节日篇
元旦New Year's Day
情人节Valentine's Day
国际妇女节International Women' Day
植树节Tree Planting Day
愚人节April Fools' Day
国际劳动日International Labor Day
中国青年节 Chinese Youth Day
国际儿童节International Children's Day
中国共产党成立纪念日 Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China
中国人民解放军建军节Army Day
中华人民共和国国庆节National Day
中国教师节Teacher's Day
万圣节Halloween
母亲节Mother's Day
农历正月初一春节(the Spring Festival)
农历正月十五元宵节(Lantern Festival)
农历五月初五端午节(the Dragon-Boat Festival)
农历七月初七乞巧节(中国情人节）(Double-Seventh Day)
农历八月十五中秋节(the Mid-Autumn Festival)
农历九月初九重阳节(the Double Ninth Festival)
农历腊月初八腊八节(the laba Rice Porridge Festival)
春联 Spring Festival couplets
年画 New Year pictures
剪纸paper-cuts
除夕 the eve of the lunar New Year
守岁 stay up late on the New Year’s Eve
放爆竹 let off firecrackers
拜年 pay a New Year visit
团圆饭 family reunion dinner
敬酒 propose a toast
红包 red packets (cash wrapped up in red paper)
舞狮 lion dance
舞龙 dragon dance
灯笼 lantern
灯谜 riddles written on lanterns
灯会 exhibit of lanterns
禁忌 taboo
压岁钱 gift money; money given to children as a lunar new year gift 祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to one’s ancestors
踩高跷 stilt walking 扭秧歌 yangge dance 扫墓 sweep graves of one’s ancestors or loved ones 赛龙舟 dragon-boat racing 粽子zongzi (sticky rice dumpling wrapped in reed or bamboo leaves) 月饼 moon cake 赏月 appreciate the glorious full moon 赏菊 admire the beauty of chrysanthemum 登高 climb mountain
社会篇
小康社会 a well-to-do society
人民生活 people ’s livelihood
生活水平 living standards
生活质量 quality of life
住房条件 housing conditions
文化程度 educational level
就业率 employment rate
人均收入 average income per capita
年平均工资 average annual pay
奖金 bonus
生活费用 cost of living
消费价格指数 consumer price index
环境污染指数 environment pollution index
衣食住行 food, clothing, sheltering and means of traveling
购买力 purchasing power
贫困家庭 the needy family
贫困地区 poverty-stricken region
下岗 be laid off
小康 relative affluence
安居乐业 live a good life
共同富裕 shared prosperity
社会保险 social insurance
助学金 grant-in-aid
赈灾救济金 disaster relief funds
人口 population
人口分布 population distribution
流动人口 transient population
城市人口 urban population
农业人口 agriculture population
出生率 birth rate
自然增长率 natural growth rate
普查 census 户口册 household register 计划生育 family planning/planned parenthood 优生优育 ensure good prenatal and postnatal care 自治区 autonomous region 民族 ethnic groups 少数民族 ethnic minorities/ minority peoples 中国共产党 Communist Party of China
历史地理篇
孔子 Confucius
孟子 Mencius
老子 Lao Zi
儒学 Confucian School
论语 Analects of Confucius
发明纸和瓷器 invented paper and porcelain
发明火药 invention of gunpowder
发明印刷术 block printing was invented
科举制 Imperial Examination for recruiting civil servants
丝绸之路 Silk Route
长征 Long March
解放战争 War of Liberation
改革开放 reform and opening up
黄河 Yellow River
长江 Yangtze River
珠江 Pearl River
太湖 Lake Tai
鄱阳湖 Lake Poyang
洞庭湖 Lake Dongting
青藏高原 Tibet Plateau
东北平原 Northeast China Plain
华北平原 North China Plain
长江中下游平原 Plain of Middle and Lower Reaches of Changjiang River 南沙群岛 Nansha Island
经济篇
宏观经济 macro economy
社会主义市场经济 socialist market economy
知识经济 knowledge economy
网络经济 Internet-based economy
大规模生产 mass production 生产力 productive forces 生产关系 relations of production 公有制 public ownership 私有制 private ownership 国有企业 state-owned enterprises (SOEs) 私营企业 private business 民营企业 privately-run business 中小企业 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) 连锁企业 franchise / chain business 国民生产总值 Gross National Product (GNP) 国内生产总值 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) 实际增长率 growth rate in real terms 年均增长率 average growth rate per annum 可持续增长 sustainable growth 经济效益 economic returns 投资回报率 rate of return on investment 衰退 recession 宏观调控 macro control 提高经济效益 enhance economic performance 扭亏为盈 turn a loss-making business into a profitable one 优化经济结构 optimize economic structure 扩大内需 expand domestic demand 国计民生 national interest and people’s livelihood 经济特区 special economic zones “十二五规划“ the 12th Five-Year Plan for National and Economic and Social Development
风险投资 venture investment
经济繁荣 economic boom
发达国家 developed countries
不发达国家 underdeveloped countries
发展中国家 developing countries
经济交流 economic exchange
跨国公司 multinational corporation
利用外资 utilization of foreign capital
知识产权 intellectual property rights
版权 copyright
专利patent
商标 trademark
互通有无 mutual exchange of needed products
法治 rule of law
平等互利 equality and mutual benefit
信用卡 credit card 信息时代 information age 科教兴国 rejuvenate the country through science and education 研究开发 research and development 高新技术 innovative and high technology 创新 innovation 尖端科技 state-of-the-art technology 普及率 popularizing rate
交通篇
航班号 flight number 头等舱 first class 商务舱 business class 经济舱 economy class 登机牌 boarding card 口岸 customs port 客船 passenger liner 慢车 stopping train 普快 express 直快 through express 直达列车 through train 特快 special express 高速火车 high-speed train 卧铺车厢 sleeping coach 中铺 middle berth 下铺 lower berth 出发站 departure station 中转站 transfer station 终点站 terminus 到达站 destination 站台 platform 地铁 subway 加速 speed up 减速 slow down 超车 overtaking 倒车 backing 刹车 brake 高速公路 highway 十字路 crossroads 酒后驾驶 driving under the influence of alcohol 疲劳驾驶 fatigue driving
教育篇
素质教育 education for all-round development 应试教育 exam-oriented education system 义务教育 compulsory education 初等教育 elementary education 中等教育 secondary education 高等教育 higher education 职业教育 vocational education 学院 college/institute/school 普通高校 regular institution of higher learning 重点大学 key university 211工程 211Project 减轻学生负担 reduce burden for students 基础课 basic course 专业课 course within one’s major 必修课 required course 选修课 elective course 学分制 credit system 入学考试 entrance examination 入学资格 admission qualification 择优录取 merit-based enrollment 中考 middle examination 高考 higher examination 报名 application/sign up 毕业设计 diploma-winning design/ graduation project 毕业论文 graduation thesis 毕业证书 graduation certificate 同学 schoolmate/classmate 校友 alumni
文化篇
京剧 Peking opera
昆曲 Kunqu oper
中国画 traditional Chinese painting 人物 portrait
山水 landscape
花鸟 flower and bird
草虫 grass and insect
泼墨 paint-splashing style 写意 impressionistic style 工笔 elaborate style
毛笔 writing brush
书法 calligraphic art
书法家 calligraphic artist
楷体 formal script/regular script
宋体 Song-dynasty script 工艺品 handwork/handicrafts 手工艺品 articles of handcraft art 文物 cultural relics/antiques 国宝 national treasure 人民大会堂 Great Hall of the People 故宫博物馆 Imperial Palace Museum 长城 Great Wall 外滩 the Bund 华山 Huashan Mountain 黄山 Yellow Mountain 滇池 Dianchi Lake 洱海 Erhai lake 孔庙 Temple of Confucius 故居 Former Residence 庐山 Lushan Mountain 少林寺 Shaolin Temple 长江三峡 Three Gorges along the Changjiang 黄果树瀑布 Huangguoshu Waterfalls 敦煌莫高窟 Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes 大兴安岭 Greater Xing’an Mountains 小兴安岭 Lesser Xing’an Mountains 天池 Heaven ’s Pool 布达拉宫 Potala Palace 日月潭 Lake Sun Moon 发源地 the birthplace 煮 poach/boiled 蒸 steamed 火锅 chafing dish 煲；炖；焖 stewed 煎 pan-fried 炒 stir-fried 炸 deep-fried 烘 baked 熏 smoked 泡辣菜 pickled hot vegetables 北京烤鸭 roast Beijing duck 炒饭 stir-fried rice 油条 deep fried twisted dough stick 饺子 jiaozi 汤圆 tangyuan 馄饨 hundun 烧麦 shaomai
烧饼 sesame seed cake 小笼包 steamed dumpling with pork 红茶 black tea 绿茶 green tea 花茶 jasmine tea 茶道 sado/ tea ceremony 功夫茶 Gongfu tea 陈酒 old wine/aged wine 烧酒 arrack
节日篇
元旦New Year's Day
情人节Valentine's Day
国际妇女节International Women' Day
植树节Tree Planting Day
愚人节April Fools' Day
国际劳动日International Labor Day
中国青年节 Chinese Youth Day
国际儿童节International Children's Day
中国共产党成立纪念日 Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China
中国人民解放军建军节Army Day
中华人民共和国国庆节National Day
中国教师节Teacher's Day
万圣节Halloween
母亲节Mother's Day
农历正月初一春节(the Spring Festival)
农历正月十五元宵节(Lantern Festival)
农历五月初五端午节(the Dragon-Boat Festival)
农历七月初七乞巧节(中国情人节）(Double-Seventh Day)
农历八月十五中秋节(the Mid-Autumn Festival)
农历九月初九重阳节(the Double Ninth Festival)
农历腊月初八腊八节(the laba Rice Porridge Festival)
春联 Spring Festival couplets
年画 New Year pictures
剪纸paper-cuts
除夕 the eve of the lunar New Year
守岁 stay up late on the New Year’s Eve
放爆竹 let off firecrackers
拜年 pay a New Year visit
团圆饭 family reunion dinner
敬酒 propose a toast
红包 red packets (cash wrapped up in red paper)
舞狮 lion dance
舞龙 dragon dance
灯笼 lantern
灯谜 riddles written on lanterns
灯会 exhibit of lanterns
禁忌 taboo
压岁钱 gift money; money given to children as a lunar new year gift 祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to one’s ancestors
踩高跷 stilt walking 扭秧歌 yangge dance 扫墓 sweep graves of one’s ancestors or loved ones 赛龙舟 dragon-boat racing 粽子zongzi (sticky rice dumpling wrapped in reed or bamboo leaves) 月饼 moon cake 赏月 appreciate the glorious full moon 赏菊 admire the beauty of chrysanthemum 登高 climb mountain
社会篇
小康社会 a well-to-do society
人民生活 people ’s livelihood
生活水平 living standards
生活质量 quality of life
住房条件 housing conditions
文化程度 educational level
就业率 employment rate
人均收入 average income per capita
年平均工资 average annual pay
奖金 bonus
生活费用 cost of living
消费价格指数 consumer price index
环境污染指数 environment pollution index
衣食住行 food, clothing, sheltering and means of traveling
购买力 purchasing power
贫困家庭 the needy family
贫困地区 poverty-stricken region
下岗 be laid off
小康 relative affluence
安居乐业 live a good life
共同富裕 shared prosperity
社会保险 social insurance
助学金 grant-in-aid
赈灾救济金 disaster relief funds
人口 population
人口分布 population distribution
流动人口 transient population
城市人口 urban population
农业人口 agriculture population
出生率 birth rate
自然增长率 natural growth rate
普查 census 户口册 household register 计划生育 family planning/planned parenthood 优生优育 ensure good prenatal and postnatal care 自治区 autonomous region 民族 ethnic groups 少数民族 ethnic minorities/ minority peoples 中国共产党 Communist Party of China
历史地理篇
孔子 Confucius
孟子 Mencius
老子 Lao Zi
儒学 Confucian School
论语 Analects of Confucius
发明纸和瓷器 invented paper and porcelain
发明火药 invention of gunpowder
发明印刷术 block printing was invented
科举制 Imperial Examination for recruiting civil servants
丝绸之路 Silk Route
长征 Long March
解放战争 War of Liberation
改革开放 reform and opening up
黄河 Yellow River
长江 Yangtze River
珠江 Pearl River
太湖 Lake Tai
鄱阳湖 Lake Poyang
洞庭湖 Lake Dongting
青藏高原 Tibet Plateau
东北平原 Northeast China Plain
华北平原 North China Plain
长江中下游平原 Plain of Middle and Lower Reaches of Changjiang River 南沙群岛 Nansha Island
经济篇
宏观经济 macro economy
社会主义市场经济 socialist market economy
知识经济 knowledge economy
网络经济 Internet-based economy
大规模生产 mass production 生产力 productive forces 生产关系 relations of production 公有制 public ownership 私有制 private ownership 国有企业 state-owned enterprises (SOEs) 私营企业 private business 民营企业 privately-run business 中小企业 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) 连锁企业 franchise / chain business 国民生产总值 Gross National Product (GNP) 国内生产总值 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) 实际增长率 growth rate in real terms 年均增长率 average growth rate per annum 可持续增长 sustainable growth 经济效益 economic returns 投资回报率 rate of return on investment 衰退 recession 宏观调控 macro control 提高经济效益 enhance economic performance 扭亏为盈 turn a loss-making business into a profitable one 优化经济结构 optimize economic structure 扩大内需 expand domestic demand 国计民生 national interest and people’s livelihood 经济特区 special economic zones “十二五规划“ the 12th Five-Year Plan for National and Economic and Social Development
风险投资 venture investment
经济繁荣 economic boom
发达国家 developed countries
不发达国家 underdeveloped countries
发展中国家 developing countries
经济交流 economic exchange
跨国公司 multinational corporation
利用外资 utilization of foreign capital
知识产权 intellectual property rights
版权 copyright
专利patent
商标 trademark
互通有无 mutual exchange of needed products
法治 rule of law
平等互利 equality and mutual benefit
信用卡 credit card 信息时代 information age 科教兴国 rejuvenate the country through science and education 研究开发 research and development 高新技术 innovative and high technology 创新 innovation 尖端科技 state-of-the-art technology 普及率 popularizing rate
交通篇
航班号 flight number 头等舱 first class 商务舱 business class 经济舱 economy class 登机牌 boarding card 口岸 customs port 客船 passenger liner 慢车 stopping train 普快 express 直快 through express 直达列车 through train 特快 special express 高速火车 high-speed train 卧铺车厢 sleeping coach 中铺 middle berth 下铺 lower berth 出发站 departure station 中转站 transfer station 终点站 terminus 到达站 destination 站台 platform 地铁 subway 加速 speed up 减速 slow down 超车 overtaking 倒车 backing 刹车 brake 高速公路 highway 十字路 crossroads 酒后驾驶 driving under the influence of alcohol 疲劳驾驶 fatigue driving
教育篇
素质教育 education for all-round development 应试教育 exam-oriented education system 义务教育 compulsory education 初等教育 elementary education 中等教育 secondary education 高等教育 higher education 职业教育 vocational education 学院 college/institute/school 普通高校 regular institution of higher learning 重点大学 key university 211工程 211Project 减轻学生负担 reduce burden for students 基础课 basic course 专业课 course within one’s major 必修课 required course 选修课 elective course 学分制 credit system 入学考试 entrance examination 入学资格 admission qualification 择优录取 merit-based enrollment 中考 middle examination 高考 higher examination 报名 application/sign up 毕业设计 diploma-winning design/ graduation project 毕业论文 graduation thesis 毕业证书 graduation certificate 同学 schoolmate/classmate 校友 alumni
文化篇
京剧 Peking opera
昆曲 Kunqu oper
中国画 traditional Chinese painting 人物 portrait
山水 landscape
花鸟 flower and bird
草虫 grass and insect
泼墨 paint-splashing style 写意 impressionistic style 工笔 elaborate style
毛笔 writing brush
书法 calligraphic art
书法家 calligraphic artist
楷体 formal script/regular script
宋体 Song-dynasty script 工艺品 handwork/handicrafts 手工艺品 articles of handcraft art 文物 cultural relics/antiques 国宝 national treasure 人民大会堂 Great Hall of the People 故宫博物馆 Imperial Palace Museum 长城 Great Wall 外滩 the Bund 华山 Huashan Mountain 黄山 Yellow Mountain 滇池 Dianchi Lake 洱海 Erhai lake 孔庙 Temple of Confucius 故居 Former Residence 庐山 Lushan Mountain 少林寺 Shaolin Temple 长江三峡 Three Gorges along the Changjiang 黄果树瀑布 Huangguoshu Waterfalls 敦煌莫高窟 Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes 大兴安岭 Greater Xing’an Mountains 小兴安岭 Lesser Xing’an Mountains 天池 Heaven ’s Pool 布达拉宫 Potala Palace 日月潭 Lake Sun Moon 发源地 the birthplace 煮 poach/boiled 蒸 steamed 火锅 chafing dish 煲；炖；焖 stewed 煎 pan-fried 炒 stir-fried 炸 deep-fried 烘 baked 熏 smoked 泡辣菜 pickled hot vegetables 北京烤鸭 roast Beijing duck 炒饭 stir-fried rice 油条 deep fried twisted dough stick 饺子 jiaozi 汤圆 tangyuan 馄饨 hundun 烧麦 shaomai
烧饼 sesame seed cake 小笼包 steamed dumpling with pork 红茶 black tea 绿茶 green tea 花茶 jasmine tea 茶道 sado/ tea ceremony 功夫茶 Gongfu tea 陈酒 old wine/aged wine 烧酒 arrack