张 | [ zhāng ] surname Zhang |
张 | [ zhāng ] to open up, to spread, sheet of paper, classifier for flat objects, sheet, classifier for votes |
张三 | [ zhāng sān ] John Doe, Zhang San, name for an unspecified person, first of a series of three: 張三|张三, 李四[Li3 Si4], 王五[Wang2 Wu3] Tom, Dick and Harry |
张三李四 | [ zhāng sān lǐ sì ] Zhang the Third and Li the Fourth (idiom), Tom, Dick and Harry |
张三,李四,王五,赵六 | [ zhāng sān lǐ sì wáng wǔ zhaò liù ] four proverbial names, Tom, Dick and Harry |
张丹 | [ zhāng dān ] Zhang Dan (1985-), Chinese figure skater |
张之洞 | [ zhāng zhī dòng ] Zhang Zhidong (1837-1909), prominent politician in late Qing |
张二鸿 | [ zhāng èr hóng ] Jung Chang 張戎|张戎[Zhang1 Rong2] (1952-), British-Chinese writer, author of Wild Swans 野天鵝|野天鹅[Ye3 Tian1 e2] and Mao: The Unknown Story 毛澤東·鮮為人知的故事|毛泽东·鲜为人知的故事[Mao2 Ze2 dong1 · Xian1 wei2 ren2 zhi1 de5 Gu4 shi5] |
张伯伦 | [ zhāng bó lún ] Chamberlain (name), Wilt Chamberlain (1936-1999), US basketball player |
张作霖 | [ zhāng zuò lín ] Zhang Zuolin (c. 1873-1928), warlord of Manchuria 1916-1928 |
张僧繇 | [ zhāng sēng yoú ] Zhang Sengyou (active c. 490-540), one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家 |
张仪 | [ zhāng yí ] Zhang Yi (-309 BC), political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) |
张冠李戴 | [ zhāng guān lǐ daì ] lit. to put Zhang's hat on Li's head, to attribute sth to the wrong person (idiom), to confuse one thing with another |
张力 | [ zhāng lì ] tension |
张勋 | [ zhāng xūn ] Zhang Xun (1854-1923), Qing loyalist general who attempted to restore the abdicated emperor Puyi 溥儀|溥仪[Pu3 yi2] to the throne in the Manchu Restoration of 1917 張勳復辟|张勋复辟[Zhang1 Xun1 Fu4 bi4] |
张勋复辟 | [ zhāng xūn fù bì ] Manchu Restoration of 1917, an attempt by general 張勳|张勋[Zhang1 Xun1] to reinstate the monarchy in China by restoring the abdicated emperor Puyi 溥儀|溥仪[Pu3 yi2] to the throne |
张北 | [ zhāng beǐ ] Zhangbei county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口[Zhang1 jia1 kou3], Hebei |
张北县 | [ zhāng beǐ xiàn ] Zhangbei county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口[Zhang1 jia1 kou3], Hebei |
张口 | [ zhāng koǔ ] to open one's mouth (to eat, speak etc), to gape, to start talking (esp. to make a request) |
张口结舌 | [ zhāng koǔ jié shé ] agape and tongue-tied (idiom); at a loss for words, gaping and speechless |
张嘴 | [ zhāng zuǐ ] to open one's mouth (to speak, esp. to make a request), to gape |
张国荣 | [ zhāng guó róng ] Leslie Cheung (1956-2003), Hong Kong singer and actor |
张国焘 | [ zhāng guó taō ] Zhang Guotao (1897-1979), Chinese communist leader in the 1920s and 1930s, defected to Guomindang in 1938 |
张大千 | [ zhāng dà qiān ] Chang Dai-chien or Zhang Daqian (1899-1983), one of the greatest Chinese artists of the 20th century |
张天翼 | [ zhāng tiān yì ] Zhang Tianyi (1906-1985), children's writer, author of prize-winning fairy tale Secret of the Magic Gourd 寶葫蘆的秘密|宝葫芦的秘密[Bao3 hu2 lu5 de5 Mi4 mi4] |
张太雷 | [ zhāng taì leí ] Zhang Tailei (1898-1927), founding member of Chinese communist party |
张学友 | [ zhāng xué yoǔ ] Jacky Cheung or Hok Yau Jacky (1961-), Cantopop and film star |
张学良 | [ zhāng xué liáng ] Zhang Xueliang (1901-2001) son of Fengtian clique warlord, then senior general for the Nationalists and subsequently for the People's Liberation Army |
张家口 | [ zhāng jiā koǔ ] Zhangjiakou prefecture level city in Hebei |
张家口地区 | [ zhāng jiā koǔ dì qū ] Zhangjiakou prefecture in Hebei |
张家口市 | [ zhāng jiā koǔ shì ] Zhangjiakou prefecture level city in Hebei |
张家川回族自治县 | [ zhāng jiā chuān huí zú zì zhì xiàn ] Zhanjiachuan Huizu autonomous county in Gansu |
张家港 | [ zhāng jiā gǎng ] Zhangjiagang county level city in Suzhou 蘇州|苏州[Su1 zhou1], Jiangsu |
张家港市 | [ zhāng jiā gǎng shì ] Zhangjiagang county level city in Suzhou 蘇州|苏州[Su1 zhou1], Jiangsu |
张家界 | [ zhāng jiā jiè ] Zhangjiajie prefecture level city in Hunan, formerly Dayong 大庸[Da4 yong1] |
张家界市 | [ zhāng jiā jiè shì ] Zhangjiajie prefecture level city in Hunan |
张家长,李家短 | [ zhāng jiā cháng lǐ jiā duǎn ] lit. the Zhangs are better off than the Lis (idiom); to gossip about the neighbors |
张宁 | [ zhāng níng ] Zhang Ning (1975-), PRC female badminton player and Olympic gold medalist |
张宝 | [ zhāng baǒ ] Zhang Bao (-184), leader of the Yellow Turban rebels during the late Han 漢朝|汉朝[Han4 chao2] |
张居正 | [ zhāng jū zhèng ] Zhang Juzheng (1525-1582), Grand Secretary during the Ming dynasty, credited with bringing the dynasty to its apogee |
张岱 | [ zhāng daì ] Zhang Dai (1597-c. 1684), late Ming scholar |
张店 | [ zhāng diàn ] Zhangdian District of Zibo city 淄博市[Zi1 bo2 shi4], Shandong |
张店区 | [ zhāng diàn qū ] Zhangdian District of Zibo city 淄博市[Zi1 bo2 shi4], Shandong |
张廷玉 | [ zhāng tíng yù ] Zhang Tingyu (1672-1755), Qing politician, senior minister to three successive emperors, oversaw compilation of History of the Ming Dynasty 明史[Ming2 shi3] and the Kangxi Dictionary 康熙字典[Kang1 xi1 Zi4 dian3] |
张弛 | [ zhāng chí ] tension and relaxation |
张德江 | [ zhāng dé jiāng ] Zhang Dejiang (1946-), PRC politician |
张心 | [ zhāng xīn ] to be troubled, to be concerned |
张志新 | [ zhāng zhì xīn ] Zhang Zhixin (1930-1975) female revolutionary and martyr, who followed the true Marxist-Leninist line as a party member, and was arrested in 1969, then executed in 1975 after opposing the counterrevolutionary party-usurping conspiracies of Lin Biao and the Gang of Four, and only rehabilitated posthumously in 1979 |
张怡 | [ zhāng yí ] Zhang Yi (1608-1695), prolific author and poet spanning interregnum between Ming and Qing |
张怡宁 | [ zhāng yí níng ] Zhang Yining (1981-), PRC female table tennis player and Olympic gold medalist |
张惠妹 | [ zhāng huì meì ] A-Mei, aka Gulilai Amit (1972-), aboriginal Taiwanese pop singer |
张惶 | [ zhāng huáng ] variant of 張皇|张皇[zhang1 huang2] |
张爱玲 | [ zhāng aì líng ] Eileen Chang (1920-1995), famous Chinese-American novelist |
张戎 | [ zhāng róng ] Jung Chang (1952-), British-Chinese writer, name at birth Zhang Erhong 張二鴻|张二鸿[Zhang1 Er4 hong2], author of Wild Swans 野天鵝|野天鹅[Ye3 Tian1 e2] and Mao: The Unknown Story 毛澤東·鮮為人知的故事|毛泽东·鲜为人知的故事[Mao2 Ze2 dong1 · Xian1 wei2 ren2 zhi1 de5 Gu4 shi5] |
张成泽 | [ zhāng chéng zé ] Jang Song-taek (1946-2013), brother-in-law of Kim Jong-il 金正日[Jin1 Zheng4 ri4], uncle and mentor of Kim Jong-un 金正恩[Jin1 Zheng4 en1], in 2013 accused of being a counter-revolutionary and executed |
张掖 | [ zhāng yè ] Zhangye prefecture level city in Gansu |
张掖地区 | [ zhāng yè dì qū ] Zhangye prefecture, Gansu (old term), Zhangye prefecture level city 張掖市|张掖市[Zhang1 ye4 shi4] (district in Gansu) |
张掖市 | [ zhāng yè shì ] Zhangye prefecture level city in Gansu |
张挂 | [ zhāng guà ] to hang up (a picture, banner, mosquito net etc) |
张揖 | [ zhāng yī ] Zhang Yi (c. 3rd century), literary figure from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, other name 稚讓|稚让[Zhi4 rang4], named as compiler of earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia 廣雅|广雅[Guang3 ya3] and several lost works |
张扬 | [ zhāng yáng ] Zhang Yang (1967-), PRC film director and screenwriter |
张扬 | [ zhāng yáng ] to display ostentatiously, to bring out into the open, to make public, to spread around, flamboyant, brash |
张择端 | [ zhāng zé duān ] Zhang Zeduan (1085-1145), Song dynasty painter |
张敞 | [ zhāng cháng ] Zhang Chang, official and scholar of the Western Han dynasty |
张斌 | [ zhāng bīn ] Zhang Bin (1979-), CCTV sports presenter |
张旭 | [ zhāng xù ] Zhang Xu (probably early 8th century), Tang dynasty poet and calligrapher, most famous for his grass script 草書|草书 |
张易之 | [ zhāng yì zhī ] Zhang Yizhi (-705), Tang dynasty politician and favorite of Empress Wu Zetian 武則天|武则天[Wu3 Ze2 tian1] |
张春帆 | [ zhāng chūn fān ] Zhang Chunfan (-1935), late Qing novelist, author of The Nine-tailed Turtle 九尾龜|九尾龟 |
张春桥 | [ zhāng chūn ] Zhang Chunqiao (1917-2005), one of the Gang of Four |
张曼玉 | [ zhāng màn yù ] Maggie Cheung (1964-), Hong Kong actress |
张望 | [ zhāng wàng ] to look around, to peep (through a crack), to peer at, to throw a look at |
张柏芝 | [ zhāng bó zhī ] Cecilia Cheung (1980-), Hong Kong actress and pop singer |
张治中 | [ zhāng zhì zhōng ] Zhang Zhizhong (1890-1969), National Revolutionary Army general |
张溥 | [ zhāng pǔ ] Zhang Pu (1602-1641), Ming dynasty scholar and prolific writer, proponent of 複社|复社[fu4 she4] cultural renewal movement, author of Five tombstone inscriptions 五人墓碑記|五人墓碑记[wu3 ren2 mu4 bei1 ji4] |
张湾 | [ zhāng wān ] Zhangwan district of Shiyan city 十堰市[Shi2 yan4 shi4], Hubei |
张湾区 | [ zhāng wān qū ] Zhangwan district of Shiyan city 十堰市[Shi2 yan4 shi4], Hubei |
张灯结彩 | [ zhāng dēng jié caǐ ] to be decorated with lanterns and colored banners (idiom) |
张牙舞爪 | [ zhāng yá wǔ zhaǒ ] to bare fangs and brandish claws (idiom); to make threatening gestures |
张狂 | [ zhāng kuáng ] brash, insolent, frantic |
张献忠 | [ zhāng xiàn zhōng ] Zhang Xianzhong (1606-1647), leader of a late-Ming peasant revolt |
张王李赵 | [ zhāng wáng lǐ zhaò ] anyone, Mr Average, any Tom, Dick or Harry |
张皇 | [ zhāng huáng ] alarmed, flustered |
张皇失措 | [ zhāng huáng shī cuò ] panic-stricken (idiom), to be in a flustered state, also written 張惶失措|张惶失措[zhang1 huang2 shi1 cuo4] |
张目 | [ zhāng mù ] to open one's eyes wide |
张秋 | [ zhāng qiū ] Cho Chang (Harry Potter) |
张籍 | [ zhāng jí ] Zhang Ji (767-830), Tang Dynasty poet |
张纯如 | [ zhāng chún rú ] Iris Chang (1968-2004), Chinese American historian and author of the Rape of Nanjing |
张罗 | [ zhāng luo ] to take care of, to raise money, to attend to (guests, customers etc) |
张闻天 | [ zhāng wén tiān ] Zhang Wentian (1900-1976), CCP party leader and theorist |
张自忠 | [ zhāng zì zhōng ] Zhang Zizhong (1891-1940), Chinese National Revolutionary Army general during the Second Sino-Japanese War |
张自烈 | [ zhāng zì liè ] Zhang Zilie (1597-1673), Ming dynasty scholar, author of Zhengzitong 正字通[Zheng4 zi4 tong1] |
张若虚 | [ zhāng ruò xū ] Zhang Ruoxu (c. 660-720), Tang dynasty poet, author of yuefu poem River on a spring night 春江花月夜 |
张华 | [ zhāng huà ] Zhang Hua (232-300), Western Jin writer, poet and politician, Zhang Hua (1958-1982), student held up as a martyr after he died saving an old peasant from a septic tank, other Zhang Hua's too numerous to mention |
张荫桓 | [ zhāng yìn huán ] Zhang Yinhuan (1837-1900), late Qing politician and senior Chinese diplomat |
张艺谋 | [ zhāng yì moú ] Zhang Yimou (1950-), PRC film director |
张衡 | [ zhāng héng ] Zhang Heng (78-139) great Han dynasty astronomer and mathematician |
张角 | [ zhāng jué ] Zhang Jue (-184), leader of the Yellow turban rebels during the late Han |
张贴 | [ zhāng tiē ] to post (a notice), to advertise |
张量 | [ zhāng liàng ] tensor (math.) |
张开 | [ zhāng kaī ] to open up, to spread, to extend |
张震 | [ zhāng zhèn ] Chang Chen (1976-), Taiwanese film actor |
张静初 | [ zhāng jìng chū ] Zhang Jingchu (1980-), PRC actress |
张韶涵 | [ zhāng shaó hán ] Angela Chang (1982-), Taiwanese pop singer and actress |
张飞 | [ zhāng feī ] Zhang Fei (168-221), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, famous as fearsome fighter and lover of wine |
张飞打岳飞 | [ zhāng feī dǎ yuè feī ] lit. Zhang Fei fights Yue Fei, fig. an impossible combination, an impossible turn of events (idiom) |
张骞 | [ zhāng qiān ] Zhang Qian (-114 BC), Han dynasty explorer of 2nd century BC |
张高丽 | [ zhāng gaō lì ] Zhang Gaoli (1946-), PRC politician |
⇒ 七嘴八张 | [ qī zuǐ bā zhāng ] see 七嘴八舌[qi1 zui3 ba1 she2] |
⇒ 不事张扬 | [ bù shì zhāng yáng ] quietly, without ostentation |
⇒ 主张 | [ zhǔ zhāng ] to advocate, to stand for, view, position, stand, proposition, viewpoint, assertion, CL:個|个[ge4] |
⇒ 乖张 | [ zhāng ] recalcitrant, unreasonable, peevish |
⇒ 伸张 | [ shēn zhāng ] to uphold (e.g. justice or virtue), to promote |
⇒ 做张做势 | [ zuò zhāng zuò shì ] to put on an act (idiom); to pose, to show theatrical affectation, to indulge in histrionics |
⇒ 做张做智 | [ zuò zhāng zuò zhì ] to put on an act (idiom); to pose, to show theatrical affectation, to indulge in histrionics |
⇒ 做张做致 | [ zuò zhāng zuò zhì ] see 做張做智|做张做智[zuo4 zhang1 zuo4 zhi4] |
⇒ 创伤后心理压力紧张综合症 | [ chuāng shāng hoù xīn lǐ yā lì jǐn zhāng zōng hé zhèng ] post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) |
⇒ 剑拔弩张 | [ jiàn bá nǔ zhāng ] lit. with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom); fig. a state of mutual hostility, at daggers drawn |
⇒ 十三张 | [ shí sān zhāng ] Chinese poker |
⇒ 单张 | [ dān zhāng ] flyer, leaflet, single-sheet (map etc) |
⇒ 单张汇票 | [ dān zhāng huì ] sola bill of exchange (international trade) |
⇒ 嚣张 | [ zhāng ] rampant, unbridled, arrogant, aggressive |
⇒ 嚣张气焰 | [ zhāng qì yàn ] overweening attitude, threatening manner |
⇒ 嚣张跋扈 | [ zhāng bá hù ] arrogant and despotic |
⇒ 大张挞伐 | [ dà zhāng tà fá ] to launch an all-out attack (idiom), to roundly condemn, to castigate |
⇒ 大张旗鼓 | [ dà zhāng qí gǔ ] with great fanfare |
⇒ 大张声势 | [ dà zhāng shēng shì ] to spread one's voice wide (idiom); wide publicity |
⇒ 失张失智 | [ shī zhāng shī zhì ] out of one's mind |
⇒ 女修道张 | [ nǚ xiū daò zhāng ] abbess |
⇒ 尾张国 | [ weǐ zhāng guó ] Owari or Owari-no-kuni, Japanese fiefdom during 11th-15th century, current Aichi prefecture around Nagoya |
⇒ 弛张热 | [ chí zhāng rè ] remittent fever |
⇒ 心脏舒张压 | [ xīn zàng shū zhāng yā ] diastolic blood pressure |
⇒ 慌张 | [ huāng zhāng ] flustered, agitated |
⇒ 扩张 | [ kuò zhāng ] expansion, dilation, to expand (e.g. one's power or influence), to broaden |
⇒ 明目张胆 | [ míng mù zhāng dǎn ] openly and without fear, brazenly |
⇒ 更张 | [ gēng zhāng ] lit. to restring one's bow, to reform and start over again |
⇒ 东张西望 | [ dōng zhāng xī wàng ] to look in all directions (idiom), to glance around |
⇒ 海底扩张 | [ haǐ dǐ kuò zhāng ] seafloor spreading (geology) |
⇒ 海底扩张说 | [ haǐ dǐ kuò zhāng shuō ] theory of seafloor spreading (geology) |
⇒ 精索静脉曲张 | [ jīng suǒ jìng maì qū zhāng ] varicocele (medicine) |
⇒ 纸张 | [ zhǐ zhāng ] paper |
⇒ 纲举目张 | [ gāng jǔ mù zhāng ] if you lift the headrope the meshes spread open (idiom), take care of the big things and the little things will take care of themselves, (of a piece of writing) well-structured and ordered |
⇒ 紧张 | [ jǐn zhāng ] nervous, keyed up, intense, tense, strained, in short supply, scarce, CL:陣|阵[zhen4] |
⇒ 紧张状态 | [ jǐn zhāng zhuàng taì ] tense situation, standoff |
⇒ 紧张缓和 | [ jǐn zhāng huǎn hé ] detente |
⇒ 声张 | [ shēng zhāng ] to make public, to disclose |
⇒ 自作主张 | [ zì zuò zhǔ zhāng ] to think for oneself and act accordingly (idiom); to act on one's own initiative |
⇒ 舒张 | [ shū zhāng ] to relax and expand, (physiology) diastole |
⇒ 舒张压 | [ shū zhāng yā ] diastolic blood pressure |
⇒ 虚张声势 | [ xū zhāng shēng shì ] (false) bravado, to bluff |
⇒ 血清张力素 | [ xuè qīng zhāng lì sù ] serotonin |
⇒ 血脉偾张 | [ xuè maì fèn zhāng ] lit. blood vessels swell wide (idiom), fig. one's blood runs quicker, to be excited |
⇒ 表面张力 | [ miàn zhāng lì ] surface tension |
⇒ 角弓反张 | [ gōng fǎn zhāng ] opitoshtonous (med.), muscular spasm of the body associated with tetanus and meningitis |
⇒ 夸张 | [ kuā zhāng ] to exaggerate, overstated, exaggerated, hyperbole, (coll.) excessive, ridiculous, outrageous |
⇒ 过度紧张 | [ guò dù jǐn zhāng ] hypertension, excessive stress |
⇒ 铺张 | [ pū zhāng ] ostentation, extravagance |
⇒ 铺张浪费 | [ pū zhāng làng feì ] extravagance and waste (idiom) |
⇒ 开张 | [ kaī zhāng ] to open a business, first transaction of a business day |
⇒ 静脉曲张 | [ jìng maì qū zhāng ] varicose veins |