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dāo
    dao1
tao
 katana(p); tou / katana(p); to
    かたな(P); とう

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Katana
knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass; CL:把[ba3]; (slang) dollar (loanword); classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); classifier for knife cuts or stabs
(1) sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; (2) (とう only) scalpel; (3) (とう only) (See 彫刻刀・ちょうこくとう) chisel; burin; graver; (4) (とう only) (See 刀銭) knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China); (personal name) Tou
sword


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    wu2
wu

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Ng
surname Wu; area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai; name of states in southern China at different historical periods

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zhōu
    zhou1
chou
 shuu / shu
    しゅう

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Chow / Zhou
to make a circuit; to circle; circle; circumference; lap; cycle; complete; all; all over; thorough; to help financially
(counter) (1) counter for laps or circuits; (2) {math} perimeter; (3) (hist) Zhou dynasty (of China; approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; (female given name) Meguru
Around, on every side, complete.

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táng
    tang2
t`ang
    tang
 tou / to
    とう

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Donn
to exaggerate; empty; in vain; old variant of 螗[tang2]
(1) (hist) Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907); T'ang dynasty; (2) (archaism) China; foreign country; (surname) Touzaki
for nothing

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jiā
    jia1
chia
 chi
    ち

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Family / Home
home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; CL:個|个[ge4]
(suffix) (colloquialism) (kana only) (See ん家) 's house; 's home; (surname) Karyū
Family; home; school, sect; genus.

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luò
    luo4
lo
 Raku

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Luo
used in transliteration
Luoyang 洛陽, the ancient capital of China.

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qīng
    qing1
ch`ing
    ching
 shin
    しん

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Clarity
(of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts)
(hist) Qing dynasty (of China; 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty; (personal name) Seiji

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qín
    qin2
ch`in
    chin
 shin; hatashin
    しん; はたしん

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Qin / Chin / Tan / Yasushi
surname Qin; Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) of the first emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3huang2]; short name for 陝西|陕西[Shan3xi1]
(hist) Qin dynasty (of China; 221-207 BCE); Ch'in dynasty; (surname) Yasushi
a fine strain of rice


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jiǎn
    jian3
chien
 kan
    かん

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Simplicity
simple; uncomplicated; letter; to choose; to select; bamboo strips used for writing (old)
(1) (See 簡にして要を得る) (ant: 繁・1) simplicity; brevity; (2) letter; note; correspondence; (3) bamboo writing strip (in ancient China); (4) (abbreviation) (See 簡体字) simplified Chinese character; (surname) Kan
A tablet, memorandum; to abridge; appoint; examine; abrupt, concise, direct.


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huá
    hua2
hua
 ka
    か
magnificent; splendid; flowery
(1) flashiness; showiness; brilliance; splendor; (2) bloom; flowers; (female given name) Ririka
kusuma; puṣpa; padma; a flower, blossom; flowery; especially the lotus; also 花, which also means pleasure, vice; to spend, waste, profligate. 華 also means splendour, glory, ornate; to decorate; China.

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dào
    dao4
tao
 dou / do
    どう

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Daoism / Taoism
road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
(1) (abbreviation) (See 道・みち・1) road; path; street; route; (2) (See 道・みち・5) way; set of practices; rules for conducting oneself; (3) (abbreviation) (in Japanese schools) (See 道徳教育) moral education; (4) Buddhist teachings; (5) Taoism; (6) administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido); (7) (hist) administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.); (8) province (administrative region of Korea); (9) circuit (administrative region of China); (10) (hist) province (Tang-era administrative region of China); (personal name) Wataru
mārga. A way, road; the right path; principle, Truth, Reason, Logos, Cosmic energy; to lead; to say. The way of transmigration by which one arrives at a good or bad existence; any of the six gati, or paths of destiny. The way of bodhi, or enlightenment leading to nirvāṇa through spiritual stages. Essential nirvāṇa, in which absolute freedom reigns. For the eightfold noble path v. 八聖道.; The two Ways: (1) (a) 無礙道 or 無間道 The open or unhindered way, or the way of removing all obstacles or intervention, i. e. all delusion; (b) 解脫道 the way of release, by realization of truth. (2) (a) 難行道 The hard way of "works", i. e. by the six pāramitā and the disciplines. (b) 易行道 the easy way salvation, by the invocation of Amitābha. (3) (a) 有漏道 The way of reincarnation or mortality; (b) 無漏 the enlightened way of escape from the miseries of transmigration. (4) (a) 教道 The way of instruction; (b) 證道 the way of realization. (5) The two lower excretory organs.

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jīn
    jin1
chin
 kin
    きん

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Gold / Metal
gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals; money; golden; highly respected; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
(1) gold (metal); (2) (See 金色) gold (color); (3) gold (medal); first place (prize); (noun - becomes adjective with の) (4) something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); (5) money; gold coin; (6) (written before an amount of money) sum (of money); (7) (abbreviation) (See 金曜) Friday; (n,ctr) (8) karat (measure of purity of gold); carat; (9) (See 五行・1) metal (fourth phase of Wu Xing); (10) (hist) Jin dynasty (of China; 1115-1234); Chin dynasty; Jurchen dynasty; (11) (abbreviation) {shogi} (See 金将) gold general; (12) (abbreviation) (colloquialism) (See 金玉) testicles; (surname) Kimu; Kim
hiraṇya, 伊爛拏 which means cold, any precious metal, semen, etc.; or 蘇伐刺 suvarṇa, which means "of a good or beautiful colour", "golden", "yellow", "gold", "a gold coin", etc. The Chinese means metal, gold, money.


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chén
    chen2
ch`en
    chen
 chin
    ちん

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Chan
to lay out; to exhibit; to display; to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell; old; stale
(1) (hist) Chen (ancient Chinese state; approx. 1045-479 BCE); Ch'en; (2) (hist) Chen dynasty (of China; 557-589 BCE); Ch'en dynasty; (surname) Tran
Arrange, marshal, spread, state; old, stale.


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    qi2
ch`i
    chi
 hitoshi
    ひとし

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Uniform / Complete / Perfect / Order
neat; even; level with; identical; simultaneous; all together; to even something out
Qi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States); Ch'i; (male given name) Hitoshi
Even, level, equal, uniform; complete, perfect; equalize; tranquillize; alike; all; at the same time, altogether.

三国

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 sangoku
    さんごく
(1) three countries; (2) (hist) (See 魏・ぎ・1,蜀・しょく・2,呉・ご・3) Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); (3) (hist) (See 新羅・しらぎ,百済・くだら,高句麗・こうくり) Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (4) (archaism) Japan, China and India; Japan, Korea and China; the whole world; (p,s,f) Mikuni

上海

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shàng hǎi
    shang4 hai3
shang hai
 shanhai
    シャンハイ

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Shanghai
Shanghai municipality, central east China, abbr. to 滬|沪[Hu4]
Shanghai (China); (place-name) Shanghai (China)

中国

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 nakakuni
    なかくに

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China
(1) (ちゅうごく only) (See 中華人民共和国) China; (2) (ちゅうごく only) (abbreviation) (See 中国地方) Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); (3) (ちゅうごく only) central part of a country; main region; (4) province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system); (surname) Nakakuni

中國


中国

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zhōng guó
    zhong1 guo2
chung kuo
 nakaguni
    なかぐに

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China
China
(surname) Nakaguni
Madhyadesa. 中天 (中天竺); 中梵 The middle kingdom, i. e. Central North India, v. 中印.

丹東


丹东

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dān dōng
    dan1 dong1
tan tung
 tanhigashi
    たんひがし

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Danton
Dandong prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3] in northeast China
(place-name) Tanhigashi

北京

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běi jīng
    bei3 jing1
pei ching
 pekin(p); peichin(sk) / pekin(p); pechin(sk)
    ペキン(P); ペイチン(sk)

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Beijing
Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China
Beijing (China); Peking; (place-name) Beijing (China); Peking

南京

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nán jīng
    nan2 jing1
nan ching
 nankin
    ナンキン

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Nanjing
Nanjing subprovincial city on the Changjiang, capital of Jiangsu province 江蘇|江苏; capital of China at different historical periods
(1) Nanjing (China); Nanking; (2) (ksb:) (See カボチャ) pumpkin; squash; (prefix noun) (3) Chinese; Southeast Asian; foreign; (prefix noun) (4) rare; precious; cute; (place-name) Nanking (China); Nanjing

印度

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yìn dù
    yin4 du4
yin tu
 indo
    いんど

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India
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.

司徒

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sī tú
    si1 tu2
ssu t`u
    ssu tu
 shito
    しと

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Stu
minister of land and people (in ancient times)
(hist) (See 六卿) Minister of Civil Administration and Social Welfare (Zhou dynasty China)

司馬


司马

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sī mǎ
    si1 ma3
ssu ma
 shiba
    しば

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Sima
Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states); two-character surname Sima
(hist) (See 六卿) Minister of War (Zhou dynasty China); (given name) Shime

坐禪


坐禅

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zuò chán
    zuo4 chan2
tso ch`an
    tso chan
 zazen

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Sit in Meditation
to sit in meditation; to meditate
To sit in dhyāna, i.e. abstract meditation, fixed abstraction, contemplation; its introduction to China is attributed to Bodhidharma (though it came earlier), and its extension to Tiantai.

安息

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ān xī
    an1 xi1
an hsi
 ansoku
    あんそく

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Sleep / Rest / Repose
to rest; to go to sleep; to rest in peace; Parthia (ancient country in central Asia)
(n,vs,vi) rest; repose
(安息國) Parthia, 波斯 modern Persia, from which several monks came to China in the later Han dynasty, such as 安世高 An Shigao, 安玄 Anxuan, 曇無諦 Tan Wudi, 安法欽 An Faqin, 安淸 Anqing.; To rest.

廣東


广东

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guǎng dōng
    guang3 dong1
kuang tung
 hirotou / hiroto
    ひろとう

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Canton / Guangdong
Guangdong province (Kwangtung) in south China, short name 粵|粤[Yue4], capital Guangzhou 廣州|广州
(surname) Hirotou

日本

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rì běn
    ri4 ben3
jih pen
 nihon(p); nippon
    にほん(P); にっぽん

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Japan
Japan
Japan; (surname) Yamatono
Japan. Buddhism was introduced there from Korea in the sixth century, and in the seventh from China.

東京


东京

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dōng jīng
    dong1 jing1
tung ching
 toukei / toke
    とうけい

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Tokyo
Tokyo, capital of Japan; Tonkin (northern Vietnam during the French colonial period)
Tokyo; (place-name) Luoyang, China

永平

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yǒng píng
    yong3 ping2
yung p`ing
    yung ping
 yunpin
    ユンピン

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Eternal Peace
Yongping county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州[Da4 li3 Bai2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan
(place-name) Yongping (China)
eternal peace

泰山

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tài shān
    tai4 shan1
t`ai shan
    tai shan
 yasuyama
    やすやま

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Tarzan
Tarzan (fictional character reared by apes in the jungle); Taishan township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
large mountain; Mt Taishan (China); (surname) Yasuyama
Tai Shan in Shandong, the eastern sacred mountain of China.

澳門


澳门

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ào mén
    ao4 men2
ao men
 makao
    マカオ

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Macao / Macau
Macao
(kana only) Macao (China); Macau; (place-name) Macao

白鶴


白鹤

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bái hè
    bai2 he4
pai ho
 hakutsuru
    はくつる

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White Crane
(bird species of China) Siberian crane (Grus leucogeranus)
(company) Hakutsuru (brand of sake); (c) Hakutsuru (brand of sake)

白鸛


白鹳

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bái guàn
    bai2 guan4
pai kuan

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White Stork
(bird species of China) white stork (Ciconia ciconia)

禪宗


禅宗

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chán zōng
    chan2 zong1
ch`an tsung
    chan tsung
 Zenshū

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Zen Buddhism
Zen Buddhism
The Chan, meditative or intuitional, sect usually said to have been established in China by Bodhidharma, v. 達, the twenty-eighth patriarch, who brought the tradition of the Buddha-mind from India. Cf. 楞 13 Laṅkāvatāra sūtra. This sect, believing in direct enlightenment, disregarded ritual and sūtras and depended upon the inner light and personal influence for the propagation of its tenets, founding itself on the esoteric tradition supposed to have been imparted to Kāśyapa by the Buddha, who indicated his meaning by plucking a flower without further explanation. Kāśyapa smiled in apprehension and is supposed to have passed on this mystic method to the patriarchs. The successor of Bodhidharma was 慧可 Huike, and he was succeeded by 僧璨 Sengcan; 道信 Daoxin; 弘忍 Hongren; 慧能 Huineng, and 神秀 Shenxiu, the sect dividing under the two latter into the southern and northern schools: the southern school became prominent, producing 南嶽 Nanyue and 靑原 Qingyuan, the former succeeded by 馬祖 Mazu, the latter by 石頭 Shitou. From Mazu's school arose the five later schools, v. 禪門.

西藏

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xī zàng
    xi1 zang4
hsi tsang
 seizou / sezo
    せいぞう

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Tibet
Tibet; Xizang or Tibet Autonomous Region 西藏自治區|西藏自治区[Xi1 zang4 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]
(kana only) Tibet; (place-name) Tibet (China)
Tibet.

長城


长城

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cháng chéng
    chang2 cheng2
ch`ang ch`eng
    chang cheng
 choujou / chojo
    ちょうじょう

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The Great Wall of China
the Great Wall
long (defensive) wall (esp. the Great Wall of China); (surname) Nagaki

香港

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xiāng gǎng
    xiang1 gang3
hsiang kang
 honkon
    ホンコン

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Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong; Hongkong; (place-name) Hong Kong (China)

タイパ

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 taipa
    タイパ
(abbreviation) (See タイムパフォーマンス) effectiveness of time spent; value of something compared to the time it requires; (place-name) Taipa (Macao, China)

伯恩斯

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bó ēn sī
    bo2 en1 si1
po en ssu

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Burns
Burns (name); Nicholas Burns (1956-), US ambassador to China 2022-

少林寺

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shào lín sì
    shao4 lin2 si4
shao lin ssu
 shourinji / shorinji
    しょうりんじ

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Shaolin Temple
Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks
(place-name) Shaolin Temple (China); Shourinji
The monastery at 少室 in 登封 Dengfeng xian, Henanfu, where Bodhidharma sat with his face to a wall for nine years.

揚子江


扬子江

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yáng zǐ jiāng
    yang2 zi3 jiang1
yang tzu chiang
 yousukou / yosuko
    ようすこう

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Yangtze River
Changjiang 長江|长江 or Yangtze River; old name for Changjiang, especially lower reaches around Yangzhou 揚州|扬州
(See 長江) Yangtze River (China); (place-name) Yangtze River (China)

淨土宗


净土宗

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jìng tǔ zōng
    jing4 tu3 zong1
ching t`u tsung
    ching tu tsung
 Jōdo Shū
Pure Land Buddhism
The Pure-land sect, whose chief tenet is salvation by faith in Amitābha; it is the popular cult in China, also in Japan, where it is the Jōdo sect; it is also called 蓮宗(蓮花宗) the Lotus sect. Established by Hui-yuan 慧遠 of the Chin dynasty (317— 419), it claims P'u-hsien 普賢 Samantabhadra as founder. Its seven chief textbooks are 無量淸淨平等覺經; 大阿彌陀經; 無量壽經; 觀無量壽經; 阿彌陀經; 稱讚淨土佛攝受經; and 鼓音聲三陀羅尼經. The淨土眞宗 is the Jōdo-Shin, or Shin sect of Japan.

觀世音


观世音

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guān shì yīn
    guan1 shi4 yin1
kuan shih yin
 Kanzeon
    かんぜおん

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Guan Shi Yin: Protector Of Life
Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)
(out-dated kanji) Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
Regarder of the world's sounds, or cries, the so-called Goddess of Mercy; also known as 觀音; 觀世音善薩; 觀自在 (觀世自在); 觀尹; 光世音 (the last being the older form). Avalokiteśvara, v. 阿 8. Originally represented as a male, the images are now generally those of a female figure. The meaning of the term is in doubt; it is intp. as above, but the term 觀自在 (觀世自在) accords with the idea of Sovereign Regarder and is not associated with sounds or cries. Guanyin is one of the triad of Amida, is represented on his left, and is also represented as crowned with Amida; but there are as many as thirty-three different forms of Guanyin, sometimes with a bird, a vase, a willow wand, a pearl, a 'thousand' eyes and hands, etc., and, when as bestower of children, carrying a child. The island of Putuo (Potala) is the chief centre of Guanyin worship, where she is the protector of all in distress, especially of those who go to sea. There are many sūtras, etc., devoted to the cult, but its provenance and the date of its introduction to China are still in doubt. Chapter 25 of the Lotus Sūtra is devoted to Guanyin, and is the principal scripture of the cult; its date is uncertain. Guanyin is sometimes confounded with Amitābha and Maitreya. She is said to be the daughter of king Śubhavyūha 妙莊王, who had her killed by 'stifling because the sword of the executioner broke without hurting her. Her spirit went to hell; but hell changed into paradise. Yama sent her back to life to save his hell, when she was miraculously transported on a Lotus flower to the island of Poo-too'. Eitel.

飛虎隊


飞虎队

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fēi hǔ duì
    fei1 hu3 dui4
fei hu tui

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Flying Tigers AVG
Flying Tigers, US airmen in China during World War Two; Hong Kong nickname for police special duties unit

孫子兵法


孙子兵法

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sūn zǐ bīng fǎ
    sun1 zi3 bing1 fa3
sun tzu ping fa

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Sun Tzu - Art of War
“Art of War”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1], written by Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3]

波羅末陀


波罗末陀

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bō luó mò tuó
    bo1 luo2 mo4 tuo2
po lo mo t`o
    po lo mo to
 haramada

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Paramartha
paramārtha, the highest truth, ultimate truth, reality, fundamental meaning, 眞諦. Paramārtha, name of a famous monk from Western India, Guṇarata, v. 拘, whose title was 眞諦三藏; reached China 547 or 548, but the country was so disturbed that he set of to return by sea; his ship was driven back to Canton, where he translated some fifty works.

馬可波羅


马可波罗

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mǎ kě bō luó
    ma3 ke3 bo1 luo2
ma k`o po lo
    ma ko po lo

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Marco Polo
Marco Polo (1254-c. 1324), Venetian trader and explorer who traveled the Silk road to China, author of Il Milione (Travels of Marco Polo)

万里の長城

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 banrinochoujou / banrinochojo
    ばんりのちょうじょう

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The Great Wall of China
(exp,n) Great Wall of China

see styles
yuè
    yue4
yüeh
 getsu
    げつ
to amputate one or both feet (punishment in imperial China) (one of the five mutilating punishments 五刑[wu3 xing2])
(hist) (See 剕) cutting off a foot (one of the five punishments of ancient China)

see styles

    mo4
mo
 boku
    ぼく
ink stick; China ink; CL:塊|块[kuai4]; corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead
(1) (abbreviation) (See 墨西哥・メキシコ) Mexico; (2) (rare) (See 墨家) Mohism; (3) (archaism) (See 墨・1) ink; (4) (abbreviation) (hist) (See 墨刑) tattooing (as a form of punishment in ancient China); (personal name) Boku
Ink; black; dyed black, e.g. 墨衣 black clothes, at one time said to have been the garb of the monk to distinguish him from the ordinary people who wore white.

see styles

    yu2

 u
    う
free reed wind instrument similar to the sheng 笙[sheng1], used in ancient China
(hist) yu; free reed wind instrument used in ancient China and Nara-period Japan

中印

see styles
zhōng yìn
    zhong1 yin4
chung yin
 chuuin / chuin
    ちゅういん
China-India
China and India; Sino-Indian; (place-name) Nakain
Central India, i. e. of the 五印 five Indies, as mentioned by Xuanzang in the 西域記.

中朝

see styles
zhōng cháo
    zhong1 chao2
chung ch`ao
    chung chao
 chuuchou / chucho
    ちゅうちょう
Sino-Korean; China and North Korea
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) China and North Korea; Chinese-North Korean; (2) imperial court; (3) Imperial Court (of Japan); (4) middle ages

中華


中华

see styles
zhōng huá
    zhong1 hua2
chung hua
 chuuka / chuka
    ちゅうか
China (alternate formal name)
(1) (usu. in compounds) China; (2) (abbreviation) (See 中華料理) Chinese food; (surname) Chuuka
[Central India]

中韓


中韩

see styles
zhōng hán
    zhong1 han2
chung han
 chuukan / chukan
    ちゅうかん
China-South Korea
China and Korea

五代

see styles
wǔ dài
    wu3 dai4
wu tai
 godai
    ごだい
Five Dynasties, period of history between the fall of the Tang dynasty (907) and the founding of the Song dynasty (960), when five would-be dynasties were established in quick succession in North China
(hist) (See 五代十国・ごだいじっこく,後梁・こうりょう,後唐・こうとう,後晋・こうしん,後漢・ごかん・2,後周・こうしゅう) Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979); (p,s,f) Godai

五刑

see styles
wǔ xíng
    wu3 xing2
wu hsing
 gokei / goke
    ごけい
imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4]; Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhang4], forced labor 徒[tu2], exile or banishment 流[liu2], capital punishment 死[si3]
(1) (hist) five punishments (of ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, death); (2) (hist) (See 律令制) five punishments (of the ritsuryō system: light caning, severe caning, imprisonment, exile, death)

兵部

see styles
bīng bù
    bing1 bu4
ping pu
 heibu / hebu
    へいぶ
Ministry of War (in imperial China)
(hist) (See 六部) Ministry of War (Tang dynasty China); (surname) Hiyoubu

刑部

see styles
xíng bù
    xing2 bu4
hsing pu
 keibu / kebu
    けいぶ
Ministry of Justice (in imperial China)
(hist) (See 六部) Ministry of Justice (in Tang dynasty China); (surname) Keibe

南寧


南宁

see styles
nán níng
    nan2 ning2
nan ning
 nannei / nanne
    なんねい
Nanning, prefecture-level city and capital of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region in south China 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区
Nanning (China); (place-name) Nanning (China)

南昌

see styles
nán chāng
    nan2 chang1
nan ch`ang
    nan chang
 nanshou / nansho
    なんしょう
Nanchang, prefecture-level city and capital of Jiangxi province 江西省 in southeast China; also Nanchang county
Nanchang (China); (place-name) Nanchang (China)

司寇

see styles
sī kòu
    si1 kou4
ssu k`ou
    ssu kou
 shikou / shiko
    しこう
minister of criminal justice (official rank in imperial China)
(hist) (See 六卿) Minister of Justice (Zhou dynasty China)

吏部

see styles
lì bù
    li4 bu4
li pu
 rihou / riho
    りほう
    ribu
    りぶ
Ministry of Appointments (in imperial China)
Ministry of Personnel (Tang-dynasty China)

唐山

see styles
táng shān
    tang2 shan1
t`ang shan
    tang shan
 touzan / tozan
    とうざん
Tangshan prefecture-level city in Hebei; China (a name for China used by some overseas Chinese)
(archaism) China; (place-name) Tangshan (China)

四川

see styles
sì chuān
    si4 chuan1
ssu ch`uan
    ssu chuan
 shisen; suuchowan / shisen; suchowan
    しせん; スーチョワン
Sichuan province (Szechuan) in southwest China, abbr. 川 or 蜀, capital Chengdu 成都
Sichuan (China); Szechuan; Szechwan; (surname) Yoshikawa
Sichuan

回族

see styles
huí zú
    hui2 zu2
hui tsu
 kaizoku
    かいぞく
Hui Islamic ethnic group living across China
Hui (Islamic ethnic minority group of China)

大連


大连

see styles
dà lián
    da4 lian2
ta lien
 dairen; taarien / dairen; tarien
    だいれん; ターリエン
Dalian subprovincial city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3] in northeast China
Dalian (China); (place-name) Dalian (China)

天津

see styles
tiān jīn
    tian1 jin1
t`ien chin
    tien chin
 tenshin
    てんしん
Tianjin, a municipality in northeast China, abbr. 津
Tianjin (China); (place-name) Tianjin (China); Tientsin

太原

see styles
tài yuán
    tai4 yuan2
t`ai yüan
    tai yüan
 taigen
    たいげん
Taiyuan, prefecture-level city and capital of Shanxi province 山西省[Shan1 xi1 Sheng3] in central north China
Taiyuan (China); (personal name) Tawara

客家

see styles
kè jiā
    ke4 jia1
k`o chia
    ko chia
 hakka
    ハッカ
Hakka ethnic group, a subgroup of the Han that in the 13th century migrated from northern China to the south
Hakka; subgroup of Han Chinese living esp. in southeastern China

工部

see styles
gōng bù
    gong1 bu4
kung pu
 koubu / kobu
    こうぶ
Ministry of Works (in imperial China)
(hist) (See 六部・りくぶ) Ministry of Works (Tang dynasty China)

成都

see styles
chéng dū
    cheng2 du1
ch`eng tu
    cheng tu
 seito / seto
    せいと
Chengdu subprovincial city and capital of Sichuan province 四川 in southwest China
Chengdu (China); (place-name) Chengdu (city in China)

支那

see styles
zhī nà
    zhi1 na4
chih na
 shina; shina
    しな; シナ
phonetic transcription of China (Japanese: Shina), colonial term, generally considered discriminatory
(sensitive word) (dated) (kana only) (often considered offensive post-WWII, esp. when written in kanji) (See 中国・1) China; (female given name) Shina
指那, 眞丹, 至那, 斯那, 振旦, 震旦, 眞那, 振丹, 脂難, 旃丹; 摩訶至那 Cina; Maha-cina. The name by which China is referred to in the laws of Manu (which assert that the Chinese were degenerate Kṣatriya), in the Mahābharata, and in Buddhist works. This name may have been derived from families ruling in western China under such titles as 晉 Chin at Fen-chou in Shansi 1106-376 B. C., 陳 Ch'en in Honan 1122-479 B. C., 秦 Ch'in in Shensi as early as the ninth century B. C., and to this latter dynasty the designation is generally attributed.

昆明

see styles
kūn míng
    kun1 ming2
k`un ming
    kun ming
 konmei / konme
    こんめい
Kunming prefecture-level city and capital of Yunnan province in southwest China
Kunming (China); (place-name) Kunming (China)

有夏

see styles
yǒu xià
    you3 xia4
yu hsia
 yuuka / yuka
    ゆうか
China
(rare) Mainland China; (female given name) Yuka

杭州

see styles
háng zhōu
    hang2 zhou1
hang chou
 koushuu; kuishuu / koshu; kuishu
    こうしゅう; くいしゅう
Hangzhou subprovincial city and capital of Zhejiang province in southeast China
Hangzhou (China); (place-name) Hangzhou (China); Hangchow
Hangzhou

東夷


东夷

see styles
dōng yí
    dong1 yi2
tung i
 azumaebisu; toui / azumaebisu; toi
    あずまえびす; とうい
Eastern Barbarians, non-Han tribe living to the east of China c 2200 BC
(1) (derogatory term) (archaism) (ktb:) warrior from the eastern parts of Japan; (2) (とうい only) eastern barbarians; people east of China (from the perspective of China)

民工

see styles
mín gōng
    min2 gong1
min kung
 minkou / minko
    みんこう
migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work); temporary worker enlisted on a public project
(rural) migrant worker (in China); (female given name) Tamiko

瀋陽


沈阳

see styles
shěn yáng
    shen3 yang2
shen yang
 shinyou / shinyo
    しんよう
Shenyang subprovincial city and capital of Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3] in northeast China; old names include Fengtian 奉天[Feng4 tian1], Shengjing 盛京[Sheng4 jing1] and Mukden
Shenyang (China); (place-name) Shenyang (China) (formerly Mukden)

犬戎

see styles
quǎn róng
    quan3 rong2
ch`üan jung
    chüan jung
 kenjuu / kenju
    けんじゅう
Quanrong, Zhou Dynasty ethnic group of present-day western China
(hist) Quanrong (ethnic group from northwest of China during the Zhou dynasty)

石竹

see styles
shí zhú
    shi2 zhu2
shih chu
 sekichiku; sekichiku
    せきちく; セキチク
China pink; Dianthus chinensis (botany)
(kana only) China pink (species of flower, Dianthus chinensis); (surname) Ishitake

神州

see styles
shén zhōu
    shen2 zhou1
shen chou
 shinshuu / shinshu
    しんしゅう
old name for China
land of the gods; Japan; China; (place-name) Kamisu
Holy Country

福州

see styles
fú zhōu
    fu2 zhou1
fu chou
 fukushuu / fukushu
    ふくしゅう
Fuzhou prefecture-level city and capital of Fujian province in east China; formerly known as Foochow or Fuchow
Fuzhou (China); (place-name) Fuzhou (China); Foochow

華中


华中

see styles
huá zhōng
    hua2 zhong1
hua chung
 kachuu / kachu
    かちゅう
central China
central China; (place-name) Kachuu

華北


华北

see styles
huá běi
    hua2 bei3
hua pei
 kahoku
    かほく
North China
North China; (place-name) Kahoku

華南


华南

see styles
huá nán
    hua2 nan2
hua nan
 kanan; howanan
    かなん; ホワナン
Southern China
South China; (female given name) Kanan

華夏


华夏

see styles
huá xià
    hua2 xia4
hua hsia
 kaka
    かか
old name for China; Cathay
(1) (hist) Huaxia (historical concept of China); (2) (archaism) civilized land; (personal name) Hanaka

西安

see styles
xī ān
    xi1 an1
hsi an
 seian / sean
    せいあん
Xi'an, sub-provincial city and capital of Shaanxi 陝西省|陕西省[Shan3 xi1 Sheng3] in northwest China; see 西安區|西安区[Xi1 an1 Qu1]
Xi'an (China); (place-name) Xi'an (China)

西寧


西宁

see styles
xī níng
    xi1 ning2
hsi ning
 seinei / sene
    せいねい
Xining, prefecture-level city and capital of Qinghai province 青海省[Qing1 hai3 sheng3] in west China
Xining (China)

西戎

see styles
xī róng
    xi1 rong2
hsi jung
 seijuu / seju
    せいじゅう
the Xirong, an ancient ethnic group of Western China from the Zhou Dynasty onwards; Xionites (Central Asian nomads)
(hist) Xirong; Rong; inhabitants of the extremities of China as early as the Shang dynasty (1765-1122 BCE); barbarians to the west

鄭州


郑州

see styles
zhèng zhōu
    zheng4 zhou1
cheng chou
 teishuu / teshu
    ていしゅう
Zhengzhou, prefecture-level city and capital of Henan Province in central China
Zhengzhou (China); (place-name) Zhengzhou (China); Zheng Prefecture (defunct subdivision in China)

長春


长春

see styles
cháng chūn
    chang2 chun1
ch`ang ch`un
    chang chun
 choushun / choshun
    ちょうしゅん
Changchun, sub-provincial city, the capital of Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2lin2 Sheng3] in northeast China
(1) everlasting spring; (2) (abbreviation) (See 長春花) China rose (Rosa chinensis); (3) (also チャンチュン) Changchun (China); (surname, given name) Nagaharu

長沙


长沙

see styles
cháng shā
    chang2 sha1
ch`ang sha
    chang sha
 chousa / chosa
    ちょうさ
Changsha prefecture-level city and capital of Hunan province in south central China
Changsha (China); (place-name) Changsha (China)

震旦

see styles
zhèn dàn
    zhen4 dan4
chen tan
 Shindan
    しんだん
ancient Indian name for China
(ancient) China
Cīna, name of China in ancient India; also 振旦; 眞旦; 神旦 intp. as the place where the sun rises, but a translit. of Cīnaṣṭhāna.

韃靼


鞑靼

see styles
dá dá
    da2 da2
ta ta
 dattan
    だったん
Tartar (various northern tribes in ancient China); Tatar (Turkic ethnic group in central Asia)
(hist) Tartary (various tribes that historically inhabited the area north of China); (place-name) Tartary

吉林省

see styles
jí lín shěng
    ji2 lin2 sheng3
chi lin sheng
 kitsurinshou / kitsurinsho
    きつりんしょう
Jilin Province (Kirin) in northeast China, abbr. 吉, capital Changchun 長春|长春[Chang2 chun1]
Jilin Province (China)

四川省

see styles
sì chuān shěng
    si4 chuan1 sheng3
ssu ch`uan sheng
    ssu chuan sheng
 shisenshou / shisensho
    しせんしょう
Sichuan province (Szechuan) in southwest China, abbr. 川[Chuan1] or 蜀[Shu3], capital Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]
(See 四川・しせん) Sichuan (China); Szechuan; Szechwan; (place-name) Sichuan (China); Szechuan; Szechwan

大躍進


大跃进

see styles
dà yuè jìn
    da4 yue4 jin4
ta yüeh chin
 daiyakushin
    だいやくしん
Great Leap Forward (1958-1960), Mao's attempt to modernize China's economy, which resulted in economic devastation, and millions of deaths from famine caused by misguided policies
(1) (hist) Great Leap Forward (failed attempt to industrialize China and increase agricultural production; 1958-1960); (noun/participle) (2) significant breakthrough; great strides

山東省


山东省

see styles
shān dōng shěng
    shan1 dong1 sheng3
shan tung sheng
 santoushou / santosho
    さんとうしょう
Shandong, province in northeast China, short name 魯|鲁[Lu3], capital Jinan 濟南|济南[Ji3 nan2]
Shandong Province (China); (place-name) Shangdong Province (China)

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