Chinese Character Dictionary

艾格尼丝・史沫特莱

Aì gé ní sī · Shĭ mò tè lái

Agnes Smedley (1892-190), US journalist who reported on China, esp. the communist side

艾条

ài tiáo

moxa stick, moxa roll (TCM)

艾条温和灸

ài tiáo wēn hé jiŭ

gentle stick moxibustion (TCM)

艾条灸

ài tiáo jiŭ

stick moxibustion

艾条雀啄灸

ài tiáo què zhuó jiŭ

"sparrow pecking" moxibustion technique (TCM)

艾森豪威尔

Aì sēn háo wēi ĕr

Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), US army general and politician, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II, US President 193-1961

艾比湖

Aì bĭ Hú

Aibi Lake (Ebinur) in XinJiang

艾滋

ài zī

AIDS (loanword)

艾滋病

ài zī bìng

AIDS (loanword)

艾滋病患者

ài zī bìng huàn zhĕ

AIDS patient

艾滋病抗体

ài zī bìng kàng tĭ

AIDS antibody

艾滋病毒

ài zī bìng dú

human immune deficiency virus (HIV)

艾滋病病毒

ài zī bìng bìng dú

HIV

艾灸

ài jiŭ

moxibustion (Chinese medicine)

艾炭

ài tàn

carbonized mugwort leaf (TCM)

艾炷

ài zhù

moxa cone

艾炷灸

ài zhù jiŭ

cone moxibustion (TCM)

艾尔伯塔

Aì ĕr bó tă

Alberta province of Canada, capital Edmonton 埃德蒙頓|埃德蒙顿[Aī dé méng dùn]

艾尔米塔什

Aì ĕr mĭ tă shí

Ermitazh or Hermitage museum in St Peterburg

艾尔米塔奇

Aì ĕr mĭ tă jī

Ermitazh or Hermitage museum in St Peterburg

艾片

ài piàn

preparation obtained from sambong leaves, containing borneol (used in TCM)

艾玛纽埃尔

Aì mă niŭ āi ĕr

Emmanuel or Emmanuelle (name)

艾登堡

Aì dēng băo

Attenborough (name)

艾窝窝

ài wō wo

glutinous rice cake with a sweet filling

艾纳香

ài nà xiāng

sambong (Blumea balsamifera)

艾绒

ài róng

moxa floss

艾美奖

Aì mĕi Jiăng

Emmy Award

艾兹病

ài zī bìng

AIDS (loanword)

艾草

ài căo

Asian mugwort or wormwood (genus Artemesia)

艾菲尔铁塔

Aì fēi ĕr Tiĕ tă

Eiffel Tower

艾叶

ài yè

mugwort leaf (TCM)

艾叶油

ài yè yóu

mugwort leaf oil (TCM)

艾叶炭

ài yè tàn

carbonized mugwort leaf (used in TCM)

艾蒿

ài hāo

mugwort (Artemisia)

艾萨克

Aì sà kè

Isaac (name)

艾萨克・牛顿

Aì sà kè · Niú dùn

Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), British mathematician and physicist

艾赛克斯

Aì sài kè sī

Essex (English county)

艾迪

Aì dí

Eddie (name)

艾迪卡拉

Aì dí kă lā

Ediacaran (c. 63-42 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era

艾迪生

Aì dí shēng

Addison (name)

艾青

Aì Qīng

Ai Qing (1910-1996), Chinese poet

艿

năi

see 芋艿[yù năi]

芃

péng

luxuriant growth

芄

wán

Metaplexis stauntoni

芊

qiān

green

芊萰

qiān liàn

green and flourishing

芋

yù

taro

芋圆

yù yuán

taro ball (Taiwanese dessert)

芋泥

Yù ní

yam paste (a snack in Chaozhou cuisine)

芋艿

yù năi

taro

芋螺毒素

yù luó dú sù

conotoxin

芋头

yù tou

taro

芍

Què

see 芍陂[Què pí]

芍药

sháo yào

Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora)

芍陂

Què pí

Quepi lake (irrigation project in Han to Tang times on Huai river 淮河 in modern Anhui)

芎

xiōng

see 川芎[chuān xiōng]

芎林

Qiōng lín

Qionglin or Chiunglin township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xīn zhú Xiàn], northwest Taiwan

芎林乡

Qiōng lín xiāng

Qionglin or Chiunglin township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xīn zhú Xiàn], northwest Taiwan

芎藭

qióng xiōng

chuanxiong rhizome

芏

dù

see 茳芏[jiāng dù]