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"honorary posthumous name" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
谥号 諡號 shì hào honorary posthumous name / posthumous title
Chinese Pinyin Translation
諡 shì Japanese variant of 謚|谥 / posthumous name or title / to confer a posthumous title
太宗 tài zōng posthumous name given to the second emperor of a dynasty / King Taejong of Joseon Korea (1367-1422), reigned 1400-1418
汉高祖 漢高祖 hàn gāo zǔ posthumous name of the first Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 (256 or 247-195 BC), reigned 202-195 BC
司马炎 司馬炎 sī mǎ yán Sima Yan (236-290), founder and first emperor (265-290) of the Western Jin dynasty 西晉|西晋[Xi1 Jin4], posthumous name 晉武帝|晋武帝[Jin4 Wu3di4]
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
皇太极 皇太極 huáng tài jí Hong Taiji (1592-1643), eighth son of Nurhaci 努爾哈赤|努尔哈赤[Nu3 er3 ha1 chi4], reigned 1626-1636 as Second Khan of Later Jin dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1], then founded the Qing dynasty 大清[Da4 Qing1] and reigned 1636-1643 as Emperor / posthumous name 清太宗[Qing1 Tai4 zong1]
隋文帝 suí wén dì Wendi (541-604), posthumous name of the first Sui emperor, reigned 581-604
追尊 zhuī zūn posthumous honorific name
本名 běn míng original name / real name / (of foreigners) first name / given name
荣誉 榮譽 róng yù honor / credit / glory / (honorable) reputation / honorary syn
名誉 名譽 míng yù fame / reputation / honor / honorary / emeritus (of retired professor) syn
赠 贈 zèng to give as a present / to repel / to bestow an honorary title after death (old) syn
名誉博士 名譽博士 míng yù bó shì honorary doctorate / Doctor Honoris Causae
名誉博士学位 名譽博士學位 míng yù bó shì xué wèi honorary doctorate / Doctor Honoris Causae
名誉学位 名譽學位 míng yù xué wèi honorary degree / academic degree Honoris Causa
荣誉博士 榮譽博士 róng yù bó shì honorary doctorate / Doctor Honoris Causae
荣誉博士学位 榮譽博士學位 róng yù bó shì xué wèi honorary doctorate / Doctor Honoris Causae
名誉代表 名譽代表 Honorary Representative
扫盲年名誉大使 掃盲年名譽大使 Honorary ILY Ambassadors
名誉咨询委员会 名譽咨詢委員會 Honorary Advisory Committee
荣誉学位 榮譽學位 róng yù xué wèi honorary degree / (U.K. etc) honours degree
昭披耶帕康 zhāo pī yé pà kāng Chao Phraya Phra Klang (Royal Finance and External Affairs Minister), the honorary title of the 18th century official of the royal court of Thailand who translated 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4] (Romance of the Three Kingdoms) into Thai
死后 死後 sǐ hòu after death / posthumous
追加 zhuī jiā to add something extra / an additional increment / addendum / to append / an additional posthumous title syn
遗书 遺書 yí shū posthumous writing / testament / suicide note / ancient literature syn
太祖 tài zǔ Great Ancestor (posthumous title, e.g. for the founder of a dynasty) syn
遗作 遺作 yí zuò posthumous work syn
追认 追認 zhuī rèn to recognize sth after the event / posthumous recognition / to ratify / to endorse retroactively
遗诏 遺詔 yí zhào posthumous edict (of former emperor)
遗腹子 遺腹子 yí fù zǐ posthumous child
冥婚 míng hūn posthumous or ghost marriage (in which at least one of the bride and groom is dead)
遗著 遺著 yí zhù posthumous work (of a writer) syn
哀荣 哀榮 āi róng (literary) reverence accorded to sb who has died / posthumous recognition syn
遗墨 遺墨 yí mò posthumous (painting, calligraphy, prose etc) syn
湣 mǐn (ancient character used in posthumous titles of monarchs) / old variant of 憫|悯[min3]
宋太祖 sòng tài zǔ Emperor Taizu of Song, posthumous title of the founding Song emperor Zhao Kuangyin 趙匡胤|赵匡胤 (927-976), reigned from 960
元太祖 yuán tài zǔ posthumous title of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗[Cheng2 ji2 si1 han2] (1162-1227)
先帝遗诏 先帝遺詔 xiān dì yí zhào posthumous edict of a former emperor / Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4] edict to posterity
清太宗 qīng tài zōng posthumous title of Hong Taiji 皇太極|皇太极[Huang2 Tai4 ji2] (1592-1643), eighth son of Nurhaci 努爾哈赤|努尔哈赤[Nu3 er3 ha1 chi4], reigned 1626-1636 as Second Khan of Later Jin dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1], then founded the Qing dynasty 大清[Da4 Qing1] and reigned 1636-1643 as Emperor
清太祖 qīng tài zǔ posthumous title of Nurhaci 努爾哈赤|努尔哈赤[Nu3 er3 ha1 chi4] (1559-1626), founder and first Khan of the Manchu Later Jin dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1] (from 1616)
盖棺 蓋棺 gài guān coffin lid / fig. posthumous reputation
遗教 遺教 yí jiào work or plans left as a legacy / the views of the departed / posthumous orders or teachings syn
遗男 遺男 yí nán orphan / posthumous son
开漳圣王 開漳聖王 kāi zhāng shèng wáng Sacred King, founder of Zhangzhou, posthumous title of Tang dynasty general Chen Yuanguang (657-711) 陳元光|陈元光[Chen2 Yuan2 guang1]
陈元光 陳元光 chén yuán guāng Chen Yuanguang (657-711), Tang dynasty general with posthumous title 開漳聖王|开漳圣王[Kai1 zhang1 sheng4 wang2], i.e. Sacred King, founder of Zhangzhou 漳州[Zhang1 zhou1], Fujian
追封 zhuī fēng to confer a posthumous title
冥诞 冥誕 míng dàn (formal) posthumous birthday
大名 dà míng famous name / your distinguished name / one's formal personal name / (Japanese history) daimyo syn
约翰 約翰 yuē hàn John (name) / Johan (name) / Johann (name)
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
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
花名 huā míng name of a person on the household register (old) / name on a roster / professional name of a prostitute / pseudonym / nickname
表字 biǎo zì literary name (an alternative name of a person stressing a moral principle) / courtesy name syn
名不副实 名不副實 míng bù fù shí the name does not reflect the reality (idiom) / more in name than in fact / Reality does not live up to the name. / Excellent theory, but the practice does not bear it out. syn
代字 dài zì abbreviated name of an entity (e.g. 皖政, a short name for 安徽省人民政府) / code name / (old) pronoun
名称 名稱 míng chēng name (of a thing) / name (of an organization) syn
姓名 xìng míng surname and given name / full name syn
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
名义 名義 míng yì name / titular / nominal / in name / ostensible purpose syn
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
金陵 jīn líng pre-Han name for Nanjing / common place name
化名 huà míng to go by an alias / to assume a false name / alias / pseudonym / assumed name syn
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)
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]
点名 點名 diǎn míng roll call / to mention sb by name / (to call or praise or criticize sb) by name syn
起名 qǐ míng to name / to christen / to take a name
并称 並稱 bìng chēng joint name / combined name syn
阿兰 阿蘭 ā lán Alan, Allen, Allan, Alain etc (name) / A-lan (Chinese female 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]
小名 xiǎo míng pet name for a child / childhood name syn
高梁 gāo liáng Takahashi (name) / Takahashi city in Okayama prefecture, Japan / Highbridge (name)
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]
弗洛伊德 fú luò yī dé Floyd (name) / Freud (name) / Dr Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), the founder of psychoanalysis
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]
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
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)
别称 別稱 bié chēng another name / alternative name syn
俗名 sú míng vernacular name / lay name (of a priest) syn
乳名 rǔ míng infant name / pet name for a child syn
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
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]
未命名 wèi mìng míng untitled / unnamed / no name / nameless / unknown name
代称 代稱 dài chēng alternative name / to refer to sth by another name / antonomasia
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]
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
称 稱 chēng to weigh / to state / to name / name / appellation / to praise syn
氏 shì clan name / maiden 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
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
泸 瀘 lú old name of a river in Jiangxi / place name
郪 qī name of a river / place name
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
名从主人 名從主人 míng cóng zhǔ rén (idiom) to refer to sth by the name its owners use / to refer to a place by the name its inhabitants use (e.g. refer to Seoul as 首爾|首尔[Shou3 er3] rather than 漢城|汉城[Han4 cheng2])
有名亡实 有名亡實 yǒu míng wáng shí lit. has a name but no reality (idiom) / exists only in name / nominal
佛洛伊德 fó luò yī dé Floyd (name) / Freud (name) / Dr Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), the founder of psychoanalysis
明和 míng hé Minghe, rail station in South Taiwan / Meiwa (Japanese reign name 1764-1772) / Meiwa (common name for Japanese companies or schools)
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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