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中文版 zhōng wén bǎn Chinese (language) version
语文 yǔ wén literature and language / (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject)
中文 Zhōng wén Chinese language
中华 Zhōng huá Zhonghua, historical and cultural term for China, often used to denote Chinese civilization and identity (as in 中華文化|中华文化[Zhong1hua2 wen2hua4] "Chinese culture") / used in the official name of the Republic of China, 中華民國|中华民国[Zhong1hua2 Min2guo2]
人物 rén wù person / personage / figure (esp. sb of importance) / character (in a play, novel etc) / (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting
简体 jiǎn tǐ simplified form of Chinese characters, as opposed to traditional form 繁體|繁体[fan2 ti3]
人民币 rén mín bì Renminbi (RMB) / Chinese Yuan (CNY)
简体中文 jiǎn tǐ zhōng wén simplified character Chinese, simplified Chinese
华人 Huá rén ethnic Chinese person or people
三星 sān xīng three major stars of the Three Stars 參宿|参宿[Shen1 xiu4] Chinese constellation / the belt of Orion / three spirits 福[fu2], 祿|禄[lu4], and 壽|寿[shou4] associated with the Three Stars 參宿|参宿[Shen1 xiu4] Chinese constellation
新浪 Xīn làng Sina, Chinese web portal and online media company
国语 Guó yǔ Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature / Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject / Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government / Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC
搜狐 Sōu hú Sohu, Chinese web portal and online media company
语音 yǔ yīn speech sounds / pronunciation / colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character / phonetic / audio / voice / (Internet) to voice chat / voice message
汉化 Hàn huà to sinicize / sinicization / (software) Chinese localization
中共 Zhōng Gòng abbr. for 中國共產黨|中国共产党[Zhong1 guo2 Gong4 chan3 dang3], Chinese Communist Party
中医 Zhōng yī traditional Chinese medical science / a doctor trained in Chinese medicine
三国 Sān guó Three Kingdoms period (220-280) in Chinese history / any of several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新羅|新罗[Xin1luo2] in 658
中文网 zhōng wén wǎng Chinese language network
新华社 Xīn huá shè Xinhua News Agency, founded in 1931 as the press outlet of the Chinese Communist Party
中国人民 zhōng guó rén mín the Chinese people
毛泽东 Máo Zé dōng Mao Zedong (1893-1976), leader of the Chinese Communist Party 1935-1976
繁体 fán tǐ traditional form of Chinese, as opposed to simplified form 簡體|简体[jian3 ti3]
老子 Lǎo zǐ Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism / the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1] by Laozi
中药 Zhōng yào traditional Chinese medicine / CL:服[fu4],種|种[zhong3]
汉字 hàn zì Chinese character(s)
新浪网 Xīn làng Wǎng Sina, Chinese web portal and online media company
邓小平 Dèng Xiǎo píng Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997), Chinese communist leader, de facto leader of PRC 1978-1990 and creator of "socialism with Chinese characteristics"
中国队 zhōng guó duì Chinese team
过年 guò nián to celebrate the Chinese New Year
汉语 Hàn yǔ Chinese language / CL:門|门[men2]
普通话 pǔ tōng huà Mandarin (common language) / Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language) / ordinary speech
腾讯 Téng xùn Tencent, Chinese tech conglomerate, founded in 1998
华语 Huá yǔ Chinese language
中华民族 Zhōng huá mín zú the Chinese nation / the Chinese people (collective reference to all the ethnic groups in China)
成语 chéng yǔ Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation / idiom / proverb / saying / adage / CL:條|条[tiao2],本[ben3],句[ju4]
中国政府 zhōng guó zhèng fǔ Chinese government
中方 Zhōng fāng the Chinese side (in an international venture)
司马 Sī mǎ Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states) / two-character surname Sima
繁体中文 fán tǐ zhōng wén traditional character Chinese
僵尸 jiāng shī gyonshi / jiang shi / Chinese vampire / zombie
两会 Liǎng huì National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
大洋 dà yáng ocean / (old) silver dollar / (slang) Chinese yuan
盒子 hé zi box / case / hezi &ndash / a savory turnover-like pie in northern Chinese and Mongolian cuisines
华侨 Huá qiáo overseas Chinese / (in a restricted sense) Chinese emigrant who still retains Chinese nationality / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
生肖 shēng xiào one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1] / animal from the Chinese zodiac
易趣 yì qù EachNet, Chinese e-commerce company (formerly owned by eBay and branded as eBay EachNet)
近代 jìn dài the not-very-distant past / modern times, excluding recent decades / (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919) / capitalist times (pre-1949)
春运 chūn yùn (increased) passenger transportation around Chinese New Year
孔子 Kǒng zǐ Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3]
五行 wǔ xíng five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水
农历 nóng lì the traditional Chinese calendar / the lunar calendar
混沌 hùn dùn primal chaos (original state of the universe in Chinese mythology) / (of a situation) confused / chaotic / (of a person) muddle-headed / simple-minded
字典 zì diǎn Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 詞典|词典[ci2 dian3], which has entries for words of one or more characters) / (coll.) dictionary / CL:本[ben3]
五笔 wǔ bǐ abbr. of 五筆字型|五笔字型, five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 / in 1983
毛主席 Máo Zhǔ xí Chairman Mao / Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东 / (1893-1976), Chinese Communist leader
邓小平理论 Dèng Xiǎo píng Lǐ lùn Deng Xiaoping Theory / Dengism / the foundation of PRC economic development after the Cultural Revolution, building the capitalist economy within Chinese Communist Party control
贴吧 tiē bā Baidu Tieba, lit. "Baidu Post Bar", a Chinese online forum hosted by Baidu Inc.
一 yī one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
中国科学院 Zhōng guó Kē xué yuàn Chinese Academy of Science
中国历史 zhōng guó lì shǐ Chinese history
中科院 Zhōng kē yuàn abbr. for 中國社會科學院|中国社会科学院[Zhong1 guo2 She4 hui4 Ke1 xue2 yuan4], Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
音符 yīn fú (music) note / phonetic component of a Chinese character / phonetic symbol / phonogram
宝钢 Bǎo gāng Baosteel, Chinese steel maker formed in a 1998 merger, then merged to form Baowu 寶武鋼鐵|宝武钢铁[Bao3 wu3 Gang1 tie3] in 2016
党内 dǎng nèi within the party (esp. Chinese communist party)
搜狗 Sōu gǒu Sogou, Chinese tech company known for its search engine, www.sogou.com
上校 shàng xiào high ranking officer in Chinese army / colonel
解毒 jiě dú to detoxify / to relieve fever (in Chinese medicine)
象棋 xiàng qí Chinese chess / CL:副[fu4]
老将 lǎo jiàng lit. old general / commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess / fig. old-timer / veteran
白菜 bái cài Chinese cabbage, esp. napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis) / sometimes used to refer to bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis) / CL:棵[ke1],個|个[ge4]
海棠 hǎi táng Chinese flowering crab apple (Malus spectabilis)
重叠 chóng dié to overlap / to superimpose / to telescope / to run together / to duplicate / one over another / superposition / an overlap / redundancy / reduplication (in Chinese grammar, e.g. 散散步[san4 san4 bu4] to have a stroll)
青衣 qīng yī black clothes / servant (old) / young woman role in Chinese opera, also called 正旦[zheng4 dan4]
中式 Zhōng shì Chinese style
华裔 Huá yì ethnic Chinese / non-Chinese citizen of Chinese ancestry
戏曲 xì qǔ Chinese opera
大中华 Dà Zhōng huá Greater China / refers to China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (esp. in finance and economics) / refers to all areas of Chinese presence (esp. in the cultural field), including parts of Southeast Asia, Europe and the Americas
中山大学 Zhōng shān Dà xué Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou) / Sun Yat-sen University (Kaohsiung) / Sun Yat-sen University (Moscow), founded in 1925 as training ground for Chinese communists
华文 Huá wén Chinese language / Chinese script
直通车 zhí tōng chē "through train" (refers to the idea of retaining previous legislature after transition to Chinese rule in Hong Kong or Macao)
琵琶 pí pa pipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard
玉女 yù nu:3 beautiful woman / fairy maiden attending the Daoist immortals / (polite) sb else's daughter / Chinese dodder (Cuscuta chinensis), plant whose seeds are used for TCM
长袍 cháng páo chang pao (traditional Chinese men's robe) / gown / robe / CL:件[jian4]
气血 qì xuè qi and blood (two basic bodily fluids of Chinese medicine)
少校 shào xiào junior ranking officer in Chinese army / major / lieutenant commander
字形 zì xíng form of a Chinese character / variant of 字型[zi4 xing2]
青菜 qīng cài green vegetables / Chinese cabbage
中文系 zhōng wén xì Chinese language department (of college)
汉人 Hàn rén Han Chinese person or people
中草药 zhōng cǎo yào Chinese herbal medicine
侨乡 qiáo xiāng hometown of overseas Chinese
中国式 Zhōng guó shì Chinese style / à / la chinoise
西施 Xī shī Xishi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3], given by King Gou Jian 勾踐|勾践[Gou1 Jian4] of Yue as concubine to King of Wu as part of a successful plan to destroy Wu
国画 guó huà traditional Chinese painting
气功 qì gōng qigong, a traditional Chinese system of cultivating vital energy 氣|气[qi4] through coordinated breathing, movement and meditation
中餐 Zhōng cān lunch / Chinese meal / Chinese food / CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4]
衣襟 yī jīn the front piece(s) of a Chinese jacket / lapel
木瓜 mù guā papaya (Carica papaya) / genus Chaenomeles of shrubs in the family Rosaceae / Chinese flowering quince (Chaenomeles speciosa)
梧桐 wú tóng wutong (Firmiana platanifolia) / Chinese parasol tree
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