CHIH

Meaning of CHIH in English

Chih i

K'ou Ch'ien chih

Chang Chih tung

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CHIH — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Chih i K'ou Ch'ien chih Chang Chih tung
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YUEH-CHIH — Pinyin Yuezhi, also called Indo-scyth, ancient people who ruled in Bactria and India from about 128 BC to about AD …
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WANG HSI-CHIH — born c. 303, Shantung, China died , c. 361 Pinyin Wang Xizhi the most celebrated of Chinese calligraphers. It is …
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TS'AO CHIH — born 192, China died 232, China Pinyin Cao Zhi, also called (WadeGiles romanization) Ch'en Ssu Wang, or Prince Ssu Of …
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T'UNG-CHIH — born April 27, 1856, Peking, China died Jan. 12, 1875, Peking Pinyin Tongzhi (reign name, or nien-hao), personal name (Wade-Giles) …
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SHUN-CHIH — born March 15, 1638, Manchuria [now in China] died Feb. 5, 1661, Peking, China Pinyin Shunzhi (reign name, or nien-hao), …
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KU K'AI-CHIH — born AD 344, , Wu-hsi, Kiangsu Province, China died AD 406 Admonitions of the Court Instructress, detail of a hand …
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HSU CHIH-MO — born 1896, Hsia-shih, Chekiang province, China died Nov. 19, 1931, Tsinan, Shantung province Pinyin Xu Zhimo, pseudonym (Wade-Giles) Nan-hu, or …
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CHIH-I
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CHIH N — Pinyin Zhi N, in Chinese mythology, the heavenly weaving maiden who used clouds to spin seamless robes of brocade for …
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CHANG CHIH-TUNG — born Sept. 2, 1837, Hsing-i, Kweichow Province, China died Oct. 4, 1909 Pinyin Zhang Zhidong, courtesy name (WadeGiles romanization) Hsiao-ta …
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CH'ANG-CHIH — Pinyin Changzhi, formerly (until 1912) Lu-an city in southeast Shansi Province (sheng), China. It is situated in the Lu-an plaina …
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CHIH NU — [Chinese] She was the daughter of Yu-huang, a Jade Emperor of China (High God of China). One day she left …
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CALLIGRAPHY — writing as an art. The term derives from the Greek words for good or beautiful and for writing or drawing …
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YUAN RIVER — Wade-Giles romanization Yan Chiang, Pinyin Yuan Jiang, conventional Yan Kiang river of eastern Kweichow and western Hunan provinces, southeast China. …
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YE SHENGTAO — born Oct. 28, 1894, Su-chou, Kiangsu province, China died Feb. 16, 1988, Peking Wade-Giles romanization Yeh Sheng-t'ao, pseudonym of Ye …
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TZ'U-HSI — born Nov. 29, 1835, Peking died Nov. 15, 1908, Peking Pinyin Cixi, also called (WadeGiles romanization) Hsiao-ch'in, or Hsien Huang-hou, …
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TIENTSIN — Chinese (Wade-Giles) T'ien-ching, or (Pinyin) Tianjin, city and province-level shih (municipality), eastern China. Tientsin is the third largest city of …
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TIAN HAN — born March 12, 1898, Ch'ang-sha, Hunan province, China died Dec. 10, 1968, Peking Wade-Giles T'ien Han, pseudonym of Tian Shouchang …
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T'IEN-T'AI MOUNTAINS — also spelled Tientai Mountains, Chinese (Wade-Giles) T'ien-t'ai Shan, or (Pinyin) Tiantai Shan, mountain chain in eastern Chekiang province, China. T'ien-t'ai …
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T'IEN-T'AI
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SCHALL VON BELL, ADAM — born May 1, 1591, Cologne died Aug. 15, 1666, Peking Chinese name T'ang Jo-wang Jesuit missionary and astronomer who became …
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KWANGSI — in full Chuang Autonomous Region Of Kwangsi, Chinese (Wade-Giles) Kuang-hsi Chuang-tsu Tzu-chih-ch', or (Pinyin) Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, autonomous region located …
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KUSHAN DYNASTY — also spelled Kusana, ruling line descended from the Yeh-chih (q.v.), a people that ruled over most of the northern Indian …
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INNER MONGOLIA
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CHINA 1 — also called Chicom 1, or PRC 1 first Earth satellite orbited by the People's Republic of China. It was launched …
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CHIN DYNASTY — Pinyin Jin, Chinese dynasty that comprises two distinct phases-the Western Chin, ruling China from Ad 265 to 317, and the …
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CHENG CH'ENG-KUNG — born Aug. 28, 1624, Hirado, Japan died June 23, 1662, Taiwan Pinyin Zheng Chenggong, Western name Koxinga, or Coxinga pirate …
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CH'IN RIVER — Chinese (Wade-Giles) Ch'in Ho, or (Pinyin) Qin He, river rising in the T'ai-yeh Shan (mountains) of Shansi sheng (province), China. …
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BACTRIA — also called Bactriana, or Zariaspa, ancient country lying between the mountains of the Hindu Kush and the Amu Darya (ancient …
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