"mainland" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
大陆大陸	dà lù	continent / mainland / CL:個\|个[ge4],塊\|块[kuai4]	syn

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
你	nǐ	you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)	syn
大陆妹大陸妹	dà lù mèi	(in Taiwan, Hong Kong or Macao) girl from the mainland / (Tw) Fushan lettuce 福山萵苣\|福山莴苣[Fu2 shan1 wo1 ju4]
台胞证台胞證	tái bāo zhèng	Mainland Travel Permit for Taiwan Residents / Taiwan Compatriot Entry Permit / abbr. for 台灣居民來往大陸通行證\|台湾居民来往大陆通行证[Tai2 wan1 Ju1 min2 Lai2 wang3 Da4 lu4 Tong1 xing2 zheng4]
两岸兩岸	liǎng àn	bilateral / both shores / both sides / both coasts / Taiwan and mainland	syn
中国大陆中國大陸	zhōng guó dà lù	mainland China
外企	wài qǐ	foreign enterprise / company established in mainland China with direct investment from foreign entities or from investors in Taiwan, Macao or Hong Kong / abbr. for 外資企業\|外资企业
邮差郵差	yóu chāi	postman / mailman (dated in mainland China)	syn
陆委会陸委會	lù wěi huì	Mainland Affairs Council (Taiwan), abbr. for 大陸委員會\|大陆委员会
琼州海峡瓊州海峽	qióng zhōu hǎi xiá	Qiongzhou Strait (between Hainan Island and mainland China)
红筹股紅籌股	hóng chóu gǔ	red chip stocks (Chinese company stocks incorporated outside mainland China and listed in the Hong Kong stock exchange)
剌	lá	variant of 拉[la2] (Note: 剌[la2] was the character used prior to simplification and remains the standard in Taiwan, while in mainland China, 拉[la2] has replaced 剌[la2])	syn
大陆客大陸客	dà lù kè	(Tw) tourist from mainland China / illegal immigrant from mainland China
大陆话大陸話	dà lù huà	Mainland Chinese (language)
中国新闻社中國新聞社	zhōng guó xīn wén shè	China News Service (CNS), a state-owned news agency in China, focused primarily on providing news to Chinese communities outside mainland China
丁加奴	dīng jiā nú	Terengganu, northeast state of mainland Malaysia
第勒尼安海	dì lè ní ān hǎi	Tyrrhenian Sea between Sardinia and the Italian mainland
华润万家華潤萬家	huá rùn wàn jiā	CR Vanguard or China Resources Vanguard Shop, a supermarket chain in Hong Kong and mainland China
鞑靼海韃靼海	dá dá hǎi	Straits of Tartary between Sakhalin and Russian mainland
鞑靼海峡韃靼海峽	dá dá hǎi xiá	Strait of Tartary between Sakhalin and Russian mainland
本省人	běn shěng rén	people of this province / (in Taiwan) Han Chinese people other than those who moved to Taiwan from mainland China after 1945 and their descendants
眷村	juàn cūn	military dependents' village (community established in Taiwan for Nationalist soldiers and their dependents after the KMT retreated from the mainland in 1949)
陆劳陸勞	lù láo	laborer from mainland China (Tw)
耐操	nài cāo	(Tw) (of a person) to have stamina / (of a product) durable / (mainland China) (vulgar) (usu. of a woman) alternative form of 耐肏 (enthusiastic as a sexual partner)
送中	sòng zhōng	to extradite to mainland China
陆港陸港	lù gǎng	mainland China and Hong Kong
陆港矛盾陸港矛盾	lù gǎng máo dùn	tensions between mainland China and Hong Kong (since 1997)
陆客陸客	lù kè	(Tw) (neologism c. 2008) mainland Chinese tourist
大逃港	dà táo gǎng	exodus to Hong Kong (from mainland China, 1950s-1970s)
逃港	táo gǎng	to flee to Hong Kong / exodus to Hong Kong (from mainland China, 1950s-1970s) / to flee Hong Kong / exodus from Hong Kong (from 2020)
110	yāo yāo líng	the emergency number for law enforcement in Mainland China and Taiwan
119	yāo yāo jiǔ	the emergency number for firefighting services in Mainland China
120	yāo èr líng	the emergency number for medical assistance and first aid in Mainland China
陆配陸配	lù pèi	(Tw) spouse from mainland China
侨生僑生	qiáo shēng	student of overseas Chinese descent who returns to mainland China or Taiwan to pursue their studies (abbr. for 華僑學生\|华侨学生[Hua2 qiao2 xue2 sheng5])
内娱內娛	nèi yú	mainland China's entertainment industry
国行國行	guó háng	(of a product etc) officially sold for the mainland China market

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"mainland" Chinese-English Dictionary

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