Vocabulary
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| 武则天 武則天 | Wu Zetian (624-705), Tang empress, reigned 690-705 | Proper Noun |
| 亚欧 亞歐 | Europe and Asia; Eurasia | Proper Noun |
| 秦始皇陵 秦始皇陵 | the tomb of the first emperor at Mt Li near Xi'an (awaits excavation) | Proper Noun |
| 江西省 江西省 | Jiangxi Province, capital Nanchang | Proper Noun |
| 金茂大厦 金茂大廈 | Jin Mao Tower, skyscraper in Shanghai | Proper Noun |
| 谢灵运 謝靈運 | Xie Lingyun (385-433) poet during Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋 | Proper Noun |
| 川藏 川藏 | Sichuan and Tibet | Proper Noun |
| 滨湖 濱湖 | Binhu district of Wuxi city, Jiangsu | Proper Noun |
| 甘南 甘南 | Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in Gansu Province; Gannan, a county in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang | Proper Noun |
| 阳江 陽江 | Yangjiang, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province | Proper Noun |
| 丹霞 丹霞 | Mt Danxia in Shaoguan, Guangdong; Danxia landform (red conglomerate and sandstone) | Proper Noun |
| 粤港澳大湾区 粵港澳大灣區 | Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, established in 2017, consisting of Hong Kong, Macao and nine cities in Guangdong | Proper Noun |
| 港珠澳大桥 港珠澳大橋 | Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge | Proper Noun |
| 古浪 古浪 | Gulang county in Wuwei, Gansu | Proper Noun |
| 周庄 周莊 | Zhouzhuang, old canal town between Shanghai and Suzhou, tourist attraction | Proper Noun |
| 洞口 洞口 | Dongkou county in Shaoyang, Hunan | Proper Noun |
| 武功 武功 | Wugong County in Xianyang, Shaanxi | Proper Noun |
| 李 李 | Li (surname) | Proper Noun |
| 城池 城池 | city | Proper Noun |
| 孤山 孤山 | Solitary Hill, located in West Lake, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province | Proper Noun |
| 七夕 七夕 | double seven festival, evening of seventh of lunar seventh month; girls' festival; Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed their annual meeting | Proper Noun |
| 西域 西域 | Western Regions (Han Dynasty term for regions beyond Yumen Pass) | Proper Noun |
| 塞外 塞外 | (old) territories beyond the Great Wall | Proper Noun |
| 清水 清水 | Qingshui (place name); Shimizu (Japanese surname and place name) | Proper Noun |
| 满洲 滿洲 | Manchuria | Proper Noun |
| 唐玄宗 唐玄宗 | Tang Emperor Xuanzong (685-762), also known as Emperor Ming of Tang, reign name of seventh Tang emperor, reigned 712-756 | Proper Noun |
| 古塔 古塔 | Guta district of Jinzhou city 錦州市|锦州市, Liaoning | Proper Noun |
| 杜甫 杜甫 | Du Fu (712-770), great Tang dynasty poet | Proper Noun |
| 大清 大清 | Great Qing dynasty (1644-1911) | Proper Noun |
| 司马迁 司馬遷 | Sima Qian (145-86 BC), Han Dynasty historian, author of Records of the Grand Historian, known as the father of Chinese historiography | Proper Noun |
| 江浙 江浙 | abbr. for Jiangsu and Zhejiang | Proper Noun |
| 诗经 詩經 | Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism | Proper Noun |
| 端午 端午 | Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month) | Proper Noun |
| 朱熹 朱熹 | Zhu Xi or Chu Hsi (1130-1200), also known as Master Zhu, Song dynasty Confucian writer and propagandist, founder of neo-Confucianism | Proper Noun |
| 唐高宗 唐高宗 | Emperor Gaozong of Tang, reign name of third Tang emperor Li Zhi (628-683), reigned 649-683 | Proper Noun |
| 美籍 美籍 | American (i.e. of US nationality) | Proper Noun |
| 松江 松江 | Songjiang suburban district of Shanghai | Proper Noun |
| 孙悟空 孫悟空 | Sun Wukong | Proper Noun |
| 唐僧 唐僧 | Tang Sanzang (Monk Tang) | Proper Noun |
| 八戒 八戒 | Zhu Bajie (Pigsy) | Proper Noun |
| 紫金 紫金 | Zijin county in Heyuan, Guangdong | Proper Noun |
| 新竹 新竹 | Xinzhu or Hsinchu city in northern Taiwan, noted for high tech industries; Xinzhu or Hsinchu county in northwest Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 会安 會安 | Hoi An (in Vietnam) | Proper Noun |
| 理学 理學 | School of Principle; Neo-Confucian Rationalistic School (from Song to mid-Qing times, c. 1000-1750, typified by the teachings of Cheng Hao, Cheng Yi and Zhu Xi) | Proper Noun |
| 吉林 吉林 | Jilin Province, capital Changchun; Jilin, prefecture-level city in Jilin Province | Proper Noun |
| 太仓 太倉 | Taicang, county-level city in Suzhou, Jiangsu | Proper Noun |
| 烈日 烈日 | Liege, town in Belgium | Proper Noun |
| 南华 南華 | South China; Nanhua County in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan | Proper Noun |
| 护城河 護城河 | moat (surrounding the city wall) | Proper Noun |
| 青川 青川 | Qingchuan county in Guangyuan, Sichuan | Proper Noun |