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Talking Chinese English Dictionary

Talking Chinese<->English dictionary with pinyin, English definition, pronunciation, variants, stroke animation, stroke order image, and sample sentences.
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1刘少奇 劉少奇 liú shào Liu2 Shao4 qi2Liu Shaoqi (1898-1969), Chinese communist leader, a martyr of the Cultural Revolution
2刘邦 劉邦 liú bāngLiu2 Bang1Liu Bang (256 or 247-195 BC), bandit leader who became first Han emperor Han Gaozu 汉高祖 (reigned 202-195 BC)
3刘安 劉安 liú ānLiu2 An1Liu An (179-122 BC), King of Huainan under the Western Han, ordered the writing of the 淮南子
4刘备 劉備 liú bèiLiu2 Bei4Liu Bei (161-223), warlord at the end of the Han dynasty and founder of the Han kingdom of Shu 蜀汉 (c. 200-263), later the Shu Han dynasty
5刘表 劉表 liú biǎoLiu2 Biao3Liu Biao (142-208), warlord
6刘宾雁 劉賓雁 liú bīn yànLiu2 Bin1 yan4Liu Binyan (1925-2005), journalist and novelist, condemned by Mao as rightist faction in 1957, subsequently dissident writer
7刘伯温 劉伯溫 liú wēnLiu2 Bo2 wen1Liu Bowen (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋 , with a reputation as a military genius; also called Liu Ji 刘基
8刘禅 劉禪 liú chánLiu2 Chan2Liu Chan 刘禅 (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263
9刘慈欣 劉慈欣 liú xīnLiu2 Ci2 xin1Liu Cixin (1963-), Chinese science fiction writer
10刘德华 劉德華 liú huáLiu2 De2 hua2Andy Lau (1961-), Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actor
11刘鹗 劉鶚 liú èLiu2 E4Liu E (1857-1909), late Qing novelist, author of 老残游记
12刘公岛 劉公島 liú gōng dǎoLiu2 gong1 Dao3Liugong island in the Yellow sea
13刘光第 劉光第 liú guāng Liu2 Guang1 di4Liu Guangdi (1859-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898
14刘贵今 劉貴今 liú guì jīnLiu2 Gui4 jin1Liu Guijin (1945-), PRC diplomat, special representative to Africa from 2007, Chinese specialist on Sudan and the Darfur issue
15刘海 劉海 liú hǎiliu2 hai3bangs; fringe (hair)
16刘恒 劉恆 liú héngLiu2 Heng2Liu Heng, personal name of Han emperor Han Wendi 汉文帝 ; Liu Heng (1954-), Chinese writer
17刘厚总 劉厚總 liú hòu zǒngLiu2 Hou4 zong3Liu Houzong (1904-1949), originally Hunan guerilla leader, rewarded by Chiang Kaishek for killing Xiang Ying 项英 during the 1941 New Fourth Army incident 皖南事变
18刘基 劉基 liú Liu2 Ji1Liu Ji or Liu Bowen 刘伯温 (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋 , with a reputation as a military genius
19刘家 劉家 liú jiāliu2 jia1Lau Gar - "Lau family style"
20刘家村 劉家村 liú jiā cūnLiu2 jia1 cun1Liujia village in Zhangdian district 张店区 of Zhibo city 淄博市 , Shandong
21刘家辉 劉家輝 liú jiā huīLiu2 Jia1 hui1Gordon Liu (1955-), Hong Kong action actor
22刘家夼 劉家夼 liú jiā kuǎngLiu2 jia1 kuang3Liujiakuang township in Muping district 牟平区 , Yantai, Shandong
23刘家夼镇 劉家夼鎮 liú jiā kuǎng zhènLiu2 jia1 kuang3 zhen4Liujiakuang township in Muping district 牟平区 , Yantai, Shandong
24刘剑峰 劉劍峰 liú jiàn fēngLiu2 Jian4 feng1Liu Jianfeng (1936-), second governor of Hainan
25刘金宝 劉金寶 liú jīn bǎoLiu2 Jin1 bao3Liu Jinbao
26刘涓子 劉涓子 liú juān Liu2 Juan1 zi3Liu Juanzi, legendary alchemist and creator of magic potions
27刘涓子鬼遗方 劉涓子鬼遺方 liú juān guǐ fāngLiu2 Juan1 zi3 gui3 yi2 fang1Liu Juanzi's medical recipes bequeathed by the ghost Huang Fugui 黄父鬼
28刘姥姥进大观园 劉姥姥進大觀園 liú lǎo lao jìn guān yuánLiu2 lao3 lao5 jin4 Da4 guan1 yuan2Granny Liu visits the Grand View gardens; (of a simple person) to be overwhelmed by new experiences and luxurious surroundings
29刘青云 劉青雲 liú qīng yúnLiu2 Qing1 yun2Lau Ching-Wan (1964-), Hong Kong actor
30刘师培 劉師培 liú shī péiLiu2 Shi1 pei2Liu Shipei (1884-1919), Chinese anarchist and revolutionary activist
31刘奭 劉奭 liú shìLiu2 Shi4Liu Shi, personal name of Han Emperor Yuandi 汉元帝
32刘松龄 劉松齡 liú sōng língLiu2 Song1 ling2Ferdinand Augustin Hallerstein (1703-1774), Slovenian Jesuit missionary, astronomer and mathematician, spent 35 years at Emperor Qianlong's court
33刘宋 劉宋 liú sòngLiu2 Song4Song of the Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479), with capital at Nanjing
34刘宋时代 劉宋時代 liú sòng shí dàiLiu2 Song4 Shi2 dai4Song of the Southern dynasties (420-479), with capital at Nanjing
35刘天华 劉天華 liú tiān huáLiu2 Tian1 hua2Liu Tianhua (1895-1932), Chinese musician and composer
36刘熙 劉熙 liú Liu2 Xi1Liu Xi (late Han, c. 200 AD), possibly the author of 释名
37刘翔 劉翔 liú xiángLiu2 Xiang2Liu Xiang (1983-), Chinese gold-medal hurdler of the 2004 Olympic Games
38刘向 劉向 liú xiàngLiu2 Xiang4Liu Xiang (77-6 BC), Han Dynasty scholar and author
39刘晓波 劉曉波 liú xiǎo Liu2 Xiao3 bo1Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017), Beijing writer and human rights activist, organizer of petition Charter 2008 零八宪章 , Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 2010
40刘心武 劉心武 liú xīn Liu2 Xin1 wu3Liu Xinwu (1942-), novelist
41刘昫 劉昫 liú Liu2 Xu4Liu Xu (887-946), politician in Later Jin of the Five Dynasties 后晋 , compiled History of Early Tang Dynasty 旧唐书
42刘洋 劉洋 liú yángLiu2 Yang2Liu Yang (1978-), China's first female astronaut in space (June 16, 2012)
43刘毅 劉毅 liú Liu2 Yi4Liu Yi (-285), famous incorruptible official of Western Jin dynasty the Western Jin dynasty 西晋 (317-420)
44刘义庆 劉義慶 liú qìngLiu2 Yi4 qing4Liu Yiqing (403-444), writer of South Song Dynasty, compiler and editor of A New Account of the Tales of the World 世说新语
45刘禹锡 劉禹錫 liú Liu2 Yu3 xi1Liu Yuxi (772-842), Tang poet
46刘裕 劉裕 liú Liu2 Yu4Liu Yu, founder of Song of the Southern dynasties 刘宋
47刘渊 劉淵 liú yuānLiu2 Yuan1Liu Yuan, warlord at the end of the Western Jin dynasty 西晋 , founder of Cheng Han of the Sixteen Kingdoms 成汉 (304-347)
48刘云山 劉雲山 liú yún shānLiu2 Yun2 shan1Liu Yunshan (1947-), PRC politician, background in journalism in Inner Mongolia, head of the Central Propaganda Department 2002-2012
49 liúliu2surname Liu; (classical) a type of battle-ax; to kill; to slaughter

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