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- well-suited to support the Pandas, the Chinese government has established ... * Wolong National Nature Reserve (Chinese: 卧龙自然保护区) ...13 KB (1,731 words) - 20:05, 21 April 2023
- his translations introduced the best of Chinese and Japanese literature ... Waley was self-taught in both Chinese and Japanese and achieved a ...12 KB (1,793 words) - 17:37, 16 August 2023
- and transcription) for the Mandarin language used in Beijing. It developed ... edu/skozerow/wadegiles.htm |title=Chinese Language Transliteration Systems—Wade ...13 KB (1,871 words) - 22:05, 3 May 2023
- [[Image:chinese-phoenix-from-nanning.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Fenghuang ... Feng-Huang (Chinese: 鳳凰; Pinyin: Fènghuáng; Japanese: 鳳凰 ...9 KB (1,360 words) - 17:17, 26 March 2024
- :For other uses, see Chinese nationality. t=中華民族|s=中华民族 ... Zhonghua minzu (Chinese: 中华民族; Pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínzú ...15 KB (2,210 words) - 06:01, 13 June 2023
- He also compiled a Grammar of the Chinese Language (1815) and a Dictionary ... In Canton City he learned the Chinese language from a student named ...15 KB (2,249 words) - 01:44, 16 December 2022
- known as Prince of Wu (吳王), was a Chinese poet and the last ruler ... a form of irregular lyric Chinese poetry, in which the number of characters ...10 KB (1,502 words) - 22:23, 25 October 2022
- Daoist classics, attributed to the famous Chinese immortal Lü Dongbin (798 ... Golden Flower is attributed to the famous Chinese immortal Lü Dong bin (798 ...12 KB (1,770 words) - 17:27, 30 April 2023
- the empire in 1211 C.E., traditional Chinese, Persian, and Arab sources ... Since the empire took on trappings of a Chinese state, Chinese historians ...11 KB (1,634 words) - 02:50, 5 October 2022
- Zhang Binglin (December 25, 1868-June 14, 1936) was a Chinese philologist ... quot;), the first systematic work of Chinese etymology. He developed ...11 KB (1,492 words) - 05:54, 13 June 2023
- ; Korean: Um-yang; Vietnamese: Âm-Dương) originates in ancient ... The earliest Chinese characters for yin and yang are found in inscriptions ...13 KB (2,041 words) - 11:14, 24 May 2023
- Jingan (靜安) or Baiyu (伯隅), was a Chinese scholar, writer, philosopher ... ambiguity of meaning was a feature of Chinese language, and therefore Chinese ...12 KB (1,844 words) - 18:49, 17 April 2023
- ) refers to incised (or, rarely, brush-written) ancient Chinese characters ... the development of present-day Chinese writing and remains an academic ...14 KB (2,153 words) - 00:58, 18 November 2022
- Guan Yin (Pinyin: Guān Yīn; traditional Chinese: 觀音) is known ... and these traits are associated with the Chinese concept of Yin (the feminine ...10 KB (1,730 words) - 22:16, 2 December 2021
- names, including the stage name Lan Ping (Chinese: 蓝苹), and commonly referred ... was one of the most powerful figures in Chinese politics during Mao’s ...14 KB (2,214 words) - 20:36, 3 April 2024
- (Northeast China) in the tenth century. Chinese historians classified the ... and clothing and refused to use the Chinese language, devising a writing ...11 KB (1,625 words) - 03:37, 6 October 2022
- Lin Yutang (Traditional Chinese:林語堂; Simplified Chinese:林语堂 ... a new method of romanizing the Chinese language, and created an indexing ...17 KB (2,538 words) - 08:46, 8 March 2023
- He allied with the Kuomintang against the Chinese Communists, but gradually ... (Chang Tso-lin, “Old Marshal”) a Chinese warlord who dominated Manchuria ...11 KB (1,688 words) - 05:58, 13 June 2023
- ; 妙法蓮華經 Chinese: Miàofǎ Liánhuā Jīng; Japanese: Myōhō ... for everyone with great compassion. Such language has deep resonances in other ...10 KB (1,578 words) - 02:49, 4 November 2022
- In Chinese mythology, Fu Xi or Fu Hsi ( c=伏羲|p=fúxī ... sānhuáng) of ancient China. According to Chinese mythology, he is a cultural ...11 KB (1,701 words) - 00:42, 18 October 2022
- jakūn gūsa, In Chinese: 八旗 baqí) were administrative military ... niru, Chinese: 佐領 zuoling), some of which reflected pre-existing ...12 KB (1,892 words) - 00:04, 13 February 2024
- China. It brought about an upsurge of Chinese nationalism, and a re-evaluation ... communism. The introduction of Vernacular Chinese (白话) made it possible ...15 KB (2,240 words) - 02:19, 9 November 2022
- percent. The most impressive collection of Chinese art from those dynasties ... * Chinese Buddhism * Buddhist Art * Mogao Caves ==Notes== ...11 KB (1,501 words) - 02:38, 4 November 2022
- The Rinzai school (臨済宗; Japanese: Rinzai-shū, Chinese: Linji ... end. Rinzai is the Japanese branch of the Chinese Linji school, which was ...8 KB (1,186 words) - 01:40, 15 December 2022
- dynasty. He is regarded as the father of Chinese historiography because of ... and, less formal than most classical language, his history was therefore ...11 KB (1,813 words) - 22:09, 29 January 2023
- these structures incorporated elements of Chinese pavilions and towers. ... encounter with the East. The original Chinese is ta, which is an abbreviated ...11 KB (1,700 words) - 23:42, 28 April 2024
- Jizi (chinese:箕 子) (Gija in Korean)The character "zi" ... had no basis in history. Dating classical Chinese text has been difficult ...11 KB (1,744 words) - 06:49, 11 December 2022
- He translated more than 60 sutras into Chinese, including Saravanabhava ... of Buddhist practices in South Asia and of Chinese monks who traveled to India ...13 KB (2,067 words) - 13:24, 4 February 2023
- gained immunity from prosecution under Chinese law. The treaty resulted ... political influence, resented by the Chinese. The Opium Wars rank among ...13 KB (2,030 words) - 23:41, 21 April 2020
- in 1582, Ricci began learning the Chinese language and customs, and eventually ... in Macao to start learning the Chinese language and customs. These Jesuits ...19 KB (2,924 words) - 16:54, 7 November 2022
- The Mountain Resort in Chengde (Chinese: 避暑山庄; pinyin: Bìshǔ ... Halhūn be jailara gurung) or Ligong (Chinese: 离宫; pinyin: Lígōng ...12 KB (1,789 words) - 14:51, 5 December 2023
- Capital of Liao, then invaded the Han Chinese Northern Song Dynasty( 宋朝 ... tenth century, when the Balhae (Bohai in Chinese,振, then 渤海) kingdom ...17 KB (2,503 words) - 01:22, 17 November 2022
- The Panchen Lama (Tibetan: པན་ཆེན་བླ་མ་; Chinese: ... This tradition was been followed until the Chinese Communist takeover in the 1950s. ...11 KB (1,374 words) - 06:34, 18 November 2022
- Han Chinese speak various forms of the Chinese language; one of the ... Wu dialects, which are part of the Chinese language family but are mutually ...26 KB (3,971 words) - 01:40, 9 August 2023
- ) (September 25, 1881 – October 19, 1936) was one of the major Chinese ... young age to the poverty and suffering of Chinese peasants in the countryside ...17 KB (2,586 words) - 04:15, 4 November 2022
- , courtesy name Zixian (子先), was a Chinese bureaucrat, agricultural ... de Rocha. He became the most influential Chinese Christian before the twentieth ...16 KB (2,411 words) - 14:32, 20 May 2023
- kingdoms shared a similar culture and language. Their original religions ... fall. The first mention of Goguryeo in Chinese records dates from 75 B ...11 KB (1,608 words) - 23:03, 30 April 2023
- Latin, Persian, Arabic, and the basics of Chinese at an early age. By the ... Greek and Latin. In The Sanscrit Language (1786) he suggested that ...9 KB (1,304 words) - 11:08, 10 May 2023
- Baekdu Mountain (Baekdusan), also known as Changbai Mountain in Chinese ... quot;white-headed mountain." Both the Chinese name, Changbai Shan and ...15 KB (2,130 words) - 05:38, 26 August 2023
- 3, 1899 – August 24, 1966) was a notable Chinese writer. A novelist and dramatist ... also witnessed how Westerners viewed the Chinese people. He developed his ...14 KB (2,152 words) - 22:31, 22 October 2022
- the New Testament and the Psalms into Chinese and Uyghur. After working ... he familiarized himself with the native language, preached in it, and translated ...11 KB (1,769 words) - 14:51, 15 December 2022
- ) were a group of Chinese Taoist Qingtan scholars, writers, and musicians ... the countryside became a common theme in Chinese art and a model for later ...14 KB (2,127 words) - 19:50, 21 April 2023
- ) is the leading Chinese search engine for websites, audio files, ... ; translation: Baidu Encyclopedia) is a Chinese language collaborative ...20 KB (2,596 words) - 05:48, 26 August 2023
- , Ch’u Yuan) (ca. 340 B.C.E. - 278 B.C.E.) was a Chinese patriotic ... Qu Yuan is considered the first prominent Chinese poet. Twenty-five ...16 KB (2,703 words) - 07:48, 3 July 2022
- → wūlóng) is a traditional Chinese tea somewhere between green ... The name oolong comes into the English language from the Chinese name ...14 KB (2,206 words) - 10:33, 11 March 2023
- by the Arabs. Though the Sogdian language is extinct, there remains ... China were triggered by the embassy of the Chinese explorer Zhang Qian during ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 15:07, 27 April 2023
- the original culture. For example, the Chinese written language Hanzi was ... languages. “Pidgin” is a mixed language that developed to help members ...12 KB (1,786 words) - 01:13, 10 April 2021
- Documents] of the Yongle Era”) was a Chinese compilation commissioned ... Yongle is considered one of the greatest Chinese emperors. His economic, ...11 KB (1,666 words) - 16:59, 4 June 2023
- altar, just as is performed in traditional Chinese and Vietnamese Buddhism ... Séances can be conducted in Vietnamese, Chinese, French, or English, depending ...12 KB (1,835 words) - 19:29, 25 November 2023
- as Wan Jiabao (萬家寶), was a renowned Chinese playwright, often regarded ... through the efforts of Cao Yu that modern Chinese "spoken theater" ...15 KB (2,264 words) - 00:35, 13 January 2023
- The Culture of China (Chinese: 中國文化) is home to one of the ... Chinese culture underwent several turning points and renewals throughout ...24 KB (3,727 words) - 06:47, 11 January 2024
- women leaders who successfully repelled Chinese invasions for three years ... the fate of servitude to the people from the North (Chinese). ...14 KB (2,364 words) - 23:51, 5 November 2022
- bone script, the earliest recorded form of Chinese writing. Wang Yirong, director ... History of China (Beijing: Foreign Language Press, 2002). King Wu Ding ...11 KB (1,657 words) - 11:14, 24 May 2023
- “air” and “qi” (氣) in Chinese thought. Furthermore, one ... His concept of “air,” like “qi” in Chinese thought, seems not to be ...7 KB (1,024 words) - 19:08, 26 July 2023
- The Lüshi Chunqiu is an encyclopedic Chinese classic text compiled ... The Lüshi chunqiu represents the Chinese intellectual world of the ...16 KB (2,593 words) - 04:44, 5 November 2022
- In Chinese, Huang Taiji is also known as Hóng Tàijí (洪太極 ... in the Manchu language. Huang Taiji is also sometimes referred erroneously ...14 KB (2,103 words) - 17:48, 27 January 2022
- He encouraged the participation of Han Chinese in government while pursuing ... age of five (six according to traditional Chinese age reckoning) in 1643, ...16 KB (2,379 words) - 20:04, 21 April 2023
- *Metal (Chinese:金, pinyin: jīn, "gold") *Wood (Chinese: 木, pinyin: mù) *Water (Chinese: 水, pinyin: shuǐ) ...19 KB (2,730 words) - 14:06, 20 May 2023
- of spices. Chai is ultimately from the Chinese word chá (茶) meaning ... The Chinese character for tea is 茶, but it is pronounced differently ...16 KB (2,494 words) - 16:17, 7 November 2022
- interest in the inter-connections among language, thinking, and culture. ... so Edward learned both German and the language of his parents. When he ...12 KB (1,665 words) - 23:51, 12 February 2024
- river. These contests were of three types: Chinese poetry, Tanka poetry, and ... a similar practice in collections of Chinese poems of the time. Unlike ...10 KB (1,528 words) - 02:58, 6 November 2022
- century, Sinocentrism was replaced with Chinese nationalism (zhonghua minzu ... of China, and relations between the Chinese Empire and these peoples ...21 KB (3,156 words) - 22:30, 29 January 2023
- Most Western, Chinese, and Yao scholars believe that the Yao became ... separated from the Miao. Most Western, Chinese, and Yao scholars believe ...21 KB (3,250 words) - 10:13, 22 May 2023
- became the preferred stone of post-1800 Chinese imperial scholars and rulers ... From about the earliest Chinese dynasties until present, the jade ...12 KB (1,830 words) - 08:35, 18 March 2024
- Heaven and Earth on the behalf of the Chinese empire, especially responsible ... variation of Tai Chi. Developed by Chinese Olympic boxing coach Bai ...11 KB (1,677 words) - 05:38, 27 February 2023
- of the most influential pre-Tang Dynasty Chinese poets. Born into a noble ... Early Chinese poetry grew from a rich tradition of folk songs and ...12 KB (1,896 words) - 00:46, 21 April 2023
- * Chinese Law that between the Soviet, Muslim, Hindu, or Chinese Law. According to David ...12 KB (1,733 words) - 08:07, 14 January 2023
- The Boxer Uprising or Boxer Rebellion was a Chinese rebellion against ... Pinyin: luàn), a negative term in Chinese language, when described by commentators ...17 KB (2,544 words) - 01:58, 12 January 2023
- merchants, resolved to enter the vast Chinese market, used his actions ... increased the economic burden on the Chinese people, and, together with ...12 KB (1,653 words) - 19:28, 21 August 2020
- Jiao Yu (Traditional and Simplified Chinese: 焦玉, Wade-Giles: Chiao ... military treatise that outlined the use of Chinese military technology during ...17 KB (2,391 words) - 20:43, 3 April 2024
- (T: 吉林烏拉 / S: 吉林乌拉) in Chinese, then shortened to Jilin ... and Balhae. Since 926 C.E., various Chinese dynasties and people have ...17 KB (2,180 words) - 20:50, 3 April 2024
- was also highly developed in Europe. Chinese cloisonné is probably the ... from there along the Silk Road to China. Chinese cloisonné is probably the ...15 KB (2,310 words) - 07:33, 14 January 2023
- 1, 1864 - September 16, 1957) was a Chinese painter. His pseudonyms ... He is perhaps the most noted contemporary Chinese painter for the ...16 KB (2,541 words) - 04:01, 7 December 2022
- Chinese philosophy has a history of several thousand years; its origins ... The central focus of Chinese philosophy throughout the ages has been ...21 KB (3,167 words) - 16:46, 10 December 2023
- minority groups in China. Miao is a Chinese term and does not reflect ... Throughout Chinese history, the term “Miao” has been applied inconsistently ...23 KB (3,462 words) - 16:33, 9 November 2022
- Qian Zhongshu (November 21, 1910 – December 19, 1998) was a Chinese ... Because he was well versed in classic Chinese, his writings often reflects ...22 KB (3,269 words) - 21:10, 14 April 2023
- Chinese 菩提達摩, Japanese ダルマ), with founding the famous Shaolin school of Chinese martial arts and is known ...16 KB (2,456 words) - 05:18, 17 November 2023
- The Chinese Rites controversy (ca. 1630-1715 C.E.) was a dispute within ... word Deus does not sound right in the Chinese language, the Westerners in China ...22 KB (3,410 words) - 16:46, 10 December 2023
- for non-alphabetic writing systems such as Chinese hanzi and Japanese kanji ... is used for collation. For example, the Chinese character for "mother ...17 KB (2,611 words) - 22:32, 7 January 2024
- , is a fundamental concept of traditional Chinese culture. Qi is believed ... This active cosmology has influenced Chinese philosophy, as well as ...20 KB (2,999 words) - 20:26, 20 February 2024
- of his work; he tried to use simple language and direct themes, and it ... became perhaps the most famous in Chinese history. Yuan Zhen ( ...14 KB (2,277 words) - 05:47, 26 August 2023
- “School of semantics”) was a classical Chinese philosophical school that ... Chinese thinkers of the period were preoccupied with the use of terminology ...20 KB (2,994 words) - 17:21, 25 January 2023
- (303 – 361) was the most celebrated Chinese calligrapher, traditionally ... derived from the written form of the Chinese language, which is not alphabetical ...18 KB (2,906 words) - 22:52, 3 May 2023
- which occurs many times in modern English-language popular culture. is interesting to note that the following Chinese couplet attributed to a ...8 KB (1,256 words) - 00:38, 29 November 2023
- Du Fu (712–770 C.E.) was a prominent Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty ... Fu as one of the most humane and moral of Chinese poets; and indeed, Du Fu ...18 KB (2,990 words) - 21:16, 30 January 2024
- A Chinese family name is one of the thousands of family names that ... of romanization based on different Chinese language variants between 1900 ...26 KB (3,907 words) - 17:05, 10 December 2023
- Dayi Daoxin (Chinese: 道信， Wade-Giles: Tao-hsin) (Japanese: Dōshin ... Transformation, and Genealogy in Chinese Chan Buddhism (University ...14 KB (2,072 words) - 19:44, 22 May 2020
- It is in principle the representation of language, rather than images of thought ... beyond those carried out by spoken language. First invented by the early ...22 KB (3,308 words) - 14:05, 20 May 2023
- Sun Zi (Chinese: 孫, 子, Sūn Zǐ; Wade-Giles: Sun Tzu) (c. 544 ... The work was included in the ancient Chinese civil service examinations ...22 KB (3,388 words) - 13:53, 28 April 2023
- | nationality = Chinese | denomination = | school ... | title = Third Chinese Patriarch | workplace = ...18 KB (2,660 words) - 12:22, 1 August 2022
- and the turning away from communism by the Chinese government that followed ... red dominates the mountain, as the famous Chinese sweet gums come into season ...12 KB (1,765 words) - 19:34, 25 November 2023
- culture") is an infrequent Chinese surname, and "Wenzi ... In 1973, Chinese archeologists excavated a Han Dynasty tomb near Dingzhou ...14 KB (2,095 words) - 23:30, 3 May 2023
- Asia. Hwanin is a pronunciation of the Chinese letters "환인 桓因 ... this according with similar sounding Chinese Letters: 桓因. Modern ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 18:13, 24 January 2024
- of ancient Central Asia. Known in medieval Chinese sources as Tujue (突厥 ... 鄂爾渾文字) to record the Old Turkic language. == Etymology == ...21 KB (3,069 words) - 16:18, 29 July 2023
- Leninism derived from the teachings of the Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong ... Maoism has never been used in its English-language publications except pejoratively ...19 KB (2,912 words) - 03:00, 6 November 2022
- Guangdong, located remote from the centers of power in Chinese civilization ... and hence, the local people and their language is referred to as Cantonese ...24 KB (3,310 words) - 02:43, 5 March 2023
- other intellectual traditions, such as Chinese philosophy, Indian philosophy ... from non-Western traditions, such as Chinese or Indian philosophy, often ...16 KB (2,127 words) - 19:43, 26 July 2023
- As a consequence of the heavy fighting, many innocent Chinese and ... story temple in 1954, one of the few Chinese Mahayana temples in Singapore ...16 KB (2,404 words) - 08:12, 24 November 2022
- Pǔyí (Traditional Chinese: 溥儀; Simplified Chinese: 溥仪) ... Gardens, before becoming a member of the Chinese People's Political ...23 KB (3,342 words) - 03:35, 7 December 2022
- a jelly-like noodle), negi (green onions), Chinese cabbage, and enokitake mushrooms ... (a type of noodles), negi (green onions), Chinese cabbage, enokitake mushrooms ...7 KB (1,137 words) - 21:42, 26 February 2023
- the fifth century C.E. The seventh-century Chinese pilgrim Xuanzang reportedly ... Sanskrit Buddhism, such as the Tibetan, Chinese and Japanese, the two main ...14 KB (1,967 words) - 04:47, 14 June 2023
- as the fifteenth century B.C.E. An ancient Chinese city was named Ju-Xian, ... ) of China (the others being ume, orchid, and bamboo), known in Chinese ...17 KB (2,581 words) - 21:54, 10 December 2023
- as "Bai Qiuen" (白求恩) in Chinese, (March 4, 1890 – November ... In 1938, Bethune went to China to aid the Chinese Red Army in their war with ...15 KB (2,208 words) - 02:42, 16 November 2022
- audience through the dancers' body language. The classical dance form ... mudras are a type of nonverbal symbolic language that is conveyed by the ...13 KB (2,114 words) - 17:54, 10 November 2022
- Tao or Dao (道, Pinyin: Dào, Cantonese: Dou) is a Chinese character ... cosmology became a distinctive feature of Chinese philosophy, one which was ...21 KB (3,367 words) - 19:34, 7 July 2023
- of Tibet and Nepal that are close to Han Chinese populations. The pair of ... com/library/weekly/aa_chopsticks02a.htm Chinese Chopsticks] Retrieved January ...24 KB (3,847 words) - 17:19, 10 December 2023
- The earliest texts were written in the Chinese language and would ... * DeFrancis, John. The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy. Honolulu ...32 KB (4,676 words) - 02:41, 5 October 2022
- ) is a corpus of five ancient Chinese books that makes up part of ... (1644 – 1911). Several times through Chinese history, the texts of the ...20 KB (2,978 words) - 14:10, 20 May 2023
- It is derived from a Chinese stringed instrument with a drum-like ... be carried compactly. The dō is made from Chinese quince, mulberry or zelkova wood. ...9 KB (1,371 words) - 12:23, 27 January 2023
- 18 years of her life in China, learned Chinese as her first language, and ... was raised in China and learned the Chinese language from a teacher named ...8 KB (1,320 words) - 22:56, 30 March 2023
- father, Charles Jones Soong, a wealthy Chinese Methodist, had studied in ... the Japanese. In 1943, she was the first Chinese national and the second ...16 KB (2,400 words) - 02:00, 27 February 2023
- of foreign origin, including Westerners, Chinese, and Japanese, amounted ... minjok, in Korean). Koreans view a common language and culture as important ...14 KB (1,988 words) - 00:44, 6 March 2024
- Chinese art (Chinese: 中國藝術/中国艺术) is art, both ancient ... Chinese art (Chinese: 中國藝術/中国艺术) has taken various ...28 KB (4,073 words) - 16:44, 10 December 2023
- Most, if not all, Chinese language textbooks in Hong Kong are written ... so the majority of textbooks teaching Chinese language are now based on simplified ...45 KB (6,288 words) - 22:48, 10 February 2024
- ), were an essential part of the Chinese government administration ... The Chinese civil service system later served as a model for the civil ...21 KB (3,072 words) - 15:27, 4 February 2023
- the eleventh century. Sulu is mentioned in Chinese sources as early as the ... activity in China resulted in a rising Chinese demand for products from ...12 KB (1,852 words) - 21:54, 26 February 2023
- seek to have the issue of Korean or Chinese sovereignty over Jiandao ... and neither name derives from the Chinese language. The two rivers from ...24 KB (3,531 words) - 08:52, 3 April 2024
- is thought to be essential for teeth. In Chinese herbal medicine, it is used ... * 姜黄 (jiang huang, literal: "Ginger Yellow") in Chinese. ...16 KB (2,344 words) - 19:02, 6 November 2022
- , and categorizes them as Yang and Yin (in Chinese). Although some consider ... (It is still written that way in modern Chinese and Japanese.) The Gupta ...19 KB (2,775 words) - 06:42, 13 June 2023
- 1722. He is known as one of the greatest Chinese emperors in history. His ... falling back on the concept that all non Chinese are barbarians. He consolidated ...20 KB (3,209 words) - 02:38, 5 October 2022
- A dictionary is basically a list words in a specific language, with ... a valuable source of information about a language, allowing members of the ...22 KB (3,268 words) - 14:12, 29 January 2024
- |languages = Chinese language |religions = Islam |related = Dungan ... , Xiao'erjing: حُوِ ذَو ) are a Chinese ethnic group, ...26 KB (3,824 words) - 15:11, 9 February 2024
- arrival of Islam, Buddhism and tradition Chinese culture had a powerful impact ... Ningxia is the home of the Hui, one of the officially recognized Chinese ...15 KB (2,041 words) - 04:50, 15 November 2022
- Kumārajīva (Simplified Chinese: 鸠摩罗什; Traditional Chinese: ... an, and thoroughly mastered the Chinese language. In 401, Yao Hsing ...20 KB (3,105 words) - 04:38, 4 March 2023
- Tengri is a probable precursor of the Chinese deity Tian, which became ... Tengri first appeared in Chinese records referring to the Xiongnu ...15 KB (2,366 words) - 05:42, 27 February 2023
- In linguistics, the grammar of a natural language is its set of structural ... as the standard spoken form of the Chinese language in the People's ...25 KB (3,469 words) - 22:17, 30 March 2023
- ) was a group of Chinese Communist Party leaders in the People's ... charging them with a plot to overthrow the Chinese government. After a two ...19 KB (2,985 words) - 04:24, 18 April 2024
- In Chinese, the term yǔhángyuán ( zh|宇航员 ) has long been used ... , literally "great emptiness"), Chinese for "space ...15 KB (2,112 words) - 18:25, 19 August 2023
- for much of Christian culture in Chinese society today. Members of ... another hand he quickly mastered the Chinese language, but what was unusual ...29 KB (4,469 words) - 08:20, 3 April 2024
- 2008.jpg|thumb|left|Contemporary young Chinese acrobat]] ... Western perceptions of acrobatics; the Chinese stressed lightness more ...10 KB (1,437 words) - 05:38, 15 June 2023
- city is also known by an older English-language name, Canton. It is a port ... The Chinese abbreviation of Guangzhou is Sui (穗; pinyin: sùi; Jyutping: ...22 KB (2,966 words) - 03:09, 5 March 2023
- The Chinese language has various terms equivalent to the English ... to educate their children in formal Chinese-language schools. In some cases ...45 KB (6,097 words) - 10:53, 11 March 2023
- Even though the Russo-Japanese War was fought on Chinese territory ... 1905 proved a turning point in Chinese history. The humiliation suffered ...11 KB (1,628 words) - 04:51, 5 November 2022
- the shuyuan became a permanent feature of Chinese education, taking up major ... " Today, Hunan university's Chinese language and classical studies ...12 KB (1,749 words) - 07:12, 14 June 2023
- Russian tea more than the British or Chinese forms. Turks make use of ... Turkish tea, called çay ultimately from the Chinese word chá (茶 ...11 KB (1,771 words) - 00:24, 3 May 2023
- under Kublai Khan to becoming a basically Chinese institution under his successors. achievement, including developmets in the Chinese novel and plays with increased ...21 KB (3,202 words) - 21:34, 4 June 2023
- Chinese polity developed a bias towards centralization and unity, ... Zhejiang) were also brought into the Chinese cultural sphere during this ...14 KB (2,355 words) - 22:04, 18 November 2022
- including 'sumi-e', a style of Chinese and Japanese ink and wash ... East Asian calligraphy typically uses ink brushes to write Chinese ...19 KB (2,750 words) - 18:29, 25 November 2023
- (November 16, 1892 - June 12, 1978) was a Chinese author, poet, historian ... with Chiang Kai-shek and joined the Chinese communist party. After World ...20 KB (2,989 words) - 19:48, 12 July 2023
- to protect the northern borders of the Chinese Empire from raids by Hunnic ... only to the technological achievement of Chinese civilization, but also to ...14 KB (2,322 words) - 07:41, 4 January 2024
- linguistic purity because it uses concise language and few Chinese words. Sei ... and for her familiarity with the Chinese classics, an unusual accomplishment ...16 KB (2,769 words) - 02:46, 21 April 2023
- numerous ambitious soldiers and refuges of Chinese governments throughout history ... The plan is hailed by some as a Chinese effort to shift towards ...21 KB (2,859 words) - 14:31, 27 January 2023
- it was a magnet for migration of Han Chinese from the north, who cleared ... Hunan was left relatively unscathed by the Chinese civil war that followed ...18 KB (2,479 words) - 12:20, 4 February 2023
- Yayoi people are largely descended from Chinese or Korean immigrants, intermingled ... and coins which resemble those of the Chinese Han dynasty. By the first ...18 KB (2,814 words) - 09:53, 23 May 2023
- Mencius (Chinese 孟子, transliterated Meng Zi, most accepted dates: ... #039; birthplace. He was an itinerant Chinese philosopher and sage, and ...22 KB (3,470 words) - 04:29, 9 November 2022
- ; Chinese: zh-TW|麻糬 ) is a Japanese rice cake made by pounding ... confections. There are many varieties of Chinese nian gao, made from a batter ...16 KB (2,504 words) - 12:55, 10 March 2023
- ===Faith in Chinese Religions=== The word for "Faith" in Chinese characters consist of two ...13 KB (1,952 words) - 00:32, 25 March 2024
- The Chinese have long valued ivory for both art and utilitarian objects. Early reference to the Chinese export of ivory is recorded after the ...12 KB (1,807 words) - 03:52, 13 March 2024
- Chinese Chan master in Tang-era China. He founded one of the five ... could be found in the Ninden gammoku,Chinese: Jen-t'ien yen-mu, ...14 KB (2,283 words) - 10:26, 7 June 2023
- name has been recorded with various Hanja (Chinese characters) phonetically ... in Seoul (서울) in the Modern Korean language. Today, "Seoul" ...16 KB (2,364 words) - 22:07, 29 January 2023
- 23, 1873 – January 19, 1929) was a Chinese scholar, journalist, philosopher ... influenced an entire generation of Chinese young people. Liang returned ...24 KB (3,503 words) - 22:24, 25 October 2022
- ) (December 5, 1907 - September 13, 1971) was a Chinese Communist ... After the split between the nationalist Kuomintang and the Chinese ...22 KB (3,630 words) - 04:11, 29 October 2022
- in the Mongolian classical alphabet. In Chinese, the region is known as ... region, alternated in control between Han Chinese agriculturalists in the ...33 KB (4,665 words) - 19:29, 5 March 2024
- Journey to the West (Traditional Chinese: 西遊記; Simplified Chinese: ... allegory, the story is steeped in Chinese folk religion and Buddhist ...24 KB (3,989 words) - 01:59, 8 September 2022
- Huángbò Xīyùn (simplified Chinese: 黄檗希运 traditional: 黄檗希運 ... ) was an influential Chinese master of Chan (Zen in Japanese) Buddhism ...14 KB (2,167 words) - 20:57, 7 February 2024
- [[Image:Interp.jpg|thumb|right|400 px|Two sign language Interpreters ... A sign language (also signed language) is a language which uses manual ...22 KB (3,412 words) - 20:10, 21 April 2023
- classes patterned themselves after the Chinese, adopting Chinese written ... brought about by the adoption of Chinese models of government, incorporating ...19 KB (2,810 words) - 01:25, 11 November 2022
- settlement in the southwest, appointed Han Chinese officials to important posts ... The Manchu Qing ( Ch'ing) came to power after defeating the Chinese ...25 KB (3,771 words) - 17:48, 15 October 2020
- | Chinese numeral || 一，弌，壹 |- | Korean || 일, 하나 ... a horizontal line, as is still the case in Chinese script. The Gupta wrote ...16 KB (2,188 words) - 06:29, 13 June 2023
- name Ch'en Ch'ien-sheng, was a Chinese educator, philosopher, ... Chen was a founder of the Chinese Communist Party (1920) and was selected ...26 KB (3,844 words) - 14:50, 5 December 2023
- Jiangxi was outside the sphere of influence of early Chinese civilization ... became one of the earliest bases for the Chinese communists, and many peasants ...21 KB (3,089 words) - 20:39, 3 April 2024
- 1997) and has a large concentration of Hui Chinese as well as a variety of ... later became the founding state of the Chinese empire, grew from the southeastern ...21 KB (2,969 words) - 04:27, 18 April 2024
- Block printing is well-suited to written Chinese because character alignment ... inventors with advantage over their Chinese counterparts: the screw ...16 KB (2,311 words) - 18:44, 29 April 2023
- tests measured candidates knowledge of the Chinese classics, and sometimes ... skill in a wide variety of forms of Chinese poetry and prose, including ...16 KB (2,316 words) - 06:03, 27 July 2023
- , which, beginning in the Sui Dynasty, was the Chinese name for the ... its course. At its source it is called in Chinese the Dangqu (当曲, from ...22 KB (3,191 words) - 00:54, 17 April 2023
- a form of communication that is free of language-specific elements and thus ... into a more complex structure of written language, and were written on clay ...12 KB (1,772 words) - 05:12, 24 November 2022
- The similarity of the Roman abacus to the Chinese one suggests that ... Another possible source of the suanpan are the Chinese counting rods ...17 KB (2,684 words) - 07:14, 13 June 2023
- The region is often referred to as Chinese Turkestan or East Turkestan ... through the area, many of whom challenged Chinese control of the region. ...28 KB (3,367 words) - 14:31, 20 May 2023
- Javier; Portuguese: São Francisco Xavier; Chinese: 聖方濟各沙勿略) ... Spain), where Basque was the native language. He was the third and youngest ...15 KB (2,402 words) - 04:52, 9 April 2024
- ===Influence of Chinese Language=== the sixth to the ninth century the Chinese language strongly influenced ...25 KB (3,410 words) - 02:35, 5 October 2022
- The Liezi (列子 in Chinese characters, Lièzĭ in pinyin) is a Daoist ... Such doubts are also found within the Chinese tradition, as summarized ...18 KB (2,907 words) - 22:49, 25 October 2022
- systems in ancient civilization: the Chinese counting rods system and ... * c. 1400 B.C.E.: Chinese writers show familiarity with the concept ...18 KB (2,501 words) - 09:02, 28 January 2024
- . When speaking of "Hainan" in Chinese, it is usually the main ... The Han Chinese of Hainan speak a variant of the Min Nan Chinese language ...25 KB (3,616 words) - 16:53, 21 January 2024
- and Korea. Its relics can still be seen in Chinese cities such as Xi'an. ... 635, and its relics can still be seen in Chinese cities such as Xi'an ...19 KB (2,813 words) - 16:23, 11 November 2022
- lived in harmony with the Dutch, British, and Chinese. UNESCO, [http://whc ... possession in 1999, as a unique example of Chinese culture, an example that ...18 KB (2,756 words) - 21:51, 31 January 2024
- and his followers initiated the influx of Chinese influence into Yunnan, which ... Most dialects of the Chinese language spoken in Yunnan belong to the ...27 KB (3,822 words) - 10:26, 7 June 2023
- ; "School of Mo") or Moism is a Chinese Philosophy founded ... is an unusual surname and is the common Chinese word for "ink." ...17 KB (2,759 words) - 19:44, 9 November 2022
- interconnected as early as 5000 B.C.E. Chinese merchants colonized the ... (or the Malay Archipelago) (Indonesian language: Nusantara). ...38 KB (5,260 words) - 15:15, 27 April 2023
- in Sogdiana, and Rokhan in the Sogdian language meant "light." ... foreign generals because he feared that Chinese generals might usurp his ...11 KB (1,832 words) - 18:40, 26 July 2023
- * In the Rich Text Format specification, 9 is the language code for ... ==As lucky or unlucky number, Chinese culture== Nine (九 pinyin jiǔ ...22 KB (2,900 words) - 06:48, 13 June 2023
- ===The Body in Chinese medicine=== [[Image:hua_t08.jpg|thumb|right ... Chinese medicine is based on a model of the human body as a single ...25 KB (3,706 words) - 21:55, 23 December 2020
- trees are often darker (although the Chinese alligator has some light ... could have exceeded a ton in weight. The Chinese alligator is smaller, averaging ...15 KB (2,172 words) - 18:37, 21 July 2023
- is now southern Hebei. Zhili (Traditional Chinese: 直隸; Simplified Chinese: ... here during the Warring States Period of Chinese history. Hebei's importance ...26 KB (3,622 words) - 15:13, 25 January 2023
- Dr. Sun Yat-sen (Traditional Chinese: 孫中山 or 孫逸仙; Pinyin: ... Originally unable to speak the English language, He picked up the language ...36 KB (5,408 words) - 22:52, 26 February 2023
- the island's mine was established Chinese laborers were brought in ... and Confucianism. English is the official language, but Chinese and Malay are ...27 KB (3,857 words) - 21:39, 10 December 2023
- *The first translation of Aesop's Fables into Chinese was made in 1625. It included 31 fables conveyed orally by a Belgian Jesuit missionary ...14 KB (2,215 words) - 05:51, 16 June 2023
- goods from India and import of 15 from the Chinese side. The opening also shortens ... when the Tibetan government expelled the Chinese living there, most of the ...20 KB (2,900 words) - 23:53, 29 May 2023
- since the time of the ancient Greeks and Chinese (Rogers 2004b). The Greeks used it in the form of compresses to treat sores and aching muscles ...11 KB (1,590 words) - 01:11, 18 November 2022
- Legalism (Chinese: 法家; pinyin: Fǎjiā; Wade-Giles: Fa-chia; literally ... and helped to standardize the written Chinese language by promulgating as the ...22 KB (3,459 words) - 19:04, 25 October 2022
- The book is written in Heian court language, in the Japanese alphabet ... Genji is simply another way to read the Chinese characters for the real ...22 KB (3,369 words) - 17:34, 30 April 2023
- and developed, at least initially, with Chinese help. Korea developed a ... The adoption of the Chinese writing system ("hanja" in Korean ...31 KB (4,423 words) - 04:09, 4 March 2023
- of teaching children in their native language. Instruction occurs in the ... Given that a common language is essential for good communication and ...32 KB (4,686 words) - 03:50, 1 October 2023
- Chinese ceramics or Chinese porcelain is a form of fine art developed ... to create a three-dimensional appearance. Chinese artisans have always borrowed ...32 KB (4,846 words) - 22:42, 13 January 2023
- The Ming Dynasty Tombs (Chinese: 明朝十三陵; pinyin: Míng cháo ... at the northern foot of Purple Mountain (Chinese: 紫金山; pinyin: Zĭjīn ...24 KB (3,553 words) - 16:44, 12 February 2024
- #039;s Zongli Yamen (foreign office). The Chinese were reluctant to get involved ... speaking to the delegation through their Chinese-speaking interpreter, told ...15 KB (2,423 words) - 11:56, 3 May 2023
- . They can influence the rhythm of a language, its prosody, its poetic ... a syllable, according to what is termed a language's phonotactics. ...43 KB (6,361 words) - 16:51, 25 February 2023
- emperor of a unified Tibet, who married a Chinese Buddhist princess, Wencheng ... Vehicle, or 金剛乘 Jingangcheng in Chinese; however, these terms are ...27 KB (3,993 words) - 23:24, 30 April 2023
- provincial governments is a result of the Chinese Civil War. After losing ... For the Han Chinese, this area was also known as Minyue. The word ...31 KB (4,438 words) - 07:14, 15 April 2024
- the border between North Korea and the Chinese provinces of Jilin and Liaoning ... Japanese defeat and at the onset of the Chinese Civil War. The province ...23 KB (3,109 words) - 22:25, 25 October 2022
- on the 8th day of the 4th month of the Chinese calendar. ... * The Eight Immortals are Chinese deities. ==In music== ...21 KB (2,909 words) - 06:48, 13 June 2023
- and tree melon, as well as 木瓜 (tree melon) in Chinese and đu đủ in Vietnamese. It also is sometimes called the pawpaw (sometimes spelled papaw ...11 KB (1,652 words) - 07:31, 18 November 2022
- administrators, began calling himself the Chinese title of "wang" ... from the same ethnic line and spoke a common language. Peter H. Lee ...29 KB (4,387 words) - 08:36, 19 December 2022
- to the Qing Dynasty, and the demise of the Chinese classical tradition represented ... inflicted a campaign to replace Korean language and culture with Japanese ...31 KB (4,561 words) - 17:25, 28 March 2024
- role in the governing itself of the ancient Chinese rulers: ... The early Chinese sages were fascinated to "look upward and contemplate ...30 KB (4,747 words) - 17:00, 10 December 2023
- Baekje in 18 B.C.E. According to the Chinese record San Guo Zhi, during ... its east, around the Nakdong River valley. Chinese records first described ...27 KB (3,640 words) - 05:39, 26 August 2023
- Satori (悟 Korean oh; Japanese satori; Chinese Wù) is a Japanese Buddhist term for enlightenment. The word literally means "understanding ...14 KB (2,125 words) - 18:55, 13 February 2024
- of the 56 ethnic groups of the country. Chinese consider them one of the ... to South Korea rose dramatically. 356,790 Chinese citizens have migrated to ...13 KB (1,907 words) - 15:38, 14 April 2023
- and those of controversial authorship. The Chinese literary scholar Wang Guowei ... be the Vietnamese pronunciation of the Chinese character 文. ...16 KB (2,591 words) - 19:07, 21 November 2022
- II, many of the gardens lay in ruins. The Chinese government launched a project ... number of cultural highlights, among them Chinese opera. Kunqu originated ...24 KB (3,013 words) - 00:31, 27 February 2023
- # Dāna paramita: generosity, giving of oneself (in Chinese, 布施波羅蜜 ... !Chinese (pinyin) !Chinese (hanzi) |- |Shi gu sei gan |The Four Great Vows ...19 KB (2,911 words) - 07:48, 18 November 2022
- literature and a composer of haiku, Chinese-style poetry, and fairy ... school, Natsume became enamored with Chinese literature, and fancied ...14 KB (2,244 words) - 15:18, 11 November 2022
- work written in the Japanese language. To this day, the Soto School ... monastic practices to the philosophy of language, being, and time. This work ...13 KB (2,020 words) - 16:34, 29 January 2024
- Tofu, also tōfu (the Japanese Romaji spelling), doufu (the Chinese ... tōfu (ja|豆腐), which derives from the Chinese dòufǔ (zh|豆腐 or zh ...37 KB (5,817 words) - 03:52, 1 May 2023
- During the earliest Chinese dynasties, the area of what is now Jiangsu ... Two main subdivisions of the Chinese language, Mandarin (not Putonghua ...28 KB (3,971 words) - 20:38, 3 April 2024
- Hajji Mahmud Shams) (1371–1433), was a Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat ... the Hanafi school of thought and in Chinese language." When the Chinese ...33 KB (5,055 words) - 06:00, 13 June 2023
- them benevolent rather than malevolent. In Chinese society, for example, the ... The Qingming Festival is a traditional Chinese festival usually occurring ...19 KB (2,926 words) - 08:42, 28 January 2024
- the gods. As far back as 1000 B.C.E., the Chinese had I Ching, an oracle which ... would die. The Romans also understood the language of the birds, since Judah ...16 KB (2,402 words) - 15:31, 29 January 2024
- *The kanji and Chinese character for five are both 五, and its formal ... K representing Kakka in the Punjabi language. They are: Kesh (unshorn ...21 KB (2,981 words) - 06:46, 13 June 2023
- as HTML. Most releases are in the English language, but many non-English works ... are: French, German, Finnish, Dutch, Chinese, and Portuguese.Jeffrey ...19 KB (2,741 words) - 01:18, 12 April 2023
- supplemented by influxes of Africans, Chinese, Malays, and Indians gave ... Tamil), Vietnamese, African, Malagasy, Chinese and ethnic French - but ...22 KB (3,300 words) - 00:08, 22 August 2022
- The word zh|首尔大学 is frequently used in many Chinese context, as in Chinese Wikipedia. This is, however, not hanja name, because Chinese characters ...21 KB (2,854 words) - 19:48, 21 April 2023
- Moksadeva, or Yüan-tsang) was a famous Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, ... Central Asia and India. The classic Chinese novel Xiyou ji (Journey ...21 KB (3,157 words) - 14:33, 20 May 2023
- Balhae (698 - 926) (Bohai in Chinese) existed as an ancient kingdom ... (1222 B.C.E.). Controversy boils between Chinese, North Korean, and South ...24 KB (3,477 words) - 05:52, 26 August 2023
- an exception to this pattern. The French language did not make use of the ... that may be required by a specific language English braille codes the ...14 KB (2,290 words) - 22:35, 20 November 2023
- been an ethnic melting pot, mixing Han Chinese, Mongolian, Tibetan, and ... Japanese War (from 1937 to 1945) and the Chinese Civil War (from 1945 to ...18 KB (2,519 words) - 04:02, 7 December 2022
- in the 1890s. Suzuki acted as English-language translator for a book written ... While he was young, Suzuki had set about acquiring knowledge of Chinese ...19 KB (2,874 words) - 07:35, 12 January 2024
- K. Chen, "Filial Piety in Chinese Buddhism" Harvard Journal ... known as the Hungry Ghost Festival, the Chinese counterpart to Obon is celebrated ...17 KB (2,546 words) - 07:20, 17 November 2023
- In 1856, Chinese soldiers boarded The Arrow, a Chinese-owned ship ... and even by countries without other Chinese concessions such as Austria ...29 KB (3,826 words) - 23:22, 30 April 2023
- Siberia, western Manchuria and the modern Chinese provinces of Inner Mongolia ... Relations between the Han Chinese and the Xiongnu were complicated ...37 KB (5,668 words) - 14:32, 20 May 2023
- Manichaean Uigur Kingdom near Turfan, in Chinese Turkestan (destroyed around ... of Manichaean writings ever, written in Chinese. They were translated into ...22 KB (3,392 words) - 11:06, 9 March 2023
- with a collection of poems from the Chinese Tang Dynasty in the Daoist ... a sound mind and a very sound grasp of the Chinese Classics, but also an unblemished ...19 KB (3,199 words) - 20:34, 3 May 2021
- numbers in both spoken and written language. Ten is the first two-digit ... an open hand (five digits displayed). The Chinese word numeral for ten is ...13 KB (1,819 words) - 06:26, 13 June 2023
- A Chinese character ( t=漢字|s=汉字|汉字|p=Hànzì ... a large number of loanwords from the Chinese language—are known as Sinoxenic ...55 KB (8,141 words) - 17:02, 10 December 2023
- such as makizushi) in the Japanese language refers to the rice, not ... to have little resemblance to this original Chinese food. ...23 KB (3,535 words) - 00:29, 27 February 2023
- in Indian literature. Written in Sanskrit language and Hale Kannada script ... The Chinese traveler Hieun-tsang describes the event thus: "Siladityaraja ...12 KB (1,818 words) - 23:43, 2 December 2022
- Yongle is considered one of the greatest Chinese emperors. His economic, ... Zhu Di (Chu Ti)'s father, the Hongwu (Hung-wu; Chinese: 洪武帝; ...27 KB (4,177 words) - 16:58, 4 June 2023
- Göktürks (Kokturks, known in medieval Chinese sources as Tujue (突厥 ... c. 200 B.C.E., contemporary with the Chinese Han Dynasty( 漢朝). ...35 KB (5,059 words) - 20:30, 23 March 2024
- battlefield between the Japanese and the Chinese communist guerrillas of ... #039;s Liberation Army in the ensuing Chinese Civil War. Yen Hsi-shan ...23 KB (3,285 words) - 13:15, 27 January 2023
- Chinese name. Unlike most place names in Korea, "Seoul" ... Metropolitan Government requested that the Chinese name of the city change ...25 KB (3,283 words) - 19:52, 6 March 2024
- Bāguàzhǎng is one of the major internal (Nèijiā) Chinese martial ... , originally a master of Shuaijiao (Chinese wrestling); Song Changrong ...25 KB (3,699 words) - 06:17, 10 January 2023
- without the payment of any taxes to the Chinese government.Lee Taylor, ... (the Kwantung Leased Territory) to the Chinese Empire, agreeing to pay ...14 KB (2,212 words) - 14:58, 2 May 2023
- Wai-shih, or Hsiang–yang Man-shih, was a Chinese painter, poet, and calligrapher ... ability, established him prominently among Chinese art-historians; his contributions ...19 KB (3,202 words) - 16:33, 9 November 2022
- In Chinese, Korean, and Japanese, the tapir is named after a beast from Chinese mythology. A feature of this mythical creature is a snout like ...17 KB (2,523 words) - 00:47, 21 April 2023
- and Silla. During the fourth century, Chinese monks brought Buddhism to ... accepted social code or care about his language. He drummed on an empty ...11 KB (1,741 words) - 14:59, 17 April 2023
- Under pressure from the Chinese army and local guerrillas, with food ... of Korea: the north as a self-governing Chinese satellite, and the south ...32 KB (4,655 words) - 22:08, 8 February 2023
- the one used for Aramaic (the official language of Achaemenids) developed ... hence, influencing each others language. Tribhuvandas L. Shah, Ancient ...23 KB (3,513 words) - 18:46, 4 December 2023
- "Pali Canon" named after its language of composition. The contents ... Buddhist tradition, as preserved in the Pali language. Richard Gombrich ...29 KB (4,382 words) - 17:41, 2 May 2023
- The one-time fishing village of Shenzhen was singled out by late Chinese ... The one-time fishing village of Shenzhen was singled out by late Chinese ...24 KB (3,404 words) - 19:58, 21 April 2023
- meat is considered a delicacy and some Chinese believe pangolin scales ... , Malayan pangolin (M. javanica), Chinese pangolin (M. pentadactyla ...14 KB (1,993 words) - 11:13, 11 March 2023
- Records made by the Chinese pilgrim Fa Xian were also used in the process of identifying this religiously acclaimed site. ===Current Lumbini=== ...12 KB (1,788 words) - 02:57, 5 November 2022
- Bruce Jun Fan Lee (November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973), was a Chinese ... the fight Chinese Pacific Weekly, a Chinese-language newspaper in San Francisco ...24 KB (3,867 words) - 16:58, 29 April 2020
- , Kampupot, Melati (Malay and Indonesian Language), Sampaguita (Tagalog), ... 2002. Identification of potent odorants in Chinese jasmine green tea scented ...11 KB (1,681 words) - 10:00, 1 April 2024
- sculptor Kuratsukuri Tori, grandson of Chinese immigrant Shiba Tatto, is ... synonymous with all of Japan. Based on Chinese models (including the adoption ...34 KB (5,124 words) - 18:29, 19 August 2023
- on the behest of the gods, from invading Chinese forces. The myth reveals ... Local legend relates that when the Vietnamese fought invading Chinese ...12 KB (1,782 words) - 23:30, 29 July 2023
- in the south were forced to recognize Chinese suzerainty. Commerce continued ... and came to power after defeating the Chinese Ming dynasty and taking ...28 KB (4,243 words) - 00:03, 15 April 2023
- had been a peninsula, providing ready access to Chinese ships. Chinese traders brought goods from China, the South Sea Islands and throughout Asia, exchanging ...13 KB (1,737 words) - 20:19, 3 May 2023
- Dream of the Red Chamber (Traditional Chinese: 紅樓夢; Simplified ... and servants. Cao belonged to a Han Chinese clan which reached the height ...35 KB (5,738 words) - 17:35, 30 January 2024
- the Japanese reading of the kanji for the Chinese word zhen yan, literally ... mudra, and mandala constitute the "language" through which the ...22 KB (3,219 words) - 14:14, 27 January 2023
- While in Japan, Kim Gwangjip met the Chinese Ambassador to Tokyo, ... Huang advised that Korea should adopt a pro-Chinese policy, while ...29 KB (4,382 words) - 23:06, 30 November 2022
- * Budai, the Chinese monk who lived during the Later Liang Dynasty ... Terms and Doctrines. San Francisco: Chinese Materials Center, 1977. ...24 KB (3,613 words) - 05:32, 5 November 2022
- In Chinese culture, an auspicious date is selected to Ti Qin (literally ... com/etiquette/guide.htm Complete Guide to Chinese Wedding]. ChinaBridal.com ...14 KB (2,300 words) - 02:03, 12 January 2023
- ) is a collection of Chinese historical books covering a period of ... B.C.E. to 91 B.C.E., Sima Qian recounted Chinese history from the time of ...31 KB (4,609 words) - 00:37, 3 May 2023
- society is heterogeneous, with substantial Chinese and Indian minorities. ... Chinese chronicles of the fifth century C.E. speak of a great port ...33 KB (4,723 words) - 14:30, 29 March 2024
- province, China) was one of the greatest Chinese strategists of the Three ... Zhuge Liang is considered the most popular Chinese hero and statesman ...18 KB (2,855 words) - 06:03, 13 June 2023
- in South Africa where the Afrikaans language developed from the Dutch ... is used as an aphrodisiac in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). It is, in ...21 KB (3,171 words) - 20:50, 16 April 2023
- is written exclusively in Classical Chinese and has 1802 characters. ... abbreviated 大秦景教碑), is a Tang Chinese stele erected in 781, which ...21 KB (3,178 words) - 22:31, 23 September 2022
- Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Chinese Language, Classics, Computer ... and Culture; Comparative Literature; Chinese; Dance; Environmental Studies; ...19 KB (2,571 words) - 17:43, 30 January 2024
- harvest festival celebrated notably by the Chinese and Vietnamese people. Similar ... on the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese calendar. ...32 KB (4,726 words) - 17:31, 9 November 2022
- their tyranny is a familiar theme in Chinese history. In his History ... in order to write his monumental history of the Chinese empire. ...18 KB (2,792 words) - 18:55, 11 September 2023
- The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the mid-Ming ... same institution, but were split after the Chinese Civil War. ...44 KB (6,677 words) - 06:19, 1 April 2024
- history, it was written both in classical Chinese and in Korean, first using ... due to the creation of a complete new language and writing system by the ...33 KB (5,273 words) - 00:25, 8 May 2021
- #The group identifier, (language-sharing country group) ... 4 for Japanese; 5 for Russian, and 7 for Chinese. An example 5 digit group ...20 KB (2,903 words) - 13:24, 7 February 2023
- A word is a basic element of language that carries an objective or ... a morpheme, which is the smallest unit of language that has a meaning, even ...33 KB (4,842 words) - 20:11, 25 February 2023
- cultivars with white striping also exist. Chinese eggplants are commonly shaped ... is found in Qí mín yào shù, an ancient Chinese agricultural treatise completed ...16 KB (2,414 words) - 23:58, 12 February 2024
- Dharma transmission (Chinese: 傳法, Chuánfǎ or 印可, Inkě; ... on Miao-tao and on the role of women in Chinese Zen in general. ...14 KB (2,161 words) - 07:58, 24 July 2023
- Some festivals have their roots in Chinese festivals but have undergone ... Japanese people generally do not celebrate Chinese New Year (it having been ...16 KB (2,547 words) - 16:54, 7 November 2022
- political leaders in twentieth century Chinese history, serving between ... During the Chinese Civil War (1926–1949), Chiang attempted to eradicate ...31 KB (4,795 words) - 20:57, 9 December 2023
- of a civilization in the area appear in Chinese chronicles beginning about ... which is one the major entrepots for Chinese goods imported into CIS ...16 KB (2,289 words) - 02:47, 8 March 2023
- and popularized in China, and many Chinese speculate that origami originated ... [[Image:Origami dragon.jpg|220px|right|thumb|Origami Chinese dragon]] ...17 KB (2,643 words) - 01:24, 18 November 2022
- heart are also reflected in the East. The Chinese character for "spiritual ... * Good Characters (GC). 2006. http://goodcharacters.com/chinese.symbol ...17 KB (2,703 words) - 15:12, 25 January 2023
- name of the country in the Burmese language, Myanmar, did not change ... Burmese, the language of the Bamar and official language of Myanmar ...33 KB (4,741 words) - 02:39, 11 March 2023
- any foreigner of a different culture and language background. While it did ... " The word comes from the Greek language, and was used to connote ...20 KB (3,041 words) - 22:32, 10 February 2023
- ) is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature ... and 3 women, representing all classes of Chinese society, who rose up, under ...17 KB (2,616 words) - 23:16, 3 May 2023
- At times a controversial figure in Chinese history, his legacy informs ... B.C.E. in Qufu, which was located in the Chinese State of Lu (now part of ...28 KB (4,530 words) - 19:00, 15 May 2020
- the Scandinavian languages and the Chinese language uses the term "breath ... be found in many different cultures. In Chinese culture, ancestor worship ...17 KB (2,627 words) - 21:55, 28 October 2020
- and are an important incense material in Chinese and Japanese culture. They ... Lavang in India. Cloves are also used in Chinese medicine and in western ...16 KB (2,422 words) - 07:33, 14 January 2023
- and Taiwan. The disputed Senkaku Islands (Chinese: Diaoyu Islands) are presently ... Shō Dynasty. The Kingdom of Ryukyu was a Chinese tributary and remained semi ...37 KB (5,344 words) - 10:28, 11 March 2023
- known as one of the best poems in classic Chinese literature. ... that point was considered a golden age in Chinese history, toward a path of ...22 KB (3,451 words) - 05:57, 13 June 2023
- Korean writers to record works in their native language. ... the commentaries of the twelfth-century Chinese scholar Zhu Xi (Chu Hsi ...18 KB (2,733 words) - 11:12, 24 May 2023
- (basic significant sounds) of the spoken language. This is in contrast to ... A true alphabet has letters for the vowels of a language as well as ...44 KB (6,641 words) - 08:32, 23 July 2023
- one of the largest sub-groups in the Miao (Chinese:苗族) minzu (nationality ... intelligible dialects of the Hmong language, with some differences in ...34 KB (5,083 words) - 13:05, 1 February 2024
- *The Six Dynasties form part of Chinese history *6 is a lucky number in Chinese culture *"Six" is used as ...19 KB (2,695 words) - 06:47, 13 June 2023
- language code 4 is for the Chinese language. Codes for regional ... * "Quattro," meaning four in the Italian language, is used ...24 KB (3,319 words) - 06:45, 13 June 2023
- Oirat speak western dialects of the Mongol language group. ... Among the Oirats' enemies were the Chinese Manchu dynasty and the neighboring ...17 KB (2,618 words) - 10:28, 11 March 2023
- instruments to the Munda and Dravidian language-speaking cultures that first ... Musical instruments such as zithers appear in Chinese literature written ...26 KB (3,752 words) - 21:15, 27 November 2021
- #Disassembly using a disassembler, meaning the raw machine language ... the source code in some high level language for a program only available ...15 KB (2,267 words) - 19:59, 8 December 2022
- began under the pretext of eliminating Chinese soldiers disguised as civilians ... to the Chinese claim of a non-combatant death toll of 300,000. ...36 KB (5,482 words) - 01:19, 11 November 2022
- control has resulted in a large number of Chinese migrant workers employed ... of the population. Both the Filipino and Chinese (22.1 percent) populations ...21 KB (3,013 words) - 10:06, 11 March 2023
- standard in the speaker's dialect or language. Slang is often highly regional ... a "register" is a subset of a language used for a particular purpose ...15 KB (2,298 words) - 22:49, 29 January 2023
- Gospel of Jesus. He studied the Korean language five hours a day so that ... was written not in Korean, but in Chinese, which meant that most of ...11 KB (1,655 words) - 13:51, 8 February 2022
- Xún Zǐ (Wade-Giles: Hsün Tzu) (Chinese: 荀子) (c.310– 237 B ... especially considering the course of Chinese philosophy in this era. ...24 KB (3,958 words) - 14:34, 20 May 2023
- on Tongatapu, have become dominated by Chinese immigrants who arrived under ... Pacific Islanders. There also are several hundred Chinese. ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 03:57, 1 May 2023
- French Polynesia, or as it is known in Tahitian language, Porinetia ... Europeans two percent, East Asian (mainly Chinese) five percent. In 2002, ...18 KB (2,636 words) - 10:55, 11 April 2024
- Revolution, better known simply as the (Chinese) Cultural Revolution(文革 ... many other officials were purged, the Chinese educational system was brought ...30 KB (4,513 words) - 06:46, 11 January 2024
- adopt Zhu Xi’s philosophy. Zhu Xi was a Chinese philosopher of the Southern ... members of the yangban class, in classical Chinese, provide details about the ...18 KB (2,756 words) - 10:10, 22 May 2023
- native poetry from the kanshi (Chinese poems) that all educated ... influence of other genres such as Kanshi, Chinese poetry, novels and stories ...23 KB (3,429 words) - 22:05, 3 May 2023
- folk and aristocratic art forms, including Chinese acrobatics, dengaku, and ... Shinto rituals; dengaku (harvest dances); Chinese-style dances; and traditional ...16 KB (2,586 words) - 19:45, 5 March 2023
- eschewed antiquated "poetic" language in hopes of inventing a ... began to cast off archaic, overtly poetic language and forms in an attempt ...34 KB (5,360 words) - 00:02, 25 March 2024
- Chinoiserie is the catch-all term for decorations involving Chinese ... Westerners appear in many works of Indian, Chinese, and Japanese artists. In ...18 KB (2,670 words) - 01:22, 18 November 2022
- biosphere. One thousand Tibetan and Qiang Chinese live in the valleys. They ... logging took place until 1979, when the Chinese government banned such activity ...16 KB (2,461 words) - 13:25, 1 August 2022
- a number of reasons, including religion, language, customs, culture, and shared ... or culture, especially with concern to language, behavior, customs, and ...38 KB (5,665 words) - 04:36, 22 March 2024
- study with her brother, and to learn some Chinese and Buddhist classics, which ... She was careful to hide her knowledge of Chinese, fearing that she might ...11 KB (1,786 words) - 18:59, 10 November 2022
- developed. During a thousand years of Chinese domination starting in the ... Excavations of Chinese tombs in the area indicate that during the ...37 KB (5,882 words) - 20:18, 3 May 2023
- The rest of the population of Belize is Chinese, East Indian, and North American. The official language of Belize is English. It is the sole language ...24 KB (3,477 words) - 11:57, 9 May 2024
- school, he read widely from Japanese and Chinese literature and translated ... by the sense residing in the English and Chinese languages. For him a word ...12 KB (1,885 words) - 18:27, 22 December 2022
- Chinese architecture refers to a style of architecture that has taken ... grander scale. Since the Tang Dynasty, Chinese architecture has had a major ...41 KB (6,198 words) - 17:00, 10 December 2023
- and the first movable type was invented by Chinese Bi Sheng between ... carved into them, was first recorded in Chinese history, and was in use ...16 KB (2,461 words) - 15:05, 1 August 2022
- diverged from the ancestors of the Han Chinese about 5,000–6,000 years ... China to constitute the Zhonghua Minzu or Chinese nation, although in anthropological ...35 KB (5,227 words) - 23:25, 30 April 2023
- This spice is popular in North African, Middle Eastern, Western Chinese ... many other Arabic words in the English language, cumin was acquired through ...12 KB (1,736 words) - 19:46, 11 May 2020
- Gansu, Shaanxi, and Tibet. While the Chinese dragon has been historically ... The Chinese language name for the giant panda, 大熊貓, literally ...26 KB (4,054 words) - 11:57, 26 May 2023
- related to conceptual components of language and logic, and generally ... collection of written maxims, based on the Chinese model. Many of the moral ...28 KB (4,111 words) - 09:55, 1 April 2024
- of eliminating material objects from language and replacing them with ... this manner we would end up with a "Chinese box series of propositions ...13 KB (2,023 words) - 02:56, 24 November 2022
- Liu Pang), was the first Emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty (漢朝). He ... to prominence. Under Gaozu’s reign, the Chinese imperial system assumed ...17 KB (2,890 words) - 20:34, 31 December 2021
- two major collections are the Pi-yen lu (Chinese: “Blue Cliff Records”; ... The Dhyana (Chinese: Ch'an; Japanese: Zen) school of Buddhism ...33 KB (5,103 words) - 03:57, 4 March 2023
- of the Emperor was set up and the Chinese language and measures were forcibly ... several major dialects within the Chinese language itself. The most spoken ...48 KB (7,186 words) - 19:00, 23 March 2024
- Asia including Japan, China (Ch'an in Chinese), Vietnam (Thien) and Korea ... thing" or "absence" ([[Chinese language|Chinese]]: wú, Japanese: ...37 KB (5,736 words) - 05:46, 13 June 2023
- resolve what it sees as inconsistencies in Chinese Mahayana Buddhism. Early ... traditions that bear the imprint of Chinese Ch'an teachings, as ...32 KB (4,825 words) - 20:07, 15 August 2021
- name Singapore is derived from the Malay language words singa (lion) and pura ... English language was promoted over the Chinese language. ...31 KB (4,282 words) - 00:11, 29 December 2023
- known as the Spice Islands by the Chinese and Europeans, but this ... to conduct spice business. Arab and Chinese traders frequently visited ...21 KB (3,241 words) - 06:40, 5 November 2022
- (Sun Tzu's Military Method) is an ancient Chinese military treatise ... and analysis of the fifth-century B.C.E. Chinese military, from weapons, ...35 KB (5,067 words) - 15:13, 30 April 2023
- major city, and in contrast to other major Chinese cities, has only a few ancient ... their capital, building large modern Chinese residential areas, with ...46 KB (6,727 words) - 19:55, 21 April 2023
- The ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba; '銀杏' in Chinese; plural ginkgoes ... may have been tended and preserved by Chinese monks for over 1,000 years ...22 KB (3,334 words) - 07:46, 24 January 2023
- :For dragons in Oriental cultures see Chinese dragon cultures have perceived them differently. Chinese dragons, and Eastern dragons ...20 KB (3,239 words) - 17:31, 30 January 2024
- century B.C.E. during Shang Dynasty (Chinese: 商朝) or Yin Dynasty ... Qin Shi Huang (Chinese: 秦始皇; pinyin: Qín Shǐhuáng; Wade-Giles: ...36 KB (5,590 words) - 17:34, 25 January 2023
- to describe the methods applied by the Chinese communists in their attempts ... In the formal discourses of the Chinese Communist Party, the more ...29 KB (4,296 words) - 22:37, 20 November 2023
- Japan's justification for abducting Korean, Chinese, and Southeast ... across Asia, predominantly Korean and Chinese, are believed to have been ...27 KB (3,743 words) - 00:07, 8 January 2024
- **Chinese Orthodox Church† *Under the Patriarchate of Romania **Metropolitan Church of Bessarabia *Under the Patriarchate of Peć (Church of Serbia) ...9 KB (1,277 words) - 19:40, 22 August 2023
- in China as the West Dowager Empress (Chinese: 西太后), was from the ... ranking Manchu official named Huizheng (Chinese: 惠征) of the Manchu Yehenara ...56 KB (8,700 words) - 18:30, 13 February 2024
- The origins of Brunei are only dimly known. Chinese and Arabic records ... China and died there. At that time, the Chinese admiral Zheng He described ...30 KB (4,444 words) - 04:42, 22 November 2023
- Although large Chinese bridges existed in wooden construction since the ancient Warring States, the oldest surviving stone bridge in China is ...14 KB (2,066 words) - 20:15, 11 March 2024
- called "influence" in everyday language. Habit energies can become ... in English has been carried out on the Chinese Yogācāra traditions. ...17 KB (2,529 words) - 11:10, 25 May 2023
- the secret of papermaking was obtained from two Chinese prisoners from the Battle of Talas in 751, which led to the first paper mill in the Islamic ...15 KB (2,116 words) - 01:14, 21 April 2023
- thumb|A pair of bronze cymbals from the Chinese Jin dynasty (1115–1234)]] ... [[Image:Chinese New Year Seattle 2007 - 25.jpg|thumb|left|Chinese ...15 KB (2,396 words) - 20:32, 28 December 2023
- by 635 C.E., and its relics can still be seen in Chinese cities such as Xi'an. About the same time, Nestorian Christianity penetrated into Mongolia ...10 KB (1,525 words) - 16:23, 11 November 2022
- that after their decisive defeat by the Chinese in 428-431, some of the ... in 1571. After failing to defeat the Chinese, he made peace with the ...35 KB (5,051 words) - 13:11, 10 March 2023
- Army Intelligence Corps where he learned Chinese (via Confucian texts) mainly ... he also studied Sanskrit and Pali, the language of the Buddhist scriptures ...21 KB (3,067 words) - 09:56, 11 March 2023
- of an embassy sent to the West by the Chinese Emperor Ming (58-75 C.E ... The eastern part of Central Asia (Chinese Turkestan (Tarim Basin ...37 KB (5,547 words) - 18:34, 22 November 2023
- The Altay Mountains, Russian Altay, Mongolian Altayn Nuruu, Chinese ... to the West Siberian Plain, through Chinese, Mongolian, Russian, and ...16 KB (2,479 words) - 08:35, 23 July 2023
- that of the principle of Yin and Yang in ancient Chinese thought. Anaximander cultivated the path of truth his teacher Thales had opened up by ...7 KB (1,099 words) - 19:08, 26 July 2023
- outside of the sub-caste, one’s own language, or province as long as ... Even though arranged marriages were once the norm in Chinese society ...25 KB (3,836 words) - 02:27, 9 January 2023
- differed from the detachment of typical Chinese and Japanese Buddhist poetry. ... from the detachment of typical Buddhist, Chinese, and Japanese poetry. ...14 KB (2,344 words) - 18:56, 22 December 2022
- and during this period the Hindus and Chinese advanced various dental ... org/dentistryhome.asp#a1b Egyptians and chinese]. Indian Dental Association ...16 KB (2,245 words) - 16:53, 26 September 2020
- key figure in establishing German as the language of scholarly instruction ... oration On the Practical Philosophy of the Chinese (Oratio de Sinarum philosophia ...17 KB (2,487 words) - 21:08, 10 December 2023
- as haiþno in Ulfilas's Gothic language Bible (fourth century) as ... Chinese religious devotees, See Chinese Rites Controversy. See also ...24 KB (3,484 words) - 10:58, 11 March 2023
- saucer-shaped caps of cloth, like a beret) or a Chinese skullcap. A famous Californian rabbi, the Moldavian Rabbi Benjamin ben Benjamin (Rabbi Benjamin ...15 KB (2,303 words) - 10:14, 22 May 2023
- Traditional Chinese medicine (also known as TCM, s=中医学|t=中醫學 ... in the 1950s by the PRC in order to export Chinese medicine; there is no equivalent ...53 KB (7,935 words) - 04:54, 1 May 2023
- seized the throne (the first and only Chinese Empress to rule in her own ... regarded by historians as a high point in Chinese civilization—equal to ...40 KB (6,123 words) - 00:13, 10 February 2024
- I consult also [sic] an author in Malay language so that I can do it in proper ... anthem in Malay: "The indigenous language of the region, as English ...17 KB (2,551 words) - 00:16, 22 October 2023
- including Gestalt psychology and Chinese Medicine. == Holism as a ... in the Far Eastern traditions as well. Chinese yin-yang philosophy views ...23 KB (3,318 words) - 16:10, 25 January 2023
- In the Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese languages, the planet's name is literally translated as the "sky king star," ...17 KB (2,530 words) - 13:36, 3 May 2023
- harbor, it was known to Roman, Arab, and Chinese traders over 2,000 years ... English was established as the main language for governance, until after ...25 KB (3,677 words) - 22:37, 7 January 2024
- === Developments in Chinese === Due to the place of its first appearance ... * The earliest Chinese literary reference to magnetism lies in a fourth ...26 KB (3,954 words) - 00:20, 8 January 2024
- By then, he had gained fluency in French, Chinese, Sanskrit, Pali, Japanese, and English, in addition to his native Vietnamese. In 1963, he ...19 KB (2,907 words) - 18:34, 30 April 2023
- towards foreign traders, including the Chinese, Vietnamese, Indians, Japanese ... subjugation, however, by an opportune Chinese invasion of Burma and by ...29 KB (4,487 words) - 06:07, 10 January 2023
- become more widely used as a platform and language for server-side and other ... JavaScript, on the other hand, is a scripting language that was initially ...31 KB (4,531 words) - 13:58, 20 May 2023
- Chinese painting is one of the oldest continuous artistic traditions ... There are three main subjects of Chinese painting: human figures, ...47 KB (7,130 words) - 17:04, 10 December 2023
- in the Persian Gulf; and Filipinos and Chinese throughout the world. And ... host nations. Examples include Afghan, Chinese, Irish, Iraqi, Jewish, and ...16 KB (2,452 words) - 11:56, 29 January 2024
- ===Foreign language editions=== foreign edition in 1890, the Spanish-language La America Cientifica. Publication ...13 KB (1,844 words) - 17:24, 25 January 2023
- letters most commonly used in the English language were assigned the shortest ... Morse code when it is taught as a language that is heard, instead of ...27 KB (4,108 words) - 13:14, 10 March 2023
- its grip on China, integrated with Han Chinese culture, and saw the height ... The Qing Dynasty was founded not by the Han Chinese, who form the ...45 KB (7,044 words) - 07:44, 3 July 2022
- because some historians consider it a Chinese occupation while others ... In 939 C.E., the Vietnamese defeated Chinese forces at the Battle ...34 KB (4,939 words) - 20:16, 3 May 2023
- are unseen unless the fig is cut open. In Chinese, the fig is called "fruit ... modesty or shield of some kind has entered the language. ...16 KB (2,692 words) - 19:39, 26 March 2024
- of the positions of Parmenides. The Chinese philosopher Hui Shi independently ... Paradoxes that arise from apparently intelligible uses of language ...14 KB (2,272 words) - 07:43, 18 November 2022
- Dr. John Willinsky in the Department of Language and Literacy EducationThe ... | language = English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese ...14 KB (1,916 words) - 23:35, 2 December 2022
- Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Chinese philosophy were all men ... Chinese philosopher Mencius outlined the Three Subordinations: A woman ...28 KB (4,138 words) - 18:57, 23 March 2023
- for a sort of proto-baklava is found in a Chinese cookbook written in 1330 ... name "phyllo" comes from Greek language, meaning "leaf." ...10 KB (1,501 words) - 05:50, 26 August 2023
- There were three language groups in the Sydney region; these were ... were Australian, English, Irish, and Chinese. The census also recorded ...33 KB (4,682 words) - 01:54, 27 February 2023
- him in Macao to start learning the Chinese language and customs. and a scientist. He mastered the Chinese language and entered China in ...58 KB (8,323 words) - 21:09, 10 December 2023
- and Naraka (hell). Ningen consists of two Chinese characters, nin and gen ... continues to maintain a relationship with language, shelter, food, clothing ...13 KB (1,961 words) - 23:19, 3 May 2023
- celebrated in other cultures, such as the Chinese New Year which occurs based ... In Asia, the Chinese New Year, based on the lunisolar calendar, is ...24 KB (3,673 words) - 09:31, 11 March 2023
- purposes for each: Similar to human use of language. * Body language—at least 90 different visual displays play a vital ...19 KB (2,899 words) - 06:15, 11 January 2024
- the local capital of the Imperial Chinese Tang Dynasty (618 – 907 ... The first imperial palace was built in the Chinese style. The most prosperous ...24 KB (3,621 words) - 13:28, 24 January 2023
- ) is a form of Chinese opera which arose in the late eighteenth century ... Nancy A. Guy, "The Appreciation of Chinese Opera: A Reply to Ching ...41 KB (6,269 words) - 18:41, 11 January 2023
- and spiritual aspects of a person. In Chinese medicine, traditional chakra ... where it was absorbed and harmonized with Chinese concepts of the flow of ...24 KB (3,564 words) - 17:25, 30 September 2021
- and along with a group of experienced Chinese engineers, they were experts ... Later, though, when Kublai began to adopt many Chinese laws and customs ...30 KB (4,683 words) - 19:57, 9 November 2022
- *Chinese are mainly descendants of the earliest nineteenth-century ... Dutch is the official language of Suriname, but Sranan Tongo serves ...30 KB (4,282 words) - 12:07, 17 April 2024
- and subject to stiff competition from Chinese and English traders. ... markets became saturated. Dozens of Chinese sugar traders went bankrupt ...19 KB (2,812 words) - 17:23, 12 February 2024
- New Guinea. The expansion of Austronesian-language speakers through the area ... Minister Snyder Rini had used bribes from Chinese businessmen to buy the votes ...21 KB (3,040 words) - 14:00, 3 May 2024
- attracted Indonesian and especially Chinese immigrants, in increasing ... from various parts of Indonesia. The language and culture of these immigrants ...29 KB (4,012 words) - 08:43, 18 March 2024
- to read and write, or the ability to use language to read, write, listen, ... speak." L.C. Moats, Speech to Print: Language Essentials for Teachers ...24 KB (3,587 words) - 04:28, 29 October 2022
- Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Ed. Retrieved May 08 ... prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics. The Chinese outdoor gyms blend the ideas ...13 KB (1,987 words) - 06:47, 28 July 2023
- the Bengalis, Marwaris, Anglo-Indian, Chinese, Biharis, and Tibetans who ... Kalimpong include Nepali, the predominant language, Lepcha, Limbu, Tamang, ...23 KB (3,408 words) - 02:28, 5 October 2022
- In the Japanese language, the name “Showa” means “bright peace” ... "ABCD Powers" (America, British, Chinese, and Dutch) were threatening ...23 KB (3,509 words) - 07:56, 7 October 2022
- to produce new art-forms, and a new language, Urdu. At times, followers ... become thoroughly Turkicized in terms of language and habits. Additionally ...22 KB (3,337 words) - 23:37, 30 April 2023
- C.E. one of the most famous battles in Chinese history and a central event ... this period, he elucidated the theory of “Chinese learning as the base, Western ...37 KB (5,359 words) - 14:07, 20 May 2023
- one word from another in a particular language. Phonemes that are established ... exactly what phonemes are and how a given language should be analyzed in phonemic ...45 KB (6,537 words) - 15:24, 25 February 2023
- The official language is English, the language of all government documents ... a steady flow of foreign workers, mostly Chinese women, into the textile ...28 KB (4,021 words) - 00:49, 9 November 2022
- Pararaton (Book of Kings) written in Kawi language and Nagarakertagama in Old ... However, the basic outline corresponds with Chinese records that could ...26 KB (3,833 words) - 05:33, 5 November 2022
- The Igbo people largely speak the Igbo language, a tonal language ... * Afigbo, A.E. Igbo Language and Culture. Oxford University Press, 1975. ...21 KB (3,253 words) - 16:00, 12 February 2024
- as he devoured newspapers and German language socialist pamphlets. ... itself in government policy with the U.S. Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, which ...14 KB (2,176 words) - 01:17, 21 April 2023
- The term curry (meaning “a stew”) existed in the English language ... since become a staple among the Malays and Chinese too. Malaysian curries differ ...30 KB (4,736 words) - 06:48, 12 January 2024
- The main language of the Rocky Mountains is English. But there are ... frontier to cross from east to west and Chinese workers were among those ...17 KB (2,479 words) - 02:29, 16 December 2022
- human history, the beginnings of written language. While spoken language allows ... “hieroglyphic” to refer to both the language as a whole and the individual ...20 KB (3,009 words) - 15:47, 25 January 2023
- new home. Maintaining Korean culture and language has proven a challenge for ... As Russians had prohibited the Korean language for decades, subsequent ...27 KB (3,743 words) - 04:36, 4 March 2023
- Bhajans are often simple songs in lyrical language expressing emotions of love ... Chinese Sanqu poetry was a Chinese poetic genre from the Jin Dynasty ...22 KB (3,069 words) - 23:36, 26 July 2021
- to make a soft drink. Bamboo is used in Chinese medicine for treating infections ... first emerge from the soil, are called in Chinese, zhú sǔn (simplified: ...29 KB (4,488 words) - 04:24, 11 January 2023
- An English classification system for Chinese language materials. ... * Chinese Library Classification (CLC) * Korean Decimal Classification ...25 KB (3,639 words) - 22:33, 25 October 2022
- become a staple of power and status in the Chinese government, and that the ... *Yang Yuhuan, one of the most famous Chinese concubines. ...20 KB (2,953 words) - 08:14, 14 January 2023
- ) is a Chinese word for an enlightened person or “immortal." ... ) are a group of legendary xian in Chinese mythology, first described ...38 KB (6,009 words) - 14:30, 20 May 2023
- ) (CE 78–139) was a Chinese polymath, being a astronomer, mathematician ... Reconstruction Designs of Lost Ancient Chinese Machinery. (Dordrecht: Springer ...53 KB (7,780 words) - 16:31, 19 January 2024
- The Chinese were the second group of immigrants to arrive after the ... Tagalog is the third most spoken language at 5.4 percent, followed ...23 KB (3,378 words) - 17:31, 30 January 2022
- Kazakhs, Russians, Uzbeks, Germans, Poles, Chinese, among others. The city ... Russian, which is the official language, is used in everyday business ...17 KB (2,420 words) - 08:16, 23 July 2023
- quot; style="background: #ccf;" | Chinese Name ... top: 1px solid" | Traditional Chinese: | width="120" ...42 KB (6,114 words) - 09:44, 1 April 2024
- still conducting their written work in Chinese, the early Catholics used ... which was much easier to read than the Chinese script studied by the aristocracy ...28 KB (4,148 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- as well as institutions for Japanese and Chinese literature, occidental studies ... literature, and the Seishu Collection of Chinese classics and Japanese literature ...19 KB (2,825 words) - 22:33, 23 June 2023
- ) Renan defined a nation, not by common language or common culture, but by ... sharing common characteristics (such as language), Renan defined it by the ...23 KB (3,624 words) - 19:32, 13 February 2024
- *Asparagus cochinchinensis - Chinese Asparagus *Asparagus declinatus ... grass," thus showing convergent language evolution. ...14 KB (2,081 words) - 04:48, 18 August 2023
- The word Thai (ไทย) means "freedom" in the Thai language ... More than 85 percent speak a Thai language and share a common culture ...33 KB (4,876 words) - 15:05, 30 April 2023
- ===English-language films=== Antonioni then signed a deal with producer ... but it was severely denounced by the Chinese authorities as "anti ...19 KB (2,837 words) - 17:12, 9 November 2022
- hunting for meat (despite being protected under Chinese law)—which is their most serious threat—and from interbreeding between wild and domestic ...13 KB (1,988 words) - 10:03, 22 May 2023
- great power for much of the era, defeating Chinese invasions several times ... the Korean alphabet, as an alternative to Chinese characters, previously the ...45 KB (6,490 words) - 11:38, 1 February 2024
- The name “Rokumeikan” comes from a Chinese classic, the Shi Jing ... James Legge. "The She King, Part II," in The Chinese Classics: ...14 KB (2,063 words) - 02:43, 16 December 2022
- pegmatite of Western Australia, and some Chinese and Chilean sources. Yet, spodumene is becoming less important as a source of lithium due to ...8 KB (1,146 words) - 21:42, 7 February 2023
- Brazilians, Canadians, Chileans, Chinese, Colombians, Cubans, Dominicans ... As of 2000, speakers of Spanish as their first language accounted ...30 KB (4,379 words) - 10:37, 10 March 2023
- also pronounced ai, although a different Chinese character (愛) is used ... The Japanese character for ki (Qi in Chinese) is a symbolic representation ...23 KB (3,645 words) - 06:57, 16 June 2023
- the family shrines of his Nepalese and Chinese wives, who were both Buddhists ... Chinese painting had a profound influence on Tibetan painting. Starting ...39 KB (5,852 words) - 23:25, 30 April 2023
- * Asian ethnic groups (mostly Indian and Chinese): 0.5 percent. ... English is the official language, though only two percent consider ...26 KB (3,749 words) - 06:06, 13 June 2023
- it includes codes of manners, dress, language, religion, rituals, norms ... of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom (Gordon ...40 KB (5,823 words) - 13:34, 4 July 2023
- similar to the sometimes grotesque faces on Chinese soldiers’ shields, also used generally as an amulet, a protection against the evil eye. ...11 KB (1,834 words) - 04:53, 26 December 2022
- | language = Multilingual | registration = Optional ... also announced that Bing's official Chinese name is bì yìng, which ...23 KB (3,241 words) - 07:45, 9 March 2023
- for Japanese (90 percent), Korean, and Chinese tourists. With over 20 large ... are English and Chamorro. The Chamorro language, which is spoken throughout ...22 KB (3,229 words) - 03:09, 26 February 2023
- Ahn Chang-ho was educated in classical Chinese studies at a local ... In 1895, Japan defeated China and drove the Chinese from the Korean ...16 KB (2,495 words) - 06:55, 16 June 2023
- the modern name for a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument of the ... (with movable bridges)"), another Chinese long zither also without ...45 KB (6,609 words) - 01:21, 15 July 2023
- been recorded for thousands of years. The Chinese book of Lie Yi talks of ... of the traditional circus style include: Chinese circus—using mainly rings ...19 KB (3,000 words) - 09:05, 12 May 2024
- World Cup. After Hurricane Ivan, the Chinese government had paid for ... The official language, English, is used in the government. But Grenadian ...26 KB (3,667 words) - 18:33, 31 January 2023
- At the same time, the rising tide of Chinese nationalism and notions ... In Chinese, the war is most commonly known as the War of Resistance ...68 KB (9,889 words) - 17:42, 25 January 2023
- Aceh is a diverse region occupied by several ethnic and language groups ... The Acehnese language (Basa Aceh) is widely spoken within the Acehnese ...19 KB (2,798 words) - 07:32, 14 June 2023
- largest population.H. Yoon, "An early Chinese idea of a dynamic environmental ... land. The Incas did not have any written language but recorded information ...12 KB (1,796 words) - 23:49, 3 December 2023
- of a current situation (Compare the ancient Chinese I Ching). The Old Testament was sometimes used for similar arcane purposes. Even in the Welsh ...15 KB (2,361 words) - 20:33, 3 May 2023
- Amerindian (one percent), and Asian (Chinese, Taiwanese, and Japanese ... Italians, Germans, Japanese, Koreans, Chinese, Arabs, Brazilians, and ...19 KB (2,690 words) - 18:39, 19 August 2023
- In the Chinese language, the incident is most commonly known as the ... names which have been used in the Chinese language include June Fourth ...57 KB (8,680 words) - 14:07, 14 January 2024
- explorers reached the Cape of Good Hope, Chinese, Arabian, or Indian explorers/merchants ... The Khoikhoi were originally part of a pastoral culture and language ...15 KB (2,280 words) - 00:36, 13 January 2023
- further alienated Mao Zedong. As the Chinese Cultural Revolution proceeded ... phrase, ambiguous both in the English language and in the Russian language ...21 KB (3,122 words) - 20:28, 9 March 2022
- to abandon their offensive and return to Chinese territory. In 1277, Narathihapate ... small fortified town in an area overrun by Chinese legions, and became an important ...24 KB (3,647 words) - 06:14, 18 November 2022
- culture. Korean dramas enjoy success in Chinese speaking nations of China ... of new European, Canadian, South American, Chinese and even Japanese films ...25 KB (3,777 words) - 02:45, 8 January 2024
- is no evidence that they utilized written language, although they did use the ... the Spaniards did impose their language to the degree they did their ...34 KB (4,744 words) - 15:36, 4 February 2023
- Beijing (during which the destruction of the Chinese Imperial Old Summer Palace was begun…). He assisted in the re-embarkation of the troops before ...19 KB (2,878 words) - 04:34, 18 April 2024
- first the Dutch and then the English language. During the period from ... was instructed to learn the Dutch language in order to study European ...17 KB (2,582 words) - 07:16, 15 April 2024
- Bengali or Bangla is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian ... The Bengali language, with its long and rich literary tradition, serves ...46 KB (6,448 words) - 09:13, 27 September 2023
- with Indonesian as their second language. While the majority of Javanese ... Both Muslim traders from India as well as Chinese merchants visited Java during ...34 KB (5,087 words) - 01:03, 9 February 2023
- authors were still obligated to use the language and the rhetoric of the ... through his usage of figurative language. According to Gates, “ ...19 KB (2,802 words) - 16:52, 2 May 2023
- Beijing (Chinese: 北京; pinyin: Běijīng; pei˨˩ tɕɪŋ˥˥ ... Peking is the name of the city according to Chinese Postal Map Romanization ...59 KB (8,054 words) - 10:27, 26 September 2023
- humans from animals and made spoken language possible. In The Principles ... and poetry. The ancient Japanese language contained very few abstract ...15 KB (2,253 words) - 06:45, 14 June 2023
- Some 54 Chinese engineers went to the US for training. The original ... #039; worsening situation in the Chinese Civil War. last=Harrell |first ...109 KB (14,087 words) - 23:55, 3 February 2024
- Wu Hu (Chinese: 五胡; pinyin: Wǔ Hú; literally "Five Hu" ... 304, which resulted in the sacking of the Chinese capitals at Luoyang (311 ...40 KB (5,990 words) - 02:37, 16 November 2022
- labor, the British brought in Indian and Chinese indentured servants in the ... second largest ethnic group, followed by Chinese, European, and Arab (primarily ...22 KB (3,252 words) - 23:13, 3 March 2023
- * the distinction between elaborate language, which is seen as a criterion ... Traditional Chinese society divided workers based on the perceived ...31 KB (4,685 words) - 15:01, 27 April 2023
- and the countries of eastern Asia subject to Chinese cultural influence, such as Japan, Korea and Vietnam, use a naming system based on the five ...37 KB (5,416 words) - 07:49, 24 November 2022
- of the page that capture the eye, and the language to be read. Effective typography ... is required for full literacy in Chinese language. It was faster to carve ...43 KB (6,355 words) - 00:40, 3 May 2023
- containing mugwort are used in traditional Chinese medicine for moxibustion ... commonly produced by the Indians and the Chinese. When used for worship in ...32 KB (4,937 words) - 12:45, 4 March 2024
- The earliest known herbal was compiled by Chinese emperor Shen Nung sometime ... written sources (e.g., Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda), ...15 KB (2,113 words) - 04:35, 22 March 2024
- well as the use of Kawi (an old Javanese language) by the aristocracy. ... ==== Language ==== Balinese and Indonesian are the most widely spoken ...19 KB (2,723 words) - 05:53, 26 August 2023
- in the Central Asian kingdom of Saman. Chinese documents record that the Uyghur Manichaean clerics came to China to pay tribute to the imperial ...9 KB (1,391 words) - 02:52, 6 November 2022
- played the rival Russian, Japanese and Chinese sides off of each other ... into pieces by the Japanese, Russians, Chinese and other powers who had ...17 KB (2,290 words) - 20:45, 31 December 2021
- Japanese Buddhism, especially among the Chinese school of Hua-Yen, and the ... *Bucknell, Roderick, and Martin Stuart-Fox. 1986. The Twilight Language: ...10 KB (1,419 words) - 14:09, 3 May 2023
- hopeiensis Dode, J. stenocarpa Maxim.) – Chinese or Manchurian walnut ... In traditional Chinese medicine, walnut seeds are primarily considered ...19 KB (2,858 words) - 22:08, 3 May 2023
- comes to these positions through study of language and from semiotics, rather ... perspective of non-Westerners (African and Chinese scholars), as defined by ...23 KB (3,384 words) - 01:32, 3 May 2023
- to appear in untranslated form in English-language North Korean works from ... as a result of the influence of the Chinese Army's five-year occupation ...20 KB (3,127 words) - 06:36, 28 February 2023
- The British also brought in Indian and Chinese indentured servants in the ... on the Island are: East Indian, White, Chinese, and Mixed race. Immigrants ...31 KB (4,663 words) - 01:31, 8 February 2023
- *the Confucian canon of Chinese classic texts Thus the concept of a ... interpretation, authority, translation, language, literacy, and even power ...38 KB (5,920 words) - 17:30, 25 January 2023
- from a pre-Indo-European Mediterranean language, connected with the Illyrian ... century C.E., featured square towers. The Chinese used towers as integrated ...15 KB (2,136 words) - 16:19, 29 April 2024
- key factor. The term entered the English language in the United States in ... 1998 were a series of riots against ethnic Chinese Indonesians in Jakarta and ...15 KB (2,310 words) - 19:19, 11 August 2022
- Go or Igo in Japanese (囲碁), Weiqi in Chinese (圍棋, 围棋) ... pronunciation "go" of the Chinese characters 棋/碁; in ...59 KB (9,909 words) - 08:05, 24 January 2023
- is the English name for a cluster of Chinese religious and philosophical ... # a family of organized Chinese religious movements, such as the Zhengyi ...58 KB (8,657 words) - 22:14, 25 January 2024
- Dynasty on several voyages to the Western Ocean (Chinese name for the Indian Ocean) and reached the coastal country of East Africa. ...15 KB (2,187 words) - 18:45, 7 February 2023
- "Man" as expressed in the Chinese character (人). The open ... Yonsei University hosts the Korean Language Institute (KLI), reputed ...28 KB (3,704 words) - 21:29, 4 June 2023
- Norodom Sihamoni is fluent in the Czech language. The judiciary should ... is of Khmer origin and speaks the Khmer language, the country's official ...32 KB (4,636 words) - 18:49, 25 November 2023
- Prose is a form of written or spoken language that follows the natural ... Early Chinese prose was deeply influenced by the great philosophical ...35 KB (5,051 words) - 18:29, 28 February 2023
- the Bengalis, Marwaris, Anglo-Indians, Chinese, Biharis and Tibetans. Nepali ... of traditional Indian, continental and Chinese cuisines to cater to the ...33 KB (4,712 words) - 06:27, 15 January 2023
- In Chinese, Betelgeuse is known as zh-Latn|Shēnsùsì ( zh|参宿四 ), or the "Fourth Star of the Constellation of Three Stars," because ...16 KB (2,302 words) - 17:58, 29 September 2023
- on the Standard Spoken and Written Chinese Language (Order of the President ... and other varieties of Chinese language: Yue (including Cantonese ...89 KB (11,967 words) - 17:55, 26 March 2023
- L. pumilum, and especially L. brownii (Chinese: 百合 干; pinyin: bǎihé ... * Taxonomy of Chinese species (various sections): [http://www.efloras ...20 KB (2,868 words) - 08:42, 8 March 2023
- According to some accounts, traders from the court of the Chinese ... Greeks as well as Romans, Jews, Arabs, and Chinese since ancient times. ...42 KB (5,911 words) - 04:06, 4 March 2023
- Indian, European, Middle Eastern and Chinese people, many who settled ... Trinidadian/European, Sino-Trinidadian/Chinese and Arab-Trinidadian/Syrian ...48 KB (7,150 words) - 17:39, 2 May 2023
- of Tibet, he did try to work with the Chinese government until 1959. During ... what he believed to be traditional language, history, religion, and ...36 KB (5,468 words) - 03:45, 30 April 2023
- The Arawak culture is still evident in language and traditions. The Arawak ... Dutch (official), Papiamento (national language), Spanish, English. ...22 KB (3,174 words) - 17:44, 16 August 2023
- nuclear strikes were discussed once the Chinese became involved). ... influx of Koreans who had served with the Chinese People’s Liberation Army ...51 KB (7,713 words) - 04:35, 4 March 2023
- Amerindians; the remainder being whites, Chinese, and mixed. ... and creoles, East Indians, Amerindians, Chinese, and Europeans (mostly British ...31 KB (4,442 words) - 05:41, 27 July 2023
- that miracle under the Gandamba tree. The Chinese pilgrim Hiouen Thsang (Xuanzang 600 - 664) found the old city in ruins, but recorded the sites ...17 KB (2,630 words) - 16:17, 8 February 2023
- He also invented the Lisp programming language. Joseph Weizenbaum built ... Colmerauer developed the Prolog computer language. Ted Shortliffe demonstrated ...15 KB (2,061 words) - 17:40, 16 August 2023
- British model was introduced. The local Chinese population had little contact ... as Hakka and Teochew. Cantonese, a Chinese language commonly spoken in southern ...55 KB (8,196 words) - 16:16, 25 January 2023
- in Korean society, an adoption of Chinese culture, and a golden age ... Korean dynasties, similar to Chinese dynasties, pass through a birth ...39 KB (5,700 words) - 15:30, 6 May 2024
- Pol Pot, in domestic political struggles Chinese and Cambodian communists ... quot; in Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Communist Party (Lanham ...44 KB (5,878 words) - 20:20, 30 October 2022
- speak Spanish. French is the third most spoken language at 0.7 percent, followed by Chinese at 0.5 percent and German at 0.5 percent. In 2006, legislation ...25 KB (3,617 words) - 09:17, 28 January 2024
- closed due to heavy fighting during the Indo-Chinese war. ... halls featuring Nepali, Hindi and English language films. The town also has ...22 KB (3,354 words) - 04:26, 18 April 2024
- animals able to communicate using language and also rather clever, ... ;Chinese dragon: Also appearing in other East Asian cultures, it is ...32 KB (4,984 words) - 22:44, 10 November 2022
- Africa where Spanish is an official language (excluding the Spanish exclaves ... and Mozambique, and Asians are mostly Chinese. Equatorial Guinea also ...26 KB (3,689 words) - 19:14, 13 February 2024
- revolutions of 1919, but also later the Chinese Revolution of 1927) which ... and the cat did not converse in human language they would not be interested ...28 KB (3,944 words) - 18:00, 8 December 2022
- decent). Another one percent is ethnically Chinese. In addition, there are ... popular being Buddhism (due to a growing Chinese community of 40,000). There ...23 KB (3,329 words) - 08:16, 10 January 2024
- The country's name in the Lao language is "Muang Lao." ... pressure from the expansion of the Han Chinese, the Tai began to migrate ...33 KB (5,048 words) - 06:54, 4 March 2023
