约翰 約翰 yuē hàn John (name) / Johan (name) / Johann (name) 名义 名義 míng yì name / titular / nominal / in name / ostensible purpose syn 姓名 xìng míng surname and given name / full name syn 汉城 漢城 hàn chéng Hanseong, former name of Seoul (capital of South Korea), replaced in 2005 with 首爾|首尔[Shou3 er3] 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) 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 大名 dà míng famous name / your distinguished name / one's formal personal name / (Japanese history) daimyo syn 名称 名稱 míng chēng name (of a thing) / name (of an organization) syn 化名 huà míng to go by an alias / to assume a false name / alias / pseudonym / assumed name syn 弗洛伊德 fú luò yī dé Floyd (name) / Freud (name) / Dr Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), the founder of psychoanalysis 点名 點名 diǎn míng roll call / to mention sb by name / (to call or praise or criticize sb) by name syn 假名 jiǎ míng false name / pseudonym / alias / pen name / the Japanese kana scripts / hiragana 平假名[ping2 jia3 ming2] and katakana 片假名[pian4 jia3 ming2] syn 旧约 舊約 jiù yuē former agreement / former contract syn 起名 qǐ míng to name / to christen / to take a name 阿兰 阿蘭 ā lán Alan, Allen, Allan, Alain etc (name) / A-lan (Chinese female name) 冒名顶替 冒名頂替 mào míng dǐng tì to assume sb's name and take his place (idiom) / to impersonate / to pose under a false name syn 别称 別稱 bié chēng another name / alternative name syn 旧物 舊物 jiù wù old property (esp. inherited from former generation) / former territory syn 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 小名 xiǎo míng pet name for a child / childhood name syn 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 代称 代稱 dài chēng alternative name / to refer to sth by another name / antonomasia 有名无实 有名無實 yǒu míng wú shí lit. has a name but no reality (idiom) / exists only in name / nominal syn 金陵 jīn líng pre-Han name for Nanjing / common place name 锡兰 錫蘭 xī lán Ceylon (former name of Sri Lanka) 萨摩 薩摩 sà mó Satsuma, the name of a former feudal domain in Japan, and of a former province, a battleship, a district, a peninsula etc 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] 雷龙 雷龍 léi lóng apatosaurus / former name: brontosaurus 并称 並稱 bìng chēng joint name / combined name syn 本名 běn míng original name / real name / (of foreigners) first name / given name 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] 年号 年號 nián hào reign title / era name (name for either the entire reign of an emperor or one part of it) / year number (such as 2016 or 甲子) 正德 zhèng dé Zhengde Emperor, reign name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhu Houzhao 朱厚照[Zhu1 Hou4 zhao4] (1491-1521), reigned 1505-1521, temple name 明武宗[Ming2 Wu3 zong1] 乳名 rǔ míng infant name / pet name for a child syn 天顺 天順 tiān shùn Tianshun Emperor, reign name of eighth Ming Emperor 朱祁鎮|朱祁镇[Zhu1 Qi2 zhen4] (1427-1464), reigned 1457-1464, temple name Yingzong 英宗[Ying1 zong1] 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 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) 书馆 書館 shū guǎn teashop with performance by 評書|评书 story tellers / (attached to name of publishing houses) / (in former times) private school / library (of classic texts) 往届 往屆 wǎng jiè former sessions / former years 百胜 百勝 bǎi shèng BaiSheng, common name for Chinese company / PakSing, common Hong Kong company name 雅各 yǎ gè Jacob (name) / James (name) 俗名 sú míng vernacular name / lay name (of a priest) syn 花名 huā míng name of a person on the household register (old) / name on a roster / professional name of a prostitute / pseudonym / nickname 未命名 wèi mìng míng untitled / unnamed / no name / nameless / unknown name 宣德 xuān dé Xuande Emperor, reign name of fifth Ming emperor Zhu Zhanji 朱瞻基[Zhu1 Zhan1 ji1] (1398-1435), reigned 1426-1436, temple name 明宣宗[Ming2 Xuan1 zong1] 暹罗 暹羅 xiān luó Siam (former name of Thailand) 加索尔 加索爾 jiā suǒ ěr Gasol (name) / Pau Gasol (1980-), former Spanish professional basketball player (NBA) / Marc Gasol (1985-), Spanish professional basketball player 表字 biǎo zì literary name (an alternative name of a person stressing a moral principle) / courtesy name syn 竟陵 jìng líng Jingling, former name of Tianmen 天門|天门, Hubei 称 稱 chēng to weigh / to state / to name / name / appellation / to praise syn 氏 shì clan name / maiden name syn 亚历山大 亞歷山大 yà lì shān dà Alexander (name) / Alexandria (town name) 欧文 歐文 ōu wén Owen (name) / Erwin (name) / Irvine, California 名副其实 名副其實 míng fù qí shí not just in name only, but also in reality (idiom) / aptly named / worthy of the name syn 渝 yú short name for Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4] / old name of Jialing River 嘉陵江[Jia1 ling2 Jiang1] in Sichuan 斯大林格勒 sī dà lín gé lè Stalingrad, former name of Volvograd 伏爾加格勒|伏尔加格勒 (1925-1961) 扎伊尔 扎伊爾 zhā yī ěr Zaire, former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo 东京湾 東京灣 dōng jīng wān Tokyo Bay / former name of 北部灣|北部湾[Bei3 bu4 Wan1], Gulf of Tonkin 泸 瀘 lú old name of a river in Jiangxi / place name 盐井 鹽井 yán jǐng Yanjing, common place name / former county 1983-1999, now part of Markam county 芒康縣|芒康县[Mang2 kang1 xian4] in Chamdo prefecture, Tibet 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 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 前 qián front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly syn 曾经 曾經 céng jīng once / already / former / previously / ever / (past tense marker used before verb or clause) syn 原来 原來 yuán lái original / former / originally / formerly / at first / so, actually, as it turns out syn 原 yuán former / original / primary / raw / level / cause / source syn 制服 zhì fú to subdue / to check / to bring under control / (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status / uniform (army, party, school etc) / livery (for company employees) / CL:套[tao4] 拉丁 lā dīng Latin / (in former times) to press-gang / to kidnap and force people into service 前任 qián rèn predecessor / ex- / former / ex (spouse etc) syn 前夫 qián fū former husband 往事 wǎng shì past events / former happenings syn 复原 復原 fù yuán to restore (sth) to (its) former condition / to recover from illness / recovery syn 原先 yuán xiān originally / original / former syn 武术 武術 wǔ shù military skill or technique (in former times) / all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development) / self-defense / tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage) / also called kungfu 功夫 / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 中场 中場 zhōng chǎng middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times) / midfield / mid-court (in sports) / half-time / intermission half-way through a performance 复发 復發 fù fā to recur (of a disease) / to reappear / to relapse (into a former bad state) syn 旧事 舊事 jiù shì old affair / former matter syn 往日 wǎng rì former days / the past syn 叙旧 敘舊 xù jiù to reminisce / to talk about former times syn 前嫌 qián xián former hatred / bygone enmity 昔日 xī rì former days / in the past syn 前者 qián zhě the former syn 原有 yuán yǒu original / former syn 传承 傳承 chuán chéng to pass on (to future generations) / passed on (from former times) / a continued tradition / an inheritance syn 旧日 舊日 jiù rì former times / olden days syn 西贡 西貢 xī gòng Saigon, capital of former South Vietnam / Sai Kung town in New Territories, Hong Kong 往年 wǎng nián in former years / in previous years syn 麦迪 麥迪 mài dí Tracy McGrady (1979-), former NBA player 旧时 舊時 jiù shí in former times / the olden days syn 上辈子 上輩子 shàng bèi zi one's ancestors / past generations / a former incarnation syn 三军 三軍 sān jūn (in former times) upper, middle and lower army / army of right, center and left / (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force syn 旧病 舊病 jiù bìng old illness / former affliction syn 王法 wáng fǎ the law / the law of the land / the law of a state (in former times) / criterion syn 故居 gù jū former residence syn 银元 銀元 yín yuán flat silver (former coinage) / also written 銀圓|银圆 / silver dollar syn 围场 圍場 wéi chǎng enclosure / pig pen / hunting ground exclusively kept for emperor or nobility (in former times) 旧闻 舊聞 jiù wén outdated news / old anecdote / stories passed on from former times syn 群雄 qún xióng outstanding heroes / warlords vying for supremacy (in former times) / stars (of sports or pop music) syn 