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"an inscription" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
题字 題字 tí zì to write an inscription (poem, remark, autograph etc) / an inscription
Chinese Pinyin Translation
石 shí rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] syn
石碑 shí bēi stele / stone tablet (for inscription) / CL:方[fang1] syn
铭刻 銘刻 míng kè a carved inscription syn
金文 jīn wén inscription in bronze / bell-cauldron inscription syn
碑文 bēi wén inscription on a tablet syn
题词 題詞 tí cí inscription / dedication syn
铭文 銘文 míng wén inscription syn
落款 luò kuǎn inscription with name, date, or short sentence, on a painting, gift, letter etc / to write such an inscription
金石 jīn shí metal and stone / fig. hard objects / inscription on metal or bronze
石刻 shí kè stone inscription / carved stone
题记 題記 tí jì epigraph / inscription / graffito
金榜 jīn bǎng (lit.) tablet with inscription in gold / (fig.) pass list for the top imperial examinations / roll of honor
横批 橫批 héng pī horizontal scroll (for inscription)
碑刻 bēi kè inscription on stone tablet
墓志 墓誌 mù zhì inscribed stone tablet placed in a tomb / memorial inscription on such a tablet syn
碑帖 bēi tiè a rubbing from a stone inscription
拓印 tà yìn stone rubbing (to copy an inscription)
帖 tiè rubbing from incised inscription syn
拓 tà to make a rubbing (e.g. of an inscription) syn
碑铭 碑銘 bēi míng inscription on stone tablet
拓本 tà běn rubbing of inscription
碑碣 bēi jié stone tablet (with inscription) syn
无字碑 無字碑 wú zì bēi stone tablet without inscription / blank stele
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
张溥 張溥 zhāng pǔ Ming dynasty scholar (1602-1641), prolific writer, proponent of the Fushe 復社|复社[Fu4she4] cultural renewal movement, author of Five Men’s Tombstone Inscription 五人墓碑記|五人墓碑记[Wu3 Ren2 Mu4bei1ji4]
横匾 橫匾 héng biǎn horizontal tablet (for an inscription) syn
横额 橫額 héng é horizontal tablet (for an inscription)
白碑 bái bēi stone tablet without inscription / blank stele
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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