"Song font" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
宋体 宋體 sòng tǐ Mincho / Song font syn
明体 明體 míng tǐ Mincho / Song font
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
字体 字體 zì tǐ calligraphic style / typeface / font syn
字型 zì xíng font / typeface
道学 道學 dào xué Confucian study of ethics / study of Daoism / school for Daoism in Tang and Song times / Daoist magic / another name for 理學|理学, rational learning of Song dynasty neo-Confucianism
宋朝 sòng cháo Song Dynasty (960-1279) / also Song of Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479)
山歌 shān gē folk song / mountain song
字号 字號 zì hao character size / font size / fame / reputation / shop / name of a shop
苏轼 蘇軾 sū shì Su Shi (1037-1101), aka Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡[Su1 Dong1 po1], Song dynasty writer, calligrapher and public official, one of the Three Su's 三蘇|三苏[San1 Su1] and one of the Eight Giants of Tang and Song Prose 唐宋八大家[Tang2 Song4 Ba1 Da4 jia1]
节度使 節度使 jié dù shǐ Tang and Song dynasty provincial governor, in Tang times having military and civil authority, but only civil authority in Song
刘裕 劉裕 liú yù Liu Yu, founder of Song of the Southern dynasties 劉宋|刘宋[Liu2 Song4], broke away from Eastern Jin in 420, reigned as Emperor Wu of Song 宋武帝[Song4 Wu3 di4]
赵匡胤 趙匡胤 zhào kuāng yìn Zhao Kuangyin, personal name of founding Song emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 (927-976)
仿宋 fǎng sòng imitation Song dynasty typeface / Fangsong font syn
书体 書體 shū tǐ calligraphic style / font syn
新唐书 新唐書 xīn táng shū History of the Later Tang Dynasty, seventeenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修[Ou1 yang2 Xiu1] and Song Qi 宋祁[Song4 Qi2] in 1060 during Northern Song 北宋[Bei3 Song4], 225 scrolls
黑体字 黑體字 hēi tǐ zì bold characters / bold font
sòng surname Song / the Song dynasty (960-1279) / Song of the Southern Dynasties (420-479) 南朝宋[Nan2chao2 Song4]
宋书 宋書 sòng shū History of Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋[Nan2 chao2 Song4] or Liu Song 劉宋|刘宋[Liu2 Song4], sixth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Shen Yue 沈約|沈约[Shen3 Yue1] in 488 during Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁[Nan2 chao2 Liang2], 100 scrolls / (not to be confused with 宋史[Song4 shi3])
新五代史 xīn wǔ dài shǐ Later History of the Five Dynasties (between Tang and Song), nineteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修[Ou1 yang2 Xiu1] in 1053 during Northern Song Dynasty, 74 scrolls
旧五代史 舊五代史 jiù wǔ dài shǐ History of the Five Dynasties (between Tang and Song), eighteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Xue Juzheng 薛居正[Xue1 Ju1 zheng4] in 974 during Northern Song 北宋[Bei3 Song4], 150 scrolls
lìng to order / to command / an order / warrant / writ / to cause / to make sth happen / virtuous / honorific title / season / government position (old) / type of short song or poem syn
唱歌 chàng gē to sing a song syn
歌曲 gē qǔ song syn
传奇 傳奇 chuán qí legendary / fantasy saga / romance / short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty
流行 liú xíng (of a contagious disease etc) to spread / to propagate / (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular / fashionable syn
歌词 歌詞 gē cí song lyric / lyrics syn
民谣 民謠 mín yáo ballad / folk song syn
曲目 qǔ mù repertoire / program / song / piece of music syn
情歌 qíng gē love song syn
复古 復古 fù gǔ to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s) syn
小调 小調 xiǎo diào xiaodiao, a Chinese folk song genre / minor key (in music) syn
凯歌 凱歌 kǎi gē triumphal hymn / victory song / paean
民歌 mín gē folk song / CL:支[zhi1],首[shou3] syn
名曲 míng qǔ famous song / well-known piece of music
开篇 開篇 kāi piān start of literary work / opening song of ballad in Tanci style 彈詞|弹词[tan2 ci2] syn
做文章 zuò wén zhāng to make an issue of sth / to fuss / to make a song and dance
传唱 傳唱 chuán chàng to pass on a song syn
高歌 gāo gē to sing loudly / to lift one's voice in song syn
判官 pàn guān magistrate (during Tang and Song dynasties) / mythological underworld judge
古文 gǔ wén old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject 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
绝唱 絕唱 jué chàng most perfect song syn
献丑 獻醜 xiàn chǒu (used self-deprecatingly, e.g. when asked to sing a song) to put one's artistic incompetence on display
歌舞团 歌舞團 gē wǔ tuán song and dance troupe syn
讴歌 謳歌 ōu gē (literary) to celebrate in song / to eulogize syn
恋歌 戀歌 liàn gē love song syn
教头 教頭 jiào tóu sporting coach / military drill master (in Song times) syn
牧歌 mù gē shepherd's song / pastoral
宋代 sòng dài Song dynasty (960-1279)
嵩山 sōng shān Mt Song in Henan, central mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4]
悲歌 bēi gē to sing with solemn fervor / sad, stirring song / elegy / dirge / threnody syn
歌儿 歌兒 gē r song
五岳 五嶽 wǔ yuè Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1] in Shandong, Mt Hua 華山|华山[Hua4 Shan1] in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山[Heng2 Shan1] in Hunan, Mt Heng 恆山|恒山[Heng2 Shan1] in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山[Song1 Shan1] in Henan
苏东坡 蘇東坡 sū dōng pō Su Dongpo, another name for Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼 (1037-1101), northern Song writer and calligrapher
二人转 二人轉 èr rén zhuàn genre of song-and-dance duet popular in northeast China
百家姓 bǎi jiā xìng The Book of Family Names, anonymous Song dynasty reading primer listing 438 surnames syn
校歌 xiào gē school song
哀歌 āi gē mournful song / dirge / elegy syn
花儿 花兒 huā ér style of folk song popular in Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia / CL:首[shou3] syn
首歌 shǒu gē song
老歌 lǎo gē oldie (song)
上榜 shàng bǎng to appear on the public roll of successful examinees (i.e. pass an exam) / to make the list / (of a song) to hit the charts
上头 上頭 shàng tóu (of alcohol, love etc) to go to one’s head / (of an idea, a song etc) to get into one's head / to capture one's attention / (old) (of a girl on her wedding day) to start wearing one's hair in a bun (rather than a plait) syn
南宋 nán sòng the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
北宋 běi sòng the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127)
古筝 古箏 gǔ zhēng guzheng (large zither with 13 to 25 strings, developed from the guqin 古琴[gu3qin2] during Tang and Song times)
岳飞 岳飛 yuè fēi Yue Fei (1103-1142), Song dynasty patriot and general
叫板 jiào bǎn to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song) / (coll.) to challenge
唐宋 táng sòng the Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1279) dynasties
宋江 sòng jiāng Song Jiang, a principal hero of the novel Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传
琵琶行 pí pa xíng Song of the Pipa Player, long poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi 白居易[Bai2 Ju1 yi4]
陆游 陸遊 lù yóu Lu You (1125-1210), widely regarded as the greatest of the Southern Song poets
济公 濟公 jì gōng Jigong or Daoji (1130-1207), Southern Song Dynasty Buddhist monk
小曲 xiǎo qǔ popular song / folk tune / ballad syn
朱熹 zhū xī Zhu Xi or Chu Hsi (1130-1200), also known as Master Zhu 朱子[Zhu1 zi3], Song dynasty Confucian writer and propagandist, founder of neo-Confucianism
王安石 wáng ān shí Wang Anshi (1021-1086), Song dynasty politician and writer, one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家
套数 套數 tào shù song cycle in Chinese opera / (fig.) a series of tricks / polite remarks / number of (things that are counted in 套[tao4], like houses) syn
包公 bāo gōng Lord Bao or Judge Bao, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty
宋庆龄 宋慶齡 sòng qìng líng Song Qingling (1893-1981), second wife of Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山[Sun1 Zhong1 shan1], influential political figure in China after Sun's death in 1925
李清照 lǐ qīng zhào Li Qingzhao (1084-c. 1151), southern Song female poet
秦桧 秦檜 qín huì Qin Hui (1090-1155 AD), Song Dynasty official said to have betrayed General Yue Fei 岳飛|岳飞[Yue4 Fei1]
欧阳修 歐陽修 ōu yáng xiū Ouyang Xiu (1007-1072), Northern Song dynasty prose writer and historian
笙歌 shēng gē music and song (formal writing)
包青天 bāo qīng tiān Bao Qingtian, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty
司马光 司馬光 sī mǎ guāng Sima Guang (1019-1086), politician and historian of Northern Song, author of Comprehensive Mirror for aid in Government 資治通鑒|资治通鉴
资治通鉴 資治通鑒 zī zhì tōng jiàn A Mirror for the Wise Ruler (or Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government), a vast chronological general history, written by 司馬光|司马光[Si1 ma3 Guang1] Sima Guang (1019-1089) and collaborators during the Northern Song in 1084, covering the period 403 BC-959 AD, 294 scrolls
汴京 biàn jīng Bianjing, Northern Song capital, now called Kaifeng 開封|开封[Kai1 feng1], Henan
后汉书 後漢書 hòu hàn shū History of Eastern Han (later Han), third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Fan Ye 范曄|范晔[Fan4 Ye4] in 445 during Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋[Nan2 chao2 Song4], 120 scrolls
包拯 bāo zhěng Bao Zheng (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty / modern day metaphor for an honest politician
范仲淹 fàn zhòng yān Fan Zhongyan (989-1052), Song dynasty scholar and politician, author of On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记[Yue4yang2 Lou2 Ji4]
柳永 liǔ yǒng Liu Yong (987-1053), Song poet
宋徽宗 sòng huī zōng Emperor Huizong (Song Dynasty)
宋史 sòng shǐ History of the Song Dynasty, twentieth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed under Toktoghan 脫脫|脱脱[Tuo1 tuo1] in 1345 during the Yuan Dynasty 元[Yuan2], 496 scrolls / (not to be confused with 宋書|宋书[Song4 shu1])
黄庭坚 黃庭堅 huáng tíng jiān Huang Tingjian (1045-1105), Song poet and calligrapher
心学 心學 xīn xué School of Mind / Neo-Confucian Idealistic School (from Song to mid-Qing times, c. 1000-1750, typified by the teachings of Wang Yangming 王陽明|王阳明[Wang2 Yang2 ming2])
话本 話本 huà běn Song and Yuan literary form based on vernacular folk stories
米芾 mǐ fú Mi Fu (1051-1107), Song poet and calligrapher
脱脱 脫脫 tuō tuō Toktoghan (1314-1355), Mongol politician during the Yuan dynasty, prime minister until 1345, compiled three dynastic histories of Song 宋史, Liao 遼史|辽史 and Jin 金史 / also written Tuoketuo 托克托
弦歌 xián gē to sing to a string accompaniment / education (a reference to teaching the people Confucian values by means of song in ancient times)
中岳 中嶽 zhōng yuè Mt Song 嵩山 in Henan, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4]
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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