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"Southern Dynasties (420-589)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
南朝 nán cháo Southern Dynasties (420-589)
Chinese Pinyin Translation
南北朝 nán běi cháo Northern and Southern dynasties (420-589)
宋武帝 sòng wǔ dì Emperor Wu of Song (363-422), personal name Liu Yu 劉裕|刘裕[Liu2 Yu4], founder of Song of the Southern dynasties 劉宋|刘宋[Liu2 Song4], broke away from Eastern Jin in 420, reigned 420-422
南朝陈 南朝陳 nán cháo chén Chen of the Southern dynasties (557-589)
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
宋朝 sòng cháo Song Dynasty (960-1279) / also Song of Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479)
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]
宋 sòng surname Song / the Song dynasty (960-1279) / Song of the Southern Dynasties (420-479) 南朝宋[Nan2chao2 Song4]
刘宋 劉宋 liú sòng Song of the Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479), with capital at Nanjing
刘宋时代 劉宋時代 liú sòng shí dài Song of the Southern dynasties (420-479), with capital at Nanjing
南朝宋 nán cháo sòng Song of the Southern dynasties (420-479), with capital at Nanjing / also known as Liu Song 劉宋|刘宋
赵宋 趙宋 zhào sòng Song dynasty (960-1279) / used to distinguish it from 劉宋|刘宋 Song of Southern dynasties (420-479)
六朝 liù cháo Six Dynasties (220-589)
魏晋南北朝 魏晉南北朝 wèi jìn nán běi cháo Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties / generic term for historic period 220-589 between Han and Sui
六朝时代 六朝時代 liù cháo shí dài the Six Dynasties period (222-589) between Han and Tang
魏晋 魏晉 wèi jìn Wei (220-265) and Jin (265-420) dynasties
宋武帝刘裕 宋武帝劉裕 sòng wǔ dì liú yù Liu Yu, founder of Southern dynasty Song 劉宋|刘宋, broke away from Eastern Jin in 420
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
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
历代 歷代 lì dài successive generations / successive dynasties / past dynasties 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
侍郎 shì láng (Ming and Qing dynasties) vice-minister of one of the Six Boards / (also an official title in earlier dynasties)
西魏 xī wèi Western Wei of the Northern dynasties (535-557), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏
东魏 東魏 dōng wèi Eastern Wei of the Northern dynasties (534-550), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏
均田制 jūn tián zhì equal-field system of Wei of the Northern dynasties 北魏 and Tang 唐 dynasties
北汉 北漢 běi hàn Han of the Five dynasties (951-979), one of ten kingdoms during the Five Dynasties, Ten Kingdoms period (907-960)
程咬金 chéng yǎo jīn Cheng Yaojin (589-665), aka 程知節|程知节[Cheng2 Zhi1 jie2], Chinese general of the Tang dynasty
李建成 lǐ jiàn chéng Li Jiancheng (589-626), eldest son of first Tang emperor Li Yuan 唐高祖李淵|唐高祖李渊, murdered by his brother 李世民 in the Xuanwu Gate coup 玄武門之變|玄武门之变 / Professor Li Jiancheng (1964-), geophysicist and specialist in satellite geodesy
鞌 ān An, a place in the area of present-day Jinan, Shandong where in 589 BC there was a battle between the states of Qi 齊國|齐国[Qi2guo2] and Jin 晉國|晋国[Jin4guo2]
建康 jiàn kāng old name for Nanjing 南京, esp. during Southern dynasties
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
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
谢灵运 謝靈運 xiè líng yùn Xie Lingyun (385-433) poet during Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋
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
李煜 lǐ yù Li Yu (c. 937-978), given name of the final ruler of Tang of the Five Southern dynasties Li Houzhu 李後主|李后主, a renowned poet
谢赫 謝赫 xiè hè Xie He (479-502), portrait painter from Qi of Southern dynasties 南齊|南齐[Nan2 Qi2]
侯景之乱 侯景之亂 hóu jǐng zhī luàn rebellion against Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁 in 548
南史 nán shǐ History of the Southern Dynasties, fourteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Li Yanshou 李延壽|李延寿[Li3 Yan2 shou4] in 659 during Tang Dynasty, 80 scrolls
南朝齐 南朝齊 nán cháo qí Qi of Southern dynasties (479-502)
南齐 南齊 nán qí Qi of Southern dynasties (479-502)
哀江南赋 哀江南賦 āi jiāng nán fù Lament for the South, long poem in Fu style by Yu Xin 庾信 mourning the passing of Liang of the Southern dynasties 南朝梁朝
李延寿 李延壽 lǐ yán shòu Li Yanshou (fl. 650), compiler of History of the Southern 南史 and Northern Dynasties 北史
范晔 范曄 fàn yè historian from Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋, author of History of Eastern Han 後漢書|后汉书
范缜 范縝 fàn zhěn Fan Zhen (c. 450-c. 510), philosopher from Qi and Liang of the Southern dynasties, as atheist denying Buddhist teachings on karma and rebirth
萧梁 蕭梁 xiāo liáng Liang of the Southern dynasties (502-557)
陈书 陳書 chén shū History of Chen of the Southern Dynasties, ninth 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, 36 scrolls
建业 建業 jiàn yè an old name for Nanjing, called Jiankang 建康 or Jianye during the Eastern Jin (317-420) syn
东晋 東晉 dōng jìn Eastern Jin dynasty 317-420
晋代 晉代 jìn dài Jin Dynasty (265-420)
刘毅 劉毅 liú yì Liu Yi (-285), famous incorruptible official of Western Jin dynasty the Western Jin dynasty 西晉|西晋[Xi1 Jin4] (265-316) / Liu Yi (-412), general of Eastern Jin dynasty 東晉|东晋[Dong1 Jin4] (317-420)
晋朝 晉朝 jìn cháo Jin Dynasty (265-420)
吴 吳 wú surname Wu / area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai / name of states in southern China at different historical periods
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
九州 jiǔ zhōu division of China during earliest dynasties / fig. ancient China / Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands syn
明清 míng qīng the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties
三代 sān dài three generations of a family / the three earliest dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou)
丞相 chéng xiàng the most senior minister of many kingdoms or dynasties (with varying roles) / prime minister syn
匈奴 xiōng nú Xiongnu, a people of the Eastern Steppe who created an empire that flourished around the time of the Qin and Han dynasties
秦汉 秦漢 qín hàn the Qin (221-207 BC) and Han (206 BC-220 AD) dynasties
中古 zhōng gǔ medieval / Middle Ages / Chinese middle antiquity, 3rd to 9th centuries, including Sui and Tang Dynasties / Middle (of a language, e.g. Middle English) / used / second-hand
唐宋 táng sòng the Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1279) dynasties
隋唐 suí táng Sui (581-617) and Tang dynasties (618-907)
判官 pàn guān magistrate (during Tang and Song dynasties) / mythological underworld judge
花木兰 花木蘭 huā mù lán Hua Mulan, legendary woman warrior (c. fifth century), Northern dynasties folk hero recorded in Sui and Tang literature
北魏 běi wèi Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534), founded by the Tuoba 拓跋 branch of Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑
土司 tǔ sī sliced bread (loanword from "toast") / government-appointed hereditary tribal headman in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties
拓拔 tuò bá branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people, founders of Wei 北魏 of the Northern Dynasties (386-534) / also written 拓跋
拓跋 tuò bá branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people, founders of Wei 北魏 of the Northern Dynasties (386-534) / also written 拓拔
北齐 北齊 běi qí Qi of the Northern Dynasties (550-557)
施琅 shī láng Shi Lang (1621-1696), Chinese admiral who served under the Ming and Qing dynasties
国子监 國子監 guó zǐ jiàn Guozijian, the highest educational administrative body in imperial China, in some dynasties also functioning as the highest institution of academic research and learning (Imperial College, aka Imperial Academy)
后汉 後漢 hòu hàn Later Han or Eastern Han dynasty (25-220) / Later Han of the Five Dynasties (947-950)
北朝 běi cháo Northern Dynasties (386-581)
北周 běi zhōu the Northern Zhou Dynasty (557-581) / one of the Northern Dynasties
士族 shì zú land-owning class, esp. during Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties 魏晉南北朝|魏晋南北朝[Wei4 Jin4 Nan2 Bei3 Chao2]
后周 後周 hòu zhōu Later Zhou of the Five Dynasties (951-960), centered on Shandong and Hebei, with capital at Kaifeng 開封|开封[Kai1 feng1]
八股文 bā gǔ wén eight-part essay one had to master to pass the imperial exams in Ming and Qing dynasties syn
旧唐书 舊唐書 jiù táng shū History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Liu Xu 劉昫|刘昫[Liu2 Xu4] in 945 during Later Jin 後晉|后晋[Hou4 Jin4] of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls
后唐 後唐 hòu táng Later Tang of the Five Dynasties (923-936)
魏书 魏書 wèi shū History of Wei of the Northern Dynasties, tenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Wei Shou 魏收[Wei4 Shou1] in 554 during Northern Qi Dynasty 北齊|北齐[Bei3 Qi2], 114 scrolls
夏商周 xià shāng zhōu Xia, Shang and Zhou, the earliest named Chinese dynasties
周书 周書 zhōu shū History of Zhou of the Northern Dynasties, twelfth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Linghu Defen 令狐德棻[Ling2 hu2 De2 fen1] in 636 during Tang Dynasty, 50 scrolls
后梁 後梁 hòu liáng Later Liang of the Five Dynasties (907-923)
唐书 唐書 táng shū same as 舊唐書|旧唐书[Jiu4 Tang2 shu1], History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Liu Xu 劉昫|刘昫[Liu2 Xu4] in 945 during Later Jin 後晉|后晋[Hou4 Jin4] of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls
顾恺之 顧愷之 gù kǎi zhī Gu Kaizhi or Ku K'aichih (346-407), famous painter of Eastern Jin dynasty, one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家
蟒袍 mǎng páo official robe worn by ministers during the Ming 明 (1368-1644) and Qing 清 (1644-1911) dynasties syn
五代史 wǔ dài shǐ History of the Five Dynasties, 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
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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