椅子 yǐ zi chair / CL:把[ba3],張|张[zhang1] syn 院长 院長 yuàn zhǎng the head of an institution whose name ends in 院[yuan4] / chair of a board / university president / college dean / premier of the Republic of China / CL:個|个[ge4] 我国 我國 wǒ guó my country / our country syn 讲座 講座 jiǎng zuò course of lectures / lecture series / chair (academic position) 各国 各國 gè guó each country / every country / various countries syn 躺椅 tǎng yǐ deck chair / recliner / couch / lounge 系主任 xì zhǔ rèn head of a (university) department / department chair 土包子 tǔ bāo zi country bumpkin / boor / unsophisticated country person (humble, applied to oneself) / burial mound syn 倚靠 yǐ kào to lean on / to rest against / to rely on / support / backing / back of a chair syn 摇椅 搖椅 yáo yǐ rocking chair 座垫 座墊 zuò diàn saddle (of a bicycle) / seat (of a car or bike) / chair cushion 椅背 yǐ bèi the back of a chair 轿子 轎子 jiào zi sedan chair / palanquin / litter syn 国情 國情 guó qíng the characteristics and circumstances particular to a country / current state of a country 转椅 轉椅 zhuàn yǐ swivel chair / children's roundabout 半壁江山 bàn bì jiāng shān half of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands) / vast swathe of territory syn 坐椅 zuò yǐ seat / chair 藤椅 téng yǐ rattan chair 富国 富國 fù guó rich country / make the country wealthy (political slogan) syn 花轿 花轎 huā jiào bridal sedan chair syn 闭关锁国 閉關鎖國 bì guān suǒ guó to close the passes and seal off the country / to close a country to exclude foreign contact syn 靠背椅 kào bèi yǐ high-back chair 副院长 副院長 fù yuàn zhǎng deputy chair of board / vice-president (of a university etc) 代步 dài bù to get around using a conveyance (car, bicycle, sedan chair etc) / to ride (or drive) / means of transportation syn 欠身 qiàn shēn to half rise out of one's chair (a polite gesture) syn 迎亲 迎親 yíng qīn (of the groom's family) to send a bridal sedan chair 花轎|花轿 to fetch the bride / to send a party to escort the bride to the groom's house 乡村音乐 鄉村音樂 xiāng cūn yīn yuè country music (country & western music genre) 回良玉 huí liáng yù Hui Liangyu (1944-) PRC Hui national career politician from Guilin, background in economics, politburo member 2002-2012, deputy chair of State Council 2003-2013 椅 yǐ chair syn 电椅 電椅 diàn yǐ electric chair (used to execute criminals) 折叠椅 折疊椅 zhé dié yǐ folding chair / deck chair 轿 轎 jiào sedan chair / palanquin / litter syn 滑竿 huá gān a kind of sedan chair, usu. made of bamboo and mounted on a pair of long bamboo poles 舆 輿 yú (literary) chassis of a carriage (contrasted with the canopy 堪[kan1]) / (literary) (fig.) the earth (while the carriage canopy is a metaphor for heaven) / land / territory / (literary) carriage / (literary) sedan chair / palanquin / (bound form) the multitudes / the people / the public syn 折椅 摺椅 zhé yǐ folding chair 圩 xū (dialect) country fair / country market syn 国家 國家 guó jiā country / nation / state / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 总统 總統 zǒng tǒng president (of a country) / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2],屆|届[jie4] syn 国 國 guó country / nation / state / (bound form) national syn 民 mín (bound form) the people / inhabitants of a country syn 统治 統治 tǒng zhì to rule (a country) / to govern / rule / regime syn 各地 gè dì in all parts of (a country) / various regions syn 国土 國土 guó tǔ country's territory / national land syn 北方 běi fāng north / the northern part a country / China north of the Yellow River syn 外国 外國 wài guó foreign country syn 宪法 憲法 xiàn fǎ constitution (of a country) / CL:部[bu4] syn 国内 國內 guó nèi domestic / internal (to a country) / civil syn 国度 國度 guó dù country / nation syn 出国 出國 chū guó to go abroad / to leave the country syn 爱国 愛國 ài guó to love one's country / patriotic syn 国旗 國旗 guó qí flag (of a country) / CL:面[mian4] 环游 環遊 huán yóu to travel around (the world, a country etc) syn 本土 běn tǔ one's native country / native / local / metropolitan territory syn 出境 chū jìng to leave a country or region / outbound (tourism) syn 江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld syn 眷顾 眷顧 juàn gù to care for / to show concern for / to think longingly (of one's country) syn 入境 rù jìng to enter a country 定居 dìng jū to settle (in some city, country etc) / to take up residence syn 外地 wài dì parts of the country other than where one is syn 回国 回國 huí guó to return to one's home country 斐济 斐濟 fěi jì Fiji, country in the southwest Pacific Ocean 乡下人 鄉下人 xiāng xià rén country folk / rustic / rural folk syn 境内 境內 jìng nèi within the borders / internal (to a country, province, city etc) / domestic syn 乔治亚 喬治亞 qiáo zhì yà (Tw) Georgia, US state / (Tw) Georgia (country) 乡间 鄉間 xiāng jiān in the country / rural / pastoral syn 山地 shān dì mountainous region / hilly area / hilly country 全民 quán mín entire population (of a country) syn 本国 本國 běn guó one's own country syn 巨头 巨頭 jù tóu tycoon / magnate / big player (including company, country, school etc) / big shot syn 京都 jīng dū capital (of a country) syn 越野 yuè yě cross country 内政 內政 nèi zhèng internal affairs (of a country) 贵国 貴國 guì guó your distinguished country 过境 過境 guò jìng to pass through a country's territory / transit syn 总司令 總司令 zǒng sī lìng commander-in-chief / top military commander for a country or theater of operations syn 出逃 chū táo to run away / to flee (the country) syn 江山 jiāng shān rivers and mountains / landscape / country / state power syn 原野 yuán yě plain / open country syn 境外 jìng wài outside (a country's) borders 召见 召見 zhào jiàn call in (one's subordinates) / summon (an envoy of a foreign country) to an interview 越境 yuè jìng to cross a border (usually illegally) / to sneak in or out of a country 建国 建國 jiàn guó to found a country / nation-building / the foundation of PRC by Mao Zedong in 1949 syn 敌国 敵國 dí guó enemy country 大国 大國 dà guó a power (i.e. a dominant country) syn 发展中国家 發展中國家 fā zhǎn zhōng guó jiā developing country 离境 離境 lí jìng to leave a country (or place) syn 异域 異域 yì yù foreign country / alien land syn 强国 強國 qiáng guó powerful country / great power syn 闭关 閉關 bì guān to close the passes / to seal off the country / seclusion (monastic practice, e.g. of Chan Buddhists) syn 开国 開國 kāi guó to found a state / to open a closed country syn 国泰民安 國泰民安 guó tài mín ān the country prospers, the people at peace (idiom) / peace and prosperity syn 邻国 鄰國 lín guó neighboring country syn 天下第一 tiān xià dì yī first under heaven / number one in the country syn 山河 shān hé mountains and rivers / the whole country syn 故土 gù tǔ native country / one's homeland syn 六合 liù hé the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, down) / the whole country / the universe / everything under the sun syn 归国 歸國 guī guó to go home (to one's native country) / to return from abroad 他国 他國 tā guó another country 立国 立國 lì guó to found a country syn 