Glossary and Vocabulary for Decorative Designs in Chinese Art 中国文物的纹饰, Bronze Ware 青铜器 Western Zhou Dynasty 西周

Corpus Vocabulary Analysis

Contents

  1. Frequencies of Lexical Words
  2. Frequencies of all Words
  3. Proper Nouns

Frequencies of Lexical Words

Rank Frequency Chinese Pinyin English Example Usage
1 11 西周 xī zhōu Western Zhou 西周
2 10 公元前 gōngyuán Qián Before the Common Era (BCE) 公元前
3 10 博物馆 bówùguǎn museum 上海博物馆
4 9 上海 shànghǎi Shanghai 上海博物馆
5 8 世纪 shìjì century 世纪上半叶
6 4 qián front
7 4 qián former; the past
8 4 qián to go forward
9 4 qián preceding
10 4 qián before; earlier; prior
11 4 qián to appear before
12 4 qián future
13 4 qián top; first
14 4 qián battlefront
15 4 早期 zǎoqī early period; early phase; early stage 西周早期
16 3 nián year
17 3 nián New Year festival
18 3 nián age
19 3 nián life span; life expectancy
20 3 nián an era; a period
21 3 nián a date
22 3 nián time; years
23 3 nián harvest
24 3 nián annual; every year
25 2 fāng square; quadrilateral; one side 方尊
26 2 fāng Fang 方尊
27 2 fāng Kangxi radical 70 方尊
28 2 fāng square shaped 方尊
29 2 fāng prescription 方尊
30 2 fāng power; involution; abbreviation for a square meter or cubic meter 方尊
31 2 fāng local 方尊
32 2 fāng a way; a method 方尊
33 2 fāng a direction; a side; a position 方尊
34 2 fāng an area; a region 方尊
35 2 fāng a party; a side 方尊
36 2 fāng a principle; a formula 方尊
37 2 fāng honest; upright; proper 方尊
38 2 fāng magic 方尊
39 2 fāng earth 方尊
40 2 fāng earthly; mundane 方尊
41 2 fāng a scope; an aspect 方尊
42 2 fāng side-by-side; parallel 方尊
43 2 fāng agreeable; equable 方尊
44 2 fāng equal; equivalent 方尊
45 2 fāng to compare 方尊
46 2 fāng a wooden tablet for writing 方尊
47 2 fāng a convention; a common practice 方尊
48 2 fāng a law; a standard 方尊
49 2 fāng to own; to possess 方尊
50 2 fāng to disobey; to violate 方尊
51 2 fāng to slander; to defame 方尊
52 2 páng beside 方尊
53 2 yi; a water vessel
54 2 shī teacher 师遽方彝
55 2 shī multitude 师遽方彝
56 2 shī a host; a leader 师遽方彝
57 2 shī an expert 师遽方彝
58 2 shī an example; a model 师遽方彝
59 2 shī master 师遽方彝
60 2 shī a capital city; a well protected place 师遽方彝
61 2 shī Shi 师遽方彝
62 2 shī to imitate 师遽方彝
63 2 shī troops 师遽方彝
64 2 shī shi 师遽方彝
65 2 shī an army division 师遽方彝
66 2 shī the 7th hexagram 师遽方彝
67 2 shī a lion 师遽方彝
68 2 晚期 wǎnqī late period 西周晚期
69 2 zhì zhi; a wine vessel
70 2 hóu marquis; lord 齐侯匜
71 2 hóu a target in archery 齐侯匜
72 2 xu; a food vessel
73 1 成王 chéng wáng King Cheng of Zhou 西周成王
74 1 dǐng a ding; a large, three-leg bronze cauldron 交鼎
75 1 dǐng Kangxi radical 206 交鼎
76 1 jiǎo an angle
77 1 jiǎo Kangxi radical 148
78 1 jué a role
79 1 jué Jue
80 1 jiǎo a [musical] horn
81 1 jiǎo a feeler; an antenna
82 1 jiǎo a point
83 1 jiǎo a horn
84 1 jiǎo a cape; a headland; a promontory
85 1 jiǎo a corner
86 1 jiǎo to haggle; to quibble
87 1 jué jue [note]
88 1 jìn shanxi 晋侯盨
89 1 jìn jin [dynasty] 晋侯盨
90 1 jìn to move forward; to promote; to advance 晋侯盨
91 1 jìn to raise 晋侯盨
92 1 jìn Jin [state] 晋侯盨
93 1 jìn Jin 晋侯盨
94 1 yuē approximately 约公元前
95 1 yuē a treaty; an agreement; a covenant 约公元前
96 1 yuē to arrange; to make an appointment 约公元前
97 1 yuē vague; indistinct 约公元前
98 1 yuē to invite 约公元前
99 1 yuē to reduce a fraction 约公元前
100 1 yuē to restrain; to restrict; to control 约公元前
101 1 yuē frugal; economical; thrifty 约公元前
102 1 yuē brief; simple 约公元前
103 1 yuē an appointment 约公元前
104 1 yuē to envelop; to shroud 约公元前
105 1 yuē a rope 约公元前
106 1 yuē to tie up 约公元前
107 1 yuē crooked 约公元前
108 1 yuē to prevent; to block 约公元前
109 1 yuē destitute; poverty stricken 约公元前
110 1 yuē base; low 约公元前
111 1 yuē to prepare 约公元前
112 1 yuē to plunder 约公元前
113 1 yuē to envelop; to shroud 约公元前
114 1 yāo to weigh 约公元前
115 1 yāo crucial point; key point 约公元前
116 1 周公旦 zhōu gōng dàn Duke of Zhou 周公旦
117 1 礼记 Lǐ jì The Book of Rites; Classic of Rites 礼记
118 1 西安市 xī'ān shì City of Xian 陕西省西安市出土
119 1 yuè a battle ax 铜钺
120 1 宣王 Xuān wáng King Xuan of Zhou 西周宣王
121 1 兽面纹 shòumiànwén animal mask design 兽面纹卣
122 1 一言九鼎 yī yán jiǔ dǐng words of enormous weight 一言九鼎
123 1 大名鼎鼎 dà míng dǐng dǐng a grand reputation; renown; fame 大名鼎鼎
124 1 大名鼎鼎 dà míng dǐng dǐng to have a grand reputation 大名鼎鼎
125 1 yi; an ancient wine vessel; an ancient sacrificial vessel 师遽方彝
126 1 Yi ethnic group 师遽方彝
127 1 normal nature of man; laws and rules 师遽方彝
128 1 yi; an ancient wine vessel; an ancient sacrificial vessel 师遽方彝
129 1 gōng to respect; to be polite; to be reverent 西周恭王
130 1 gōng to follow [orders]; to obey 西周恭王
131 1 gōng to praise 西周恭王
132 1 gōng a bow with hands cupped 西周恭王
133 1 gōng Gong 西周恭王
134 1 gōng humble 西周恭王
135 1 出土 chūtǔ to dig up; to unearth 陕西省西安市出土
136 1 tóng copper 铜钺
137 1 tóng brass 铜钺
138 1 tóng bronze 铜钺
139 1 even; equal; uniform 齐侯匜
140 1 Kangxi radical 210 齐侯匜
141 1 Qi Dynasty 齐侯匜
142 1 State of Qi 齐侯匜
143 1 to arrange 齐侯匜
144 1 agile; nimble 齐侯匜
145 1 navel 齐侯匜
146 1 to rise; to ascend 齐侯匜
147 1 chopped meat or vegetables 齐侯匜
148 1 to blend ingredients 齐侯匜
149 1 to delimit; to distinguish 齐侯匜
150 1 the lower part of a garment 齐侯匜
151 1 broomcorn millet 齐侯匜
152 1 zhāi to fast 齐侯匜
153 1 to level with 齐侯匜
154 1 all present; all ready 齐侯匜
155 1 Qi 齐侯匜
156 1 alike; similar; identical; same 齐侯匜
157 1 an alloy 齐侯匜
158 1 guǐ a square basket of bamboo 师寰簋
159 1 仪礼 Yí Lǐ Yili; Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 仪礼
160 1 yǒu a wine container 兽面纹卣
161 1 小臣 xiǎochén a minor official 小臣单觯
162 1 小臣 xiǎochén a court eunuch 小臣单觯
163 1 swift; hurried 师遽方彝
164 1 to rouse 师遽方彝
165 1 a fast messenger 师遽方彝
166 1 a relay station 师遽方彝
167 1 to panic; to be alarmed; to be frightened 师遽方彝
168 1 poor; poverty-stricken 师遽方彝
169 1 dān bill; slip of paper; form 小臣单觯
170 1 dān single 小臣单觯
171 1 shàn Shan 小臣单觯
172 1 chán chieftain 小臣单觯
173 1 dān poor; impoverished 小臣单觯
174 1 dān to deplete; to exhaust 小臣单觯
175 1 dān odd 小臣单觯
176 1 dān lone 小臣单觯
177 1 dān few 小臣单觯
178 1 dān weak; thin 小臣单觯
179 1 dān unlined 小臣单觯
180 1 dān a sheet 小臣单觯
181 1 dān a list of names; a list 小臣单觯
182 1 shàn Shan County 小臣单觯
183 1 dān simple 小臣单觯
184 1 dān a meditation mat 小臣单觯
185 1 中叶 zhōngyè mid-; middle period 世纪中叶
186 1 中期 zhōng qī mid-term 西周中期
187 1 周礼 zhōu Lǐ Zhou Li; Rites of Zhou 周礼
188 1 上半叶 shàngbànyè the first half 世纪上半叶
189 1 jiāo to deliver; to turn over; to pay 交鼎
190 1 jiāo to make friends 交鼎
191 1 jiāo to intersect; to join with; to interlock; to exchange 交鼎
192 1 jiāo to communicate with 交鼎
193 1 jiāo to cross legs 交鼎
194 1 jiāo to mix 交鼎
195 1 jiāo to have sex 交鼎
196 1 jiāo to cause 交鼎
197 1 jiāo a meeting time; a meeting place 交鼎
198 1 jiāo a friend; friendship 交鼎
199 1 jiāo a somersault 交鼎
200 1 jiāo Jiao 交鼎
201 1 wáng Wang 西周恭王
202 1 wáng a king 西周恭王
203 1 wáng Kangxi radical 96 西周恭王
204 1 wàng to be king; to rule 西周恭王
205 1 wáng a prince; a duke 西周恭王
206 1 wáng grand; great 西周恭王
207 1 wáng to treat with the ceremony due to a king 西周恭王
208 1 wáng a respectufl form of address for a grandfather or grandmother 西周恭王
209 1 wáng the head of a group or gang 西周恭王
210 1 wáng the biggest or best of a group 西周恭王
211 1 huán a large domain 师寰簋
212 1 首都 shǒudū capital city 首都博物馆
213 1 陕西省 Shǎnxī Shěng Shaanxi Province 陕西省西安市出土
214 1 zūn to honor; to respect 方尊
215 1 zūn a zun; an ancient wine vessel 方尊
216 1 zūn a wine cup 方尊
217 1 zūn respected; honorable; noble; senior 方尊
218 1 zūn supreme; high 方尊
219 1 zūn grave; solemn; dignified 方尊

Frequencies of all Words

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Rank Frequency Chinese Pinyin English Usage
1 11 西周 xī zhōu Western Zhou 西周
2 10 公元前 gōngyuán Qián Before the Common Era (BCE) 公元前
3 10 博物馆 bówùguǎn museum 上海博物馆
4 9 上海 shànghǎi Shanghai 上海博物馆
5 8 世纪 shìjì century 世纪上半叶
6 4 qián front
7 4 qián former; the past
8 4 qián to go forward
9 4 qián preceding
10 4 qián before; earlier; prior
11 4 qián to appear before
12 4 qián future
13 4 qián top; first
14 4 qián battlefront
15 4 qián pre-
16 4 早期 zǎoqī early period; early phase; early stage 西周早期
17 3 nián year
18 3 nián New Year festival
19 3 nián age
20 3 nián life span; life expectancy
21 3 nián an era; a period
22 3 nián a date
23 3 nián time; years
24 3 nián harvest
25 3 nián annual; every year
26 2 fāng square; quadrilateral; one side 方尊
27 2 fāng Fang 方尊
28 2 fāng Kangxi radical 70 方尊
29 2 fāng measure word for square things 方尊
30 2 fāng square shaped 方尊
31 2 fāng prescription 方尊
32 2 fāng power; involution; abbreviation for a square meter or cubic meter 方尊
33 2 fāng local 方尊
34 2 fāng a way; a method 方尊
35 2 fāng at the time when; just when 方尊
36 2 fāng only; just 方尊
37 2 fāng a direction; a side; a position 方尊
38 2 fāng an area; a region 方尊
39 2 fāng a party; a side 方尊
40 2 fāng a principle; a formula 方尊
41 2 fāng honest; upright; proper 方尊
42 2 fāng magic 方尊
43 2 fāng earth 方尊
44 2 fāng earthly; mundane 方尊
45 2 fāng a scope; an aspect 方尊
46 2 fāng side-by-side; parallel 方尊
47 2 fāng agreeable; equable 方尊
48 2 fāng about to 方尊
49 2 fāng equal; equivalent 方尊
50 2 fāng to compare 方尊
51 2 fāng a wooden tablet for writing 方尊
52 2 fāng a convention; a common practice 方尊
53 2 fāng a law; a standard 方尊
54 2 fāng to own; to possess 方尊
55 2 fāng to disobey; to violate 方尊
56 2 fāng to slander; to defame 方尊
57 2 páng beside 方尊
58 2 yi; a water vessel
59 2 shī teacher 师遽方彝
60 2 shī multitude 师遽方彝
61 2 shī a host; a leader 师遽方彝
62 2 shī an expert 师遽方彝
63 2 shī an example; a model 师遽方彝
64 2 shī master 师遽方彝
65 2 shī a capital city; a well protected place 师遽方彝
66 2 shī Shi 师遽方彝
67 2 shī to imitate 师遽方彝
68 2 shī troops 师遽方彝
69 2 shī shi 师遽方彝
70 2 shī an army division 师遽方彝
71 2 shī the 7th hexagram 师遽方彝
72 2 shī a lion 师遽方彝
73 2 晚期 wǎnqī late period 西周晚期
74 2 zhì zhi; a wine vessel
75 2 hóu marquis; lord 齐侯匜
76 2 hóu a target in archery 齐侯匜
77 2 xu; a food vessel
78 1 成王 chéng wáng King Cheng of Zhou 西周成王
79 1 dǐng a ding; a large, three-leg bronze cauldron 交鼎
80 1 dǐng Kangxi radical 206 交鼎
81 1 jiǎo unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan
82 1 jiǎo an angle
83 1 jiǎo Kangxi radical 148
84 1 jué a role
85 1 jué Jue
86 1 jiǎo a [musical] horn
87 1 jiǎo a feeler; an antenna
88 1 jiǎo a point
89 1 jiǎo a horn
90 1 jiǎo a cape; a headland; a promontory
91 1 jiǎo a corner
92 1 jiǎo to haggle; to quibble
93 1 jué jue [note]
94 1 jìn shanxi 晋侯盨
95 1 jìn jin [dynasty] 晋侯盨
96 1 jìn to move forward; to promote; to advance 晋侯盨
97 1 jìn to raise 晋侯盨
98 1 jìn Jin [state] 晋侯盨
99 1 jìn Jin 晋侯盨
100 1 yuē approximately 约公元前
101 1 yuē a treaty; an agreement; a covenant 约公元前
102 1 yuē to arrange; to make an appointment 约公元前
103 1 yuē vague; indistinct 约公元前
104 1 yuē to invite 约公元前
105 1 yuē to reduce a fraction 约公元前
106 1 yuē to restrain; to restrict; to control 约公元前
107 1 yuē frugal; economical; thrifty 约公元前
108 1 yuē brief; simple 约公元前
109 1 yuē an appointment 约公元前
110 1 yuē to envelop; to shroud 约公元前
111 1 yuē a rope 约公元前
112 1 yuē to tie up 约公元前
113 1 yuē crooked 约公元前
114 1 yuē to prevent; to block 约公元前
115 1 yuē destitute; poverty stricken 约公元前
116 1 yuē base; low 约公元前
117 1 yuē to prepare 约公元前
118 1 yuē to plunder 约公元前
119 1 yuē to envelop; to shroud 约公元前
120 1 yāo to weigh 约公元前
121 1 yāo crucial point; key point 约公元前
122 1 周公旦 zhōu gōng dàn Duke of Zhou 周公旦
123 1 礼记 Lǐ jì The Book of Rites; Classic of Rites 礼记
124 1 西安市 xī'ān shì City of Xian 陕西省西安市出土
125 1 yuè a battle ax 铜钺
126 1 宣王 Xuān wáng King Xuan of Zhou 西周宣王
127 1 兽面纹 shòumiànwén animal mask design 兽面纹卣
128 1 一言九鼎 yī yán jiǔ dǐng words of enormous weight 一言九鼎
129 1 大名鼎鼎 dà míng dǐng dǐng a grand reputation; renown; fame 大名鼎鼎
130 1 大名鼎鼎 dà míng dǐng dǐng to have a grand reputation 大名鼎鼎
131 1 yi; an ancient wine vessel; an ancient sacrificial vessel 师遽方彝
132 1 Yi ethnic group 师遽方彝
133 1 normal nature of man; laws and rules 师遽方彝
134 1 yi; an ancient wine vessel; an ancient sacrificial vessel 师遽方彝
135 1 gōng to respect; to be polite; to be reverent 西周恭王
136 1 gōng to follow [orders]; to obey 西周恭王
137 1 gōng to praise 西周恭王
138 1 gōng a bow with hands cupped 西周恭王
139 1 gōng Gong 西周恭王
140 1 gōng humble 西周恭王
141 1 出土 chūtǔ to dig up; to unearth 陕西省西安市出土
142 1 tóng copper 铜钺
143 1 tóng brass 铜钺
144 1 tóng bronze 铜钺
145 1 even; equal; uniform 齐侯匜
146 1 Kangxi radical 210 齐侯匜
147 1 Qi Dynasty 齐侯匜
148 1 State of Qi 齐侯匜
149 1 to arrange 齐侯匜
150 1 altogether; simultaneously 齐侯匜
151 1 agile; nimble 齐侯匜
152 1 navel 齐侯匜
153 1 to rise; to ascend 齐侯匜
154 1 chopped meat or vegetables 齐侯匜
155 1 to blend ingredients 齐侯匜
156 1 to delimit; to distinguish 齐侯匜
157 1 the lower part of a garment 齐侯匜
158 1 broomcorn millet 齐侯匜
159 1 zhāi to fast 齐侯匜
160 1 to level with 齐侯匜
161 1 all present; all ready 齐侯匜
162 1 Qi 齐侯匜
163 1 alike; similar; identical; same 齐侯匜
164 1 an alloy 齐侯匜
165 1 guǐ a square basket of bamboo 师寰簋
166 1 仪礼 Yí Lǐ Yili; Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 仪礼
167 1 yǒu a wine container 兽面纹卣
168 1 小臣 xiǎochén a minor official 小臣单觯
169 1 小臣 xiǎochén a court eunuch 小臣单觯
170 1 swift; hurried 师遽方彝
171 1 interrogative particle 师遽方彝
172 1 suddenly 师遽方彝
173 1 to rouse 师遽方彝
174 1 a fast messenger 师遽方彝
175 1 a relay station 师遽方彝
176 1 to panic; to be alarmed; to be frightened 师遽方彝
177 1 poor; poverty-stricken 师遽方彝
178 1 dān bill; slip of paper; form 小臣单觯
179 1 dān single 小臣单觯
180 1 shàn Shan 小臣单觯
181 1 chán chieftain 小臣单觯
182 1 dān poor; impoverished 小臣单觯
183 1 dān to deplete; to exhaust 小臣单觯
184 1 dān odd 小臣单觯
185 1 dān lone 小臣单觯
186 1 dān only 小臣单觯
187 1 dān few 小臣单觯
188 1 dān weak; thin 小臣单觯
189 1 dān unlined 小臣单觯
190 1 dān a sheet 小臣单觯
191 1 dān a list of names; a list 小臣单觯
192 1 shàn Shan County 小臣单觯
193 1 dān simple 小臣单觯
194 1 dān a meditation mat 小臣单觯
195 1 中叶 zhōngyè mid-; middle period 世纪中叶
196 1 中期 zhōng qī mid-term 西周中期
197 1 周礼 zhōu Lǐ Zhou Li; Rites of Zhou 周礼
198 1 上半叶 shàngbànyè the first half 世纪上半叶
199 1 jiāo to deliver; to turn over; to pay 交鼎
200 1 jiāo to make friends 交鼎
201 1 jiāo to intersect; to join with; to interlock; to exchange 交鼎
202 1 jiāo mutually 交鼎
203 1 jiāo to communicate with 交鼎
204 1 jiāo to cross legs 交鼎
205 1 jiāo to mix 交鼎
206 1 jiāo to have sex 交鼎
207 1 jiāo to cause 交鼎
208 1 jiāo a meeting time; a meeting place 交鼎
209 1 jiāo a friend; friendship 交鼎
210 1 jiāo a somersault 交鼎
211 1 jiāo Jiao 交鼎
212 1 jiāo simultaneously 交鼎
213 1 jiāo sequentially 交鼎
214 1 wáng Wang 西周恭王
215 1 wáng a king 西周恭王
216 1 wáng Kangxi radical 96 西周恭王
217 1 wàng to be king; to rule 西周恭王
218 1 wáng a prince; a duke 西周恭王
219 1 wáng grand; great 西周恭王
220 1 wáng to treat with the ceremony due to a king 西周恭王
221 1 wáng a respectufl form of address for a grandfather or grandmother 西周恭王
222 1 wáng the head of a group or gang 西周恭王
223 1 wáng the biggest or best of a group 西周恭王
224 1 huán a large domain 师寰簋
225 1 首都 shǒudū capital city 首都博物馆
226 1 陕西省 Shǎnxī Shěng Shaanxi Province 陕西省西安市出土
227 1 zūn to honor; to respect 方尊
228 1 zūn measure word for cannons and statues 方尊
229 1 zūn a zun; an ancient wine vessel 方尊
230 1 zūn a wine cup 方尊
231 1 zūn respected; honorable; noble; senior 方尊
232 1 zūn supreme; high 方尊
233 1 zūn grave; solemn; dignified 方尊
234 1 zūn your [honorable] 方尊

People, places

and other proper nouns

Simplified Traditional Pinyin English
成王 99 King Cheng of Zhou
106
  1. shanxi
  2. jin [dynasty]
  3. to move forward; to promote; to advance
  4. to raise
  5. Jin [state]
  6. Jin
礼记 禮記 76 The Book of Rites; Classic of Rites
上海 115 Shanghai
陕西省 陝西省 83 Shaanxi Province
西周 120 Western Zhou
西安市 120 City of Xian
宣王 88 King Xuan of Zhou
仪礼 儀禮 89 Yili; Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial
周公旦 122 Duke of Zhou
周礼 周禮 122 Zhou Li; Rites of Zhou

Glossary

Buddhist terminology, except the proper nouns listed above. Number of terms: 0.

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