底比斯 dǐ bǐ sī Thebes, place name in ancient Egypt / Thebes, ancient Greek city state 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 科林斯 kē lín sī Corinth, a city-state of ancient Greece / Corinth, a modern city in Greece / (name) Collins 陈仓 陳倉 chén cāng ancient name of Baoji City 寶雞市|宝鸡市[Bao3 ji1 Shi4], Shaanxi / Chencang district of Baoji City 洭 kuāng ancient name of a river 洭河[Kuang1 He2] in present-day Guangdong / (used in ancient place names) 幽州 yōu zhōu Youzhou, ancient province in north Hebei and Liaoning / Fanyang 範陽|范阳 ancient city near modern Beijing 本名 běn míng original name / real name / (of foreigners) first name / given name 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 傿 yān name of an immortal / ancient place name / surname Yan 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 郯 tán surname Tan / name of an ancient city 郗 chī surname Chi / name of an ancient city 夷陵 yí líng Yiling, ancient name of Yichang 宜昌[Yi2 chang1] / Yiling, a district of Yichang city 宜昌市[Yi2 chang1 shi4], Hubei 里 lǐ li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels syn 龠 yuè ancient unit of volume (half a 合[ge3], equivalent to 50ml) / ancient flute 乢 gài ancient variant of 蓋|盖[gai4] / ancient variant of 丐[gai4] 匴 suǎn bamboo utensil used for washing rice in ancient times / bamboo container for a hat used in the capping ceremony 冠禮|冠礼[guan4 li3] in ancient times 大名 dà míng famous name / your distinguished name / one's formal personal name / (Japanese history) daimyo syn 约翰 約翰 yuē hàn John (name) / Johan (name) / Johann (name) 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 花名 huā míng name of a person on the household register (old) / name on a roster / professional name of a prostitute / pseudonym / nickname 表字 biǎo zì literary name (an alternative name of a person stressing a moral principle) / courtesy name syn 名不副实 名不副實 míng bù fù shí the name does not reflect the reality (idiom) / more in name than in fact / Reality does not live up to the name. / Excellent theory, but the practice does not bear it out. syn 代字 dài zì abbreviated name of an entity (e.g. 皖政, a short name for 安徽省人民政府) / code name / (old) pronoun 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) 永安 yǒng ān Yong'an, a county-level city in Sanming City 三明市[San1ming2 Shi4], Fujian / Yong'an, the name of numerous other places 西湖区 西湖區 xī hú qū West lake district (place name) / Xihu district of Hangzhou city 杭州市[Hang2 zhou1 shi4], Zhejiang / Xihu district of Nanchang city 南昌市, Jiangxi 长安 長安 cháng ān Chang'an (ancient name of Xi'an 西安[Xi1 an1]) capital of China during Tang Dynasty 唐朝[Tang2 chao2] / now 長安區|长安区[Chang2 an1 Qu1], a district of Xi'an 元宝 元寶 yuán bǎo a silver or gold ingot / mock ingot (burnt as offering in worship) / a name for ancient currency / a rare genius syn 大夏 dà xià Han Chinese name for an ancient Central Asia country 震旦 zhèn dàn ancient Indian name for China 回纥 回紇 huí hé Huihe, ancient name of an ethnic group who were the ancestors of the Uyghurs 維吾爾族|维吾尔族[Wei2wu2er3zu2] and the Yugurs 裕固族[Yu4gu4zu2] 召 shào surname Shao / name of an ancient state that existed in what is now Shaanxi Province syn 郝 hǎo ancient place name / surname Hao 氐 dī name of an ancient tribe 弈 yì ancient name for go (Chinese board game) syn 郦 酈 lì surname Li / ancient place name 邬 鄔 wū surname Wu / ancient place name 豳 bīn name of an ancient county in Shaanxi / variant of 彬[bin1] 郿 méi ancient place name 邽 guī surname Gui / ancient place name 鄗 hào ancient place name 邗 hán name of an ancient river 筸 gān used in 鎮筸|镇筸[Zhen4gan1], the former name of Fenghuang Ancient Town 鳳凰古城|凤凰古城[Feng4huang2 Gu3cheng2] in Hunan 邲 bì surname Bi / ancient place name 郙 fǔ ancient place name 佧 kǎ ancient name for an ethnic group in China 鄮 mào ancient place name 镻 dié name of poisonous snake in ancient text 汳 biàn name of an ancient river in Henan 菻 lǐn ancient name for east Roman empire 娀 sōng name of an ancient state 姺 xiǎn name of an ancient state 回鹘 回鶻 huí hú Huihu, ancient name of an ethnic group who were the ancestors of the Uyghurs 維吾爾族|维吾尔族[Wei2wu2er3zu2] and the Yugurs 裕固族[Yu4gu4zu2] 太公兵法 tài gōng bīng fǎ alternative name for 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 夷洲 yí zhōu name of an ancient barbarian country, possibly Taiwan 崖州 yá zhōu ancient name for Hainan Island 海南島|海南岛[Hai3 nan2 Dao3] 斄 tái ancient place name (a Han dynasty town in Shaanxi) / variant of 邰[Tai2] 乌尔格 烏爾格 wū ěr gé ancient name of Ulan Bator 疏勒 shū lè Shule ancient name for modern Kashgar / Shule county in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区[Ka1 shi2 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang 章台 章臺 zhāng tái street name in ancient Chang'an synonymous with brothel area / red-light district 耝 qù to plow / (ancient place name) 垓下 gāi xià ancient place name, in Anhui province 㲋 chuò ancient name for an animal similar to rabbit but bigger 囆 chài (used in an ancient given name) 汷 zhōng name of an ancient river in Hubei 濋 chǔ name of an ancient river (in present-day Dingtao County 定陶縣|定陶县[Ding4 tao2 Xian4], Shandong) 鄵 cào ancient place name (between present-day Xinzheng County 新鄭|新郑[Xin1 zheng4] and Lushan County 魯山|鲁山[Lu3 shan1], Henan) 灈 qú ancient name of a river in Henan 洭河 kuāng hé Kuang River, ancient name of a river in present-day Guangdong 漨 féng (name of an ancient river) 陎 shū surname Shu / (name of an ancient place) 泰阿 tài ē name of a famous sword mentioned in ancient texts 芍陂 què bēi Quebei, the ancient name of an irrigation reservoir constructed during the Spring and Autumn period in present-day Anhui, still operational and now known as 安豐塘|安丰塘[An1feng1 Tang2] 城中区 城中區 chéng zhōng qū city central district / Chengzhong district of Liuzhou city 柳州市[Liu3 zhou1 shi4], Guangxi / Chengzhong district of Xining city 西寧市|西宁市[Xi1 ning2 shi4], Qinghai 古城 gǔ chéng ancient city syn 特洛伊 tè luò yī ancient city of Troy 庆州 慶州 qìng zhōu Qingzhou, ancient northern province / Gyeongju City, South Korea 以弗所 yǐ fú suǒ Ephesus, city of ancient Greece 帕尼巴特 pà ní bā tè Panipat, ancient city in India 庱 chěng surname Cheng / ancient area of modern-day Danyang City, Jiangsu Province 龟兹 龜茲 qiū cí ancient Central Asian city state, flourished in first millennium AD, in modern Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区, Xinjiang 名称 名稱 míng chēng name (of a thing) / name (of an organization) syn 姓名 xìng míng surname and given name / full name syn 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 名义 名義 míng yì name / titular / nominal / in name / ostensible purpose 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 金陵 jīn líng pre-Han name for Nanjing / common place name 化名 huà míng to go by an alias / to assume a false name / alias / pseudonym / assumed 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) 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] 点名 點名 diǎn míng roll call / to mention sb by name / (to call or praise or criticize sb) by name syn 起名 qǐ míng to name / to christen / to take a name 并称 並稱 bìng chēng joint name / combined name syn 阿兰 阿蘭 ā lán Alan, Allen, Allan, Alain etc (name) / A-lan (Chinese female name) 小名 xiǎo míng pet name for a child / childhood name 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] 