Vocabulary
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| 长安 長安 | Chang'an (ancient name of Xi'an) capital of China during Tang Dynasty; now, a district of Xi'an | Proper Noun |
| 明清 明清 | the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties | Proper Noun |
| 兰州 蘭州 | Lanzhou, prefecture-level city and capital of Gansu Province | Proper Noun |
| 高达 高達 | Gundam, Japanese animation franchise; (Tw) Gouda (cheese) | Proper Noun |
| 村落 村落 | village | Proper Noun |
| 大运河 大運河 | the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC | Proper Noun |
| 石林 石林 | Stone Forest, notable set of limestone formations in Yunnan | Proper Noun |
| 汉江 漢江 | Han River | Proper Noun |
| 兴安 興安 | Hinggan, league in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region; Xing'an district of Hegang city, Heilongjiang; Xing'an county in Guilin, Guangxi | Proper Noun |
| 松花江 松花江 | Songhua River in Jilin province 吉林省 through Harbin, a tributary of Heilongjiang 黑龍江|黑龙江 | Proper Noun |
| 滕王阁 滕王閣 | Tengwang Tower in Nanchang, Jiangxi; one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan, Hubei | Proper Noun |
| 南昌 南昌 | Nanchang, prefecture-level city and capital of Jiangxi Province; Nanchang county in Nanchang 南昌, Jiangxi | Proper Noun |
| 匈奴 匈奴 | Xiongnu, a people of the Eastern Steppe who created an empire that flourished around the time of the Qin and Han dynasties | Proper Noun |
| 呼和浩特 呼和浩特 | Hohhot, prefecture-level city and capital of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region | Proper Noun |
| 苏州河 蘇州河 | Suzhou Creek (river in Shanghai) | Proper Noun |
| 妈祖 媽祖 | Matsu, name of a sea goddess still widely worshipped on the SE China coast and in SE Asia | Proper Noun |
| 新安 新安 | Xin'an county in Luoyang 洛陽|洛阳, Henan | Proper Noun |
| 梅州 梅州 | Meizhou, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province | Proper Noun |
| 阿尔山 阿爾山 | Arxan, county-level city in Hinggan League, Inner Mongolia | Proper Noun |
| 观音 觀音 | Guanyin (Goddess of Mercy) | Proper Noun |
| 南洋 南洋 | Southeast Asia; South seas | Proper Noun |
| 闹市 鬧市 | downtown area; city center | Proper Noun |
| 青城山 青城山 | Mount Qingcheng | Proper Noun |
| 大雁塔 大雁塔 | Giant Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an | Proper Noun |
| 潮州 潮州 | Chaozhou, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province; Chaozhou, township in Pingtung County, Taiwan; Chaozhou, variant of Minnan dialect spoken in east Guangdong | Proper Noun |
| 华山 華山 | Mt Hua in Shaanxi, western mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains | Proper Noun |
| 中国大陆 中國大陸 | mainland China | Proper Noun |
| 天池 天池 | Lake Tianchi in Xinjiang | Proper Noun |
| 丝绸之路 絲綢之路 | the Silk Road | Proper Noun |
| 三亚 三亞 | Sanya, prefecture-level city in Hainan Province | Proper Noun |
| 河西走廊 河西走廊 | Hexi Corridor (or Gansu Corridor), a string of oases running the length of Gansu, forming part of the Northern Silk Road | Proper Noun |
| 清代 清代 | Qing dynasty (1644-1911) | Proper Noun |
| 瑶族 瑤族 | Yao ethnic group of southwest China and southeast Asia | Proper Noun |
| 蒙古语 蒙古語 | Mongolian (language) | Proper Noun |
| 镇江 鎮江 | Zhenjiang, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province | Proper Noun |
| 青山 青山 | Qingshan district of Wuhan city, Hubei; Qingshan district of Baotou city, Inner Mongolia | Proper Noun |
| 一战 一戰 | World War I (1914-1918) | Proper Noun |
| 丰沛 豐沛 | copious; plentiful (of water); surging (of waves); refers to home village of first Han emperor; fig. majestic | Proper Noun |
| 昆曲 崑曲 | Kunqu opera, influential musical theater originating in Kunshan, Jiangsu province in Yuan times | Proper Noun |
| 唐朝 唐朝 | Tang dynasty | Proper Noun |
| 富春江 富春江 | Fuchun River in Zhejiang | Proper Noun |
| 玉门关 玉門關 | Yumen Pass, or Jade Gate, western frontier post on the Silk Road in the Han Dynasty, west of Dunhuang, in Gansu | Proper Noun |
| 景德镇 景德鎮 | Jingdezhen, prefecture-level city in Jiangxi Province | Proper Noun |
| 成吉思汗 成吉思汗 | Genghis Khan (1162-1227), founder and ruler of the Mongol Empire | Proper Noun |
| 虎门 虎門 | the Bocca Tigris, a narrow strait in the Pearl River Delta, Guangdong; Humen Town | Proper Noun |
| 乾隆 乾隆 | the Qianlong era; Qianlong Emperor (1711-1799), sixth Qing emperor, princely title, personal name, reigned 1735-1799 | Proper Noun |
| 安平 安平 | Anping county in Hengshui, Hebei; Anping district of Tainan City, Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 宁波 寧波 | Ningbo, sub-provincial city in Zhejiang Province | Proper Noun |
| 九寨沟 九寨溝 | Jiuzhaigou Valley, Sichuan; Jiuzhaigou county, Sichuan | Proper Noun |
| 西江 西江 | Xijiang River | Proper Noun |