"Inscription" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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题词 tí cí inscription / dedication
题记 tí jì epigraph / inscription / graffito
铭文 míng wén inscription
石刻 shí kè stone inscription / carved stone
金石 jīn shí metal and stone / fig. hard objects / inscription on metal or bronze
金榜 jīn bǎng (lit.) tablet with inscription in gold / (fig.) pass list for the top imperial examinations / roll of honor
碑文 bēi wén inscription on a tablet
落款 luò kuǎn inscription with name, date, or short sentence, on a painting, gift, letter etc / to write such an inscription
铭刻 míng kè a carved inscription
题字 tí zì to write an inscription (poem, remark, autograph etc) / an inscription
碑刻 bēi kè inscription on stone tablet
金文 jīn wén inscription in bronze / bell-cauldron inscription
墓志 mù zhì inscribed stone tablet placed in a tomb / memorial inscription on such a tablet
碑帖 bēi tiè a rubbing from a stone inscription
石 shí rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
拓本 tà běn rubbing of inscription
碑铭 bēi míng inscription on stone tablet
无字碑 wú zì bēi stone tablet without inscription / blank stele
帖 tiè rubbing from incised inscription
五人墓碑记 wǔ rén mù bēi jì Five Men’s Tombstone Inscription, an essay by Zhang Pu 張溥|张溥[Zhang1 Pu3] commemorating five martyrs who died resisting the tyranny of Wei Zhongxian 魏忠賢|魏忠贤[Wei4 Zhong1xian2] during the late Ming dynasty
张溥 Zhāng Pǔ Ming dynasty scholar (1602-1641), prolific writer, proponent of the Fushe 復社|复社[Fu4she4] cultural renewal movement, author of Five Men’s Tombstone Inscription 五人墓碑記|五人墓碑记[Wu3 Ren2 Mu4bei1ji4]
白碑 bái bēi stone tablet without inscription / blank stele
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