Chinese Character Dictionary

张居正

Zhāng Jū zhèng

Zhang Juzheng (12-182), Grand Secretary during the Ming dynasty, credited with bringing the dynasty to its apogee

张岱

Zhāng Dài

Zhang Dai (197-c. 1684), late Ming scholar

张店

Zhāng diàn

Zhangdian district of Zibo city 淄博市[Zī bó shì], Shandong

张店区

Zhāng diàn qū

Zhangdian district of Zibo city 淄博市[Zī bó shì], Shandong

张廷玉

Zhāng Tíng yù

Zhang Tingyu (1672-17), Qing politician, senior minister to three successive emperors, oversaw compilation of History of the Ming Dynasty 明史[Míng shĭ] and the Kangxi Dictionary 康熙字典[Kāng xī Zì diăn]

张弛

zhāng chí

tension and relaxation

张心

zhāng xīn

to be troubled

张志新

Zhāng Zhì xīn

Zhang Zhixin (1930-197) female revolutionary and martyr, who followed the true Marxist-Leninist line as a party member, and was arrested in 1969, murdered in 197 after opposing the counter-revolutionary party-usurping conspiracies of Lin Biao and the Gang of Four, and only rehabilitated posthumously in 1979

张怡

Zhāng yí

Zhang Yi (1608-169), prolific author and poet spanning interregnum between Ming and Qing

张怡宁

Zhāng Yí níng

Zhang Yining

张惠妹

Zhāng Huì mèi

A-Mei, aka Gulilai Amit (1972-), aboriginal Taiwanese pop singer

张惶

zhāng huáng

variant of 張皇|张皇[zhāng huáng]

张爱玲

Zhāng Aì líng

Eileen Chang (1920-199), famous Chinese-American novelist

张戎

Zhāng Róng

Jung Chang (192-), British-Chinese writer, name at birth Zhang Erhong 張二鴻|张二鸿[Zhāng Er4 hóng], author of Wild Swans 野天鵝|野天鹅[Yĕ Tiān é] and Mao: The Unknown Story 毛澤東・鮮為人知的故事|毛泽东・鲜为人知的故事[Máo Zé dōng · Xiān wéi rén zhī de Gù shi]

张掖

Zhāng yè

Zhangye prefecture level city in Gansu

张掖地区

Zhāng yè dì qū

Zhangye prefecture, Gansu (old term)

张掖市

Zhāng yè shì

Zhangye prefecture level city in Gansu

张揖

Zhāng Yī

Zhang Yi (c. 3rd century), literary figure from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, other name 稚讓|稚让[Zhì ràng], named as compiler of earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia 廣雅|广雅[Guăng yă] and several lost works

张扬

Zhāng Yáng

Zhang Yang (1967-), PRC film director and screenwriter

张择端

Zhāng Zé duān

Zhang Zeduan (108-114), Song dynasty painter

张敞

Zhāng Cháng

Zhang Chang, official and scholar of the Eastern Han dynasty

张斌

Zhāng Bīn

Zhang Bin (1979-), CCTV sports presenter

张旭

Zhāng Xù

Zhang Xu (probably early 8th century), Tang dynasty poet and calligrapher, most famous for his grass script 草書|草书

张易之

Zhāng yì zhī

Zhang Yizhi (-70), Tang dynasty politician and favorite of Empress Wu Zetian 武則天|武则天[Wŭ Zé tiān]

张春帆

Zhāng Chūn fān

Zhang Chunfan (-193), late Qing novelist, author of The Nine-tailed Turtle 九尾龜|九尾龟

张春桥

Zhāng Chūn qiáo

Zhang Chunqiao (1917-200), one of the Gang of Four

张曼玉

Zhāng Màn yù

Maggie Cheung, Hong Kong actress

张望

zhāng wàng

to look around

张柏芝

Zhāng Bó zhī

Cecilia Cheung (1980-), Hong Kong actress and pop singer

张治中

Zhāng Zhì zhōng

Zhang Zhizhong

张溥

Zhāng Pŭ

Zhang Pu (1602-1641), Ming dynasty scholar and prolific writer, proponent of 複社|复社[fù shè] cultural renewal movement, author of Five tombstone inscriptions 五人墓碑記|五人墓碑记[wŭ rén mù bēi jì]

张湾

Zhāng wān

Zhangwan district of Shiyan city 十堰市[Shí yàn shì], Hubei

张湾区

Zhāng wān qū

Zhangwan district of Shiyan city 十堰市[Shí yàn shì], Hubei

张灯结彩

zhāng dēng jié căi

to be decorated with lanterns and colored banners (idiom)

张牙舞爪

zhāng yá wŭ zhăo

to bare fangs and brandish claws (idiom); to make threatening gestures

张献忠

Zhāng Xiàn zhōng

Zhang Xianzhong

张王李赵

Zhāng Wáng Lĭ Zhào

anyone

张皇

zhāng huáng

alarmed

张皇失措

zhāng huáng shī cuò

panic-stricken (idiom)

张目

zhāng mù

to open one's eyes wide

张秋

Zhāng Qiū

Cho Chang (Harry Potter)

张籍

Zhāng Jí

Zhang Ji (767-830), Tang Dynasty poet

张纯如

Zhāng Chún rú

Iris Chang (1968-2004), Chinese American historian and author of the Rape of Nanjing

张罗

zhāng luo

to take care of

张闻天

Zhāng Wén tiān

Zhang Wentian

张自忠

Zhāng Zì zhōng

Zhang Zizhong

张自烈

Zhāng Zì liè

Zhang Zilie (197-1673), Ming dynasty scholar, author of Zhengzitong 正字通[Zhèng zì tōng]

张若虚

Zhāng Ruò xū

Zhang Ruoxu (c. 660-720), Tang dynasty poet, author of yuefu poem River on a spring night 春江花月夜

张华

Zhāng Huà

Zhang Hua (232-300), Western Jin writer, poet and politician

张艺谋

Zhāng Yì móu

Zhang Yimou (190-), PRC film director

张衡

Zhāng Héng

Zhang Heng (78-139) great Han dynasty astronomer and mathematician

张角

Zhāng Jué

Zhang Jue (-184), leader of the Yellow turban rebels during the late Han

张诚泽

Zhāng Chéng zé

Jang Seong-taek or Chang Sŏngt'aek (1946-), brother-in-law of Kim Jong-il 金正日[Jīn Zhèng rì], uncle and regent of Kim Jongeun 金正恩[Jīn Zhèng ēn]

张贴

zhāng tiē

to post (a notice)

张量

zhāng liàng

tensor (math.)

张开

zhāng kāi

to open up

张震

Zhāng Zhèn

Chang Chen (1976-), Taiwanese film actor

张静初

Zhāng Jìng chū

Zhang Jingchu (1980-), PRC actress

张韶涵

Zhāng Sháo hán

Angela Chang (1982-), Taiwanese pop singer and actress

张飞

Zhāng Fēi

Zhang Fei (168-221), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, famous as fearsome fighter and lover of wine