| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
| 1 | 孔 | 孔 | kǒng | kong3 | hole; Classifiers: 个 ; classifier for cave dwellings; surname Kong | ||
| 2 | 孔子 | 孔子 | kǒng zǐ | Kong3 zi3 | Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔夫子 | ||
| 3 | 孔雀 | 孔雀 | kǒng què | kong3 que4 | peacock | ||
| 4 | 孔洞 | 孔洞 | kǒng dòng | kong3 dong4 | small hole in an object | ||
| 5 | 孔武有力 | 孔武有力 | kǒng wǔ yǒu lì | kong3 wu3 you3 li4 | courageous and strong (idiom); Herculean (physique etc) | ||
| 6 | 孔雀王朝 | 孔雀王朝 | kǒng què wáng cháo | Kong3 que4 Wang2 chao2 | Maurya Dynasty of India (322-185 BC) | ||
| 7 | 孔雀座 | 孔雀座 | kǒng què zuò | Kong3 que4 zuo4 | Pavo (constellation) | ||
| 8 | 孔融 | 孔融 | kǒng róng | Kong3 Rong2 | Kong Rong (153-208), poet of the Three Kingdoms period | ||
| 9 | 孔融让梨 | 孔融讓梨 | kǒng róng ràng lí | Kong3 Rong2 rang4 li2 | Kong Rong giving up pears, classic moral story about Kong Rong 孔融 picking up smaller pears while leaving the bigger ones to his older brothers, still used nowadays to educate the young on courtesy and modesty | ||
| 10 | 孔尚任 | 孔尚任 | kǒng shàng rèn | Kong3 Shang4 ren4 | Kong Shangren (1648-1718), Qing dramatist and poet, author of The Peach Blossom Fan 桃花扇 | ||
| 11 | 孔圣人 | 孔聖人 | kǒng shèng rén | Kong3 sheng4 ren2 | the Sage Confucius | ||
| 12 | 孔斯贝格 | 孔斯貝格 | kǒng sī bèi gé | Kong3 si1 bei4 ge2 | Kongsberg (city in Norway) | ||
| 13 | 孔武 | 孔武 | kǒng wǔ | kong3 wu3 | (literary) valorous | ||
| 14 | 孔雀河 | 孔雀河 | kǒng què hé | Kong3 que4 He2 | Peacock River in Xinjiang | ||
| 15 | 孔隙 | 孔隙 | kǒng xì | kong3 xi4 | pore (geology) | ||
| 16 | 孔穴 | 孔穴 | kǒng xué | kong3 xue2 | aperture; hole; cavity | ||
| 17 | 孔眼 | 孔眼 | kǒng yǎn | kong3 yan3 | hole (e.g. of sieve or colander) | ||
| 18 | 孔乙己 | 孔乙己 | kǒng yǐ jǐ | Kong3 Yi3 ji3 | Kong Yiji, protagonist of short story by Lu Xun 鲁迅 | ||
| 19 | 孔颖达 | 孔穎達 | kǒng yǐng dá | Kong3 Ying3 da2 | Kong Yingda (574-648), Confucian scholar | ||
| 20 | 孔子家语 | 孔子家語 | kǒng zǐ jiā yǔ | Kong3 zi3 Jia1 yu3 | The School Sayings of Confucius, a supplement to the Analects; abbr. to 家语 | ||
| 21 | 孔子学院 | 孔子學院 | kǒng zǐ xué yuàn | Kong3 zi3 Xue2 yuan4 | Confucius Institute, organization established internationally by the PRC, promoting Chinese language and culture | ||
| 22 | 孔林 | 孔林 | kǒng lín | Kong3 lin2 | the Confucius family mausoleum at Qufu 曲阜 , rebuilt and extended by every dynasty | ||
| 23 | 孔版印刷 | 孔版印刷 | kǒng bǎn yìn shuā | kong3 ban3 yin4 shua1 | screen printing | ||
| 24 | 孔丛子 | 孔叢子 | kǒng cóng zǐ | Kong3 cong2 zi3 | the K'ung family Masters' anthology, collection of dialogues between Confucius and his disciples, possibly forged in third century by Wang Su 王肃 | ||
| 25 | 孔道 | 孔道 | kǒng dào | kong3 dao4 | opening providing access; the teaching of Confucius |
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