Vocabulary
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| 党项 黨項 | Tangut branch of the Qiang 羌 ethnic group; ancient ethnic group who made up the Xixia dynasty 西夏 1038-1227 | Proper Noun |
| 波语 波語 | Polish language | Proper Noun |
| 塔里木盆地 塔里木盆地 | Tarim Basin depression in southern Xinjiang | Proper Noun |
| 利马窦 利馬竇 | Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), Jesuit missionary and translator in Ming China; erroneous spelling of 利瑪竇|利玛窦 | Proper Noun |
| 罗城 羅城 | a second wall built around a city wall | Proper Noun |
| 嘉峪关城 嘉峪關城 | Jiayuguan fort in the Gansu corridor; Ming dynasty military fort, the western end of the Great Wall | Proper Noun |
| 明太祖 明太祖 | Ming Taizu, temple name of first Ming emperor Hongwu | Proper Noun |
| 北疆 北疆 | northern Xinjiang (north of the Tian Shan mountains) | Proper Noun |
| 泰晤士 泰晤士 | the Times (newspaper); River Thames, through London | Proper Noun |
| 威斯康星 威斯康星 | Wisconsin, US state | Proper Noun |
| 北京科技大学 北京科技大學 | University of Science and Technology Beijing | Proper Noun |
| 方毅 方毅 | Fang Yi (1916-1997), senior party apparatchik | Proper Noun |
| 戈壁荒滩 戈壁荒灘 | barren sands of the Gobi desert | Proper Noun |
| 怀仁堂 懷仁堂 | Huairen Hall or Huairentang, a building inside Zhongnanhai, used as the main meeting place of the Politburo of the CCP | Proper Noun |
| 吐鲁番 吐魯番 | Turpan, prefecture-level city in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region | Proper Noun |
| 达坂城 達坂城 | Dabancheng district of Urumqi city, Xinjiang | Proper Noun |
| 青藏铁路 青藏鐵路 | Qinghai-Tibet railway | Proper Noun |
| 中国梦 中國夢 | Chinese Dream (i.e. the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation), term associated with Xi Jinping | Proper Noun |
| 没想到 沒想到 | didn't expect | |
| 郭 郭 | outer part (of a city); surname | |
| 摩 摩 | rub, scour, grind; friction | |
| 乌 烏 | crow, rook, raven; black, dark | |
| 公元前 公元前 | BCE (before the Common Era); BC (before Christ) | |
| 霍 霍 | quickly, suddenly; surname | |
| 骑兵 騎兵 | cavalry | |
| 宅 宅 | residence, dwelling, home; grave | |
| 首领 首領 | head; boss; chief | |
| 相 相 | mutually | |
| 智 智 | wisdom, knowledge, intelligence | |
| 威 威 | pomp, power; powerful; dominate | |
| 地处 地處 | to be located at; to be situated in | |
| 魏 魏 | kingdom of Wei; surname | |
| 嘉 嘉 | excellent; joyful; auspicious | |
| 御 御 | drive, ride; chariot; manage | |
| 秦 秦 | surname Qin; Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) of the first emperor; short name for | |
| 谢 謝 | thank | |
| 脉 脈 | blood vessels, veins, arteries | |
| 氏 氏 | clan, family; mister | |
| 登基 登基 | to ascend the throne | |
| 自此 自此 | since then; henceforth | |
| 宋 宋 | Song dynasty; surname | |
| 武 武 | military; martial, warlike | |
| 雄 雄 | male of species; hero; manly | |
| 仙 仙 | immortal | |
| 典籍 典籍 | ancient books or records | |
| 纪 紀 | record, annal, historical account | |
| 毫无疑问 毫無疑問 | certainty; without a doubt | |
| 翻越 翻越 | to cross; to surmount; to transcend | |
| 结盟 結盟 | to form an alliance; to ally oneself with; allied with; aligned; to bond with | |
| 丹 丹 | cinnabar (native HgS); vermilion (artificial HgS used as pigment) |