| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 代 | 代 | dài | - to substitute - to act on behalf of others - to replace - generation - dynasty - age - period - (historical) era - (geological) eon |
| 朝 | 朝 | cháo | - imperial or royal court - government - dynasty - reign of a sovereign or emperor - court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor - to make a pilgrimage to - facing - towards |
| 朝代 | 朝代 | cháodài | - dynasty - reign (of a king) |
| 朝廷 | 朝廷 | cháotíng | - court - imperial household - dynasty |
| 王朝 | 王朝 | wángcháo | - dynasty |
| 冔 | 冔 | xǔ | - cap of Yin dynasty |
| 咫 | 咫 | zhǐ | - 8 in. length unit of Zhou dynasty |
| 妺 | 妺 | mò | - wife of the last ruler of the Xia dynasty |
| 栘 | 栘 | yí | - shadbush or shadberry (genus Amelanchier) - name for a stable during the Han Dynasty |
| 殷 | 殷 | Yīn | - surname Yin - dynasty name at the end the Shang dynasty, after their move to Yinxu 殷墟 in modern Henan province |
| 膫 | 膫 | Liáo | - name of a state during Han Dynasty |
| 蜀 | 蜀 | Shǔ | - short name for Sichuan 四川[Si4 chuan1] province - one of the Three Kingdoms 三國|三国[San1 guo2] after the fall of the Han dynasty |
| 九鼎 | 九鼎 | JiǔDǐng | - the Nine Tripod Cauldrons, symbol of state power, dating back to the Xia Dynasty |
| 伪朝 | 偽朝 | wěicháo | - bogus dynasty - pretender |
| 传奇 | 傳奇 | chuánqí | - legendary - fantasy saga - romance - short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty |
| 元军 | 元軍 | Yuánjūn | - Mongol army - army of Yuan dynasty |
| 八旗 | 八旗 | bāqí | - Eight Banners, military organization of Manchu later Jin dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1] from c. 1600, subsequently of the Qing dynasty |
| 公府 | 公府 | gōngfǔ | - government post in Han dynasty |
| 前朝 | 前朝 | qiáncháo | - the previous dynasty |
| 前汉 | 前漢 | QiánHàn | - Former Han Dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), also called 西漢|西汉[Xi1 Han4], Western Han Dynasty |
| 刘备 | 劉備 | LiúBèi | - Liu Bei (161-223), warlord at the end of the Han dynasty and founder of the Han kingdom of Shu 蜀漢|蜀汉 (c. 200-263), later the Shu Han dynasty |
| 周朝 | 周朝 | Zhōucháo | - Zhou Dynasty - Western Zhou 西周 (1046-771 BC) and Eastern Zhou 東周|东周 (770-221 BC) |
| 唐末 | 唐末 | Tángmò | - late Tang - the last years of the Tang dynasty - around 900 |
| 商汤 | 商湯 | ShāngTāng | - Shang Tang (1646-? BC), legendary founder of the Shang Dynasty |
| 启蒙 | 啟蒙 | qǐméng | - 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 |
| 夜郎 | 夜郎 | Yèláng | - small barbarian kingdom in southern China during the Han dynasty |
| 大汉 | 大漢 | dàhàn | - big person - the great Han dynasty |
| 太学 | 太學 | Tàixué | - Imperial College of Supreme Learning, established in 124 BC, and the highest educational institute in ancient China until the Sui Dynasty |
| 太宗 | 太宗 | Tàizōng | - posthumous name given to second emperor of a dynasty - King Taejong of Joseon Korea (1367-1422), reigned 1400-1418 |
| 女真 | 女真 | Nǚzhēn | - Jurchen, a Tungus ethnic group, predecessor of the Manchu ethnic group who founded the Later Jin Dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1] and Qing Dynasty |
| 孔林 | 孔林 | Kǒnglín | - the Confucius family mausoleum at Qufu 曲阜, rebuilt and extended by every dynasty |
| 孙策 | 孫策 | SūnCè | - Sun Ce (175-200), general and major warlord of the Later Han Dynasty |
| 定鼎 | 定鼎 | dìngdǐng | - lit. to set up the sacred tripods (following Yu the Great) - to fix the capital - to found a dynasty - used in advertising |
| 小篆 | 小篆 | xiǎozhuàn | - the small or lesser seal, the form of Chinese character standardized by the Qin dynasty |
| 崔萤 | 崔螢 | CuīYíng | - Choi Yeong (1316-1388), general of Korean Goryeo dynasty |
| 廉俸 | 廉俸 | liánfèng | - extra allowances paid to government officials in the Qing dynasty |
| 建安 | 建安 | Jiànān | - reign name (196-219) at the end of the Han dynasty |
| 张敞 | 張敞 | ZhāngCháng | - Zhang Chang, official and scholar of the Eastern Han dynasty |
| 把总 | 把總 | bǎzǒng | - low-level officer of the army from the Ming to the mid Qing Dynasty |
| 本朝 | 本朝 | běncháo | - the current dynasty |
| 正朔 | 正朔 | zhēngshuò | - first day of the first lunar month - (old) calendar promulgated by the first emperor of a dynasty |
| 正祖 | 正祖 | Zhèngzǔ | - Jeonjo (1752-1800), 22nd king of Korean Joseon dynasty |
| 武丁 | 武丁 | WǔDīng | - Wu Ding (c. 14th century BC), legendary founder and wise ruler of Shang dynasty |
| 民国 | 民國 | Mínguó | - Republic of China (1912-1949) - used instead of reign name by the nationalist government, then by Taiwan - used in PRC as reign name of a former dynasty |
| 清末 | 清末 | Qīngmò | - the final years of the Ch'ing or Qing dynasty - China at the turn of the 20th century |
| 汉简 | 漢簡 | Hànjiǎn | - bamboo slip used for record keeping during the Han Dynasty |
| 潘岳 | 潘岳 | PānYuè | - Pan Yue (247-300), later known as 潘安[Pan1 An1], famous handsome and elegant writer from the Western Jin dynasty |
| 秦篆 | 秦篆 | Qínzhuàn | - seal script as unified by the Qin dynasty - the small seal 小篆 and great seal 大篆 |
| 纣辛 | 紂辛 | ZhòuXīn | - Zhou Xin (c. 11th century BC), last emperor of the of Shang Dynasty |
| 圣朝 | 聖朝 | shèngcháo | - the current imperial dynasty - one's own court |
| 华佗 | 華佗 | HuàTuó | - Hua Tuo (?-208), famous doctor at the end of Han Dynasty |
| 西汉 | 西漢 | XīHàn | - Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), also called 前漢|前汉[Qian2 Han4], Former Han Dynasty |
| 词话 | 詞話 | cíhuà | - form of writing novels that comprise lots of poetry in the body of the text, popular in the Ming Dynasty |
| 贾谊 | 賈誼 | JiǎYì | - Jia Yi (200-168 BC), Chinese poet and statesman of the Western Han Dynasty |
| 赵高 | 趙高 | ZhàoGāo | - Zhao Gao (?-207 BC), one of the most vile, corrupt and powerful eunuchs in Chinese history, responsible for the fall of Qin Dynasty |
| 军机 | 軍機 | jūnjī | - military aircraft - secret plan - Privy Council during the Qing dynasty |
| 遗老 | 遺老 | yílǎo | - old fogy - adherent of previous dynasty |
| 邸报 | 邸報 | dǐbào | - imperial bulletin, palace report dating back to Han dynasty |
| 金代 | 金代 | Jīndài | - Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), founded by the Jurchen 女真[Nu:3 zhen1] people of North China, a precursor of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty |
| 金朝 | 金朝 | Jīncháo | - Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), founded by the Jurchen 女真[Nu:3 zhen1] people of North China, a precursor of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty |
| 隋末 | 隋末 | Suímò | - last years of the Sui dynasty - early 7th century AD |
| 高云 | 高雲 | GāoYún | - Gao Yun (died 409) emperor of Northern or Later Yan dynasty |
| 二皇帝 | 二皇帝 | èrhuángdì | - second emperor of a dynasty |
| 史思明 | 史思明 | ShǐSīmíng | - Shi Siming (703-761), non-Han military man and colleague of An Lushan 安祿山|安禄山[An1 Lu4 shan1], eventually conspirator with him in the 755-763 An-Shi Rebellion 安史之亂|安史之乱[An1 Shi3 zhi1 Luan4] against the Tang dynasty |
| 司马懿 | 司馬懿 | SīmǎYì | - Sima Yi (179-251), warlord under Cao Cao and subsequently founder of the Jin dynasty |
| 吴三桂 | 吳三桂 | WúSānguì | - Wu Sangui (1612-1678), Chinese general who let the Manchus into China and helped them establish the Qing Dynasty, later leading a revolt against Qing in an effort to start his own dynasty |
| 吴自牧 | 吳自牧 | WúZìmù | - Wu Zimu (lived c. 1270), writer at the end of the Song dynasty |
| 哥老会 | 哥老會 | Gēlǎohuì | - late-Qing underground resistance movement against the Qing dynasty |
| 外务部 | 外務部 | Wàiwùbù | - Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Qing Dynasty |
| 奴儿干 | 奴兒干 | Núérgān | - part of Heilongjiang and the Vladivostok area ruled by the Ming dynasty |
| 尉迟恭 | 尉遲恭 | WèiChígōng | - General Wei Chigong (585-658), famous military man instrumental in founding the Tang dynasty |
| 徐光启 | 徐光啟 | XúGuāngqǐ | - Xu Guangqi (1562-1633), agricultural scientist, astronomer, and mathematician in the Ming dynasty |
| 战国末 | 戰國末 | zhànguómò | - late Warring States period, c. 250-221 BC before the First Emperor's Qin Dynasty |
| 搜神记 | 搜神記 | SōushénJì | - In Search of the Supernatural, compilation of legends about spirits, ghosts and other supernatural phenomena, written and compiled by 干寶|干宝[Gan1 Bao3] in Jin dynasty |
| 李德林 | 李德林 | LǐDélín | - Li Delin (530-590), historian of Northern Wei and Sui dynasty |
| 李自成 | 李自成 | LǐZìchéng | - Li Zicheng (1605-1645), leader of peasant rebellion at the end of the Ming Dynasty |
| 江原道 | 江原道 | Jiāngyuándào | - Gangwon Province of Korea during Joseon Dynasty - Kangwon province of North Korea - Gangwon province in northeast South Korea, capital Chuncheon 春川[Chun1 chuan1] |
| 清史馆 | 清史館 | Qīngshǐguǎn | - office set up in 1914 to compile official history of the Qing dynasty |
| 谷梁传 | 穀梁傳 | GǔliángZhuàn | - Guliang Annals, commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], first published during the Han Dynasty |
| 红巾军 | 紅巾軍 | hóngjīnjūn | - the Red Turbans, peasant rebellion at the end of the Yuan dynasty |
| 菱花镜 | 菱花鏡 | línghuājìng | - antique bronze mirror with flower petal edging, most commonly from the Tang dynasty |
| 董仲舒 | 董仲舒 | DǒngZhòngshū | - Dong Zhongshu (179-104 BC), philosopher influential in establishing Confucianism as the established system of values of former Han dynasty |
| 萧一山 | 蕭一山 | XiāoYīshān | - Xiao Yishan (1902-1978), Modern historian of the Qing dynasty |
| 过庭录 | 過庭錄 | guòtínglù | - lit. Notes on passing the hall, historical jottings by 12th century Southern Song poet Fan Gongcheng 範公偁|范公偁, containing moral instructions derived from great men of Song dynasty |
| 开封府 | 開封府 | Kāifēngfǔ | - Kaifeng as the capital of Northern Song dynasty |
| 阿里郎 | 阿里郎 | Ālǐláng | - Arirang 아리랑, famous Korean song of love and tragic separation, based on folk tale from Georyo dynasty - Arirang, series of Korean earth observation space satellites |
| 颜真卿 | 顏真卿 | YánZhēnqīng | - Yan Zhenqing (709-785), a leading calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty |
| 二十四孝 | 二十四孝 | ÈrshísìXiào | - the Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, classic Confucian text on filial piety from Yuan dynasty |
| 古文观止 | 古文觀止 | GǔwénGuānzhǐ | - Guwen Guanzhi, an anthology of essays written in Literary Chinese, compiled and edited by Wu Chucai and Wu Diaohou of Qing dynasty |
| 司马承帧 | 司馬承幀 | SīmǎChéngzhēn | - Sima Chengzhen (655-735), Daoist priest in Tang dynasty |
| 大西洋国 | 大西洋國 | Dàxīyángguó | - Historical name for Portugal during the Qing dynasty |
| 安史之乱 | 安史之亂 | ĀnShǐzhīLuàn | - An-Shi Rebellion (755-763) of 安祿山|安禄山[An1 Lu4 shan1] and 史思明[Shi3 Si1 ming2], a catastrophic setback for Tang dynasty |
| 戊戌政变 | 戊戌政變 | WùxūZhèngbiàn | - coup by Dowager Empress Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4] ending the 1898 attempt to reform the Qing dynasty |
| 戊戌维新 | 戊戌維新 | WùxūWéixīn | - Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty |
| 戊戌变法 | 戊戌變法 | WùxūBiànfǎ | - Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty |
| 战国末年 | 戰國末年 | zhànguómònián | - late Warring States period, c. 250-221 BC before the First Emperor's Qin Dynasty |
| 松赞干布 | 松贊干布 | SōngzànGànbù | - Songtsen Gampo or Songzain Gambo (604-650) Tibetan emperor, founder of the Tubo 吐蕃 dynasty |
| 武昌起义 | 武昌起義 | WǔchāngQǐyì | - Wuchang Uprising of October 10th, 1911, which led to Sun Yat-sen's Xinhai Revolution and the fall of the Qing dynasty |
| 武经总要 | 武經總要 | WǔJīngZǒngYào | - "Collection of the Most Important Military Techniques", book published in 1044 during the Northern Song Dynasty |
| 满汉全席 | 滿漢全席 | MǎnHànquánxí | - the Manchu Han imperial feast, a legendary banquet in the Qing dynasty - (fig.) a sumptuous banquet |
| 百日维新 | 百日維新 | BǎirìWéixīn | - Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty |
| 维新变法 | 維新變法 | WéixīnBiànfǎ | - Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty |
| 船政学堂 | 船政學堂 | ChuánzhèngXuétáng | - Fuzhou Naval College, a.k.a. Foochow Naval Dockyard School, set up in 1866 by the Qing dynasty |
| 茶马互市 | 茶馬互市 | Chámǎhùshì | - old tea-horse market between Tibet, China, Southeast Asia and India, formalized as a state enterprise under the Song dynasty |
| 辛亥革命 | 辛亥革命 | XīnhàiGémìng | - Xinhai Revolution (1911), which ended the Qing Dynasty |
| 陈桥兵变 | 陳橋兵變 | Chénqiáobīngbiàn | - the military revolt of 960 that led Zhao Kuangyin 趙匡胤|赵匡胤 to found the Song dynasty |
| 马尾水师学堂 | 馬尾水師學堂 | Mǎwěishuǐshīxuétáng | - Mawei River naval college, alternative name for Fuzhou naval college 福州船政學堂|福州船政学堂, set up in 1866 by the Qing dynasty |
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