紅小兵

ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄅㄧㄥ

/xʊŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ piŋ⁵⁵/

/xʊŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ piŋ⁵⁵/

少先隊

name of the same organisation prior to and after the Cultural Revolution

Cultural Revolution
Cultural Revolution#English

(historical) Little Red Guards (school children's organisation during the Cultural Revolution in China)


閹黨

/jɛn⁵⁵ tɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jiːm⁵⁵ tɔːŋ³⁵/

/jɛn⁵⁵ tɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jiːm⁵⁵ tɔːŋ³⁵/

(historical) eunuch clique (especially Wei Zhongxian's faction during late Ming dynasty)


漢魏

/xän⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹/

/xän⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹/

the Han (202 BCE–220 CE) through Wei (220–266 CE) dynasties

Cao Wei
Chen dynasty
Eastern Han dynasty
Eastern Wei
Eastern Wu
Eastern Zhou dynasty
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
Han dynasty
Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
Jin dynasty (265–420)
Liang dynasty
Liao dynasty
Liu Song dynasty
Ming dynasty
Northern Qi
Northern Wei
Northern Zhou
Northern and Southern dynasties
Qin dynasty
Qing dynasty
Shang dynasty
Shu Han
Song dynasty
Southern Qi
Southern and Northern dynasties
Spring and Autumn period
Sui dynasty
Tang dynasty
Three Kingdoms
Warring States period
Western Han dynasty
Western Liao
Western Wei
Western Xia
Western Zhou dynasty
Xia dynasty
Xin dynasty
Yuan dynasty
Zhou dynasty


阿米

Phono-semantic matching of Korean 아미 (ami, “ARMY”), from the initialism of English "Adorable Representative MC for Youth".

psm

/ˀä⁵⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/aː³³ mɐi̯¹³/

/ˀä⁵⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/aː³³ mɐi̯¹³/

(South Korean idol fandom) A.R.M.Y., fans of idol group BTS.


頂神

/tiŋ⁵³ səŋ¹¹/

/tiŋ⁵³ səŋ¹¹/


成仙

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/


塞勒涅

ㄙㄞˋ ㄌㄜˋ ㄋㄧㄝˋ

/saɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ lɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ni̯ɛ⁵¹/

/saɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ lɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ni̯ɛ⁵¹/


哈得斯

/xä⁵⁵ tɤ³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/

/xä⁵⁵ tɤ³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/

(Greek mythology) Hades (The god of the underworld and ruler of the dead, son of Cronus and Rhea, brother of Zeus and Poseidon)


巴特寮

/pä⁵⁵ tʰɤ⁵¹ li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/

/paː⁵⁵ tɐk̚² liːu̯²¹/

/pä⁵⁵ tʰɤ⁵¹ li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/

/paː⁵⁵ tɐk̚² liːu̯²¹/

Borrowed from Lao ປະເທດລາວ (pa thēt lāo).


四代

Cao Wei
Chen dynasty
Eastern Han dynasty
Eastern Wei
Eastern Wu
Eastern Zhou dynasty
Emperor Shun
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
Han dynasty
Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
Jin dynasty (265–420)
Liang dynasty
Liao dynasty
Liu Song dynasty
Ming dynasty
Northern Qi
Northern Wei
Northern Zhou
Northern and Southern dynasties
Qin dynasty
Qing dynasty
Shang dynasty
Shu Han
Song dynasty
Southern Qi
Southern and Northern dynasties
Spring and Autumn period
Sui dynasty
Tang dynasty
Three Kingdoms
Warring States period
Western Han dynasty
Western Liao
Western Wei
Western Xia
Western Zhou dynasty
Xia dynasty
Xin dynasty
Yuan dynasty
Zhou dynasty

/sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ taɪ̯⁵¹/

/sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ taɪ̯⁵¹/

The Book of Documents likely emerged alongside with the advent of Chinese characters. When Confucius studied the texts preserved in the Zhou royal library, he obtained the historical records of the four dynasties—Yu, Xia, Shang, and Zhou. He selected the finest portions, compiling them into one hundred chapters spanning from the era of Yu down to the Zhou dynasty, and edited them with explanatory prefaces.

“shū” zhī suǒ xìng, gài yǔ wénzì jù qǐ. Kǒngzǐ guānshū Zhōushì, dé Yú, Xià, Shāng, Zhōu sìdài zhī diǎn, shān qí shàn zhě, shàng zì Yú, xià zhì Zhōu, wéi bǎi piān, biān ér xù zhī.

《書》之所興，蓋與文字俱起。孔子觀書周室，得虞、夏、商、周四代之典，刪其善者，上自虞，下至周，爲百篇，編而序之。

《书》之所兴，盖与文字俱起。孔子观书周室，得虞、夏、商、周四代之典，删其善者，上自虞，下至周，为百篇，编而序之。

(historical) the Four Dynasties, a collective name for the pre-imperial dynasties: Yu, Xia, Shang and Zhou


斯忒諾

/sz̩⁵⁵ tʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ nu̯ɔ⁵¹/

/sz̩⁵⁵ tʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ nu̯ɔ⁵¹/

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σθενώ (Sthenṓ, literally “forceful”).


歐律阿勒

/ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵ ly⁵¹ ˀä⁵⁵ lɤ⁵¹/

/ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵ ly⁵¹ ˀä⁵⁵ lɤ⁵¹/

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Εὐρυάλη (Euruálē, literally “far-roaming”).


元神

/ɥɛn³⁵ ʂən³⁵/

/ɥɛn³⁵ ʂən³⁵/

Actually, although Wu Cheng’en was a Confucian scholar, he wrote this book for entertainment. Its theme was not Taoist either, for the whole novel contains a few casual references only to the five elements; and the author was clearly no Buddhist, for the last chapter has some fantastic and utterly fanciful names of Buddhist sutras. Since there had long been talk about the common origin of the three religions, it was natural that a literary work should present readers with both Buddha and Lao Tzu, Buddhist concepts as well as Taoist, and that Buddhists, Taoists or Confucians alike should recognise their own philosophical views there.

1924, Lu Xun, A Brief History of Chinese Fiction（《中國小說史略》）, translated by Yang Xianyi & Gladys Yang

Rán zuòzhě suī rúshēng, cǐ shū zé shí chūyú yóuxì, yì fēi yǔ dào, gù quánshū jǐn ǒu jiàn wǔxíng shēng kè zhī chángtán, yóu wèi xué fó, gù mòhuí zhì yǒu huāngtángwújī zhī jīngmù, tè yuán hùntóng zhī jiào, liúxíng lái jiǔ, gù qí zhùzuò, nǎi yì Shìjiā yǔ Lǎojūn tóng liú, zhēnxìng yǔ yuánshén zá chū, shǐ sānjiào zhī tú, jiē dé suí yí fùhuì éryǐ.

然作者雖儒生，此書則實出於遊戲，亦非語道，故全書僅偶見五行生克之常談，尤未學佛，故末回至有荒唐無稽之經目，特緣混同之教，流行來久，故其著作，乃亦釋迦與老君同流，真性與元神雜出，使三教之徒，皆得隨宜附會而已。

然作者虽儒生，此书则实出于游戏，亦非语道，故全书仅偶见五行生克之常谈，尤未学佛，故末回至有荒唐无稽之经目，特缘混同之教，流行来久，故其著作，乃亦释迦与老君同流，真性与元神杂出，使三教之徒，皆得随宜附会而已。


修真

/ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/

/ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/

(Taoism) to cultivate one's true spiritual self


飛升

/feɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

/feɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

(Taoism) to ascend to heaven and become an immortal


天罡神

teng¹ gorng¹ sing² [Phonetic:teng⁵ ngorng⁵ ning²]

/tʰɛŋ⁵³³⁻²¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋɒŋ⁵³³⁻²¹ ^((ɬ-))niŋ¹³/

/tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sin²⁴/

/tʰiɛn³³ kɔŋ³³ sin²⁴/

/tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sin¹³/

/tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sin²⁴/

/tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sin²³/

/tʰɛŋ⁵³³⁻²¹ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾ŋɒŋ⁵³³⁻²¹ ^((ɬ-))niŋ¹³/

/tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sin²⁴/

/tʰiɛn³³ kɔŋ³³ sin²⁴/

/tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² sin¹³/

/tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sin²⁴/

/tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ sin²³/

(Hokkien, Puxian Min, Chinese astronomy or Taoism) Synonym of 天罡 (tiāngāng)