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"southern Asia" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
南亚 南亞 nán yà southern Asia
Chinese Pinyin Translation
闽南话 閩南話 mǐn nán huà Southern Min, a family of Sinitic languages spoken in southern Fujian and surrounding areas / Hokkien, major variety of Southern Min
吴 吳 wú surname Wu / area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai / name of states in southern China at different historical periods
宋书 宋書 sòng shū History of Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋[Nan2 chao2 Song4] or Liu Song 劉宋|刘宋[Liu2 Song4], sixth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Shen Yue 沈約|沈约[Shen3 Yue1] in 488 during Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁[Nan2 chao2 Liang2], 100 scrolls / (not to be confused with 宋史[Song4 shi3])
沈约 沈約 shěn yuē Shen Yue (441-513), writer and historian during Liang of Southern dynasties 南朝梁, compiler of History of Song of the Southern dynasties 宋書|宋书
南方 nán fāng south / southern China (areas to the south of the Yangtze River) syn
亚洲 亞洲 yà zhōu Asia (abbr. for 亞細亞洲|亚细亚洲[Ya4xi4ya4 Zhou1])
南部 nán bù southern part syn
南边 南邊 nán bian south / south side / southern part / to the south of syn
南非 nán fēi South Africa / Southern Africa
西亚 西亞 xī yà Southwest Asia
东南亚 東南亞 dōng nán yà Southeast Asia
鞑靼 韃靼 dá dá Tartar (various northern tribes in ancient China) / Tatar (Turkic ethnic group in central Asia)
南端 nán duān southern end or extremity syn
中亚 中亞 zhōng yà Central Asia
东亚 東亞 dōng yà East Asia
南半球 nán bàn qiú Southern Hemisphere
亚细亚 亞細亞 yà xì yà Asia
中原 zhōng yuán Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei syn
阳关 陽關 yáng guān Yangguan or Southern Pass on the south Silk Road in Gansu, 70 km south of Dunhuang 敦煌
南洋 nán yáng Southeast Asia / South seas
南欧 南歐 nán ōu Southern Europe
乌拉尔 烏拉爾 wū lā ěr the Ural mountains in Russia, dividing Europe from Asia
欧亚 歐亞 ōu yà Europe and Asia / Eurasia
宋朝 sòng cháo Song Dynasty (960-1279) / also Song of Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479)
北亚 北亞 běi yà North Asia
南北朝 nán běi cháo Northern and Southern dynasties (420-589)
衡山 héng shān Mt Heng in Hunan, southern mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4] / Hengshan county in Hengyang 衡陽|衡阳[Heng2 yang2], Hunan
塔里木 tǎ lǐ mù the Tarim Basin in southern Xinjiang
南天门 南天門 nán tiān mén South Gate to Heaven, the name a gate constructed on various mountains, most notably on Mount Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1] / (mythology) southern gate of the Heavenly Palace
南麓 nán lù the southern foothills (of a mountain) syn
帕米尔 帕米爾 pà mǐ ěr the Pamirs, highland region of Central Asia
寒蝉 寒蟬 hán chán a cicada in cold weather (used as a metaphor for sb who keeps their thoughts to themself) / Meimuna opalifera, a kind of cicada found in East Asia syn
华南 華南 huá nán Southern China
亚太 亞太 yà tài Asia-Pacific
闽南 閩南 mǐn nán Minnan (southern Fujian)
大中华 大中華 dà zhōng huá Greater China / refers to China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (esp. in finance and economics) / refers to all areas of Chinese presence (esp. in the cultural field), including parts of Southeast Asia, Europe and the Americas
南宋 nán sòng the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
南航 nán háng China Southern Airlines
周瑜 zhōu yú Zhou Yu (175-210), famous general of the southern Wu kingdom and victor of the battle of Redcliff / in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], absolutely no match for Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4]
唐伯虎 táng bó hǔ Tang Bohu or Tang Yin 唐寅 (1470-1523), Ming painter and poet, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子
东吴 東吳 dōng wú Eastern Wu (222-280) / the southern state of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, founded by Sun Quan 孫權|孙权
突厥 tū jué Turkic people, who lived across the Eurasian continent / (esp.) the Göktürks of medieval Inner Asia
孙权 孫權 sūn quán Sun Quan (reigned 222-252), southern warlord and king of state of Wu 吳|吴[Wu2] in the Three Kingdoms period
大乘 dà shèng Mahayana, the Great Vehicle / Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond / also pr. [Da4 cheng2]
南郊 nán jiāo southern suburbs
泛珠三角 fàn zhū sān jiǎo Pan-Pearl River delta / The nine provinces of Southern China around Guangzhou and the Pearl River delta / South China
东北亚 東北亞 dōng běi yà Northeast Asia
南疆 nán jiāng southern border (of a country)
金三角 jīn sān jiǎo Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia)
南方周末 nán fāng zhōu mò Southern Weekend (newspaper)
陆游 陸遊 lù yóu Lu You (1125-1210), widely regarded as the greatest of the Southern Song poets
南朝 nán cháo Southern Dynasties (420-589)
瑶族 瑤族 yáo zú Yao ethnic group of southwest China and southeast Asia
济公 濟公 jì gōng Jigong or Daoji (1130-1207), Southern Song Dynasty Buddhist monk
夜郎 yè láng small barbarian kingdom in southern China during the Han dynasty
建康 jiàn kāng old name for Nanjing 南京, esp. during Southern dynasties
侗族 dòng zú Kam people, who live mostly in southern China and in the north of Laos and Vietnam
李清照 lǐ qīng zhào Li Qingzhao (1084-c. 1151), southern Song female poet
刘裕 劉裕 liú yù Liu Yu, founder of Song of the Southern dynasties 劉宋|刘宋[Liu2 Song4], broke away from Eastern Jin in 420, reigned as Emperor Wu of Song 宋武帝[Song4 Wu3 di4]
妈祖 媽祖 mā zǔ Matsu, name of a sea goddess still widely worshipped on the SE China coast and in SE Asia
阿里山 ā lǐ shān Alishan mountain range in the central-southern region of Taiwan
南苑 nán yuàn Nanyuan or "Southern Park", an imperial hunting domain during the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, now the site of Nanhaizi Park in the south of Beijing
大夏 dà xià Han Chinese name for an ancient Central Asia country
赤壁之战 赤壁之戰 chì bì zhī zhàn Battle of Redcliff of 208 at Chibi in Huangzhou district 黃州區|黄州区[Huang2 zhou1 qu1] of Huanggang city 黃岡|黄冈[Huang2 gang1], a decisive defeat of Cao Cao 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] at the hands of southern kingdom of Wu / famous episode in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]
燕国 燕國 yān guó Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning / north Hebei / the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕[Qian2 Yan1] (337-370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕[Hou4 Yan1] (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕[Nan2 Yan1] (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕[Bei3 Yan1] (409-436)
南唐 nán táng Tang of the Five Southern Dynasties 937-975
南诏 南詔 nán zhào Nanzhao kingdom 738-937 in southwest China and southeast Asia
澜沧江 瀾滄江 lán cāng jiāng Lancang River of Qinghai and Yunnan, the upper reaches of Mekong River 湄公河[Mei2 gong1 He2] of Southeast Asia
后汉书 後漢書 hòu hàn shū History of Eastern Han (later Han), third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Fan Ye 范曄|范晔[Fan4 Ye4] in 445 during Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋[Nan2 chao2 Song4], 120 scrolls
南拳 nán quán Nanquan - "Southern Fist" (Chinese Martial Art)
陕南 陝南 shǎn nán Shannan, southern Shaanxi province
唐寅 táng yín Tang Bohu 唐伯虎 or Tang Yin (1470-1523), Ming painter and poet, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子
佤族 wǎ zú Wa, Kawa or Va ethnic group of Myanmar, south China and southeast Asia
阿尔泰 阿爾泰 ā ěr tài Altai republic in Russian central Asia, capital Gorno-Altaysk
塔里木盆地 tǎ lǐ mù pén dì Tarim Basin depression in southern Xinjiang
帕米尔高原 帕米爾高原 pà mǐ ěr gāo yuán the Pamirs, highland region of Central Asia
李后主 李後主 lǐ hòu zhǔ Li Houzhu (c. 937-978), the final Southern Tang ruler (ruled 961-975) and a renowned poet / given name Li Yu 李煜
月氏 yuè zhī ancient people of central Asia during the Han dynasty
谢灵运 謝靈運 xiè líng yùn Xie Lingyun (385-433) poet during Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋
宋 sòng surname Song / the Song dynasty (960-1279) / Song of the Southern Dynasties (420-479) 南朝宋[Nan2chao2 Song4]
燕 yān Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning / north Hebei / the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕[Qian2 Yan1] (337-370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕[Hou4 Yan1] (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕[Nan2 Yan1] (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕[Bei3 Yan1] (409-436) / surname Yan syn
窝心 窩心 wō xīn aggrieved / dejected / (Tw, southern China) to be moved by a kind gesture etc / to feel gratified / to feel warm inside syn
坎大哈 kǎn dà hā Kandahar (town in Southern Afghanistan)
谢赫 謝赫 xiè hè Xie He (479-502), portrait painter from Qi of Southern dynasties 南齊|南齐[Nan2 Qi2]
乌孙国 烏孫國 wū sūn guó Wusun kingdom of central Asia (c. 300 BC-300 AD)
蒙巴顿 矇巴頓 méng bā dùn Mountbatten (name, Anglicization of German Battenberg) / Lord Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-1979), British commander in Southeast Asia during WWII, presided over the partition of India in 1947, murdered by the IRA.
安纳托利亚 安納托利亞 ān nà tuō lì yà Anatolia / Asia Minor
汨 mì name of a river, the southern tributary of Miluo river 汨羅江|汨罗江[Mi4 luo2 jiang1]
南冰洋 nán bīng yáng Southern Ocean
南县 南縣 nán xiàn southern county / Nan county in Yiyang 益陽|益阳[Yi4 yang2], Hunan
朴次茅斯 樸次茅斯 pǔ cì máo sī Portsmouth, southern English seaport
小亚细亚 小亞細亞 xiǎo yà xì yà Asia Minor / Anatolia
坎儿井 坎兒井 kǎn r jǐng karez, qanat or "horizontal well" (irrigation and water management system used in Xinjiang, Central Asia and Middle East)
南汉 南漢 nán hàn Southern Han
南朝梁 nán cháo liáng Liang of the Southern dynasties (502-557)
梁书 梁書 liáng shū History of Liang of the Southern Dynasties, eighth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Yao Silian 姚思廉[Yao2 Si1 lian2] in 636 during Tang dynasty, 56 scrolls
庾信 yǔ xìn Yu Xin (513-581), poet from Liang of the Southern dynasties 南朝梁朝 and author of Lament for the South 哀江南賦|哀江南赋
佤 wǎ Wa, Kawa or Va ethnic group of Myanmar, south China and southeast Asia
蕹 wèng water spinach or ong choy (Ipomoea aquatica), used as a vegetable in south China and southeast Asia / Taiwan pr. [yong1]
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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