| 公元 | gōng yuán | CE (Common Era) / Christian Era / AD (Anno Domini) |  |
| 西元 | xī yuán | (Tw) Christian era / Gregorian calendar / AD (Anno Domini) |  |
| 临时 | lín shí | as the time draws near / at the last moment / temporary / interim / ad hoc |  |
| 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 |  |
| 吐蕃 | Tǔ bō | Tubo or Tufan, old name for Tibet / the Tibetan Tubo dynasty 7th-11th century AD / also pr. [Tu3 fan1] |  |
| 特设 | tè shè | ad hoc / to set up specially |  |
| 法兰克 | Fǎ lán kè | the Franks (Germanic people who arrived in Europe from 600 AD and took over France) |  |
| 资治通鉴 | Zī zhì Tōng jiàn | A Mirror for the Wise Ruler (or Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government), a vast chronological general history, written by 司馬光|司马光[Si1 ma3 Guang1] Sima Guang (1019-1089) and collaborators during the Northern Song in 1084, covering the period 403 BC-959 AD, 294 scrolls |  |
| 反证 | fǎn zhèng | disproof / rebuttal / reductio ad absurdum |  |
| 反证法 | fǎn zhèng fǎ | reductio ad absurdum |  |
| 三国演义 | Sān guó Yǎn yì | Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中[Luo2 Guan4 zhong1], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4] Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] Wei 魏[Wei4] as villains |  |
| 杏林 | xìng lín | forest of apricot trees / (fig.) honorific term for fine doctor (cf Dr Dong Feng 董奉[Dong3 Feng4], 3rd century AD, asked his patients to plant apricot trees instead of paying fees) |  |
| 吐谷浑 | Tǔ yù hún | Tuyuhun, nomadic people related to the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑[Xian1 bei1] / a state in Qinghai in 4th-7th century AD |  |
| 新罗 | Xīn luó | Silla, Korean kingdom 57 BC-935 AD / one of the Korean Three Kingdoms from 1st century AD, defeating its rivals Paikche 百濟|百济[Bai3 ji4] and Koguryo 高句麗|高句丽[Gao1 gou1 li2] around 660 in alliance with Tang China / unified Silla 658-935 |  |
| 中国航海日 | Zhōng guó Háng hǎi rì | Maritime Day (July 11th) commemorating the first voyage of Zheng He 鄭和|郑和[Zheng4 He2] in 1405 AD |  |
| 吐蕃王朝 | Tǔ bō Wáng cháo | Tibetan Tubo Dynasty 7th-11th century AD |  |
| 四十二章经 | sì shí èr zhāng jīng | The Sutra in Forty-two Sections Spoken by the Buddha, the first Chinese Buddhist text, translated in 67 AD by Kasyapa-Matanga 迦葉摩騰|迦叶摩腾[Jia1 ye4 Mo2 teng2] and Gobharana 竺法蘭|竺法兰[Zhu2 fa3 lan2] (Dharmaraksha) |  |
| 尼雅 | Ní yǎ | Niya, ancient kingdom near Khotan in Xinjiang, 1st century BC-4th century AD |  |
| 新罗王朝 | Xīn luó Wáng cháo | Silla, Korean kingdom 57 BC-935 AD / one of the Korean Three Kingdoms from 1st century AD, defeating its rivals Paikche 百濟|百济[Bai3 ji4] and Koguryo 高句麗|高句丽[Gao1 gou1 li2] around 660 in alliance with Tang China / unified Silla 658-935 |  |
| 东汉末 | Dōng Hàn mò | the last years of Eastern Han / the breakup of the Han dynasty around 200 AD |  |
| 东汉末年 | Dōng Hàn mò nián | the last years of Eastern Han / the breakup of the Han dynasty around 200 AD |  |
| 归谬法 | guī miù fǎ | reductio ad absurdum / arguing by contradiction / also called 反證法|反证法 |  |
| 汉四郡 | Hàn sì jùn | four Han commanderies in north Korea 108 BC-c. 300 AD |  |
| 犍陀罗 | Jiān tuó luó | Gandhara Kingdom in northwest India, c. 600 BC-11 AD, on Kabul River in Vale of Peshawar |  |
| 隋末 | Suí mò | last years of the Sui dynasty / early 7th century AD |  |
| 难经 | Nàn jīng | Classic on Medical Problems, c. 1st century AD / abbr. for 黃帝八十一難經|黄帝八十一难经[Huang2 di4 Ba1 shi2 yi1 Nan4 jing1] |  |
| 黄帝八十一难经 | Huáng dì Bā shí yī Nàn jīng | The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Eighty-one Difficulties, medical text, c. 1st century AD |  |
| 龟兹 | Qiū cí | ancient Central Asian city state, flourished in first millennium AD, in modern Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区, Xinjiang |  |
| 从价税 | cóng jià shuì | ad valorem tariff |  |
| 龙龛手鉴 | Lóng kān Shǒu jiàn | Longkan Shoujian, Chinese character dictionary from 997 AD containing 26,430 entries, with radicals placed into 240 rhyme groups and arranged according to the four tones, and the rest of the characters similarly arranged under each radical |  |
| 玉篇 | Yù piān | Yupian, Chinese dictionary compiled by Gu Yewang 顧野王|顾野王[Gu4 Ye3 wang2] in 6th century AD |  |
| 字林 | Zì lín | Zilin, Chinese character dictionary with 12,824 entries from ca. 400 AD |  |
| 开发署筹资战略特设工作组 | | Ad Hoc Working Group on the UNDP funding strategy |  |
| 利比里亚问题特设特别会议部长级会议 | | Ministerial Meeting of the Ad hoc Special Conference on Liberia |  |
| 联合国宪章问题特设委员会 | | Ad Hoc Committee on the Charter of the United Nations |  |
| 第13条特设小组 | | Ad Hoc Group on Article 13 |  |
| 全球能源效率特别会议 | | Ad hoc Meeting on Global Energy Efficiency |  |
| 联合国内部司法特设委员会 | | Ad Hoc Committee on the Administration of Justice at the United Nations |  |
| 振兴大会特设工作组 | | Ad Hoc Working Group on the revitalization of the General Assembly |  |
| 出庭作证的传票 | | subpoena ad testificandum |  |
| 一审法官 | yī shěn fǎ guān | judge ad quo |  |
| 净化武装部队特设委员会 | | Ad Hoc Commission on the Purification of the Armed Forces |  |
| 国际合同惯例特设专家组 | | Ad Hoc Expert Group on International Contract Practices |  |
| 国际经济新秩序特设专家组 | | Ad Hoc Expert Group on the New International Economic Order |  |
| 人口估计和预测特设工作组 | | Ad Hoc Inter-agency Working Group on Demographic Estimates and Projections |  |
| 特设专家组 | | ad hoc expert group |  |
| 上诉法官 | shàng sù fǎ guān | judge ad quem |  |
| 发展中岛屿国家特设协商组 | | Ad Hoc Consultative Group of Developing Island States |  |
| 特设指导组 | | Ad Hoc Steering Group |  |
| 诉诸战争权 | sù zhū zhàn zhēng quán | jus ad bellum |  |
| 特设科学专家组 | | Ad Hoc Group of Scientific Experts |  |
| 财务问题特设闭会期间工作组 | | Ad Hoc Intersessional Working Group on Finance |  |
| 电子数据交换特设专家组 | | Ad Hoc Expert Group on Electronic Data Interchange |  |
| 脆弱程度指数特设专家组 | | ad hoc expert group on vulnerability indices |  |
| 报告问题特设工作组 | | Ad Hoc Working Group on Reporting |  |
| 直接邮寄资金筹措特设工作组 | | Ad hoc Working Group on Direct Mail Fund-Raising |  |
| 美洲国家组织外交部长特别会议 | | Ad Hoc Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of OAS |  |
| 布隆迪问题特设咨询小组 | | Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Burundi |  |
| 拟订补充标准特设委员会 | | Ad Hoc Committee of the Human Rights Council on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination / Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards / Ad Hoc Com |  |
| 审案法官 | shěn àn fǎ guān | ad litem judge |  |
| 特设政府间港口专家组 | | Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Group of Port Experts |  |
| 私有化比较经验特设工作组 | | Ad Hoc Working Group on Comparative Experience with Privatization |  |
| 特设筹资筹划专家组 | | Ad Hoc Group of Experts on Financing Engineering |  |
| 扩大发展中国家贸易机会特设工作组 | | Ad Hoc Working Group on Expansion of Trading Opportunities for Developing Countries |  |
| 终止日期 | zhōng zhǐ rì qī | dies ad quem |  |
| 伊拉克问题特设规划小组 | | ad hoc planning group on Iraq |  |
| 信息学不限成员名额特设工作组 | | Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Informatics |  |
| 政府环境法高级官员特别会议 | | Ad Hoc Meeting of Senior Government Officials Expert in Environmental Law |  |
| 特设边界技术委员会 | | Technical Ad Hoc Border Committee |  |
| 国家元首和政府首脑特设委员会 | | Ad Hoc Committee of Heads of State and Government |  |
| 生物多样性和气候变化特设技术专家组 | | Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Biological Diversity and Climate Change |  |
| 关于若干能源问题问卷的特别会议 | | Ad hoc Meeting on the Questionnaire on Selected Energy Issues |  |
| 铜特别审查会议 | | Ad Hoc Review Meeting on Copper |  |
| 联合国筹资战略不限成员名额特设工作组 | | Open-ended Ad Hoc Working Group on the United Nations Funding Strategy |  |
| 被占领土特设联络委员会 | | Ad Hoc Liaison Committee for the Occupied Territories |  |
| 科技信息系统促进发展特设专家组 | | Ad Hoc Panel of Specialists on Scientific and Technological Information Systems for Development |  |
| 审理在东帝汶所犯罪行特设人权法庭 | | Ad Hoc Human Rights Tribunal for Crimes Committed in East Timor |  |
| 预防和解决非洲冲突工作组 | | Ad Hoc Working Group on Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa |  |
| 联合国烟草管制特设机构间工作队 | | United Nations Ad Hoc Interagency Task Force on Tobacco Control |  |
| 经常重新划分的选区 | | ad hoc electoral district |  |
| 外层空间建立信任措施特设专家组 | | Ad hoc expert group on Confidence-building Measures in Outer Space |  |
| 军事能力转为民用特设工作组 | | Ad Hoc Working Group on Conversion of Military Capacities to Civilian Uses |  |
| 住房问题特别会议 | | ad hoc meeting on housing aspects |  |
| 科技促进发展长期前景特设专家组 | | Ad Hoc Panel of Specialists on Long-Term Perspectives on Science and Technology for Development |  |
| 专题委员 | | ad hoc member |  |
| 战略方向和效率特设工作组 | | Ad Hoc Working Group on Strategic Directions and Efficiency |  |
| 非统组织特设调解委员会 | | OAU Ad Hoc Mediation Committee |  |
| 消灭嵴灰特设咨询委员会 | | Ad Hoc Advisory Committee for Polio Eradication |  |
| 发展筹资特设工作组 | | Ad Hoc Working Group on Financing for Development |  |
| 几内亚比绍问题特设咨询小组 | | Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Guinea-Bissau |  |
| 部门议题特设闭会期间工作组 | | Ad Hoc Inter-sessional Working Group on Sectoral Issues |  |
| 临时的 | | ad interim |  |
| 柏林授权特设小组 | | Ad Hoc Group on the Berlin Mandate |  |
| 贸易效率问题特设工作组 | | Ad Hoc Working Group on Trade Efficiency |  |
| 南部非洲问题特设国家元首常务委员会 | | Ad Hoc Standing Committee of Heads of State on the Question of Southern Africa |  |
| 环境与经济学特别会议 | | Ad hoc Meeting on Environment and Economics |  |
| 森林特设小组 | | Ad Hoc Subgroup on Forests |  |
| 城市规划问题特别会议 | | ad hoc meeting on urban planning aspects |  |
| 新能源和可再生能源特别会议 | | Ad hoc Meeting on New and Renewable Sources of Energy |  |
| 纳米比亚特设小组委员会 | | Ad Hoc Sub-Committee on Namibia |  |