"Western" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
阳历陽曆	yáng lì	solar calendar / Western (Gregorian) calendar	syn
西部片	xī bù piàn	Western (film)
佛朗机炮佛朗機炮	fó lǎng jī pào	Western (or Western-style) cannon of the Ming era
西方美术史西方美術史	xī fāng měi shù shǐ	Western
香港西区海底隧道有限公司香港西區海底隧道有限公司	xiāng gǎng xī qū hǎi dǐ suì dào yǒu xiàn gōng sī	Western
佛朗机砲佛朗機砲	fó lǎng jī pào	Western (and so styled) cannon of the Ming era / also written 佛朗機炮\|佛朗机炮
佛朗机铳佛朗機銃	fó lǎng jī chòng	Western (and so styled) cannon of the Ming era
西部毛狐猴	xī bù máo hú hóu	western

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
将將	jiàng	(bound form) a general / (literary) to command / to lead / (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)	syn
马馬	mǎ	horse / CL:匹[pi3] / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess	syn
启蒙啟蒙	qǐ méng	to instruct the young / to initiate / to awake sb from ignorance / to free sb from prejudice or superstition / primer / enlightened / the Enlightenment / Western learning from the late Qing dynasty	syn
天马天馬	tiān mǎ	(mythology) celestial horse / fine horse / Ferghana horse / (Western mythology) Pegasus
周公	zhōu gōng	Duke of Zhou (11th c. BC), son of King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhou1 Wen2 wang2], played an important role as regent in founding the Western Zhou 西周[Xi1 Zhou1], and is also known as the "God of Dreams"
中西医结合中西醫結合	zhōng xī yī jié hé	to combine traditional Chinese and Western medicine
阿房宫阿房宮	ē páng gōng	Epang Palace, palace complex in western Xi'an built by Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2] / also pr. [E1 fang2 Gong1]
阿房宫阿房宮	ē fáng gōng	Efang Palace, palace complex in western Xi'an built by Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2] / also pr. [E1 pang2 Gong1]
打口	dǎ kǒu	(of CDs, videos etc) surplus (or "cut-out") stock from Western countries, sometimes marked with a notch in the disc or its case, sold cheaply in China (beginning in the 1990s), as well as Eastern Europe etc
周成王	zhōu chéng wáng	King Cheng of Zhou (1055-1021 BC), reigned 1042-1021 BC as the 2nd king of Western Zhou 西周[Xi1 Zhou1], son of King Wu of Zhou 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2]
帅帥	shuài	(bound form) commander-in-chief / (bound form) to lead / to command / handsome / graceful / dashing / elegant / (coll.) cool! / sweet! / (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)	syn
西方	xī fāng	the West / the Occident / Western countries	syn
西部	xī bù	western part	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
西装西裝	xī zhuāng	suit / Western-style clothes / CL:套[tao4]	syn
华山華山	huà shān	Mt Hua in Shaanxi, western mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽\|五岳[Wu3 yue4]
西域	xī yù	Western Regions (Han Dynasty term for regions beyond Yumen Pass 玉門關\|玉门关[Yu4 men2 Guan1])
中西	zhōng xī	China and the West / Chinese-Western
西服	xī fú	suit / Western-style clothes (historical usage)	syn
咪咪	mī mī	oboe-like musical instrument used in folk music of Gansu, Qinghai etc / (onom.) meow / kitty kitty! / Mimi (Western name) / tits (i.e. slang for breasts)	syn
歌剧歌劇	gē jù	Western opera / CL:場\|场[chang3],齣\|出[chu1]	syn
西边西邊	xī biān	west / west side / western part / to the west of	syn
净土淨土	jìng tǔ	(Buddhism) Pure Land, usually refers to Amitabha Buddha's Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss (Sukhavati in Sanskrit)	syn
元月	yuán yuè	first month (of either lunar or Western calendars)	syn
西欧西歐	xī ōu	Western Europe
西方国家西方國家	xī fāng guó jiā	Western countries
西餐	xī cān	Western-style food / CL:份[fen4],頓\|顿[dun4]	syn
中西医中西醫	zhōng xī yī	Chinese and Western medicine / a doctor trained in Chinese and Western medicine
西药西藥	xī yào	Western medicine
西式	xī shì	Western style
西医西醫	xī yī	Western medicine / a doctor trained in Western medicine
西汉西漢	xī hàn	Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), also called 前漢\|前汉[Qian2 Han4], Former Han Dynasty
西天	xī tiān	the Western Paradise (Buddhism)	syn
海地	hǎi dì	Haiti, the western third of Caribbean island Hispaniola
西夏	xī xià	Western Xia dynasty 1038-1227 of Tangut people 黨項\|党项 occupying modern Ningxia and parts of Gansu and Shaanxi, overthrown by Mongols
洋娃娃	yáng wá wa	doll (of Western appearance)
西郊	xī jiāo	western suburbs
西文	xī wén	Spanish / Western language / foreign languages (in Qing times)
洋装洋裝	yáng zhuāng	Western-style dress	syn
齐国齊國	qí guó	Qi state of Western Zhou and the Warring states (1122-265 BC), centered in Shandong
新军新軍	xīn jūn	New Armies (modernized Qing armies, trained and equipped according to Western standards, founded after Japan's victory in the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895)
西周	xī zhōu	Western Zhou (1027-771 BC)
西方文化	xī fāng wén huà	Western culture
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
长笛長笛	cháng dí	(Western) concert flute
西点西點	xī diǎn	Western-style pastry
弥陀彌陀	mí tuó	Amitabha, the Buddha of the Western Paradise / abbr. for 阿彌陀佛\|阿弥陀佛 / Mituo or Mito township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣\|高雄县[Gao1 xiong2 xian4], southwest Taiwan
帕斯	pà sī	Perth, capital of Western Australia
革履	gé lǚ	leather (shoes) / fig. Western dress	syn
川西	chuān xī	Western Sichuan
张华張華	zhāng huà	Zhang Hua (232-300), Western Jin writer, poet and politician / Zhang Hua (1958-1982), student held up as a martyr after he died saving an old peasant from a septic tank / other Zhang Hua's too numerous to mention
乡村音乐鄉村音樂	xiāng cūn yīn yuè	country music (country & western music genre)
西晋西晉	xī jìn	Western Jin dynasty (265-316)
铜鼓銅鼓	tóng gǔ	bronze drum / (Western-style) drum
十二宫十二宮	shí èr gōng	the twelve equatorial constellations or signs of the zodiac in Western astronomy and astrology, namely: Aries 白羊[Bai2 yang2], Taurus 金牛[Jin4 niu2], Gemini 雙子\|双子[Shuang1 zi3], Cancer 巨蟹[Ju4 xie4], Leo 獅子\|狮子[Shi1 zi3], Virgo 室女[Shi4 nu:3], Libra 天秤[Tian1 cheng4], Scorpio 天蠍\|天蝎[Tian1 xie1], Sagittarius 人馬\|人马[Ren2 ma3], Capricorn 摩羯[Mo2 jie2], Aquarius 寶瓶\|宝瓶[Bao3 ping2], Pisces 雙魚\|双鱼[Shuang1 yu2]
两汉兩漢	liǎng hàn	Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) / refers to the Western Han and Eastern Han
西太平洋	xī tài píng yáng	the western Pacific Ocean
新文化运动新文化運動	xīn wén huà yùn dòng	the New Culture Movement (mid-1910s and 1920s), intellectual revolution against Confucianism aiming to introduce Western elements, especially democracy and science
西学西學	xī xué	Western learning (intellectual movement in the late Qing) / also called 洋務運動\|洋务运动
周朝	zhōu cháo	Zhou Dynasty / Western Zhou 西周 (1046-771 BC) and Eastern Zhou 東周\|东周 (770-221 BC)
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)
归西歸西	guī xī	to die (euphemism, lit. to return West or to the Western Paradise)	syn
星座运势星座運勢	xīng zuò yùn shì	(Western-style) horoscope
洋货洋貨	yáng huò	Western goods / imported goods (in former times)	syn
西端	xī duān	western extremity
潘岳	pān yuè	Pan Yue (247-300), later known as 潘安[Pan1 An1], prominent Western Jin poet, also famous for his good looks, such that his name became a byword for "extremely handsome man"
刘安劉安	liú ān	Liu An (179-122 BC), King of Huainan under the Western Han, ordered the writing of the 淮南子[Huai2 nan2 zi5]
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)
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)
截拳道	jié quán dào	Jeet Kun Do or Way of the Intercepting Fist, a fusion of Eastern and Western martial arts led by Bruce Lee 李小龍\|李小龙[Li3 Xiao3 long2]
洋气洋氣	yáng qì	Western style / foreign flavor / trendy / fashionable	syn
寒鸦寒鴉	hán yā	(bird species of China) western jackdaw / Eurasian jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)	syn
班固	bān gù	Ban Gu (32-92), Eastern Han dynasty historian, wrote the Dynastic History of Western Han 漢書\|汉书
贾谊賈誼	jiǎ yì	Jia Yi (200-168 BC), Chinese poet and statesman of the Western Han Dynasty
严复嚴復	yán fù	Yan Fu (1853-1921), influential Chinese writer and translator of Western books, esp. on social sciences
西历西曆	xī lì	Gregorian calendar / Western calendar
荣毅仁榮毅仁	róng yì rén	Rong Yiren (1916-2005), PRC Vice President from 1993-1998, played an important role in opening Chinese economy to Western investors
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
格致格緻	gé zhì	to study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge (abbr. for 格物致知[ge2 wu4 zhi4 zhi1]) / word for Western natural sciences during late Qing
格物	gé wù	to study the underlying principles, esp. in neo-Confucian rational learning 理學\|理学[li3 xue2] / word for Western natural sciences during late Qing
西半球	xī bàn qiú	Western Hemisphere
西戎	xī róng	the Xirong, an ancient ethnic group of Western China from the Zhou Dynasty onwards / Xionites (Central Asian nomads)
协约国協約國	xié yuē guó	Allies / entente (i.e. Western powers allied to China in WW1)
陈寿陳壽	chén shòu	Chen Shou (233-297), Western Jin dynasty 西晉\|西晋[Xi1 Jin4] historian, author of History of the Three Kingdoms 三國志\|三国志[San1 guo2 zhi4]
圆白菜圓白菜	yuán bái cài	round white cabbage (i.e. Western cabbage)	syn
淮南子	huái nán zi	miscellany of writing from the Western Han (aka Former Han)
洋服	yáng fú	Western-style clothes	syn
洋白菜	yáng bái cài	cabbage (round cabbage most commonly found in Western countries)	syn
破折号破折號	pò zhé hào	dash / Chinese dash ── (punct., double the length of the western dash)
司马炎司馬炎	sī mǎ yán	Sima Yan (236-290), founder and first emperor (265-290) of the Western Jin dynasty 西晉\|西晋[Xi1 Jin4], posthumous name 晉武帝\|晋武帝[Jin4 Wu3di4]
巴罗克巴羅克	bā luó kè	baroque (period in Western art history) (loanword)
黄祸黃禍	huáng huò	yellow peril (offensive term referring to the perceived threat to Western nations, of immigration or military expansion from East Asian nations)

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