Qīng
Qing or Ch'ing dynasty of Imperial China (1644-1911)
surname Qing
shí · yī
first of October
PRC National day
same as 國慶|国庆[gúo qìng]
fǔ
seat of government
government repository (archive)
official residence
mansion
presidential palace
(honorific) Your home
prefecture (from Tang to Qing times)
Qīng mò
the final years of the Ch'ing or Qing dynasty
China at the turn of the 20th century
Jiāng hú
rivers and lakes
around the whole country
cf 两江 and 两湖, Jiangnan, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan provinces in Qing times
vagrant
itinerant (esp. entertainer, swindler, quack doctor etc)
Tóng zhì
reign name of Qing emperor (1861-1875)
Dào guāng
reign name of Qing emperor (1821-1850)
jūn jī
military aircraft
secret plan
Privy Council during the Qing dynasty
qí
banner
flag
(in Qing times) refers to Manchurian ruling class, from 八旗[ba1 qi2] eight banners
administrative subdivision in inner Mongolia equivalent to 縣|县[xian4] county
CL:面[mian4]
Jiā qìng
Jiaqing Emperor (1760-1820), seventh Qing emperor, personal name 顒琰|颙琰[Yong2 yan3], reigned 1796-1820
Jiāng nán
south of Changjiang or Yangtze river
south of the lower reaches of Changjiang
often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces
a province during Qing times
in literature, refers to the sunny south
Gangnam (district in Seoul, South Korea)
sì rén bāng
Gang of Four: Jiang Qing 江青, Zhang Chunqiao 張春橋, Yao Wenyuan 姚文元, Wang Hongwen 王洪文, who served as scapegoats for the excesses of the cultural revolution
tí dū
the local commander
provincial governor (in Qing and Ming times)
fǔ chéng
capital of 府 prefecture (from Tang to Qing times)
prefectural seat
tǔ sī
sliced bread (loanword from "toast")
government-appointed hereditary tribal headman in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties
qǐ méng
to instruct the young
to initiate
to awake sb from ignorance
to free sb from prejudice or superstition
primer
enlightened
the Enlightenment
Western learning from the late Qing dynasty
qǐng ān
to pay respects
to wish good health
in Qing times, a specific form of salutation (see also 打千[da3 qian1])
Yōng zhēng
Yongzheng, reign name of Qing emperor (1722-1735)
tè bié xíng zhèng qū
Special Administrative Region, namely: Hong Kong 香港 and Macau 澳門|澳门
refers to many different areas during late Qing, foreign occupation, warlord period and Nationalist government
refers to special zones in North Korea and Indonesia
Qián Lóng
Qianlong or Ch'ien-lung, emperor of the Qing dynasty, reigned sixty years (1735-1796)
Dìng hǎi
Dinghai district of Zhoushan city 舟山市[Zhou1 shan1 shi4], Zhejiang
Qing dynasty name of 舟山市
jiāo qing
friendship
friendly relations
Jiāng Qīng
Jiang Qing (1914-1991), Mao Zedong's fourth wife and leader of the Gang of Four
Qīng cháo
Ch'ing or Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
Lǐ Hóng zhāng
Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat
Xiāng gé lǐ lā
Shangri-La (mythical location)
Shangri-La town and county in Dêqên or Diqing Tibetan autonomous prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[Dí qìng Zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], northwest Yunnan
formerly Gyeltang or Gyalthang, Chinese 中甸[Zhōng diàn] in Tibetan province of Kham
běi yáng
the Qing Dynasty name for the coastal provinces of Liaoning, Hebei, and Shandong
Xián fēng
reign name of Qing emperor (1850-1861)
Xianfeng county in Enshi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州[En1 shi1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Hubei
Lǜ yíng
Green standard army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units
Qīng Lóng
Azure Dragon, one of the four symbols of the Chinese constellations, also known as the Azure Dragon of the East 東方青龍|东方青龙[Dōng fāng Qīng lóng] or 東方蒼龍|东方苍龙[Dōng fāng Cāng lóng]
Guāng xù
reign name of penultimate Qing emperor Guangxu or Guang-hsu (1875-1908)
jiào àn
lesson plan
teaching plan
a "missionary case" (a dispute over Christian missionaries during the late Qing)
Shùn zhì
reign name of second Qing emperor (1644-1662)
Yuán Shì kǎi
Yuan Shikai (1859-1916), senior general of late Qing, subsequently warlord and self-proclaimed emperor of China
shū yuàn
academy of classical learning (Tang Dynasty - Qing Dynasty)
yín liǎng
silver currency
currency of the Qing dynasty based on the silver tael 兩|两
zhōng qíng jú
US Central Intelligence Agency, CIA
abbr. for 中央情報局|中央情报局[zhōng yāng qíng bào jú]
Míng shǐ
History of the Ming Dynasty, twenty fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Zhang Tingyu 張廷玉|张廷玉[Zhang1 Ting2 yu4] in 1739 during the Qing Dynasty, 332 scrolls
Zhōu Jì
Zhou Ji (1781-1839), Qing writer and poet
Gāo Xiáng
Gao Xiang (1688-1753), Qing dynasty painter
gōng shǐ
minister
diplomat performing ambassadorial role in Qing times, before regular diplomatic relations
zhī fǔ
prefectural magistrate (during Tang to Qing times)
Fó yé
Buddha (term of respect for Sakyamuni 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shì jiā móu ní])
His Holiness (refers to a Buddhist grandee)
Buddha
God
emperor
in late Qing court, refers exclusively to Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后
shuāng huáng
a form or theatrical double act, popular since Qing times, with one player seated stage front and acting out the poem or song of the second player hidden at the back (also written 雙黄|双黄)
double reed (as used in oboe or bassoon)
an oboe or bassoon
Xīn hài gé mìng
the Xinhai revolution of 1911 that ended the Qing dynasty
Zēng Guó fān
Zeng Guofan (1811-1872), Qing dynasty politician and military man
Qīng mò Mín chū
the late Qing and early Republic, i.e. China around 1911
Qīng dài
the Ch'ing or Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
jìn dài shǐ
modern history (for China, from the Opium Wars until the fall of the Qing Dynasty, i.e. mid-19th to early 20th century)
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