Chinese Notes

英 yīng

yīng proper noun England
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: As in 英国 (CC-CEDICT '英'; Guoyu '英' n 4; Unihan '英'; XHZD '英' 3, p. 899)
yīng noun blossom; flower; leaf
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 花 (CC-CEDICT '英'; Guoyu '英' n 1; Kroll 2015 '英' 1, p. 558; Unihan '英'; XHZD '英' 1, p. 899)
yīng adjective outstanding; finest
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 杰出 (CC-CEDICT '英'; Guoyu '英' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '英' 2, p. 558; XHZD '英' 2, p. 899)
yīng adjective noble; brave; galant
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '英' 3, p. 558; XHZD '英' 2, p. 899)
yīng noun a decoration on a lance using feathers
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '英' 4, p. 558)
yīng noun elite
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 精英 (Guoyu '英' n 2)
yīng noun a talented person
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 精英 (Guoyu '英' n 3)
yīng proper noun Ying
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '英' n 5)
yīng adjective beautiful
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 美好 (Guoyu '英' adj 1)

Contained in

无名英雄(無名英雄) unnamed hero
英仙座 Perseus
中英文对照(中英文對照) Chinese-English parallel texts
石英岩 quartzite
英国管(英國管) English horn
民族英雄 folk hero
英汉(英漢) English-Chinese
洋泾浜英语(洋涇浜英語) pidgin English
立方英尺 cubic foot
百卉含英 many flowers in bloom
群英 assemblage of talented individuals; ensemble of heroes
紫石英 amethyst
英雄无用武之地(英雄無用武之地) a hero with no chance of using his might; to have no opportunity to display one's talents
赶英超美(趕英超美) to catch up with England and surpass the USA (economic goal)
群英会(群英會) distinguished gathering; a meeting of heroes
英格兰圣公会(英格蘭聖公會) Church of England
英国工程技术学会(英國工程技術學會) The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
英气(英氣) heroic spirit
平方英尺 square foot
英明 wise; brilliant
英国海外领土(英國海外領土) British Overseas Territory
二恶英(二惡英) dioxin
英物 a genius; an outstanding person
英名 illustrious name; legendary reputation
精英 elite
落英 blooming flowers
英豪 a towering hero
英年早逝 to die an untimely death; to be cut off in one's prime
英属(英屬) British Dependent Territory
英德市 Yingde

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卷19下景穆十二王下 Volume 19c: Emperor Jingmu Twelve Princes 3 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 78
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卷七十二　列傳第十:　婁室子:活女謀衍仲(本名石古乃)，族子:海里銀朮可子:彀英(本名撻懶) 母弟:麻吉(子:沃側) 弟:拔離速習古乃 Volume 72 Biographies 10: Lou Shi and son: Huonu, Mou Yan, Zhong (formerly named Shigunai)，descendant: Haili, Yin Paike and son: Gou Ying (formerly named Talan), Mu younger brother: Maji (son: Woce), younger brother: Ba Lisu, Xi Gunai History of Jin 金史 — count: 48
卷三百五十一列傳第一百一十趙挺之張商英劉正夫何執中鄭居中安堯臣張康國朱諤劉逵林攄管師仁侯蒙 Volume 351 Biographies 110: Zhao Tingzhi, Zhang ShangYing, Liu Zhengfu, He Zhizhong, Zheng Juzhong, An Yaochen, Zhang Kangguo, Zhu E, Liu Kui, Lin Shu, Guan Shiren, Hou Meng History of Song 宋史 — count: 41
卷二百七十四列傳第一百六十二史可法高弘圖姜曰廣 Volume 274 Biographies 162: Shi Kefa, Gao Hongtu, Jiang Yueguang History of Ming 明史 — count: 36
卷一百十七列傳第六十七: 嚴武郭英乂崔寧嚴震嚴礪 Volume 117 Biographies 67: Yan Wu, Guo Yingyi, Cui Ning, Yan Zhen, Yan Li Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 35
第二回 Chapter 92 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 34
卷一百七十八列傳第六十六項忠韓雍余子俊朱英秦紘 Volume 178 Biographies 66: Xiang Zhong, Han Yong, Yu Zijun, Zhu Ying, Qin Hong History of Ming 明史 — count: 33
卷二十三梁書23: 列傳13 劉鄩賀瑰康懷英王景仁 Volume 23 Book of Later Liang 23: Biographies 13 - Liu Xun, He Gui, Kang Huaiying, Wang Jingren Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 28
卷十八　　列傳第六:　景穆十二王下 Volume 18 Biographies 6: Jingmu's Twelve Sons 2 History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 26

Collocations

楚王英 (楚王英) 楚王英 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷一下光武帝紀 Volume 1b: Annals of Emperor Guangwu — count: 17
英布 (英布) 為英布所殺 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《漢興以來諸侯王年表》 Yearly Table of the Nobles of the Imperial Clan since the Han Dynasty's Founding — count: 13
豪英 (豪英) 天下雄俊豪英暴露于野澤 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十三　氾論訓 Chapter 13: Overflowing Discussions — count: 9
朱英 (朱英) 朱英綠縢 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 魯頌‧駉之什‧閟宮 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Jiong - Bi Gong — count: 9
英氏 (英氏) 徐人伐英氏 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 6
英谋反 (英謀反) 楚王英謀反 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷二顯宗孝明帝紀 Volume 2: Annals of Emperor Xianzong Xiaoming — count: 5
英杰 (英傑) 而羣天下之英傑而告之以大古 — Xunzi 荀子, 非十二子篇第六 Chapter 6: Against the Twelve Masters — count: 5
马英 (馬英) 太僕太山馬英為太尉 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷五孝安帝紀 Volume 5: Annals of Emperor Xiao'an — count: 5
伐英 (伐英) 徐人伐英氏 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 4
芝英 (芝英) 若神明之致玉女芝英也 — Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露, 卷十七天地之行第七十八威德所生第七十九如天之為第八十天地陰陽第八十一天道施第八十二　Scroll 17 — count: 4