本名 běn míng original name / real name / (of foreigners) first name / given name 我国 我國 wǒ guó my country / our country syn 各国 各國 gè guó each country / every country / various countries syn 国情 國情 guó qíng the characteristics and circumstances particular to a country / current state of a country 半壁江山 bàn bì jiāng shān half of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands) / vast swathe of territory syn 富国 富國 fù guó rich country / make the country wealthy (political slogan) syn 乡村音乐 鄉村音樂 xiāng cūn yīn yuè country music (country & western music genre) 土包子 tǔ bāo zi country bumpkin / boor / unsophisticated country person (humble, applied to oneself) / burial mound syn 闭关锁国 閉關鎖國 bì guān suǒ guó to close the passes and seal off the country / to close a country to exclude foreign contact syn 圩 xū (dialect) country fair / country market syn 富国强兵 富國強兵 fù guó qiáng bīng lit. rich country, strong army (idiom) / slogan of legalist philosophers in pre-Han times / Make the country wealthy and the military powerful, slogan of modernizers in Qing China and Meiji Japan (Japanese pronunciation: Fukoku kyōhei) syn 主席国 主席國 zhǔ xí guó chair country / country holding revolving presidency 怯子 qiè zi person with country accent / rustic / country bumpkin 锁国 鎖國 suǒ guó to close a country / to exclude foreign contact / closed country (Qing China, North Korea etc) 国家支助组 國家支助組 guó jiā zhī zhù zǔ country technical services team / country support team 国家指示性规划数字 國家指示性規劃數字 indicative country planning figures / country IPFs 国家指规数 國家指規數 indicative country planning figures / country IPFs 第二回籍假国 第二回籍假國 alternative home leave country / alternate home leave country 替代回籍假国 替代回籍假國 alternative home leave country / alternate home leave country 联合国国家工作队 聯合國國家工作隊 lián hé guó guó jiā gōng zuò duì United Nations country team / country team 完整的国家办事处 完整的國家辦事處 full-fledged country office / full country office 装备提供国 裝備提供國 equipment-providing country / equipment-owning country 装备所属国 裝備所屬國 equipment-providing country / equipment-owning country 装备操作国 裝備操作國 equipment-operating country / equipment-using country 装备使用国 裝備使用國 equipment-operating country / equipment-using country 原籍国 原籍國 source country / sending country 准核国 準核國 threshold country / near-nuclear country 第一庇护国 第一庇護國 first asylum country / country of first asylum 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 大夏 dà xià Han Chinese name for an ancient Central Asia country 暔 nán name of a country 夷洲 yí zhōu name of an ancient barbarian country, possibly Taiwan 郲 lái name of a country in Spring and Autumn period in modern Shandong, destroyed by Qi 齊|齐 米国 米國 mǐ guó United States / name of a country that formerly existed near Samarkand 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) 莫杰斯特 莫傑斯特 mò jié sī tè Modest (name) / Modeste (name) 亚历山大 亞歷山大 yà lì shān dà Alexander (name) / Alexandria (town name) 中间名 中間名 zhōng jiān míng middle name / second given name 同名同姓 tóng míng tóng xìng having same given name and family name 问名 問名 wèn míng to enquire, according to custom, after the name and horoscope of intended bride / one of a set of six traditional marriage protocols (六禮|六礼), in which name as well as date and time of birth (for horoscope) are formally requested of the prospective bride's family 寄名 jì míng adopted name / to take a name (of one's adoptive family) 岩仓 岩倉 yán cāng Iwakura, Japanese name and place-name 拉鲁 拉魯 lā lǔ Lhalu, Tibetan name and place name / Lhalu Tsewang Dorje (1915-2011), Tibetan pro-Chinese politician / Lhalu suburb of Lhasa 明天启 明天啟 míng tiān qǐ Tianqi Emperor, reign name of fifteenth Ming emperor Zhu Youxiao 朱由校[Zhu1 You2 xiao4] (1605-1627), reigned 1620-1627, temple name 明熹宗[Ming2 Xi1 zong1] 景泰 jǐng tài Jingtai county in Baiyin 白銀|白银[Bai2 yin2], Gansu / Jingtai Emperor, reign name of seventh Ming Emperor Zhu Qiyu 朱祁鈺|朱祁钰[Zhu1 Qi2 yu4] (1428-1457), reigned 1449-1457, temple name 代宗[Dai4 zong1] 欧文 歐文 ōu wén Owen (name) / Erwin (name) / Irvine, California 洪熙 hóng xī Hongxi Emperor, reign name of fourth Ming emperor Zhu Gaochi 朱高熾|朱高炽[Zhu1 Gao1 chi4] (1378-1425), reigned (1424-1425), temple name 明仁宗[Ming2 Ren2 zong1] 淯 yù name of river / old name of Baihe 白河 in Henan / same as 育水 淯水 yù shuǐ name of river / old name of Baihe 白河 in Henan / same as 育水 