| 锌 | [xīn, ㄒㄧㄣ, 锌 / 鋅] zinc Zn, transition metal, atomic number 30 #6,119 [Add to Longdo] |
| 周瑜 | [Zhōu Yú, ㄓㄡ ㄩˊ, 周 瑜] Zhou Yu or Chou Yü (175-210), famous general of the southern Wu kingdom and victor of the battle of Redwall; in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, absolutely no match for Zhuge Liang #19,755 [Add to Longdo] |
| 张学良 | [Zhāng Xué liáng, ㄓㄤ ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄌㄧㄤˊ, 张 学 良 / 張 學 良] Zhang Xueliang (1901-2001) son of Fengtian clique warlord, then senior general for the Nationalist and subsequently for PRC People's liberation army #20,515 [Add to Longdo] |
| 朱镕基 | [Zhū Róng jī, ㄓㄨ ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄐㄧ, 朱 镕 基 / 朱 鎔 基] Zhu Ronji (1928-), PRC politician, premier 1998-2003 #22,778 [Add to Longdo] |
| 曾庆红 | [Zēng Qìng hóng, ㄗㄥ ㄑㄧㄥˋ ㄏㄨㄥˊ, 曾 庆 红 / 曾 慶 紅] Zeng Qinghong (1939-), politician, vice-president of PRC since 2003 and party secretary-general from 2007 #22,978 [Add to Longdo] |
| 赵紫阳 | [zhào zǐ yáng, ㄓㄠˋ ㄗˇ ㄧㄤˊ, 赵 紫 阳 / 趙 紫 陽] Zhao Ziyang (1919-2005), PRC politician, party general secretary from 1987, sacked after the 4th Jun 1989 Tiananmen incident and kept under house arrest for the rest of his life #23,960 [Add to Longdo] |
| 朱熹 | [Zhū xī, ㄓㄨ ㄒㄧ, 朱 熹] Zhu Xi or Chu Hsi (1130-1200), also known as Master Zhu 朱子, Song dynasty Confucian writer and propagandist, founder of neo-Confucianism #31,406 [Add to Longdo] |
| 左传 | [Zuǒ zhuàn, ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄓㄨㄢˋ, 左 传 / 左 傳] Zuozhuan or Tsochuan, Mr Zuo's annals or Mr Zuo's commentary on 春秋, early history c. 400 BC attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明 #35,952 [Add to Longdo] |
| 张国焘 | [Zhāng Guó tào, ㄓㄤ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄊㄠˋ, 张 国 焘 / 張 國 燾] Zhang Guotao (1897-1979), Chinese communist leader in the 1920s and 1930s, defected to Guomindang in 1938 #39,888 [Add to Longdo] |
| 张春桥 | [Zhāng Chūn qiáo, ㄓㄤ ㄔㄨㄣ ㄑㄧㄠˊ, 张 春 桥 / 張 春 橋] Zhang Chunqiao (1917-2005), one of the Gang of Four #40,526 [Add to Longdo] |
| 赵括 | [Zhào Kuò, ㄓㄠˋ ㄎㄨㄛˋ, 赵 括 / 趙 括] Zhao Kuo (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 趙國|赵国, who famously led an army of 400, 000 to annihilation at Changping in 260 BC; also called Ma Fuzi 馬服子|马服子 #41,677 [Add to Longdo] |
| 张华 | [Zhāng Huà, ㄓㄤ ㄏㄨㄚˋ, 张 华 / 張 華] Zhang Hua (232-300), Western Jin writer, poet and politician; Zhang Hua (1958-1982), student held up as a martyr after he died saving an old peasant from a septic tank; other Zhang Hua's too numerous to mention #41,982 [Add to Longdo] |
| 锆 | [gào, ㄍㄠˋ, 锆 / 鋯] zirconium Zr, transition metal, atomic number 40 #43,348 [Add to Longdo] |
| 周朝 | [Zhōu cháo, ㄓㄡ ㄔㄠˊ, 周 朝] Zhou Dynasty; Eastern Zhou 東周|东周 (1046-771 BC) and Western Zhou 西周 (770-221 BC) #57,021 [Add to Longdo] |
| 周立波 | [Zhōu Lì bō, ㄓㄡ ㄌㄧˋ ㄅㄛ, 周 立 波] Zhou Libo (1908-1979), left-wing journalist, translator and novelist #61,580 [Add to Longdo] |
| 郑玄 | [Zhèng Xuán, ㄓㄥˋ ㄒㄩㄢˊ, 郑 玄 / 鄭 玄] Zheng Xuan (127-200), late Han scholar #62,740 [Add to Longdo] |
| 赵树理 | [Zhào Shù lǐ, ㄓㄠˋ ㄕㄨˋ ㄌㄧˇ, 赵 树 理 / 趙 樹 理] Zhao Shuli (1906-1970), proletarian novelist #63,407 [Add to Longdo] |
| 张志新 | [Zhāng Zhì xīn, ㄓㄤ ㄓˋ ㄒㄧㄣ, 张 志 新 / 張 志 新] Zhang Zhixin (1930-1975) female revolutionary and martyr, who followed the true Marxist-Leninist line as a party member, and was arrested in 1969, murdered in 1975 after opposing the counter-revolutionary party-usurping conspiracies of Lin Biao and the Ga #68,341 [Add to Longdo] |
| 张怡 | [Zhāng yí, ㄓㄤ ㄧˊ, 张 怡 / 張 怡] Zhang Yi (1608-1695), prolific author and poet spanning interregnum between Ming and Qing #74,313 [Add to Longdo] |
| 朱温 | [Zhū Wēn, ㄓㄨ ㄨㄣ, 朱 温 / 朱 溫] Zhu Wen (852-912), military governor 節度使 at the end of Tang, founder of Later Liang of the Five Dynasties (907-923); also called 后梁太祖 #83,414 [Add to Longdo] |
| 周敦颐 | [Zhōu Dūn yí, ㄓㄡ ㄉㄨㄣ ㄧˊ, 周 敦 颐 / 周 敦 頤] Zhou Dun'yi (1017-1073), Song dynasty neo-Confucian scholar #89,721 [Add to Longdo] |
| 邹容 | [Zōu Róng, ㄗㄡ ㄖㄨㄥˊ, 邹 容 / 鄒 容] Zou Rong (1885-1905), a martyr of the anti-Qing revolution, died in jail in 1905 #104,493 [Add to Longdo] |
| 张择端 | [Zhāng Zé duān, ㄓㄤ ㄗㄜˊ ㄉㄨㄢ, 张 择 端 / 張 擇 端] Zhang Zeduan (1085-1145), Song dynasty painter #105,959 [Add to Longdo] |
| 曾巩 | [Zēng Gǒng, ㄗㄥ ㄍㄨㄥˇ, 曾 巩 / 曾 鞏] Zeng Gong (1019-1083), Song dynasty writer, one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家 #112,795 [Add to Longdo] |
| 赵忠尧 | [Zhào Zhōng yáo, ㄓㄠˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄧㄠˊ, 赵 忠 尧 / 趙 忠 堯] Zhao Zhongyao (1902-1998), Chinese pioneer nuclear physicist #119,558 [Add to Longdo] |
| 祖冲之 | [Zǔ chōng zhī, ㄗㄨˇ ㄔㄨㄥ ㄓ, 祖 冲 之 / 祖 沖 之] Zu Chongzhi (429-500), astronomer and mathematician #129,238 [Add to Longdo] |
| 郑国渠 | [Zhèng guó qú, ㄓㄥˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄑㄩˊ, 郑 国 渠 / 鄭 國 渠] Zhengguo canal, a 150 km long irrigation canal in Shaanxi built in 264 BC #176,497 [Add to Longdo] |
| 祝允明 | [Zhù Yǔn míng, ㄓㄨˋ ㄩㄣˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ, 祝 允 明] Zhu Yunming (1460-1526), Ming dynasty calligrapher #177,554 [Add to Longdo] |
| 张若虚 | [Zhāng Ruò xū, ㄓㄤ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄩ, 张 若 虚 / 張 若 虛] Zhang Ruoxu (c. 660-720), Tang dynasty poet, author of yuefu poem River on a spring night 春江花月夜 #182,115 [Add to Longdo] |
| 祝枝山 | [Zhù Zhī shān, ㄓㄨˋ ㄓ ㄕㄢ, 祝 枝 山] Zhu Zhishan (1460-1526), Ming calligrapher and poet, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子 #185,107 [Add to Longdo] |
| 巴布尔 | [Bā bù ěr, ㄅㄚ ㄅㄨˋ ㄦˇ, 巴 布 尔 / 巴 布 爾] Zaheeruddin Babur (1483-1530), first ruler of Mughal dynasty of India #401,372 [Add to Longdo] |
| 张之洞 | [Zhāng Zhī dòng, ㄓㄤ ㄓ ㄉㄨㄥˋ, 张 之 洞 / 張 之 洞] Zhang Zhidong (1837-1909), prominent politician in late Qing [Add to Longdo] |
| 张僧繇 | [Zhāng Sēng yóu, ㄓㄤ ㄙㄥ ㄧㄡˊ, 张 僧 繇 / 張 僧 繇] Zhang Sengyou (active c.490-540), one of the Four Great Painters of the Six dynasties 六朝四大家 [Add to Longdo] |
| 张籍 | [Zhāng Jí, ㄓㄤ ㄐㄧˊ, 张 籍 / 張 籍] Zhang Ji (767-830), Tang poet [Add to Longdo] |
| 琐罗亚斯德 | [Suǒ luó yà sī dé, ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄧㄚˋ ㄙ ㄉㄜˊ, 琐 罗 亚 斯 德 / 瑣 羅 亞 斯 德] Zoroaster, Zarathustra or Zarathushtra (c. 1200 BC), Persian prophet and founder of Zoroastrianism [Add to Longdo] |
| 锺繇 | [Zhōng Yáo, ㄓㄨㄥ ㄧㄠˊ, 锺 繇 / 鍾 繇] Zhong Yao (151-230), minister of Cao Wei 曹魏 and noted calligrapher, said to have developed the regular script 楷书 [Add to Longdo] |
| 分 | [ぶん, bun] (n) (1) (See 文・もん・2) one-tenth; one percent (one-tenth of a wari); 3 mm (one-tenth of a sun); 2.4 mm (one-tenth of a mon, a traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes); 0.375 grams (one-tenth of a monme); 0.1 degree (one-tenth of a do, used to measure body temperature on any temperature scale); (2) one-quarter of a ryou (obsolete unit of currency); (3) thickness; (4) advantageous circumstances #146 [Add to Longdo] |
| 文化 | [ぶんか, bunka] (n) (1) culture; civilization; civilisation; (2) Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22); (P) #414 [Add to Longdo] |
| 口 | [くち, kuchi] (n) (1) mouth; (2) opening; hole; gap; orifice; (3) mouth (of a bottle); spout; nozzle; mouthpiece; (4) gate; door; entrance; exit; (5) (See 口を利く・1) speaking; speech; talk (i.e. gossip); (6) (See 口に合う) taste; palate; (7) mouth (to feed); (8) opening (i.e. vacancy); available position; (9) (See 口がかかる) invitation; summons; (10) kind; sort; type; (11) opening (i.e. beginning); (suf, ctr) (12) counter for mouthfuls, shares (of money), and swords; (P) #1,194 [Add to Longdo] |
| 作る(P);造る(P);創る(P) | [つくる, tsukuru] (v5r, vt) (1) (造る usu. for large-scale building, manufacturing, etc. 創る usu. for creating) to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct; (2) to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); (3) (See 野菜を作る) to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train; (4) to till; (5) to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write; (6) to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose; (7) to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found; (8) to have (a child); (9) to make up (one's face, etc.); (10) to fabricate (an excuse, etc.); (11) to form (a line, etc.); (12) to set (a record); (13) to commit (a sin, etc.); (P) #1,759 [Add to Longdo] |
| 文明 | [ぶんめい, bunmei] (n) (1) civilization; civilisation; culture; (2) Bummei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20); (P) #4,054 [Add to Longdo] |
| 大蔵省 | [おおくらしょう, ookurashou] (n) (See 財務省) (former) Ministry of Finance (succeeded by zaimushou in 2000); (P) #7,337 [Add to Longdo] |
| 落ちる(P);堕ちる;墜ちる;落る(io) | [おちる, ochiru] (v1, vi) (1) to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); to be used in a certain place (e.g. money); (2) to be omitted; to be missing; (3) to decrease; to sink; (4) to fail (e.g. exam or class); to lose (contest, election, etc.); (5) to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind; (6) to become indecent (of a conversation); (7) to be ruined; to go under; (8) (See 狐が落ちる・きつねがおちる) to fade; to come out (e.g. a stain); to come off (e.g. makeup); to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list); (9) to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession; (10) to fall (into a trap); to fall (for a trick); (11) to give in; to give up; to confess; to flee; (12) to fall; to be defeated; to surrender; (13) to come to (in the end); to end in; (14) (See 恋に落ちる・こいにおちる, 眠りに落ちる・ねむりにおちる) to fall (in love, asleep, etc.); (15) to swoon (judo); (16) (See 腑に落ちない・ふにおちない) to consent; to understand; (17) { comp } to crash; to freeze; (18) (of animals) to die; (19) (of fish when it gets cold) to move to the depths; (P) #11,304 [Add to Longdo] |
| ウォームビズ | [uo-mubizu] (n) (See クールビズ) WARM BIZ (Japanese government campaign encouraging companies to set their heater thermostats to 20 degrees Celsius over the winter) [Add to Longdo] |
| ゼタ | [zeta] (n, pref) zetta-; 10^21 [Add to Longdo] |
| ゼットハチマル | [zettohachimaru] (n) { comp } Z80 [Add to Longdo] |
| ゼプト | [zeputo] (n, pref) zepto-; 10^-21 [Add to Longdo] |
| 安土桃山時代 | [あづちももやまじだい, aduchimomoyamajidai] (n) Azuchi-Momoyama period (approx. 1558-1600 CE) [Add to Longdo] |
| 伊弉諾景気;いざなぎ景気 | [いざなぎけいき, izanagikeiki] (n) Izanagi economic boom (1965-70) of Japan [Add to Longdo] |
| 開炉 | [かいろ, kairo] (n) (See 閉炉) first lighting of the hearth in a Zen temple (first day of the 10th or 11th month) [Add to Longdo] |
| 四つ切り | [よつぎり, yotsugiri] (n) cutting into four; quarter; photograph size 254mm x 305 mm [Add to Longdo] |
| 周尺 | [しゅうしゃく, shuushaku] (n) (arch) Zhou shaku (approx. 20 cm) [Add to Longdo] |
| 鍾馗;鍾き | [しょうき, shouki] (n) (1) Shoki the Plague-Queller; Zhong Kui (traditional Chinese deity said to prevent plagues and ward off evil beings); vanquisher of ghosts and evil beings, and reputedly able to command 80, 000 demons; (2) Shoki (WWII fighter aircraft) [Add to Longdo] |
| 織豊時代 | [しょくほうじだい, shokuhoujidai] (n) (See 安土桃山時代) Shokuho period (i.e. the Azuchi-Momoyama period, approx. 1568-1600 CE) [Add to Longdo] |
| 神風タクシー | [かみかぜタクシー, kamikaze takushi-] (n) (col) kamikaze taxi (1960s term for taxis that fail to heed traffic regulations) [Add to Longdo] |
| 世界四大文明 | [せかいよんだいぶんめい, sekaiyondaibunmei] (n) the four great civilizations of the world (China, Babylon, India and Egypt as put forward by Chinese scholar Liang Qichao in 1900) [Add to Longdo] |
| 大躍進 | [だいやくしん, daiyakushin] (n) (1) Great Leap Forward (failed attempt to industrialize China and increase agricultural production, from 1958-1960); (n, vs) (2) significant breakthrough; great strides [Add to Longdo] |
| 地域化 | [ちいきか, chiikika] (n, vs) (See ローカライズ) localisation; localization; L10n (in IT) [Add to Longdo] |
| 桃山時代 | [ももやまじだい, momoyamajidai] (n) (See 安土桃山時代) Momoyama period (latter half of the Azuchi-Momoyama period, approx. 1583-1600 CE) [Add to Longdo] |
| 道元 | [どうげん, dougen] (n) Zen monk, 1200-1253 [Add to Longdo] |
| 非０復帰０記録 | [ひゼロふっきゼロきろく, hi zero fukki zero kiroku] (n) { comp } non-return-to-zero change-on-zeros recording; NRZ-0 [Add to Longdo] |
