English word senses marked with topical category "Chinese dynasties"
Parent categories: Dynasties, History of China, Historical periods, China, History of Asia, History, Timekeeping, Asia, Time, Earth, Eurasia, Nature
Total 32 word senses
- Han (Proper name) A river in central China.
- Han (Proper name) A former city in Huai'an, Jiangsu, China
- Han (Proper name) A former state in Jiangsu, China under the Zhou dynasty
- Han (Proper name) A canal in Jiangsu, China, connecting Hancheng (now Yangzhou) on the Yangtze with Mokou (now Huai'an) on the Huai.
- Jin (Proper name) An empire in China (AD 265–420) established by Sima Yan's overthrow of the Wei and replaced by barbarian conquerors in the north and Liu Yu's Song Empire in the south.
- Jin (Proper name) A prefecture of imperial China centered on Linfen, Shanxi.
- Jin (Proper name) A prefecture of imperial China centered on Ankang, Shaanxi.
- Jin (Proper name) An empire in northern China (AD 1115–1234) established by an invasion of Liao by the Wanyan Jurchens and overthrown by an invasion of the Mongols.
- Jin (Proper name) A river (錦江) in Jiangxi and Guangdong provinces in China, emptying into the Bei or North River.
- Jin (Proper name) A prefecture of imperial China centered on Luyang, Hunan.
- Liao (Proper name) Synonym of Rau, a people of southeastern China
- Ming (Proper name) A former dynasty in China, reigning from the end of the Yuan to the beginning of the Qing (Ching)
- Qin (Proper name) An ancient feudal state of China that existed between 778 and 207 BC.
- Qin (Proper name) The first imperial dynasty of China, lasting from 221 to 207 BC.
- Qin (Proper name) A county of Changzhi, Shanxi, China.
- Qing (Proper name) Qing dynasty (1644–1912), the last imperial dynasty of China.
- Shang (Proper name) an ancient dynasty in China
- Song (Proper name) A former dynasty in China, reigning from the end of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms to the beginning of the Yuan.
- Song (Proper name) A former empire in China, occupying the eastern half of modern China.
- Song (Proper name) A river in China; any of various minor rivers in China.
- Sui (Proper name) The Sui dynasty of China which ruled from 581 to 618.
- Tang (Proper name) The imperial dynasty of China which reigned from 618 to 907.
- Tang (Proper name) The Turkic dynasty of China which lasted from 923 to 936.
- Tang (Proper name) A kingdom in China which existed between 937 and 975.
- Tang (Proper name) Any of a number of places in China.
- Tang (Proper name) Any of a number of places in China.; A county of Baoding, Hebei, China.
- Xia (Proper name) An ancient dynasty in China.
- Yin (Proper name) A mountain range in northern China at the southeast end of the Gobi Desert.
- Yuan (Proper name) The imperial dynasty of China from 1279 to 1368.
- Zhou (Noun) A people of ancient China.
- Zhou (Proper name) Various regions of ancient China occupied by this people, including the Fen and Wei valleys
- Zhou (Proper name) A dynasty of rulers over this people, who conquered the Shang kingdom and nominally ruled China until their conquest by Qin in the 3rd century BC
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