Word origins

• minLess; smaller; lower.
• liThe Chinese mile, a traditional unit of distance equal to 1500 chis or 150 zhangs, now standardized as a half-kilometer (500 meters).
• teIn solfège, the seventh note of a major scale (the note B in the fixed-do system): ti.
• biA biceps muscle.
• piThe sixteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets and the seventeenth in Old Greek.
• xiThe 14th letter of Classical and Modern Greek. The 15th in Ancient and Old Greek.
• fooA metasyntactic variable used to represent an unspecified entity. If part of a series of such entities, it is often the first in the series, and followed immediately by bar.
• yenThe unit of Japanese currency (symbol: ¥) since 1871, divided into 100 sen.
• maiA female given name, a rare spelling variant of Mae/May, or borrowed from Scandinavia, with the same ultimate origin.
• luSynonym of route or circuit, an administrative division of imperial China.
• LiuA surname from Chinese.
• zhangA traditional Chinese unit of length, 10 Chinese feet or ¹/₁₅₀ Chinese mile.
• mingTo mix, blend, mingle.
• gaoA surname.
• YiAn ethnic group who live primarily in mountainous areas of southwest China.
• jinA portion of dead wood on a branch or at the top of the trunk of a bonsai tree, whether formed naturally or deliberately to suggest age and hardship.
• maoThe ma'oma'o, Gymnomyza samoensis, a large passerine bird native to Samoa.
• yanOne.
• GuangzhouA major prefecture-level city and port, the capital and largest city of Guangdong, in southeastern China.
• daiA wet nurse; a midwife.
• GuangdongA populous province of China, located on the southern coast. Capital: Guangzhou.
• tingRepresenting a high-pitched sharp sound like a small bell being struck.
• daoAny of various traditional Chinese swords with a curved, single-edged blade, primarily used for slashing and chopping.
• liangSynonym of tael, a former Chinese unit of weight (about 40 g) and a related unit of silver currency.
• TSOA surname from Chinese.
• shengA Chinese wind instrument, a free-reed mouth organ consisting of 13 or more bamboo pipes of various lengths, which are fixed at their bases in a wind chest made from a dried gourd (or, more recently, wood or chrome-plated brass).
• YunnanA province in southwestern China, bordering Myanmar (Burma), Laos and Vietnam. Capital: Kunming.
• qinAny of several traditional Chinese musical instruments, most commonly the seven-stringed instrument more specifically called the guqin.
• XueA surname.
• ramenSoup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients (Japanese-Chinese style).
• XiaAn ancient dynasty in China.
• HenanA province of China. Capital: Zhengzhou.
• JilinA province of China. Capital: Changchun.
• GuangxiA Zhuang autonomous region of China. Official name: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Capital: Nanning.
• gojiA fruit in the genus Lycium, especially in commercial products where it is promoted as a superfruit.
• ShanxiA province in the northern part of China. Capital: Taiyuan.
• GansuA province in northwestern China. Capital: Lanzhou.
• SinanA county of Tongren, Guizhou, China.
• honchoBoss, leader.
• ZhanA Chinese surname from Mandarin.
• QuanzhouA prefecture-level city in southeastern Fujian, China.
• ShaoxingA prefecture-level city in eastern Zhejiang, China, along the southern shore of Hangzhou Bay, the site of the former capitals of the Yue kingdom and Kuaiji Commandery.
• LiouA surname.
• JinhuaA major city in central Zhejiang, in eastern China.
• DasiA town in Xiqing district, Tianjin, China.
• XiningA city in northwestern China, capital of Qinghai Province.
• KangxiA Chinese emperor (1654-1722) from the Qing Dynasty period.
• PenghuAn insular county of Taiwan.
• PingtungA county in southern Taiwan.
• NantouA county in central Taiwan.
• YunlinA county in western Taiwan.
• erhuA type of bowed spike fiddle having two strings, originating in China as part of the huqin family of string instruments.
• ZhangzhouA prefecture-level city in southern Fujian, China.
• NanshanA district of Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, across Deep Bay from Hong Kong.
• MiaoliA county in western Taiwan.
• BudaiA statue or image of Budai.
• LushanA county of Pingdingshan, Henan, China.
• RizhaoA city in southeastern Shandong, China.
• JhangA surname from Mandarin.
• AnluA county-level city of Xiaogan, Hubei, China.
• AomenSynonym of Macau: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name (especially in China's English-language media).
• changesiteAny of several minerals discovered by the Chang'e series of lunar landers and Yutu series of lunar rovers
• ChanghsingianA subdivision of the Permian period.
• CiedingA district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
• DanshueiSynonym of Tamsui.
• DashiqiaoA county-level city of Yingkou, Liaoning, China, formerly Yingkou county.
• DingriSynonym of Tingri: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
• DingxianSynonym of Dingzhou, a town in Hebei, China.
• DingzhouA county-level city of Baoding, Hebei, China.
• ErlitouA Bronze Age culture along the Yellow River in China
• foo dogA stylized lion statue similar to those usually placed in male and female pairs outside imperial Chinese palaces, tombs, temples, etc.
• GaochengA town in Sui, Suizhou, Hubei, in central China.
• GaocunA town in Wuqing district, Tianjin, China, formerly a township.
• gaolingDated spelling of jailing.
• GaopingA county-level city of Jincheng, Shanxi, China.
• GaotianA town in Yangshuo, Guilin, Guangxi autonomous region, China.
• GaoyangA county of Baoding, Hebei, China.
• GuigangA prefecture-level city of the Guangxi autonomous region, China.
• Gwoyeu RomatzyhA transliteration system for Mandarin Chinese, characterized by its tonal spelling without diacritic marks.
• HuainanA prefecture-level city of Anhui, China.
• Huang HeSynonym of Yellow River: a major river in northern China, passing through Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and Shandong provinces as well as Ningxia and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regions; the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
• JhuolanAn urban township in Miaoli County, Taiwan.
• JiuduanshaA shoal and group of islands in the Yangtze River in Pudong district, Shanghai, China.
• KuaijiA mountain near Shaoxing, Zhejiang, in China legendarily associated with Yu the Great.
• LongquanyiA district of Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
• LongshanA neolithic culture along the Yellow River in China, named for its type site
• LongxiA county of Dingxi, Gansu, China.
• LüeyangA county of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China.
• LujhuA district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
• MachengA county-level city of Huanggang, Hubei, China.
• mafooIn China, someone who looks after horses in a stable; a groom.
• MaotaiA town in Renhuai, Zunyi, Guizhou, China.
• mumianThe silk-cotton tree.
• NanshaA district of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
• paibanA clapper made from several flat pieces of hardwood or bamboo, used in Chinese music.
• PenglaiA district of Yantai, in eastern Shandong, China (famous for its mirages out at sea), formerly known as Tengchow and since renamed for a mythical island.
• PingjuA school of Chinese opera.
• pu'erA kind of fermented dark Assam green tea (C. sinensis var. assamica).
• QianjiangA sub-prefectural city of Hubei, China, formerly a county.
• qingheiiteA complex yellow or green mineral with vitreous lustre.