generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods / abbr. for Vietnam 越南

surname Wu / area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai / name of states in Southern China at different historical periods

surname Wei / name of vassal state of Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States / Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操, one of the Three Kingdoms from the fall of the Han / the Wei dynasty 221-265 / Wei prefecture and Wei county at different historical periods

to change / to become different / to transform / to vary / rebellion

to part or leave each other / to distinguish / difference / in different ways / differently / separately or individually

Nanjing subprovincial city on the Changjiang, capital of Jiangsu province 江蘇｜江苏 / capital of China at different historical periods

(name of states and dynasties at several different periods) / surname Qi

Nanjing subprovincial city on the Changjiang, capital of Jiangsu province 江蘇｜江苏 / capital of China at different historical periods

different / other / hetero- / unusual / strange / surprising / to distinguish / to separate / to discriminate

different / distinctive / unlike

different kind of / another sort of / special / unusual

different place / abroad

many different types

to judge / to sentence / to discriminate / to discern / obviously (different)

through transport / through traffic jointly organized by different enterprises

the corresponding time period (in a different year etc) / concurrent / synchronous

to change over to / to switch to / to use (sth different)

to hold / to contain / to accommodate / to tolerate (different opinions)

special administrative region (SAR), of which there are two in the PRC: Hong Kong 香港 and Macau 澳門｜澳门 / refers to many different areas during late Qing, foreign occupation, warlord period and Nationalist government / refers to special zones in North Korea and Indonesia

sth else / a separate matter / not the same thing / with different jobs (not colleagues) / a remarkable thing / sth special / an odd thing / sth strange or incomprehensible

many and varied / of many different kinds

all different / each unto his own

to notify at a different time / to notify later / to give prior notice

consultation (medical) / to meet for diagnosis / (by extension) consultation of different specialists

entirely different / different as black and white

amphibious / dual-talented / able to work in two different lines

to distinguish (between different things) / to make distinctions clear

Peiping or Beiping (name of Beijing at different periods, esp. 1928-1949)

different / unique / special / very / (classical) to behead / to die / to cut off / to separate / to surpass

the opposite sex / of the opposite sex / heterosexual / different in nature

(of two people in different locations) to sing or otherwise perform together using communications technology

to change one's reservation / to transfer to a different flight, airline, bus or train

different / distinct / unequal / variable

totally different

all rivers run into the sea / use different means to obtain the same result (idiom)

pragmatic / flexible / to act differently in different situations / to accommodate to circumstances

Wu state (in south China, in different historical periods) / Wu state 220-280, founded by Sun Quan 孫權｜孙权 the southernmost of the three Kingdoms

different function

an assortment / a bit of everything / lots of different (skills)

varying from person to person (idiom); different for each individual

widely different / large disparity

in different poses and with different expressions / in thousands of postures (idiom)

to live under the same roof (of different generations)

all kinds of / all sorts of / every (different) kind of

voice change (at puberty) / to alter one's voice (deliberately) / to sound different (when angry etc)

menfolk (collective term for men of different generations) / husbands and their fathers etc

different mouths, same voice / to speak in unison (idiom)

Sichuan / the state of Shu in Sichuan at different periods / the Shu Han dynasty (214-263) of Liu Bei 劉備｜刘备 during the Three Kingdoms

to reassign sb to a different job / to turn around / to change direction / to make a U turn

different / dissimilar

Yanjing, an old name for Beijing / capital of Yan at different periods

half-sibling relationship / brothers with different mother / step-

lit. to share the same bed with different dreams (idiom); ostensible partners with different agendas / strange bedfellows / marital dissension

acupuncture point (any point on any meridian) / category of 12 specific acupuncture points near the wrist or ankle, each lying on a different meridian (one of five categories collectively termed 五輸穴｜五输穴)

different tunes played with equal skill (idiom) / different methods leading to the same result / different approach but equally satisfactory outcome

to be precisely the same / to be no different

to take an alternate route (idiom) / to find an alternative / to take a different approach / to blaze a new trail

as different as can be (idiom) / poles apart

different tribe

to transfer (a patient for treatment in a different hospital)

all roads lead to Rome / use different means to obtain the same result (idiom)

lit. as different as sky and earth (idiom) / fig. night and day difference / opposite extremes / a world of difference / a far cry from

to lump different matters together (idiom)

states of south China in different historical periods / proverbially perpetual arch-enemies

to move / to shift / to move out of the way / to divert (money etc) to a different purpose

to be a different person / not to be one's usual self

to assign (a task to different people) / to allocate

things are very different now (idiom) / times have changed

two quite different things / two unrelated matters

different routes to the same destination (idiom); fig. different means of achieve the same end

lit. to take different roads and urge the horses on (idiom) / fig. to part ways

lit. large smelting furnace / fig. the mixing of different ethnicities and cultures / Melting Pot

The benevolent sees benevolence, the wise sees wisdom. / Different views are admissible. (idiom)

differing from one another / mutually different

to express a different view / to take a different position

to transfer (a patient) to a different hospital / to transfer to hospital (e.g. a prisoner)

widely different / utterly different

memorial hall to Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮｜诸葛亮 (many of them in different town) / refers to tourist attraction in Chengdu 成都

Yue state / generic term for states in south China or southeast Asia at different historical periods

to say sth without meaning it (idiom); to speak tongue in cheek / saying one thing but meaning sth different

different / distinct / not the same / not alike

different broth but the same old medicine (idiom); a change in name only / a change in form but not in substance

as rivers Jing and Wei separate clearly (idiom) / to be entirely different

scattered essays / various opinions / different manners of speaking

(of siblings) having the same father but different mothers / half (brother or sister)

cohabitation (of different populations or races) / to coexist

two quite different things / another kettle of fish

to reverse a verdict / to present different views on a historical person or verdict

collateral relative (descended from a common ancestor but through different lines)

to change at once on seeing sth different (idiom); loving fads and novelty / never satisfied with what one has

shuttle bus ferrying passengers between train stations on two different rail lines

to put to a different use / to borrow / (linguistics) borrowing

to turn over in one's mind (idiom); to think through from different angles / to ponder

to adjust to a different time zone

lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom) / fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was

various / many different kinds of

(lit.) to have taken the wrong medicine / (fig.) (of one's behavior etc) different than usual / abnormal

to change major (at college) / to take up a new specialist subject / to transfer to a different medical department

distinct / characteristic / in different ways / different

character with two or more readings / character where different readings convey different meanings (Tw)