Congress (US) / Diet (Japan) / Legislative Yuan (Taiwan)
首相 shǒu xiàng prime minister (of Japan or UK etc) syn
九州 jiǔ zhōu division of China during earliest dynasties / fig. ancient China / Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands syn
抗日战争 抗日戰爭 kàng rì zhàn zhēng (China's) War of Resistance against Japan (1937-1945)
四国 四國 sì guó Shikoku (one of the four main islands of Japan)
美日 měi rì US-Japan
天皇 tiān huáng Heavenly Sovereign, one of the three legendary sovereigns 三皇[san1 huang2] / emperor / emperor of Japan syn
侵华 侵華 qīn huá to invade China (referring to 19th century imperialist powers and Japan)
大阪 dà bǎn Osaka, city in Japan
钓鱼岛 釣魚島 diào yú dǎo Diaoyu Islands, claimed by China but controlled by Japan as the Senkaku Islands, also called the Pinnacle Islands
对日 對日 duì rì (policy etc) towards Japan
韩日 韓日 hán rì Korea and Japan
电车 電車 diàn chē tram / streetcar / trolleybus / electric car / e-bike / (in the context of Japan) electric train
东洋 東洋 dōng yáng Japan (old) / East Asian countries syn
关东 關東 guān dōng Northeast China / Manchuria / lit. east of Shanhai Pass 山海關|山海关[Shan1 hai3 guan1] / Kantō region of Japan
中日韩 中日韓 zhōng rì hán China, Japan and Korea
日美 rì měi Japan-US
反日 fǎn rì anti-Japan
新军 新軍 xīn jūn New Armies (modernized Qing armies, trained and equipped according to Western standards, founded after Japan's victory in the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895)
冲绳 沖繩 chōng shéng Okinawa, Japan
广岛 廣島 guǎng dǎo Hiroshima, Japan
北海道 běi hǎi dào Hokkaidō, Japan
钓鱼台 釣魚臺 diào yú tái Diaoyu Islands, located between Taiwan and Okinawa, controlled by Japan – which calls them the Senkaku Islands – but claimed by China
岛国 島國 dǎo guó island nation (sometimes refers specifically to Japan)
幕府 mù fǔ (orig.) tents forming the offices of a commanding officer / administration of a military government / (medieval Japan) "bakufu", administration of the shogun
关西 關西 guān xī Kansai region, Japan / Guanxi or Kuanhsi town in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 Xian4], northwest Taiwan
横滨 橫濱 héng bīn Yokohama, Japan
高梁 gāo liáng Takahashi (name) / Takahashi city in Okayama prefecture, Japan / Highbridge (name)
扶桑 fú sāng Fusang, mythical island of ancient literature, often interpreted as Japan syn
东北大学 東北大學 dōng běi dà xué Northeastern University (in Shenyang 瀋陽市|沈阳市[Shen3 yang2 shi4], Liaoning) / Tōhoku University, Sendai, Japan
琉球 liú qiú Ryūkyū / refers to the Ryūkyū Islands 琉球群島|琉球群岛[Liu2 qiu2 Qun2 dao3] stretching from Japan to Taiwan / Liuchiu township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan
长崎 長崎 cháng qí Nagasaki, Japan
宫城 宮城 gōng chéng Miyagi prefecture in the north of Japan's main island Honshū 本州[Ben3 zhou1]
神户 神戶 shén hù Kobe, city in Japan
萨摩 薩摩 sà mó Satsuma, the name of a former feudal domain in Japan, and of a former province, a battleship, a district, a peninsula etc
日本国 日本國 rì běn guó Japan
外务省 外務省 wài wù shěng foreign ministry (e.g. of Japan or Korea)
松茸 sōng róng matsutake (Tricholoma matsutake), edible mushroom considered a great delicacy in Japan
金针菇 金針菇 jīn zhēn gū enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes), used in cuisines of Japan, Korea and China, cultivated to be long, thin and white / abbr. to 金菇[jin1 gu1]
织田信长 織田信長 zhī tián xìn cháng ODA Nobunaga (1534-1582), Japanese shogun (warlord), played an important role in unifying Japan
札幌 zhá huǎng Sapporo, Japan
仙台 仙臺 xiān tái Sendai, capital of Miyagi prefecture 宮城縣|宫城县[Gong1 cheng2 xian4] in northeast Japan
本州 běn zhōu Honshū, the main island of Japan
东京大学 東京大學 dōng jīng dà xué Tokyo University, Japan
奈良 nài liáng Nara, an old capital of Japan
明治维新 明治維新 míng zhì wéi xīn Meiji Restoration (Japan, 1868)
山形 shān xíng Yamagata prefecture in the north of Japan's main island Honshū 本州[Ben3 zhou1]
长野 長野 cháng yě Nagano (name) / Nagano city and prefecture in central Japan
不平等条约 不平等條約 bù píng děng tiáo yuē (term coined c. 1920s) unequal treaty – a treaty between China and one or more aggressor nations (including Russia, Japan and various Western powers) which imposed humiliating conditions on China (in the 19th and early 20th centuries)
日本天皇 rì běn tiān huáng Emperor of Japan
冈山 岡山 gāng shān Kangshan town in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县[Gao1 xiong2 xian4], southwest Taiwan / Okayama prefecture in southwest of Japan's main island Honshū 本州[Ben3 zhou1]
蒙代尔 蒙代爾 méng dài ěr Walter Mondale (1928-), US democratic politician, US vice-president 1977-1981 and ambassador to Japan 1993-1996
纳豆 納豆 nà dòu nattō, a type of fermented soybean, popular as a breakfast food in Japan
秋田 qiū tián Akita prefecture of north Japan
裕仁 yù rén Hirohito, personal name of the Shōwa 昭和[Zhao1 he2] emperor of Japan (1901-1989), reigned 1925-1989
大坂 dà bǎn Japanese surname Osaka / old variant of 大阪[Da4ban3] (Osaka, city in Japan), used prior to the Meiji era
鉴真 鑒真 jiàn zhēn Jianzhen or Ganjin (688-763), Tang dynastic Buddhist monk, who crossed to Japan after several unsuccessful attempts, influential in Japanese Buddhism
明仁 míng rén Akihito, personal name of the Heisei 平成[Ping2 cheng2] emperor of Japan (1933-), reigned 1989-2019
德仁 dé rén Naruhito (1960-), emperor of Japan from 2019
大阪府 dà bǎn fǔ Osaka Prefecture, Japan
貉子 háo zi raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) / raccoon of North China, Korea and Japan (Japanese: tanuki) / also called 狸 syn
七国集团 七國集團 qī guó jí tuán G7, the group of 7 industrialized countries: US, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Canada (now G8, including Russia)
陈天华 陳天華 chén tiān huà Chen Tianhua (1875-1905), anti-Qing revolutionary from Hunan, drowned himself in Japan in 1905
郭小川 guō xiǎo chuān Guo Xiaochuan (1919-1976), PRC communist poet, hero in the war with Japan, died after long persecution during Cultural Revolution
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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