Chinese Character Dictionary
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太古
immemorial
太古代
Archaeozoic (geological era before 200m years ago)
太古宙
Archaean (geological eon before 200m years ago)
太古洋行
Butterfield and Swire (Hong Kong bank)
太史令
grand scribe (official position in many Chinese states up to the Han)
太史公
Grand Scribe, the title by which Sima Qian 司馬遷|司马迁 refers to himself in Records of the Historian 史记
太后
Empress Dowager
太和
Taihe County in Fuyang 阜陽|阜阳[Fù yáng], Anhui
太和区
Taihe district of Jinzhou city 錦州市|锦州市, Liaoning
太和殿
the central pavilion of the Forbidden City rendered in English as "Hall of Supreme Harmony"
太和县
Taihe County in Fuyang 阜陽|阜阳[Fù yáng], Anhui
太太
married woman
太好了
very good
太妃糖
toffee (loanword)
太妹
girl delinquent
太婆
great-grandmother
太子
crown prince
太子丹
Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇) by Jing Ke 荆轲 in 227 BC
太子十三峰
thirteen peaks of Meri snow mountains in Diqing Tibetan autonomous prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[Dí qìng Zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Yunnan
太子太保
tutor to the crown prince in Imperial China
太子河区
Taizi district of Liaoyang city 遼陽市|辽阳市[Liáo yáng shì], Liaoning
太子港
Port-au-Prince, capital of Haiti
太子党
lit. Crown Prince Party
太学
Imperial College of Supreme Learning, established in 124 BC, and the highest educational institute in ancient China until the Sui Dynasty
太守
governor of a province
太宗
posthumous name given to second emperor of a dynasty
太师
imperial tutor
太常
Minister of Ceremonies in Imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiŭ qīng]
太平
place name
太平公主
Princess Taiping (c. 66-713), Tang Dynasty princess, politically powerful and known for her beauty
太平区
Taiping district of Fuxin city 阜新市, Liaoning
太平天国
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (181-1864)
太平市
Taiping city in Taichung county 臺中縣|台中县[Tái zhōng xiàn], Taiwan
太平广记
Extensive records of the Taiping era (978), fictional history edited by Li Fang 李昉
太平御览
Imperial Readings of the Taiping Era, general Song dynasty encyclopedia compiled during 977-983 under Li Fan 李昉, 1000 scrolls
太平洋
Pacific Ocean
太平洋区域
the Pacific Region
太平洋周边
variant of 太平洋週邊|太平洋周边[Tài píng Yáng Zhōu biān], Pacific Rim
太平洋战争
Pacific War between Japan and the US, 1941-194
太平洋联合铁路
Union Pacific Railroad
太平洋周边
Pacific Rim
太平盛世
peace and prosperity (idiom)
太平绅士
Justice of the Peace (JP)
太平门
emergency exit
太平间
mortuary
太康
Taikang county in Zhoukou 周口[Zhōu kŏu], Henan
太康县
Taikang county in Zhoukou 周口[Zhōu kŏu], Henan
太极
the Absolute or Supreme Ultimate, the source of all things according to some interpretations of Chinese mythology
太极剑
a kind of traditional Chinese sword-play
太极图
diagram of cosmological scheme
太极图说
philosophical book by Song dynasty scholar Zhou Dun'yi 周敦頤|周敦颐, starting from an interpretation of the Book of Changes
太极拳
shadowboxing or Taiji, T'aichi or T'aichichuan
太岁
Tai Sui, God of the year
太液池
area to the west of the Forbidden City, now divided into Zhongnanhai and Beihai
太湖
Lake Tai near Wuxi City 無錫|无锡, bordering on Jiangsu and Zhejiang, one of China's largest fresh water lakes, currently heavily polluted
太湖县
Taihu county in Anqing 安慶|安庆[An1 qìng], Anhui
太爷
(respectful for) one's grandfather
太白
Taibai County in Baoji 寶雞|宝鸡[Băo jī], Shaanxi
太白山
Mt Taibai in Shaanxi
太白星
Venus (planet)
