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"Silk Road Initiative" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
丝绸之路倡议 絲綢之路倡議 sī chóu zhī lù chàng yì Silk Road Initiative
Chinese Pinyin Translation
茶马古道 茶馬古道 chá mǎ gǔ dào old tea-horse road or southern Silk Road, dating back to 6th century, from Tibet and Sichuan through Yunnan and Southeast Asia, reaching to Bhutan, Sikkim, India and beyond
喀布尔丝绸之路倡议 喀布爾絲綢之路倡議 kā bù ěr sī chóu zhī lù chàng yì Kabul Silk Road initiative
联合国全系统援助非洲特别倡议 聯合國全系統援助非洲特別倡議 United Nations System-wide Special Initiative for the Implementation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s / United Nations System-wide Special Initiative on Africa / United Nations Special Initiative for Africa
联合国非洲特别倡议 聯合國非洲特別倡議 United Nations System-wide Special Initiative for the Implementation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s / United Nations System-wide Special Initiative on Africa / United Nations Special Initiative for Africa
丝绸 絲綢 sī chóu silk cloth / silk syn
真丝 真絲 zhēn sī silk / pure silk
丝线 絲線 sī xiàn silk thread (for sewing) / silk yarn (for weaving) syn
绮罗 綺羅 qǐ luó beautiful silk fabrics / person in beautiful silk dress
绸子 綢子 chóu zi silk fabric / silk / CL:匹[pi3] syn
布帛 bù bó cloth and silk / cotton and silk textiles syn
练 練 liàn to practice / to train / to drill / to perfect (one's skill) / exercise / (literary) white silk / to boil and scour raw silk syn
纶 綸 lún to classify / to twist silk / silk thread syn
絓 kuā type of coarse silk / bag used to wrap silk before washing
绦带 絛帶 tāo dài silk ribbon / silk braid
薄绸 薄綢 báo chóu light silk / silk chiffon
𬣙 訏 xū to boast / great / large / multicolored silk / piece of silk torn in two, used to verify the holder's identity by matching up the two halves
丝路 絲路 sī lù the Silk Road / abbr. for 絲綢之路|丝绸之路[Si1 chou2 zhi1 Lu4]
丝绸之路 絲綢之路 sī chóu zhī lù the Silk Road
阳关 陽關 yáng guān Yangguan or Southern Pass on the south Silk Road in Gansu, 70 km south of Dunhuang 敦煌
河西走廊 hé xī zǒu láng Hexi Corridor (or Gansu Corridor), a string of oases running the length of Gansu, forming part of the Northern Silk Road
楼兰 樓蘭 lóu lán Loulan, aka Kroraina, ancient oasis town on the Silk Road near Lop Nor 羅布泊|罗布泊[Luo2 bu4 po1]
乃堆拉 nǎi duī lā Nathu La (Himalayan pass on Silk Road between Tibet and Indian Sikkim)
乃堆拉山口 nǎi duī lā shān kǒu Nathu La (Himalayan pass on the Silk Road between Tibet and the northeastern Indian state of Sikkim)
李希霍芬 lǐ xī huò fēn Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833-1905), German geologist and explorer who published a major foundational study of the geology of China in 1887 and first introduced the term Silk Road 絲綢之路|丝绸之路
犁靬 lí jiān Han dynasty name for countries in far West / may refer to Silk Road states or Alexandria or the Roman empire
玉门关 玉門關 yù mén guān Yumen Pass, or Jade Gate, western frontier post on the Silk Road in the Han Dynasty, west of Dunhuang, in Gansu
丝绸古路 絲綢古路 sī chóu gǔ lù the ancient Silk Road / see also 絲綢之路|丝绸之路[Si1 chou2 zhi1 Lu4]
里希特霍芬 lǐ xī tè huò fēn Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833-1905), German geologist and explorer who published a major foundational study of the geology of China in 1887 and first introduced the term Silk Road 絲綢之路|丝绸之路
马可波罗 馬可波羅 mǎ kě bō luó Marco Polo (1254-c. 1324), Venetian trader and explorer who traveled the Silk road to China, author of Il Milione (Travels of Marco Polo)
铁路运输 鐵路運輸 tiě lù yùn shū rail-road transport / road-rail transport / piggyback
弯道 彎道 wān dào winding road / road curve syn
要道 yào dào major road / thoroughfare / main road syn
边路 邊路 biān lù sidewalk / side road / shoulder (of a road) / wing (soccer)
干道 幹道 gàn dào arterial road / main road / main watercourse
歧途 qí tú fork in a road / wrong road syn
柏油路 bǎi yóu lù tarred road / asphalt road
羊肠小道 羊腸小道 yáng cháng xiǎo dào road as twisty as sheep's intestine (idiom) / narrow and winding road / fig. complicated and tricky job syn
坡路 pō lù sloping road / hill road
岔 chà fork in road / bifurcation / branch in road, river, mountain range etc / to branch off / to turn off / to diverge / to stray (from the path) / to change the subject / to interrupt / to stagger (times) syn
峰回路转 峰回路轉 fēng huí lù zhuǎn the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom) / (of a mountain road) twisting and turning / fig. an opportunity has come unexpectedly / things have taken a new turn syn
阳关大道 陽關大道 yáng guān dà dào (lit.) the road through Yangguan 陽關|阳关[Yang2 guan1] / (fig.) wide open road / bright future syn
柏油马路 柏油馬路 bǎi yóu mǎ lù tarred road / asphalt road
秦岭蜀栈道 秦嶺蜀棧道 qín lǐng shǔ zhàn dào the Qinling plank road to Shu, a historical mountain road from Shaanxi to Sichuan
鸟道 鳥道 niǎo dào a road only a bird can manage / steep dangerous road
中东和平路线图 中東和平路線圖 road map to a permanent two-State solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict / road map to Mideast peace
联合国全球道路安全周 聯合國全球道路安全周 lián hé guó quán qiú dào lù ān quán zhōu United Nations Global Road Safety Week / Global Road Safety Week
全球道路安全周 quán qiú dào lù ān quán zhōu United Nations Global Road Safety Week / Global Road Safety Week
非盟-联合国达尔富尔政治进程共同路线图 非盟-聯合國達爾富爾政治進程共同路線圖 Joint AU-UN Road Map for Darfur Political Process / Joint AU-UN Road Map
非盟-联合国共同路线图 非盟-聯合國共同路線圖 Joint AU-UN Road Map for Darfur Political Process / Joint AU-UN Road Map
封路 fēng lù road closure / to close a road syn
一带一路 一帶一路 yī dài yī lù Belt and Road Initiative, Chinese government plan to provide finance and engineering expertise to build infrastructure across Eurasia and northeast Africa, unveiled in 2013
主动权 主動權 zhǔ dòng quán initiative (as in "seize the initiative") / advantageous position that allows one to call the shots
叁五计划 三五計劃 3 by 5 Initiative / Treat 3 Million by 2005 Initiative
加强优惠的重债穷国倡议 enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Debt Initiative / enhanced HIPC Initiative
公民动议 gōng mín dòng yì citizen initiative / initiative
追回被盗资产倡议 zhuī huí bèi dào zī chǎn chàng yì Stolen Assets Recovery Initiative / StAR Initiative
亚佩克区域安全贸易倡议 yà pèi kè qū yù ān quán mào yì chàng yì Secure Trade in the APEC Region initiative / STAR initiative
重债穷国债务倡议 Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative / HIPC Initiative
区域佛教带头倡议 Regional Buddhist Leadership Initiative / Buddhist Leadership Initiative
困难低收入国家倡议 困難低收入國家倡議 Low-Income Countries Under Stress Initiative / LICUS Initiative
反恐综合援助倡议 反恐綜合援助倡議 fǎn kǒng zōng hé yuán zhù chàng yì Integrated Assistance for Countering Terrorism Initiative / I-ACT Initiative
土壤生物多样性倡议 tǔ rǎng shēng wù duō yàng xìng chàng yì International Initiative on Conservation and Sustainable Use of Soil Biodiversity / Soil Biodiversity Initiative
养护和可持续利用授粉媒介国际倡议 International Initiative for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Pollinators / International Pollinator Initiative
授粉媒介国际倡议 shòu fěn méi jiè guó jì chàng yì International Initiative for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Pollinators / International Pollinator Initiative
温室气体核算标准倡议 wēn shì qì tǐ hé suàn biāo zhǔn chàng yì Greenhouse Gas Protocol Initiative / GHG Protocol Initiative
爱幼城倡议 愛幼城倡議 ài yòu chéng chàng yì Child-Friendly Cities Initiative / Child-Friendly Community Initiative
爱幼社区倡议 愛幼社區倡議 ài yòu shè qū chàng yì Child-Friendly Cities Initiative / Child-Friendly Community Initiative
绿色倡议 綠色倡議 green initiative / ecologically friendly initiative
生态友好倡议 生態友好倡議 green initiative / ecologically friendly initiative
可持续农业和农村发展倡议 可持續農業和農村發展倡議 Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development Initiative / SARD Initiative
波茨坦倡议-生物多样性2010 波茨坦倡議-生物多樣性2010 Potsdam Initiative – Biological Diversity 2010 / Potsdam Initiative on Biodiversity
波茨坦生物多样性倡议 波茨坦生物多樣性倡議 bō cí tǎn shēng wù duō yàng xìng chàng yì Potsdam Initiative – Biological Diversity 2010 / Potsdam Initiative on Biodiversity
非洲倡议 非洲倡議 fēi zhōu chàng yì DTCD / Japan Initiative for Financing the Human, Institutional, Technical and Management Capacities of Developing Countries in Development Planning (with a Special Focus on Africa) / Africa Initiative
布隆迪问题区域和平倡议首脑会议 布隆迪問題區域和平倡議首腦會議 Summit of the Great Lakes Regional Peace Initiative on Burundi / Summit of the Regional Initiative on Burundi
CORE倡议 CORE倡議 corechàng yì Communities Responding to the HIV / AIDS Epidemic Initiative / CORE Initiative
伦理全球化倡议 倫理全球化倡議 lún lǐ quán qiú huà chàng yì Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative / Ethical Globalization Initiative
消除贫穷和壮大社区行动 消除貧窮和壯大社區行動 Poverty Eradication and Community Empowerment Initiative / PEACE Initiative
保障健康倡议 保障健康倡議 Providing for Health initiative / P4H initiative
联合国环境规划署金融倡议 聯合國環境規劃署金融倡議 United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative / UNEP Finance Initiative
环境署金融倡议 環境署金融倡議 United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative / UNEP Finance Initiative
杜绝结核病倡议 杜絕結核病倡議 Stop Tuberculosis Initiative / Stop TB Initiative
数据标准倡议 數據標準倡議 Data Standards Initiative / Standards Initiative
全民教育快车道倡议 全民教育快車道倡議 Education for All Fast Track Initiative / EFA Fast Track Initiative
2005-2015年扫盲增能倡议 2005-2015年掃盲增能倡議 Literacy Initiative for Empowerment 2005-2015 / Literacy Initiative for Empowerment
美国律师公会中欧和东欧法律倡议 美國律師公會中歐和東歐法律倡議 American Bar Association Central and Eastern European Law Initiative / Central and Eastern European Law Initiative
未雨绸缪 未雨綢繆 wèi yǔ chóu móu lit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 詩經|诗经) / fig. to plan ahead / to prepare for a rainy day syn
丝网 絲網 sī wǎng silk screen / screen (printing)
丝巾 絲巾 sī jīn headscarf / kerchief / silk neckband
精练 精練 jīng liàn (textiles) to scour / to degum (silk) / variant of 精煉|精炼[jing1 lian4] syn
绸缎 綢緞 chóu duàn satin / silk fabric syn
蚕丝 蠶絲 cán sī natural silk (secreted by silkworm) syn
花红 花紅 huā hóng flowers on red silk (a traditional gift to celebrate weddings etc) / a bonus / crab apple (Malus asiatica) syn
织锦 織錦 zhī jǐn brocade / silk fabric with colored pattern
八音 bā yīn ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲|丝, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹) / the eight kinds of sound produced by instruments in these categories / music
浣纱 浣紗 huàn shā to wash silk
抽丝 抽絲 chōu sī to spin silk syn
纺丝 紡絲 fǎng sī to spin synthetic fiber / to spin silk / spinning / filature
吐丝 吐絲 tǔ sī (of spiders, caterpillars, silkworms etc) to extrude silk
化干戈为玉帛 化幹戈為玉帛 huà gān gē wéi yù bó lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom) / fig. to turn hostility into friendship syn
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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