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"Southern Africa" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
南非 nán fēi South Africa / Southern Africa
Chinese Pinyin Translation
中非 zhōng fēi China-Africa (relations) / Central Africa / Central African Republic
闽南话 閩南話 mǐn nán huà Southern Min, a family of Sinitic languages spoken in southern Fujian and surrounding areas / Hokkien, major variety of Southern Min
吴 吳 wú surname Wu / area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai / name of states in southern China at different historical periods
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])
沈约 沈約 shěn yuē Shen Yue (441-513), writer and historian during Liang of Southern dynasties 南朝梁, compiler of History of Song of the Southern dynasties 宋書|宋书
南方 nán fāng south / southern China (areas to the south of the Yangtze River) syn
南部 nán bù southern part syn
南边 南邊 nán bian south / south side / southern part / to the south of syn
南端 nán duān southern end or extremity syn
南半球 nán bàn qiú Southern Hemisphere
南亚 南亞 nán yà southern Asia
中原 zhōng yuán Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei syn
阳关 陽關 yáng guān Yangguan or Southern Pass on the south Silk Road in Gansu, 70 km south of Dunhuang 敦煌
南欧 南歐 nán ōu Southern Europe
宋朝 sòng cháo Song Dynasty (960-1279) / also Song of Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479)
南北朝 nán běi cháo Northern and Southern dynasties (420-589)
衡山 héng shān Mt Heng in Hunan, southern mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4] / Hengshan county in Hengyang 衡陽|衡阳[Heng2 yang2], Hunan
塔里木 tǎ lǐ mù the Tarim Basin in southern Xinjiang
南天门 南天門 nán tiān mén South Gate to Heaven, the name a gate constructed on various mountains, most notably on Mount Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1] / (mythology) southern gate of the Heavenly Palace
南麓 nán lù the southern foothills (of a mountain) syn
华南 華南 huá nán Southern China
闽南 閩南 mǐn nán Minnan (southern Fujian)
南宋 nán sòng the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
南航 nán háng China Southern Airlines
周瑜 zhōu yú Zhou Yu (175-210), famous general of the southern Wu kingdom and victor of the battle of Redcliff / in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], absolutely no match for Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4]
唐伯虎 táng bó hǔ Tang Bohu or Tang Yin 唐寅 (1470-1523), Ming painter and poet, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子
东吴 東吳 dōng wú Eastern Wu (222-280) / the southern state of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, founded by Sun Quan 孫權|孙权
孙权 孫權 sūn quán Sun Quan (reigned 222-252), southern warlord and king of state of Wu 吳|吴[Wu2] in the Three Kingdoms period
南郊 nán jiāo southern suburbs
泛珠三角 fàn zhū sān jiǎo Pan-Pearl River delta / The nine provinces of Southern China around Guangzhou and the Pearl River delta / South China
南疆 nán jiāng southern border (of a country)
南方周末 nán fāng zhōu mò Southern Weekend (newspaper)
陆游 陸遊 lù yóu Lu You (1125-1210), widely regarded as the greatest of the Southern Song poets
南朝 nán cháo Southern Dynasties (420-589)
济公 濟公 jì gōng Jigong or Daoji (1130-1207), Southern Song Dynasty Buddhist monk
夜郎 yè láng small barbarian kingdom in southern China during the Han dynasty
建康 jiàn kāng old name for Nanjing 南京, esp. during Southern dynasties
侗族 dòng zú Kam people, who live mostly in southern China and in the north of Laos and Vietnam
李清照 lǐ qīng zhào Li Qingzhao (1084-c. 1151), southern Song female poet
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]
阿里山 ā lǐ shān Alishan mountain range in the central-southern region of Taiwan
南苑 nán yuàn Nanyuan or "Southern Park", an imperial hunting domain during the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, now the site of Nanhaizi Park in the south of Beijing
赤壁之战 赤壁之戰 chì bì zhī zhàn Battle of Redcliff of 208 at Chibi in Huangzhou district 黃州區|黄州区[Huang2 zhou1 qu1] of Huanggang city 黃岡|黄冈[Huang2 gang1], a decisive defeat of Cao Cao 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] at the hands of southern kingdom of Wu / famous episode in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]
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)
南唐 nán táng Tang of the Five Southern Dynasties 937-975
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
南拳 nán quán Nanquan - "Southern Fist" (Chinese Martial Art)
陕南 陝南 shǎn nán Shannan, southern Shaanxi province
唐寅 táng yín Tang Bohu 唐伯虎 or Tang Yin (1470-1523), Ming painter and poet, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子
塔里木盆地 tǎ lǐ mù pén dì Tarim Basin depression in southern Xinjiang
李后主 李後主 lǐ hòu zhǔ Li Houzhu (c. 937-978), the final Southern Tang ruler (ruled 961-975) and a renowned poet / given name Li Yu 李煜
谢灵运 謝靈運 xiè líng yùn Xie Lingyun (385-433) poet during Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋
非洲 fēi zhōu Africa / abbr. for 阿非利加洲[A1 fei1 li4 jia1 Zhou1]
曼德拉 màn dé lā Nelson Mandela (1918-2013), South African ANC politician, president of South Africa 1994-1999
北非 běi fēi North Africa
西非 xī fēi West Africa
开普敦 開普敦 kāi pǔ dūn Cape Town (city in South Africa)
东非 東非 dōng fēi East Africa
阿特拉斯 ā tè lā sī Atlas (Titan in Greek mythology) / Atlas mountains of north Africa
尼日尔 尼日爾 ní rì ěr Niger (African state) / Niger River, West Africa
中南 zhōng nán South Central China (Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan) / abbr. for China-South Africa
金砖 金磚 jīn zhuān BRIC / BRICS economic bloc (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa)
宋 sòng surname Song / the Song dynasty (960-1279) / Song of the Southern Dynasties (420-479) 南朝宋[Nan2chao2 Song4]
燕 yān Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day 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) / surname Yan syn
窝心 窩心 wō xīn aggrieved / dejected / (Tw, southern China) to be moved by a kind gesture etc / to feel gratified / to feel warm inside syn
坎大哈 kǎn dà hā Kandahar (town in Southern Afghanistan)
约翰内斯堡 約翰內斯堡 yuē hàn nèi sī bǎo Johannesburg, South Africa
比勒陀利亚 比勒陀利亞 bǐ lè tuó lì yà Pretoria, capital of South Africa
谢赫 謝赫 xiè hè Xie He (479-502), portrait painter from Qi of Southern dynasties 南齊|南齐[Nan2 Qi2]
柏柏尔 柏柏爾 bò bò ěr Berber people of North Africa
科特迪瓦 kē tè dí wǎ Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast in West Africa
汨 mì name of a river, the southern tributary of Miluo river 汨羅江|汨罗江[Mi4 luo2 jiang1]
南冰洋 nán bīng yáng Southern Ocean
德班 dé bān Durban (city in South Africa)
南县 南縣 nán xiàn southern county / Nan county in Yiyang 益陽|益阳[Yi4 yang2], Hunan
朴次茅斯 樸次茅斯 pǔ cì máo sī Portsmouth, southern English seaport
黄金海岸 黃金海岸 huáng jīn hǎi àn name of various places including Gold Coast (Australian city), Gold Coast (former British colony in Africa) and Costa Daurada (area on the coast of Catalonia, Spain)
南汉 南漢 nán hàn Southern Han
南朝梁 nán cháo liáng Liang of the Southern dynasties (502-557)
梁书 梁書 liáng shū History of Liang of the Southern Dynasties, eighth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Yao Silian 姚思廉[Yao2 Si1 lian2] in 636 during Tang dynasty, 56 scrolls
庾信 yǔ xìn Yu Xin (513-581), poet from Liang of the Southern dynasties 南朝梁朝 and author of Lament for the South 哀江南賦|哀江南赋
吴下阿蒙 吳下阿蒙 wú xià ā méng General Lü Meng 呂蒙|吕蒙 of the southern state of Wu (idiom) / model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu)
南箕北斗 nán jī běi dǒu lit. the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom) / fig. sth which, despite its name, is of no practical use syn
闽南语 閩南語 mǐn nán yǔ Southern Min, a Sinitic language spoken in southern Fujian and surrounding areas / Hokkien, the most widely spoken variety of Southern Min
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
南齐书 南齊書 nán qí shū History of Qi of the Southern Dynasties, seventh of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Xiao Zixian 蕭子顯|萧子显[Xiao1 Zi3 xian3] in 537 during Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁[Nan2 chao2 Liang2], 59 scrolls
萧子显 蕭子顯 xiāo zǐ xiǎn Xiao Zixian (487-537), writer and historian of Liang of Southern Dynasties, compiler of History of Qi of the Southern dynasties 南齊書|南齐书[Nan2 Qi2 shu1]
齐书 齊書 qí shū History of Qi of the Southern Dynasties, seventh of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Xiao Zixian 蕭子顯|萧子显[Xiao1 Zi3 xian3] in 537 during Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁[Nan2 chao2 Liang2], 59 scrolls / usually 南齊書|南齐书[Nan2 Qi2 shu1] to distinguish from Northern Qi
Southern吸取法 southērnxi qǔ fǎ Southern blotting / Southern blot
埃塞俄比亚南部人民民主联盟 Southern Ethiopian Peoples Democratic Coalition / Southern Coalition
南区总部 南區總部 nán qū zǒng bù southern sector headquarters / southern headquarters
欧洲南半球天文研究组织 歐洲南半球天文研究組織 ōu zhōu nán bàn qiú tiān wén yán jiū zǔ zhī European Organization for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere / European Southern Observatory
南极和南极洋合作研究中心 南極和南極洋合作研究中心 Cooperative Research Centre for the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Environment / Cooperative Research Centre for Antarctica and the Southern Ocean
南极研究中心 南極研究中心 Cooperative Research Centre for the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Environment / Cooperative Research Centre for Antarctica and the Southern Ocean
苏丹南方复员委员会 蘇丹南方複員委員會 Southern Sudan Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Commission / Southern Sudan DDR Commission
东部和南部非洲次区域部长级会议 Sub-regional Ministerial Meeting for Eastern and Southern Africa
东非、中非和南部非洲会计师联合会 東非、中非和南部非洲會計師聯合會 Eastern, Central and Southern Africa Federation of Accountants
联合国南部非洲教育和训练方桉 聯合國南部非洲教育和訓練方案 United Nations Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africa
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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