Chinese Character Dictionary

名医

míng yī

famous doctor

名重识暗

míng zhòng shí àn

of great reputation but shallow in knowledge (idiom)

名量词

míng liàng cí

nominal classifier (in Chinese grammar)

名录

míng lù

directory

名录服务

míng lù fú wù

name service

名表

míng biăo

famous watch (i.e. expensive brand of wristwatch)

名门

míng mén

famous family

名门望族

míng mén wàng zú

offspring a famous family (idiom); good breeding

名间

Míng jiān

Mingjian or Mingchien township in Nantou county 南投縣|南投县[Nán tóu xiàn], central Taiwan

名间乡

Míng jiān xiāng

Mingjian or Mingchien township in Nantou county 南投縣|南投县[Nán tóu xiàn], central Taiwan

名缰利锁

míng jiāng lì suŏ

lit. fettered by fame and locked up by riches (idiom); tied down by reputation and wealth

名额

míng é

quota

名驰遐迩

míng chí xiá ĕr

To have one's fame spread far and wide. (idiom)

后

Hòu

surname Hou

后妃

hòu fēi

imperial wives and concubines

后座

hòu zuò

empress's throne

后羿

Hòu Yì

Houyi, mythological Chinese archer whose wife was Chang'e

后里

Hòu lĭ

Houli township in Taichung county 臺中縣|台中县[Tái zhōng xiàn], Taiwan

后里乡

Hòu lĭ xiāng

Houli township in Taichung county 臺中縣|台中县[Tái zhōng xiàn], Taiwan

后发座

hòu fà zuò

Coma Berenices (constellation)

吏

lì

minor government official or functionary (old)

吏治

lì zhì

style of governing (of minor official)

吏胥

lì xū

minor official

吏部

Lì bù

Ministry of Appointments in Imperial China

吐

tŭ

to spit

吐口

tŭ kŏu

to spit

吐司

tŭ sī

toast (loanword)

吐字

tŭ zì

diction

吐故纳新

tŭ gù nà xīn

lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子); fig. to get rid of the old and bring in the new

吐根

tŭ gēn

ipecac

吐弃

tŭ qì

to spurn

吐气

tŭ qì

to exhale

吐沫

tù mo

saliva

吐火罗人

Tŭ huŏ luó rén

Tokharian Indo-European people of central Asia

吐瓦鲁

Tŭ wă lŭ

Tuvalu, island country in the SW Pacific (Tw)

吐痰

tŭ tán

to spit

吐穗

tŭ suì

to have the ears of grain come up

吐絮

tŭ xù

cotton boll splits open and reveals its white interior

吐丝自缚

tŭ sī zì fù

to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising

吐绶鸡

tŭ shòu jī

turkey

吐艳

tŭ yàn

to burst into bloom

吐苦水

tŭ kŭ shuĭ

to have bitter digestive fluids rising to the mouth

吐蕃

Tŭ bō

Tubo or Tufan, old name for Tibet

吐蕃王朝

Tŭ bō Wáng cháo

Tibetan Tubo Dynasty 7th-11th century AD

吐诉

tŭ sù

to pour forth (one's opinions)

吐谷浑

Tŭ yù hún

Tuyuhun, a Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people

吐露

tŭ lù

to tell

吐鲁番

Tŭ lŭ fān

Turpan City in Xinjiang (Chinese: Tulufan)

吐鲁番地区

Tŭ lŭ fān dì qū

Turpan prefecture in Xinjiang

吐鲁番市

Tŭ lŭ fān shì

Turpan City in Xinjiang (Chinese: Tulufan)

吐鲁番盆地

tŭ lŭ fān pén dì

the Turpan depression in Xinjiang

向

Xiàng

surname Xiang

向上

xiàng shàng

upward

向下

xiàng xià

down

向何处

xiàng hé chù

whither

向来

xiàng lái

always (previously)

向例

xiàng lì

custom

向前

xiàng qián

forward

向前翻腾

xiàng qián fān téng

forward somersault

向北

xiàng bĕi

northward