遗容 遺容 yí róng the looks of the deceased (esp. in the context of paying one's respects) / picture of the deceased syn 本名 běn míng original name / real name / (of foreigners) first name / given name 讳 諱 huì to avoid mentioning / taboo word / name of deceased emperor or superior syn 庙号 廟號 miào hào temple name of a deceased Chinese emperor 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 不在 bù zài not to be present / to be out / (euphemism) to pass away / to be deceased 死者 sǐ zhě the dead / the deceased syn 古人 gǔ rén people of ancient times / the ancients / extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis / (literary) deceased person syn 生前 shēng qián (of a deceased) during one's life / while living 故人 gù rén old friend / the deceased syn 神像 shén xiàng likeness of a god or Buddha / (old) portrait of the deceased syn 已故 yǐ gù the late / deceased syn 遗言 遺言 yí yán words of the deceased / last words of the dying / wisdom of past sages syn 先祖 xiān zǔ (literary) my deceased grandfather / (literary) ancestors syn 陪葬 péi zàng to be buried with or next to dead person (of deceased's partner, or of funerary objects) syn 亡魂 wáng hún soul of the deceased / departed spirit syn 凭吊 憑弔 píng diào to visit a place for the memories / to pay homage to (the deceased) syn 在天之灵 在天之靈 zài tiān zhī líng soul and spirit of the deceased syn 遗像 遺像 yí xiàng portrait of the deceased syn 追思 zhuī sī memorial / recollection (of the deceased) syn 逝者 shì zhě the dead / the deceased 出殡 出殯 chū bìn to accompany a deceased person to his last resting place / to hold a funeral syn 遗志 遺志 yí zhì the mission in life of a deceased person, left to others to carry on 先父 xiān fù deceased father / my late father syn 故友 gù yǒu old friend / deceased friend 先 xiān beforehand / first / earlier / at first / originally / for the time being / for now / (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself) syn 殉葬 xùn zàng (of servants etc) to be buried alive with the deceased / (of utensils etc) to be buried with the dead syn 遗族 遺族 yí zú the bereaved / family of the deceased syn 抚慰金 撫慰金 fǔ wèi jīn pension or lump-sum payment for the injured or for the family of the deceased 遗训 遺訓 yí xùn wishes of the deceased syn 停尸 停屍 tíng shī to keep the body of the deceased (until burial or cremation) 遗照 遺照 yí zhào picture of the deceased syn 考 kǎo to check / to verify / to test / to examine / to take an exam / to take an entrance exam for / deceased father syn 中元节 中元節 zhōng yuán jié Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased 祢 禰 mí memorial tablet in a temple commemorating a deceased father 妣 bǐ deceased mother 只鸡斗酒 隻雞斗酒 zhī jī dǒu jiǔ lit. a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom) / fig. ready to make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests 斗酒只鸡 斗酒隻雞 dǒu jiǔ zhī jī lit. a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom) / fig. ready to make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests 阴魂不散 陰魂不散 yīn hún bù sàn lit. the soul of a deceased has not yet dispersed (idiom) / fig. the influence still lingers on / the spirit (of some doctrine) is still alive 中元 zhōng yuán Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased 亡母 wáng mǔ deceased mother 亡者 wáng zhě the deceased 伤悼 傷悼 shāng dào to grieve for deceased relative / to mourn 奠仪 奠儀 diàn yí a gift of money to the family of the deceased 追荐 追薦 zhuī jiàn to pray for the soul of a deceased 遗妻 遺妻 yí qī widow / the deceased's widow 灵床 靈床 líng chuáng bier / bed kept as it was when the deceased was alive 显考 顯考 xiǎn kǎo honorific term for one's deceased father / (arch.) great-great-grandfather 遗产国际管理公约 遺產國際管理公約 Convention concerning the International Administration of the Estates of Deceased Persons 死者遗产继承法律使用公约 死者遺產繼承法律使用公約 Convention on the Law Applicable to Succession to the Estates of Deceased Persons 家亲 家親 jiā qīn older generation in one's household (often referring to one's parents) / one's deceased close relatives 捡骨 撿骨 jiǎn gǔ bone-gathering, a custom of Fujian and Taiwan in which a son recovers the bones of his deceased father from the grave and places them in an urn for permanent storage at a different location 遗属 遺屬 yí shǔ surviving family of the deceased 皇考 huáng kǎo (archaic) (honorific) deceased father (esp. of an emperor) 冥寿 冥壽 míng shòu birthday of a deceased person 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 