"Mainland" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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大陆 dà lù continent / mainland / CL:個|个[ge4],塊|块[kuai4]
两岸 liǎng àn bilateral / both shores / both sides / both coasts / Taiwan and mainland
中国大陆 zhōng guó dà lù mainland China
外企 wài qǐ foreign enterprise / company established in mainland China with direct investment from foreign entities or from investors in Taiwan, Macao or Hong Kong / abbr. for 外資企業|外资企业
你 nǐ you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 / is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 / is used to address both males and females.)
邮差 yóu chāi postman / mailman (dated in mainland China)
陆委会 Lù wěi huì Mainland Affairs Council (Taiwan), abbr. for 大陸委員會|大陆委员会
琼州海峡 Qióng zhōu Hǎi xiá Qiongzhou Strait (between Hainan Island and mainland China)
红筹股 hóng chóu gǔ red chip stocks (Chinese company stocks incorporated outside mainland China and listed in the Hong Kong stock exchange)
大陆妹 dà lù mèi (in Taiwan, Hong Kong or Macao) girl from the mainland / (Tw) Fushan lettuce 福山萵苣|福山莴苣[Fu2 shan1 wo1 ju4]
台胞证 Tái bāo zhèng Mainland Travel Permit for Taiwan Residents / Taiwan Compatriot Entry Permit / abbr. for 台灣居民來往大陸通行證|台湾居民来往大陆通行证[Tai2 wan1 Ju1 min2 Lai2 wang3 Da4 lu4 Tong1 xing2 zheng4]
剌 lá variant of 拉[la2] (Note: 剌[la2] was the character used prior to simplification and remains the standard in Taiwan, while in mainland China, 拉[la2] has replaced 剌[la2])
大陆话 dà lù huà Mainland Chinese (language)
陆客 lù kè (Tw) (neologism c. 2008) mainland Chinese tourist
中国新闻社 Zhōng guó Xīn wén shè China News Service (CNS), a state-owned news agency in China, focused primarily on providing news to Chinese communities outside mainland China
丁加奴 Dīng jiā nú Terengganu, northeast state of mainland Malaysia
第勒尼安海 Dì lè ní ān Hǎi Tyrrhenian Sea between Sardinia and the Italian mainland
华润万家 Huá rùn Wàn jiā CR Vanguard or China Resources Vanguard Shop, a supermarket chain in Hong Kong and mainland China
鞑靼海 Dá dá hǎi Straits of Tartary between Sakhalin and Russian mainland
鞑靼海峡 Dá dá Hǎi xiá Strait of Tartary between Sakhalin and Russian mainland
本省人 běn shěng rén people of this province / (in Taiwan) Han Chinese people other than those who moved to Taiwan from mainland China after 1945 and their descendants
眷村 juàn cūn military dependents' village (community established in Taiwan for Nationalist soldiers and their dependents after the KMT retreated from the mainland in 1949)
陆劳 Lù láo laborer from mainland China (Tw)
送中 sòng Zhōng to extradite to mainland China
陆港 Lù Gǎng mainland China and Hong Kong
陆港矛盾 Lù Gǎng máo dùn tensions between mainland China and Hong Kong (since 1997)
大陆客 dà lù kè (Tw) tourist from mainland China / illegal immigrant from mainland China
逃港 táo Gǎng to flee to Hong Kong / exodus to Hong Kong (from mainland China, 1950s-1970s) / to flee Hong Kong / exodus from Hong Kong (from 2020)
大逃港 Dà Táo Gǎng exodus to Hong Kong (from mainland China, 1950s-1970s)
110 yāo yāo líng the emergency number for law enforcement in Mainland China and Taiwan
119 yāo yāo jiǔ the emergency number for firefighting services in Mainland China
120 yāo èr líng the emergency number for medical assistance and first aid in Mainland China
陆配 lù pèi (Tw) spouse from mainland China
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