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"Southern China" Chinese-English Dictionary

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华南 華南 huá nán Southern China
南方 nán fāng south / southern China (areas to the south of the Yangtze River) syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
南航 nán háng China Southern Airlines
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
夜郎 yè láng small barbarian kingdom in southern China during the Han dynasty
侗族 dòng zú Kam people, who live mostly in southern China and in the north of Laos and Vietnam
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)
中国通 中國通 zhōng guó tōng China watcher / an expert on China / an old China hand
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
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
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
南部 nán bù southern part syn
南边 南邊 nán bian south / south side / southern part / to the south of syn
南非 nán fēi South Africa / Southern Africa
斯诺 斯諾 sī nuò Snow (name) / Edgar Snow (1905-1972), American journalist, reported from China 1928-1941, author of Red Star Over China
南端 nán duān southern end or extremity syn
南半球 nán bàn qiú Southern Hemisphere
九州 jiǔ zhōu division of China during earliest dynasties / fig. ancient China / Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands syn
南亚 南亞 nán yà southern Asia
中华 中華 zhōng huá Zhonghua, historical and cultural term for China, often used to denote Chinese civilization and identity (as in 中華文化|中华文化[Zhong1hua2 wen2hua4] "Chinese culture") / used in the official name of the Republic of China, 中華民國|中华民国[Zhong1hua2 Min2guo2] syn
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)
唐山 táng shān see 唐山市[Tang2shan1 Shi4] / China (a name for China used by some overseas Chinese)
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
在华 在華 zài huá within China / during one's visit to China
中南 zhōng nán South Central China (Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan) / abbr. for China-South Africa
闽南 閩南 mǐn nán Minnan (southern Fujian)
大中华 大中華 dà zhōng huá Greater China / refers to China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (esp. in finance and economics) / refers to all areas of Chinese presence (esp. in the cultural field), including parts of Southeast Asia, Europe and the Americas
驻华 駐華 zhù huá stationed in China / located in China
南宋 nán sòng the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
海归 海歸 hǎi guī sb who has come back to China after gaining overseas experience (a pun on 海龜|海龟[hai3 gui1]) / to return to China after a period of study or work overseas
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
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
朝鲜族 朝鮮族 cháo xiǎn zú Korean ethnic group in China (mainly in northeast China) / the Koreans (major ethnic group on the Korean Peninsula)
建康 jiàn kāng old name for Nanjing 南京, esp. during Southern dynasties
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
多尔衮 多爾袞 duō ěr gǔn Dorgon (1612-1651), fourteenth son of Nurhaci 努爾哈赤|努尔哈赤[Nu3 er3 ha1 chi4], successful general, instrumental in Manchu conquest of China, ruled China as regent 1644-1650 for his nephew Emperor Shunzhi 順治帝|顺治帝[Shun4 zhi4 di4]
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
华商晨报 華商晨報 huá shāng chén bào China Business Morning Post (morning edition of China Business News 華商報|华商报)
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
中国银联 中國銀聯 zhōng guó yín lián China UnionPay (CUP), China's only domestic bank card organization
中国传媒大学 中國傳媒大學 zhōng guó chuán méi dà xué Communication University of China (CUC), the highest institute of radio, film and television education in China
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)
南拳 nán quán Nanquan - "Southern Fist" (Chinese Martial Art)
陕南 陝南 shǎn nán Shannan, southern Shaanxi province
中国共产主义青年团 中國共產主義青年團 zhōng guó gòng chǎn zhǔ yì qīng nián tuán Communist Youth League of China / China Youth League
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
你 nǐ you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.) syn
家 jiā home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
字 zì letter / symbol / character / word / CL:個|个[ge4] / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China syn
中国 中國 zhōng guó China syn
史 shǐ history / annals / title of an official historian in ancient China syn
宰 zǎi to slaughter / to butcher / to kill (animals etc) / (coll.) to fleece / to rip off / to overcharge / (bound form) to govern / to rule / (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China) syn
幢 chuáng banner / pennant (in ancient China) syn
北方 běi fāng north / the northern part a country / China north of the Yellow River syn
天下 tiān xià land under heaven / the whole world / the whole of China / realm / rule syn
杉 shān China fir / Cunninghamia lanceolata / also pr. [sha1] syn
院长 院長 yuàn zhǎng the head of an institution whose name ends in 院[yuan4] / chair of a board / university president / college dean / premier of the Republic of China / CL:個|个[ge4]
参军 參軍 cān jūn to join the army / (official title in imperial China) military adviser / aide-de-camp syn
墨 mò ink stick / China ink / CL:塊|块[kuai4] / corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead syn
宋 sòng surname Song / the Song dynasty (960-1279) / Song of the Southern Dynasties (420-479) 南朝宋[Nan2chao2 Song4]
大桥 大橋 dà qiáo Da Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], the two great beauties of ancient China syn
北京 běi jīng Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (abbr. to 京[Jing1]) syn
邮差 郵差 yóu chāi postman / mailman (dated in mainland China) syn
监 監 jiàn (bound form) supervisor / supervisory office (in imperial China) syn
南京 nán jīng see 南京市[Nan2jing1 Shi4] / Nanjing, capital of the Ming dynasty (1368-1421) and of the Republic of China (1927-1937 and 1946-1949)
臣 chén state official or subject in dynastic China / I, your servant (used in addressing the sovereign) / Kangxi radical 131 syn
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
剌 lá variant of 拉[la2] (Note: 剌[la2] was the character used prior to simplification and remains the standard in Taiwan, while in mainland China, 拉[la2] has replaced 剌[la2]) syn
札 zhá thin piece of wood used a writing tablet (in ancient China) / a kind of official document (in former times) / letter / note / plague syn
麋鹿 mí lù Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus), species of deer native to China that is critically endangered syn
庄 莊 zhuāng farmstead / village / manor / place of business / banker (in a gambling game) / grave or solemn / holdings of a landlord (in imperial China) syn
进站 進站 jìn zhàn (of a train, bus etc) to pull into a station / to arrive at a stop / (of a person) to enter a station / to visit a website / to formally begin a temporary postdoctoral research position (China has postdoctoral research "stations" 博士後流動站|博士后流动站[bo2shi4hou4 liu2dong4zhan4] where postdocs conduct research for a limited period.)
八哥 bā gē (bird species of China) crested myna (Acridotheres cristatellus) syn
云雀 雲雀 yún què (bird species of China) Eurasian skylark (Alauda arvensis)
三合会 三合會 sān hé huì triad, Chinese crime gang / triad society, anti-Manchu secret society in Qing-dynasty 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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