中央 zhōng yāng central / middle / center / central authorities (of a state) syn 中部 zhōng bù middle part / central section / central region syn 找钱 找錢 zhǎo qián to give change / to seek funding / (dialect) to make money / to earn a living 中非 zhōng fēi China-Africa (relations) / Central Africa / Central African Republic 皇粮 皇糧 huáng liáng lit. imperial funding for troops / funds or items supplied by the government 招商 zhāo shāng to seek investment or funding / investment promotion 立意 lì yì to conceptualize / to come up with the central idea / concept / central idea / to be determined (to do sth) syn 中区 中區 zhōng qū central district (of a city) / central zone 中共中央办公厅 中共中央辦公廳 zhōng gòng zhōng yāng bàn gōng tīng General Office of the Central Committee of the CCP, responsible for technical and logistical matters relating to the Central Committee / abbr. to 中辦|中办[Zhong1 Ban4] 心中 xīn zhōng central point / in one's thoughts / in one's heart syn 美洲 měi zhōu America (including North, Central and South America) / the Americas / abbr. for 亞美利加洲|亚美利加洲[Ya4 mei3 li4 jia1 Zhou1] 暖气 暖氣 nuǎn qì central heating / heater / warm air syn 重心 zhòng xīn center of gravity / central core / main part syn 中枢 中樞 zhōng shū center / hub / the central administration syn 穆罕默德 mù hǎn mò dé Muhammad (c. 570-632), central figure of Islam and prophet of God 总局 總局 zǒng jú head office / general office / central office syn 总机 總機 zǒng jī central exchange / telephone exchange / switchboard 鞑靼 韃靼 dá dá Tartar (various northern tribes in ancient China) / Tatar (Turkic ethnic group in central Asia) 中美洲 zhōng měi zhōu Central America 主旋律 zhǔ xuán lǜ (music) theme / principal melody / (fig.) central theme / main idea / (of a movie) created with the purpose of promoting Party values and point of view syn 中亚 中亞 zhōng yà Central Asia 主线 主線 zhǔ xiàn main line (of communication) / main thread (of a plotline or concept) / central theme 美联储 美聯儲 měi lián chǔ US Federal Reserve (Fed), the US central bank 暖房 nuǎn fáng heating / central heating / greenhouse / hothouse / to pay a house-warming visit syn 轴心 軸心 zhóu xīn axle / (fig.) central element / key element / axis (alliance of nations) syn 中南部 zhōng nán bù south central region 电信局 電信局 diàn xìn jú central office / telecommunications office 轴线 軸線 zhóu xiàn central axis (line) 中原 zhōng yuán Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei syn 长野 長野 cháng yě Nagano (name) / Nagano city and prefecture in central Japan 正房 zhèng fáng central building (in a traditional house) / primary wife syn 央行 yāng háng central bank (abbr. for 中央銀行|中央银行[zhong1yang1 yin2hang2]) syn 嵩山 sōng shān Mt Song in Henan, central mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4] 黄斑 黃斑 huáng bān macula lutea (anatomy, central area of retina) / yellow spot 党中央 黨中央 dǎng zhōng yāng Central Committee of the CCP 南岸 nán àn Nan'an, a district of central Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2qing4] 中环 中環 zhōng huán Central, Hong Kong Island 中央委员会 中央委員會 zhōng yāng wěi yuán huì Central Committee 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 央视 央視 yāng shì China Central Television (CCTV), abbr. for 中國中央電視台|中国中央电视台[Zhong1 guo2 Zhong1 yang1 Dian4 shi4 tai2] 领导小组 領導小組 lǐng dǎo xiǎo zǔ leading small group (LSG), a CCP body that exercises general oversight on matters relating to a specific area (LSG for foreign affairs 外事工作, LSG for comprehensively deepening reforms 全面深化改革 etc) / aka central leading group 中共中央 zhōng gòng zhōng yāng Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, abbr. for 中國共產黨中央委員會|中国共产党中央委员会[Zhong1 guo2 Gong4 chan3 dang3 Zhong1 yang1 Wei3 yuan2 hui4] 中央电视台 中央電視台 zhōng yāng diàn shì tái China Central Television (CCTV), PRC state TV network 水里 shuǐ lǐ Shuili Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 Xian4], central Taiwan 华中 華中 huá zhōng central China 中南 zhōng nán South Central China (Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan) / abbr. for China-South Africa 军委 軍委 jūn wěi Military Commission of the Communist Party Central Committee syn 中央政府 zhōng yāng zhèng fǔ central government 中欧 中歐 zhōng ōu Central Europe 徐家汇 徐家匯 xú jiā huì Xujiahui, an area in 徐匯區|徐汇区[Xu2 hui4 qu1], Xuhui district, central Shanghai 中心区 中心區 zhōng xīn qū central district 中央军委 中央軍委 zhōng yāng jūn wěi Central Military Committee (CMC) syn 中南海 zhōng nán hǎi Zhongnanhai, palace adjacent to the Forbidden City, now the central headquarters of the Communist Party and the State Council 西单 西單 xī dān Xidan neighborhood of central Beijing 中央银行 中央銀行 zhōng yāng yín háng central bank syn 大乘 dà shèng Mahayana, the Great Vehicle / Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond / also pr. [Da4 cheng2] 南投 nán tóu Nantou city and county in central Taiwan 中央社 zhōng yāng shè Central News Agency (Taiwan) 统战部 統戰部 tǒng zhàn bù United Front Work Department of CCP Central Committee (UFWD) / abbr. for 統一戰線工作部|统一战线工作部[Tong3 yi1 Zhan4 xian4 Gong1 zuo4 bu4] 中央党校 中央黨校 zhōng yāng dǎng xiào Central Party School, China's highest institution specifically for training Party cadres, founded in 1933 中情局 zhōng qíng jú US Central Intelligence Agency, CIA (abbr. for 中央情報局|中央情报局[Zhong1yang1 Qing2bao4ju2]) 中纪委 中紀委 zhōng jì wěi Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), organization within the CCP which investigates corruption and other wrongdoing among Party cadres / abbr. for 中共中央紀律檢查委員會|中共中央纪律检查委员会 归口 歸口 guī kǒu to return to one's original trade / to put (a business etc) under the administration of the relevant central authority / (the) relevant (department in charge of sth) syn 中央情报局 中央情報局 zhōng yāng qíng bào jú US Central Intelligence Agency, CIA 中心点 中心點 zhōng xīn diǎn center / central point / focus 阿里山 ā lǐ shān Alishan mountain range in the central-southern region of Taiwan 秦淮河 qín huái hé Qinhuai River, a tributary of the Yangtze that flows through central Nanjing 中枢神经系统 中樞神經系統 zhōng shū shén jīng xì tǒng central nervous system, CNS 中轴线 中軸線 zhōng zhóu xiàn central axis (line) 大夏 dà xià Han Chinese name for an ancient Central Asia country 吴官正 吳官正 wú guān zhèng Wu Guanzheng (1938-), former CCP Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection 中央处理器 中央處理器 zhōng yāng chǔ lǐ qì central processing unit 纪律检查委员会 紀律檢查委員會 jì lǜ jiǎn chá wěi yuán huì Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CCP 中央音乐学院 中央音樂學院 zhōng yāng yīn yuè xué yuàn Central Conservatory of Music 唐三藏 táng sān zàng Tripitaka, the central character of the 16th century novel "Journey to the West" 西遊記|西游记[Xi1you2Ji4], based on the monk Xuanzang 玄奘[Xuan2zang4] (602-664) 堂屋 táng wū central room of a traditional Chinese house syn 中央财经大学 中央財經大學 zhōng yāng cái jīng dà xué Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing 中国中央电视台 中國中央電視台 zhōng guó zhōng yāng diàn shì tái China Central Television (CCTV), PRC state TV network 中央军事委员会 中央軍事委員會 zhōng yāng jūn shì wěi yuán huì (PRC) Central Military Commission 中财 中財 zhōng cái Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing / abbr. for 中央財經大學|中央财经大学[Zhong1 yang1 Cai2 jing1 Da4 xue2] 纳木错 納木錯 nà mù cuò Namtso or Lake Nam (officially Nam Co), mountain lake at Nakchu in central Tibet 中央民族大学 中央民族大學 zhōng yāng mín zú dà xué Central University for Nationalities 埔里 bù lǐ Puli, town in Nantou county 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 xian4], central Taiwan 中央戏剧学院 中央戲劇學院 zhōng yāng xì jù xué yuàn Central Academy of Drama 中央宣传部 中央宣傳部 zhōng yāng xuān chuán bù Central Propaganda Department (abbr. for 中國共產黨中央委員會宣傳部|中国共产党中央委员会宣传部[Zhong1 guo2 Gong4 chan3 dang3 Zhong1 yang1 Wei3 yuan2 hui4 Xuan1 chuan2 bu4]) 刘云山 劉雲山 liú yún shān Liu Yunshan (1947-), PRC politician, background in journalism in Inner Mongolia, head of the Central Propaganda Department 2002-2012 阿尔泰 阿爾泰 ā ěr tài Altai republic in Russian central Asia, capital Gorno-Altaysk 阿喀琉斯 ā kā liú sī Achilles (or Akhilleus or Achilleus), son of Thetis and Peleus, Greek hero central to the Iliad 图瓦 圖瓦 tú wǎ Tuva, a republic in south-central Siberia, Russia 帕米尔高原 帕米爾高原 pà mǐ ěr gāo yuán the Pamirs, highland region of Central Asia 月氏 yuè zhī ancient people of central Asia during the Han dynasty 西戎 xī róng the Xirong, an ancient ethnic group of Western China from the Zhou Dynasty onwards / Xionites (Central Asian nomads) 中办 中辦 zhōng bàn General Office of the Central Committee of the CCP (abbr. for 中共中央辦公廳|中共中央办公厅[Zhong1 gong4 Zhong1 yang1 Ban4 gong1 ting1]) 仰韶文化 yǎng sháo wén huà Yangshao neolithic culture from the central Yellow river basin, with red and black pottery syn 班吉 bān jí Bangui, capital of Central African Republic 波西米亚 波西米亞 bō xī mǐ yà Bohemia, historical region in Central Europe / bohemian (i.e. artistic and unconventional) 胡乐 胡樂 hú yuè Hu music / central Asian music (e.g. as appreciated by Tang literati) 那曲 nǎ qū Nagchu town and prefecture in central Tibet 