Word origins

• ruanA Chinese long-necked fretted round-bodied plucked lute which has, since the mid-20th century, been produced in a family of five sizes (from low to high).
• loongA Chinese dragon.
• TaizhouA prefecture-level city of Zhejiang, in eastern China.
• HsiungA surname.
• CixiA county-level city of Ningbo, Zhejiang, China, formerly a county.
• Zhongguo3789 Zhongguo, an asteroid.
• 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.
• xunA clay or ceramic globular vessel flute originating in China.
• YangzhouA prefecture-level city of Jiangsu, in eastern China.
• BaiduTo search for (something) on the Internet using the Baidu search engine.
• DunhuangA county-level city of Jiuquan, Gansu, China.
• barenA tool for pressing woodcuts, consisting of a disk with a coil of string glued to one side, covered with a smooth sheet.
• RituSynonym of Rutog; a place in Tibet, China: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
• AnjiA county of Huzhou, Zhejiang, China.
• TaoyuanA city in northwestern Taiwan, formerly a county.
• KuomintangA nationalist political party founded under Sun Yat-sen in 1912 that ruled mainland China from 1928 to 1949, now one of three major parties in the Republic of China (Taiwan).
• NantongA prefecture-level city of Jiangsu, China.
• dayeA surname.
• LeshanA prefecture-level city of Sichuan, China.
• TaiyuanA prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Shanxi, in northern China.
• NanchangA prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Jiangxi, China.
• HantaiA district of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China.
• DatongA prefecture-level city of Shanxi, China.
• JiangmenA prefecture-level city of Guangdong, China.
• kiangA large wild ass, Equus kiang, native to the Tibetan Plateau.
• HuizhouA group of varieties of Chinese spoken in and around the region of Huizhou.
• JiangyinA county-level city of Wuxi, Jiangsu, China.
• GuiyangA prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Guizhou, in southwestern China.
• tachiA pre-katana style Japanese sword, characterized by a longer blade with more curvature.
• LiouA surname.
• NankaiA district of Tianjin, China.
• GuinanA surname.
• ZhangjiagangA county-level city of Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.
• HuangshanA prefecture-level city of Anhui, China.
• HualienA county in eastern Taiwan.
• baguaThe eight trigrams used in Daoist cosmology.
• wuxiaA genre of East Asian fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists, typically set in Ancient China.
• JinhuaA major city in central Zhejiang, in eastern China.
• anjuKorean food consumed with alcohol.
• WeifangA prefecture-level city of Shandong, in eastern China.
• YichangA large prefecture-level city in western Hubei, China.
• BeilinA district of Suihua, Heilongjiang, China.
• ZhaoqingA prefecture-level city of Guangdong, China.
• HonanA surname from Irish.
• OuyangA surname from Chinese.
• hanziSynonym of Chinese character (specifically in relation to Chinese): the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
• DaqingA prefecture-level city of Heilongjiang, China.
• ChaozhouA prefecture-level city in eastern Guangdong, China.
• ChengdeA prefecture-level city of Hebei, China.
• FutianA district of Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
• DasiA town in Xiqing district, Tianjin, China.
• ChangshuA county-level city of Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.
• ShushanA surname.
• AnshanA prefecture-level city of Liaoning, in northeastern China.
• BishanA planning area and residential town in Singapore.
• HaidianA former town (demolished in 2000) near the south of Old Summer Palace in China.
• XiningA city in northwestern China, capital of Qinghai Province.
• KangxiA Chinese emperor (1654-1722) from the Qing Dynasty period.
• WujiangA district of Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.
• NandanA county of Hechi, Guangxi autonomous region, China.
• HanyangA district of Wuhan, Hubei, China.
• ZiboA prefecture-level city in central Shandong, China.
• ShannanA prefecture-level city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China, on the border with Bhutan.
• PenghuAn insular county of Taiwan.
• shayaSynonym of Xayar: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
• SheuA surname from Mandarin.
• HongqiaoA district of Tianjin, China.
• LisuA member of a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group inhabiting the mountainous regions of Yunnan (southwestern China), Arunachal Pradesh (northeastern India), northern Myanmar and Thailand.
• BaotouA prefecture-level city, the largest city in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, in northern China.
• PingtungA county in southern Taiwan.
• ZhenjiangA prefecture-level city of Jiangsu, China.
• JijiAn urban township in Nantou County, Taiwan.
• guanxiConnections; relationships; one's social or business network.
• hutongA narrow alley or street in a traditional residential district of a city in China, especially Beijing.
• YulinA prefecture-level city of the Guangxi autonomous region, China.
• FujinA county-level city of Jiamusi, Heilongjiang, China.
• HuangpuA tributary of the Yangtze in Shanghai Municipality in China.
• JiuzhaigouA nature reserve and national park located in Ngawa prefecture in the north of Sichuan Province in southwestern China.
• ZiyangA prefecture-level city of Sichuan, China.
• JinjiangA county-level city of Quanzhou, Fujian, China.
• AnyangA prefecture-level city of Henan, China.
• NantouA county in central Taiwan.
• XishuangbannaAn autonomous prefecture of Yunnan, China.
• DongfengA county of Liaoyuan, Jilin, China.
• WuhuA prefecture-level city in southeastern Anhui, China.
• HaiyanA county of Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China.
• JingdezhenA prefecture-level city of Jiangxi, China, known for porcelain.
• YanchengA district of Luohe, Henan, China.
• YaluA river on the China-North Korea border.
• YueqingA county-level city of Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
• AnningA surname.
• YunlinA county in western Taiwan.
• BaiyunA district of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
• AlianA district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
• ZhanjiangA prefecture-level city of Guangdong, China.
• dashiA type of soup or cooking stock, often made from kelp.
• ChangjiangA district of Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, China.
• YinchuanThe capital city of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China
• MaomingA prefecture-level city of Guangdong, China.