Seventeen

( sh q!
seventeen / 17
] n" variant of Q / [na3]
sh#u hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of
work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) /
convenient / CL: / |/ / [shuang1], / |; / [zhi1]
j$ self / oneself / sixth of 10 heavenly stems / / / / sixth in
order / letter "F" or roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / hexa
+ png flat / level / equal / to tie (make the same score) / to draw
(score) / calm / peaceful / see also + / / |+ / = / [ping2 sheng1]
q y"n eye / small hole / crux (of a matter) / CL: / |; / [zhi1], / |/
/ [shuang1] / classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc)
[ n! this (Cantonese) / see also Q / [li1]
du variant of | / | / [dou4]
ji" first of the ten heavenly stems / / / / [shi2 tian1 gan1] /
(used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to
a contract etc) / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or
toes) nail / bladed leather or
] zh (used in given names) / variant of ] / [zhe2]
d!ng fourth of 10 heavenly stems / / / / fourth in order / letter
"D" or roman "IV" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / butyl / cubes (of
food)
dn egg / oval-shaped / CL: / | / [ge4],] / [da2]
= x!n (of taste) hot or pungent / hard / laborious / suffering / eighth of
the ten heavenly stems / / / / eighth in order / octa
, y$ second of 10 heavenly stems / / / / second in order /
letter "B" or roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / second party
(in legal contract, usually , / / / [yi3 fang1], as opposed to / / /
[jia3 fang1])
chn variant of / [chun2]
Q l! this (Cantonese) / see also [ / [ni1] / see also Q / Q / p / p /
|Q / Q / / / [li1 li1 luo1 luo1]
mng awn (of cereals) / arista (of grain) / tip (of a blade) /
Miscanthus sinensis (type of grass) / variant of U / , Mt Mang at
Luoyang in Henan
zh%o see / q / , (onom.) twitter / twittering sound
hu variant of / | / [hua2]
( b$ng third of 10 heavenly stems / / / / third in order / letter
"C" or roman "III" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / propyl
[ Su the Sui dynasty (581-617 AD) / surname Sui
= M see = / + / [Mu4 ping2]
na sentence-final particle (abbr. for [ / # / [ne5 a5] or variant of
Q / [na5])
[ bng see [ / / scale / platform balance / (loanword) pound (unit
of weight, about 454 grams)
j g%ng old variant of j / [gang1]
g&ng age / seventh of the 10 Heavenly Stems / / / / seventh
in order / letter "G" or roman "VII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc /
hepta
] hn variant of ] / [han4]
cun old variant of / [cuan4]
d' variant of / | / [du3]
] zh%n variant of / |] / [zhan1]
[ ch! sound of giggling / see } / [ / [hu1 chi1]
[ Y short name for Chongqing / @ / | / / [Chong2 qing4] /
old name of Jialing river @ / [ / / [Jia1 ling2 jiang1] in Sichuan
j w fifth of 10 heavenly stems / / / / fifth in order / letter "E"
or roman "V" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / penta
bi to chant / see ) / ] / |) / / [fan4 bai4]
rn ninth of 10 heavenly stems / / / / ninth in order / letter "I"
or roman "IX" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / nona
q ji variant of / |q / [jiu4]
@ z%n old variant of @ / [zan1]
} b!n Japanese variant of / | / [bin1] / used in Japanese place
names such as Yokohama @ / } / | / } / [Heng2 bin1] with
phonetic value hama
p gu$ tenth of 10 heavenly stems / / / / tenth in order / letter
"J" or roman "X" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / deca
l%ng (onom.) bang / clank / see / / , clatter
} Y$ng Ying, ancient capital of Chu ] / in Hubei, Jianling county /
[ / \ / | / [ /
bi%o variant of / [biao1]
ku%ng (onom.) clang / see / / , clatter
] ku see ] / @ / [kou4 mao4]
] g(u see ] / / |] / / [gou1 lou2]
[ y%n variant of Q / |[ / [yan1] / cigarette / tobacco / smoke
tu( archaic variant of | / [tuo1]
xi%n long-grained rice / same as ]
su# see @ / @ / | / / [suo3 na4]
wi to preserve / to maintain / to hold together / dimension /
vitamin (abbr. for / / / | / / / [wei2 sheng1 su4])
lin to link / to join / to connect / continuously / in succession /
including / (used with / , @ / etc) even / company (military)
y$n see / / , indole C8H7N
ji"o foot / leg (of an animal or an object) / base (of an object) /
CL: / |/ / [shuang1], / |; / [zhi1] / classifier for kicks
du# see / / , indole C8H7N
zo see p / / | / / , to create a disturbance / to make
trouble / to harass
h see / / | / / [he2 le5]
le see / / | / / [he2 le5]
z zh) cinnabar / see U / ( / |z / ( / [zhu1 sha1]
hu see / / | / / [hui4 hui4]
tu( variant of j / || / [tuo1]
| Ji"ng surname Jiang / refers to Chiang Kai-shek ] / ) / { / || /
) / {
y" mute, incapable of speech / same as [ / | / [ya3]
yn see p / / | / / [yun2 dang1]
] w variant of ] / |] / [wa4]
xi"ng variant of / | / [xiang3]
xi%o xiao, a free reed mouth organ with five or more pipes blown
from the bottom / same as ] / @ / |] / / also translated as pan
pipes
q zh% see / q / , (onom.) twitter / twittering sound
g variant of j / | / , disaster
hu variant of / | / , cat-calling sound / clamor / noise
q xi"ng variant of / | / , soldier's pay
# chn variant of / [chun2]
variant of ] / | / [e2]
| ch variant of [ / [chi2]
xi"n Japanese variant of / |
d%ng see p / / | / / [yun2 dang1]
b see / / | / / [Bi4 xi4]
b see / / | / / [bu4 zi5]
li variant of Q / [li5]
m "cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14),
occurring in / , / , g / etc / see also [ / j / g / | / _ / /
[tu1 bao3 gai4] / see also + / j / g / |+ / _ / / [ping2 bao3 ga
g%n so (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: / ] / | / / [zhe4
yang4]
zh to respect / old variant of ] / [zhe2] / philosophy / wisdom /
intuitive knowledge / to revere
) xi"n old variant of / | / [xian3] / visible / apparent
5 lo Japanese variant of / |
@ na (variant of Q / na5)
lo see / / [lan2 lao2], confused talk
| b( phonetic bo / used in onomatopoeia / see } / } / | / [hu1 hu1
bo1], hoopoe bird
l zo variant of / or lu / z / o / / , to make trouble
zh* particle used for interjection (Cantonese) / see also / Q /
[zhe3 li1]
tng old variant of / [tang2]
mio variant of / |[ / [miao4]
ji variant of / |q / , stable / barn
ji variant of / |q / , stable / barn
j cng Japanese variant of / |J
j n"o Japanese variant of / |
g%ng old variant of j / [gang1]
sh time (old form of / | / ) / season / era / age / period
Q Zho name invented for herself by Tang empress Wu Zetian [ /
@ / / / |[ / / / / [Wu3 Ze2 tian1]
| yng Japanese variant of ] / |
} yu%n variant of } / |] / [yuan1]
] z#ng Japanese variant of ] / |
[ du Japanese variant of | / |
[ du variant of | / | / , to fight / to struggle / to condemn / to
censure / to contend / to put together / coming together
du variant of | / | / [dou4]
du variant of | / | / , to fight / to struggle / to condemn / to
censure / to contend / to put together / coming together
x see / / | / / [Bi4 xi4]
z(ng see @ / / [weng1 zong1]
g%n archaic variant of / | / [gan1]
g%n variant of / | / [gan1]
lu( see / / | / / [luo1 suo5]
no see @ / / [ao4 nao2]
hu"ng old variant of y / [huang3]
@ zh%n variant of / |] / [zhan1]
bi%o variant of / [biao1]
j b$ng variant of / | / [bing3]
variant of ] / | / [e2] / goose
| g(ng zu to work / (of a machine) to operate / job / work / task /
CL: / | / [ge4],] / [fen4],] / | / [xiang4]
[ ni rng content / substance / details / CL: / | / [ge4],] / |
/ [xiang4]
f w to serve / service / CL:] / | / [xiang4]
| j sh technology / technique / skill / CL:| / | / [men2],@ / | /
[zhong3],] / | / [xiang4]
hu dng to exercise / to move about / to operate / activity /
loose / shaky / active / movable / maneuver / to use connections /
CL:] / | / [xiang4], / | / [ge4]
[} yn ji) research / a study / CL:] / | / [xiang4]
gu"ng go to advertise / a commercial / advertisement / CL:] /
| / [xiang4]
Q g(ng chng engineering / an engineering project / project /
undertaking / CL: / | / [ge4],] / | / [xiang4]
y w business / professional work / service / CL:] / | /
[xiang4]
, ju dng to decide (to do something) / to resolve / decision /
CL: / | / [ge4],] / | / [xiang4] / certainly
} j hu plan / project / program / to plan / to map out / CL: / | /
[ge4],] / | / [xiang4]
| { di bi"o representative / delegate / CL:] / [wei4], / | /
[ge4], / [ming2] / to represent / to stand for / on behalf of / in the
name of
Q dio ch investigation / inquiry / to investigate / to survey /
survey / (opinion) poll / CL:] / | / [xiang4], / | / [ge4]
q y"n jing eye / CL: / |; / [zhi1], / |/ / [shuang1]
] rn wu mission / assignment / task / duty / role / CL:] / | /
[xiang4], / | / [ge4]
q g"i g reform / CL:, / [ci4],@ / | / [zhong3],] / | / [xiang4] /
to reform
=| sh&ng mng statement / declaration / CL:] / | / [xiang4],] /
[fen4]
chng j achievement / performance records / grades / CL:] /
| / [xiang4], / | / [ge4]
[} S chu%n Sichuan province (Szechuan) in southwest China,
abbr. } / or 5 / , capital Chengdu / @
xi y agreement / pact / protocol / CL:] / | / [xiang4]
g y! sh&ng doctor / CL: / | / [ge4],] / [wei4], / [ming2]
j!ng l$ manager / director / CL: / | / [ge4],] / [wei4], /
[ming2]
d"ng yun political party member / CL: / [ming2],] / [wei4],
/ | / [ge4]
r j diary / CL:@ / | / [ze2],4 / [ben3], / [pian1]
y"n yun actor or actress / performer / CL: / | / [ge4],] /
[wei4], / [ming2]
f%n y to translate / to interpret / translator / interpreter /
translation / interpretation / CL: / | / [ge4],] / [wei4], / [ming2]
Q X!n ji%ng Xinjiang / Uighur autonomous region / Q / / /
[ / / / g / | / Q / / / / / / |
z#ng t#ng president (of a country) / CL: / | / [ge4],] /
[wei4], / [ming2], / |g / [jie4]
9} tio ku"n clause (of contract or law) / CL:] / | / [xiang4]
[} w"ng yu online game / abbr. for / ] / / J / |[ / / } /

/ g(ng rn worker / CL: / | / [ge4], / [ming2]
| xio zh"ng (college, university) president / headmaster / CL: /
| / [ge4],] / [wei4], / [ming2]
y w duty / obligation / commitment / volunteer duty / CL:] / |
/ [xiang4] / mandatory / voluntary
] w' j!n metal hardware (nuts and bolts) / the five metals: gold,
silver, copper, iron and tin / / q / / ) / | / / / /
[ w"ng l network (computer, telecom) / Internet / Taiwanese term
for / ] / |[ / / [wang3 luo4]
@ b zh"ng head of a (government etc) department / section chief
/ section head / secretary / minister / CL: / | / [ge4],] / [wei4], /
[ming2]
| sh! fu master / qualified worker / respectful form of address for
older men / CL: / | / [ge4],] / [wei4], / [ming2]
jio lin instructor / sports coach / trainer / CL: / | / [ge4],] /
[wei4], / [ming2]
j! dn (chicken) egg / hen's egg / CL: / | / [ge4],] / [da2]
z#ng l$ premier / prime minister / CL: / | / [ge4],] / [wei4],
/ [ming2]
\J fn t$ elaborate form / traditional form of Chinese, as opposed to
simplified form | / / | / J / [jian3 ti3]
zng hng lit. warp and weft in weaving / vertically and
horizontal / length and breadth / criss-crossed / able to move
unhindered / abbr. for / q / / @ / | / / / / [He2 zong4
Lian2 heng2], School of Diplomacy during the Wa
+ png m$ square meter / short for + / / /
Chng %n Chang'an (ancient name of Xi'an / / [Xi1 an1])
capital of China during Tang Dynasty / / [Tang2 chao2] / now |
/ / g / | / / | / [Chang2 an1 Qu1], a district of Xi'an
] l$ng xi leader / CL: / | / [ge4],] / [wei4], / [ming2]
] ci pn judgment / to referee / umpire / judge / referee / CL: /
| / [ge4],] / [wei4], / [ming2]
hu z#ng summary / to summarize / to collect (data, receipts etc)
/ to gather and report / also written g / ] / | /
[ s j four seasons, namely: spring { / , summer / , autumn |
/ and winter <
S) lin Soviet Union, 1922-1991 / abbr. for Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics (USSR) @ / / | / | / / / / ] / | / g /
/ / | / / | / | / / / / ] / | / g
g& bo arm / CL: / |; / [zhi1], / |9 / [tiao2], / |/ /
[shuang1]
gn m see $ / / | / / [gan4 ma2]
4 b*n l$ng skill / ability / capability / CL:] / | / [xiang4], / | /
[ge4]
7] d sh$ ambassador / envoy / CL: / [ming2],] / [wei4]
sh#u to glove / mitten / CL: / |/ / [shuang1], / |; / [zhi1]
ji"ng xing award / prize / CL:] / | / [xiang4]
Hu qio overseas Chinese / (in a restricted sense) Chinese
emigrant who still retains Chinese nationality / CL: / | / [ge4],] /
[wei4], / [ming2]
p| K%ng x! Kangxi or K'ang Hsi, second Qing Emperor (1661-1722)

| kui zi chopsticks / CL: / | / [dui4],| / [gen1], / [ba3], /
|/ / [shuang1]
7 D wi David (name) / Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825),
French neoclassical painter
png w*i judging panel member / adjudicator / selector / abbr.
for [ / g / / @ / / / @ / | / / / / / / / [ping2
xuan3 wei3 yuan2 hui4 wei3 yuan2]
y t topic of discussion / topic / subject / issue (under
discussion) / CL:] / | / [xiang4]
z s%n xing three items / three events / three terms / tri- /
trinomial, ternary (math.) / triathlon (abbr. for z / ] / / / |z /
/ / / )
] w zi socks / stockings / CL: / |; / [zhi1], / | / [dui4], /
|/ / [shuang1]
| Ji%ng y!n Jiangyin county level city in Wuxi # / ) / |/ / /
[Wu2 xi1], Jiangsu
) D zh(u Dezhou prefecture level city in Shandong / abbr. for
/ / / # / ) / | / / / # / ) / , Texas
q!ng tng bronze (alloy of copper q / | / and tin ) / | / [xi1])

Qin Lng Qianlong or Ch'ien-lung, emperor of the Qing
dynasty, reigned sixty years (1735-1796)
]5 w# ko bosh! / crap! / see also ] / 5 / [wa1 kao4]
]( tu( xi slippers / sandals / flip-flops / CL: / |/ / [shuang1], /
|; / [zhi1]
) Y x!ng Yixing county level city in Wuxi # / ) / |/ / / [Wu2
xi1], Jiangsu
Y#ng l Yongle Emperor, reign name of third Ming emperor Zhu
Di z / ] / [Zhu1 Di4] (1360-1424), reigned 1403-1424, Temple name
| / / / [Ming2 Cheng2 zu3]
] jn r erhua variant of ] / | / [jin4]
_ B"o j! Baoji prefecture level city in Shaanxi / called Chencang |
/ [ / | / / [Chen2 cang1] in ancient times
y yn fable / CL:@ / | / [ze2]
) M ji The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien | / [ / / || /
/ / [Tuo1 er3 jin1]
3 g(ng nu:3 palace maid / CL: / | / [ge4], / [ming2],] /
[wei4]
Q m jng sunglasses / CL: / |; / [zhi1], / |/ / [shuang1],j /
[fu2]
Ni dn Newton (name) / Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), British
mathematician and physicist
l w*i abbr. for / / / @ / / | / / / / / [li4 fa3
wei3 yuan2 hui4] / abbr. for / / / @ / | / / / / [li4 fa3
wei3 yuan2]
[ B% J!n Ba Jin (1904-2005), novelist, author of the trilogy / , {
/ , |
L Lng k#u Longkou county level city in Yantai Q / / |[ / / ,
Shandong
) hu rn variant of / ) / | / ) / [hua2 ran2]
[ @ Zh(u Y Zhou Yu or Chou Y / (175-210), famous general of
the southern Wu kingdom and victor of the battle of Redcliff / in
Romance of the Three Kingdoms, absolutely no match for Zhuge
Liang
Y(ng zh&ng Yongzheng, reign name of Qing emperor (1722-
1735)
, gn m see $ / / | / / [gan4 ma2]
ji" z$ first year of the sixty-year cycle (where each year is
numbered with one of the 10 heavenly stems / / / [tian1 gan1]
and one of the 12 earthly branches ] / / [di4 zhi1]) / the sixty-year
cycle
X! Xi Western Xia dynasty 1038-1227 of Tangut people / ]
/ | / / occupying modern Ningxia and parts of Gansu and
Shaanxi, overthrown by Mongols
]p W( ku Japanese pirates (in 16th and 17th century)
, ji" y$ first two of the ten heavenly stems / / /
[ Su Tng Sui (581-617) and Tang dynasties (618-907)
[ s sh the four seasons, namely: spring { / , summer / ,
autumn | / and winter <
j M" l% Marat (name) / Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793), Swiss
scientist and physician
Q Jin y an old name for Nanjing, called Jiankang Q / p / or
Jianye during the Eastern Jin (317-420)
( Lng zh Lexus / see also / / / # / | / / / # / [Lei2
ke4 sa4 si1]
|j h& ch to berate / to excoriate / to chide / also written } / j /
[he1 chi4]
+ Qn l$ng Qinling mountain range in Shaanxi forming natural
barrier between Guanzhong plain [ / / + / [ / |3 / / + / [ /
[Guan1 zhong1 ping2 yuan2] and Han River / / | / / [Han4
shui3] valley
bi%n chng border city / name of short story by Shen Congwen
/ / / | / J /
(# G%o s! Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855), German
mathematician / Gauss, unit of magnetic induction
du( tng polysaccharide (complex carbohydrate such as starch
# / | / | / | / and cellulose # / / / | / / / )
{ hu f Living Buddha / title of Mongolian Lamas from 17th
century
t( b xi cloth shoes / CL: / |/ / [shuang1], / |; / [zhi1]
@ tng j!ng variant of ] / @ / | / @ / menstrual pain /
dysmenorrhea
( B*i sh%n northern mountain / refers to Mt Mang U / / at
Luoyang in Henan
z#ng bi%n chief editor (of newspaper) / abbr. for ] / / $ / |
/ /
q$ng %n to pay respects / to wish good health / in Qing times, a
specific form of salutation (see also ] / / [da3 qian1])
|2 Mng m late Ming / first half of the 17th century
p K%ng d Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), German philosopher
= F&ng rn Fengrun district of Tangshan city / / / [Tang2
shan1 shi4], Hebei
M" Ch%o Ma Chao (176-222), general of Shu in Romance of the
Three Kingdoms
]) n" zh! variant of Q / ) / [na3 zhi1]
9| hu# j! see ] / 9 / / |] / 9 / | / [da3 huo3 ji1]
# xing yng variant of | / ] / || / / [xiang4 yang4]
D(ng Jn Eastern Jin dynasty 317-420
] p%i m" to urge on a horse by patting its bottom / fig. to
encourage / same as ] / } / g / |] / / g / , to flatter or toady
z# Zh) X! Zhu Xi or Chu Hsi (1130-1200), also known as Master
Zhu z / / , Song dynasty Confucian writer and propagandist,
founder of neo-Confucianism
@ G& d Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), German poet
and dramatist
hun png environmental impact assessment (EIA) / abbr. for [
/ / / @ / [ / ] / | / / / @ / / ]
@ Ji% qng Jiaqing, reign name of Qing emperor (1796-1820)
7 li ji% Six schools of pre-Han philosophy, as analyzed by / }
/ j / | / / / [Si1 ma3 Tan2] (| / / [Ru2 jia1], / / [Dao4
jia1], / | / || / | / [yin1 yang2], / / [Fa3 jia1],
m d! motorcycle taxi / abbr. for / | / / / / | / | /
/ / / [mo2 tuo1 che1 di2 shi4]
[ zh(u j help to the needy / emergency relief / charity / to give to
poorer relative / (also / } / | / / )
, [ Hng W' Hongwu Emperor, also written Hung-wu Ti, reign
name of first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang z / / W / [Zhu1 Yuan2
zhang1] (1328-1398), reigned 1386-1398, Temple name | / 7 / /
[Ming2 Tai4 zu3]
Zu# Zhun Zuo Zhuan or Tsochuan, Mr Zuo's Annals or Mr
Zuo's commentary on { / | / [Chun1 qiu1], early history c. 400 BC
attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming / | / | / [Zuo3
Qiu1 ming2]
wi sh&ng abbr. for / | / / / | / | / / / [wei2 chi2
sheng1 huo2]
]] d" d'n to doze off / to drop to sleep momentarily / (see also ] /
/ / )
q K(ng tng Kongtong district of Pingliang city + / / / |+ /
/ / [Ping2 liang2 shi4], Gansu
] L$ Yu%n Li Yuan, personal name of first Tang emperor Gaozu
/ ( / / [Tang2 Gao1 zu3] (566-635), reigned 618-626
Zhng D Zhengde Emperor, reign name of eleventh Ming
emperor Zhu Houzhao z / [ / | / [Zhu1 Hou4 zhao4] (1491-1521),
reigned 1505-1521, Temple name | / [ / / [Ming2 Wu3 zong1]
[ ji" mng false name / pseudonym / alias / pen name / the
Japanese kana scripts / hiragana + / [ / / and katakana ) / [ /

g [ W&n w"ng Wimbledon lawn tennis championship / abbr. for /
t / [ / / / ] / ; / / / |g / t / / / [ / ] / ; / ] /

]5 w% ko (lit.) I cry! / Oh, bosh! / Shoot! / (Taiwanese ] / 5 / ,
POJ pr. [go / kh / u])
g%n zh! the 10 heavenly stems / / / / and 12 earthly
branches / / | / sexagenary cycle
] | w' y!n five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la /
five initial consonants of Chinese phonetics, namely: Q / | / , ; / |
/ , / | / , / | / | / | / , / |
@ ji"o tng sharp pain / cramp / griping pain / colic / angina, cf ( /
/ @ / |( / / @
] hn g(ng welder / solderer / CL: / [ming2] / welding
] w% s%i see ] / ] / [wa1 sai1]
G(u Jin King Gou Jian of Yue (c. 470 BC), sometimes
considered one of the Five Hegemons { / | / ] /
q lo g"i abbr. for / / q / / | / / q / / [lao2 dong4
gai3 zao4] / reform through labor / laogai (prison camp)
[ Su cho Sui dynasty (581-617)
] chu! xi%o to play the xiao / (mouth organ) / to beg while
playing pipes / cf politician Wu Zixu ] / / / , c. 520 BC destitute
refugee in Wu town, / / ] / @ / | / / ] / / to busk /
virtuoso piper wins
j L su( Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), Enlightenment
philosopher
L$ wi Titus Livius or Livy (59 BC-17 AD), Roman historian
[ = s sh&ng the four tones of classical Chinese phonetics, namely:
level or even tone + / / |+ / = / , third tone / / | / = / ,
fourth tone / / | / = / , entering tone / / / |/ / = / the
/ L$ B!ng Li Bing (c 230 BC) historical hydraulic engineer of
DuJiangYan @ / /
L' S Lu Su or Lu Zijing @ / / @ / | / / @ / (172-217),
statesman, diplomat and strategist of Eastern Wu 9 / / | /
(} G%o Xing Gao Xiang (1688-1753), Qing dynasty painter
q Hu j!n Hawkins or Hawking / Stephen Hawking (1942-), British
physicist and author of A Brief History of Time / [ / | / / | /
/ /
] j! d" laser printer / abbr. for / / / ] / H / / | / / / ] / H
/ | / [ji1 guang1 da3 yin4 ji1]
F&ng chng The Windy City, nickname for Chicago / [ / /
[Zhi1 jia1 ge1], Wellington, New Zealand / g / | / | / / /
[Hui4 ling2 dun4] and Hsinchu, Taiwan / } / [Xin1 zhu2]
Q c%ng hung variant of [ / / | / / [cang1 huang2]
] dio yn variant of / ] / [diao4 yan4]
| Mng sh$ History of the Ming Dynasty, twenty fourth of the 24
dynastic histories / / [ / / [Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under
Zhang Tingyu / j / / | / j / / [Zhang1 Ting2 yu4] in 1739
during the Qing Dynasty, 3
/ %n rn to pacify the people / landlady (old) / wife of @ / / / | /
/ / [yuan2 wai4], landlord
Q zhng peng variant of / Q / | / Q / [zhang4 peng5]
z Zh) zi Master Zhu, another name for Zhu Xi z / #
Q Jin Wn Jianwen Emperor, reign name of second Ming
Emperor Zhu Yunwen z / ) / ] / [Zhu1 Yun3 wen2] (1377-1402),
reigned 1398-1402
]@ %i y( interjection of pain or surprise / also written ] / q / |] /

S)n Bn Sun Bin (-316 BC), political strategist of the School of
Diplomacy q / @ / / | / / / [Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the
Warring States Period (425-221 BC)
/ Ti%n shn Tianshun Emperor, reign name of eighth Ming
Emperor z / | / / |z / | / / [Zhu1 Qi2 zhen4] (1427-1464),
reigned 1457-1464, Temple name Yingzong / / [Ying1 zong1]
S) Qn Su Qin (340-284 BC), political strategist of the School of
}{ f"n yu anti-rightist / abbr. for } / { / } / | / / |} / { / } /
/ / [Fan3 you4 pai4 Dou4 zheng1]
/ shu%ng hung a form or theatrical double act, popular since
Qing times, with one player seated stage front and acting out the
poem or song of the second player hidden at the back (also written
/ / |/ / / ) / double reed (as used in oboe or bassoo
Hu b Chinatown / also called / / / | / [Tang2 ren2 jie1]
Lin Hng Horizontal Alliance, clique of the School of
,[ Sh% b% Sabah, state of Malaysia in north Borneo ) / / , / |)
/ / ,
t D!ng Lng Ding Ling (1904-1986), female novelist, author of
novel The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River 7 / | / | / ] / 3 /
/ , / / |7 / | / | / ] / 3 / / , / / , attacked during the
1950s as a
| tu( c pretext / excuse / also written | / / || /
| gn xio school for cadres / May 7 Cadre School ] / ( / $ / |
/ |] / ( / / |
[ Wi z abbr. for / / [ / [ / | / / / [ / , Uighur
(Uyghur) ethnic group of Xinjiang
{ H"i dn Haydn (name) / Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809),
Austrian classical composer
j O) l% Leonhard Euler (1707-1783), Swiss mathematician
Jn sh) History of the Jin Dynasty, fifth of the 24 dynastic
histories / / [ / / [Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Fang
Xuanling [ / / / |[ / / / [Fang2 Xuan2 ling2] in 648 during
Tang Dynasty /
{ bi j!ng white whale / beluga / Moby Dick, novel by Herman
Melville / / / / [ / / [ / | / / / / / / / /
[He4 man4 + / Mai4 er3 wei2 er3]
c%ng c variant of [ / ] / | / ] / [cang1 cu4]
Li An1 Liu An (179-122 BC), King of Huainan under the
Western Han, ordered the writing of the / [ / / [Huai2 nan2 zi5]

Xu%n d Xuande Emperor, reign name of fifth Ming emperor
Zhu Zhanji z / @ / ] / [Zhu1 Zhan1 ji1] (1398-1435), reigned 1426-
1436, Temple name | / / / [Ming2 Xuan1 zong1]
\ Li Y Liu Yi (-285), famous incorruptible official of Western Jin
dynasty the Western Jin dynasty / / | / / [Xi1 Jin4] (265-
316) / Liu Yi (-412), general of Eastern Jin dynasty 9 / / | / /
[Dong1 Jin4] (317-420)
(_ x!n xu School of Mind / Neo-Confucian Idealistic School (from
Song to mid-Qing times, c. 1000-1750, typified by the teachings of
Wang Yangming / | / | / | / | / | / [Wang2 Yang2 ming2])
Hn l Hanlu or Cold Dew, 17th of the 24 solar terms / / [
/ / ( / | / / [ / / / 8th-22nd October
Tng Yn Tang Bohu / ] / / or Tang Yin (1470-1523),
Ming painter and poet, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming
/ [ / [ / 7 / _ /
Yn z$ Yanzi (-c 500 BC), famous statesman from Qi of the
Warring States, also known as / / , hero of book / / { / |

Tu( tu( Toktoghan (1314-1355), Mongol politician during the
Yuan dynasty, prime minister until 1345, compiled three dynastic
histories of Song 7 / / , Liao } / / | / / and Jin / / also
written Tuoketuo | /
{/ Y"ng gu%ng Yangon (Rangoon), main city of south Myanmar
(Burma), the national capital until November 2005, when the capital
moved to Naypyidaw [ / ] / @ / or Pyinmana | / } / ] / | / /
]
[| Su di Sui dynasty (581-617)
Z$ Gng Zi Gong or Duanmu Ci / 7 / [ / | / 7 / /
[Duan1 mu4 Ci4] (520 BC-), disciple of Confucius
zhng peng variant of / Q / | / Q / [zhang4 peng5]
j X l Schiller (name) / Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
or Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805), German poet and dramatist
{, Sh T%o Shi Tao (1642-1707), Chinese landscape painter and
poet
| tu( c a pretext / an excuse / also written j / j / || /
|t Mng rn Akihito, Emperor of Japan (reigned from 1989 under
the reign name Heisei + / / )
| Yun Mi Yuan Mei (1716-1798), famous Qing poet and critic,
one of Three great poets of the Qianlong era / @ / z / 7 /
5 ho k) to bawl / to cry / to wail / to howl / also written / 5 / |j
/ 5 / [hao2 ku1]
K ln Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (1736-1806), French
physicist / Coulomb (unit of charge)
] + w' l$ng the five ranges separating Hunan and Jiangxi from
south China, esp. Guandong and Guangxi, namely: Dayu 7 / / @ /
|7 / / + / [Da4 yu3 ling3], Dupang @ / g / @ / |@ / / + / [Du1
pang2 ling3], Qitian '
} c%ng c variant of [ / ] / | / ] / [cang1 cu4]
3 j nu:3 stepdaughter / CL: / | / [ge4], / [ming2]
{ H"i ni Heinrich Heine (1797-1856), German lyric poet
{ Xi) m David Hume (1711-1776), Scottish Enlightenment
philosopher
f y' variant of | / / | / / [fu4 yu3]
Hu Sh! Hui Shi, also known as Hui-zi / / [Hui4 zi5](c. 370-
310 BC), politician and philosopher of the School of Logicians /
/ [Ming2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
] W Hn Wu Han (1909-1969), historian, author of biography of
Zhu Yuanzhang z / / W / , hounded to his death together with
several members of his family during the cultural revolution
Tng sh) same as j / / @ / | / / / [Jiu4 Tang2 shu1],
History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic
histories / / [ / / [Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Liu Xu
/ / | / ,
c%ng hung greenish yellow / sallow (pale or yellow complexion)
/ variant of [ / / | / / [cang1 huang2]
) xng mng criminal law (abbr. for pre-Han legalist school ) / /
, / _ / ) / name of crime
sh& zhng see / / | / / [she1 zhang4]
r hung one of the two chief types of music in Chinese opera /
Peking opera / also written / / [er4 huang2] / see also / [ /
[xi1 pi2]
z' w*i organizational committee / abbr. for / # / / @ / /
| / / / /
Yn Y!ng Yanzi (-c 500 BC), famous statesman from Qi of the
Warring States, also known as / / , hero of book / / { / |

\ Z&ng G#ng Zeng Gong (1019-1083), Song dynasty writer, one
of the Eight Giants / 7 / / / 7 /
y chun fishing boat / same as [ / / | /
| y' xu& rain boots / rubber boots / CL: / |/ / [shuang1]
y" zi mute person / dumb person / (more commonly called [ /
[ / | / [ / [ya3 ba5])
j Y' Xn Yu Xin (513-581), poet from Liang of the Southern
dynasties [ / / / / and author of Lament for the South /
/ [ / | / | / / [ /
( xu* xi snowshoes / CL: / |/ / [shuang1]
j A1 l$ Ali (proper name) / Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib (c. 600-661),
cousin, aid and son-in-law of the Prophet Mohammed | / = / J /
/ , the fourth Caliph ] / / / |] / / / of Islam, reigned 656-
661, and the first Imam
][ ch(u y%n variant of ] / Q / |] / [ / [chou1 yan1] / to smoke (a
cigarette, tobacco)
q du y"n see | / j / q / | / / q / [dou4 ji1 yan3]
7 Ti H Lake Tai near Wuxi City # / ) / |/ / / , bordering on
Jiangsu and Zhejiang, one of China's largest fresh water lakes,
currently heavily polluted
} B( d Johann Elert Bode (1747-1826), German astronomer
@ D!ng L*i Ding Lei (1971-), founder and CEO of NetEase / \ /
|[ / \ / [Wang3 yi4]
[ Hu Qn Later Qin of the Sixteen Kingdoms (384-417)
Ln k Rank (name) / Leopold von Ranke (1795-1886),
important German historian
] L$ Jng Li Jing (570-649 AD), Tang Dynasty general and
purported author of &rdquo / Duke Li of Wei answering Emperor
Taizong of Tang&rdquo / / 7 / / / | / ; / | / / | / 7 /
/ / / ; / /
|| Mng h Minghe, rail station in South Taiwan / Meiwa (Japanese
reign name 1764-1772) / Meiwa (common name for Japanese
companies or schools)
N ji%ng Nujiang river of south Tibet and northwest Yunnan, the
upper reaches of Salween river / [ / / / | / / g / / ,
forming border of Myanmar and Thailand
T Qing li Qionglai county level city in Chengdu / @ / [Cheng2
du1], Sichuan
d!ng y#u thirty fourth year D10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1957 or
2017
D!ng q!ng D / ngq / n county, Tibetan: Steng chen rdzong, in
Chamdo prefecture / @ / ] / g / | / @ / ] / | / [Chang1 du1
di4 qu1], Tibet
g%n ning godmother (see also / / )
[ Qin lng Qianling at Xianyang j / | / / |j / | / / in
Shaanxi, burial site of third Tang emperor ( / / and empress
Wuzetian [ / @ / / / |[ / / /
{ Y! w Yiwu county in Kumul prefecture ] / g / ] / g / |] / g /
] / | / [Ha1 mi4 di4 qu1], Xinjiang
{ q Y! nng Yining city and county or Ghulja nahiyisi in Ili Kazakh
autonomous prefecture { / / ] / / / / / ) / |{ / / ] /
/ / / / ) / [Yi1 li2 Ha1 sa4 ke4 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang
{) Y! zh(u Tang dynasty province in modern Xinjiang, around
Kumul ] / g / [Ha1 mi4] / Illinois (US state)
{ Y! l the Ili river basin around Turpan in Xinjiang / abbr. for { /
/ ] / / / / / ) / |{ / / ] / / / / / ) / [Yi1 li2
Ha1 sa4 ke4 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Ili Kazakh autonomous prefectu
{ Y! t(ng Yitong Manchurian autonomous county in Siping [ / + /
, Jilin
[ Y! %n Yi'an county in Qiqihar { / { / ] / [ / | / / ] / /
[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang
[ Y! ln Yilan county in Harbin ] / [ / / |] / / / [Ha1 er3
bin1], Heilongjiang
j Xn y Xinyi county level city in Maoming p / / , Guangdong
c%ng hung variant of [ / / | / / [cang1 huang2] / in a
panic / flurried
G ji Gejiu, county level city in Yunnan, capital of Honghe Hani
and Yi autonomous county / , / ] / / [ / / [ / / / ) /
| / , / ] / / [ / $ / [ / / / ) / [Hong2 he2
K sh%n Keshan county in Qiqihar { / { / ] / [ / | / / ] /
/ [Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang
K d(ng Kedong county in Qiqihar { / { / ] / [ / | / / ] /
/ j B% s Baxoi county, Tibetan: Dpa' shod rdzong, in Chamdo
prefecture / @ / ] / g / | / @ / ] / | / [Chang1 du1 di4 qu1],
Tibet
9 lng y to deteriorate / to decline / to slump / also written [ / 9
] Li J! Liu Ji or Liu Bowen / ] / / | / ] / g / (1311-
1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zu Yuanzhang z / /
W / , with a reputation as a military genius
Li X Liu Xu (887-946), politician in Later Jin of the Five
Dynasties @ / / |[ / / , compiled History of Early Tang Dynasty
j / / @ / | / /
| Li X! Liu Xi (late Han, c. 200 AD), possibly the author of Q /
/ | / / [Shi4 ming2]
{ M*ng h"i Menghai county in Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous
prefecture / / / q / [ / [ / / / ) / | / / / / / [ /
[ / / / ) / [Xi1 shuang1 ban3 na4 Dai3 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1],
Yunn
M*ng l Mengla county in Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous
prefecture / / / q / [ / [ / / / ) / | / / / / / [ /
[ / / / ) / [Xi1 shuang1 ban3 na4 Dai3 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1],
Yunna
|) Hu zh(u Huazhou county level city in Maoming p / / ,
Guangdong
([ B*i tng Beitang district of Wuxi city # / ) / / |/ / / /
[Wu2 xi1 shi4], Jiangsu
sh g%n same as / / / the 10 heavenly stems / , , / , ( /
, / , j / , / , / , = / , / , p / (used cyclically in the calendar
and as ordinal number like Roman I, II, III)
[ Nn g"ng Nangang district of Harbin ] / [ / / |] / / /
[Ha1 er3 bin1] in Heilongjiang
[ Nn chng Nanchang district of Wuxi city # / ) / / |/ / /
/ [Wu2 xi1 shi4], Jiangsu
| B xn abbr. for | / / / [ / / || / / / / [ / [Bo2
xun4 Xin1 wen2 wang3], Boxun, US-based dissident Chinese news
network
} f"n Yun opposing Yuan Shikai / ] / Q / | / ] / / in War
of national protection 1915-1916 / same as } / / | / / |} / /
/
Cng ti Congtai district of Handan city | / / / || / / /
[Han2 dan1 shi4], Hebei
G' y* Guye district of Tangshan city / / / [Tang2 shan1
shi4], Hebei
H Zng Vertical Alliance, clique of the School of Diplomacy q
/ @ / / | / / / [Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the Warring States
Period (425-221 BC)
] J d" Kedah, state of northwest Malaysia, capital Alor Star /
p / / ] / | / / / ] / [Ya4 luo2 shi4 da3]
% qn -azine / heterocyclic compound containing nitrogen in their
ring such as pyridine / [ / [bi3 ding4] C5H5N, pyrazine / / |
/ / [da1 qin2] C4H4N2 or pyrimidine / [ / [mi4 ding4] C4H4N2
Lu:3 Mng L / Meng (178-219), general of the southern state of
Wu
Lu:3 l"n "Mr L / 's Annals", same as / { / { / | / | / { /
{ / | / [Lu:3 shi4 Chun1 qiu1]
] ti b to read aloud / also written ] / W / |] /
} H) ln Hulan district of Harbin ] / [ / / |] / / / [Ha1
er3 bin1] in Heilongjiang
]) H% p Harper (name) / see also # / / / / ] / ) / [Si1
di4 fen1 + / Ha1 po4]
{ Tng h"i Tanghai county in Tangshan / / [Tang2 shan1],
Hebei
h) sho to whistle (with fingers in one's mouth) / nowadays
written } /
zh* l variant of / Q / [zhe3 li1]
lu( su( see / / | / / [luo1 suo5]
[ s lng four divinities / four divine emperors / four mythical
creatures symbolic of propsperity and longevity, namely phoenix @ /
| / [feng4], turtle / | / [gui1], dragon @ / | / [long2], Chinese
unicorn / # / [qi2 lin2]
[ Hu h Huihu, Tang dynasty name of ethnic group
corresponding to modern Uighur / / [ / | / / / [Wei2 wu2
er3]
) Xi zh(u old place name (up to Tang), in Hengshan county @ /
/ \ / | / / / , Yulin, Shaanxi
Du( ln Duolun county in Xilin Gol league ) / V / } / / /
| / V / } / / / [Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 meng2], Inner Mongolia
7g D y Dayi county in Chengdu / @ / [Cheng2 du1], Sichuan
[ Ku tn Kuitun city or K / ytun shehiri in Ili Kazakh autonomous
prefecture { / / ] / / / / / ) / |{ / / ] / / / /
/ ) / [Yi1 li2 Ha1 sa4 ke4 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang
Tu# b former county from 1983 in Chamdo prefecture / @ /
] / g / | / @ / ] / | / [Chang1 du1 di4 qu1], Tibet / replaced by
Qamdo, Zhag'yab and Jomdo counties in 1999
S)n Zh) Sun Zhu (1711-1778), poet and compiler of Three
hundred Tang dynasty poems / j / z / / / | / / z / /
/ [Tang2 shi1 san1 bai3 shou3] / also known by assumed name @
/ [ / / / [Heng2 ta
7| Sng Q Song Qi (998-1061), Song dynasty poet and writer,
coauthor of History of the Later Tang Dynasty / / @ / | / /

Wn xin Wan former county, now Shunping county / + / \ /
| / + / / [Shun4 ping2 xian4] in Baoding J / , / [Bao3 ding4],
Hebei
{ Ch y" Zhag'yab county, Tibetan: Brag g-yab rdzong, in
di4 qu1], Tibet
q| Nng g%ng former Ninggang county in Jiangxi, now within
Jinggangshan county level city J / | / / / |J / | / / /
[Jing3 gang1 shan1 shi4] in Ji'an / / , Jiangxi
q) Nng *r Ning'er county in Yunnan / abbr. for Ning'er Hani and Yi
autonomous county j / ) / ] / / [ / / [ / / / \ / |q / )
/ ] / / [ / $ / [ / / /
sh*n gn to examine the cadres / same as @ / Q / $ / @ / | /
Q / / @
_ B"o sh%n Baoshang District of Shanghai / Baoshan District of
Shuangyashan city / | / / |/ / / / [Shuang1 ya1 shan1],
Heilongjiang / Baoshan or Paoshan township in Hsinchu County /
} / \ / | / } / / [Xin1
_( B"o q!ng Baoqing county in Shuangyashan / | / / |/ /
/ / [Shuang1 ya1 shan1], Heilongjiang
_= B"o f&ng Baofeng county in Pingdingshan + / | / / |+ / /
/ [Ping2 ding3 shan1], Henan
, Ji%n sh%n Jianshan district of Shuangyashan city / | / /
|/ / / / [Shuang1 ya1 shan1], Heilongjiang
[( Shng zh Shangzhi county level city in Harbin ] / [ / / |] /
/ / [Ha1 er3 bin1], Heilongjiang
7 N m Ny / mo county, Tibetan: Snye mo rdzong in Lhasa j /
/ |j / / [La1 sa4], Tibet
j Chng xn Chongxin county in Pingliang + / / |+ / / [Ping2
liang2], Gansu
Chng %n Chong'an (common place name) / Chong'an district of
Wuxi city # / ) / / |/ / / / [Wu2 xi1 shi4], Jiangsu
) Chng zh(u Chongzhou county level city in Chengdu / @ /
[Cheng2 du1], Sichuan
+ L$ng d(ng Lingdong district of Shuangyashan city / | / /
Zu# gng Zogang county, Tibetan: Mdzo sgang rdzong, in
di4 qu1], Tibet
[H b% ji variant of [ / H / [ba1 ji5]
[@ B% yn Bayan county in Harbin ] / [ / / |] / / / [Ha1
er3 bin1], Heilongjiang
g%n no variant of / / | / Q / [gan1 rao3], to interfere
g%n y variant of / ] / | / / [gan1 yu4]
K k Cook (name) / Captain James Cook (1728-1779), British
navigator and explorer
+ Gu"ng png Guangping county in Handan | / / || / /
[Han2 dan1], Hebei
Gu"ng din State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television
/ abbr. for [ / / / / / ] / ] / [ / | / / / / / /
/ [ / [Guang3 bo1 Dian4 ying3 Dian4 shi4 Zong3 ju2]
/ Yn shu Yanshou county in Harbin ] / [ / / |] / / /
[Ha1 er3 bin1], Heilongjiang / to extend life
+ Yn png Yanping district of Nanping city [ / + / / [Nan2
ping2 shi4] Fujian / Yanping township in Taitung county g / 9 / \ /
| / / / [Tai2 dong1 xian4], southeast Taiwan
Q Jin (u Jian'ou county level city in Nanping [ / + / [Nan2
ping2] Fujian
Q Jin hu Jianhua district of Qiqihar city { / { / ] / [ / | / /
] / / [Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang
Q| Jin yng Jianyang county level city in Nanping [ / + / [Nan2
ping2] Fujian
] dio yn variant of / ] / | / ] / [diao4 yan4]
Zh%ng Y Zhang Yi (-309 BC), political strategist of the School
of Diplomacy q / @ / / | / / / [Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the
) Zh%ng Rng Jung Chang (1952-), British-Chinese writer, name
at birth Zhang Erhong / / } / | / / / [Zhang1 Er4 hong2],
author of Wild Swans } / / / ] / |} / / / / [Ye3 Tian1 e2] and
Mao: The Unknown Story
) Png zh(u Pengzhou county level city in Chengdu / @ /
[ h) sho to whistle (with fingers in one's mouth) / nowadays
written } /
Hu zi Hui-zi also known as Hui Shi / / [Hui4 Shi1] (c. 370-
310 BC), politician and philosopher of the School of Logicians /
/ [Ming2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
Hu sh%n Huishan district of Wuxi city # / ) / / |/ / / /
[ yng m"o to answer the roll call at [ / / |[ / / [mao3 shi2],
i.e. between 5 and 7 am / fig. to put in a conventional appearance
Chng %n Chang'an county in Handan | / / || / / [Han2
dan1], Hebei
[ Chng Y Chengdu / @ / and Chongqing / @ / | /
Chng hu Chenghua district of Chengdu city / @ / /
[Cheng2 du1 shi4], Sichuan
] sh#u d" hand typewriter (as opposed to electric typewriter),
abbr. for / ] / / / | / ] / / |
] Zh%o yu"n Zhaoyuan county level city in Yantai Q / / |[ / /
, Shandong
)@ Bi qun Baiquan county in Qiqihar { / { / ] / [ / | / / ]
/ / [Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang
@ tng t) variant of / / [tang2 tu1]
| Zhng h Zhenghe county in Nanping [ / + / [Nan2 ping2]
Fujian
, X!n j!n Xinjin county in Chengdu / @ / [Cheng2 du1], Sichuan

} X!n yun Xinyuan county or K / nes nahiyisi in Ili Kazakh
@ X!n d) Xindu or Newtown district of Chengdu city / @ / /
{ = Ch)n cn Hill of Spring (derivation of Tel Aviv | / j / / 9 /
|| / j / / 9 / from the book of Ezekiel J / / ] / @ / |J / /
/ / )
Zh%o s) Zhaosu county or Mongghulk / re nahiyisi in Ili
Kazakh autonomous prefecture { / / ] / / / / / ) / |{ /
/ ] / / / / / ) / [Yi1 li2 Ha1 sa4 ke4 zi4 zhi4 zhou1],
Xinjiang
@) P' *r Pu'er prefecture level city in Yunnan / county capital of
Ning'er Hani and Yi autonomous county j / ) / ] / / [ / / [ /
/ / \ / |q / ) / ] / / [ / $ / [ / / /
\ J$ng ti Jingtai county in Baiyin { / / |{ / / [Bai2 yin2],
Gansu / Jiangtai Emperor, reign name of seventh Ming Emperor Zhu
Qiyu z / | / / |z / | / / [Zhu1 Qi2 yu4] (1428-1457), reigned
1449-1457, Temple name
\, J$ng hng Jinghong county level city in Xishuangbanna Dai
autonomous prefecture / / / q / [ / [ / / / ) / | / / /
/ / [ / [ / / / ) / [Xi1 shuang1 ban3 na4 Dai3 zu2 zi4
zhi4
[ Q' zh(u Quzhou county in Handan | / / || / / [Han2
dan1], Hebei
Q' shu$ Q / x / county, Tibetan: Chu shur rdzong in Lhasa j /
z zh) l ibis / Japanese crested ibis (Nipponia nippon) / same as
z /
] L$ Zh Li Zhe, personal name of fourth Tang Emperor
Zhongzong / / / [Tang2 Zhong1 zong1] (656-710), reigned
705-710
L$ Zh Li Zhi, personal name of third Tang emperor Gaozong /
( / / [Tang2 Gao1 zong1], (628-683), reigned 649-683
|( S(ng b*i Songbei district of Harbin ] / [ / / |] / / /
| S(ng x! Songxi county in Nanping [ / + / [Nan2 ping2] Fujian
| zh*n kui pillow of clay (used by filial son during Confucian
mourning period) / cf bed of straw and pillow of clay ] / / | / /
| / / | / / [qin3 shan1 zhen3 kuai4]
V[ Ln zh(u Lh / nzhub county, Tibetan: Lhun grub rdzong in
Lhasa j / / |j / / [La1 sa4], Tibet
| Zh! chng Zicheng town in Yidu county / @ / [Yi2 du1],
Yichang / / [Yi2 chang1], Hubei
| K& x! Augustin-Louis Cauchy (1789-1857), French
mathematician
]{ Mi sh Charles Messier (1730-1817), French astronomer who
catalogued nebulas and galaxies
{ X! xi Xixia county level city in Yantai Q / / |[ / / ,
Shandong
{ L tng Leting county in Tangshan / / [Tang2 shan1], Hebei

} Hng b!n Japanese spelling of Yokohama (Chinese spelling @ /
/ | / / [Heng2 bin1])
Zhng z' Jeonjo (1752-1800), 22nd king of Korean Joseon
dynasty
[| W' hu Wuhou district of Chengdu city / @ / / [Cheng2
du1 shi4], Sichuan
[ W' %n Wu'an county level city in Handan | / / || / /
[Han2 dan1], Hebei
Y#ng nin Yongnian county in Handan | / / || / / [Han2
dan1], Hebei
,) R' zh(u Ruzhou county level city in Pingdingshan + / | / /
|+ / / / [Ping2 ding3 shan1], Henan
Ji%ng d Jomdo county, Tibetan: 'Jo mda' rdzong, in Chamdo
Tibet
\ Sh*n F Shen Fu (1763-c. 1810), Qing dynasty writer, author of
Six records of a floating life , / / 7 / / |, / / 7 / / [fu2
sheng1 liu4 ji4]
| B s(ng S.D. Poisson (1781-1840), French mathematician
Ti li Tailai county in Qiqihar { / { / ] / [ / | / / ] / /
[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang
Lu lng Lhorong county, Tibetan: Lho rong rdzong, in Chamdo
Tibet
, | Hng X! Hongxi Emperor, reign name of fourth Ming emperor
Zhu Gaochi z / ( / / |z / ( / / [Zhu1 Gao1 chi4] (1378-1425),
reigned (1424-1425), Temple name | / t / / [Ming2 Ren2 zong1]

P' chng Pucheng county in Nanping [ / + / [Nan2 ping2],
Fujian
] P' n Pune, second city of Mah% / r% / shtra } / ] / j / / |
/ j / } / | / ] / j / / | / j / } / in western India
{| H"i yng Haiyang county level city in Yantai Q / / |[ / / ,
Shandong
} J!ng chu%n Jingchuan county in Pingliang + / / |+ / /
[Ping2 liang2], Gansu
Sh xin She county in Handan | / / || / / [Han2 dan1],
Hebei
[ Y shu$ old name of Jialing River @ / [ / / in Sichuan
through Chongqing / Yushui district of Xinyu city / j / / / , /
/ , Jiangxi
, Zhn h Zhanhe district of Pingdingshan city + / | / / /
|+ / / / / [Ping2 ding3 shan1 shi4], Henan
g W&n ji%ng Wenjiang district of Chengdu city / @ / /
B!n h Binhu district of Wuxi city # / ) / / |/ / / / [Wu2
xi1 shi4], Jiangsu
,[ Lun nn Luannan county in Tangshan / / [Tang2 shan1],
Hebei
, Lun xin Luan county in Tangshan / / [Tang2 shan1],
Hebei
] p hu! incest between father-in-law and daughter-in-law / also
written | /
=+ M png Muping district of Yantai city Q / / / |[ / / / ,
Shandong
g Xun p' mythical fairyland on Kunlun Mountain / / |j / /
[Kun1 lun2]
Y tin Yutian county in Tangshan / / [Tang2 shan1],
Hebei
|[ G%n nn Gannan county in Qiqihar { / { / ] / [ / | / / ] /
Sh&ng d Sinda, name of former county 1983-1999 in Chamdo
Tibet
) ji h) variant of ) / / [jie4 hu1]
D%ng xing Damxung county, Tibetan: 'Dam gzhung rdzong in
{ | bi tu( day care for the elderly (abbr. of { / / / | / | / [bai2
tian1 tuo1 guan3]) / to be blinded by greed / swindler (homonym of )
/ j / |) / | / [bai4 tuo1])
{] Bi Q$ Bai Qi (-258 BC), famous general of Qin / g / | / g /
, the victor at | / + / | / + / in 260 BC / same as ; / ] / ] / |; /
/ ]
b"i z#ng see / ] / | / / [ba3 zong3]
{ Sh lng Shilong district of Pingdingshan city + / | / / / |+
/ / / / [Ping2 ding3 shan1 shi4], Henan
C xin Ci county in Handan | / / || / / [Han2 dan1],
Hebei
] F sh%n Fushan district of Yantai city Q / / / |[ / / / ,
Shandong
Q k(ng hung old reed wind instrument / (possibly used
erroneously for konghou Q / / harp or g / / sheng)
] J Yn Ji Yun (1724-1805), Qing Dynasty writer, author of
supernatural novel Notes on a Minutely Observed Thatched Hut /
| / / / / / | / | / / / \ /
N m$n Labuan, island territory of Malaysia off Sabah coast,
north Borneo ) / / , / |) / / ,
Wi G"ng Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong / abbr. for / / } /
/ / | / / } / / / [Wei2 duo1 li4 ya4 Gang3]
[| w"ng t Internet troll (agent provocateur on forums etc) / abbr.
for / ] / | / / |[ / / | / / etc
@ Shng shn feudal term of praise for ruler, king or emperor /
general term for saint in former times / term for God during the
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 7 / + / / / g / |7 / + / / / g / Holy
Spirit (in Christian Trinity)
Fi xi%ng Feixiang county in Handan | / / || / / [Han2
dan1], Hebei
p H k Hook or Hooke (name) / Robert Hooke (1635-1703),
brilliant English experimental scientist and inventor
[ Ln zh%ng Linzhang county in Handan | / / || / / [Han2
dan1], Hebei
% W' g%ng Wugang county level city in Pingdingshan + / | / /
p Mng k%ng Markam county, Tibetan: Smar khams rdzong, in
di4 qu1], Tibet
Zh! f Zhifu district of Yantai city Q / / / |[ / / / ,
Shandong
p[ Mo nn Maonan district of Maoming city p / / / ,
Guangdong
p Mo g"ng Maogang district of Maoming city p / / / ,
Guangdong
g Zhu%ng lng Zhuanglang county in Pingliang + / / |+ / /
{ Hu tng Huating county in Pingliang + / / |+ / / [Ping2
liang2], Gansu
[ y%n d#u variant of Q / / |[ / / [yan1 dou3]
[ y%n d variant of Q / / |[ / / [yan1 di4] / cigarette butt
Li sh%n Laishan district of Yantai city Q / / / |[ / / / ,
Shandong
) Li zh(u Laizhou county level city in Yantai Q / / |[ / / ,
Shandong
| Li yng Laiyang county level city in Yantai Q / / |[ / / ,
Shandong
l Y xin Ye county in Pingdingshan + / | / / |+ / / /
[Ping2 ding3 shan1], Henan
Mng r Gaspard Monge (1746-1818), French mathematician
P ji%ng Pujiang county in Chengdu / @ / [Cheng2 du1],
Sichuan
Q Png li Penglai county level city in Yantai Q / / |[ / / ,
Shandong / Penglai, one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea,
abode of immortals / by extension, fairyland
@ Xu& J Xue Ji (649-713), one of Four Great Poets of early Tang
/ | / [ / 7 / / [Tang2 chu1 Si4 Da4 jia1]
@ S) Xn Su Xun (1009-1066), northern Song writer of prose /
one of the Three Su z / / and one of Eight Giants / 7 / / / 7 /

S) Zh Su Zhe (1039-1112), northern Song writer and
calligrapher / one of z / / and one of / 7 / / / 7 /
Wi d(ng Weidong district of Pingdingshan city + / | / / /
|+ / / / / [Ping2 ding3 shan1 shi4], Henan
b' qu& old variant of / / | / / [bu3 que1]
] w k leggings / tights / CL: / |9 / [tiao2], / |/ / [shuang1]
, N h Nehe county level city in Qiqihar { / { / ] / [ / | / /
) hu rn variant of / ) / | / ) / , in uproar / commotion /
causing a storm of protest / tumultuous
=[ F&ng nn Fengnan district of Tangshan city / / / [Tang2
shan1 shi4], Hebei
M%o Wng Elvis Presley (1935-1977), US pop singer and film
star / transliterated as | / [ / / # / / @ / / # / } / || / /
/ # / / @ / / # / } / [Ai1 er3 wei2 si1 + / Pu3 lei2
Gng ju Gonjo county, Tibetan: Go 'jo rdzong, in Chamdo
Tibet
c y' variant of [ / / | / / [ci4 yu3]
Zho Ku Zhao Kuo (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao / g
/ | / g / , who famously led an army of 400,000 to total annihilation
at battle of Changping | / + / , / / | / + / , / / in 260 BC /
also called Ma Fu
Zho Y Zhao Ye, Han dynasty historian, author of History of
the Southern States Wu and Yue / / { / | / | / / { / |
Zho Y Zhao Yi (1727-1814), Qing dynasty poet and historian,
one of Three great poets of the Qianlong era / @ / z / 7 /
, T(ng h Tonghe county in Harbin ] / [ / / |] / / / [Ha1
er3 bin1], Heilongjiang
/ Do wi Daowai district of Harbin ] / [ / / |] / / / [Ha1
er3 bin1] in Heilongjiang
Do l$ Daoli district of Harbin ] / [ / / |] / / / [Ha1 er3
bin1] in Heilongjiang
D z! Dagz / county, Tibetan: Stag rtse rdzong in Lhasa j /
| Z)n hu Zunhua county level city in Tangshan / / [Tang2
shan1], Hebei
Qi%n %n Qian'an county level city in Tangshan / / [Tang2
shan1], Hebei
Qi%n x! Qianxi county in Tangshan / / [Tang2 shan1],
Hebei
Bi%n b Banbar county, Tibetan: Dpal 'bar rdzong, in Chamdo
Tibet
| Hn sh%n Hanshan district of Handan city | / / / || / /
/ [Han2 dan1 shi4], Hebei
L Qi) xin Qiu county in Handan | / / || / / [Han2 dan1],
Hebei
@[ Sho w' Shaowu county level city in Nanping [ / + / [Nan2
ping2] Fujian
Ji xin Jia county in Pingdingshan + / | / / |+ / / /
[Ping2 ding3 shan1], Henan
= P xin Pi county in Chengdu / @ / [Cheng2 du1], Sichuan
@@ F&ng d) old variant of / @ / |= / @ / [Feng1 du1] / Fengdu
county Chongqing municipality / name of a famous necropolis
J!n tng Jintang county in Chengdu / @ / [Cheng2 du1],
Sichuan
J!n ni Taurus (star sign) / Jinniu district of Chengdu city / @ /
/ [Cheng2 du1 shi4], Sichuan
J$n ji%ng Jinjiang district of Chengdu city / @ / / [Cheng2
du1 shi4], Sichuan
X! j Wuxi # / ) / |/ / / opera
X! sh%n Xishan district of Wuxi city # / ) / / |/ / / /
x! l pewter (alloy of tin ) / | / , lead / | / and other
metals)
x! l pewter (alloy of tin ) / | / , lead / | / and other
metals)
su# n suona, Chinese shawm / see @ / @ / | /
G Ti* f&ng Tiefeng district of Qiqihar city { / { / ] / [ / | / /
Ti* d(ng Tiedong district of Siping city [ / + / / , Jilin
Ti* x! Tiexi district of Siping city [ / + / / , Jilin / Tiexi district
of Shenyang city / | / / | / | / / , Liaoning
jin sh"ng variant of / ] / | / / [jian4 shang3] / to
appreciate
Chng d"o Changdao county in Yantai Q / / |[ / / [Yan1
tai2], Shandong
+ Chng png Changping, place name in Gaoping County ( / + /
\ / |( / + / / , southern Shanxi, the scene of the great battle of
262-260 BC between Qin and Zhao
] K%i yun Tang emperor Xuanzong's / / / [Tang2 Xuan2
zong1] reign name used during the Kaiyuan era (713-741), a peak of
Tang prosperity
]+ K%i png Kaiping county level city in Jiangmen / | / | / / ,
Guangdong / Kaiping district of Tangshan city / / / [Tang2
shan1 shi4], Hebei
ln k"n see [ / / | / / [lan2 jian4]
H L King Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC) / also
called / [ / | /
+ F png see / + / \ / | / + / / [Fu4 ping2 xian4]
j A1 chng Acheng district of Harbin ] / [ / / |] / / /
[ Lng shu$ Lingshui Lizu autonomous county, Hainan / abbr. for
[ / / J / [ / / / \ / |[ / / J / [ / / / / [Ling2
shui3 Li2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 xian4]
j To l former Taole county, now in Pingluo county + / p / \ /
|+ / / / [Ping2 luo2 xian4], Shizuishan { / Q / / [Shi2 zui3
shan1], Ningxia
j To Qin Tao Qian or Tao Yuanming j / ] / | / |j / } / | /
(c. 365-427), Jin dynasty writer and poet
J xin Jixian county in Shuangyashan / | / / |/ / / /
[Shuang1 ya1 shan1], Heilongjiang
@@ g yun employee / also written / @ / |@ /
/ Shu%ng chng Suangcheng county level city in Harbin ] / [ /
/ |] / / / [Ha1 er3 bin1], Heilongjiang
/ Shu%ng li Shuangliu county in Chengdu / @ / [Cheng2 du1],
Sichuan / Chengdu's main airport
/ Shu%ng lio Shuangliao county level city in Siping [ / + / , Jilin

J! z Jize county in Handan | / / || / / [Han2 dan1],
Hebei
] din d" electric typewriter (as opposed to hand typewriter), abbr.
for / ] / / / | / ] / / |
{ Din bi Dianbai county in Maoming p / / , Guangdong
q Hu chng Huocheng county or Qorghas nahiyisi in Ili Kazakh
Lng ti Lingtai county in Pingliang + / / |+ / / [Ping2
liang2], Gansu
= Q!ng yng Qingyang district of Chengdu city / @ / /
q Jng nng Jingning county in Pingliang + / / |+ / / [Ping2
liang2], Gansu
\ g G#ng li Gongliu county or Toqquztara nahiyisi in Ili Kazakh
Shn ch%ng Shunchang county in Nanping [ / + / [Nan2
ping2], Fujian
[ Yn Hu Yan Hui (521-481 BC), disciple of Confucius, also
known as Yan Yuan / } / | / ] / [Yan2 Yuan1]
xi"n jng microscope / same as / | / y / | / | /
ji"o *r dumpling / pot-sticker / same as / / | /
j Gu"n to Guantao county in Handan | / / || / / [Han2
dan1], Hebei
, Ro h Raohe county in Shuangyashan / | / / |/ / /
/ [Shuang1 ya1 shan1], Heilongjiang
@ Xi%ng f%ng Xiangfang district of Harbin ] / [ / / |] / / /
() G%o zh(u Gaozhou county level city in Maoming p / / ,
Guangdong
Q Wi xin Wei county in Handan | / / || / / [Han2 dan1],
Hebei
y xn variant of [ / / | / / [yu2 xun4]
l' sh$ History of Kingdom Lu / refers to the Spring and Autumn
annals { / | / (edited by Confucius)
L' sh%n Lushan county in Pingdingshan + / | / / |+ / /
/ [Ping2 ding3 shan1], Henan
# Ln j!ng another name for the Spring and Autumn annals { / |
Q sh) History of Qi of the Southern Dynasties, seventh of the
24 dynastic histories / / [ / / [Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by
Xiao Zixian / / / | / / / [Xiao1 Zi3 xian3] in 537 during
Liang of the Southe
Lng ji%ng Longjiang county in Qiqihar { / { / ] / [ / | / /
, Lng sh% Longsha district of Qiqihar city { / { / ] / [ / | /
/ ] / / [Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang
@ Lng qun Longquanyi district of Chengdu city / @ / /
[Cheng2 du1 shi4], Sichuan / Longquan county level city in Lishui @ /
/ | / / [Li2 shui3], Zhejiang
( Png Ju%n Pang Juan (-342 BC), military leader and political
strategist of the School of Diplomacy q / @ / / | / / /
[Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC)
S)n C Sun Ce (175-200), general and major warlord of the
Later Han Dynasty
| W H sh&n Heshen (1746-1799), Manchu official of the Qing
Dynasty who openly practiced various forms of corruption on a grand
scale
[ Ru"n Yun scholar-official in the Qing dynasty (1764-1849)
]m w' s abbr. for ] / m / / / |] / m / / / [wu3 sa4 yun4
dong4], The May Thirtieth Movement (1925)
c%ng hung variant of [ / / | / / [cang1 huang2]
lu luo see / / | / / [lou2 luo5]
lu( s) see / / | / / [luo1 suo5]
Q c%ng hung variant of [ / / | / / [cang1 huang2]
@ d$ng mo abbr. for | / / @ / / | / / @ / / [ding3
ming2 mao4 xing4]
l) s) see / / | / / [luo1 suo5]
/ wi lo abbr. for / / | / / / |/ / | / / / [wai4 ji2 lao2
gong1] / foreign worker
Hng zh Hongzhi Emperor, reign name of ninth Ming emperor
z / ] / / [Zhu1 You4 tang2] (1470-1505), reigned 1487-1505,
Temple name | / / / [Ming2 Xiao4 zong1]
] x! x) see M / / |M / / [xi1 xu1]
Q g(ng chng sh! engineer / CL: / | / [ge4],] / [wei4], /
[ming2]
@ H&i lng ji%ng Heilongjiang province (Heilungkiang) in
northeast China, abbr. @ / , capital Harbin ] / / / Heilongjiang
river forming the border between northeast China and Russia / Amur
river
_ xi"o xu sh&ng primary school student / schoolchild / CL: /
| / [ge4], / [ming2]
yn dng yun athlete / CL: / [ming2], / | / [ge4]
y sh ji% artist / CL: / | / [ge4],] / [wei4], / [ming2]
zhng jin hu China securities regulatory commission CSRC
/ abbr. for / g / g / 5 / g / @ / | / / / @ / / | / g / /
5 / / @ / | / / / /
q F% g"i w*i abbr. for g / / / / | / q / / / @ / /
|g / / / / | / q / / / / / , PRC National
Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), formed in 2003
Hu shng dn Washington (name) / George Washington
(1732-1799), first US president / Washington, US State / Washington,
D.C. (US federal capital)
|/ hu xu"n rn candidate / CL: / [ming2]
j\ Hng lu Mng A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed
edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin @ / / ) / [Cao2 Xue3 qin2], one of
the four great novels
zhng zh ji% statesman / politician / CL: / | / [ge4],] /
[wei4], / [ming2]
| gu"n w*i hu regulatory commission / abbr. for | / / / @
/ / || / / / / / [guan3 li3 wei3 yuan2 hui4]
][ L$ Sh mn Li Shimin, personal name of second Tang emperor
Taizong / 7 / / [Tang2 Tai4 zong1] (599-649), reigned 626-649

@ N p ln Napoleon (name) / Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-
1821), Emperor of France 1804-1815
| S(ng hu% ji%ng Songhua River in Jilin province / V / /
through Harbin ] / / / , a tributary of Heilongjiang @ / @ / /
|@ / /
Bi du( f&n Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
] g& men r erhua variant of / / | / / [ge1 men5]
] Tng B h' Tang Bohu or Tang Yin / / (1470-1523),
Ming painter and poet, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming
/ [ / [ / 7 / _ /
c%n si zh* competitor / CL: / [ming2]
[ Yo ji%n j State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) / abbr.
for g / / | / g / / g / g / @ / | / / [ / |g / / | / g / /
g / / @ / | / / [ / [Guo2 jia1 Shi2 pin3 Yao
y! ge yng same as / ] / | / / [yi1 yang4] / the same
A z' w*i Olympic organizing committee / abbr. for / V /
| / / / / / / # / / @ / / | / V / | / / / /
/ / / / /
| K*n n d Kennedy (name) / J.F. Kennedy (1917-1963), US
Democrat politician, president 1961-1963
] J!n png mi Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus (1617), Ming
dynasty vernacular novel, formerly notorious and banned for its
sexual content
@ ) Co Xu* qn Cao Xueqin (c. 1715-c. 1764), accepted author
of Dream of Red Mansions / / / | / j / \ / [Hong2 lou2
Meng4]
] d" k& shu to doze off / to fall asleep / see also ] / ] / [da3
dun3]
Zh(ng j w*i Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
(CCDI), organization within the CCP which investigates corruption
and other wrongdoing among Party cadres / abbr. for / ] / / 9 /
/ W / ] / Q / / @ / / |
@ Zh(ng Xu%n b Central Propaganda Section / abbr. for / g
/ ] / Q / / / 9 / / @ / / / [ / @ / | / g / ] / / /
/ 9 / / / / / / @ / [Zhong1
{ Wng An1 sh Wang Anshi (1021-1086), Song dynasty
politician and writer, one of the Eight Giants / 7 / / / 7 /
@{ H&i g *r Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831),
German philosopher
[ Ni ji" d Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956-), Iranian
fundamentalist politician, President of Iran from 2005, famous for
provocative speeches / abbr. for } / ] / / / [ / j / / |} / ]
/ y / / [ / /
S! m" Y Sima Yi (179-251), warlord under Cao Cao and
subsequently founder of the Jin dynasty
] Du( *r g'n Dorgon (1612-1651), fourteenth son of Nurhaci }
/ [ / ] / / |} / / ] / / , successful general, instrumental in
Manchu conquest of China, ruled China as regent 1644-1650 for his
nephew Emperor Shunzhi / / &
|g Ji"ng J!ng gu Chiang Ching-kuo (1910-1988), son of Chiang
Kai-shek ] / ) / { / || / ) / { / , Guomindang politician, president
of ROC 1978-1988
V| Ln Z x Lin Zexu or Lin Tse-hsu "Commissioner Lin" (1785-
1850), Qing official whose anti-opium activities led to first Opium war
with Britain 1840-1842
g B"i hu% yun Garden of Many Flowers (name) / Baihua
garden in Hongmiao village , / / | / |, / [ / | / [Hong2 miao4
cun1], Shandong
,} Sh% ji% b%ng "Sha Family's Creek", a Beijing opera classified
as model theater ] / | / J / | / | / / [yang4 ban3 xi4]
7 , d sh% m great desert (e.g. the Taklamakan [ / / j / [ /
/ |[ / / j / / / [Ta3 ke4 la1 ma3 gan4] or Sahara / ] /
j / [Sa1 ha1 la1])
Yng Y hun Yang Yuhuan or Yang Guifei ] / / / | /
/ / (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor
Xuanzhong / / / , blamed for extravagance and killed as a
scapegoat during the Anshi rebellion /
Ci Yun pi Cai Yuanpei (1868-1940), liberal educationalist,
studied in Germany, President of Beijing University 1917-19, minister
of education for Guomindang
sh r g(ng the twelve equatorial constellations or signs of the
zodiac in Western astronomy and astrology, namely: Aries { / = /
[Bai2 yang2], Taurus / / [Jin4 niu2], Gemini / / |/ / /
[Shuang1 zi3], Cancer [ / / [
[ L$ Sh zh&n Li Shizhen (1518-1593), Ming botanist and
pharmacologist, author of Compendium of Medical Herbs 4 / / /
[ / |4 / / / [ / [Ben3 cao3 Gang1 mu4]
]g Li B w&n Liu Bowen (1311-1375), general under the first
Ming emperor Zu Yuanzhang z / / W / , with a reputation as a
military genius / also called Liu Ji / ] / | / ]
Hng mn Yn Feast at Hongmen / (fig.) banquet set up with
the aim of murdering a guest / refers to a famous episode in 206 BC
when future Han emperor Liu Bang / } / | / } / [Liu2 Bang1]
escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu ] /
@/ P' x! j!n Alexandr Sergeevich Pushkin (1799-1837), great
Russian romantic poet
7 d z#ng t#ng president (of a country) / same as ] / ] / | /

z#ng l$ng gu"n Consulate general / same as ] / j / / /
| / / / / [zong3 ling3 shi4 guan3]
] W' Z$ x) Wu Zixu (-484 BC), powerful politician in Wu /
famous as destitute refugee begging in Wu town, cf / / ] / @ /
| / / ] /
L w*i hu Mainland Affairs Council (Taiwan), abbr. for 7 / g
/ / @ / / |7 / / / /
| P S(ng lng Pu Songling (1640-1715), author of / J / ( /
/ / | / / ( / = / [Liao2 zhai1 Zhi4 yi4]
H' mn Zhn Humen Town, also known as Taiping 7 / + /
[Tai4 ping2], a town within Dongguan prefecture-level city 9 / /
/ | / / / [Dong1 guan3 shi4], Guangdong
|; Q Hun g(ng Duke Huan of Qi (reigned 685-643 BC), one of
the Five Hegemons { / | / ] /
3 J) y(ng gu%n Juyongguan, frontier fortress on Great Wall
north of Beijing, in Changping district / + / g / | / + / | /
[Chang1 ping2 qu1]
H D#ng Zhng sh) Dong Zhongshu (179-104 BC), philosopher
influential in establishing Confucianism as the established system of
values of former Han dynasty
[|| w' hu c memorial hall to Zhuge Liang / / ) / | / /
) / (many of them in different town) / refers to tourist attraction in
Chengdu / @
lo w*i hu labor committee / abbr. for / / / @ / / |
/ / / /
| Tng Mng hung Emperor Ming of Tang (685-762), also
known as Emperor Xuanzong of Tang / / / [Tang2 Xuan2
zong1], reigned 712-756
{ F *r ti Voltaire (1694-1778), Enlightenment philosopher
j4 Sh) b*n hu Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), German
post-Kantian philosopher
{ [ H"i sh&n w"i Vladivostok / Ming and Qing name for
Vladivostok { / j / / , / # / j / / |{ / j / / , / # / | /
/ and the province around it
j|g % tu( p$n atropine C17H23NO3, alkaloid drug derived from
deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna)
] b' r' li mammals / also written / ] / / | / | / ] / /
|
A Wi Hu Patriotic Health Committee, abbr. of / g / | /
/ / / / @ / / | / g / / / / / / / / [Ai4
guo2 Wei4 sheng1 Yun4 dong4 Wei3 yuan2 hui4]
{ Zh%ng Ch)n qio Zhang Chunqiao (1917-2005), one of the
Gang of Four
|[ Y!ng t w"ng variant of g / | / / |g / | / [ / [Yin1 te4
wang3], Internet
7] m" d h% a careless person / scatterbrain / frivolous and
forgetful / abbr. for } / } / / / , / 7 / 7 / ) / ) / , / Q / Q /
] / ] / | / / / / , / 7 / 7 / ) / )
j F" l% d Faraday (name) / Michael Faraday (1791-1867),
British experimental physicist prominent in the development of
electricity
) Zho zh(u Qio Zhaozhou Bridge over Xiao River / , /
[Xiao2 He2] in Zhao county / \ / | / / [Zhao4 Xian4],
Shijiazhuang, Hebei, dating back to the Sui dynasty [ / | / [Sui2
dai4] (581-617) and the world's oldest extant stone arch b
]qj h% m gu% Hami melon (a variety of muskmelon) / honeydew /
also written ] / g / j
, L dng qio Luding Bridge over Dadu river 7 / } / , / [Da4
du4 he2] in Sichuan, built by Kangxi in 1706, linking Luding county
Sichuan Luding county @ / , / \ / | / , / / [Lu2 ding4 xian4]
with Garze Tibetan autonomous prefectur
|[ Mng xio lng Ming tombs in Nanjing, tomb of founding Ming
emperor Zhu Yuanzhang z / / W / , a World Hertage site
] lin k w panty hose / tights / CL: / |/ / [shuang1]
\ Fng Mng lng Feng Menglong (1574-1646), late Ming
dynasty novelist writing in colloquial (baihua), author of Tales old and
new / / / j / | / / /
|l F l y Francois-Maire Charles Fourier (French sociologist
and socialist, 1772-1837)
(| zh yun b!ng volunteer soldier / CL: / [ming2]
Bi Y mng Pei Ieoh Ming or I.M. Pei (1917-), famous
Chinese-American architect
|){ M' dan Tng The Peony Pavilion (1598), play by Tang Xianzu
/ / / | / / / [Tang1 Xian3 zu3]
[] Zh(u D)n y Zhou Dun'yi (1017-1073), Song dynasty neo-
Confucian scholar
( Tng G%o z' Emperor Gaozu of Tang, reign name of first
Tang emperor Li Yuan / } / | / ] / [Li3 Yuan1] (566-635),
reigned 618-626
[] chng t#ng w stocking / CL: / |/ / [shuang1]
J [) Qin nn zh(u Qiannan, abbr. for Qiannan Buyei and Miao
autonomous prefecture J / [ / t / [ / [ / / [ / / / ) / ,
Guizhou, capital Duyun city @ / /
z[] Zh) Rng j! common erroneous form of z / ( / ] / |z / /
] / , Zhu Ronji (1928-), PRC politician, premier 1998-2003
| O) yng Xn Ouyang Xun (557-641), one of Four Great Poets
of early Tang / | / [ / 7 / / [Tang2 chu1 Si4 Da4 jia1]
[ | P' Zhng x! Park Chung-Hee (1917-1979), South Korean
military man and dictator, president 1963-1979, influential in
developing Korean industry, murdered by his bodyguard
Do *r dn Dalton (name) / John Dalton (1766-1844), British
scientist who contributed to atomic theory
@ ][ Y Sh nn Yu Shi'nan (558-638), politician of Sui and early
Tang periods, poet and calligrapher, one of Four Great Poets of early
Tang / | / [ / 7 / / [Tang2 chu1 Si4 Da4 jia1]
g Gu f ln The Wealth of Nations (1776) by Adam Smith /
q / / # / g / | / / / # / g / [Ya4 dang1 + / Si1 mi4]
z] Zh) Rng j! common erroneous form of z / ( / ] / |z / /
] / , Zhu Ronji (1928-), PRC politician, premier 1998-2003
@| W Jng z$ Wu Jingzi (1701-1754), Qing dynasty novelist,
author of The Scholars | / V / / / / [Ru2 lin2 Wai4 shi3]
|(| S(ng b*i q) Songbei district of Harbin ] / [ / / |] / /
/ [Ha1 er3 bin1] in Heilongjiang
]]] d" d'n r erhua variant of ] / ] / [da3 dun3]
|g Ji"ng W*i gu Chiang Wei-kuo (1916-1997), adopted son of
Chiang Kai-shek ] / ) / { / || / ) / {
hng g m diaphragm / also written @ / / / | / / /
[heng2 ge2 mo2]
/] b% g& r erhua variant of / / / [ba1 ge1]
] b%o g%n r erhua variant of / / | / / [bao1 gan1]
|l F l$ y Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier (French mathematician,
1768-1830)
[ Hu sh&ng sh*ng Ministry of Health and Welfare (Japan)
(replaced in 2001 by [ / / / / / |[ / / / / / [Hou4
sheng1 Lao2 dong4 sheng3])
[ N pn j Devonian (geological period 417-354m years ago)
][ Si *r nn Eugene Cernan (1934-), US astronaut in Apollo 10
and Apollo 17 missions, "last man on the moon"
[ } S chu%n Sh*ng Sichuan province (Szechuan) in southwest
China, abbr. } / [Chuan1] or 5 / [Shu3], capital Chengdu / @ /
[Cheng2 du1]
(g Zh li j Silurian (geological period 440-417m years ago)
j A1 ku n surname Aquinas / Thomas Aquinas | / } / # /
/ j / / q / || / / # / / j / / / [Tuo1 ma3 si1 + / A1
kui2 na4] (1225-1274)
_ B"o j! Sh Baoji prefecture level city in Shaanxi / called
Chencang | / [ / | / / [Chen2 cang1] in ancient times
}[ B( n b% Bonaparte (name) / Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-
| C zho s Jish( / ji in northeast Ky( / to ; / @ / , Japan, the
official name of Ginkakuji or Silver pavilion / [ / / | / / /
[yin2 ge2 si4]
Du( ln xin Duolun county in Xilin Gol league ) / V / } /
/ / | / V / } / / / [Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 meng2], Inner Mongolia
j F y xin Fuyu county in Qiqihar { / { / ] / [ / | / / ]
/ / [Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang
Ji%ng d xin Jomdo county, Tibetan: 'Jo mda' rdzong, in
di4 qu1], Tibet
| Ji%ng y!n sh Jiangyin county level city in Wuxi # / ) / |/ /
/ [Wu2 xi1], Jiangsu
] j)n tin zh equal-field system of Wei of the Northern
dynasties ( / Q / and Tang / dynasties
j] L% w" x! Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794), French nobleman
and scientist, considered the father of modern chemistry
| Li yng sh Laiyang county level city in Yantai Q / / |[ /
/ , Shandong
L Lng k#u sh Longkou county level city in Yantai Q / / |[ /
/ , Shandong
( L yun s Rokuonji in northwest Ky( / to ; / @ / , Japan /
the formal name of Kinkakuji or Golden pavilion / [ / / | / /
/ [Jin1 ge2 si4] as Buddhist temple
Tng Xun z(ng Tang Emperor Xuanzong (685-762), also
known as Emperor Ming of Tang / | / / [Tang2 Ming2 huang2],
reign name of seventh Tang emperor / / ] / [Li3 Long1 ji1],
reigned 712-756
[9 W' y sh%n Mt Wuyi in Fujian / Wuyishan nature reserve /
Wuyishan county level city in Nanping [ / + / [Nan2 ping2] Fujian
D!ng q!ng xin D / ngq / n county, Tibetan: Steng chen
rdzong, in Chamdo prefecture / @ / ] / g / | / @ / ] / | /
[Chang1 du1 di4 qu1], Tibet
] Sh Wi Hu abbr. for ] / ) / / / [ / | / { / 7 / / |]
/ ) / / / / | / { / 7 / / [Shi4 jie4 Wei2 wu2 er3 Dai4 biao3
da4 hui4] / World Uighur Congress
r mng f" binomial nomenclature (taxonomy) / same as /
/ / |/ / / / [shuang1 ming2 fa3]
] W' chng sh Wuchang county level city in Harbin ] / [ /
/ |] / / / , Heilongjiang
H&ng d *r Handel (name) / George Frideric Handel (1685-
1759), German-born Baroque composer, naturalized British in 1727
{ Y! w xin Yiwu county in Kumul prefecture ] / g / ] / g /
|] / g / ] / | / [Ha1 mi4 di4 qu1], Xinjiang
{ q Y! nng xin Yining county or Ghulja nahiyisi in Ili Kazakh
{, Y! t(ng H Yitong River in Siping [ / + / [Si4 ping2], Jilin
{ Y! t(ng xin Yitong Manchurian autonomous county in Siping
[ / + / , Jilin
{ Y! t(ng zhn Yitong township, capital of Yitong Manchurian
autonomous county in Siping [ / + / , Jilin
[ Y! An1 xin Yi'an county in Qiqihar { / { / ] / [ / | / /
[ Y! ln xin Yilan county in Harbin ] / [ / / |] / / /
[Ha1 er3 bin1], Heilongjiang
j Xn y sh Xinyi county level city in Maoming p / / ,
Guangdong
G ji sh Gejiu, county level city in Yunnan, capital of
Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous county / , / ] / / [ / / [ /
/ / ) / | / , / ] / / [ / $ / [ / / / )
/| Gu%ng mng ji 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 ] / } / = / / |] / } / =
/ / and simply ] / } / =
/ Gu%ng z xin Guangze county in Nanping [ / + / [Nan2
ping2] Fujian
K sh%n xin Keshan county in Qiqihar { / { / ] / [ / | /
K d(ng xin Kedong county in Qiqihar { / { / ] / [ / | /
/ j B% s xin Baxoi county, Tibetan: Dpa' shod rdzong, in
di4 qu1], Tibet
;+ G(ng zh' l$ng Gongzhuling county level city in Siping [ / + /
, Jilin
; ] G(ng s)n Q$ Gongsun Qi (-258 BC), famous general of Qin
/ g / | / g / , the victor at | / + / | / + / in 260 BC / same as
Bai Qi { / ]
; = G(ng yng Zhun Mr Gongyang's Annals or commentary on
{ / | / [Chun1 qiu1], early history, probably written by multiple
authors during Han dynasty, same as ; / = / { / | / [Gong1 yang2
Chun1 qiu1]
[ Li Hu z#ng Liu Houzong (1904-1949), originally Hunan
guerilla leader, rewarded by Chiang Kaishek for killing Xiang Ying ] /
/ | / / during the 1941 New Fourth Army incident [ / [ / /

] Li ji% ku"ng Liujiakuang township in Muping district = / + /
g / |= / + / | / , Yantai, Shandong
[] ji% jn r erhua variant of [ / ] / |[ / / [jia1 jin4]
{ M*ng h"i xin Menghai county in Xishuangbanna Dai
zhi4 zhou1], Yunn
M*ng l xin Mengla county in Xishuangbanna Dai
zhi4 zhou1], Yunna
|) Hu zh(u sh Huazhou county level city in Maoming p / / ,
Guangdong
(| B*i c%ng q) erroneous variant of ( / # / g / |( / / | /
[Bei3 lun2 qu1], Beilun district of Ningbo, Zhejiang
([| B*i tng q) Beitang district of Wuxi city # / ) / / |/ / /
[| Nn g"ng q) Nangang district of Harbin ] / [ / / |] / /
[| Nn chng q) Nanchang district of Wuxi city # / ) / / |/ /
/ / [Wu2 xi1 shi4], Jiangsu
[ Nn Q sh) History of Qi of the Southern Dynasties, seventh
of the 24 dynastic histories / / [ / / [Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3],
compiled by Xiao Zixian / / / | / / / [Xiao1 Zi3 xian3] in
537 during Liang of the Southe
J Y#u y xin Youyi county in Shuangyashan / | / / |/ /
| Cng ti q) Congtai district of Handan city | / / / || /
/ / [Han2 dan1 shi4], Hebei
| G' y* q) Guye district of Tangshan city / / / [Tang2
shan1 shi4], Hebei
| S! g t Scott (name) / Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), Scottish
romantic novelist
)] mng ju r erhua variant of / ) / [ming2 jue2]
][ W Rn chn Wu Renchen (1628-1689), Qing dynasty
polymath and historian, author of History of Ten States of South
China / g / { / | / | / g / { / |
}| H) ln q) Hulan district of Harbin ] / [ / / |] / / /
] }= H% n' k" Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday
Dec on Gregorian calendar) / also called / / | / / |/ / | / /
and ] / } / = / / |] /
5 k) sang li"n to pull a long face / sullen / also written 5 / /
/ / |5 / / /
Tng Zh(ng z(ng Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, reign name
of fourth Tang emperor Li Zhe / ] / [Li3 Zhe2] (656-710), reigned
705-710
{ Tng h"i xin Tanghai county in Tangshan / / [Tang2
shan1], Hebei
[/ S f%ng ti Sifangtai district of Shuangyashan city / | / /
g Gu Z! W*i see g / Q / [ / g / | / j / Q / g / @ / | / /
/ @ / / |g / / [ / g / | / / / / @ / | / / / /
/ [Guo2 wu4 yuan4 Guo2 you3
||j T"n b l% Tambora, volcano on Indonesian island of
Sumbawa | / [ / ] / , whose 1815 eruption is greatest in recorded
history
| A! *r j!n James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811-1863), British
High Commissioner to China who ordered the looting and destruction
of the Old Winter Palace Yuanmingyuan { / | / g / | / | / g / in
1860 / Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766-
3| Chng gu%n Q) Chengguan District of Lhasa City j / / /
|j / / / [La1 sa4 Shi4], Tibetan: Lha sa khrin kon chus, Tibet /
Chengguan district of Lanzhou city / ) / / | / ) / / [Lan2
zhou1 Shi4], Gansu
[[ T" li l"ng Talleyrand (name) / Prince Charles Maurice de
Talleyrand-P / rigord (1754-1838), famous French diplomat who
served in turn Louis XVI, the French revolution Napol / on I and
three subsequent French kings
@ Xi Jng q Xia Jingqu (1705-1787), Qing novelist, author of
monumental novel Y* / s# / u p / y / n } / / / / Humble
words of a rustic elder
7 D mng xin Daming county in Handan | / / || / /
[Han2 dan1], Hebei
7g D y xin Dayi county in Chengdu / @ / [Cheng2 du1],
Sichuan
/ Ti%n qio l Ama-no-hashidate in north of Ky( / to prefecture
; / @ / [ / on the Sea of Japan
7 | Ti p s Court of imperial stud, office originally charged with
horse breeding / Taibus banner in Xilin Gol league ) / V / } / /
/ | / V / } / / / [Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 meng2], Inner Mongolia
[ Ku tn sh Kuitun city or K / ytun shehiri in Ili Kazakh
3 Nu:3 hung d empress / refers to Tang empress Wuzetian [
/ @ / / / |[ / / / / (624-705), reigned 690-705
Tu# b xin former county from 1983 in Chamdo prefecture
/ @ / ] / g / | / @ / ] / | / [Chang1 du1 di4 qu1], Tibet /
divided into Qamdo, Zhag'yab and Jomdo counties in 1999
W&i lng dn Wellington (name) / Arthur Wellesley, Duke of
Wellington (1769-1851)
7); Sng Xi%ng g(ng Duke Xiang of Song (reigned 650-637 BC),
sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons { / | / ] /
) Y x!ng sh Yixing county level city in Wuxi # / ) / |/ / /
[Wu2 xi1], Jiangsu
{ Ch y" xin Zhag'yab county, Tibetan: Brag g-yab rdzong, in
di4 qu1], Tibet
q | Nng g%ng xin former Ninggang county in Jiangxi, now
within Jinggangshan county level city J / | / / / |J / | / /
/ [Jing3 gang1 shan1 shi4] in Ji'an / / , Jiangxi
q) Nng *r xin Ning'er county in Yunnan / abbr. for Ning'er Hani
and Yi autonomous county j / ) / ] / / [ / / [ / / / \ /
|q / ) / ] / / [ / $ / [ / / /
_| B"o sh%n q) Baoshang district of Shanghai / Baoshan district
of Shuangyashan city / | / / |/ / / / [Shuang1 ya1 shan1],
Heilongjiang
_( B"o q!ng xin Baoqing county in Shuangyashan / | / /
_= B"o f&ng xin Baofeng county in Pingdingshan + / | / /
] du jn r erhua variant of / ] / | / / [dui4 jin4]
,| Ji%n sh%n q) Jianshan district of Shuangyashan city / | /
/ |/ / / / [Shuang1 ya1 shan1], Heilongjiang
[( Shng zh sh Shangzhi county level city in Harbin ] / [ /
/ |] / / / [Ha1 er3 bin1], Heilongjiang
N l k Nilka county or Nilqa nahiyisi in Ili Kazakh
7 N m xin Ny / mo county, Tibetan: Snye mo rdzong in
N *r xn Nelson or Nillson (name) / Horatio Nelson (1758-
1805), British naval hero
$ ] q l d&ng Lamp in the Side Street (c. 1777), novel by Qing
dynasty writer Li L / yuan / } / g / | / / g / [Li3 Lu:4 yuan2]
GG F&ng f&ng kung Fengfengkuang district of Handan city | /
/ / || / / / [Han2 dan1 shi4], Hebei
q| K(ng tng q) Kongtong district of Pingliang city + / / /
|+ / / / [Ping2 liang2 shi4], Gansu
j Chng xn xin Chongxin county in Pingliang + / / |+ / /
| Chng %n q) Chong'an district of Wuxi city # / ) / / |/ /
) Chng zh(u sh Chongzhou county level city in Chengdu /
@ / [Cheng2 du1], Sichuan
+| L$ng d(ng q) Lingdong district of Shuangyashan city / | /
/ |/ / / / [Shuang1 ya1 shan1], Heilongjiang
Zu# gng xin Zogang county, Tibetan: Mdzo sgang rdzong,
in Chamdo prefecture / @ / ] / g / | / @ / ] / | / [Chang1 du1
di4 qu1], Tibet
[@ B% yn xin Bayan county in Harbin ] / [ / / |] / / /
[ W B% l$ k)n Barkol Kazakh autonomous county or Bark / l
Qazaq aptonom nahiyisi in Kumul prefecture ] / g / ] / g / |] / g
/ ] / | / [Ha1 mi4 di4 qu1], Xinjiang
+ Png %n do P'yong'ando Province of Joseon Korea, now
divided into South Pyong'an Province + / / [ / / [Ping2 an1
nan2 dao4] and North Pyong'an Province + / / ( / / [Ping2 an1
bei3 dao4] of North Korea
+[| Png fng q) Pingfang district of Harbin ] / [ / / |] / /
+ Gu"ng png xin Guangping county in Handan | / / || /
/ [Han2 dan1], Hebei
/ Yn shu xin Yanshou county in Harbin ] / [ / / |] / /
/ [Ha1 er3 bin1], Heilongjiang
+| Yn png q) Yanping district of Nanping city [ / + / /
[Nan2 ping2 shi4] Fujian
Q Jin (u sh Jian'ou county level city in Nanping [ / + / [Nan2
ping2] Fujian
Q| Jin hu q) Jianhua district of Qiqihar city { / { / ] / [ / |
/ / ] / / [Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang
Q| Jin yng sh Jianyang county level city in Nanping [ / + /
[Nan2 ping2] Fujian
Zh%ng Er4 hng Jung Chang / ) / | / ) / [Zhang1
Rong2] (1952-), British-Chinese writer, author of Wild Swans } / / /
] / |} / / / / [Ye3 Tian1 e2] and Mao: The Unknown Story \ /
/ 9 / / @ / ] /
j Zh%ng Tng y Zhang Tingyu (1672-1755), Qing politician,
senior minister to three successive emperors, oversaw compilation of
History of the Ming Dynasty | / / [Ming2 shi3] and the Kangxi
Dictionary p / | / / [ / [Kang1 xi1 Zi4 dian3]
\, Zh%ng y zh! Zhang Yizhi (-705), Tang dynasty politician and
favorite of Empress Wu Zetian [ / @ / / / |[ / / / / [Wu3 Ze2
tian1]
|] B!n m" n Pyinmana, former jungle county town in central
Myanmar (Burma), redesignated the national capital and renamed
Naypyidaw [ / ] / @ / in November 2005
) Png zh(u sh Pengzhou county level city in Chengdu / @ /
|@ X J y Xu Jiyu (1795-1873), Chinese geographer
\)| F x!ng q) Fuxing district of Handan city | / / / || / /
/ [Han2 dan1 shi4], Hebei
| Hu sh%n q) Huishan district of Wuxi city # / ) / / |/ / /
] mng r erhua variant of / / | / / [e4 ming2]
Chng %n xin Chang'an county in Handan | / / || / /
[Han2 dan1], Hebei
| Chng hu q) Chenghua district of Chengdu city / @ / /
] Di Mng sh Dai Mingshi (1653-1713), early Qing writer
]Q] d" g r erhua variant of ] / Q / [da3 ge2]
] d" b" shi variant of ] / / / |] / / / [da3 ba3 shi5]
]] d" xun r erhua variant of ] / / [da3 xuan2]
]] d" dn r erhua variant of ] / | / |] / / [da3 dun4]
| ) Tu( l mi Ptolemy or Claudius Ptolemaeus (c. 90-c. 168),
Alexandrian Greek astronomer, mathematician and geographer,
author of the Almagest / / / \ / 7 / / |/ / / _ / 7 / / see
also | / / g / [Tuo1 le
/ p! b% z to have one's fortune read / system of fortune telling
based on a person's date and time of birth, according to / /
(sexagenary cycle)
|] ch%o jn r erhua variant of | / / [chao1 jin4]
] Zh%o yu"n sh Zhaoyuan county level city in Yantai Q / /
|[ / / , Shandong
)@ Bi qun xin Baiquan county in Qiqihar { / { / ] / [ / | /
|| M z% t Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Austrian
composer / also written / | / |
| Zhng h xin Zhenghe county in Nanping [ / + / [Nan2
ping2] Fujian
)j X l% g' Syracuse, Sicily / also written ) / j / N / / | /
j / / / [Xi1 la1 ku4 sa4]
# S! d%ng d(ng Stanton (name) / Baron George Stanton, the
second-in-command of the Macartney Mission of 1793
, X!n j!n xin Xinjin county in Chengdu / @ / [Cheng2 du1],
Sichuan
} X!n yun xin Xinyuan county or K / nes nahiyisi in Ili
Xinjiang
@| X!n d) q) Xindu or Newtown district of Chengdu city / @ /
/ F%ng zhng xin Fangzheng county in Harbin ] / [ / / |]
/ / / [Ha1 er3 bin1], Heilongjiang
png jin j! see / / / / | / / / / [guo2 pang2
jian4 ji1] / hamstring (anatomy)
HH Ang2 ng x! Ang'angxi district of Qiqihar city { / { / ] / [ /
| / / ] / / [Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang
@ Ch%ng d) xin Qamdo county, Tibetan: Chab mdo rdzong, in
di4 qu1], Tibet
|t Mng Rn z(ng Ming Renzong, Temple name of fourth Ming
emperor Zhu Gaochi z / ( / / |z / ( / / [Zhu1 Gao1 chi4]
| / Mng Ti%n q$ Tianqi Emperor, reign name of fifteenth Ming
emperor Zhu Youxiao z / / | / [Zhu1 You2 xiao4] (1605-1627),
reigned 1620-1627, Temple name | / # / / [Ming2 Xi1 zong1]
Zh%o s) xin Zhaosu county or Mongghulk / re nahiyisi in Ili
Xinjiang
; Jn Wn g(ng Duke Wen of Jin (697-628 BC, reigned 636-628
BC), one of the Five Hegemons { / | / ] /
@ ) P' *r sh Pu'er prefecture level city in Yunnan / county capital
of Ning'er Hani and Yi autonomous county j / ) / ] / / [ / /
[ / / / \ / |q / ) / ] / / [ / $ / [ / / /
\, J$ng hng sh Jinghong county level city in Xishuangbanna
Dai autonomous prefecture / / / q / [ / [ / / / ) / | /
/ / / / [ / [ / / / ) / [Xi1 shuang1 ban3 na4 Dai3 zu2 zi4
zhi4
[ Q' zh(u xin Quzhou county in Handan | / / || / /
[Han2 dan1], Hebei
Q' shu$ xin Q / x / county, Tibetan: Chu shur rdzong in
]| Mn h% t"n Manhattan island / Manhattan borough of New
York City / also written / ] / | / | / ] /
7 M ln xin Mulan county in Harbin ] / [ / / |] / / /
L$ W Zhun Tale of Courtesan Li Wa, novel by Tang writer
Bai Xingjian { / | / | / |{ / | / / [Bai2 Xing2 jian3] along the
lines of La Traviata, favorite opera plot
Q L$ Jin chng Li Jiancheng (589-626), eldest son of first Tang
emperor Li Yuan / ( / / / } / | / ( / / / ] / ,
murdered by his brother / ] / [ / in the Xuanwu Gate coup / [
/ | / , / &#
,[ L$ R' zh&n Li Ruzhen (c. 1763-c. 1830), Qing novelist and
phonologist, author of fantasy novel Jinghua Yuan y / / } / | /
/ / or Flowers in the Mirror
g L$ Lu:4 yun Li L / yuan (1707-1790), Qing dynasty writer,
author of novel Lamp in the Side Street $ / / [ / |$ / / ] / [qi2
lu4 deng1]
p L$ Chng mo Li Chongmao, personal name of fifth Tang
emperor Shang / J / / | / / / [Tang2 Shang1 Di4] (c.
695-715), reigned 710
] L$ L(ng j! personal name of seventh Tang emperor Xuanzong
/ / / [Tang2 Xuan2 zong1] (685-762), reigned 712-756
| S(ng x! xin Songxi county in Nanping [ / + / [Nan2 ping2]
Fujian
| # p p g%o Pei Pa Koa, a Traditional Chinese natural herbal
remedy / see ; / @ / / / @ / | / / # / [Jing1 du1 nian4 ci2
an1 pi2 pa2 gao1]
|j] zh*n x r erhua variant of | / j / [zhen3 xi2]
V[ Ln zh(u xin Lh / nzhub county, Tibetan: Lhun grub rdzong
in Lhasa j / / |j / / [La1 sa4], Tibet
| Zh! chng zhn Zicheng town in Yidu county / @ / [Yi2
du1], Yichang / / [Yi2 chang1], Hubei
B"i k li Berkeley (name) / George Berkeley (1685-1753),
Bishop of Cloyne, famous British philosopher / Berkeley, university
city in the San Francisco bay area, California
]9 li' tio bi%n Willow palisade across Liaoning, 17th century
barrier
]H Mi x! y& Charles Messier (1730-1817), French astronomer
who catalogued nebulas and galaxies
]l Mi x! y Charles Messier (1730-1817), French astronomer
who catalogued nebulas and galaxies
]# Mi l$ s! Meilisi Daur district of Qiqihar city { / { / ] / [ / |
] L sh xin Lishu county in Siping [ / + / , Jilin
{ X! xi sh Xixia county level city in Yantai Q / / |[ / / ,
Shandong
Yng Gu f&i Yang Yuhuan ] / / [ / | / / / or Yang
Guifei (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor
Xuanzhong / / / , blamed for extravagance and killed as a
scapegoat during the Anshi rebellion /
]g Ch' Zhu%ng wng King Zhuang of Chu (reigned 613-591 BC),
one of the Five Hegemons { / | / ] /
Q| Ch' Su ling Chu Suiliang (596-659), one of Four Great
Poets of early Tang / | / [ / 7 / / [Tang2 chu1 Si4 Da4 jia1]
{ L tng xin Leting county in Tangshan / / [Tang2
shan1], Hebei
Zhng ln q Plain Blue banner or Shuluun H / h khoshuu in
Xilin Gol league ) / V / } / / / | / V / } / / / [Xi1 lin2
guo1 le4 meng2], Inner Mongolia / also written / / / | / /

Zhng ln q Plain Blue banner or Shuluun H / h khoshuu in
Xilin Gol league ) / V / } / / / | / V / } / / / [Xi1 lin2
guo1 le4 meng2], Inner Mongolia
[|| W' hu q) Wuhou district of Chengdu city / @ / /
[ W' Sh hu Wu Shihuo (7th century), father of Tang empress
Wu Zetian [ / @ / / / |[ / / /
[ W' %n sh Wu'an county level city in Handan | / / || / /
[Han2 dan1], Hebei
| Dun Y ci Duan Yucai (1735-1815), author of Commentary
on Shuowen Jiezi (1815) j / / @ / / / | / / @ / / /
[Shuo1 wen2 Jie3 zi4 Zhu4]
] shu$ ji"o r erhua variant of / / | / / [shui3 jiao3]
Y#ng nin xin Yongnian county in Handan | / / || / /
[Han2 dan1], Hebei
,) R' zh(u sh Ruzhou county level city in Pingdingshan + / | /
/ |+ / / / [Ping2 ding3 shan1], Henan
] mi jn r erhua variant of / ] / | / / [mei2 jin4]
, Sh% l%o yu Sarawak, state of Malaysia in northwest Borneo
) / / , / |) / / ,
F" l(ng s H( / ry) / ji, complex of Buddhist temples near
Nara , / | / , Japan, dating back to the Asuka period ) / [ / / |
/ | / / / | / (c. 600)
Ti li xin Tailai county in Qiqihar { / { / ] / [ / | / /
Lu lng xin Lhorong county, Tibetan: Lho rong rdzong, in
di4 qu1], Tibet
,) Hng Ling j Hong Liangji (1746-1809), poet and historian
Hun sh% j Huansahji or Washing the Silken Gauze, Yuan
and Ming saga reworked by / [ / ) / | / [ / / from History of
the Southern States Wu and Yue, / / { / | / | / / { / | / ,
a popular opera subj
P' chng xin Pucheng county in Nanping [ / + / [Nan2
ping2] Fujian
{| H"i yng sh Haiyang county level city in Yantai Q / / |[ /
/ , Shandong
} J!ng chu%n xin Jingchuan county in Pingliang + / / |+ /
/ [Ping2 liang2], Gansu
] hn mng r erhua variant of / / [hun4 ming2]
( 7 Q!ng ti z(ng posthumous title of Hung Taiji / 7 / @ / | /
7 / ] / (1592-1643), eighth son of Nurhaci } / [ / ] / / |} / /
] / / , reigned 1626-1636 as Second Khan of Later Jin dynasty @
/ / |&
( 7 Q!ng Ti z' posthumous title of Nurhaci } / [ / ] / / |} /
/ ] / / (1559-1626), founder and first Khan of the Manchu Later
Jin dynasty @ / / |[ / / (from 1616)
( Q!ng shu$ s Kiyomizu temple in east Ky( / to ; / @ / , Japan

,| Zhn h q) Zhanhe district of Pingdingshan city + / | / /
/ |+ / / / / [Ping2 ding3 shan1 shi4], Henan
g| W&n ji%ng q) Wenjiang district of Chengdu city / @ / /
| B!n h q) Binhu district of Wuxi city # / ) / / |/ / / /
,[ Lun nn xin Luannan county in Tangshan / / [Tang2
shan1], Hebei
=+| M png q) Muping district of Yantai city Q / / / |[ / /
/ , Shandong
| # T k s! Tekesi county or T / kes Nahiyisi in Ili Kazakh
/ / / / ) / [Yi1 li2 Ha1 sa4 ke4 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang / te

] jing jn r erhua variant of / ] / | / / [jiang4 jin4]
Sh! zi sh%n Shizishan or Lion Mountain / Shizishan district of
Tongling city q / [ / / | / [ / / [Tong2 ling2 shi4], Anhui
Y tin xin Yutian county in Tangshan / / [Tang2
shan1], Hebei
Wng Sh zh&n Wang Shizhen (1634-1711), early Qing poet
]# W" l$ s! Wallis (name) / John Wallis (1616-1703), English
mathematician, precursor of Newton
|[ G%n nn xin Gannan county in Qiqihar { / { / ] / [ / | /
Sh&ng d xin Sinda county, name of former county 1983-
1999 in Chamdo prefecture / @ / ] / g / | / @ / ] / | /
Sh&ng d xi%ng Sinda village in Chamdo prefecture / @ /
] / g / | / @ / ] / | / [Chang1 du1 di4 qu1], Tibet
D%ng xing xin Damxung county, Tibetan: 'Dam gzhung
rdzong in Lhasa j / / |j / / [La1 sa4], Tibet
7] Hung Ti j Hong Taiji (1592-1643), eighth son of Nurhaci }
/ [ / ] / / |} / / ] / / , reigned 1626-1636 as Second Khan
of Later Jin dynasty @ / / |[ / / , then founded the Qing dynasty
7 / ( / and re
] sh*ng jn r erhua variant of / ] / | / / [sheng3 jin4]
{g sh jing lo silicosis (occupational disease of miners) /
grinder's disease / also written [ / 2 / ]
{2] sh m fi silicosis / grinder's disease / also written [ / 2 / ]

{| Sh lng q) Shilong district of Pingdingshan city + / | / /
/ |+ / / / / [Ping2 ding3 shan1 shi4], Henan
[2] x! m bng silicosis (occupational disease of miners) /
[]] gu! fi bng silicosis (occupational disease of miners) /
Ni"n zi sh%n Nianzishan district of Qiqihar city { / { / ] / [
/ | / / ] / / [Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang
] m g(ng bng grinder's disease / silicosis / also written [ / 2
/ ]
] f w*i hu welfare committee / abbr. for ] / } / / @ / /
|] / } / / /
]| F sh%n q) Fushan district of Yantai city Q / / / |[ / /
/ , Shandong
|; Qn M g(ng Duke Mu of Qin, the first substantial king of Qin
(ruled 659-621 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five
Hegemons { / | / ] /
| G' ling Zhun Guliang Annals, commentary on the Spring
and Autumn Annals { / | / [Chun1 qiu1], first published during the
Han Dynasty
N *r xn Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), British naval hero
j wi t% mng variant of / ] / / | / ] / / [wei2 ta1
ming4]
Fi xi%ng xin Feixiang county in Handan | / / || / /
[Han2 dan1], Hebei
[ Ln zh%ng xin Linzhang county in Handan | / / || / /
[Han2 dan1], Hebei
\ Sh) Mng ln Shu Menglan (1759-1835), Qin dynasty writer,
poet and editor of Anthology of ci poems tunes { / / j / @ / |{ /
/ /
% W' g%ng sh Wugang county level city in Pingdingshan + / |
/ / |+ / / / [Ping2 ding3 shan1], Henan
p Mng k%ng xin Markam county, Tibetan: Smar khams
rdzong, in Chamdo prefecture / @ / ] / g / | / @ / ] / | /
| Zh! f q) Zhifu district of Yantai city Q / / / |[ / / / ,
Shandong
p[| Mo nn q) Maonan district of Maoming city p / / / ,
Guangdong
p| Mo g"ng q) Maogang district of Maoming city p / / / ,
Guangdong
g Zhu%ng lng xin Zhuanglang county in Pingliang + / / |+
/ / [Ping2 liang2], Gansu
|| M zh% t Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Austrian
composer
{ Hu tng xin Huating county in Pingliang + / / |+ / /
{ Li y! *r Lyell (name) / Sir Charles Lyell (1797-1875), Scottish
geologist
| Li sh%n q) Laishan district of Yantai city Q / / / |[ / /
/ , Shandong
) Li zh(u sh Laizhou county level city in Yantai Q / / |[ /
/ , Shandong
P ji%ng xin Pujiang county in Chengdu / @ / [Cheng2
du1], Sichuan
Q Png li sh Penglai county level city in Yantai Q / / |[ /
/ , Shandong
| Ji"ng Sh qun Jiang Shiquan (1725-1784), Qing poet, one of
Three great poets of the Qianlong era / @ / z / 7 /
) S *r zh(u Saarland, state of Germany, capital Saarbr /
cken / [ / t / / | / | / / t / / | / [Sa4 er3 bu4 lu:3
ken3]
| Wi d(ng q) Weidong district of Pingdingshan city + / | /
/ / |+ / / / / [Ping2 ding3 shan1 shi4], Henan
j / Ch' Rn hu Chu Renhuo (17th century), author of historical
novel Dramatized History of Sui and Tang [ / / / / |[ / /
/
, N h sh Nehe county level city in Qiqihar { / { / ] / [ /
Ch y" xin variant of { / / \ / |{ / / / [Cha2 ya3
xian4], Zhag'yab county, Tibetan: Brag g-yab rdzong, in Chamdo
Tibet
5 zhng qun w*i securities commission / abbr. for g / 5 / /
@ / / | / 5 / / /
{ Tn X!n pi T / n X! / np / i (1847-1917), noted opera actor
] bin yng r erhua variant of / ] / | / / [bian4 yang4]
=[| F&ng nn q) Fengnan district of Tangshan city / / /
[Tang2 shan1 shi4], Hebei
=| F&ng rn q) Fengrun district of Tangshan city / / /
} Bi n' l Bernoulli (Swiss mathematical family, including
Johann (1667-1748) and Daniel (1700-1782))
Gng ju xin Gonjo county, Tibetan: Go 'jo rdzong, in
di4 qu1], Tibet
] fi jn r erhua variant of / ] / | / / [fei4 jin4]
]] q$ mng r erhua variant of ] / / [qi3 ming2]
(| L b*i q) Lubei district of Tangshan city / / / [Tang2
shan1 shi4], Hebei
[| L nn q) Lunan district of Tangshan city / / / [Tang2
shan1 shi4], Hebei
] jio jn r erhua variant of | / ] / | / / [jiao4 jin4]
, T(ng h xin Tonghe county in Harbin ] / [ / / |] / /
/ [Ha1 er3 bin1], Heilongjiang
/| Do wi q) Daowai district of Harbin ] / [ / / |] / / /
| Do l$ q) Daoli district of Harbin ] / [ / / |] / / /
D z! xin Dagz / county, Tibetan: Stag rtse rdzong in Lhasa
j / / |j / / [La1 sa4], Tibet
| Z)n hu sh Zunhua county level city in Tangshan / /
[Tang2 shan1], Hebei
| Z)n hu Xin Zunhua County in Tangshan / / [Tang2
shan1], Hebei, with the Eastern Qing tombs / Zunhua county level city

Qi%n %n sh Qian'an county level city in Tangshan / /
[Tang2 shan1], Hebei
Qi%n x! xin Qianxi county in Tangshan / / [Tang2
shan1], Hebei
Bi%n b xin Banbar county, Tibetan: Dpal 'bar rdzong, in
di4 qu1], Tibet
T Qing li sh Qionglai county level city in Chengdu / @ /
|| Hn sh%n q) Hanshan district of Handan city | / / / || /
/ / [Han2 dan1 shi4], Hebei
| Hn d%n xin Handan county in Handan | / / || / /
[Han2 dan1], Hebei
@[ Sho w' sh Shaowu county level city in Nanping [ / + /
[Nan2 ping2] Fujian
D]q Lng sh nng Giuseppe Castiglione (1688-1766) Jesuit who
served as Qing court painter for 50 years
@]V D) b ln Dublin, capital of Ireland / also written @ / / V
@ D) ji%ng yn Dujiangyan in Sichuan, a famous water
engineering project and World Heritage Site / Dujiangyan county level
city in Chengdu / @ / [Cheng2 du1], Sichuan
J!n tng xin Jintang county in Chengdu / @ / [Cheng2
du1], Sichuan
+ J!n png xin Jinping Miao, Yao and Dai autonomous county
in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture / , / ] / / [ /
/ [ / / / ) / | / , / ] / / [ / $ / [ / / / ) /
[Hong2
| J!n ni q) Jinniu district of Chengdu city / @ / / [Cheng2
du1 shi4], Sichuan
| J!n tin c)n Jintian village in Guiping county Q / + / [Gui4
ping2], Gveigangj or Guigang prefecture / / | / / [Gui4
gang3], Guangxi, starting point of the Taiping Tianguo 7 / + / / / g
/ |7 / + / / / g
J!n g s Kinkakuji or Golden pavilion in northwest Ky( / to ;
/ @ / , Japan / informal name of Buddhist temple Rokuonji / ( /
/ [Lu4 yuan4 si4]
Yn g s Ginkakuji or Silver pavilion in northeast Ky( / to ; /
@ / , Japan / officially called Jish( / ji / | / / [Ci2 zhao4 si4]
| Tng gu%n sh%n Tongguanshan district of Tongling city q / [
/ / | / [ / / [Tong2 ling2 shi4], Anhui
| J$n ji%ng q) Jinjiang district of Chengdu city / @ / /
| X! sh%n q) Xishan district of Wuxi city # / ) / / |/ / /
G| Ti* f&ng q) Tiefeng district of Qiqihar city { / { / ] / [ / |
| Ti* d(ng q) Tiedong district of Siping city [ / + / / , Jilin /
Tiedong district of Anshan city / / / [An1 shan1 shi4],
Liaoning
| Ti* x! q) Tiexi district of Siping city [ / + / / , Jilin / Tiexi
district of Shenyang city / | / / | / | / / , Liaoning
Xi%ng hung q Bordered Yellow banner or H / v / / t Shar
khoshuu in Xilin Gol league ) / V / } / / / | / V / } / / /
[Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 meng2], Inner Mongolia
] zu%n jn r erhua variant of q / ] / | / / , to study
enthusiastically
Chng d"o xin Changdao county in Yantai Q / / |[ / / ,
Shandong
]+| K%i png q) Kaiping district of Tangshan city / / /
j[ A1 ji% wi see j / [ / [ / / |j / / [ / / [A1 er3 jia1
wei2]
j| A1 chng q) Acheng district of Harbin ] / [ / / |] / /
{ Chn G(ng y$n Chen Gongyin (1631-1700), early Qing
dynasty poet
[ Lng shu$ xin Lingshui Lizu autonomous county, Hainan /
abbr. for [ / / J / [ / / / \ / |[ / / J / [ / / / /
[Ling2 shui3 Li2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 xian4]
j To l xin former Taole county, now in Pingluo county + / p
/ \ / |+ / / / [Ping2 luo2 xian4], Shizuishan { / Q / / [Shi2
zui3 shan1], Ningxia
J xin xin Jixian county in Shuangyashan / | / / |/ /
/ Shu%ng chng sh Suangcheng county level city in Harbin ] /
[ / / |] / / / [Ha1 er3 bin1], Heilongjiang
/ Shu%ng li xin Shuangliu county in Chengdu / @ /
/ Shu%ng lio sh Shuangliao county level city in Siping [ / + /
, Jilin
J! z xin Jize county in Handan | / / || / / [Han2
dan1], Hebei
{ Din bi xin Dianbai county in Maoming p / / ,
Guangdong
q Hu chng xin Huocheng county or Qorghas nahiyisi in Ili
Xinjiang
Lng ti xin Lingtai county in Pingliang + / / |+ / /
{ Q!ng bi ji%ng Qingbaijiang district of Chengdu city / @ /
=| Q!ng yng q) Qingyang district of Chengdu city / @ / /
q Jng nng xin Jingning county in Pingliang + / / |+ / /
\ g G#ng li xin Gongliu county or Toqquztara nahiyisi in Ili
Xinjiang
] Wi w" d Vivaldi (name) / Antonio Vivaldi (1675-1741), Italian
composer
\ Hn F j' Han Fuju (1890-1938), Nationalist Kuomintang
(KMT) army general and governor of Shandong, executed by Chiang
Kai-shek ] / ) / { / || / ) / { / [Jiang3 Jie4 shi2] after he
abandoned Ji'nan to the Japanese
Hn d *r Handel (name) / Georg Frideric H / ndel (1785-),
German composer
jj d$ng gu% gu% variant of | / Q / Q / | / Q / Q / [ding3 gua1
gua1]
Shn ch%ng xin Shunchang county in Nanping [ / + /
[Nan2 ping2], Fujian
E2 *r j!n James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811-1863), British
High Commissioner to China who ordered the looting and destruction
of the Old Winter Palace Yuanmingyuan { / | / g / | / | / g / in
1860 / Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766-
Li w) q Riwoq / county, Tibetan: Ri bo che rdzong, in
di4 qu1], Tibet
] xin r b$ng erhua variant of p / / | / / [xian4 bing3]
j Gu"n to xin Guantao county in Handan | / / || / /
[Han2 dan1], Hebei
, Ro h xin Raohe county in Shuangyashan / | / / |/ /
@| Xi%ng f%ng q) Xiangfang district of Harbin ] / [ / / |] /
/ / [Ha1 er3 bin1] in Heilongjiang
7 M" ti g(u Mataigou town in Pingluo county + / p / \ / |+ /
/ / [Ping2 luo2 xian4], Shizuishan { / Q / / [Shi2 zui3 shan1],
Ningxia
M" F z$ Ma Fuzi (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao / g /
| / g / , who famously led an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at
battle of Changping | / + / , / / | / + / , / / in 260 BC /
also called Zhao K
() G%o zh(u sh Gaozhou county level city in Maoming p / / ,
Guangdong
du ni g*ng variant of | / / j / | / / j / [dou4 niu2
geng3]
no h(ng h(ng variant of [ / } / } / | / } / } / [nao4
hong1 hong1]
| y xn q! variant of [ / / | / | / / | / [yu2 xun4 qi1]
@ L' Z$ jng Lu Zijing or Lu Su @ / @ / | / / (172-217),
statesman, diplomat and strategist of Eastern Wu 9 / / | /
L' sh%n xin Lushan county in Pingdingshan + / | / / |+ /
/ / [Ping2 ding3 shan1], Henan
J Yn j$ng xin Yanjing former county (1917-1917), now part of
Markam county / p / \ / | / p / / [Mang2 kang1 xian4] in
Chamdo prefecture, Tibet
Golden Week / refers to three 7-day holiday periods at New
Year { / / |{ / / , Labor day / / / | / / / , National
day g / @ / |g / / also written / / [ / |
@]] h&i fi bng pneumoconiosis (occupational disease of coal
miners) / silicosis / also written [ / ] / ]
V Q b ln Zeppelin (name) / Graf Ferdinand von Zeppelin
(1838-1917), inventor of the Zeppelin dirigible airship
Lng %n s Ry( / anji, temple in northwest Ky( / to ; / @ / ,
Japan with famous rock garden
Lng ji%ng xin Longjiang county in Qiqihar { / { / ] / [ /
,| Lng sh% q) Longsha district of Qiqihar city { / { / ] / [ /
@ Lng qun y Longquanyi district of Chengdu city / @ / /
} Yun Li cho MINAMOTO no Yoritomo (1147-1199),
Japanese warlord and founder of the Kamakura shogunate / [ /
/ [ / | / / / [ / [Lian2 cang1 mu4 fu3]
j G& j l% Godzilla (Japanese / : / / Gojira) / see also /
# / j / [Ge1 si1 la1]
#j K s! l% Godzilla (Japanese / : / / Gojira) / see also /
# / j / [Ge1 si1 la1]
wi n ln see / / | / / [wei2 lun2]
yu"n r di"n aphelion, the furthest point of a planet in elliptic
orbit to the sun / opposite: perihelion / / j / | / / / [jin4
ri4 dian3] / higher apsis
Zhng z t(ng Zhengzitong, Chinese character dictionary with
33,549 entries, edited by Ming scholar Zhang Zilie / / J / | /
/ J / [Zhang1 Zi4 lie4] in 17th century
[ Y!n Hng x Fran / ois Xavier d'Entrecolles (1664-1741),
French Jesuit missionary to Kangxi court
{ Li f sh Stamford Raffles (1781-1826), British statesman
and founder of the city of Singapore / surname Raffles
) Ji Z$ tu! see ) / , / / [Jie4 Zhi1 tui1]
]j h% l% zi (dialect) saliva / also written ] / / / [ha1 la2 zi5]
\ z Mo Dng S%n Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory
& the Three Represents / abbr. for \ / / 9 / / / |\ / / /
/ / [Mao2 Ze2 dong1 Si1 xiang3], / / + / / / | / /
+ /
| sh wi f" (Taiwan) public order laws / abbr. of | / / | / j
/ / / / || / / | / j / / /
}+ MINAMOTO no Yoritomo (1147-1199), Japanese warlord
and founder of the Kamakura shogunate / [ / / [ / | / /
/ [ / [Lian2 cang1 mu4 fu3]
f| shn me sh hou variant of } / / / | / |f / , / / |
/ , when? / at what time?
[} w"ng lu yu x online game / abbr. to / / |[ / }
]9 Zh(ng Gng Zh(ng y%ng Central Committee of the
Communist Party of China, abbr. for / g / ] / Q / / / 9 / /
@ / / | / g / ] / / / / 9 / / / / [Zhong1 guo2
Gong4 chan3 dang3 Zh
7 W) l' m q / r / mqi or Urumqi prefecture level city and
capital of Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region / Q / / / [ /
/ / g / | / Q / / / / / / | / in west China
|_] b sh xu wi doctoral degree / PhD / same as Doctor of
Philosophy ] / \ / | / / \ / ] / |] / _ / | / / _ / ]
[ gu"ng din z#ng j state committee on films and broadcast
media / PRC film censorship bureau / abbr. for [ / / / / /
] / ] / [ / | / / / / / / / [
g Gu ji% J W*i PRC State Planning Committee, abbr. for g
/ / / { / / @ / / |g / / / } / / / / [Guo2 jia1 Ji4
hua4 Wei3 yuan2 hui4]
g| Zhn gu Sh di the Warring States period (475-221 BC) /
Japanese Warring States period (15th-17th century)
g[[ Gu mn zhng f' Nationalist government 1920s-1949
under Chiang Kai-shek ] / ) / { / || / ) / {
] y! g jn r erhua variant of / / ] / | / / / [yi1 ge4
jin4]
G(ng y G mng Industrial Revolution, c. 1750-1830
4[ B*n c"o G%ng m Compendium of Medical Herbs 1596,
compiled by Li Shizhen / / [ / | / / [ / [Li3 Shi2 zhen1]
] ]+ d" bo b png to come to the aid of sb suffering an
injustice / to fight for justice / also written ] / ] / / + / [bao4 da3
bu4 ping2]
V F ln k ln Franklin / Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), US
Founding Father, scientist and author / surname Franklin
| # Tu( *r s! ti Tolstoy (name) / Count Lev Nikolayevich
Tostoy (1828-1910), great Russian novelist, author of War and Peace
/ / | / | / + / | / / / | / +
}# F&i n k s! Phoenix, capital of Arizona / also @ / Q / /
| / Q / / [Feng4 huang2 cheng2]
] j jin g(ng z! piece rate wage / remuneration based on
one's output / opposite: time rate wage / / / j / | / / /
/ [ji4 shi2 gong1 zi1]
[| B% *r zh% k Honor / de Balzac (1799-1850), French
novelist, author of series La com / die humaine
X! %n Sh bin Xi'an Incident of 12th December 1936
(kidnap of Chiang Kai-shek ] / ) / { / || / ) / { / [Jiang3 Jie4
shi2])
(]]) B&i c"n Sh ji Les Mis / rables (1862) by Victor Hugo /
/ / / | / 9 / | / / / / | / 9 / [Wei2 ke4 duo1 + / Yu3
guo3]
}[ y! hng r sn see / } / [ / / [yi1 hong1 er2 san4]
[ Er4 sh s Sh$ the Twenty-Four Histories (25 or 26 in
modern editions), collection of books on Chinese dynastic history
from 3000 BC till 17th century / fig. a long and complicated story
] j! li g) l) see / Q / ] / / | / Q / ] / / [ji1 li5 gu1
lu1]
j$}$ y(u z%i yu z%i see [ / $ / [ / $ / [you1 zai1 you1 zai1]
() g(u x!n du ji"o variant of / ( / | / ) / | / ( / / ) /
[gou1 xin1 dou4 jiao3]
#[ p%n lng f fng see j / @ / [ / @ / |j / / [ / /
[ban1 long2 fu4 feng4]
p! li p% la variant of / Q / / / [pi1 li5 pa1 la5]
\ qi%n l$ mo goose feather sent from afar (idiom) / a trifling
gift with a weighty thought behind it / also written / / / ] / \ /
| / / / / \ / [qian1 li3 song4 e2 mao2]
} h(ng dng y! sh variant of / / / / | / / /
/ [hong1 dong4 yi1 shi2]
L= du k#u xing sh&ng comic crosstalk / formalized comic
dialog between two stand-up comics: leading role / | / [dou4
gen2] and fall-guy J / | / [peng3 gen2]
+ fn fn b png variant of / / / + / | / / / + /
[fen4 fen4 bu4 ping2]
] } n d Chn c%ng lit. secretly crossing the Wei River @ / ,
/ [Wei4 He2] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu
Bang / } / | / } / [Liu2 Bang1] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu ] /
/ | / / [Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu) / fig
|$ zh*n yn sh li see | / { / $ / / [zhen3 shi2 shu4 liu2]

|] mi j!ng d" c"i listless / dispirited / washed out / also written
/ | / ] / } / | / | / ] / }
{@ l$ y lin ch$ sense of propriety, justice, integrity and honor
(i.e. the four social bonds, [ / / |[ / / [si4 wei2])
[j bng b% dio k"o see / | / / j / | / | / / j /
[beng4 pa2 diao4 kao3]
) (@ ji g' cu! hu% drumming to make apricots flower, cf joke by
Tang Emperor Xuanzhong / / / , playing the drum in apricot
blossom
{( zun ji%n y"ng g%o delving firmly, eyes raised (idiom) (from
Analects: Confucius' disciple / } / | / ] / [Yan2 Yuan1] aspires
to the heights of Confucius's teaching) / to dedicate oneself to a high
goal and learn intensively / meticulous and diligent stud
[ wng f&ng b' y$ng see / p / j / / | / / j / /
[bu3 feng1 zhuo1 ying3]
} ln chu%n xin y see / } / Q / ) / / / / / [ /
] / / | / ] / / / / / / / [ / / [ / [lin2 yuan1
xian4 yu2 , bu4 ru2 tui4 er2 jie2 wang3]
, ln h xin y see / } / Q / ) / / / / / [ / ] /
/ | / ] / / / / / / / [ / / [ / [lin2 yuan1 xian4
yu2 , bu4 ru2 tui4 er2 jie2 wang3]
] ln yu%n xin y see / } / Q / ) / / / / / [ / ]
/ / | / ] / / / / / / / [ / / [ / [lin2 yuan1 xian4
yu2 , bu4 ru2 tui4 er2 jie2 wang3]
,] h tn d s tetrodotoxin / tetrodox (TTX) / tetrodonic acid
C11H17N3O8
j @] A1 *r d(u s%i surname Althusser / Louis Pierre Althusser
/ \ / / [ / | / [ / / j / [ / @ / ] / | / \ / / [ / | /
/ / j / / @ / ] / [Lu4 yi4 + / Pi2 ai1 er3 &midd
7m] d m h" y see 7 / } / ] / ) / |7 / / ] / / [da4
ma3 ha3 yu2]
/# D li s! dn Dresden, capital of Saxony / / G / ) /
| / / G / ) / [Sa4 ke4 sen1 zhou1], Germany
@ d) hu chun q urban legend (translation of recent western
term) / story or theory circulated as true / same as @ / / [ / /
|@ / / /
@ H&i lng ji%ng sh*ng Heilongjiang province (Heilungkiang)
in northeast China, abbr. @ / , capital Harbin ] / /
] Zh(ng sh%n lng zhun the fable of Mr Dongguo and the
ungrateful Wolf by Ma Zhongxi } / / ) / | / /
| Er4 lin ho t Erlianhaote city in Xilin Gol league ) / V /
} / / / | / V / } / / / [Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 meng2], Inner
Mongolia
] (| w' q! gn xio May 7 Cadre School (forcing educated
people into re-education and peasant labor during Cultural
Revolution) / abbr. for ] / ( / $ / @ / \ / | / |] / ( / / @ / _ /
| / [wu3 qi1 gan4 bu4 xue2 xiao4]
| zu zhn sh! z(ng see | / / / / / / @ / || / /
/ / / / / [zuo4 zhan4 shi1 zong1 ren2 yuan2]
;+ G(ng zh' l$ng sh Gongzhuling county level city in Siping [
/ + / , Jilin
; ={| G(ng yng Ch)n qi) Mr Gongyang's Annals or
commentary on { / | / [Chun1 qiu1], early history, probably written
during Han dynasty, same as ; / = / [ / |; / = / / [Gong1 yang2
Zhuan4]
] Li ji% ku"ng zhn Liujiakuang township in Muping district
= / + / g / |= / + / | / , Yantai, Shandong
=f K" wn d sh Cavendish (name) / Henry Cavendish (1731-
1810), English nobleman and pioneer experimental scientist
} f"n Yun yn dng opposing Yuan Shikai / ] / Q / | /
] / / in War of national protection / g / / | / g / / 1915-
1916 / same as } / / | / / |} / / /
H zng Lin hng Vertical and Horizontal Alliance,
opposing stratagems devised by the School of Diplomacy q / @ /
/ | / / / [Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the Warring States Period
(425-221 BC)
)) J ln d%n zh(u Kelantan sultanate of Malaysia, near Thai
border, capital Kota Baharu / ] / [ / @ / | / ] / [ / / [Ge1
da3 ba1 lu3]
W wng H L King Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-
496 BC) / also called / / / [ / | / / /
W wng H Lu:2 King Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-
496 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons { / | /
] / / also called / / / @ / | / / /
]}= H% n' k" ji Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday
Dec on Gregorian calendar) / also called / / | / / |/ / | / /
and simply ] / } / =
|} hun y' h) f&ng to call the wind and summon the rain
(idiom) / to exercise magical powers / fig. to stir up troubles / also } /
p / / | / |} / / / | / [hu1 feng1 huan4 yu3]
@ Ji% b lng l$ Gaborone, capital of Botswana / also written
] / | / p / [ / |] / | / / [
[/| S f%ng ti q) Sifangtai district of Shuangyashan city / |
/ / |/ / / / [Shuang1 ya1 shan1], Heilongjiang
| # A! wn mo s! Avonmouth in southwest England / same as
the Bristol channel t / / # / | / [ / { / / |t / / # / | / /
{ / / [Bu4 li3 si1 tuo1 er3 hai3 xia2]
Du! lng d qng Doilungd / q / n county, Tibetan: Stod
lung bde chen rdzong in Lhasa j / / |j / / [La1 sa4], Tibet
Q}= M zh g(ng k" Maizhokunggar county, Tibetan: Mal gro
gung dkar rdzong in Lhasa j / / |j / / [La1 sa4], Tibet
/ ,9 Ti%n j!n tio yu& Treaty of Tianjin of 1858, a sequence of
unequal treaties / + / / / | / | / + / / 9 / / between
Russia, USA, England, France and Qing China
7| Ti p) s q Taibus banner in Xilin Gol league ) / V / } /
/ / | / V / } / / / [Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 meng2], Inner
Mongolia
p[ A k%ng ni *r O'Connell (name) / Daniel O'Connell (1775-
1847), Irish nationalist and catholic activist
9 z$ dn hu# ch& bullet train / Shinkansen / $ / ] / | /
/ / , Japanese high-speed train
z zh$ l#u zi see / / / | / / / [zi4 zhi3 lou3]
7 [7 Sng s d sh) Four great compilations of Northern Song
dynasty, namely: Extensive records of the Taiping era (978) 7 / + /
[ / / |7 / + / / / , Imperial readings of the Taiping era 7 / +
/ / / |7 / + / &
j] F l% *r j! Fularji district of Qiqihar city { / { / ] / [ / | /
{ tQ Ch b ch *r Qapqal Xibe autonomous county in Ili
Xinjiang
|] xi"o sh hou r erhua variant of / / | / | / / | /
[xiao3 shi2 hou5]
N l k xin Nilka county or Nilqa nahiyisi in Ili Kazakh
GG| F&ng f&ng kung q) Fengfengkuang district of Handan city
| / / / || / / / [Han2 dan1 shi4], Hebei
[H[H b% ji b% ji variant of [ / H / [ / H / [ba1 ji5 ba1 ji5]
[ W B% l$ k)n xin Barkol Kazakh autonomous county or Bark /
l Qazaq aptonom nahiyisi in Kumul prefecture ] / g / ] / g / |] /
g / ] / | / [Ha1 mi4 di4 qu1], Xinjiang
K k chun zh"ng Captain James Cook (1728-1779),
British navigator and explorer
p |[ K%ng x! Z di"n the Kangxi Dictionary, named after the
Kangxi Emperor, who in 1710 ordered its compilation, containing
47,035 single-character entries
[$}$ y(u z%i yu z%i see [ / $ / [ / $ / [you1 zai1 you1 zai1]
]]]] d" h% ha r erhua variant of ] / ] / ] / [da3 ha1 ha5]
] +=p y% png sh&ng yn to restrict to even tone (i.e. final rhyming
syllable must be classical first or second tone + / / |+ / = / )
j@j# L% p' l% s! Pierre Simon Laplace (1749-1827), French
mathematician
j{[ L% g l"ng r Lagrange (name) / Joseph-Louis Lagrange
(1735-1813), French mathematician and physicist
]] g"o hu% yng r erhua variant of ] / / ] / |] / / /
[gao3 hua1 yang4]
R Y!ng lin j)n Anglo-Japanese allied army (intervention
during Russian revolution and civil war 1917-1922)
HH| Ang2 ng x! q) Ang'angxi district of Qiqihar city { / { / ] /
[ / | / / ] / / [Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang
|2(| Mng m Q!ng ch) late Ming and early Qing / around the
middle of the 17th century
{ |z Ch)n qi) S%n Zhun Three Commentaries on the Spring
and Autumn Annals { / | / [Chun1 qiu1], including Mr Gongyang's
annals ; / = / [ / |; / = / / [Gong1 yang2 Zhuan4], Mr Guliang's
annals { / / [ / || / / / [Gu
@[9 P' ji% qio f) Yemelyan Ivanovich Pugachov (1742-1775),
Russian Cossack, leader of peasant rebellion 1773-1775 against
Catherine the Great
]#] Mi s! mi *r Mesmer (name) / Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-
1815), Austrian doctor who introduced hypnosis
]#| Mi l$ s! q) Meilisi Daur district of Qiqihar city { / { / ] /
[ / | / / ] / / [Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang
] Ch' Hn zhn zh&ng the war of 206-202 BC between Liu
Bang / } / | / } / [Liu2 Bang1] of Han and Xiang Yu ] / / |
/ / [Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu
{ Zhng xi%ng bi q Plain and Bordered White banner or
Shuluun H / v / / t Chagaan khoshuu in Xilin Gol league ) / V /
Mongolia
[9 W' y sh%n sh Wuyishan county level city in Nanping [ /
+ / [Nan2 ping2] Fujian
g F" gu G mng French Revolution (1789)
V F" ln k ln Franklin (name) / Benjamin Franklin (1706-
1790)
# F" ln d s! Flanders, region (state) of Belgium ] / } / /
|] / } / / [Bi3 li4 shi2]
g]| W&n ji%ng d q) Wenjiang district of Chengdu city / @ /
/ , Sichuan
/| W x! x!n q) Wuxi new district of Wuxi city # / ) / / |/ /
| # T k s! xin Tekesi county or T / kes Nahiyisi in Ili
Xinjiang
| Sh! zi sh%n q) Shizishan district of Tongling city q / [ /
/ | / [ / / [Tong2 ling2 shi4], Anhui
| y wn di c interrogative pronoun ( / | / , f / / |f /
, / , Q / / |Q / ] / etc)
{ Bi xi%ng c p' Anthology of ci poems tunes (1795), edited
by Xu Menglan / / / | / \ / / , with 100 accessible poems
from Tang through to Qing times
| Ni"n zi sh%n q) Nianzishan district of Qiqihar city { / { /
] / [ / | / / ] / / [Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang
+] Qn l$ng sh%n mi Qinling mountain range in Shaanxi
forming natural barrier between Guanzhong plain [ / / + / [ / |3
/ / + / [ / and Han River / / valley
|_ j!ng lng b"o zun treasure of spirits / Silmarillion or Quenta
Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien | / [ / / || / /
| $ Z% m" l d!ng Jamal al-Din ibn Muhammad al-Najjari (13th
century), famous Persian astronomer and scholar who served
Khubilai Khan [ / q / J / from c. 1260
[[ w"ng lu yng y' see / ] / / / |[ / / / /
[wang3 luo4 yu3 yan2]
g; M*i gu ji%o hu abbr. for / g / g / 5 / ; / \ / / @ /
/ | / g / / 5 / ; / \ / / / / , US Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC)
7 Shng d Ti z$ Prince Sh( / toku Taiji (574-621), major
Japanese statesman and reformer of the Asuka period ) / [ / /
| / | / / / | / [Fei1 niao3 Shi2 dai4], proponent of state
Buddhism, portrayed as Buddhist saint
|) K*n n d ji"o Cape Kennedy, name 1963-1973 of Cape
Canaveral = / q / / j / [ / ) / |= / / / j / / ) / [Ka3
na4 wei2 la1 er3 jiao3], Florida
gu png jin j! hamstring (anatomy) / see also / / /
| / / / [guo2 sheng2 ji1]
H] k' bu j! r erhua variant of / / H / [ku3 bu5 ji1]
t Li b n z! Leibnitz (name) / Gottfriend Wilhelm von
Leibniz (1646-1716), German mathematician and philosopher, co-
inventor of the calculus
| S *r k& q Nicolas Sarkozy (1955-), French UMP politician,
President 2007-2012 / also written / | / { / | / | / / [Sa4 ke1
qi2]
} S f&i Wng cho Persian Safavid Dynasty 1501-1722
@ [ Hng tng Tu sh assumed name of Sun Zhu ] / / | /
/ [Sun1 Zhu1] (1711-1778), poet and compiler of Three hundred
Tang dynasty poems / j / z / / / | / / z / / /
[Tang2 shi1 san1 bai3 shou3]
/ X! shu%ng b"n n abbr. for / / / q / [ / [ / /
/ ) / | / / / / / [ / [ / / / ) / Xishuangbanna, Dhai
autonomous prefecture in south Yunnan
Yu Wng G(u Jin King Gou Jian of Yue (c. 470 BC),
sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons { / | / ] /
@]/ Jn j! d f%ng Kinki chih( / , region of Japan around the old
capital Ky( / to, including Ky( / to prefecture ; / @ / [ / [Jing1 du1
fu3], - / saka prefecture 7 / / [ / [Da4 ban3 fu3], Shiga
prefecture / / \ / | / &
[ D l"ng bi *r D'Alembert (1717-1783), French
mathematician
Q wi qing lng ru to avoid the strong and attack the weak
(idiom) / to bully / also written Q / Q / [ / / | / Q / [ /
@ d) sh chun q urban legend (translation of recent western
term) / story or theory circulated as true / same as @ / / [ / /
|@ / / /
@ D) ji%ng yn sh Dujiangyan county level city in Chengdu
/ @ / [Cheng2 du1], Sichuan
g y! yo f&n l separating medical consultation from
dispensing drugs, proposed policy to counteract perceived PRC
problem of "drugs serving to nourish doctors" J / / / / |J /
/ ) / g / [yi3 yao4 yang3 yi1]
|| Tng gu%n sh%n q) Tongguanshan district of Tongling city
q / [ / / | / [ / / [Tong2 ling2 shi4], Anhui
V| X! ln ho t Xilinhaote city in Xilin Gol league ) / V / } /
/ / | / V / } / / / [Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 meng2], Inner
Mongolia
jj / Zh(ng lu gui rn The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by
Victor Hugo / / / / | / 9 / | / / / / | / 9 / [Wei2
ke4 duo1 + / Yu3 guo3]
] ] K%i yun shng sh peak of Tang prosperity during
Kaiyuan, reign name 713-741 of Tang emperor Xuanzong / /
/ [Tang2 Xuan2 zong1]
j [] A1 b% g% q Abag banner or Avga khoshuu in Xilin Gol
league ) / V / } / / / | / V / } / / / [Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4
meng2], Inner Mongolia
} Y" g b!n pi Jacobin club, French revolutionary party that
played a leading role in the reign of terror 1791-1794
q]|/ Hu b$ t rn The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien | / [ / / || /
/
} E2 f&i *r sh Everest (name) / Colonel Sir George Everest
(1790-1866), British Surveyor-General of India 1830-1843 /
transliteration refers to Mt Everest = / | / [ / [ / G / |= / | / [ /
/ G / , Mt Chomolungma or Qomolangma (Ti
Li w) q xin Riwoq / county, Tibetan: Ri bo che rdzong,
in Chamdo prefecture / @ / ] / g / | / @ / ] / | / [Chang1 du1
di4 qu1], Tibet
M" g *r n Earl George Macartney (1737-1806), leader of
British mission to Qing China in 1793 / Paul McCartney, former
Beatle
7 M" ti g(u zhn Mataigou town in Pingluo county + / p /
\ / |+ / / / [Ping2 luo2 xian4], Shizuishan { / Q / / [Shi2
zui3 shan1], Ningxia
M" ji *r n Earl George Macartney (1737-1806), leader of
British mission to Qing China in 1793 / Paul McCartney, former
Beatle
) M" t x!ng yn Omega or Horseshoe Nebula M17
@ |@ H&i J Yu%n hn Black Register of Lost Souls, long novel
by Peng Yangou / / / | / ) / / about the destructive
influence of opium, published in 1897 and 1909
]) j! hn zh(ng sh&n to have knowing regrets all one / s life
(idiom)
| @| K& p' t y' Coptic, Afro-Asiatic language of the Copts | /
@ / | / / / [Ke1 pu3 te4 ren2], spoken in Egypt until late 17th
century
_@p B"o ji% k%ng d Pocahontas (c. 1595-1617), native
American noted for her association with the colony of Jamestown,
Virginia
]] F l bi *r surname Fr / bel or Froebel / Friedrich Wilhelm
August Fr / bel (1782-1852), German pedagogue
] ]# S%i wn t s! Cervantes / abbr. for / { / [ / / / /
] / / ] / # / / / / / j / | / { / / / / / ] /
/ ] / # / / / /
z]g S%n p' Mi yun MIURA Baien (1723-1789), Japanese
neo-Confucian philosopher and pioneer economist, author of The
Origin of value / [ / |] / [ / [Jia4 yuan2]
} Yun + Li cho MINAMOTO no Yoritomo (1147-1199),
Japanese warlord and founder of the Kamakura shogunate / [ /
/ [ / | / / / [ / [Lian2 cang1 mu4 fu3]
] wi mng sh t!ng see ] / / / / |] / / / J /
[wei2 ming4 shi4 cong2]
z +]g MIURA Baien (1723-1789), Japanese neo-Confucian
philosopher and pioneer economist, author of The Origin of value /
[ / |] / [
[+ #, Jane Austen (1775-1817), English novelist / also written
/ / / # / , / | / / / # / , / [Jian3 + / Ao4 si1 ting1]
#| X! zng Z zh q) Tibetan autonomous region, Tibetan:
Bod rang skyong ljongs, abbr. # / [Zang4], capital Lhasa j / / |j
/ / [La1 sa4]
g|[ Zh(ng gu Jio y w"ng abbr. for / g / / | / | /
| / [ / / ) / / / | / g / / | / | / | / [ / / ) / | / [
/ [Zhong1 guo2 Jiao4 yu4 he2 Ke1 yan2 Ji4 suan4 ji1 wang3]
z Tng sh! s%n b"i sh#u Three hundred Tang dynasty
poems, a stable anthology collected around 1763 by Sun Zhu ] /
9@ Zh(ng y%ng Xu%n chun b Central Propaganda Section
/ abbr. for / g / ] / Q / / / 9 / / @ / / / [ / @ / | /
g / ] / / / / 9 / / / / / / @ / [Zhong1
{\ qi%n l$ j mo goose feather sent from afar (idiom) / a
trifling present with a weighty thought behind it / also written / /
/ ] / \ / | / / / / \
] ) j f&ng zh! jng c"o the storm put strong grass to the test
(idiom) / fig. troubled times test a faithful minister / to show one's true
colors after a stern test / also written ] / p / ] / / |] / / /

} ji png zhu%ng x!n ji' lit. new wine in old bottles / fig.
new concepts in an old framework / (loan idiom from Matthew 9:17,
but fig. meaning is opposite)
/][ yu j!n si *r nn Eugene Cernan (Apollo 17 astronaut)
g Zh(ng gu Zhng Jin Hu China securities regulatory
commission CSRC / abbr. for / g / g / 5 / g / @ / | / / / @
/ / | / g / / 5 / / @ / | / / / /
{Q| B!n h"i bi%n ji%ng q) Primorsky Krai (Russian province
around Vladivostok { / j / / , / # / j / / |{ / j / / , / # /
| / / )
g7 F" gu D g mng French Revolution (1789-1799)
7 W) l' m q Sh / r / mqi or Urumqi prefecture level
city and capital of Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region / Q / /
/ [ / / / g / | / Q / / / / / / | / [Xin1 jiang1 Wei2
wu2 er3 Zi
[, Xun w' mn zh! bin Xuanwu gate coup of June 626 in
early Tang, in which Li Shimin / ] / [ / killed his brothers, seized
the throne from his father as Emperor Taizong / 7 /
|+ Zhn zh&ng y' H png War and Peace by Tolstoy | / [
/ # / / || / / # /
z 9 S%n d"o Yu j f) Mishima Yukio (1925-1970), Japanese
author, pen name of (+ / | / ; / / |+ / | / ; / / , Hiraoka
Kimitake)
/ Ji' Y! b% Sh bin the Mukden or Manchurian Railway
Incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext
to annex Manchuria / also known as Liutiaogou incident ] / / @ /
/ / |] / 9 / / /
@z7 Qin Ji% s%n d ji% Three great poets of the Qianlong and
Jiaqing era (1735-1820), namely: Yuan Mei / | / , Jiang Shiquan
] / / Q / || / / / and Zhao Yi / / | /
| Er4 lin ho t sh Erlianhaote city in Xilin Gol league ) /
V / } / / / | / V / } / / / [Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 meng2],
Inner Mongolia
|#g E2 lu s! D gu Russian empire (1546-1917)
[] y" ba ch! hung lin no choice but to suffer in silence
(idiom) / also written [ / [ / ] / / / | / [ / ] / / / (often
precedes | / / j / / g / || / / / / g / [you3 ku3 shuo1

[] y" ba ch! hung lin no choice but to suffer in silence
(idiom) / also written [ / [ / ] / / / | / [ / ] / / / (often
precedes | / / j / / g / || / / / / g / [you3 ku3 shuo1

Du! lng d qng xin Doilungd / q / n county, Tibetan:
Stod lung bde chen rdzong in Lhasa j / / |j / / [La1 sa4], Tibet

Q}= M zh g(ng k" xin Maizhokunggar county, Tibetan:
Mal gro gung dkar rdzong in Lhasa j / / |j / / [La1 sa4], Tibet
7+=[ ti png yng zh(u bi%n variant of 7 / + / = / / / |7
/ + / = / [ / / , Pacific Rim
j]| F l% *r j! q) Fularji district of Qiqihar city { / { / ] / [ /
{ tQ Ch b ch *r xin Qapqal Xibe autonomous county in Ili
Xinjiang
JQ][ F&ng b xng K%i j Closed Game / Double Queen Pawn
Opening (chess) / same as / [ / @ / | / / [ / |/ / [ / @ / | /
] / [
Q[ y s r b d lit. to want sth in haste, but cannot get
there (idiom, from Analects) / more haste, less speed / also written
/ / @ / / Q / |Q / / / /
|g y#u k' shu( bu ch) having unspeakable bitter suffering /
(often used after [ / [ / ] / / / | / [ / ] / / / [ya3 ba5
chi1 huang2 lian2])
]H{ Mi x! y& x!ng bi"o Messier catalog of nebulae and
clusters (1784)
]l{ Mi x! y x!ng bi"o Messier catalog of nebulae and
clusters (1784)
|] mi y#u jn tu r erhua variant of / | / ] / / | / |
/ / / [mei2 you3 jin4 tou2]
, Sh% f" wi Wng cho Persian Safavid Dynasty 1501-
1722
}, B( du( m" k H see } / | / } / / , / |} / | / /
/ , / [Bo1 tuo1 ma3 ke4 He2]
# W) s) l$ s! k Ussuriisk city in Russian Pacific Primorsky
region / previous names include / / / |/ / / / [Shuang1
cheng2 zi5] and Voroshilov { / p / / / / 9 / |{ / / / / / 9
{2,] sh m chn zhu bng silicosis (occupational disease of
miners) / grinder's disease / also written [ / 2 / ]
]#Q Lu b s! b *r Robespierre (name) / Maximilien Fran /
ois Marie Isidore de Robespierre (1758-1794), French revolutionary
leader, enthusiastic advocate of reign of terror 1791-1794
9 Lu m nu su# f) Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov (1711-
1765), famous Russian chemist and polymath
l=w Y k" ji ln n Yekaterina (name) / Catherine the Great
or Catherine the Second (1684-1727), Empress of Russia
, S *r h' zh! zhn Battle of Sarhu in 1619, in which the
Manchus under Nurhaci } / [ / ] / / |} / / ] / / crushed
four Ming armies
|{ S) n t yu q Sonid Right banner in Xilin Gol league )
/ V / } / / / | / V / } / / / [Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 meng2],
Inner Mongolia
| S) n t zu# q Sonid Left banner in Xilin Gol league ) /
V / } / / / | / V / } / / / [Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 meng2],
Inner Mongolia
||g S) wi %i E2 gu Soviet Russia (1917-1991)
] J!n Png Mi C Hu Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus
(1617), Ming dynasty vernacular novel, formerly notorious and
banned for its sexual content
V| X! ln ho t sh Xilinhaote city in Xilin Gol league ) / V /
Mongolia
j{| A1 f ji% d lu Amedeo Avogadro (1776-1856), Italian
scientist, noted for contributions to molecular weight and molarity, the
originator of Avogadro's number j / { / | / / p / j / |j / { / |
/ / / J
jqj A1 f l *r ho battle cruiser Avrora (Russian: dawn)
firing the shot signaling the 1917 revolution, a favorite of communist
iconography
| Q!ng tng q Sh di the Bronze Age / also written / q
/ / | / | / / / | / [Qing1 tong2 Shi2 dai4]
j)< G l% d%n d(ng sh%n Mount Geladaindong or
Geladandong in Qinghai (6621 m), the main peak of the Tanggula
mountain range / / j / / / | / / j / / ] / [Tang2
gu3 la1 shan1 mai4]
j)<G G l% d%n d(ng f&ng Mount Geladaindong or
Geladandong in Qinghai (6621 m), the main peak of the Tanggula
mountain range / / j / / / | / / j / / ] / [Tang2
gu3 la1 shan1 mai4]
[#, Zh&n + A s! t!ng Jane Austen (1775-1817), English
novelist / also written / / / # / , / | / / / # / , / [Jian3
+ / Ao4 si1 ting1]
]g M" k + T' w&n Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne
Clemens 1835-1910), US writer, novelist and humorist, author of
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ] / / | / } / + / / g / [ / /
|] / / / } / + / / / &#
g7_ Zh(ng gu Zhng f" D xu China University of
Political Science and Law, Beijing, with undergraduate campus at
Changping / + / [Chang1 ping2], and graduate campus in Haidian
district { / # / g / |{ / / | / [Hai3 dian4 qu1]
mng bu zhng yn bu shn unjustified and
undeserving of such description / identity or status is unverified, or
inconsistent in detail / unworthy of the title (or name), or reputation /
no valid reason as justification / words without weight / cf / / /
/ |
1][M "n ma m! ba n m(u Om Mani Padma Hum (sanskrit),
or Om mani padme hum (Tibetan), the Avalokiteshvara mantra / also
written / / [ / ] / 1 / M / / / [ / ] / 1 / M
](@_| w' q! gn b xu xio May 7 Cadre School (forcing
educated people into re-education and peasant labor during Cultural
Revolution) / abbr. ] / ( / $ / | / |] / ( / / |
(7[7@ B*i Sng s d b sh) Four great compilations of
Northern Song dynasty, namely: Extensive records of the Taiping era
(978) 7 / + / [ / / |7 / + / / / , Imperial readings of the
Taiping era 7 / + / / / |7 / + / &
7]g D D(ng Y gng rng qu%n Great East Asia co-
prosperity sphere, Japanese wartime slogan for their short-lived
Pacific Empire, first enunciated by Prime Minister Prince KONOE
Fumimaro / | / / @ / | / / / @ / in 1938
j9#] L% z! m f) s! j! Razumovsky (name) / Prince Andrey
Kirillovich Razumovsky (1752-1836), Russian diplomat
=|, D(ng w) zh) m qn q East Ujimqin banner or Z / /
n / zemchin khoshuu in Xilin Gol league ) / V / } / / / | /
V / } / / / [Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 meng2], Inner Mongolia
[[7_ Ji%ng nn s d ci z$ Four great southern talents of the
Ming, namely: Tang Bohu / ] / / , Zhu Zhishan ] / | / / ,
Wen Zhengming / / | / | / j / | / and Xu Zhenqing | / ] /
/ || / /
7](7 Hung ti j Q!ng ti z(ng Hung Taiji (1592-1643),
eighth son of Nurhaci } / [ / ] / / |} / / ] / / , reigned
1626-1636 as Second Khan of Later Jin dynasty @ / / |[ / / ,
then founded the Qing dynasty 7 / ( / and re
] || d w' g xin di hu fifth modernization, i.e.
democracy, cf Deng Xiaoping's Four Modernizations / / + / | /
/ + / , [ / / j / | / | / |[ / / / | / |
[|9#] Lu b% qi f) s! j! Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky
(1793-1856), one of the discoverers of non-Euclidean geometry
g) M*i gu d l zhn zh&ng American war of
independence (1775-1783)
=|, X! w) zh) m qn q West Ujimqin banner or Baruun
/ zemchin khoshuu in Xilin Gol league ) / V / } / / / | / V /
} / / / [Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 meng2], Inner Mongolia
] M" g *r n sh$ tun the Macartney mission to Qing
China in 1793
] M" ji *r n sh$ tun the Macartney mission to Qing
China in 1793
]) Sh$ d f&n + H% p see # / / / / ] / ) / [Si1 di4
fen1 + / Ha1 po4]
Qio zh + Hu shng dn George Washington (1732-
1799), first US president
} A s k + Ni dn Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727),
British mathematician and physicist
|] A! d mng + B k Edmund Burke (1729-1797), Irish
philosopher and political scientist, member of British Parliament
11)17 17 November Revolutionary Organisation
9+|# Tolstoy (name) / Count Lev Nikolayevich Tostoy
(1828-1910), great Russian novelist, author of War and Peace /
/ | / | / + / | / / / | / +
|+]|| Charlotte Bront / (1816-1855), English novelist,
eldest of three Bront / sisters, author of Jane Eyre | / + / / | / + /

]|+][# Robert Burns (1759-1796), Scottish poet
g } Gu ji% J hu W*i yun hu PRC State Planning
Committee, set up in 1952, replaced in 1998 by State Development
and Planning Committee g / / / / / { / / @ / / |g /
/ / / / } / / / / [Gu
|/( K*n n d Hng ti%n Zh(ng x!n Kennedy space
center, Cape Canaveral = / q / / j / [ / ) / |= / / / j /
/ ) / [Ka3 na4 wei2 la1 er3 jiao3], Florida
{[ Y! t(ng M"n z z zh xin Yitong Manchurian
autonomous county in Siping [ / + / , Jilin
g/7 Qun gu Rn D Chng W*i hu Standing
Committee of the National People's Congress (abbr. of / g / / /
[ / | / { / 7 / / / Q / / @ / / | / g / / / [ / | / { / 7
/ / / /
@[ Png bi%n mio z z zh xin Pingbian Mianzu
autonomous county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture
/ , / ] / / [ / / [ / / / ) / | / , / ] / / [ / $ / [ /
/ / ) / [Hong2 he2 Ha1 n
] m*i fng ji% ji bi s! q!n doubly homesick for our
dear ones at each festive day (Tang poet Wang Wei's / / | /
/ remembering his brother)
,Lj[ H k#u Yo z z zh xin Hekou Yaozu autonomous
county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture / , / ] /
/ [ / / [ / / / ) / | / , / ] / / [ / $ / [ / / / ) /
[Hong2 he2 Ha1 ni2 z
)]==) d zi y xi%ng wi y k a stranger in a strange land
(Tang poet Wang Wei's / / | / / )
) } zh! shi yu du( yu f"n dng the more
knowledgeable, the more reactionary (absurd anti-intellectual slogan
attributed after the event to the Gang of Four [ / / / \ / |[ / / / (
/ )
{j,# f l% d w s! tu( k variant of { / j / / , / # / |
/ / , Vladivostok
])g chun do qio tu z rn zh When the boat gets to
the pier-head, it will go straight with the current (] / / common
saying). fig. Everything will be all right. / cf couplet / ] / / @ / q
/ | / / , / ] / ] / / / &#
9|# Li f) + Tu( *r s! ti Tolstoy (name) / Count Lev
Nikolayevich Tostoy (1828-1910), great Russian novelist, author of
War and Peace / / | / | / + / | / / / | / +
]Gg| H% l$ s&n + Sh! m t Harrison Schmitt (Apollo 17
astronaut)
|]|| Xi Lu t + B ling t Charlotte Bront / (1816-
1855), English novelist, eldest of three Bront / sisters, author of Jane
Eyre | / + / / | / + /
@}[ N p ln + B( n b% Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-
#|]{ S! t"n f + Li f sh Stamford Raffles (1781-1826),
British statesman and founder of the city of Singapore
]|][# Lu b t + B &n s! Robert Burns (1759-1796),
Scottish poet
#{# Lu *r s! + Lu y! s! Rolls-Royce (UK company) / also
written / # / 9 / # / | / # / / # / [Lao2 si1 Lai2 si1]
]@ S%i m *r + Yu& hn xn Samuel Johnson (1709-
1784) or Dr Johnson, English writer and lexicographer
4,|+V Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American writer,
scientist, inventor, politician and diplomat
] #$[| Mi l$ s! D w *r z q) Meilisi Daur district of
Qiqihar city { / { / ] / [ / | / / ] / / [Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3],
Heilongjiang
@ ji"n ji sh zh hu de lng hn Brevity is the soul of
wit (from Polonius' } / / / # / speech in Hamlet II:2 ] / @ / /
| / ).
+j[ J!n png Mio Yo D"i z zh xin Jinping Miao,
Yao and Dai autonomous county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous
prefecture / , / ] / / [ / / [ / / / ) / | / , / ] / /
[ / $ / [ / / / ) / [Hong2
[Qj; Convention du 17 juillet 1905 relative la
procdure civile Civil Procedure Convention
} /j F l$ d l$ x! + X l Friedrich Schiller or Johann
Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805), German poet and
dramatist
4,| V B*n ji mng + F ln k ln Benjamin Franklin
(1706-1790), American writer, scientist, inventor, politician and
diplomat
) ji' yu ji' r y Sh%n d(ng xi(ng d Remembering
my brothers in faraway Shandong on the double ninth festival (poem
by Tang Wang Wei's / / | / / )
g} gu ji% f% zh"n j hu w*i yun hu PRC State
Development and Planning Committee, set up 1998 to replace State
Planning Committee g / / / { / / @ / / |g / / / } /
/ / / , replaced in 2003 by National development and r
{tQ] Ch b ch *r X! b z zh xin Qapqal Xibe
autonomous county in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture { / / ] /
/ / / / ) / |{ / / ] / / / / / ) / [Yi1 li2 Ha1
sa4 ke4 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang
[W] B% l$ k)n H% s k z zh xin Barkol Kazakh
autonomous county or Bark / l Qazaq aptonom nahiyisi in Kumul
prefecture ] / g / ] / g / |] / g / ] / | / [Ha1 mi4 di4 qu1],
Xinjiang
|| ]} mng xi) zhn do , n d Chn c%ng lit. repair
the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River @ / , /
[Wei4 He2] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu
Bang / } / | / } / [Liu2 Bang1] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu ] /
/ |
]j| |]j k%i ch d"ng j , xng zhng k%i ch double
expulsion (from the party and from the administrative post, as a
punishment for corruption) / abbr. to / / |/ / ]
g% (]T; Xing Zhu%ng w' jin , zh zi Pi G(ng see ] /
/ % / / / / ] / T / ; / | / g / % / / / / ] / T / ; /
[Xiang4 Zhuang1 wu3 jian4 , yi4 zai4 Pei4 Gong1]
|q q xng b g"i xng , zu b g"i mng see | / /
/ / / / / q / / [xing2 bu4 geng1 ming2 , zuo4 bu4 gai3
xing4]
@)][$[ P' *r H% n z Y z z zh xin former Pu'er
Hani and Yi autonomous county in Yunnan, renamed in 2007 Ning'er
Hani and Yi autonomous county j / ) / ] / / [ / / [ / / /
\ / |q / ) / ] / / [ / $ / [ / / &#
|_| k& xu j sh sh d y! sh&ng ch"n l Science
and technology is the number one productive force (from 1978
speech by Deng Xiaoping / / + / | / / + / introducing the
Four Modernizations [ / / j / | / | / |[ / / / | /
J[t[[[) Qin nn B y! z Mio z z zh zh(u
Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture in Guizhou, capital
Duyun city @ / /
g5@| Zh(ng gu Zhng qun Ji%n d) Gu"n l$ W*i
yun hu China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) / abbr. g
/ g / / | / / / [Zheng4 jian1 hui4]
[] |g y" ba ch! hung lin , y#u k' shu( bu ch) to
be forced to suffer in silence / unable to speak of one's bitter suffering
/ sometimes written [ / / ] / / / ,| / / j / / g / | /
/ ] / / / ,| / / / / &#
+[j[[[ J!n png Mio z Yo z D"i z z zh xin
Jinping Miao, Yao and Dai autonomous county in Honghe Hani and
Yi autonomous prefecture / , / ] / / [ / / [ / / / ) /
| / , / ] / / [ / $ / [ / / / ) / [Hong2
g|||[)|[ Zh(ng gu Jio y h K& yn J sun j!
w"ng China Education and Research Network (CERNET) / abbr. to
/ g / / | / / | / g / / | / [ / [Zhong1 guo2 Jiao4 yu4
wang3]
19057)17[Qj; Convention du 17 juillet 1905
relative la procdure civile Civil Procedure Convention
J J/, J/,) y$ q rn zh! do , hun zh q rn zh!
sh&n to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom,
from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi z / # / ) / to get revenge
by playing sb back at his own game / to give sb a taste of his own
medicine
g(]| Ad Hoc Committee established by
General Assembly resolution 51 / 210 of 17 December 1996 / Ad Hoc
Committee on International Terrorism
1737 2006 jj Security Council
Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006)
7 199612)1751/210jj| Ad Hoc
Committee established by General Assembly resolution 51 / 210 of
17 December 1996 / Ad Hoc Committee on International Terrorism
/[_ /[_ /[ w y! sh r b xu , w y!
sh r b xu , w y! ch' r b d Study everything, at all times,
everywhere (Chu Xi z / # / )
/[_ /[_ /[ w y! sh r b xu , w y!
sh r b xu , w y! ch' r b d Study everything, at all times,
everywhere (Zhu Xi z / # / )

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