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"Southern Han" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
南汉 南漢 nán hàn Southern Han
Chinese Pinyin Translation
西汉 西漢 xī hàn Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), also called 前漢|前汉[Qian2 Han4], Former Han Dynasty
刘备 劉備 liú bèi Liu Bei (161-223), warlord at the end of the Han dynasty and founder of the Han kingdom of Shu 蜀漢|蜀汉 (c. 200-263), later the Shu Han dynasty
韩寒 韓寒 hán hán Han Han (1982-), PRC blogger, singer and professional rally driver
韩信 韓信 hán xìn Han Xin (-196 BC), famous general of first Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1]
汉书 漢書 hàn shū History of the Former Han Dynasty, second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Ban Gu 班固[Ban1 Gu4] in 82 during Eastern Han (later Han), 100 scrolls
夜郎 yè láng small barbarian kingdom in southern China during the Han dynasty
蜀汉 蜀漢 shǔ hàn Shu Han (c. 200-263), Liu Bei's kingdom in Sichuan during the Three Kingdoms, claiming legitimacy as successor of Han
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
两汉 兩漢 liǎng hàn Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) / refers to the Western Han and Eastern Han
后汉 後漢 hòu hàn Later Han or Eastern Han dynasty (25-220) / Later Han of the Five Dynasties (947-950)
韩非子 韓非子 hán fēi zǐ another name for Han Fei 韓非|韩非[Han2 Fei1], Legalist philosopher (c. 280-233 BC) / Han Feizi, book of Legalist Philosophy authored by Han Fei 韓非|韩非[Han2 Fei1] during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
班固 bān gù Ban Gu (32-92), Eastern Han dynasty historian, wrote the Dynastic History of Western Han 漢書|汉书
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
刘恒 劉恆 liú héng Liu Heng, personal name of Han emperor Han Wendi 漢文帝|汉文帝 / Liu Heng (1954-), Chinese writer
汉文帝 漢文帝 hàn wén dì Emperor Wen of Han (202-157 BC), fourth Han emperor, personal name Liu Heng 劉恆|刘恒[Liu2 Heng2], reigned 180-157 BC
汉献帝 漢獻帝 hàn xiàn dì Emperor Xian of Han (181-234), the final Han emperor, set up by Dong Zhuo 董卓, reigned 189-220, forced to abdicate 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕
韩 韓 hán Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄 / Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897 / Korea, esp. South Korea 大韓民國|大韩民国 / surname Han
吴 吳 wú surname Wu / area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai / name of states in southern China at different historical periods
淮南子 huái nán zi miscellany of writing from the Western Han (aka Former Han)
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
五刑 wǔ xíng imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4] / Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhang4], forced labor 徒[tu2], exile or banishment 流[liu2], capital punishment 死[si3]
汉姓 漢姓 hàn xìng a Han family name (surname) / (esp.) a Han surname adopted by a person of another ethnic group
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
南方 nán fāng south / southern China (areas to the south of the Yangtze River) syn
韩国 韓國 hán guó South Korea (Republic of Korea) / Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄[zhan4 guo2 qi1 xiong2] / Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897
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
稀罕 xī han rare / uncommon / rare thing / rarity / to value as a rarity / to cherish / Taiwan pr. [xi1han3] syn
南端 nán duān southern end or extremity syn
南半球 nán bàn qiú Southern Hemisphere
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
鸿沟 鴻溝 hóng gōu (fig.) gulf / chasm / wide gap / (originally) the Hong Canal in Henan, which in ancient times formed the border between enemies Chu 楚[Chu3] and Han 漢|汉[Han4] syn
诸葛亮 諸葛亮 zhū gě liàng Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] during the Three Kingdoms period / the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1guo2 Yan3yi4], where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius / (fig.) a mastermind syn
绿林 綠林 lù lín place in Hubei, the starting point for a major rebellion at the end of Western Han / also pr. [Lu:4 lin2] syn
希罕 xī han variant of 稀罕[xi1 han5] syn
南亚 南亞 nán yà southern Asia
东汉 東漢 dōng hàn Eastern or later Han dynasty, 25-220
中原 zhōng yuán Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei syn
金陵 jīn líng pre-Han name for Nanjing / common place name
阳关 陽關 yáng guān Yangguan or Southern Pass on the south Silk Road in Gansu, 70 km south of Dunhuang 敦煌
汉江 漢江 hàn jiāng Han River
南欧 南歐 nán ōu Southern Europe
司马 司馬 sī mǎ Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states) / two-character surname Sima
西域 xī yù Western Regions (Han Dynasty term for regions beyond Yumen Pass 玉門關|玉门关[Yu4 men2 Guan1])
汉口 漢口 hàn kǒu Hankou, part of Wuhan 武漢|武汉 at the junction of Han river and Changjiang in Hubei
阿斗 ā dǒu A-dou, nickname of Liu Shan 劉禪|刘禅[Liu2 Shan4] (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263 / (fig.) weak and inept person syn
宋朝 sòng cháo Song Dynasty (960-1279) / also Song of Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479)
法学家 法學家 fǎ xué jiā jurist / member of the pre-Han legalist school
鸿门宴 鴻門宴 hóng mén yàn Hongmen feast / (fig.) banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest / refers to a famous episode in 206 BC when future Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] syn
王昭君 wáng zhāo jūn Wang Zhaojun (52-19 BC), famous beauty at the court of Han emperor Yuan 漢元帝|汉元帝[Han4 Yuan2 di4], one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3]
汉学 漢學 hàn xué sinology / Chinese studies (in foreign schools) / Han Learning, a Qing dynasty movement aiming at a philological appraisal of the Classics
汉代 漢代 hàn dài the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
项羽 項羽 xiàng yǔ Xiang Yu the Conqueror (232-202 BC), warlord defeated by first Han emperor
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
汉朝 漢朝 hàn cháo Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
司马迁 司馬遷 sī mǎ qiān Sima Qian (145-86 BC), Han Dynasty historian, author of Records of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4], known as the father of Chinese historiography
塔里木 tǎ lǐ mù the Tarim Basin in southern Xinjiang
李广 李廣 lǐ guǎng Li Guang (-119 BC), Han dynasty general, nicknamed Flying General 飛將軍|飞将军 and much feared by the Xiongnu 匈奴
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
汉族 漢族 hàn zú Han ethnic group
闽南 閩南 mǐn nán Minnan (southern Fujian)
客家 kè jiā Hakka ethnic group, a subgroup of the Han that in the 13th century migrated from northern China to the south syn
汉人 漢人 hàn rén Han Chinese person or people
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
袁绍 袁紹 yuán shào Yuan Shao (153-202), general during late Han, subsequently warlord
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
建安 jiàn ān reign name (196-219) at the end of the Han dynasty
秦汉 秦漢 qín hàn the Qin (221-207 BC) and Han (206 BC-220 AD) dynasties
巴蜀 bā shǔ Sichuan / originally two provinces of Qin and Han
秦岭 秦嶺 qín lǐng Qinling Mountain Range in Shaanxi forming a natural barrier between the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原|关中平原[Guan1 zhong1 Ping2 yuan2] and the Han River 漢水|汉水[Han4 shui3] valley
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)
大秦 dà qín Han Dynasty term for the Roman Empire 羅馬帝國|罗马帝国[Luo2 ma3 Di4 guo2]
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
华佗 華佗 huà tuó Hua Tuo (c. 145-208), physician of the Eastern Han dynasty
六家 liù jiā Six schools of pre-Han philosophy, as analyzed by 司馬談|司马谈[Si1 ma3 Tan2] (儒家[Ru2 jia1], 道家[Dao4 jia1], 陰陽|阴阳[yin1 yang2], 法家[Fa3 jia1], 名家[Ming2 jia1], and 墨家[Mo4 jia1])
韩愈 韓愈 hán yù Han Yu (768-824), Tang dynasty essayist and poet, advocate of the classical writing 古文運動|古文运动[gu3 wen2 yun4 dong4] and neoclassical 復古|复古[fu4 gu3] movements
榜眼 bǎng yǎn candidate who came second in the Han-lin examination / see 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2]
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]
炎黄子孙 炎黃子孫 yán huáng zǐ sūn descendants of the Fiery Emperor and the Yellow Emperor (i.e. Han Chinese people) syn
阿里山 ā lǐ shān Alishan mountain range in the central-southern region of Taiwan
貂蝉 貂蟬 diāo chán Diaochan (-192), one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3], in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo 董卓[Dong3 Zhuo2] to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü Bu 呂布|吕布[Lu:3 Bu4]
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
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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