Vocabulary

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西 西 wén Spanish; Western language; foreign languages (in Qing times) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Yǒng chāng xiàn Yongchang county in Jinchang, Gansu Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Wèi Jìn Nán Běi Cháo Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties; generic term for historic period 220-589 between Han and Sui Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Yào shī Medicine Buddha (Sanskrit: Bhaisajyaguru) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Wáng cháo Tibetan Tubo Dynasty 7th-11th century AD Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
tǎn yīn Stein (name); Marc Aurel Stein (1862-1943), Hungarian-born British archaeologist known for his expeditions to Central Asia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
gōng Wugong County in Xianyang, Shaanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Hàn Gāo posthumous name of the first Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 (256 or 247-195 BC), reigned 202-195 BC Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Persia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
sāng Fusang, mythical island of ancient literature, often interpreted as Japan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Yǒng chāng Yongchang county in Jinchang, Gansu; ancient prefecture in Yunnan, modern Baoshan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
xiàn chéng county seat; county town Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
mén Guān Yumen Pass, or Jade Gate, western frontier post on the Silk Road in the Han Dynasty, west of Dunhuang, in Gansu Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Ān Anju district of Suining city, Sichuan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Tuò branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people, founders of Wei 北魏 of the Northern Dynasties (386-534); also written 拓拔 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Yùn the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Guó mín Zhèng Nationalist government (the government of the Republic of China 1925-1948) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Zàng rén Tibetan (person) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
qìng Daqing, prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西 西 fāng rén Westerner; Occidental Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Zhōng guó Rén mín Jiě fàng jūn Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Zhōng fāng the Chinese side (in an international venture) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Qīng tíng the Qing court (as government of China) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Qīng zhèng Qing government (1644-1911) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
gōng xiàn to capture (a fortress, city etc); to take by force Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Yáng Yùn dòng Self-Strengthening Movement (period of reforms in China c 1861-1894), also named 自強運動|自强运动 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
tuó Buddha (a person who has attained Buddhahood, or specifically Siddhartha Gautama) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Shì huì World Expo Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Héng Ganges River Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Gān quán Ganquan county in Yan'an, Shaanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Chūn qiū Zhàn guó Shí dài the Spring and Autumn (770-476 BC) and Warring States (475-221 BC) periods; Eastern Zhou (770-221 BC) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Zōng shèng Jonathan Lee (1958-), Taiwanese record producer and songwriter Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Luhe county in Shanwei 汕尾, Guangdong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
bié tǎn Uzbekistan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Luó guó Roman Empire (27 BC-476 AD) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Níng xià Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, capital Yinchuan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
gān Shā Taklamakan Desert, Xinjiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Xiāng jiāng the Xiangjiang river in Hunan province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Shān dān xiàn Shandan county in Zhangye, Gansu Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
huò fēn Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833-1905), German geologist and explorer who published a major foundational study of the geology of China in 1887 and first introduced the term Silk Road 絲綢之路|丝绸之路 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Su Wu (140-60 BC), Han Dynasty diplomat and statesman, regarded as a model of courage and faithful service Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Lún tái Bügür nahiyisi or Luntai county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, Xinjiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Qín ān Qin'an county in Tianshui, Gansu Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Hòu Liáng Later Liang of the Five Dynasties (907-923) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Lóng mén Shí Longmen Grottoes at Luoyang, Henan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Jīn chāng Shì Jinchang, prefecture-level city in Gansu Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
lín Yulin, prefecture-level city in Shaanxi Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Rén qiè Rinpoche (Tibetan honorific) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Wéi ěr rén Uighur person or people Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Liù pán Shān Liupan Mountains, mountain range in northern China Proper Noun ∼HSK 4