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"Zhang" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
张承志 張承志 zhāng chéng zhì Zhang
张春晖 張春暉 zhāng chūn huī Zhang
张培莉 張培莉 zhāng péi lì Zhang
张嶷 張嶷 zhāng yí Zhang
市丈 shì zhàng zhang (Chinese unit of length equal to 3⅓ meters)
Chinese Pinyin Translation
长 長 zhǎng chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance syn
张 張 zhāng to open up / to spread / sheet of paper / classifier for flat objects, sheet / classifier for votes syn
炮仗 pào zhang firecracker syn
张高丽 張高麗 zhāng gāo lì Zhang Gaoli (1946-), PRC politician
涨 漲 zhǎng to rise (of prices, rivers) syn
涨 漲 zhàng to swell / to distend syn
张飞 張飛 zhāng fēi Zhang Fei (168-221), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, famous as fearsome fighter and lover of wine
方丈 fāng zhang square zhang (i.e. unit of area 10 feet square) / monastic room 10 feet square / Buddhist or Daoist abbot / abbot's chamber syn
张三 張三 zhāng sān Zhang San, name for an unspecified person, first of a series of three: 張三|张三[Zhang1 San1], 李四[Li3 Si4], 王五[Wang2 Wu3] Tom, Dick and Harry / (dialect) wolf
张学良 張學良 zhāng xué liáng Zhang Xueliang (1901-2001) son of Fengtian clique warlord, then senior general for the Nationalists and subsequently for the People's Liberation Army
四人帮 四人幫 sì rén bāng Gang of Four: Jiang Qing 江青[Jiang1 Qing1], Zhang Chunqiao 張春橋|张春桥[Zhang1 Chun1 qiao2], Yao Wenyuan 姚文元[Yao2 Wen2 yuan2], Wang Hongwen 王洪文[Wang2 Hong2 wen2], who served as scapegoats for the excesses of the cultural revolution
张静初 張靜初 zhāng jìng chū Zhang Jingchu (1980-), PRC actress
一落千丈 yī luò qiān zhàng lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom) / fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline / to take a dive syn
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
张德江 張德江 zhāng dé jiāng Zhang Dejiang (1946-), PRC politician
张角 張角 zhāng jué Zhang Jue (-184), leader of the Yellow turban rebels during the late Han
明史 míng shǐ History of the Ming Dynasty, twenty fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Zhang Tingyu 張廷玉|张廷玉[Zhang1 Ting2 yu4] in 1739 during the Qing Dynasty, 332 scrolls
五虎将 五虎將 wǔ hǔ jiàng Liu Bei's five great generals in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, namely: Guan Yu 關羽|关羽, Zhang Fei 張飛|张飞, Zhao Yun 趙雲|赵云, Ma Chao 馬超|马超, Huang Zhong 黃忠|黄忠
张作霖 張作霖 zhāng zuò lín Zhang Zuolin (c. 1873-1928), warlord of Manchuria 1916-1928
张之洞 張之洞 zhāng zhī dòng Zhang Zhidong (1837-1909), prominent politician in late Qing
张骞 張騫 zhāng qiān Zhang Qian (-114 BC), Han dynasty explorer of 2nd century BC
张居正 張居正 zhāng jū zhèng Zhang Juzheng (1525-1582), Grand Secretary during the Ming dynasty, credited with bringing the dynasty to its apogee
张国焘 張國燾 zhāng guó tāo Zhang Guotao (1897-1979), Chinese communist leader in the 1920s and 1930s, defected to Guomindang in 1938
张冠李戴 張冠李戴 zhāng guān lǐ dài lit. to put Zhang's hat on Li's head / to attribute sth to the wrong person (idiom) / to confuse one thing with another syn
张宝 張寶 zhāng bǎo Zhang Bao (-184), leader of the Yellow Turban rebels during the late Han 漢朝|汉朝[Han4 chao2]
张献忠 張獻忠 zhāng xiàn zhōng Zhang Xianzhong (1606-1647), leader of a late-Ming peasant revolt
张自忠 張自忠 zhāng zì zhōng Zhang Zizhong (1891-1940), Chinese National Revolutionary Army general during the Second Sino-Japanese War
张春桥 張春橋 zhāng chūn qiáo Zhang Chunqiao (1917-2005), one of the Gang of Four
张勋 張勛 zhāng xūn Zhang Xun (1854-1923), Qing loyalist general who attempted to restore the abdicated emperor Puyi 溥儀|溥仪[Pu3 yi2] to the throne in the Manchu Restoration of 1917 張勳復辟|张勋复辟[Zhang1 Xun1 Fu4 bi4]
张闻天 張聞天 zhāng wén tiān Zhang Wentian (1900-1976), CCP party leader and theorist
张治中 張治中 zhāng zhì zhōng Zhang Zhizhong (1890-1969), National Revolutionary Army general
张志新 張志新 zhāng zhì xīn Zhang Zhixin (1930-1975) female revolutionary and martyr, who followed the true Marxist-Leninist line as a party member, and was arrested in 1969, then executed in 1975 after opposing the counterrevolutionary party-usurping conspiracies of Lin Biao and the Gang of Four, and only rehabilitated posthumously in 1979
章 zhāng chapter / section / clause / movement (of symphony) / seal / badge / regulation / order syn
张三李四 張三李四 zhāng sān lǐ sì lit. Zhang Three and Li Four (idiom) / (fig.) any Tom, Dick or Harry syn
张岱 張岱 zhāng dài Zhang Dai (1597-c. 1684), late Ming scholar
张籍 張籍 zhāng jí Zhang Ji (767-830), Tang Dynasty poet
地动仪 地動儀 dì dòng yí the world's first seismograph invented by Zhang Heng 張衡|张衡[Zhang1 Heng2] in 132 / abbr. for 候風地動儀|候风地动仪[hou4 feng1 di4 dong4 yi2]
掌 zhǎng palm of the hand / sole of the foot / paw / horseshoe / to slap / to hold in one's hand / to wield syn
张若虚 張若虛 zhāng ruò xū Zhang Ruoxu (c. 660-720), Tang dynasty poet, author of yuefu poem River on a spring night 春江花月夜
障 zhàng to block / to hinder / to obstruct syn
丈 zhàng measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m) / to measure / husband / polite appellation for an older male syn
帐 帳 zhàng (bound form) curtain / tent / canopy / variant of 賬|账[zhang4] syn
仗 zhàng weaponry / to hold (a weapon) / to wield / to rely on / to depend on / war / battle syn
胀 脹 zhàng to swell / to distend / to expand / swollen / bloated syn
账 賬 zhàng account / bill / debt / CL:本[ben3],筆|笔[bi3] syn
杖 zhàng a staff / a rod / cane / walking stick / to flog with a stick (old) syn
彰 zhāng clear / conspicuous / manifest syn
璋 zhāng jade tablet used in ceremonies, shaped like the left or right half of a "gui" 圭[gui1], also given to male infants to play with
漳 zhāng Zhang river in Fujian
樟 zhāng camphor / Cinnamonum camphara syn
蟑 zhāng used in 蟑螂[zhang1lang2]
瘴 zhàng malaria / miasma
嶂 zhàng cliff / range of peaks
鄣 zhāng place name
獐 麞 zhāng variant of 獐[zhang1] syn
幛 zhàng hanging scroll syn
嫜 zhāng husband's father syn
仉 zhǎng surname Zhang
瞕 zhàng cataract in the eye
粻 zhāng food / white cooked rice
鞝 zhǎng patch of leather
十面埋伏 shí miàn mái fú Ambush from Ten Sides (pipa solo piece) / House of Flying Daggers (2004 movie by Zhang Yimou 張藝謀|张艺谋[Zhang1 Yi4 mou2])
张艺谋 張藝謀 zhāng yì móu Zhang Yimou (1950-), PRC film director
章子怡 zhāng zǐ yí Zhang Ziyi (1979-), PRC actress
张华 張華 zhāng huá 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
暲 zhāng bright / to rise (of sun)
鱆 zhāng octopus
张大千 張大千 zhāng dà qiān Chang Dai-chien or Zhang Daqian (1899-1983), one of the greatest Chinese artists of the 20th century
张丹 張丹 zhāng dān Zhang Dan (1985-), Chinese figure skater
张衡 張衡 zhāng héng Zhang Heng (78-139) great Han dynasty astronomer and mathematician
张华光 張華光 zhāng huá guāng Zhang Huaguang (person name)
张华明 張華明 zhāng huá míng Zhang Huaming (person name)
张宁 張寧 zhāng níng Zhang Ning (1975-), PRC female badminton player and Olympic gold medalist
张旭 張旭 zhāng xù Zhang Xu (probably early 8th century), Tang dynasty poet and calligrapher, most famous for his grass script 草書|草书
张怡宁 張怡寧 zhāng yí níng Zhang Yining (1981-), PRC female table tennis player and Olympic gold medalist
九尾龟 九尾龜 jiǔ wěi guī nine-tailed turtle of mythology / The Nine-tailed Turtle, novel by late Qing novelist Zhang Chunfan 張春帆|张春帆
五人墓碑记 五人墓碑記 wǔ rén mù bēi jì Five Men’s Tombstone Inscription, an essay by Zhang Pu 張溥|张溥[Zhang1 Pu3] commemorating five martyrs who died resisting the tyranny of Wei Zhongxian 魏忠賢|魏忠贤[Wei4 Zhong1xian2] during the late Ming dynasty
候风地动仪 候風地動儀 hòu fēng dì dòng yí the world's first seismograph invented by Zhang Heng 張衡|张衡[Zhang1 Heng2] in 132
六朝四大家 liù cháo sì dà jiā Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties, namely: Cao Buxing 曹不興|曹不兴[Cao2 Bu4 xing1], Gu Kaizhi 顧愷之|顾恺之[Gu4 Kai3 zhi1], Lu Tanwei 陸探微|陆探微[Lu4 Tan4 wei1] and Zhang Sengyou 張僧繇|张僧繇[Zhang1 Seng1 you2]
宝葫芦的秘密 寶葫蘆的秘密 bǎo hú lu de mì mì Secret of the Magic Gourd (1958), prize-winning children's fairy tale by Zhang Tianyi 張天翼|张天翼[Zhang1 Tian1 yi4]
张僧繇 張僧繇 zhāng sēng yóu Zhang Sengyou (active c. 490-540), one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家
张仪 張儀 zhāng yí Zhang Yi (-309 BC), political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
张天翼 張天翼 zhāng tiān yì Zhang Tianyi (1906-1985), children's writer, author of prize-winning fairy tale Secret of the Magic Gourd 寶葫蘆的秘密|宝葫芦的秘密[Bao3 hu2 lu5 de5 Mi4 mi4]
张太雷 張太雷 zhāng tài léi Zhang Tailei (1898-1927), founding member of Chinese communist party
张廷玉 張廷玉 zhāng tíng yù Zhang Tingyu (1672-1755), Qing politician, senior minister to three successive emperors, oversaw compilation of History of the Ming Dynasty 明史[Ming2 shi3] and the Kangxi Dictionary 康熙字典[Kang1 xi1 Zi4 dian3]
张怡 張怡 zhāng yí Zhang Yi (1608-1695), prolific author and poet spanning interregnum between Ming and Qing
张戎 張戎 zhāng róng Jung Chang (1952-), British-Chinese writer, name at birth Zhang Erhong 張二鴻|张二鸿[Zhang1 Er4 hong2], author of Wild Swans 野天鵝|野天鹅[Ye3 Tian1 e2] and Mao: The Unknown Story 毛澤東·鮮為人知的故事|毛泽东·鲜为人知的故事[Mao2 Ze2 dong1 · Xian1 wei2 ren2 zhi1 de5 Gu4 shi5]
张揖 張揖 zhāng yī Zhang Yi (c. 3rd century), literary figure from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, other name 稚讓|稚让[Zhi4 rang4], named as compiler of earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia 廣雅|广雅[Guang3 ya3] and several lost works
张择端 張擇端 zhāng zé duān Zhang Zeduan (1085-1145), Song dynasty painter
张斌 張斌 zhāng bīn Zhang Bin (1979-), CCTV sports presenter
张易之 張易之 zhāng yì zhī Zhang Yizhi (-705), Tang dynasty politician and favorite of Empress Wu Zetian 武則天|武则天[Wu3 Ze2 tian1]
张春帆 張春帆 zhāng chūn fān Zhang Chunfan (-1935), late Qing novelist, author of The Nine-tailed Turtle 九尾龜|九尾龟
张飞打岳飞 張飛打岳飛 zhāng fēi dǎ yuè fēi lit. Zhang Fei fights Yue Fei / fig. an impossible combination / an impossible turn of events (idiom)
桃园三结义 桃園三結義 táo yuán sān jié yì Oath of the Peach Garden, sworn by Liu Bei 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4], Zhang Fei 張飛|张飞[Zhang1 Fei1] and Guan Yu 關羽|关羽[Guan1 Yu3] at the start of the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]
浑仪注 渾儀註 hún yí zhù book by Han dynasty astronomer Zhang Heng
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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