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North America
běi měi
This is the Chinese name for the continent of North America.
North America
hokubei
北米 is the Japanese title for North America.
North American Opossum / Possum
běi měi fù shǔ
北美負鼠 is the full title for North American Opossum (aphesis spelling: Possum). The first two characters mean “North American” as an adjective. The third character means “carries” and refers to the marsupial pouch. The last character means “rat.” You could say the literal translation is “marsupial rat.”
Chinese opossums vary from the North American variety. If you were to use the last two characters alone, it may suggest the species native to China.
See Also: Year of the Rat
North Korea
běi cháo xiǎn
kita chousen
北朝鮮 is the Chinese and Japanese name for the country of North Korea.
The official English name being Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
See Also: South Korea | Asia
North Korea
hokusen
This short Japanese name for the country of North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea).
There is a 3-character name, 北朝鮮 that is a lot more common.
See Also: South Korea | Asia
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
丑 see styles |
chǒu chou3 ch`ou chou chuu / chu ちゅう |
More info & calligraphy: Chou(1) the Ox (second sign of the Chinese zodiac); (2) (obsolete) (See 丑の刻) hour of the Ox (around 2am, 1-3am, or 2-4am); (3) (obsolete) north-northeast; (4) (obsolete) twelfth month of the lunar calendar; (personal name) Chuu |
中國 中国 see styles |
zhōng guó zhong1 guo2 chung kuo nakaguni なかぐに |
More info & calligraphy: China(surname) Nakaguni Madhyadesa. 中天 (中天竺); 中梵 The middle kingdom, i. e. Central North India, v. 中印. |
北米 see styles |
hokubei / hokube ほくべい |
More info & calligraphy: North America |
北美 see styles |
běi měi bei3 mei3 pei mei kitami きたみ |
More info & calligraphy: North America(personal name) Kitami |
北鮮 see styles |
hokusen ほくせん |
More info & calligraphy: North Korea |
印度 see styles |
yìn dù yin4 du4 yin tu indo いんど |
More info & calligraphy: India(ateji / phonetic) (kana only) India; (place-name) India 印特伽; 身毒; 賢豆; 天竺 Indu (meaning 'moon' in Sanskrit), Hindu, Sindhu; see also 信度 and 閻浮 India in general. In the Tang dynasty its territory is described as extending over 90, 000 li in circuit, being bounded on three sides by the sea; north it rested on the Snow mountains 雪山, i. e. Himālayas; wide at the north, narrowing to the south, shaped like a half-moon; it contained over seventy kingdoms, was extremely hot, well watered and damp; from the centre eastwards to 震旦 China was 58, 000 li; and the same distance southwards to 金地國, westwards to 阿拘遮國, and northwards to 小香山阿耨達. |
基隆 see styles |
jī lóng ji1 long2 chi lung kiirun / kirun キールン |
More info & calligraphy: Kieron(place-name) Keelung (province and city in Taiwan); Chilung; Jilong |
孔雀 see styles |
kǒng què kong3 que4 k`ung ch`üeh kung chüeh kujaku くじゃく |
More info & calligraphy: Peacockpeafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick); (given name) Kujaku mayūra, 摩裕羅 a peacock; the latter form is also given by Eitel for Mauriya as 'an ancient city on the north-east frontier of Matipura, the residence of the ancient Maurya (Morya) princes. The present Amrouah near Hurdwar'. |
松林 see styles |
sonrimu ソンリム |
More info & calligraphy: Pine Forest / Matsubayashi |
沙巴 see styles |
shā bā sha1 ba1 sha pa |
More info & calligraphy: Sabah |
玄武 see styles |
xuán wǔ xuan2 wu3 hsüan wu hirotake ひろたけ |
More info & calligraphy: Xuan Wu / Genbu / Black Tortoise God(1) (See 四神) Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens); (2) {astron} (See 二十八宿) seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens; (personal name) Hirotake |
羅利 罗利 see styles |
luó lì luo2 li4 lo li rari らり |
More info & calligraphy: Rowley(female given name) Rari |
サヘル see styles |
saheru サヘル |
Sahel (semiarid region of north-central Africa) |
ハムサ see styles |
hamuza ハムザ |
hamsa (ara: khomsah); palm-shaped amulet popular throughout North Africa; (personal name) Hamza |
北朝鮮 北朝鲜 see styles |
běi cháo xiǎn bei3 chao2 xian3 pei ch`ao hsien pei chao hsien kitachousen / kitachosen きたちょうせん |
More info & calligraphy: North KoreaNorth Korea; (place-name) Kitachōsen |
阿修羅 阿修罗 see styles |
ā xiū luó a1 xiu1 luo2 a hsiu lo ashura あしゅら |
More info & calligraphy: Frightful Demon / Asura{Buddh} Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology; (female given name) Ashura asura, 修羅 originally meaning a spirit, spirits, or even the gods, it generally indicates titanic demons, enemies of the gods, with whom, especially Indra, they wage constant war. They are defined as 'not devas', and 'ugly', and 'without wine'. Other forms are 阿須羅 (or 阿蘇羅, or 阿素羅); 阿修倫 (or羅須倫 or 阿修輪 or 羅須輪); 阿素洛; 阿差. Four classes are named according to their manner of rebirth-egg, born, womb-born, transformation-born, and spawn- or water-born. Their abode is in the ocean, north of Sumeru, but certain of the weaker dwell in a western mountain cave. They have realms, rulers, and palaces, as have the devas. The 阿修羅道 is one of the six gatis, or ways of reincarnation. The 修羅場 or 修羅巷 is the battlefield of the asuras against Indra. The 阿修羅琴 are their harps. |
博斯沃思 see styles |
bó sī wò sī bo2 si1 wo4 si1 po ssu wo ssu |
More info & calligraphy: Bosworth |
瓜達拉馬 瓜达拉马 see styles |
guā dá lā mǎ gua1 da2 la1 ma3 kua ta la ma |
More info & calligraphy: Guadarrama |
阿特拉斯 see styles |
ā tè lā sī a1 te4 la1 si1 a t`e la ssu a te la ssu |
More info & calligraphy: Atlas |
亥 see styles |
hài hai4 hai gai がい |
12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m., 10th solar month (7th November-6th December), year of the Boar; ancient Chinese compass point: 330° (1) the Boar (twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Pig; (2) (obsolete) (See 亥の刻) hour of the Boar (around 10pm, 9-11pm, or 10pm to 12 midnight); (3) (obsolete) north-northwest; (4) (obsolete) tenth month of the lunar calendar; (personal name) Gai |
北 see styles |
běi bei3 pei matsuki まつき |
north; (classical) to be defeated (1) {mahj} north wind tile (chi: běi); (2) {mahj} winning hand with a pung (or kong) of north wind tiles; (personal name) Matsuki uttara, North. |
坎 see styles |
kǎn kan3 k`an kan kita きた |
pit; threshold; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing water; ☵ (1) (archaism) pit; hole; (2) kan (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: water, north); (surname) Kita |
子 see styles |
zi zi5 tzu nene ねね |
noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair" (1) the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac); (2) (obsolete) (See 子の刻) hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am); (3) (obsolete) north; (4) (obsolete) eleventh month of the lunar calendar; (personal name) Nene kumāra; son; seed; sir; 11-1 midnight. |
朔 see styles |
shuò shuo4 shuo hajime はじめ |
beginning; first day of lunar month; north (1) {astron} new moon; (2) first day of the lunar month; (3) (hist) next year's calendar and decrees (in ancient China; distributed by the Emperor at year's end); (given name) Hajime |
朝 see styles |
zhāo zhao1 chao hajime はじめ |
morning (n,n-suf) (1) dynasty; (n,n-suf) (2) reign; (n,n-suf) (3) period; epoch; age; (n,n-suf) (4) court; (5) (abbreviation) (See 北朝鮮) North Korea; (personal name) Hajime Morning. Court, dynasty; towards. |
条 see styles |
nagashi ながし |
(n,ctr) (1) article (in a document); clause; section; provision; (counter) (2) counter for lines, stripes, streaks, rays, etc.; (conjunction) (3) (as とは言い条) although; though; (conjunction) (4) (used in letters) since; as; because; inasmuch as; (5) (hist) (See 条坊制) jō; north-south division of an imperial city consisting of west-east streets and their corresponding wards (in the jō-bō system); (given name) Nagashi |
櫆 see styles |
kuí kui2 k`uei kuei |
see 櫆師|櫆师[kui2 shi1] Polaris, the north star |
河 see styles |
hé he2 ho ha は |
river (CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]); (bound form) the Yellow River; (bound form) the Milky Way; (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉[he2 fen3] {mahj} discarded tiles (chi: hé); discards; (surname) Ha River (in north), canal (in south), especially the Yellow River in China and the Ganges 恒河in India. |
澧 see styles |
lǐ li3 li |
Lishui River in north Hunan, flowing into Lake Dongting 洞庭湖[Dong4 ting2 Hu2]; surname Li |
狄 see styles |
dí di2 ti teki てき |
low ranking public official (old) (hist) (See 北狄) Di people (Zhou dynasty term for non-ethnic Chinese to the north) |
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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| North America | 北美 | běi měi / bei3 mei3 / bei mei / beimei | pei mei / peimei | |
| North America | 北米 | hokubei | ||
| North American Opossum Possum | 北美負鼠 北美负鼠 | běi měi fù shǔ bei3 mei3 fu4 shu3 bei mei fu shu beimeifushu | pei mei fu shu peimeifushu |
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| North Korea | 北朝鮮 北朝鲜 | kita chousen kitachousen kita chosen | běi cháo xiǎn bei3 chao2 xian3 bei chao xian beichaoxian | pei ch`ao hsien peichaohsien pei chao hsien |
| North Korea | 北鮮 | hokusen / hokusen | ||
| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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