xià wǔ
afternoon
CL:個|个[ge4]
p.m.
zhū shì huì shè
Japanese limited company
corporation
public company
Ltd
p.l.c.
Corp
Japanese pr. kabushiki-gaisha
běn yì bǐ
P⁄ E ratio (price-to-earnings ratio)
Dí lā kè
P.A.M. Dirac (1902-1984), British physicist
qǐng nín huí fù
repondez s'il vous plait
R.S.V.P.
please reply
wèi
not yet
did not
have not
not
8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep
ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
zǐ
son
child
seed
egg
small thing
1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat
Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
shēn
to extend
to state
to explain
9th earthly branch: 3-5 p.m., 7th solar month (7th August-7th September), year of the Monkey
ancient Chinese compass point: 240°
wǔ
7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse
ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south)
hài
12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m., 10th solar month (7th November-6th December), year of the Boar
ancient Chinese compass point: 330°
xū
11th earthly branch: 7-9 p.m., 9th solar month (8th October-6th November), year of the Dog
ancient Chinese compass point: 300°
yǒu
10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the Rooster
ancient Chinese compass point: 270° (west)
sòng qì
aspiration (phonetics, explosion of breath on consonants distinguishing Chinese p, t from b, d)
jiàn měi cāo
aerobics
aerobic dance (school P.E. activity)
Biāo zhǔn Pǔ ěr
Standard and Poor's (S&P), company specializing in financial market ratings
S&P financial index
tǔ dì lì yòng guī huà
land use plan (official P.R.C. government term)
Tóng wén guǎn
the first modern Chinese library established in 1898 by William A.P. Martin 丁韙良|丁韪良, becoming the foundation for Peking University library
Péng bó tōng xùn shè
Bloomberg L.P., financial software services, news and data company
shuāng chún yīn
bilabial consonant (b, p, or m)
Dīng Wěi liáng
William A.P. Martin (1827-1916), American missionary who lived 62 years in China between 1850 and 1916, and helped found many Chinese colleges, first president of Peking University
jī huò luàn
chicken cholera (caused by Pasteurella multocida or P. avicida)
fowl cholera
xiǎo huā yuǎn zhì
small-flowered milkwort (Polygala arvensis Willd. or P. telephioides), with roots used in Chinese medicine
Bàn dǎo hé dōng fāng háng hǎi
P&O
Peninsula and Oriental shipping company
Kè sū lǔ
Cthulhu, fictional cosmic entity created by writer H. P. Lovecraft
Péng bó Tōng xùn shè
Bloomberg L.P., financial software services, news and data company