包公 bāo gōng Lord Bao or Judge Bao, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty 包待制 bāo dài zhì Bao Daizhi, "Edict Attendant Bao", fictional name used for Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty 包龙图 包龍圖 bāo lóng tú Bao Longtu, ”Bao of the Dragon Image”, fictional name used for Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty 鸡汤 雞湯 jī tāng chicken stock / chicken soup / (fig.) chicken soup for the soul – i.e. feel-good motivational stories (often used disparagingly because the stories don't really effect change in people's lives) 鸡精 雞精 jī jīng chicken bouillon powder (PRC) / essence of chicken, concentrated chicken stock sold as a tonic (Tw) 包青天 bāo qīng tiān Bao Qingtian, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty 龚 龔 gōng surname Gong 开台锣鼓 開臺鑼鼓 kāi tái luó gǔ opening gong / gong strokes announcing start of opera performance 当面锣，对面鼓 當面鑼，對面鼓 dāng miàn luó , duì miàn gǔ lit. gong facing gong, drum opposite drum (idiom) / fig. to come together to thrash out the issue face to face 公对公 公對公 gōng - duì - gōng B2B / business-to-business / (of a connector) male-to-male 嫁鸡随鸡 嫁雞隨雞 jià jī suí jī If you marry a chicken, follow the chicken (idiom) / A woman should follow whatever her husband orders. / We must learn to accept the people around us. 宫保鸡丁 宮保雞丁 gōng bǎo jī dīng Kung Pao Chicken / spicy diced chicken 醉鸡 醉雞 zuì jī chicken in rice wine / also translated drunken chicken 鸡排 雞排 jī pái chicken breast / chicken cutlet 七里香 qī lǐ xiāng orange jasmine (Murraya paniculata) / "chicken butt", popular Taiwan snack on a stick, made of marinated "white cut chicken" butt 白切鸡 白切雞 bái qiē jī Cantonese poached chicken, known as "white cut chicken" 嫁鸡随鸡，嫁狗随狗 嫁雞隨雞，嫁狗隨狗 jià jī suí jī , jià gǒu suí gǒu if you marry a chicken follow the chicken, if you marry a dog follow the dog (idiom) 白斩鸡 白斬雞 bái zhǎn jī Cantonese poached chicken, known as "white cut chicken" 鸡块 雞塊 jī kuài chicken nugget / chicken piece 鸡米花 雞米花 jī mǐ huā chicken nuggets / popcorn chicken 左宗棠鸡 左宗棠雞 zuǒ zōng táng jī General Tso's chicken, a deep-fried chicken dish 大盘鸡 大盤雞 dà pán jī dapanji or "big plate chicken", a kind of spicy chicken stew originating from Xinjiang 包子 bāo zi baozi / bao (steamed stuffed bun) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 大公报 大公報 dà gōng bào Dagong Bao, popular newspaper name / Ta Kung Pao, newspaper founded 1902 in Beijing, now published in Hong Kong 包拯 bāo zhěng Bao Zheng (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty / modern day metaphor for an honest politician 报 報 bào to report / to inform / to announce / to respond / to reply / to sign up for / to register for (abbr. for 報名|报名[bao4ming2]) / to reward / to recompense / to take revenge / to retaliate / newspaper / periodical / journal / bulletin / telegram syn 张宝 張寶 zhāng bǎo Zhang Bao (-184), leader of the Yellow Turban rebels during the late Han 漢朝|汉朝[Han4 chao2] 保 bǎo to defend / to protect / to keep / to guarantee / to ensure / (old) civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3jia3] system syn 包 bāo to cover / to wrap / to hold / to include / to take charge of / to contract (to or for) / package / wrapper / container / bag / to hold or embrace / bundle / packet / CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1] syn 西门豹 西門豹 xī mén bào Ximen Bao (active around 422 BC), statesman and hydraulic engineer of Wei 魏國|魏国[Wei4 guo2] 保安族 bǎo ān zú Bao'an, also called Bonan (ethnic group) 宝 寶 bǎo jewel / gem / treasure / precious syn 炮 bāo to sauté / to fry / to dry by heating syn 暴 bào sudden / violent / cruel / to show or expose / to injure syn 抱 bào to hold / to carry (in one's arms) / to hug / to embrace / to surround / to cherish / (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely syn 爆 bào to explode or burst / to quick fry or quick boil syn 胞 bāo placenta / womb / born of the same parents syn 薄 báo thin / cold in manner / indifferent / weak / light / infertile syn 堡 bǎo (bound form) fortress / stronghold / (often used to transliterate -berg, -burg etc in place names) / (bound form) burger (abbr. for 漢堡|汉堡[han4bao3]) syn 剥 剝 bāo to peel / to skin / to shell / to shuck syn 饱 飽 bǎo to eat till full / satisfied syn 鲍 鮑 bào abalone 豹 bào leopard / panther syn 瀑 bào shower (rain) syn 褒 襃 bāo variant of 褒[bao1] syn 刨 bào variant of 刨[bao4] syn 苞 bāo bud / flower calyx / luxuriant / profuse syn 葆 bǎo dense foliage / to cover syn 雹 báo hail syn 孢 bāo spore 龅 齙 bāo (of a bucktooth) to protrude / to stick out 煲 bāo to cook slowly over a low flame / pot / saucepan syn 褓 bǎo cloth for carrying baby on back 鸨 鴇 bǎo Chinese bustard / procuress syn 趵 bào jump / leap 菢 bào hatch 媬 bǎo governess / nurse 保甲制度 bǎo jiǎ zhì dù the Bao-Jia system (an administrative system organized on basis of households) 儤 bào on night duty 虣 bào cruel / violent 鑤 bào a plane / to plane 勹 bāo old variant of 包[bao1] 保长 保長 bǎo zhǎng head of a bao 保[bao3] in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system 孝肃 孝肅 xiào sù Xiaosu, posthumous name of Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty 寳 bǎo variant of 寶|宝, treasure 宝安 寶安 bǎo ān Bao'an district of Shenzhen City 深圳市, Guangdong 宝安区 寶安區 bǎo ān qū Bao'an district of Shenzhen City 深圳市, Guangdong 小山包包 xiǎo shān bāo bao a landscape dotted with low hills and hillocks (idiom) 希仁 xī rén Xiren, courtesy title of Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty 襃 bāo to commend / to honor / to cite / variant of 褒, to praise 豹拳 bào quán Bao Quan - "Leopard Fist" - Martial Art 铇 鉋 bào variant of 刨[bao4] 干宝 干寶 gān bǎo Gan Bao (?-336), Chinese historian and writer, author of In Search of the Supernatural 搜神記|搜神记[Sou1 shen2 Ji4] 曓 bào old variant of 暴[bao4] 蕔 bāo a kind of grass (old) 闁 bāo old variant of 褒[bao1] / to praise 保甲 bǎo jiǎ historical communal administrative and self-defence system created during the Song Dynasty and revived during the Republican Era, in which households are grouped in jia 甲[jia3] and jia are grouped in bao 保[bao3] 宝宝 寶寶 bǎo bao darling / baby syn 曝 bào used in 曝光[bao4guang1] / Taiwan pr. [pu4] syn 狼虫虎豹 狼蟲虎豹 láng - chóng - hǔ - bào (idiom) ferocious beasts 豺狼虎豹 chái - láng - hǔ - bào lit. jackals, wolves, tigers and panthers (idiom) / fig. nasty, cruel people syn 老公 lǎo gong (coll.) eunuch / see also 老公[lao3 gong1] syn 公公 gōng gong husband's father / father-in-law / grandpa / grandad / (old) form of address for a eunuch syn 相公 xiàng gong lord / master / young gentleman / male prostitute / catamite / mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes / (old form of address for one's husband) husband syn 女工 nǚ gōng working woman / variant of 女紅|女红[nu:3 gong1] 轮子 輪子 lún zi wheel / (derog.) Falun Gong practitioner / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 法轮功 法輪功 fǎ lún gōng Falun Gong (Chinese spiritual movement founded in 1992, regarded as a cult by the PRC government) 开锣 開鑼 kāi luó to beat the gong to open a performance 雷公 léi gōng Lei Gong or Duke of Thunder, the God of Thunder in Chinese mythology 老公公 lǎo gōng gong old man / husband's father / father-in-law / court eunuch syn 敲锣 敲鑼 qiāo luó to beat a gong 公 gōng public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) syn 工 gōng work / worker / skill / profession / trade / craft / labor syn 铛铛 鐺鐺 dāng dāng (onom.) clang / clank of metal / sound of striking a gong 铜锣 銅鑼 tóng luó gong 鸣金 鳴金 míng jīn to beat a gong / to sound the retreat 李洪志 lǐ hóng zhì Li Hongzhi (1951-), founder of Falun Gong 法輪功|法轮功[Fa3 lun2 gong1] 女红 女紅 nǚ gōng (literary) the feminine arts (e.g. needlework) 子贡 子貢 zǐ gòng Zi Gong or Duanmu Ci 端木賜|端木赐[Duan1 mu4 Ci4] (520 BC-), disciple of Confucius 