"southern county" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
南县南縣	nán xiàn	southern county / Nan county in Yiyang 益陽\|益阳[Yi4 yang2], Hunan

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
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
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
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
南端	nán duān	southern end or extremity	syn
南半球	nán bàn qiú	Southern Hemisphere
南亚南亞	nán yà	southern 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
南欧南歐	nán ōu	Southern Europe
宋朝	sòng cháo	Song Dynasty (960-1279) / also Song of Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479)
南北朝	nán běi cháo	Northern and Southern dynasties (420-589)
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
华南華南	huá nán	Southern China
闽南閩南	mǐn nán	Minnan (southern Fujian)
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
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
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
南疆	nán jiāng	southern border (of a country)
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)
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]
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
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
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
塔里木盆地	tǎ lǐ mù pén dì	Tarim Basin depression in southern Xinjiang
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
谢灵运謝靈運	xiè líng yùn	Xie Lingyun (385-433) poet during Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋
地区地區	dì qū	local / regional / district (not necessarily formal administrative unit) / region / area / as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) / CL:個\|个[ge4]	syn
县政府縣政府	xiàn zhèng fǔ	county administration / county regional government
县城縣城	xiàn chéng	county seat / county town	syn
县志縣志	xiàn zhì	general history of a county / county annals
泸定桥瀘定橋	lú dìng qiáo	Luding Bridge over Dadu river 大渡河[Da4 du4 he2] in Sichuan, built by Kangxi in 1706, linking Luding county Sichuan Luding county 瀘定縣\|泸定县[Lu2 ding4 xian4] with Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州\|甘孜藏族自治州[Gan1 zi1 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1]
郡	jùn	canton / county / region
山上	shān shàng	Shanshang township in Tainan county 台南縣\|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan	syn
旗	qí	banner / flag / (in Qing times) Manchu (cf. 八旗[Ba1 qi2]) / administrative subdivision in inner Mongolia equivalent to 縣\|县[xian4] county / CL:面[mian4]	syn
县縣	xiàn	county	syn
老友	lǎo yǒu	old friend / sb who passed the county level imperial exam (in Ming dynasty)	syn
宋	sòng	surname Song / the Song dynasty (960-1279) / Song of the Southern Dynasties (420-479) 南朝宋[Nan2chao2 Song4]
长岛長島	cháng dǎo	Changdao county in Yantai 煙台\|烟台[Yan1 tai2], Shandong
安吉	ān jí	Anji county in Huzhou 湖州[Hu2 zhou1], Zhejiang
肯特	kěn tè	Kent (English county)
金门金門	jīn mén	Kinmen or Quemoy islands off the Fujian coast, administered by Taiwan / Jinmen county in Quanzhou 泉州[Quan2 zhou1], Fujian, PRC
大树大樹	dà shù	Tashu township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣\|高雄县[Gao1 xiong2 xian4], southwest Taiwan	syn
兰西蘭西	lán xī	Langxi county in Suihua 綏化\|绥化, Heilongjiang
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
安格斯	ān gé sī	Angus, a traditional county of Scotland, now a "council area"
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
布朗克斯	bù lǎng kè sī	The Bronx, borough of New York City / Bronx County (coextensive with The Bronx) / also written 布朗士
马龙馬龍	mǎ lóng	Malong county in Qujing 曲靖[Qu3 jing4], Yunnan
修武	xiū wǔ	Xiuwu county in Jiaozuo 焦作[Jiao1 zuo4], Henan
瑞安	ruì ān	Rui'an, county-level city in Wenzhou 溫州\|温州[Wen1 zhou1], Zhejiang
乐安樂安	lè ān	Le'an county in Fuzhou 撫州\|抚州, Jiangxi
香格里拉	xiāng gé lǐ lā	Shangri-la, the beautiful, idyllic land of James Hilton's 1933 novel "Lost Horizon" / a paradise on earth / Shangri-La, a county-level city in Yunnan that takes its name from the fictional land of the 1933 novel
黑山	hēi shān	Montenegro (country) / Heishan county in Jinzhou 錦州\|锦州, Liaoning
田中	tián zhōng	Tianzhong Township in Changhua County 彰化縣\|彰化县[Zhang1hua4 Xian4], Taiwan / Tanaka (Japanese surname)
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
春日	chūn rì	Chunri or Chunjih township in Pingtung County 屏東縣\|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan	syn
大林	dà lín	Dalin or Talin Town in Chiayi County 嘉義縣\|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 Xian4], west Taiwan
博罗博羅	bó luó	Boluo county in Huizhou 惠州[Hui4 zhou1], Guangdong
新田	xīn tián	Xintian county in Yongzhou 永州[Yong3 zhou1], Hunan
普兰普蘭	pǔ lán	Burang county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Spu hreng rdzong
大英	dà yīng	Daying county in Suining 遂寧\|遂宁[Sui4 ning2], Sichuan / Great Britain
人大	rén dà	people's congress, a legislative body within the PRC's system of government at any of various levels – national, provincial, municipal, county or township (abbr. for 人民代表大會\|人民代表大会[ren2min2 dai4biao3 da4hui4])
坎大哈	kǎn dà hā	Kandahar (town in Southern Afghanistan)
全州	quán zhōu	Quanzhou county in Guilin 桂林[Gui4 lin2], Guangxi	syn
汉阳漢陽	hàn yáng	Hanyang county in Hubei province / historical name Hanyang for Seoul, Korea
大湖	dà hú	Dahu or Tahu township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣\|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan
依安	yī ān	Yi'an county in Qiqihar 齊齊哈爾\|齐齐哈尔[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang
交口	jiāo kǒu	Jiaokou county in Lüliang 呂梁\|吕梁[Lu:3 liang2], Shanxi 山西	syn
黄龙黃龍	huáng lóng	Huanglong county in Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi
德格	dé gé	Dêgê county (Tibetan: sde dge rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[Gan1 zi1 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
萨里薩里	sà lǐ	Surrey (county in England)
台山	tái shān	Taishan, county-level city in Jiangmen 江門\|江门, Guangdong
南宫南宮	nán gōng	two-character surname Nangong / Nangong, county-level city in Xingtai 邢台[Xing2tai2], Hebei

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"southern county" Chinese-English Dictionary

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