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"Western Five" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
西方五国 西方五國 Western Five
Chinese Pinyin Translation
西医 西醫 xī yī Western medicine / a doctor trained in Western medicine
五音 wǔ yīn five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la / five classes of initial consonants of Chinese phonetics, namely: 喉音[hou2 yin1], 牙音[ya2 yin1], 舌音[she2 yin1], 齒音|齿音[chi3 yin1], 唇音[chun2 yin1]
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
五香 wǔ xiāng five spice seasoned / incorporating the five basic flavors of Chinese cooking (sweet, sour, bitter, savory, salty)
华山 華山 huà shān Mt Hua in Shaanxi, western mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4]
中西医 中西醫 zhōng xī yī Chinese and Western medicine / a doctor trained in Chinese and Western medicine
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)
伍 wǔ squad of five soldiers / to associate with / five (banker's anti-fraud numeral) syn
五步蛇 wǔ bù shé Deinagkistrodon acutus, a species of venomous pit viper, aka five-pace viper (i.e. can grow to five paces) syn
更 gēng to change or replace / to experience / one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided / watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard) syn
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
五 wǔ five / 5 syn
子 zǐ son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / (prefix) sub- syn
西装 西裝 xī zhuāng suit / Western-style clothes / CL:套[tao4] syn
西部 xī bù western part syn
公 gōng public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) 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
西方 xī fāng the West / the Occident / Western countries syn
歌剧 歌劇 gē jù Western opera / CL:場|场[chang3],齣|出[chu1] syn
西服 xī fú suit / Western-style clothes (historical usage) syn
西边 西邊 xī biān west / west side / western part / to the west of syn
五百 wǔ bǎi five hundred
候 hòu to wait / to inquire after / to watch / season / climate / (old) period of five days syn
洋娃娃 yáng wá wa doll (of Western appearance)
击掌 擊掌 jī zhǎng to clap one's hands / to clap each other's hands / high five syn
海地 hǎi dì Haiti, the western third of Caribbean island Hispaniola
二十五 èr shí wǔ twenty five
五角星 wǔ jiǎo xīng five-pointed star / pentagram
西天 xī tiān the Western Paradise (Buddhism) syn
长笛 長笛 cháng dí (Western) concert flute
西点 西點 xī diǎn Western-style pastry
五星级 五星級 wǔ xīng jí five-star (hotel) syn
西欧 西歐 xī ōu Western Europe
西部片 xī bù piàn Western (film)
五金 wǔ jīn metal hardware (nuts and bolts) / the five metals: gold, silver, copper, iron, tin 金銀銅鐵錫|金银铜铁锡[jin1-yin2-tong2-tie3-xi1] syn
归西 歸西 guī xī to die (euphemism, lit. to return West or to the Western Paradise) 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
洋装 洋裝 yáng zhuāng Western-style dress 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
五指 wǔ zhǐ the five fingers of one's hand
五官 wǔ guān five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳) / facial features
五彩 wǔ cǎi five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue) / multicolored 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
西半球 xī bàn qiú Western Hemisphere
西式 xī shì Western style
五脏 五臟 wǔ zàng five viscera of TCM, namely: heart 心[xin1], liver 肝[gan1], spleen 脾[pi2], lungs 肺[fei4] and kidneys 腎|肾[shen4] syn
红星 紅星 hóng xīng red star / five pointed star as symbol or communism or proletariat / hot film star
六十五 liù shí wǔ sixty-five
西餐 xī cān Western-style food / CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4] syn
帕斯 pà sī Perth, capital of Western Australia
中原 zhōng yuán Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei syn
五年计划 五年計劃 wǔ nián jì huà Five-Year Plan
五谷 五穀 wǔ gǔ five crops, e.g. millet 粟[su4], soybean 豆[dou4], sesame 麻[ma2], barley 麥|麦[mai4], rice 稻[dao4] or other variants / all crops / all grains / oats, peas, beans and barley syn
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"
五行 wǔ xíng five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水 syn
西域 xī yù Western Regions (Han Dynasty term for regions beyond Yumen Pass 玉門關|玉门关[Yu4 men2 Guan1])
西汉 西漢 xī hàn Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), also called 前漢|前汉[Qian2 Han4], Former Han Dynasty
西药 西藥 xī yào Western medicine
连珠 連珠 lián zhū joined as a string of pearls / in rapid succession / alignment / Renju, a Japanese game, also called Gomoku or five-in-a-row syn
嵩山 sōng shān Mt Song in Henan, central mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4]
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)
梭哈 suō hā five-card stud (card game) (from English "show hand")
洋气 洋氣 yáng qì Western style / foreign flavor / trendy / fashionable syn
过五关斩六将 過五關斬六將 guò wǔ guān zhǎn liù jiàng lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom) / fig. to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success)
中西 zhōng xī China and the West / Chinese-Western
元月 yuán yuè first month (of either lunar or Western calendars) syn
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
西文 xī wén Spanish / Western language / foreign languages (in Qing times)
五子棋 wǔ zǐ qí five-in-a-row (game similar to tic-tac-toe) / Japanese: gomoku / gobang
五岳 五嶽 wǔ yuè Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1] in Shandong, Mt Hua 華山|华山[Hua4 Shan1] in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山[Heng2 Shan1] in Hunan, Mt Heng 恆山|恒山[Heng2 Shan1] in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山[Song1 Shan1] in Henan
鲜味 鮮味 xiān wèi umami, one of the five basic tastes (cookery) syn
阳历 陽曆 yáng lì solar calendar / Western (Gregorian) calendar syn
洋货 洋貨 yáng huò Western goods / imported goods (in former times) syn
西端 xī duān western extremity
协约国 協約國 xié yuē guó Allies / entente (i.e. Western powers allied to China in WW1)
五笔 五筆 wǔ bǐ abbr. of 五筆字型|五笔字型, five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
五天 wǔ tiān five days
天马 天馬 tiān mǎ (mythology) celestial horse / fine horse / Ferghana horse / (Western mythology) Pegasus
西方国家 西方國家 xī fāng guó jiā Western countries
岭南 嶺南 lǐng nán south of the five ranges / old term for south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi
三五 sān wǔ several / three or five
三更 sān gēng third of the five night watch periods 23:00-01:00 (old) / midnight / also pr. [san1 jin1] syn
诗经 詩經 shī jīng Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经[Wu3 jing1]
中西医结合 中西醫結合 zhōng xī yī jié hé to combine traditional Chinese and Western medicine
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
西郊 xī jiāo western suburbs
五星级酒店 五星級酒店 wǔ xīng jí jiǔ diàn five-star hotel
五洲 wǔ zhōu five continents / the world syn
齐国 齊國 qí guó Qi state of Western Zhou and the Warring states (1122-265 BC), centered in Shandong
海河 hǎi hé Hai He (a system of five waterways around Tianjin, flowing into Bohai 渤海 at Dagukou 大沽口)
五味 wǔ wèi the five flavors, namely: sweet 甜, sour 酸, bitter 苦, spicy hot 辣, salty 鹹|咸 / all kinds of flavors
西方文化 xī fāng wén huà Western culture
全国代表大会 全國代表大會 quán guó dài biǎo dà huì national general congress / Communist party national congress, in recent times every five years
五更 wǔ gēng fifth of the five night watch periods 03:00-05:00 (old)
恒山 恆山 héng shān Mt Heng in Shanxi, northern mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4] / Hengshan district of Jixi city 雞西|鸡西[Ji1 xi1], Heilongjiang
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
五笔字型 五筆字型 wǔ bǐ zì xíng five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
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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