民事 mín shì civil case / agricultural affairs / civil 农药 農藥 nóng yào agricultural chemical / farm chemical / pesticide 大粪 大糞 dà fèn human excrement / night soil (human manure traditionally used as agricultural fertilizer) syn 农产品 農產品 nóng chǎn pǐn agricultural produce 粮仓 糧倉 liáng cāng granary / barn / fig. bread basket (of fertile agricultural land) syn 农机 農機 nóng jī agricultural machinery syn 合作社 hé zuò shè cooperative / workers' or agricultural producers' cooperative etc syn 农工 農工 nóng gōng agricultural worker / abbr. for 農業工人|农业工人 / peasant and worker (in Marxism) 良田 liáng tián good agricultural land / fertile land syn 农学 農學 nóng xué agricultural science 中国农业银行 中國農業銀行 zhōng guó nóng yè yín háng Agricultural Bank of China 退耕還林 退耕还林 tuì gēng huán lín restoring agricultural land to forest 退耕还林 退耕還林 tuì gēng huán lín restoring agricultural land to forest 农业机械 農業機械 nóng yè jī xiè agricultural machinery 农产品市场 農產品市場 nóng chǎn pǐn shì chǎng Agricultural market 农业机械化 農業机械化 nóng yè jī xiè huà agricultural mechanization 农膜 農膜 nóng mó agricultural plastic, used largely for creating greenhouses 南京农业大学 南京農業大學 nán jīng nóng yè dà xué Nanjing Agricultural University 农区 農區 nóng qū agricultural areas / farming areas 粮 糧 liáng grain / food / provisions / agricultural tax paid in grain syn 蝼蛄 螻蛄 lóu gū mole cricket / Gryllolaptaptidae, family of burrowing insects of order Orthoptera (a serious agricultural pest) syn 螟虫 螟蟲 míng chóng boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest syn 螟 míng boring insect / snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest syn 带 帶 dài band / belt / girdle / ribbon / tire / area / zone / region / CL:條|条[tiao2] / to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear (i.e. to have) / to lead / to bring / to look after / to raise syn 区 區 qū area / region / district / small / distinguish / CL:個|个[ge4] 地区 地區 dì qū local / regional / district (not necessarily formal administrative unit) / region / area / as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 区域 區域 qū yù area / region / district 老家 lǎo jiā native place / place of origin / home state or region syn 香港 xiāng gǎng Hong Kong, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC (abbr. to 港[Gang3]) 中部 zhōng bù middle part / central section / central region syn 特区 特區 tè qū special administrative region / abbr. for 特別行政區|特别行政区 一带 一帶 yī dài region / area syn 出境 chū jìng to leave a country or region / outbound (tourism) syn 首府 shǒu fǔ capital city of an autonomous region syn 辖区 轄區 xiá qū administrative region syn 禁区 禁區 jìn qū restricted area / forbidden region 地域 dì yù area / district / region syn 山地 shān dì mountainous region / hilly area / hilly country 洛林 luò lín Lorraine (region in France) 澳门 澳門 ào mén Macao or Macau, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC (abbr. to 澳[Ao4]) 那不勒斯 nà bù lè sī Napoli, capital of Campania region of Italy / Naples 极地 極地 jí dì polar region 林区 林區 lín qū region of forest 关东 關東 guān dōng Northeast China / Manchuria / lit. east of Shanhai Pass 山海關|山海关[Shan1 hai3 guan1] / Kantō region of Japan 聚居 jù jū to inhabit a region (esp. ethnic group) / to congregate syn 灾区 災區 zāi qū disaster area / stricken region 中南部 zhōng nán bù south central region 沿线 沿線 yán xiàn along the line (e.g. railway) / the region near the line 自治区 自治區 zì zhì qū autonomous region, namely: Inner Mongolia 內蒙古自治區|内蒙古自治区[Nei4 meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 qu1], Guangxi 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区[Guang3 xi1 Zhuang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1], Tibet 西藏自治區|西藏自治区[Xi1 zang4 Zi4 zhi4 qu1], Ningxia 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1], Xinjiang 新疆維吾爾自治區|新疆维吾尔自治区[Xin1 jiang1 Wei2 wu2 er3 Zi4 zhi4 qu1] 边疆 邊疆 biān jiāng border area / borderland / frontier / frontier region syn 山沟 山溝 shān gōu valley / gully / mountain region syn 关西 關西 guān xī Kansai region, Japan / Guanxi or Kuanhsi town in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 Xian4], northwest Taiwan 专区 專區 zhuān qū area established for a designated purpose / (PRC subprovincial administrative region 1949-1975) prefecture 肩胛 jiān jiǎ shoulder / scapular region / scapula syn 经济体 經濟體 jīng jì tǐ an economy / a country (or region etc) viewed as an economic entity 一方 yī fāng a party (in a contract or legal case) / one side / area / region 丹田 dān tián pubic region / point two inches below the navel where one's qi resides 民风 民風 mín fēng popular customs / folkways / the character of the people of a nation (or region etc) 鲁尔 魯爾 lǔ ěr Ruhrgebiet or Ruhr region, Germany 拉齐奥 拉齊奧 lā qí ào Lazio (region in Italy) 帕米尔 帕米爾 pà mǐ ěr the Pamirs, highland region of Central Asia 地方 dì fāng region / regional (away from the central administration) / local syn 华西 華西 huá xī West China (region in the upper reaches of Yangtze River and Sichuan Province) 沿江 yán jiāng along the river / the region around the river 内蒙古自治区 內蒙古自治區 nèi měng gǔ zì zhì qū Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, capital Hohhot 呼和浩特市[Hu1he2hao4te4 Shi4] (abbr. to 蒙[Meng3]) 特别行政区 特別行政區 tè bié xíng zhèng qū special administrative region (SAR), of which there are two in the PRC: Hong Kong 香港 and Macau 澳門|澳门 / refers to many different areas during late Qing, foreign occupation, warlord period and Nationalist government / refers to special zones in North Korea and Indonesia 贫困地区 貧困地區 pín kùn dì qū poor region / impoverished area 潮汕 cháo shàn Chaoshan, region in the east of Guangdong, encompassing the cities of Chaozhou 潮州市[Chao2 zhou1 Shi4] and Shantou 汕頭市|汕头市[Shan4 tou2 Shi4], with its own distinct language (Chaoshan Min 潮汕話|潮汕话[Chao2 shan4 hua4]) and culture 广西壮族自治区 廣西壯族自治區 guǎng xī zhuàng zú zì zhì qū Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, capital Nanning 南寧市|南宁市[Nan2ning2 Shi4] (abbr. to 桂[Gui4]) 新疆维吾尔自治区 新疆維吾爾自治區 xīn jiāng wéi wú ěr zì zhì qū Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, capital Ürümqi 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市[Wu1lu3mu4qi2 Shi4] (abbr. to 新[Xin1]) 西藏自治区 西藏自治區 xī zàng zì zhì qū Tibet Autonomous Region, capital Lhasa 拉薩市|拉萨市[La1sa4 Shi4] (abbr. to 藏[Zang4]) 普洱茶 pǔ ěr chá Pu'er tea, a type of black tea produced in the Pu'er region of southwestern Yunnan 新疆生产建设兵团 新疆生產建設兵糰 xīn jiāng shēng chǎn jiàn shè bīng tuán Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, also known as XPCC or Bingtuan ("the Corps"), a state-owned economic and paramilitary organization in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 特首 tè shǒu chief executive of Special Administrative Region (Hong Kong or Macao) / abbr. for 特別行政區首席執行官|特别行政区首席执行官 syn 阿里山 ā lǐ shān Alishan mountain range in the central-southern region of Taiwan 宁夏回族自治区 寧夏回族自治區 níng xià huí zú zì zhì qū Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, capital Yinchuan 銀川市|银川市[Yin2chuan1 Shi4] (abbr. to 寧|宁[Ning2]) 碧螺春 bì luó chūn biluochun or pi lo chun, a type of green tea grown in the Dongting Mountain region near Lake Tai 太湖[Tai4 Hu2], Jiangsu 幅员 幅員 fú yuán size (i.e. area) of a country, geographical region or school campus etc / (fig.) scope / extent syn 安邦 ān bāng to bring peace and stability to a country, region etc 北京军区 北京軍區 běi jīng jūn qū Beijing Military Region 桑坦德 sāng tǎn dé Santander, capital of Spanish autonomous region Cantabria 坎塔布里亞|坎塔布里亚[Kan3 ta3 bu4 li3 ya4] 鱼米之乡 魚米之鄉 yú mǐ zhī xiāng (lit.) land of fish and rice / (fig.) fertile region / land of milk and honey syn 秋叶原 秋葉原 qiū yè yuán Akihabara, region of downtown Tokyo famous for electronics stores 主销 主銷 zhǔ xiāo kingpin (vehicle part) / to focus one's marketing efforts on (a region, product etc) 封疆 fēng jiāng border region / regional general acting as governor (in Ming and Qing times) 三江源 sān jiāng yuán Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve, high plateau region of Qinghai containing the headwaters of Changjiang or Yangtze, Huanghe or Yellow River and Lancang or Mekong River 藩镇 藩鎮 fān zhèn lit. fence town / buffer region (between enemies) / Tang dynasty system of provincial administration under a provincial governor 節度使|节度使[jie2 du4 shi3] 海疆 hǎi jiāng coastal border region syn 逃荒 táo huāng to escape from a famine / to get away from a famine-stricken region 帕米尔高原 帕米爾高原 pà mǐ ěr gāo yuán the Pamirs, highland region of Central Asia 郡 jùn canton / county / region 域 yù field / region / area / domain (taxonomy) syn 波西米亚 波西米亞 bō xī mǐ yà Bohemia, historical region in Central Europe / bohemian (i.e. artistic and unconventional) 无人区 無人區 wú rén qū uninhabited region 巴登 bā dēng Baden (region in Germany) 法兰德斯 法蘭德斯 fǎ lán dé sī Flanders, region (state) of Belgium 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2] 寰 huán large domain / extensive region syn 达尔富尔 達爾富爾 dá ěr fù ěr Darfur, region of west Sudan 阿布哈兹 阿布哈茲 ā bù hā zī Abkhazia, region in Georgia 