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"the late Qing" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
晚清 wǎn qīng the late Qing / late 19th and early 20th century China
Chinese Pinyin Translation
清末 qīng mò the final years of the Qing dynasty 清朝[Qing1 chao2] / late Qing
哥老会 哥老會 gē lǎo huì late-Qing underground resistance movement against the Qing dynasty
满清 滿清 mǎn qīng Manchurian Qing (refers to the Qing dynasty, esp. at its decline, or as an anti-Qing slogan)
光明节 光明節 guāng míng jié Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up to late Dec on Gregorian calendar) / also called 哈努卡節|哈努卡节 and simply 哈努卡
哈努卡 hā nǔ kǎ Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up to late Dec on Gregorian calendar) / also called 光明節|光明节 and 哈努卡節|哈努卡节
哈努卡节 哈努卡節 hā nǔ kǎ jié Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up to late Dec on the Gregorian calendar)
先君 xiān jūn my late father / my ancestors / the late emperor
晚归 晚歸 wǎn guī to return late / to come home late
教案 jiào àn lesson plan / teaching plan / a "missionary case" (a dispute over Christian missionaries during the late Qing)
启蒙 啟蒙 qǐ méng to instruct the young / to initiate / to awake sb from ignorance / to free sb from prejudice or superstition / primer / enlightened / the Enlightenment / Western learning from the late Qing dynasty syn
特别行政区 特別行政區 tè bié xíng zhèng qū special administrative region (SAR), of which there are two in the PRC: Hong Kong 香港 and Macau 澳門|澳门 / refers to many different areas during late Qing, foreign occupation, warlord period and Nationalist government / refers to special zones in North Korea and Indonesia
袁世凯 袁世凱 yuán shì kǎi Yuan Shikai (1859-1916), senior general of late Qing, subsequently warlord and self-proclaimed emperor of China
佛爷 佛爺 fó ye Buddha (term of respect for Sakyamuni 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2]) / His Holiness (refers to a Buddhist grandee) / Buddha / God / emperor / in late Qing court, refers exclusively to Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4] syn
反清 fǎn qīng anti-Qing / refers to the revolutionary movements in late 19th and early 20th century leading up to 1911 Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4]
西学 西學 xī xué Western learning (intellectual movement in the late Qing) / also called 洋務運動|洋务运动
张之洞 張之洞 zhāng zhī dòng Zhang Zhidong (1837-1909), prominent politician in late Qing
顾炎武 顧炎武 gù yán wǔ Gu Yanwu (1613-1682), late Ming and early Qing Confucian philosopher, linguist and historian, played a founding role in phonology of early Chinese, author of Rizhilu or Record of daily study 日知錄|日知录
李渔 李漁 lǐ yú Li Yu (1611-c. 1680), late Ming and early Qing writer and dramatist
格致 格緻 gé zhì to study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge (abbr. for 格物致知[ge2 wu4 zhi4 zhi1]) / word for Western natural sciences during late Qing
格物 gé wù to study the underlying principles, esp. in neo-Confucian rational learning 理學|理学[li3 xue2] / word for Western natural sciences during late Qing
洋务派 洋務派 yáng wù pài the foreign learning or Westernizing faction in the late Qing
威海卫 威海衛 wēi hǎi wèi Weihaiwei, late Qing naval port in Weihai 威海, Shandong
以夷制夷 yǐ yí zhì yí to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom) / let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties) / Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan)
三侠五义 三俠五義 sān xiá wǔ yì Sanxia wuyi (lit. Three knight-errants and five righteous one), novel edited from stories of late Qing dynasty pinghua 評話|评话 master storyteller Shi Yukun 石玉昆
九尾龟 九尾龜 jiǔ wěi guī nine-tailed turtle of mythology / The Nine-tailed Turtle, novel by late Qing novelist Zhang Chunfan 張春帆|张春帆
二十年目睹之怪现状 二十年目睹之怪現狀 èr shí nián mù dǔ zhī guài xiàn zhuàng The Strange State of the World Witnessed Over 20 Years, novel by late Qing novelist Wu Jianren 吳趼人|吴趼人[Wu2 Jian3 ren2]
刘鹗 劉鶚 liú è Liu E (1857-1909), late Qing novelist, author of 老殘遊記|老残游记[Lao3 Can2 You2 ji4]
北洋军 北洋軍 běi yáng jūn north China army, a modernizing Western-style army set up during late Qing, and a breeding ground for the Northern Warlords after the Qinghai revolution
半封建半殖民地 bàn fēng jiàn bàn zhí mín dì semifeudal and semicolonial (the official Marxist description of China in the late Qing and under the Guomindang)
吴趼人 吳趼人 wú jiǎn rén Wu Jianren (1867-1910), late Qing dynasty novelist, author of The strange state of the world witnessed over 20 years 二十年目睹之怪現狀|二十年目睹之怪现状
大刀会 大刀會 dà dāo huì Great Sword Society, an offshoot of the White Lotus in the late Qing dynasty, involved in anti-Western activity at the time of the Boxer rebellion
奕䜣 奕訢 yì xīn Grand Prince Yixin (1833-1898), sixth son of Emperor Daoguang, prominent politician, diplomat and modernizer in late Qing
孽海花 niè hǎi huā A Flower in a Sinful Sea, late-Qing novel by Jin Tianhe 金天翮[Jin1 Tian1he2] and Zeng Pu 曾樸|曾朴[Zeng1 Pu3]
官场现形记 官場現形記 guān chǎng xiàn xíng jì Observations on the Current State of Officialdom, late Qing novel by Li Baojia 李寶嘉|李宝嘉[Li3 Bao3 jia4]
张春帆 張春帆 zhāng chūn fān Zhang Chunfan (-1935), late Qing novelist, author of The Nine-tailed Turtle 九尾龜|九尾龟
彭养鸥 彭養鷗 péng yǎng ōu Peng Yangou, late Qing novelist, author of Black register of lost souls 黑籍冤魂
恭亲王奕䜣 恭親王奕訢 gōng qīn wáng yì xīn Grand Prince Yixin (1833-1898), sixth son of Emperor Daoguang, prominent politician, diplomat and modernizer in late Qing
文明小史 wén míng xiǎo shǐ Short History of Civilization, late Qing novel by Li Boyuan 李伯元[Li3 Bo2 yuan2] or Li Baojia 李寶嘉|李宝嘉[Li3 Bao3 jia1] describing the turmoil after the 1900 Eight-Nation Alliance 八國聯軍|八国联军[Ba1 guo2 Lian2 jun1]
明末清初 míng mò qīng chū late Ming and early Qing / around the middle of the 17th century
曾纪泽 曾紀澤 zēng jì zé Cang Jize or Tseng Chi-tse (1839-1890), pioneer diplomat of late Qing, serve as imperial commissioner (ambassador) to UK, France and Russia
李伯元 lǐ bó yuán Li Boyuan or Li Baojia 李寶嘉|李宝嘉 (1867-1906), late Qing journalist, novelist and social observer, author of Observations on the current state of officialdom 官場現形記|官场现形记
李宝嘉 李寶嘉 lǐ bǎo jiā Li Boyuan 李伯元 or Li Baojia (1867-1906), late Qing journalist, novelist and social observer, author of Observations on the current state of officialdom 官場現形記|官场现形记
洋务学堂 洋務學堂 yáng wù xué táng college of Western learning in late Qing
清末民初 qīng mò mín chū the late Qing and early Republic, i.e. China around 1911
老残游记 老殘遊記 lǎo cán yóu jì The Travels of Lao Tsan, novel by late Qing novelist Liu E 劉鶚|刘鹗[Liu2 E4]
金天翮 jīn tiān hé Jin Tianhe (1874-1947), late-Qing poet and novelist, co-author of A Flower in a Sinful Sea 孽海花[Nie4hai3hua1]
张荫桓 張蔭桓 zhāng yìn huán Zhang Yinhuan (1837-1900), late Qing politician and senior Chinese diplomat
秦淮八艳 秦淮八艷 qín huái bā yàn the famous eight beautiful and talented courtesans who lived near the Qinhuai River 秦淮河[Qin2 huai2 He2] in the late Ming or early Qing
吴三桂 吳三桂 wú sān guì Wu Sangui (1612-1678), Chinese general who let the Manchus into China and helped them establish the Qing Dynasty, later leading a revolt against Qing in an effort to start his own dynasty
热河 熱河 rè hé Rehe, Qing dynasty province abolished in 1955 and divided among Hebei, Liaoning and Inner Mongolia / refers to the Qing imperial resort at Chengde / see also 避暑山莊|避暑山庄[bi4 shu3 shan1 zhuang1] (history)
清史列传 清史列傳 qīng shǐ liè zhuàn Biographic History of Qing Dynasty by a succession of authors, published 1928 and revised 1987, with biographies of 2,900 notable Qing commoner citizens, 80 scrolls
江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld syn
先后 先後 xiān hòu early or late / first and last / priority / in succession / one after another syn
来不及 來不及 lái bu jí there's not enough time (to do sth) / it's too late (to do sth) syn
后期 後期 hòu qī late stage / later period syn
不及 bù jí to fall short of / not as good as / too late syn
深夜 shēn yè very late at night syn
迟到 遲到 chí dào to arrive late syn
迟迟 遲遲 chí chí late (with a task etc) / slow syn
前妻 qián qī ex-wife / late wife syn
深秋 shēn qiū late autumn syn
熬夜 áo yè to stay up late or all night
迟了 遲了 chí le late
去年底 qù nián dǐ late last year / the end of last year
无厘头 無厘頭 wú lí tóu silly talk or "mo lei tau" (Cantonese), genre of humor emerging from Hong Kong late in the 20th century
晚点 晚點 wǎn diǎn (of trains etc) late / delayed / behind schedule / light dinner syn
袁绍 袁紹 yuán shào Yuan Shao (153-202), general during late Han, subsequently warlord
已故 yǐ gù the late / deceased syn
趁早 chèn zǎo as soon as possible / at the first opportunity / the sooner the better / before it's too late syn
先人 xiān rén ancestor / forefather / sb's late father syn
小春 xiǎo chūn 10th month of the lunar calendar / Indian summer / crops sown in late autumn syn
宵夜 xiāo yè midnight snack / late-night snack
明末 míng mò late Ming / first half of the 17th century
月末 yuè mò end of month / late in the month syn
梅雨 méi yǔ East Asian rainy season (in late spring and early summer) syn
误诊 誤診 wù zhěn to misdiagnose / to be late in giving medical treatment
滞纳金 滯納金 zhì nà jīn overdue fine / late fine
姗姗来迟 姍姍來遲 shān shān lái chí to be late / to arrive slowly / to be slow in the coming syn
三更半夜 sān gēng bàn yè in the depth of the night / very late at night syn
后来居上 後來居上 hòu lái jū shàng lit. late-comer lives above (idiom) / the up-and-coming youngster outstrips the older generation / the pupil surpasses the master syn
半夜三更 bàn yè sān gēng in the depth of night / late at night syn
亡羊补牢 亡羊補牢 wáng yáng bǔ láo lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom) / fig. to act belatedly / better late than never / to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted syn
张角 張角 zhāng jué Zhang Jue (-184), leader of the Yellow turban rebels during the late Han
消夜 xiāo yè nighttime snack / late-night supper syn
先父 xiān fù deceased father / my late father syn
王世充 wáng shì chōng Wang Shichong (-621), general of late Sui and opponent of early Tang
黄巢 黃巢 huáng cháo Huang Chao (-884), leader of peasant uprising 875-884 in late Tang
三民主义 三民主義 sān mín zhǔ yì Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People (late 1890s)
闯王 闖王 chuǎng wáng Chuangwang or Roaming King, adopted name of late Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng 李自成 (1605-1645)
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
起早贪黑 起早貪黑 qǐ zǎo tān hēi to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late syn
赶早 趕早 gǎn zǎo as soon as possible / at the first opportunity / the sooner the better / before it's too late syn
张宝 張寶 zhāng bǎo Zhang Bao (-184), leader of the Yellow Turban rebels during the late Han 漢朝|汉朝[Han4 chao2]
热干面 熱乾面 rè gān miàn noodles served hot, with toppings including sesame paste and soy sauce – popular in Wuhan as a breakfast dish or late-night snack
误点 誤點 wù diǎn not on time / late (public transport, airlines) / overdue / behind schedule / delayed syn
张献忠 張獻忠 zhāng xiàn zhōng Zhang Xianzhong (1606-1647), leader of a late-Ming peasant revolt
晚育 wǎn yù late childbirth / to have a child at a later age
郑玄 鄭玄 zhèng xuán Zheng Xuan (127-200), late Han scholar
误工 誤工 wù gōng to be late for or absent from work / to disrupt one's work / to cause a holdup in the work / loss of working time / a holdup syn
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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