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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
里 lǐ	里 \| 里* \| *里	li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮｜镇 and neighborhood 鄰｜邻 levels	HSK 1


金 jīn	金 \| 金* \| *金	gold / chemical element Au / generic term for lustrous and ductile metals / money / golden / highly respected / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音	HSK 3


古 gǔ	古 \| 古* \| *古	ancient / old / paleo-	HSK 3


土 tǔ	土 \| 土* \| *土	earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音	HSK 3


古代 gǔdài	古代 \| 古代* \| *古代	ancient times	HSK 3


甲 jiǎ	甲 \| 甲* \| *甲	first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲 system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75°	HSK 5


乙 yǐ	乙 \| 乙* \| *乙	second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / second in order / letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方, as opposed to 甲方) / ethyl / bent / winding / radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5) / ancient Chinese compass point: 105°	HSK 5


丑 chǒu	丑 \| 丑* \| *丑	clown / 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox / ancient Chinese compass point: 30°	HSK 5


古老 gǔlǎo	古老 \| 古老* \| *古老	ancient / old / age-old	HSK 5


鬼 guǐ	鬼 \| 鬼* \| *鬼	disembodied spirit; ghost; devil / (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc / sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 詭｜诡) / one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy	HSK 5


未 wèi	未 \| 未* \| *未	not yet / did not / have not / not / 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep / ancient Chinese compass point: 210°	HSK 7-9


丙 bǐng	丙 \| 丙* \| *丙	third of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / third in order / letter "C" or Roman "III" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 165° / propyl	HSK 7-9


古人 gǔrén	古人 \| 古人* \| *古人	people of ancient times / the ancients / extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis / (literary) deceased person	HSK 7-9


丁 dīng	丁 \| 丁* \| *丁	male adult / the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干 / fourth (used like "4" or "D") / small cube of meat or vegetable / (literary) to encounter / (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195° / (chemistry) butyl	HSK 7-9


宰 zǎi	宰 \| 宰* \| *宰	to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc) / (coll.) to fleece; to rip off; to overcharge / (bound form) to govern; to rule / (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China)	HSK 7-9


坟 fén	坟 \| 坟* \| *坟	grave / tomb / CL: 座 / embankment / mound / ancient book	墳 HSK 7-9


国学 guóxué	国学 \| 国学* \| *国学	Chinese national culture / studies of ancient Chinese civilization / the Imperial College (history)	國學 HSK 7-9


祖先 zǔxiān	祖先 \| 祖先* \| *祖先	ancestors; forebears / (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved	HSK 7-9


鲁 Lǔ	鲁 \| 鲁* \| *鲁	surname Lu / Lu, an ancient state of China 魯國｜鲁国 / Lu, short name for Shandong 山東｜山东	魯


太保 tàibǎo	太保 \| 太保* \| *太保	a very high official in ancient China / juvenile delinquents


郝 Hǎo	郝 \| 郝* \| *郝	ancient place name / surname Hao


角 jué	角 \| 角* \| *角	role (theater) / to compete / ancient three legged wine vessel / third note of pentatonic scale


鉴 jiàn	鉴 \| 鉴* \| *鉴	bronze mirror (used in ancient times) / to reflect / to mirror / sth that serves as a warning or a lesson / to examine / to scrutinize	鑑


脩 xiū	脩 \| 脩* \| *脩	dried meat presented by pupils to their teacher at their first meeting (in ancient times) / dried; withered


露台 lùtái	露台 \| 露台* \| *露台	balcony / patio / flat roof / terrace / deck (unroofed platform) / outdoor stage / ancient imperial celestial observation terrace	露臺


微 Wēi	微 \| 微* \| *微	surname Wei / ancient Chinese state near present-day Chongqing / Taiwan pr. [Wei2]


龠 yuè	龠 \| 龠* \| *龠	ancient unit of volume (half a 合, equivalent to 50ml) / ancient flute


孙子 Sūnzǐ	孙子 \| 孙子* \| *孙子	Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孫武｜孙武 (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法｜孙子兵法, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書｜武经七书	孫子


尊 zūn	尊 \| 尊* \| *尊	senior / of a senior generation / to honor / to respect / honorific / classifier for cannons and statues / ancient wine vessel


子 zǐ	子 \| 子* \| *子	son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-


古装 gǔzhuāng	古装 \| 古装* \| *古装	ancient costume / period costume (in movies etc)	古裝


古籍 gǔjí	古籍 \| 古籍* \| *古籍	ancient text / antique books


上古 shànggǔ	上古 \| 上古* \| *上古	the distant past / ancient times / antiquity / early historical times


侯 hóu	侯 \| 侯* \| *侯	marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位 / nobleman; high official


石 dàn	石 \| 石* \| *石	dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗; one hundred liters / ancient pr. [shi2]


石 shí	石 \| 石* \| *石	rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音


乾 qián	乾 \| 乾* \| *乾	one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing heaven / male principle / ☰ / ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)


云梯 yúntī	云梯 \| 云梯* \| *云梯	(military) ladder used for scaling the walls of a fortified place (i.e. for escalading) in ancient times / firefighters' extension ladder / stone steps on a mountain	雲梯


东海 Dōng Hǎi	东海 \| 东海* \| *东海	East China Sea / East Sea (Chinese mythology and ancient geography)	東海


笺注 jiānzhù	笺注 \| 笺注* \| *笺注	to annotate (ancient texts) / commentaries	箋注


史 shǐ	史 \| 史* \| *史	history / annals / title of an official historian in ancient China


幢 chuáng	幢 \| 幢* \| *幢	banner; pennant (in ancient China)


庚 gēng	庚 \| 庚* \| *庚	age / seventh of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / seventh in order / letter "G" or Roman "VII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 255° / hepta


古都 gǔdū	古都 \| 古都* \| *古都	ancient capital


密 Mì	密 \| 密* \| *密	surname Mi / name of an ancient state


申 shēn	申 \| 申* \| *申	to extend / to state / to explain / 9th earthly branch: 3-5 p.m., 7th solar month (7th August-7th September), year of the Monkey / ancient Chinese compass point: 240°


古今 gǔjīn	古今 \| 古今* \| *古今	then and now / ancient and modern


鼎 dǐng	鼎 \| 鼎* \| *鼎	ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs / pot (dialect) / to enter upon a period of (classical) / Kangxi radical 206 / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes


辰 chén	辰 \| 辰* \| *辰	5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon / ancient Chinese compass point: 120°


质子 zhìzǐ	质子 \| 质子* \| *质子	proton (positively charged nuclear particle) / a prince sent to be held as a hostage in a neighbouring state in ancient China	質子


龟兹 Qiūcí	龟兹 \| 龟兹* \| *龟兹	ancient Central Asian city state, flourished in first millennium AD, in modern Aksu 阿克蘇地區｜阿克苏地区, Xinjiang	龜茲


传世 chuánshì	传世 \| 传世* \| *传世	handed down from ancient times / family heirloom	傳世


辛 xīn	辛 \| 辛* \| *辛	(of taste) hot or pungent / hard / laborious / suffering / eighth in order / eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / letter "H" or Roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 285° / octa


简牍 jiǎndú	简牍 \| 简牍* \| *简牍	bamboo and wooden slips (used for writing on in ancient times) / letter; correspondence; book; document	簡牘


圭 guī	圭 \| 圭* \| *圭	jade tablet, square at the base and rounded or pointed at the top, held by the nobility at ceremonies / sundial / (ancient unit of volume) a tiny amount; a smidgen; a speck


大和 Dàhé	大和 \| 大和* \| *大和	Yamato, an ancient Japanese province, a period of Japanese history, a place name, a surname etc / Daiwa, a Japanese place name, business name etc


箫 xiāo	箫 \| 箫* \| *箫	xiao, a Chinese musical instrument of ancient times, similar to panpipes	簫


典籍 diǎnjí	典籍 \| 典籍* \| *典籍	ancient books or records


铎 duó	铎 \| 铎* \| *铎	large ancient bell	鐸


长安 Cháng'ān	长安 \| 长安* \| *长安	Chang'an (ancient name of Xi'an 西安) capital of China during Tang Dynasty 唐朝 / now 長安區｜长安区, a district of Xi'an	長安


亥 hài	亥 \| 亥* \| *亥	12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m., 10th solar month (7th November-6th December), year of the Boar / ancient Chinese compass point: 330°


邬 Wū	邬 \| 邬* \| *邬	surname Wu / ancient place name	鄔


巾帼 jīnguó	巾帼 \| 巾帼* \| *巾帼	woman / woman's headdress (ancient)	巾幗


戌 xū	戌 \| 戌* \| *戌	11th earthly branch: 7-9 p.m., 9th solar month (8th October-6th November), year of the Dog / ancient Chinese compass point: 300°


酉 yǒu	酉 \| 酉* \| *酉	10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the Rooster / ancient Chinese compass point: 270° (west)


邽 Guī	邽 \| 邽* \| *邽	surname Gui / ancient place name


以弗所 Yǐfúsuǒ	以弗所 \| 以弗所* \| *以弗所	Ephesus, city of ancient Greece


旧书 jiùshū	旧书 \| 旧书* \| *旧书	second-hand book / old book / ancient book	舊書


午 wǔ	午 \| 午* \| *午	7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse / ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south)


蓟 Jì	蓟 \| 蓟* \| *蓟	surname Ji / ancient Chinese city state near present-day Beijing	薊


召 Shào	召 \| 召* \| *召	surname Shao / name of an ancient state that existed in what is now Shaanxi Province


弈 yì	弈 \| 弈* \| *弈	ancient name for go (Chinese board game)


仞 rèn	仞 \| 仞* \| *仞	unit of length used in ancient times, equal to 7 or 8 Chinese feet 尺


古国 gǔguó	古国 \| 古国* \| *古国	ancient country	古國


古堡 gǔbǎo	古堡 \| 古堡* \| *古堡	ancient castle


元宝 yuánbǎo	元宝 \| 元宝* \| *元宝	a silver or gold ingot / mock ingot (burnt as offering in worship) / a name for ancient currency / a rare genius	元寶


稷 jì	稷 \| 稷* \| *稷	millet / God of cereals worshiped by ancient rulers / minister of agriculture


荷马 Hémǎ	荷马 \| 荷马* \| *荷马	Homer, poet of ancient Greece	荷馬


古城 gǔchéng	古城 \| 古城* \| *古城	ancient city


竹简 zhújiǎn	竹简 \| 竹简* \| *竹简	bamboo slips (used for writing on in ancient times)	竹簡


垓下 Gāixià	垓下 \| 垓下* \| *垓下	ancient place name, in Anhui province


九州 Jiǔzhōu	九州 \| 九州* \| *九州	division of China during earliest dynasties / fig. ancient China / Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands


爵 jué	爵 \| 爵* \| *爵	ancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle / nobility


震旦 Zhèndàn	震旦 \| 震旦* \| *震旦	ancient Indian name for China


郫县 Pí Xiàn	郫县 \| 郫县* \| *郫县	Pi County, established during the Qin dynasty after the conquest of the ancient Shu Kingdom, historically known for its cultural heritage, strategic location, and culinary contributions, administratively reorganized in 2016 as Pidu District 郫都區｜郫都区, a suburban district of Chengdu, Sichuan	郫縣


鞠 jū	鞠 \| 鞠* \| *鞠	to incline (one's torso); to bow / leather ball used in ancient times / (literary) to bring up; to rear / Taiwan pr. [ju2]


安息 Ānxī	安息 \| 安息* \| *安息	Parthia (ancient country in central Asia)


传道 chuándào	传道 \| 传道* \| *传道	to lecture on doctrine / to expound the wisdom of ancient sages / to preach / a sermon	傳道


护卫 hùwèi	护卫 \| 护卫* \| *护卫	to guard / to protect / bodyguard (for officials in ancient times)	護衛


隶 lì	隶 \| 隶* \| *隶	(bound form) a person in servitude; low-ranking subordinate / (bound form) to be subordinate to / (bound form) clerical script (the style of characters intermediate between ancient seal and modern regular characters)	隸


相国 xiàngguó	相国 \| 相国* \| *相国	prime minister (in ancient China)	相國


前言 qiányán	前言 \| 前言* \| *前言	preface; foreword; introduction; preamble / earlier remarks; earlier words / (literary) words of the ancient thinkers


扶桑 Fúsāng	扶桑 \| 扶桑* \| *扶桑	Fusang, mythical island of ancient literature, often interpreted as Japan


自古 zìgǔ	自古 \| 自古* \| *自古	(since) ancient times / (from) time immemorial


古往今来 gǔwǎngjīnlái	古往今来 \| 古往今来* \| *古往今来	since ancient times / since times immemorial	古往今來


郦 Lì	郦 \| 郦* \| *郦	surname Li / ancient place name	酈


契丹 Qìdān	契丹 \| 契丹* \| *契丹	Qidan or Khitan, ethnic group in ancient China, a branch of the Eastern Hu people inhabiting the valley of the Xar Murun River in the upper reaches of the Liao River 遼河｜辽河


匕 bǐ	匕 \| 匕* \| *匕	dagger / ladle / ancient type of spoon


锏 jiǎn	锏 \| 锏* \| *锏	ancient weapon like a long solid metal truncheon	鐧


铳 chòng	铳 \| 铳* \| *铳	ancient firearm / gun	銃

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