"under sb's name" Chinese-English Dictionary

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名下 míng xià under sb's name syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
邓拓 鄧拓 dèng tuò Deng Tuo (1912-1966), sociologist and journalist, died under persecution at the start of the Cultural Revolution / wrote under the pen name Ma Nancun 馬南邨|马南邨
本名 běn míng original name / real name / (of foreigners) first name / given name
冒名顶替 冒名頂替 mào míng dǐng tì to assume sb's name and take his place (idiom) / to impersonate / to pose under a false name syn
眼袋 yǎn dài puffiness under the eyes / bags under the eyes
解放战争 解放戰爭 jiě fàng zhàn zhēng War of Liberation (1945-49), after which the Communists 共產黨武裝|共产党武装 under Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东 took over from the Nationalists 國民政府|国民政府 under Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石
假借 jiǎ jiè to make use of / to use sth as pretext / under false pretenses / under the guise of / masquerading as / lenient / tolerant / loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character acquiring meanings by phonetic association / also called phonetic loan syn
假藉 jiǎ jiè to use sth as pretext / under false pretenses / under the guise of / masquerading as
根据任择议定书提出的来文工作组 根據任擇議定書提出的來文工作組 Working Group on Communications under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women / Working Group on Communications under the Optional Protocol
专利合作条约实施细则 專利合作條約實施細則 Regulations under the Patent Cooperation Treaty / Regulations under the PCT
灯下黑 燈下黑 dēng xià hēi (lit.) it's dark right under the lamp / (fig.) people tend to overlook things right under their noses
大名 dà míng famous name / your distinguished name / one's formal personal name / (Japanese history) daimyo syn
约翰 約翰 yuē hàn John (name) / Johan (name) / Johann (name)
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
学名 學名 xué míng scientific name / Latin name (of plant or animal) / (according to an old system of nomenclature) on entering school life, a formal personal name given to new students
花名 huā míng name of a person on the household register (old) / name on a roster / professional name of a prostitute / pseudonym / nickname
表字 biǎo zì literary name (an alternative name of a person stressing a moral principle) / courtesy name syn
名不副实 名不副實 míng bù fù shí the name does not reflect the reality (idiom) / more in name than in fact / Reality does not live up to the name. / Excellent theory, but the practice does not bear it out. syn
代字 dài zì abbreviated name of an entity (e.g. 皖政, a short name for 安徽省人民政府) / code name / (old) pronoun
戈尔 戈爾 gē ěr Gore (name) / Al Gore (1948-), US vice-president 1993-2001 under Bill Clinton, subsequently environmental campaigner and Nobel Peace laureate
伯杰 伯傑 bó jié (name) Berger / Samuel Berger, former US National Security Advisor under President Carter
鲁宾 魯賓 lǔ bīn Rubin (name) / Robert E. Rubin (1938-), US Treasury Secretary 1995-1999 under President Clinton
以本人名 yǐ běn rén míng under one's own name / named after oneself
伯颜 伯顏 bà yán Bayan (name) / Bayan of the Baarin (1236-1295), Mongol Yuan general under Khubilai Khan, victorious over the Southern Song 1235-1239 / Bayan of the Merkid (-1340), Yuan dynasty general and politician
贴牌 貼牌 tiē pái to supply products to be marketed under the buyer's brand name / to manufacture OEM products
名称 名稱 míng chēng name (of a thing) / name (of an organization) syn
姓名 xìng míng surname and given name / full name syn
抬头 抬頭 tái tóu to raise one's head / to gain ground / account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc syn
名义 名義 míng yì name / titular / nominal / in name / ostensible purpose syn
天后 tiān hòu Tin Hau, Empress of Heaven, another name for the goddess Matsu 媽祖|妈祖[Ma1 zu3] / Tin Hau (Hong Kong area around the MTR station with same name)
品名 pǐn míng name of product / brand name
金陵 jīn líng pre-Han name for Nanjing / common place name
化名 huà míng to go by an alias / to assume a false name / alias / pseudonym / assumed name syn
维多利亚 維多利亞 wéi duō lì yà (name) Victoria / (place name) Victoria (capital of the Seychelles, southeastern state in Australia etc)
永乐 永樂 yǒng lè Yongle Emperor, reign name of third Ming emperor Zhu Di 朱棣[Zhu1 Di4] (1360-1424), reigned 1403-1424, temple name 明成祖[Ming2 Cheng2 zu3]
点名 點名 diǎn míng roll call / to mention sb by name / (to call or praise or criticize sb) by name syn
起名 qǐ míng to name / to christen / to take a name
并称 並稱 bìng chēng joint name / combined name syn
阿兰 阿蘭 ā lán Alan, Allen, Allan, Alain etc (name) / A-lan (Chinese female name)
申城 shēn chéng alternative name for Shanghai 上海[Shang4 hai3] / alternative name for Xinyang City, Henan 信陽市|信阳市[Xin4 yang2 Shi4]
小名 xiǎo míng pet name for a child / childhood name syn
高梁 gāo liáng Takahashi (name) / Takahashi city in Okayama prefecture, Japan / Highbridge (name)
洪武 hóng wǔ Hongwu Emperor, also written Hung-wu Ti, reign name of first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋[Zhu1 Yuan2 zhang1] (1328-1398), reigned 1386-1398, temple name 明太祖[Ming2 Tai4 zu3]
弗洛伊德 fú luò yī dé Floyd (name) / Freud (name) / Dr Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), the founder of psychoanalysis
年号 年號 nián hào reign title / era name (name for either the entire reign of an emperor or one part of it) / year number (such as 2016 or 甲子)
正德 zhèng dé Zhengde Emperor, reign name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhu Houzhao 朱厚照[Zhu1 Hou4 zhao4] (1491-1521), reigned 1505-1521, temple name 明武宗[Ming2 Wu3 zong1]
假名 jiǎ míng false name / pseudonym / alias / pen name / the Japanese kana scripts / hiragana 平假名[ping2 jia3 ming2] and katakana 片假名[pian4 jia3 ming2] syn
百胜 百勝 bǎi shèng BaiSheng, common name for Chinese company / PakSing, common Hong Kong company name
雅各 yǎ gè Jacob (name) / James (name)
别称 別稱 bié chēng another name / alternative name syn
俗名 sú míng vernacular name / lay name (of a priest) syn
乳名 rǔ míng infant name / pet name for a child syn
有名无实 有名無實 yǒu míng wú shí lit. has a name but no reality (idiom) / exists only in name / nominal syn
天顺 天順 tiān shùn Tianshun Emperor, reign name of eighth Ming Emperor 朱祁鎮|朱祁镇[Zhu1 Qi2 zhen4] (1427-1464), reigned 1457-1464, temple name Yingzong 英宗[Ying1 zong1]
未命名 wèi mìng míng untitled / unnamed / no name / nameless / unknown name
代称 代稱 dài chēng alternative name / to refer to sth by another name / antonomasia
宣德 xuān dé Xuande Emperor, reign name of fifth Ming emperor Zhu Zhanji 朱瞻基[Zhu1 Zhan1 ji1] (1398-1435), reigned 1426-1436, temple name 明宣宗[Ming2 Xuan1 zong1]
chēng to weigh / to state / to name / name / appellation / to praise syn
shì clan name / maiden name syn
short name for Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4] / old name of Jialing River 嘉陵江[Jia1 ling2 Jiang1] in Sichuan
xún (archaic) name of a plant mentioned in ancient texts / name of a state that existed during the Zhou dynasty in present-day Shanxi
old name of a river in Jiangxi / place name
name of a river / place name
名副其实 名副其實 míng fù qí shí not just in name only, but also in reality (idiom) / aptly named / worthy of the name syn
名从主人 名從主人 míng cóng zhǔ rén (idiom) to refer to sth by the name its owners use / to refer to a place by the name its inhabitants use (e.g. refer to Seoul as 首爾|首尔[Shou3 er3] rather than 漢城|汉城[Han4 cheng2])
有名亡实 有名亡實 yǒu míng wáng shí lit. has a name but no reality (idiom) / exists only in name / nominal
佛洛伊德 fó luò yī dé Floyd (name) / Freud (name) / Dr Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), the founder of psychoanalysis
明和 míng hé Minghe, rail station in South Taiwan / Meiwa (Japanese reign name 1764-1772) / Meiwa (common name for Japanese companies or schools)
莫杰斯特 莫傑斯特 mò jié sī tè Modest (name) / Modeste (name)
亚历山大 亞歷山大 yà lì shān dà Alexander (name) / Alexandria (town name)
中间名 中間名 zhōng jiān míng middle name / second given name
同名同姓 tóng míng tóng xìng having same given name and family name
问名 問名 wèn míng to enquire, according to custom, after the name and horoscope of intended bride / one of a set of six traditional marriage protocols (六禮|六礼), in which name as well as date and time of birth (for horoscope) are formally requested of the prospective bride's family
寄名 jì míng adopted name / to take a name (of one's adoptive family)
岩仓 岩倉 yán cāng Iwakura, Japanese name and place-name
拉鲁 拉魯 lā lǔ Lhalu, Tibetan name and place name / Lhalu Tsewang Dorje (1915-2011), Tibetan pro-Chinese politician / Lhalu suburb of Lhasa
明天启 明天啟 míng tiān qǐ Tianqi Emperor, reign name of fifteenth Ming emperor Zhu Youxiao 朱由校[Zhu1 You2 xiao4] (1605-1627), reigned 1620-1627, temple name 明熹宗[Ming2 Xi1 zong1]
景泰 jǐng tài Jingtai county in Baiyin 白銀|白银[Bai2 yin2], Gansu / Jingtai Emperor, reign name of seventh Ming Emperor Zhu Qiyu 朱祁鈺|朱祁钰[Zhu1 Qi2 yu4] (1428-1457), reigned 1449-1457, temple name 代宗[Dai4 zong1]
欧文 歐文 ōu wén Owen (name) / Erwin (name) / Irvine, California
洪熙 hóng xī Hongxi Emperor, reign name of fourth Ming emperor Zhu Gaochi 朱高熾|朱高炽[Zhu1 Gao1 chi4] (1378-1425), reigned (1424-1425), temple name 明仁宗[Ming2 Ren2 zong1]
name of river / old name of Baihe 白河 in Henan / same as 育水
淯水 yù shuǐ name of river / old name of Baihe 白河 in Henan / same as 育水
登记名 登記名 dēng jì míng to register one's name / account name (on a computer)
百合子 bǎi hé zi Yuriko, Japanese female given name, translates Christian name Lily
空名 kōng míng vacuous reputation / name without substance / in name only / so-called
育水 yù shuǐ name of river / old name of Baihe 白河 in Henan
讳名 諱名 huì míng taboo name / name of deceased
鲁德维格 魯德維格 lǔ dé wéi gé Ludwig (name) / Ludovic (name)
鸠山 鳩山 jiū shān Hatoyama, Japanese name and place name / Hatoyama Yukio (1947-), Japanese Democratic Party politician, prime minister 2009-2010
命名日 mìng míng rì name day (tradition of celebrating a given name on a certain day of the year)
无产权名 無產權名 trivial name / non-proprietary name
小强 小強 xiǎo qiáng (slang) cockroach ("Little Qiang" was originally the name given to a dead cockroach that had supposedly been a pet of the lead character in the 1993 Hong Kong comedy movie "Flirting Scholar". Subsequently, it came to be used as a name for any cockroach, and also for characters in film and television who are seemingly indestructible or repeatedly resurrected.)
奶名 nǎi míng pet name for a child / infant name syn
yān name of an immortal / ancient place name / surname Yan
弘治 hóng zhì Hongzhi Emperor, reign name of ninth Ming emperor 朱祐樘[Zhu1 You4 tang2] (1470-1505), reigned 1487-1505, temple name 明孝宗[Ming2 Xiao4 zong1]
泰格尔 泰格爾 tài gé ěr Tegel (name) / Tiger (name)
líng character used in Taiwan as a substitute for a real name (like "X" in English) / variant of 〇[ling2] / character used in Taiwan as a substitute for a real name (like "X" in English) / variant of 〇[ling2]
卡秋莎 kǎ qiū shā Katyusha (name) / name of a Russian wartime song / nickname of a rocket launcher used by the Red Army in WWII / also written 喀秋莎
喀秋莎 kā qiū shā Katyusha (name) / name of a Russian wartime song / nickname of a rocket launcher used by the Red Army in WWII syn
直呼其名 zhí hū qí míng (idiom) to address sb directly by name / to address sb by name without using an honorific title (indicating familiarity or overfamiliarity)
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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