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"unknown name" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
未命名 wèi mìng míng untitled / unnamed / no name / nameless / unknown name
Chinese Pinyin Translation
约翰 約翰 yuē hàn John (name) / Johan (name) / Johann (name)
不明 bù míng not clear / unknown / to fail to understand syn
未知 wèi zhī unknown syn
大名 dà míng famous name / your distinguished name / one's formal personal name / (Japanese history) daimyo syn
默默无闻 默默無聞 mò mò wú wén obscure and unknown (idiom) / an outsider without any reputation / a nobody / an unknown quantity syn
不得而知 bù dé ér zhī unknown / unable to find out
问号 問號 wèn hào question mark (punct.) / unknown factor / unsolved problem / interrogation syn
冷门 冷門 lěng mén a neglected branch (of arts, science, sports etc) / fig. a complete unknown who wins a competition syn
未知数 未知數 wèi zhī shù unknown number / (fig.) an unknown / an uncertainty
鲜为人知 鮮為人知 xiǎn wéi rén zhī rarely known to anyone (idiom) / almost unknown / secret to all but a few syn
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
音译 音譯 yīn yì transliteration (rendering phonetic value, e.g. of English words in Chinese characters) / characters giving phonetic value of Chinese word or name (when the correct characters may be unknown) / transcription (linguistics) / to transcribe phonetic symbols syn
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
本名 běn míng original name / real name / (of foreigners) first name / given name
不清楚 bù qīng chu unclear / not understood / currently unknown syn
探秘 探祕 tàn mì to explore a mystery / to probe the unknown
花名 huā míng name of a person on the household register (old) / name on a roster / professional name of a prostitute / pseudonym / nickname
姜子牙 薑子牙 jiāng zǐ yá Jiang Ziya (c. 1100 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), partly mythical sage advisor to King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhou1 Wen2 wang2] and purported author of “Six Secret Strategic Teachings” 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]
周作人 zhōu zuò rén Zhou Zuoren (1885-1967), brother of Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4], academic in Japanese and Greek studies, briefly imprisoned after the war as Japanese collaborator, persecuted and died of unknown causes during the Cultural Revolution
蔺相如 藺相如 lìn xiāng rú Ling Xiangru (dates unknown, 3rd century BC), famous statesman of Zhao 趙國|赵国
表字 biǎo zì literary name (an alternative name of a person stressing a moral principle) / courtesy name syn
不为人知 不為人知 bù wéi rén zhī not known to anyone / secret / unknown syn
下落不明 xià luò bù míng unaccounted / unknown whereabouts syn
不知去向 bù zhī qù xiàng whereabouts unknown / gone missing syn
名不见经传 名不見經傳 míng bù jiàn jīng zhuàn (lit.) name not encountered in the classics / unknown (person) / nobody syn
来历不明 來歷不明 lái lì bù míng (idiom) of unknown origin / of dubious background
未详 未詳 wèi xiáng unknown / unclear
名义 名義 míng yì name / titular / nominal / in name / ostensible purpose syn
姓名 xìng míng surname and given name / full 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)
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
名称 名稱 míng chēng name (of a thing) / name (of an organization) syn
化名 huà míng to go by an alias / to assume a false name / alias / pseudonym / assumed name syn
弗洛伊德 fú luò yī dé Floyd (name) / Freud (name) / Dr Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), the founder of psychoanalysis
点名 點名 diǎn míng roll call / to mention sb by name / (to call or praise or criticize sb) by name syn
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
起名 qǐ míng to name / to christen / to take a name
阿兰 阿蘭 ā lán Alan, Allen, Allan, Alain etc (name) / A-lan (Chinese female 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
别称 別稱 bié chēng another name / alternative name syn
小名 xiǎo míng pet name for a child / childhood name syn
代称 代稱 dài chēng alternative name / to refer to sth by another name / antonomasia
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
金陵 jīn líng pre-Han name for Nanjing / common place 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]
并称 並稱 bìng chēng joint name / combined name syn
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]
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]
乳名 rǔ míng infant name / pet name for a child 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]
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
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]
高梁 gāo liáng Takahashi (name) / Takahashi city in Okayama prefecture, Japan / Highbridge (name)
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)
俗名 sú míng vernacular name / lay name (of a priest) syn
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]
那么 那麼 nà me like that / in that way / or so / so / so very much / about / in that case syn
名字 míng zi name (of a person or thing) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
号 號 hào ordinal number / day of a month / mark / sign / business establishment / size / ship suffix / horn (wind instrument) / bugle call / assumed name / to take a pulse / classifier used to indicate number of people syn
名 míng name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people syn
总 總 zǒng general / overall / to sum up / in every case / always / invariably / anyway / after all / eventually / sooner or later / surely / (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zong3 jing1 li3] or 總編|总编[zong3 bian1] etc syn
水 shuǐ water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4]) / (coll.) lacking in substance / shoddy / (bound form) additional cost / extra income / classifier for washings of a garment syn
杰克 傑克 jié kè Jack (name)
命 mìng life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc syn
代表 dài biǎo representative / delegate / CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4],名[ming2] / to represent / to stand for / on behalf of / in the name of syn
收 shōu to receive / to accept / to collect / to put away / to restrain / to stop / in care of (used on address line after name) syn
字 zì letter / symbol / character / word / CL:個|个[ge4] / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China syn
帽子 mào zi hat / cap / (fig.) label / bad name / CL:頂|顶[ding3] syn
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
汤姆 湯姆 tāng mǔ Tom (name)
称 稱 chēng to weigh / to state / to name / name / appellation / to praise syn
莱 萊 lái name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc) / Chenopodium album syn
华盛顿 華盛頓 huá shèng dùn Washington (name) / George Washington (1732-1799), first US president / Washington, US State / Washington, D.C. (US federal capital)
乔治 喬治 qiáo zhì George (name)
弗兰克 弗蘭克 fú lán kè Frank (name)
比尔 比爾 bǐ ěr Bill (name)
大卫 大衛 dà wèi David (name) / Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825), French neoclassical painter
签名 簽名 qiān míng to sign (one's name with a pen etc) / to autograph / signature syn
彼得 bǐ dé Peter (name)
姓 xìng family name / surname / to be surnamed ... syn
玛丽 瑪麗 mǎ lì Mary or Marie (name) / Mali
卡尔 卡爾 kǎ ěr Karl (name)
丹尼 dān ní Danny (name)
尼克 ní kè Nick (name)
罪名 zuì míng charge / accusation / stigma / bad name / stained reputation syn
安娜 ān nà Anna (name)
亨利 hēng lì Henry (name) / henry (unit of inductance)
登记 登記 dēng jì to register (one's name) syn
迈克尔 邁克爾 mài kè ěr (name) Michael
詹姆斯 zhān mǔ sī James (name) / LeBron James (1984-), NBA player
凯文 凱文 kǎi wén Kevin (person name)
哈里 hā lǐ Harry or Hari (name)
莎拉 shā lā Sara or Sarah (name)
签字 簽字 qiān zì to sign (one's name) / signature syn
托尼 託尼 tuō ní Tony (name)
一家 yī jiā the whole family / the same family / the family ... (when preceded by a family name) / group
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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