"surname Song" Chinese-English Dictionary

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sòng surname Song / the Song dynasty (960-1279) / Song of the Southern Dynasties (420-479) 南朝宋[Nan2chao2 Song4]
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
贵姓 貴姓 guì xìng what is your surname? / (May I ask) your surname? syn
道学 道學 dào xué Confucian study of ethics / study of Daoism / school for Daoism in Tang and Song times / Daoist magic / another name for 理學|理学, rational learning of Song dynasty neo-Confucianism
宋朝 sòng cháo Song Dynasty (960-1279) / also Song of Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479)
山歌 shān gē folk song / mountain song
苏轼 蘇軾 sū shì Su Shi (1037-1101), aka Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡[Su1 Dong1 po1], Song dynasty writer, calligrapher and public official, one of the Three Su's 三蘇|三苏[San1 Su1] and one of the Eight Giants of Tang and Song Prose 唐宋八大家[Tang2 Song4 Ba1 Da4 jia1]
节度使 節度使 jié dù shǐ Tang and Song dynasty provincial governor, in Tang times having military and civil authority, but only civil authority in Song
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]
赵匡胤 趙匡胤 zhào kuāng yìn Zhao Kuangyin, personal name of founding Song emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 (927-976)
新唐书 新唐書 xīn táng shū History of the Later Tang Dynasty, seventeenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修[Ou1 yang2 Xiu1] and Song Qi 宋祁[Song4 Qi2] in 1060 during Northern Song 北宋[Bei3 Song4], 225 scrolls
piáo surname Piao / Korean surname (Park, Pak or Bak) / also pr. [Pu2] syn
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])
新五代史 xīn wǔ dài shǐ Later History of the Five Dynasties (between Tang and Song), nineteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修[Ou1 yang2 Xiu1] in 1053 during Northern Song Dynasty, 74 scrolls
汉姓 漢姓 hàn xìng a Han family name (surname) / (esp.) a Han surname adopted by a person of another ethnic group
旧五代史 舊五代史 jiù wǔ dài shǐ History of the Five Dynasties (between Tang and Song), eighteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Xue Juzheng 薛居正[Xue1 Ju1 zheng4] in 974 during Northern Song 北宋[Bei3 Song4], 150 scrolls
surname Na syn
lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn
lìng to order / to command / an order / warrant / writ / to cause / to make sth happen / virtuous / honorific title / season / government position (old) / type of short song or poem syn
ōu surname Ou
shàn surname Shan syn
唱歌 chàng gē to sing a song syn
歌曲 gē qǔ song syn
某人 mǒu rén someone / a certain person / some people / I (self-address after one's surname) syn
传奇 傳奇 chuán qí legendary / fantasy saga / romance / short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty
流行 liú xíng (of a contagious disease etc) to spread / to propagate / (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular / fashionable syn
huà Mount Hua 華山|华山[Hua4 Shan1] in Shaanxi / surname Hua syn
姓名 xìng míng surname and given name / full name syn
歌词 歌詞 gē cí song lyric / lyrics syn
巴尔的摩 巴爾的摩 bā ěr dì mó Baltimore (place name, surname etc)
民谣 民謠 mín yáo ballad / folk song syn
尼克松 ní kè sōng Richard Nixon (1913-1994), US president 1969-1974 / surname Nixon
曲目 qǔ mù repertoire / program / song / piece of music syn
情歌 qíng gē love song syn
复古 復古 fù gǔ to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s) syn
西门 西門 xī mén two-character surname Ximen
中村 zhōng cūn Nakamura (Japanese surname)
海德 hǎi dé Hyde (surname)
山下 shān xià Yamashita (Japanese surname) syn
波罗 波羅 bō luó Polo (car made by Volkswagen) / surname Polo
小调 小調 xiǎo diào xiaodiao, a Chinese folk song genre / minor key (in music) syn
铃木 鈴木 líng mù Suzuki (Japanese surname)
布尔 布爾 bù ěr Boole (surname) / (math.) Boolean
凯歌 凱歌 kǎi gē triumphal hymn / victory song / paean
田中 tián zhōng Tianzhong Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1hua4 Xian4], Taiwan / Tanaka (Japanese surname)
山本 shān běn Yamamoto (Japanese surname)
民歌 mín gē folk song / CL:支[zhi1],首[shou3] syn
名曲 míng qǔ famous song / well-known piece of music
井上 jǐng shàng Inoue (Japanese surname, pr. "ee-no-oo-ay")
山田 shān tián Yamada (Japanese surname)
莱特 萊特 lái tè Wright (surname)
考克斯 kǎo kè sī Cox (surname)
惠特曼 huì tè màn Whitman (surname) / Walt Whitman (1819-1892), American poet and journalist
班克斯 bān kè sī Banks (surname) / Banksy (UK artist)
强生 強生 qiáng shēng Johnson (surname) / Johnson & Johnson (company)
老总 老總 lǎo zǒng boss / sir (person with a leading role in an organization) / (after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA / (Qing dynasty) high ranking government official / (old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file soldier or police officer syn
小林 xiǎo lín Kobayashi (Japanese surname)
开篇 開篇 kāi piān start of literary work / opening song of ballad in Tanci style 彈詞|弹词[tan2 ci2] syn
施密特 shī mì tè Schmidt or Schmitt (surname)
和田 hé tián see 和田地區|和田地区[He2tian2 Di4qu1] / Wada (Japanese surname and place name)
高桥 高橋 gāo qiáo Takahashi (Japanese surname)
南宫 南宮 nán gōng two-character surname Nangong / Nangong, county-level city in Xingtai 邢台[Xing2tai2], Hebei
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
做文章 zuò wén zhāng to make an issue of sth / to fuss / to make a song and dance
传唱 傳唱 chuán chàng to pass on a song syn
松本 鬆本 sōng běn Matsumoto (Japanese surname and place name)
高歌 gāo gē to sing loudly / to lift one's voice in song syn
判官 pàn guān magistrate (during Tang and Song dynasties) / mythological underworld judge
伊藤 yī téng Itō or Itoh, Japanese surname / Ito-Yokado (supermarket) (abbr. for 伊藤洋華堂|伊藤洋华堂[Yi1teng2 Yang2hua2tang2])
古文 gǔ wén old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject syn
邱吉尔 邱吉爾 qiū jí ěr Winston Churchill (1874-1965), UK politican and prime minister 1940-1945 and 1951-1955 / surname Churchill
五代 wǔ dài Five Dynasties, period of history between the fall of the Tang dynasty (907) and the founding of the Song dynasty (960), when five would-be dynasties were established in quick succession in North China
渡边 渡邊 dù biān Watanabe (Japanese surname)
绝唱 絕唱 jué chàng most perfect song syn
吉田 jí tián Yoshida (Japanese surname and place name)
独孤 獨孤 dú gū two-character surname Dugu
献丑 獻醜 xiàn chǒu (used self-deprecatingly, e.g. when asked to sing a song) to put one's artistic incompetence on display
诸葛 諸葛 zhū gě two-character surname Zhuge / Taiwan pr. [Zhu1ge2]
歌舞团 歌舞團 gē wǔ tuán song and dance troupe syn
讴歌 謳歌 ōu gē (literary) to celebrate in song / to eulogize syn
桥本 橋本 qiáo běn Hashimoto (Japanese surname and place name)
司马 司馬 sī mǎ Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states) / two-character surname Sima
恋歌 戀歌 liàn gē love song syn
教头 教頭 jiào tóu sporting coach / military drill master (in Song times) syn
牧歌 mù gē shepherd's song / pastoral
宋代 sòng dài Song dynasty (960-1279)
夏侯 xià hóu two-character surname Xiahou
嵩山 sōng shān Mt Song in Henan, central mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4]
弗格森 fú gé sēn Ferguson (surname)
悲歌 bēi gē to sing with solemn fervor / sad, stirring song / elegy / dirge / threnody syn
木村 mù cūn Kimura (Japanese surname)
博世 bó shì Bosch (surname) / Bosch, German technology company
歌儿 歌兒 gē r song
轩辕 軒轅 xuān yuán two-character surname Xuanyuan syn
五岳 五嶽 wǔ yuè Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1] in Shandong, Mt Hua 華山|华山[Hua4 Shan1] in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山[Heng2 Shan1] in Hunan, Mt Heng 恆山|恒山[Heng2 Shan1] in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山[Song1 Shan1] in Henan
苏东坡 蘇東坡 sū dōng pō Su Dongpo, another name for Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼 (1037-1101), northern Song writer and calligrapher
二人转 二人轉 èr rén zhuàn genre of song-and-dance duet popular in northeast China
百家姓 bǎi jiā xìng The Book of Family Names, anonymous Song dynasty reading primer listing 438 surnames syn
平野 píng yě Hirano (Japanese surname)
藤森 téng sēn Fujimori (Japanese surname) / Alberto Ken'ya Fujimori (1938-), president of Peru 1990-2000
校歌 xiào gē school song
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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