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"old town" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
镇长 鎮長 zhèn zhǎng town headman / mayor (of small town or village) / bailiff
老娘 lǎo niáng my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife syn
老牌 lǎo pái old, well-known brand / old style / old school / an old hand / experienced veteran syn
旧账 舊賬 jiù zhàng lit. old account / old debt / fig. old scores to settle / old quarrels / old grudge
边城 邊城 biān chéng border town / remote town
念旧 念舊 niàn jiù to remember old friends / to cherish old friendships / for old time's sake syn
周庄 周莊 zhōu zhuāng Zhouzhuang, old canal town between Shanghai and Suzhou, tourist attraction
老不死 lǎo bù sǐ (derog.) old but still alive / old fart / old bastard
丽江古城 麗江古城 lì jiāng gǔ chéng Lijiang old town (in Yunnan)
虎门镇 虎門鎮 hǔ mén zhèn Humen Town, also known as Taiping 太平[Tai4 ping2], a town within Dongguan prefecture-level city 東莞市|东莞市[Dong1 guan3 Shi4], Guangdong
故道 gù dào old road / old way / old course (of a river)
甲 jiǎ first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° syn
满城风雨 滿城風雨 mǎn chéng fēng yǔ lit. wind and rain sweeping through the town (idiom) / fig. a big scandal / an uproar / the talk of the town syn
卿 qīng high ranking official (old) / term of endearment between spouses (old) / (from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old) / honorific (old) syn
周庄镇 周莊鎮 zhōu zhuāng zhèn Zhouzhuang, old canal town between Shanghai and Suzhou, tourist attraction
者 zhě (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this syn
博士 bó shì doctor (as an academic degree) / (old) person specialized in a skill or trade / (old) court academician
城市 chéng shì city / town / CL:座[zuo4] syn
城 chéng city walls / city / town / CL:座[zuo4],道[dao4],個|个[ge4] syn
街上 jiē shang on the street / in town
解 xiè acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old) / variant of 懈[xie4] and 邂[xie4] (old) syn
小镇 小鎮 xiǎo zhèn small town / village
士 shì member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker syn
老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow / old man / father / husband syn
古老 gǔ lǎo ancient / old / age-old syn
城镇 城鎮 chéng zhèn town / cities and towns syn
打发 打發 dǎ fa to dispatch sb to do sth / to make sb leave / to pass (the time) / (old) to make arrangements / (old) to bestow (alms etc) syn
老头子 老頭子 lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man / (said of an aging husband) my old man syn
老式 lǎo shì old-fashioned / old type / outdated syn
进城 進城 jìn chéng to go to town / to enter a big city (to live or work)
北斗 běi dǒu Great Bear / Big Dipper / Beidou or Peitou Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1 hua4 Xian4], Taiwan syn
打车 打車 dǎ chē to take a taxi (in town) / to hitch a lift
阿伦 阿倫 ā lún Aalen, town in Germany
食道 shí dào esophagus / gullet / (old) the proper way to eat / (old) food transportation route syn
波恩 bō ēn Bonn, a small town on the Rhine, Cold War capital of West Germany 1949-1990
荒郊 huāng jiāo desolate area outside a town syn
西贡 西貢 xī gòng Saigon, capital of former South Vietnam / Sai Kung town in New Territories, Hong Kong
跑遍 pǎo biàn to go everywhere / to scour (the whole town)
大林 dà lín Dalin or Talin Town in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 Xian4], west Taiwan
纽伦堡 紐倫堡 niǔ lún bǎo Nuremberg, town in Bavaria, Germany
市井 shì jǐng marketplace / town / the street (urban milieu) / the haunts of the common people syn
招摇过市 招搖過市 zhāo yáo guò shì to parade oneself ostentatiously about town (idiom) syn
市集 shì jí fair / market (in a public place) / small town syn
老将 老將 lǎo jiàng lit. old general / commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess / fig. old-timer / veteran syn
返乡 返鄉 fǎn xiāng to return to one's home town syn
开普敦 開普敦 kāi pǔ dūn Cape Town (city in South Africa)
宿怨 sù yuàn an old grudge / old scores to settle syn
故里 gù lǐ home town / native place syn
同乡 同鄉 tóng xiāng person from the same village, town, or province syn
老汉 老漢 lǎo hàn old man / I (an old man referring to himself) syn
市镇 市鎮 shì zhèn small town syn
喜新厌旧 喜新厭舊 xǐ xīn yàn jiù lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom) / fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old syn
寿终正寝 壽終正寢 shòu zhōng zhèng qǐn to die of old age / to die in one's bed at a ripe old age / (fig.) (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life syn
老态 老態 lǎo tài old and frail / decrepit / doddering / decrepitude / infirmities of old age syn
乡里 鄉里 xiāng lǐ one's home town or village syn
关西 關西 guān xī Kansai region, Japan / Guanxi or Kuanhsi town in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 Xian4], northwest Taiwan
原籍 yuán jí ancestral home (town) / birthplace syn
小城 xiǎo chéng small town
万人空巷 萬人空巷 wàn rén kōng xiàng the multitudes come out from everywhere, emptying every alleyway (to celebrate) / the whole town turns out syn
重镇 重鎮 zhòng zhèn (military) strategic town / (fig.) major center (for commerce, culture or tourism etc) syn
集镇 集鎮 jí zhèn town syn
县城 縣城 xiàn chéng county seat / county town syn
卫星城 衛星城 wèi xīng chéng "satellite" town / edge city / exurb
冈山 岡山 gāng shān Kangshan town in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县[Gao1 xiong2 xian4], southwest Taiwan / Okayama prefecture in southwest of Japan's main island Honshū 本州[Ben3 zhou1]
小子 xiǎo zǐ (literary) youngster / (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation) / (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) syn
三峡 三峽 sān xiá Three Gorges on the Chang Jiang or Yangtze, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽|瞿塘峡[Qu2 tang2 Xia2], Wuxia Gorge 巫峽|巫峡[Wu1 Xia2] and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽|西陵峡[Xi1 ling2 Xia2] / Sanxia or Sanhsia town in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
公交车 公交車 gōng jiāo chē public transport vehicle / town bus / CL:輛|辆[liang4]
攻城 gōng chéng to besiege (a town)
城市规划 城市規劃 chéng shì guī huà town planning
巴萨 巴薩 bā sà Barca (nickname for FC Barcelona) / Baza (town in Grenada, Spain)
老家伙 老傢伙 lǎo jiā huo (coll.) old fellow / old codger syn
里人 lǐ rén person from the same village, town or province / peasant (derog.) / (of a school of thought etc) follower
埃弗顿 埃弗頓 āi fú dùn Everton (town in northwest England) / Everton soccer team
城关镇 城關鎮 chéng guān zhèn Chengguan town (common place name)
沙田 shā tián Sha Tin town in New Territories, Hong Kong
古风 古風 gǔ fēng old style / old custom / a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry aka 古體詩|古体诗[gu3 ti3 shi1] syn
金宝 金寶 jīn bǎo Campbell (name) / Kampar, town in the state of Perak, Malaysia
马六甲 馬六甲 mǎ liù jiǎ Malacca or Melaka (town and state in Malaysia), also strait between Malaysia and Sumatra
赌城 賭城 dǔ chéng casino town / nickname for Las Vegas
自家人 zì jiā rén sb with whom one is on familiar terms / sb from the same place (same house, same town etc) / one of us
白头偕老 白頭偕老 bái tóu xié lǎo (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom) / to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss / until death do us part syn
亦庄 亦莊 yì zhuāng Yizhuang town in Beijing municipality
吹箫 吹簫 chuī xiāo to play the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ) / to beg while playing pipes / cf politician Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1], c. 520 BC destitute refugee in Wu town, 吳市吹簫|吴市吹箫[Wu2 shi4 chui1 xiao1] / to busk / virtuoso piper wins a beauty, cf 玉人吹簫|玉人吹箫[yu4 ren2 chui1 xiao1] / (slang) fellatio / blowjob
新塘 xīn táng Xintang, common town or village name / Xintang village in Guangdong province
沙头角 沙頭角 shā tóu jiǎo Sha Tau Kok (town in Hong Kong)
聚落 jù luò settlement / dwelling place / town / village syn
伍子胥 wǔ zǐ xū Wu Zixu (-484 BC), powerful politician, famous as destitute refugee begging in the town of Wu
凤凰古城 鳳凰古城 fèng huáng gǔ chéng Fenghuang Ancient Town, in Fenghuang County, Xiangxi Prefecture, Hunan, added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List in 2008 in the Cultural category
白帝城 bái dì chéng Baidi town in Chongqing 重慶|重庆, north of the Changjiang, an important tourist attraction
莺歌 鶯歌 yīng gē Yingge or Yingko town in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
小汤山 小湯山 xiǎo tāng shān Xiaotangshan town in Beijing municipality
依云 依雲 yī yún Evian, mineral water company / Évian-les-Bains, resort and spa town in south-eastern France
新都桥 新都橋 xīn dū qiáo Xinduqiao town in Dartsendo county 康定縣|康定县[Kang1 ding4 xian4], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan
埔里 bù lǐ Puli, town in Nantou county 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 xian4], central Taiwan
死城 sǐ chéng ghost town
南安普敦 nán ān pǔ dūn Southampton, town in south England
布鲁日 布魯日 bù lǔ rì Bruges (Dutch Brugge), medieval town in Belgium
樟木 zhāng mù Dram (Chinese Zhangmu), town at Tibet-Nepal border syn
市议员 市議員 shì yì yuán town councilor / city councilor / alderman
旧称 舊稱 jiù chēng old term / old way of referring to sth
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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