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In the tables, the first two columns contain the Chinese characters representing the classifier, in traditional and simplified versions when they differ. The next four columns give pronunciations in Standard (Mandarin) Chinese, using pinyin; Cantonese, in Jyutping and Yale, respectively; and Minnan (Taiwan). The last column gives the classifier ...
A page from the Yiqiejing yinyi, the oldest extant Chinese dictionary of Buddhist technical terminology – Dunhuang manuscripts, c. 8th century. There are two types of dictionaries regularly used in the Chinese language: 'character dictionaries' (字典; zìdiǎn) list individual Chinese characters, and 'word dictionaries' (辞典; 辭典; cídiǎn) list words and phrases.
This is a list of Chinese terrestrial ungulates, including both extinct and extant types. Ungulates are mammals which are endothermic amniote animals distinguished from reptiles and birds by the possession of hair , [ a ] three middle ear bones , mammary glands , and a neocortex (a region of the brain).
First Chinese-Tangut language bilingual dictionary Peiwen Yunfu: 1711 (Qing) Rime dictionary of literary phrases, 10,257 entries arranged by 106 rimes Pentaglot Dictionary: 1794 (Qing) 8,671 Manchu entries translated into Tibetan, Mongolian, Chagatai, and Chinese Piya: 1125 (Song) Erya supplement of plant and animal names Qi Lin Bayin: 1650 (Qing)
The historical centre of Chinese culture is on the loess plateau, the world's largest Quaternary loess deposit, and on the alluvial lands at the east of it. The alluvial East China plain extends from just south of Beijing in the north, to the Yangtze River delta in the south, punctuated only by the igneous Shandong highlands and peninsula.
The tiger is one of the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac, and figures prominently in Chinese culture and history. Tiger bones are used in traditional Chinese medicine and tiger fur is used for decoration. The animal is vulnerable to poaching and habitat loss. Four tiger populations were native to China.
The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is the national animal of China. This is a list of the mammal species recorded in China. There are 495 mammal species in China, of which thirteen are critically endangered, twenty-four are endangered, forty-seven are vulnerable, and seven are near threatened. One of the species listed for China can no ...
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. ( December 2024 ) Note: Within this list, Chinese encyclopedia translates leishu , a traditional Chinese reference work that, unlike a modern encyclopedia with expressly written articles, consists of excerpts from primary texts arranged by categories.