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语文 語文 yǔ wén n. literature and language / (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject)
中文版 zhōng wén bǎn Chinese (language) version
Chinese Pinyin Translation
一 yī num. one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit syn
子 zǐ son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / (prefix) sub- syn
点 點 diǎn m.w., n., v. point / dot / drop / speck / o'clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop / (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[geng1] / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items syn
将 將 jiàng (bound form) a general / (literary) to command / to lead / (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) syn
儿 rén person / people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] / variant of 人[ren2] / "person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 10), occurring in 兒, 兀, 兄 etc syn
比 bǐ v., prep. to compare / (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / ratio / to gesture / (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese) syn
量 liàng n. capacity / quantity / amount / to estimate / abbr. for 量詞|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word syn
直 zhí adj., v., adv. straight / to straighten / fair and reasonable / frank / straightforward / (indicates continuing motion or action) / vertical / vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters syn
马 馬 mǎ n. horse / CL:匹[pi3] / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess syn
车 車 jū war chariot (archaic) / rook (in Chinese chess) / rook (in chess) syn
元 yuán m.w. currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / (bound form) first / original / primary / (bound form) basic / fundamental / (bound form) constituent / part / (prefix) meta- / (math.) argument / variable / era (of a reign) / (Tw) (geology) eon syn
未 wèi adv. not yet / did not / have not / not / 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep / ancient Chinese compass point: 210° syn
中文 zhōng wén n. Chinese language syn
中华 中華 zhōng huá n. Zhonghua, historical and cultural term for China, often used to denote Chinese civilization and identity (as in 中華文化|中华文化[Zhong1hua2 wen2hua4] "Chinese culture") / used in the official name of the Republic of China, 中華民國|中华民国[Zhong1hua2 Min2guo2] syn
人物 rén wù n. person / personage / figure (esp. sb of importance) / character (in a play, novel etc) / (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting syn
人民币 人民幣 rén mín bì n. Renminbi (RMB) / Chinese Yuan (CNY)
语音 語音 yǔ yīn n. speech sounds / pronunciation / colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character / phonetic / audio / voice / (Internet) to voice chat / voice message syn
中医 中醫 zhōng yī n. traditional Chinese medical science / a doctor trained in Chinese medicine syn
武侠 武俠 wǔ xiá n. martial arts chivalry (Chinese literary, theatrical and cinema genre) / knight-errant syn
中外 zhōng wài n. Sino-foreign / Chinese-foreign / home and abroad syn
老子 lǎo zǐ Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism / the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1] by Laozi syn
中药 中藥 zhōng yào n. traditional Chinese medicine / CL:服[fu4],種|种[zhong3] syn
汉字 漢字 hàn zì n. Chinese character(s) syn
过年 過年 guò nián v. to celebrate the Chinese New Year syn
汉语 漢語 hàn yǔ n. Chinese language / CL:門|门[men2] syn
普通话 普通話 pǔ tōng huà n. Mandarin (common language) / Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language) / ordinary speech syn
拼音 pīn yīn v. phonetic writing / pinyin (Chinese romanization)
中华民族 中華民族 zhōng huá mín zú n. the Chinese nation / the Chinese people (collective reference to all the ethnic groups in China) syn
成语 成語 chéng yǔ n. Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation / idiom / proverb / saying / adage / CL:條|条[tiao2],本[ben3],句[ju4]
盒子 hé zi n. box / case / hezi – a savory turnover-like pie in northern Chinese and Mongolian cuisines syn
华侨 華僑 huá qiáo n. overseas Chinese / (in a restricted sense) Chinese emigrant who still retains Chinese nationality / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
生肖 shēng xiào n. one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1] / animal from the Chinese zodiac syn
近代 jìn dài n. the not-very-distant past / modern times, excluding recent decades / (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919) / capitalist times (pre-1949) syn
农历 農曆 nóng lì n. the traditional Chinese calendar / the lunar calendar syn
字典 zì diǎn n. Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 詞典|词典[ci2 dian3], which has entries for words of one or more characters) / (coll.) dictionary / CL:本[ben3]
春晚 chūn wǎn CCTV New Year's Gala, Chinese New Year special / abbr. to 春晚[Chun1 Wan3] / abbr. for 春節聯歡晚會|春节联欢晚会[Chun1 jie2 Lian2 huan1 Wan3 hui4]
象棋 xiàng qí n. Chinese chess / CL:副[fu4]
重叠 重疊 chóng dié v., n. to overlap / to superimpose / to telescope / to run together / to duplicate / one over another / superposition / an overlap / redundancy / reduplication (in Chinese grammar, e.g. 散散步[san4 san4 bu4] to have a stroll) syn
中式 zhōng shì Chinese style syn
华裔 華裔 huá yì n. ethnic Chinese / non-Chinese citizen of Chinese ancestry syn
戏曲 戲曲 xì qǔ n. Chinese opera syn
大中华 大中華 dà zhōng huá Greater China / refers to China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (esp. in finance and economics) / refers to all areas of Chinese presence (esp. in the cultural field), including parts of Southeast Asia, Europe and the Americas
玉女 yù nǚ beautiful woman / fairy maiden attending the Daoist immortals / (polite) sb else's daughter / Chinese dodder (Cuscuta chinensis), plant whose seeds are used for TCM syn
旗袍 qí páo n. Chinese-style dress / cheongsam
国画 國畫 guó huà n. traditional Chinese painting syn
气功 氣功 qì gōng qigong, a traditional Chinese system of cultivating vital energy 氣|气[qi4] through coordinated breathing, movement and meditation
中餐 zhōng cān n. lunch / Chinese meal / Chinese food / CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4]
华润 華潤 huá rùn China Resources, a Chinese state-owned conglomerate
声调 聲調 shēng diào n. tone / note / a tone (on a Chinese syllable) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
三中全会 三中全會 sān zhōng quán huì third plenum of a national congress of the Chinese Communist Party
写意 寫意 xiě yì to suggest (rather than depict in detail) / freehand style of Chinese painting, characterized by bold strokes rather than accurate details syn
中西医结合 中西醫結合 zhōng xī yī jié hé to combine traditional Chinese and Western medicine
读音 讀音 dú yīn n. pronunciation / literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character
春节联欢晚会 春節聯歡晚會 chūn jié lián huān wǎn huì CCTV New Year's Gala, Chinese New Year special / abbr. to 春晚[Chun1 Wan3]
快手 kuài shǒu Kuaishou, Chinese social video sharing app syn
压岁钱 壓歲錢 yā suì qián n. money given to children as a gift on Chinese New Year's Eve
繁体字 繁體字 fán tǐ zì n. traditional Chinese character
楷体 楷體 kǎi tǐ regular script (Chinese calligraphic style) syn
酷派 kù pài Coolpad Group Ltd, Chinese company
老生 lǎo shēng venerable middle-aged or elderly man, usually wearing an artificial beard (in Chinese opera) syn
丝竹 絲竹 sī zhú traditional Chinese musical instruments / music
程咬金 chéng yǎo jīn Cheng Yaojin (589-665), aka 程知節|程知节[Cheng2 Zhi1 jie2], Chinese general of the Tang dynasty
明码 明碼 míng mǎ non-secret code (such as Morse code, Chinese telegraph code, ASCII etc) / plaintext (cryptography) / (of prices) clearly marked syn
洪门 洪門 hóng mén Tiandihui (Chinese fraternal organization) / see 天地會|天地会[Tian1 di4 hui4]
大年三十 dà nián sān shí last day of the lunar year / Chinese New Year's Eve
公卿 gōng qīng high-ranking officials in the court of a Chinese emperor
柴胡 chái hú Chinese thorowax (Bupleurum chinense) / root of Chinese thorowax (used in TCM)
反串 fǎn chuàn (Chinese opera) to play a role outside of one's specialty / (modern) to play a transvestite role / to masquerade as an opponent
简体字 簡體字 jiǎn tǐ zì n. simplified Chinese character, as opposed to traditional Chinese character 繁體字|繁体字[fan2 ti3 zi4] syn
工笔 工筆 gōng bǐ gongbi, traditional Chinese painting method characterized by meticulous brush technique and detailed description
斗拱 dǒu gǒng interlocking wooden brackets between the top of a column and crossbeams used in traditional Chinese architecture
施琅 shī láng Shi Lang (1621-1696), Chinese admiral who served under the Ming and Qing dynasties
亭台楼阁 亭臺樓閣 tíng tái lóu gé pavilions and kiosks (in Chinese gardens) syn
土豆网 土豆網 tǔ dòu wǎng Tudou, a Chinese video-sharing website
市斤 shì jīn Chinese unit of weight equal to 0.5 kg
大过年 大過年 dà guò nián Chinese New Year
碟仙 dié xiān form of divination similar to the Ouija board, in which participants use their forefingers to push a small saucer over a sheet of paper inscribed with numerous Chinese characters
汾酒 fén jiǔ Fenjiu (sorghum-based Chinese liquor)
刘慈欣 劉慈欣 liú cí xīn Liu Cixin (1963-), Chinese science fiction writer
褒姒 bāo sì Baosi, concubine of King You of Zhou 周幽王[Zhou1 You1 wang2] and one of the famous Chinese beauties
淮山 huái shān Chinese yam (Dioscorea polystachya), aka nagaimo
花卷 huā juǎn Chinese steamed twisted bread roll syn
皂角 zào jiǎo Chinese honey locust (Gleditsia sinensis)
名伶 míng líng famous actor or actress (Chinese opera) syn
正楷 zhèng kǎi regular script (Chinese calligraphic style) syn
龚自珍 龔自珍 gōng zì zhēn Gong Zizhen (1792-1841), Chinese man of letters, calligrapher and poet
司南 sī nán ancient Chinese compass syn
萧墙 蕭牆 xiāo qiáng (literary) screen wall shielding an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture syn
线 線 xiàn n., m.w. thread / string / wire / line / CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3],根[gen1] / (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city) syn
火 huǒ n., adj. fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86 syn
油桐 yóu tóng Chinese wood-oil tree (Vernicia fordii) syn
广 yǎn "house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc syn
旦角 dàn jué dan, female roles in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors) syn
节 節 jié m.w., n., v. joint / node / (bound form) section / segment / solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar) / seasonal festival / (bound form) to economize / to save / (bound form) moral integrity / chastity / classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc / knot (nautical miles per hour) syn
划 劃 huà v. to delimit / to transfer / to assign / to plan / to draw (a line) / stroke of a Chinese character syn
白鳍豚 白鰭豚 bái qí tún Chinese river dolphin (Lipotes vexillifer) / see 白鱀豚|白𬶨豚[bai2 ji4 tun2]
米 mǐ m.w. uncooked rice / meter (unit of length) / (slang) Chinese yuan syn
老旦 lǎo dàn old woman role in Chinese opera
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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