Zhōng
China
Chinese
surname Zhong
Zhōng huá
China (alternate formal name)
zì
letter
symbol
character
word
CL:個|个[ge4]
courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
jiā
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]
Qīng
Qing or Ch'ing dynasty of Imperial China (1644-1911)
surname Qing
Běi jīng
Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China
Peking
PRC government
Shàng hǎi
Shanghai municipality, central east China, abbr. to 滬|沪[Hu4]
Yuè
generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods
abbr. for Vietnam 越南
Zhōng huá Rén mín Gòng hé guó
People's Republic of China
tiān xià
land under heaven
the whole world
the whole of China
realm
rule
shǐ
history
annals
title of an official historian in ancient China
Běi jīng Shì
Beijing
capital of People's Republic of China
one of the four municipalities 直轄市|直辖市[zhi2 xia2 shi4]
Guǎng dōng
Guangdong province (Kwangtung) in south China, short name 粵|粤[Yue4], capital Guangzhou 廣州|广州
Shàng hǎi shì
Shanghai municipality in southeast China, abbr. 滬|沪
Jiāng sū
Jiangsu province (Kiangsu) in southeast China, abbr. 蘇|苏, capital Nanjing 南京
Tiān jīn
Tianjin, a municipality in northeast China, abbr. 津
Guǎng dōng shěng
Guangdong province (Kwangtung) in south China, short name 粵|粤[Yue4], capital Guangzhou 廣州|广州
Chéng dū
Chengdu subprovincial city and capital of Sichuan province 四川 in southwest China
Hé nán
Henan province (Honan) in central China, abbr. 豫, capital Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[Zheng4 zhou1]
Hú nán
Hunan province in south central China, abbr. 湘, capital Changsha 長沙|长沙[Chang2 sha1]
Sì chuān
Sichuan province (Szechuan) in southwest China, abbr. 川 or 蜀, capital Chengdu 成都
Hé nán shěng
Henan province (Honan) in central China, abbr. 豫[Yu4], capital Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[Zheng4 zhou1]
Shān dōng
Shandong province (Shantung) in northeast China, abbr. 魯|鲁, capital 濟南|济南
Zhè jiāng
Zhejiang province (Chekiang) in east China, abbr. 浙, capital Hangzhou 杭州
Nán jīng
Nanjing subprovincial city on the Changjiang, capital of Jiangsu province 江蘇|江苏
capital of China at different historical periods
Hé běi
Hebei province (Hopeh) in north China surrounding Beijing, short name 冀, capital Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1]
Hú běi
Hubei Province (Hupeh) in central China, abbr. 鄂[E4], capital Wuhan 武漢|武汉[Wu3 han4]
bó shì
doctor
court academician (in feudal China)
Ph.D.
Fú jiàn
Fujian province (Fukien) in east China, abbr. 福 or 閩|闽, capital Fuzhou 福州
Fujian province (Fukien) in Taiwan
Shān xī
Shanxi province (Shansi) in north China between Hebei and Shaanxi, abbr. 晋 capital Taiyuan 太原
Zhè jiāng shěng
Zhejiang province (Chekiang) in east China, abbr. 浙, capital Hangzhou 杭州
Háng zhōu
Hangzhou subprovincial city and capital of Zhejiang province in southeast China
Jí lín
Jilin province (Kirin) in northeast China, abbr. 吉, capital 長春|长春
also Jilin prefecture level city, Jilin province
Liáo níng
Liaoning province in northeast China, short name 遼|辽[Liao2], capital Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳[Shen3 yang2]
Ān huī
Anhui Province (Anhwei) in south central China, abbr. 皖[Wan3], capital Hefei 合肥[He2 fei2]
Xī ān
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]
Jiǔ zhōu
division of China during earliest dynasties
fig. ancient China
Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands
Shǎn xī
Shaanxi province (Shensi) in northwest China, abbr. 陝|陕[Shan3], capital Xi’an 西安市[Xi1 an1 Shi4]
Jiāng xī
Jiangxi province (Kiangsi) in southeast China, abbr. 赣, capital Nanchang 南昌
Jiāng sū shěng
Jiangsu province (Kiangsu) in southwest China, abbr. 蘇|苏, capital Nanjing 南京
Zhè
abbr. for Zhejiang 浙江 province in east China
Shān dōng shěng
Shandong province (Shantung) in northeast China, abbr. 魯|鲁, capital Ji'nan 濟南|济南
Hēi lóng jiāng
Heilongjiang province (Heilungkiang) in northeast China, abbr. 黑, capital Harbin 哈尔滨
Heilongjiang river forming the border between northeast China and Russia
Amur river
Yún nán
Yunnan province in southwest China, bordering on Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar, abbr. 滇[dian1] or 雲|云, capital Kunming 昆明
Qīng hǎi
Qinghai province (Tsinghai) in west China, abbr. 青, capital Xining 西寧|西宁
Guǎng xī
Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区 (Zhuang: Gvangjsih Bouxcuengh Swcigih) in southwest China on the border with Vietnam, abbr. 桂, capital Nanning 南寧|南宁
until 1959, Guangxi province
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