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<12345678910...>Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
仄声 see styles |
sokusei / sokuse そくせい |
(See 平声・1) oblique tones (the three tones of Chinese that exclude the high-level, or first, tone) |
仄聲 仄声 see styles |
zè shēng ze4 sheng1 tse sheng |
oblique tone; nonlevel tone; uneven tone (the third tone of Classical Chinese) See: 仄声 |
仄韻 see styles |
sokuin そくいん |
(See 仄声,平韻) oblique-tone rhyme (of Chinese) |
今音 see styles |
jīn yīn jin1 yin1 chin yin |
modern (i.e. not ancient) pronunciation of a Chinese character |
介詞 介词 see styles |
jiè cí jie4 ci2 chieh tz`u chieh tzu kaishi かいし |
preposition {ling} preposition (in Chinese); adposition |
介音 see styles |
kaion かいおん |
medial; final-head (glide before the center vowel in Chinese); (female given name) Kaine |
仙氣 仙气 see styles |
xiān qì xian1 qi4 hsien ch`i hsien chi |
ethereal quality; (Chinese folklore) a puff of breath from the mouth of a celestial being, which can magically transform an object into something else |
仙草 see styles |
xiān cǎo xian1 cao3 hsien ts`ao hsien tsao sensou; sensou / senso; senso せんそう; センソウ |
medicinal herb (genus Mesona); grass jelly Chinese mesona (Platostoma palustre); (given name) Sensou |
伊吹 see styles |
ibuki; ibuki いぶき; イブキ |
(kana only) Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis); (p,s,f) Ibuki |
伊集 see styles |
iju; iju いじゅ; イジュ |
(kana only) (rkb:) (See 姫椿) Chinese guger tree (Schima wallichii); (surname) Takanashi |
伏羲 see styles |
fú xī fu2 xi1 fu hsi fukugi ふくぎ |
Fuxi, legendary Chinese emperor, trad. 2852-2738 BC, mythical creator of fishing, trapping and writing (personal name) Fukugi |
体菜 see styles |
taisai; taisai たいさい; タイサイ |
(kana only) (See チンゲンサイ) bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis); pak choi; Chinese cabbage |
作字 see styles |
tsukuriji つくりじ sakuji さくじ |
(1) (archaism) native Japanese kanji (esp. used during the Edo period); (2) made-up kanji; Chinese character of one's own creation; (3) creating a character with a group of people; (noun/participle) (1) designing a font; (2) creating a new character not currently available |
佩蘭 佩兰 see styles |
pèi lán pei4 lan2 p`ei lan pei lan |
orchid; fragrant thoroughwort; (botany) Eupatorium fortunei; Herba Eupatorii (used in Chinese medicine) |
併音 see styles |
pinin ピンイン |
(irregular kanji usage) Pinyin (chi:); Chinese romanization system |
倉頡 仓颉 see styles |
cāng jié cang1 jie2 ts`ang chieh tsang chieh souketsu / soketsu そうけつ |
Cang Jie, legendary scribe of the Yellow Emperor and creator of Chinese writing; Cangjie input method (computing) (person) Cangjie (c. 2667-2596 BCE; supposed inventor of Chinese characters) |
倒句 see styles |
touku / toku とうく |
reading Chinese in the Japanese order |
借音 see styles |
shakuon しゃくおん |
(See 万葉仮名) using the Chinese-reading of kanji to represent native Japanese words (irrespective of the kanji's actual meaning) |
倪匡 see styles |
ní kuāng ni2 kuang1 ni k`uang ni kuang |
Ni Kuang (1935-2022), Chinese novelist and screenwriter |
倭国 see styles |
wakoku わこく |
Yamato; ancient Japan; name by which Chinese rulers used to call Japan |
倭訓 see styles |
wakun わくん |
Japanese reading of a Chinese character |
倭語 see styles |
wago わご |
native Japanese words (especially as opposed to Chinese and other foreign loanwords) |
假借 see styles |
jiǎ jiè jia3 jie4 chia chieh |
to make use of; to use something as pretext; under false pretenses; under the guise of; masquerading as; lenient; tolerant; loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters); character acquiring meanings by phonetic association; also called phonetic loan |
偏旁 see styles |
piān páng pian1 pang2 p`ien p`ang pien pang henbou / henbo へんぼう |
component of a Chinese character (as the radical or the phonetic part) (1) left and right kanji radicals; (2) (colloquialism) kanji radical positions |
傷寒 伤寒 see styles |
shāng hán shang1 han2 shang han shoukan / shokan しょうかん |
typhoid (1) {med} acute febrile illness (e.g. typhoid); (2) (rare) disease due to the cold (in traditional Chinese medicine) |
僑務 侨务 see styles |
qiáo wù qiao2 wu4 ch`iao wu chiao wu |
matters relating to the Chinese diaspora (as a concern of the Chinese government) |
僑鄉 侨乡 see styles |
qiáo xiāng qiao2 xiang1 ch`iao hsiang chiao hsiang |
hometown of overseas Chinese |
僵屍 see styles |
kyonshii / kyonshi キョンシー |
(kana only) Chinese "hopping vampire"; jiang shi; jiangshi; chiang-shih; reanimated corpse |
優酷 优酷 see styles |
yōu kù you1 ku4 yu k`u yu ku |
Youku, Chinese video hosting platform |
兀凳 see styles |
wù dèng wu4 deng4 wu teng |
Chinese-style low stool |
元曲 see styles |
yuán qǔ yuan2 qu3 yüan ch`ü yüan chü genkyoku げんきょく |
Yuan dynasty theater, including poetry, music and comedy yuanqu (form of Chinese classical drama); Yuan drama |
元軍 元军 see styles |
yuán jun yuan2 jun1 yüan chün gengun げんぐん |
Mongol army; army of Yuan dynasty (hist) Yuan dynasty Chinese-Mongolian military |
先秦 see styles |
xiān qín xian1 qin2 hsien ch`in hsien chin senshin せんしん |
pre-Qin, Chinese history up to the foundation of the Qin imperial dynasty in 221 BC (hist) (See 秦) pre-Qin period (of China) |
兒化 儿化 see styles |
ér huà er2 hua4 erh hua |
(Chinese phonetics) to rhotacize a syllable final; to apply r-coloring to the final of a syllable |
入声 see styles |
nisshou; nissei / nissho; nisse にっしょう; にっせい |
entering tone (in Chinese) |
入聲 入声 see styles |
rù shēng ru4 sheng1 ju sheng |
entering tone; checked tone; one of the four tones of Middle Chinese See: 入声 |
內場 内场 see styles |
nèi chǎng nei4 chang3 nei ch`ang nei chang |
inner area (of a place that has an outer area); the kitchen of a restaurant (as opposed to the dining area); infield (baseball etc); (Chinese opera) the area behind the table on the stage |
全本 see styles |
quán běn quan2 ben3 ch`üan pen chüan pen zenmoto ぜんもと |
whole edition; whole performance (of Chinese opera) (surname) Zenmoto |
兩會 两会 see styles |
liǎng huì liang3 hui4 liang hui |
National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference |
八沖 八冲 see styles |
bā chōng ba1 chong1 pa ch`ung pa chung |
eight surges (a group of eight acupoints in Chinese acupuncture, namely PC-9, TB-1, HT-9 and LV-3, bilaterally) |
八股 see styles |
bā gǔ ba1 gu3 pa ku hakko はっこ |
an essay in eight parts; stereotyped writing (abbreviation) (See 八股文) eight-legged essay (classical Chinese style of essay writing) |
六卿 see styles |
rikukei; rikkei / rikuke; rikke りくけい; りっけい |
(hist) (See 六官) six ministers (of the six Zhou dynasty Chinese ministries) |
六淫 see styles |
liù yín liu4 yin2 liu yin rokuin ろくいん |
(TCM) six excesses causing illness, namely: excessive wind 風|风[feng1], cold 寒[han2], heat 暑[shu3], damp 濕|湿[shi1], dryness 燥[zao4], fire 火[huo3] six external causes of illness in traditional Chinese medicine (wind, cold, fire-heat, dampness, dryness, heat of summer) |
共匪 see styles |
gòng fěi gong4 fei3 kung fei |
communist bandit (i.e. PLA soldier (during the civil war) or Chinese communist (Tw)) |
兲朝 see styles |
tiān cháo tian1 chao2 t`ien ch`ao tien chao |
(derog.) the Chinese Communist regime (variant of 天朝[Tian1 chao2] Celestial Empire, invented to circumvent censorship) |
冬瓜 see styles |
dōng guā dong1 gua1 tung kua tougan; touga / togan; toga とうがん; とうが |
wax gourd (Cucurbitaceae, Benincasa hispida); white gourd; white hairy melon; Chinese squash wax gourd (Benincasa hispida); ash gourd; white gourd; winter melon |
冷菜 see styles |
lěng cài leng3 cai4 leng ts`ai leng tsai reisai / resai れいさい |
cold dish; cold food {food} cold vegetable hors d'oeuvres in Chinese cuisine |
冷食 see styles |
reishoku / reshoku れいしょく |
(1) (abbreviation) (See 冷凍食品) frozen food; (2) (See 火食) eating raw food; (3) (See 寒食) Chinese tradition of consuming only cold food on the 105th day after the winter solstice; 105th day after the winter solstice |
冷麺 see styles |
reimen / remen れいめん |
(1) cold noodles (in Korean style); (2) (ksb:) (See 冷やし中華) chilled Chinese noodles; (3) (See つけ麺) cold Chinese noodles accompanied by soup for dipping |
凌霄 see styles |
ryoushou / ryosho りょうしょう |
(See 凌霄花) Chinese trumpet creeper (Campsis grandiflora) |
凍容 冻容 see styles |
dòng róng dong4 rong2 tung jung |
"youth freezing", Chinese girls beginning anti-ageing treatments as young as two years old in the hope they will never look old |
分野 see styles |
fēn yě fen1 ye3 fen yeh bunya ぶんや |
dividing line between distinct realms; boundary; field-allocation (in Chinese astrology, the association between celestial regions and corresponding terrestrial realms) field; sphere; realm; division; branch; (surname) Wakeno |
切韻 切韵 see styles |
qiè yùn qie4 yun4 ch`ieh yün chieh yün setsuin せついん |
see 反切[fan3 qie4] qieyun (ancient Chinese dictionary arranged by rhyme, displaying characters' meanings and representing their pronunciation with fanqie) |
刑天 see styles |
xíng tiān xing2 tian1 hsing t`ien hsing tien |
Xingtian, headless giant hero of Chinese mythology decapitated by the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4] |
初文 see styles |
chū wén chu1 wen2 ch`u wen chu wen |
archaic (and simpler) form of a Chinese character |
刮痧 see styles |
guā shā gua1 sha1 kua sha kassa; kassa かっさ; カッサ |
gua sha (technique in TCM) (kana only) gua sha (traditional Chinese healing method) |
刹利 see styles |
chà lì cha4 li4 ch`a li cha li setsuri |
(刹帝利); 刹怛利耶 kṣatriya. The second, or warrior and ruling caste; Chinese render it as 田主 landowners and 王種 royal caste; the caste from which the Buddha came forth and therefore from which all Buddhas (如來) spring. |
刺史 see styles |
cì shǐ ci4 shi3 tz`u shih tzu shih shishi しし |
provincial governor (old) (hist) governor (of an ancient Chinese province) |
刺柏 see styles |
cì bǎi ci4 bai3 tz`u pai tzu pai |
Chinese juniper |
剪紙 剪纸 see styles |
jiǎn zhǐ jian3 zhi3 chien chih |
papercutting (Chinese folk art); to make paper cutouts |
劇壇 剧坛 see styles |
jù tán ju4 tan2 chü t`an chü tan gekidan げきだん |
the world of Chinese opera; theatrical circles the stage; the theatrical world |
劉恆 刘恒 see styles |
liú héng liu2 heng2 liu heng |
Liu Heng, personal name of Han emperor Han Wendi 漢文帝|汉文帝; Liu Heng (1954-), Chinese writer |
劉翔 刘翔 see styles |
liú xiáng liu2 xiang2 liu hsiang |
Liu Xiang (1983-), Chinese gold-medal hurdler of the 2004 Olympic Games |
力芝 see styles |
chikarashiba; chikarashiba ちからしば; チカラシバ |
(kana only) Chinese fountain grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides) |
加点 see styles |
katen かてん |
(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) (ant: 減点・1) adding points; (n,vs,vt,vi) (2) addition of marks and symbols to a classical Chinese text to aid reading in Japanese |
加薬 see styles |
kayaku かやく |
(1) (kana only) spices; condiments; seasoning; (2) {med} adjuvant (in Chinese medicine); addition of an adjuvant; (3) (ksb:) (See 五目飯) meat, fish, vegetables, etc. added to rice or udon (e.g. to make gomoku meshi) |
北島 北岛 see styles |
běi dǎo bei3 dao3 pei tao hokutou / hokuto ほくとう |
Bei Dao (1949-), Chinese poet (place-name) North Island (New Zealand) |
北狄 see styles |
hokuteki ほくてき |
(hist) Northern Di people (Zhou dynasty term for non-ethnic Chinese to the north); northern barbarians; (place-name) Kitaebisu |
十宗 see styles |
shí zōng shi2 zong1 shih tsung jūshū |
The ten schools of Chinese Buddhism: I. The (1) 律宗 Vinaya-discipline, or 南山|; (2) 倶舍 Kośa, Abhidharma, or Reality (Sarvāstivādin) 有宗; (3) 成實宗 Satyasiddhi sect founded on this śāstra by Harivarman; (4) 三論宗 Mādhyamika or 性空宗; (5) 法華宗 Lotus, "Law-flower" or Tiantai 天台宗; (6) 華嚴Huayan or法性 or賢首宗; ( 7) 法相宗 Dharmalakṣana or 慈恩宗 founded on the唯識論 (8) 心宗 Ch'an or Zen, mind-only or intuitive, v. 禪宗 ; (9) 眞言宗 (Jap. Shingon) or esoteric 密宗 ; (10) 蓮宗 Amitābha-lotus or Pure Land (Jap. Jōdo) 淨士宗. The 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 9th are found in Japan rather than in China, where they have ceased to be of importance. II. The Hua-yen has also ten divisions into ten schools of thought: (1) 我法倶有 the reality of self (or soul) and things, e.g. mind and matter; (2) 法有我無 the reality of things but not of soul; (3) 法無去來 things have neither creation nor destruction; (4) 現通假實 present things are both apparent and real; (5) 俗妄眞實 common or phenomenal ideas are wrong, fundamental reality is the only truth; (6) things are merely names; (7) all things are unreal 空; (8) the bhūtatathatā is not unreal; (9) phenomena and their perception are to be got rid of; (10) the perfect, all-inclusive, and complete teaching of the One Vehicle. III. There are two old Japanese divisions: 大乘律宗, 倶舎宗 , 成實 宗 , 法和宗 , 三論宗 , 天台宗 , 華嚴宗 , 眞言宗 , 小乘律宗 , and 淨土宗 ; the second list adds 禪宗 and omits 大乘律宗. They are the Ritsu, Kusha, Jōjitsu, Hossō, Sanron, Tendai, Kegon, Shingon, (Hīnayāna) Ritsu, and Jōdo; the addition being Zen. |
十悪 see styles |
juuaku / juaku じゅうあく |
(1) (hist) the ten abominations (the ten most grievous offenses under traditional Chinese law); (2) {Buddh} (See 十善・1) the ten evil deeds |
升調 升调 see styles |
shēng diào sheng1 diao4 sheng tiao |
to promote to a higher post; (linguistics) rising intonation; (Chinese linguistics) rising tone |
卓袱 see styles |
chabu ちゃぶ |
(archaism) (orig. from Chinese "zhuofu") meal |
南拳 see styles |
nán quán nan2 quan2 nan ch`üan nan chüan |
Nanquan - "Southern Fist" (Chinese Martial Art) |
南斗 see styles |
nanto なんと |
(rare) (See 斗宿) Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (m,f) Minato |
南画 see styles |
nanga なんが |
Southern School (of Chinese painting) |
南藏 see styles |
nán zàng nan2 zang4 nan tsang Nanzō |
The Southern Collection, or Edition, of the Chinese Buddhist Canon, published at Nanking under the reign of Tai Tsu, the first emperor of the Ming dynasty, who reigned A.D. 1368-1398. |
南蛮 see styles |
nanban なんばん |
(1) (hist) (derogatory term) southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south); (2) (hist) South-East Asian countries (in the late-Muromachi and Edo periods); (3) (hist) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal and their South-East Asian colonies; late-Muromachi and Edo periods); (prefix noun) (4) (hist) foreign (of goods from South-East Asia and Western Europe); exotic (esp. in a Western European or South-East Asian style); (5) (See 唐辛子・1) chili pepper; (6) (abbreviation) {food} (See 南蛮煮・2) nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions; (7) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm; in kabuki, dance, puppetry, etc.) |
博古 see styles |
bó gǔ bo2 gu3 po ku |
Bo Gu (1907-1946), Soviet-trained Chinese Communist, journalist and propagandist, 1930s Left adventurist, subsequently rehabilitated, killed in air crash |
博訊 博讯 see styles |
bó xùn bo2 xun4 po hsün |
abbr. for 博訊新聞網|博讯新闻网[Bo2 xun4 Xin1 wen2 wang3], Boxun, US-based dissident Chinese news network |
危宿 see styles |
umiyameboshi うみやめぼし |
{astron} (See 危・2) Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) |
厚朴 see styles |
hòu pò hou4 po4 hou p`o hou po kouboku / koboku こうぼく |
magnolia bark (bark of Magnolia officinalis) (See 朴の木) Japanese bigleaf magnolia bark (used in Chinese medicine); (surname) Honoki |
去声 see styles |
kyoshou; kyosei / kyosho; kyose きょしょう; きょせい |
falling tone (in Chinese) |
参宿 see styles |
shinshuku しんしゅく karasukiboshi からすきぼし |
(obscure) Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) |
參宿 参宿 see styles |
shēn xiù shen1 xiu4 shen hsiu |
Three Stars (Chinese constellation) See: 参宿 |
双喜 see styles |
souki / soki そうき |
(represented by the 囍 character) double happiness (Chinese ornamental symbol) |
双声 see styles |
sousei / sose そうせい |
{ling} repeated initials (in Chinese poetry); recurring initials |
反中 see styles |
hanchuu / hanchu はんちゅう |
(adj-no,n) (ant: 親中・しんちゅう) anti-Chinese; (surname) Tannaka |
反串 see styles |
fǎn chuàn fan3 chuan4 fan ch`uan fan chuan |
(Chinese opera) to play a role outside of one's specialty; (modern) to play a transvestite role; to masquerade as an opponent |
反華 反华 see styles |
fǎn huá fan3 hua2 fan hua |
anti-Chinese |
反鼻 see styles |
hanpi ハンピ |
(kana only) (See マムシ) dried viper skin used in Chinese herbal medicine (chi: fǎnbí) |
取永 see styles |
toriei / torie とりえい |
(See 取米,永楽銭) Edo-period rice tax (paid using an obsolete Chinese coinage) |
古文 see styles |
gǔ wén gu3 wen2 ku wen komon こもん |
old language; the Classics; Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose; Classical Chinese as a school subject (abbreviation) (rare) kanji |
古琴 see styles |
gǔ qín gu3 qin2 ku ch`in ku chin kokin; kuuchin / kokin; kuchin こきん; クーチン |
guqin or qin, a long zither with seven strings, plucked with the fingers {music} guqin (Chinese seven-string zither) |
古筝 see styles |
kosou / koso こそう |
Guzheng (type of ancient Chinese zither) |
古箏 古筝 see styles |
gǔ zhēng gu3 zheng1 ku cheng kosou / koso こそう |
guzheng (large zither with 13 to 25 strings, developed from guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2] during Tang and Song times) Guzheng (type of ancient Chinese zither) |
古訳 see styles |
koyaku こやく |
(hist) {Buddh} pre-Kumarajiva Chinese translation (i.e. before the 5th century) |
古詩 古诗 see styles |
gǔ shī gu3 shi1 ku shih koshi こし |
old verse; Classical Chinese poem ancient poems |
叫板 see styles |
jiào bǎn jiao4 ban3 chiao pan |
to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song); (coll.) to challenge |
司南 see styles |
sī nán si1 nan2 ssu nan |
ancient Chinese compass |
名伶 see styles |
míng líng ming2 ling2 ming ling |
famous actor or actress (Chinese opera) |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "Chinese" in Chinese and/or Japanese.Information about this dictionary:
Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.
A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.
Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House
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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).
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