约翰 約翰 yuē hàn John (name) / Johan (name) / Johann (name) 名义 名義 míng yì name / titular / nominal / in name / ostensible purpose syn 姓名 xìng míng surname and given name / full name syn 维多利亚 維多利亞 wéi duō lì yà (name) Victoria / (place name) Victoria (capital of the Seychelles, southeastern state in Australia etc) 抬头 抬頭 tái tóu to raise one's head / to gain ground / account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc syn 大名 dà míng famous name / your distinguished name / one's formal personal name / (Japanese history) daimyo syn 名称 名稱 míng chēng name (of a thing) / name (of an organization) syn 化名 huà míng to go by an alias / to assume a false name / alias / pseudonym / assumed name syn 弗洛伊德 fú luò yī dé Floyd (name) / Freud (name) / Dr Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), the founder of psychoanalysis 点名 點名 diǎn míng roll call / to mention sb by name / (to call or praise or criticize sb) by name syn 假名 jiǎ míng false name / pseudonym / alias / pen name / the Japanese kana scripts / hiragana 平假名[ping2 jia3 ming2] and katakana 片假名[pian4 jia3 ming2] syn 起名 qǐ míng to name / to christen / to take a name 狄更斯 dí gēng sī Dickens (name) / Charles Dickens (1812-1870), great English novelist 阿兰 阿蘭 ā lán Alan, Allen, Allan, Alain etc (name) / A-lan (Chinese female name) 冒名顶替 冒名頂替 mào míng dǐng tì to assume sb's name and take his place (idiom) / to impersonate / to pose under a false name syn 波澜 波瀾 bō lán billows / great waves (fig. of a story with great momentum) syn 别称 別稱 bié chēng another name / alternative name syn 厚望 hòu wàng great hopes / great expectations 托尔斯泰 托爾斯泰 tuō ěr sī tài Tolstoy (name) / Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910), great Russian novelist, author of War and Peace 戰爭與和平|战争与和平 大和 dà hé Yamato, an ancient Japanese province, a period of Japanese history, a place name, a surname etc / Daiwa, a Japanese place name, business name etc 大业 大業 dà yè great cause / great undertaking syn 小名 xiǎo míng pet name for a child / childhood name syn 学名 學名 xué míng scientific name / Latin name (of plant or animal) / (according to an old system of nomenclature) on entering school life, a formal personal name given to new students 大吉大利 dà jí dà lì great luck, great profit (idiom) / everything is thriving syn 代称 代稱 dài chēng alternative name / to refer to sth by another name / antonomasia 有名无实 有名無實 yǒu míng wú shí lit. has a name but no reality (idiom) / exists only in name / nominal syn 金陵 jīn líng pre-Han name for Nanjing / common place name 贤人 賢人 xián rén great person of the past / venerable forebear / the great and the good syn 洪武 hóng wǔ Hongwu Emperor, also written Hung-wu Ti, reign name of first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋[Zhu1 Yuan2 zhang1] (1328-1398), reigned 1386-1398, temple name 明太祖[Ming2 Tai4 zu3] 并称 並稱 bìng chēng joint name / combined name syn 本名 běn míng original name / real name / (of foreigners) first name / given name 永乐 永樂 yǒng lè Yongle Emperor, reign name of third Ming emperor Zhu Di 朱棣[Zhu1 Di4] (1360-1424), reigned 1403-1424, temple name 明成祖[Ming2 Cheng2 zu3] 年号 年號 nián hào reign title / era name (name for either the entire reign of an emperor or one part of it) / year number (such as 2016 or 甲子) 正德 zhèng dé Zhengde Emperor, reign name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhu Houzhao 朱厚照[Zhu1 Hou4 zhao4] (1491-1521), reigned 1505-1521, temple name 明武宗[Ming2 Wu3 zong1] 乳名 rǔ míng infant name / pet name for a child syn 天顺 天順 tiān shùn Tianshun Emperor, reign name of eighth Ming Emperor 朱祁鎮|朱祁镇[Zhu1 Qi2 zhen4] (1427-1464), reigned 1457-1464, temple name Yingzong 英宗[Ying1 zong1] 宏愿 宏願 hóng yuàn great aspiration / great ambition syn 天后 tiān hòu Tin Hau, Empress of Heaven, another name for the goddess Matsu 媽祖|妈祖[Ma1 zu3] / Tin Hau (Hong Kong area around the MTR station with same name) 品名 pǐn míng name of product / brand name 大功 dà gōng great merit / great service syn 申城 shēn chéng alternative name for Shanghai 上海[Shang4 hai3] / alternative name for Xinyang City, Henan 信陽市|信阳市[Xin4 yang2 Shi4] 高梁 gāo liáng Takahashi (name) / Takahashi city in Okayama prefecture, Japan / Highbridge (name) 百胜 百勝 bǎi shèng BaiSheng, common name for Chinese company / PakSing, common Hong Kong company name 雅各 yǎ gè Jacob (name) / James (name) 俗名 sú míng vernacular name / lay name (of a priest) syn 花名 huā míng name of a person on the household register (old) / name on a roster / professional name of a prostitute / pseudonym / nickname 未命名 wèi mìng míng untitled / unnamed / no name / nameless / unknown name 宣德 xuān dé Xuande Emperor, reign name of fifth Ming emperor Zhu Zhanji 朱瞻基[Zhu1 Zhan1 ji1] (1398-1435), reigned 1426-1436, temple name 明宣宗[Ming2 Xuan1 zong1] 表字 biǎo zì literary name (an alternative name of a person stressing a moral principle) / courtesy name syn 称 稱 chēng to weigh / to state / to name / name / appellation / to praise syn 氏 shì clan name / maiden name syn 亚历山大 亞歷山大 yà lì shān dà Alexander (name) / Alexandria (town name) 欧文 歐文 ōu wén Owen (name) / Erwin (name) / Irvine, California 名副其实 名副其實 míng fù qí shí not just in name only, but also in reality (idiom) / aptly named / worthy of the name syn 渝 yú short name for Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4] / old name of Jialing River 嘉陵江[Jia1 ling2 Jiang1] in Sichuan 泸 瀘 lú old name of a river in Jiangxi / place name 玄孙 玄孫 xuán sūn great-great-grandson 五大湖 wǔ dà hú Great Lakes / the five north American Great Lakes 荀 xún (archaic) name of a plant mentioned in ancient texts / name of a state that existed during the Zhou dynasty in present-day Shanxi 大 dà big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) syn 大家 dà jiā everyone / influential family / great expert syn 很多 hěn duō very many / very much / great (quantity) syn 开心 開心 kāi xīn to feel happy / to rejoice / to have a great time / to make fun of sb syn 万 萬 wàn ten thousand / a great number 多么 多麼 duō me how (wonderful etc) / what (a great idea etc) / however (difficult it may be etc) / (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc) / to what extent syn 伟大 偉大 wěi dà huge / great / grand / worthy of the greatest admiration / important (contribution etc) syn 英国 英國 yīng guó United Kingdom 聯合王國|联合王国[Lian2 he2 wang2 guo2] / United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland / abbr. for England 英格蘭|英格兰[Ying1 ge2 lan2] 王 wáng king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great syn 海 hǎi ocean / sea / CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4] / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous syn 大多数 大多數 dà duō shù (great) majority syn 重大 zhòng dà great / important / major / significant syn 大量 dà liàng great amount / large quantity / bulk / numerous / generous / magnanimous syn 大师 大師 dà shī great master / master syn 大众 大眾 dà zhòng the masses / the great bulk of the population / popular (of music, science etc) syn 好不容易 hǎo bù róng yì with great difficulty / very difficult syn 大桥 大橋 dà qiáo Da Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], the two great beauties of ancient China syn 费力 費力 fèi lì to expend a great deal of effort syn 老奶奶 lǎo nǎi nai (coll.) father's father's mother / paternal great-grandmother / respectful form of address for an old woman syn 曾祖父 zēng zǔ fù father's father's father / paternal great-grandfather syn 急速 jí sù hurried / at a great speed / rapid (development) syn 伟人 偉人 wěi rén great person syn 用功 yòng gōng diligent / industrious (in one's studies) / to study hard / to make great effort syn 大帝 dà dì heavenly emperor / "the Great" (title) syn 长城 長城 cháng chéng the Great Wall syn 不列颠 不列顛 bù liè diān Britain / British / Great Britain 惋惜 wǎn xī to regret / to feel that it is a great pity / to feel sorry for sb syn 重担 重擔 zhòng dàn heavy burden / difficult task / great responsibility syn 北斗 běi dǒu Great Bear / Big Dipper / Beidou or Peitou Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1 hua4 Xian4], Taiwan syn 抢手 搶手 qiǎng shǒu (of goods) popular / in great demand syn 大雪 dà xuě Daxue or Great Snow, 21st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-21st December 大不列颠 大不列顛 dà bù liè diān Great Britain 辛辛苦苦 xīn xīn kǔ kǔ painstakingly / with great trouble syn 老爷爷 老爺爺 lǎo yé ye (coll.) father's father's father / paternal great-grandfather syn 雄心 xióng xīn great ambition / lofty aspiration syn 抬举 擡舉 tái ju to lift sth up / to elevate sb / to honor sb (with compliments, gifts, promotions etc) / to show great regard / to speak highly / Taiwan pr. [tai2 ju3] syn 远航 遠航 yuǎn háng to travel a great distance by sea or air / voyage / long-haul flight 毁于一旦 毀於一旦 huǐ yú yī dàn (idiom) ruined in a short time (esp. of sth that took a long time or great effort to achieve) syn 兴高采烈 興高采烈 xìng gāo cǎi liè happy and excited (idiom) / in high spirits / in great delight syn 珍视 珍視 zhēn shì to place great importance on / to treasure syn 