Yuán shì Wù yǔ
The Tale of Genji
Genji Monogatari
Lǐ shì
the Korean Yi or Lee Dynasty (1392-1910)
Luó shì
Roche
F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd
rén shì
native
person from a particular place
Páng shì
Pond's (brand of skin care products)
Gé lán shì
Mr Gram
Dr. Hans Christian Jaochim Gram (1953-1938), Danish doctor and inventor of the Gram stain 革蘭氏染色法|革兰氏染色法
Yuán shì
Yuanshi county in Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], Hebei
wú míng shì
anonymous (e.g. author, donor etc)
Lú shì
Lushi county in Sanmenxia 三門峽|三门峡[San1 men2 xia2], Henan
Duàn shì
a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people
Wèi shì
Weishi county in Kaifeng 開封|开封[Kai1 feng1], Henan
Lǚ shì chūn qiū
lit “Mr Lü's Spring and Autumn (Annals)”, compendium of the philosophies of the Hundred Schools of Thought諸子百家|诸子百家 [Zhū zǐ Bǎi Jiā], compiled around 239 BC under the patronage of Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qín Dài] Chancellor Lü Buwei.呂不韋|吕不韦[Lǚ Bù wéi]
Ōu shì
Euclid
abbr. for 歐幾里得|欧几里得
Gé lán shì yīn xìng
Gram negative (bacteria that do not retain Gram stain, often the more dangerous kind)
Shén nóng shì
Shennong or Farmer God (c. 2000 BC), first of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] and creator of agriculture in China
followers or clan of Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2]
Méi shì
Charles Messier (1730-1817), French astronomer who catalogued nebulas and galaxies
Yuè zhī
Tokhara
Tokharians, historic Indo-European people of central Asia
same as 吐火羅人|吐火罗人
Yuán shì xiàn
Yuanshi county in Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], Hebei
Lǐ shì cháo xiǎn
Korean during the Yi or Lee Dynasty (1392-1910)
Wèi shì xiàn
Weishi county in Kaifeng 開封|开封[Kai1 feng1], Henan
Lú shì xiàn
Lushi county in Sanmenxia 三門峽|三门峡[San1 men2 xia2], Henan
Páng shì
Ponzi (name)
Pond's (brand of skin care products), also written 旁氏
Pǔ shì
Nikolai Mikhailovich Przevalski 普爾熱瓦爾斯基|普尔热瓦尔斯基 (1839-1888), Russian explorer who made four expeditions to Central Asian from 1870
Táng shì zhèng
Down's syndrome
mongolism
Ruì shì
Richter (scale)
Richter (name)
Fú Xī shì
Fuxi or Fu Hsi, legendary Chinese emperor 2852-2738 BC, mythical creator of fishing, trapping, and writing
Xuān yuán shì
alternative name for the Yellow Emperor 黄帝
bù shì gǎn jūn bìng
brucellosis (undulant fever or Mediterranean fever)
Suì rén shì
Suirenshi, legendary inventor of fire
dà yuè zhī
Tokhara
Tokharians (historic people of central Asia)
Ā ěr cí hǎi mò shì zhèng
Alzheimer's disease
senile dementia
chūn qiū Zuǒ shì zhuàn
Mr Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明
usually called Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传
yān shì
formal wife of a Xiongnu chief during the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
Zuǒ shì chūn qiū
Mr Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明
usually called Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传
Gāo xīn shì
one of the five legendary emperors, also called 嚳|喾
ruì shì rǎn sè
Wright's stain (used in studying blood)
Pán gǔ shì
Pangu (creator of the universe in Chinese mythology)
Ā ěr cí hǎi mò shì bìng
Alzheimer's disease
senile dementia
Nǚ wā shì
Nüwa (creator of humans in Chinese mythology)
Pǔ shì yě mǎ
Przevalski horse (Equus przewalskii) wild horse of Central Asia first identified in 1881 by Nikolai Mikhailovich Przevalski 普爾熱瓦爾斯基|普尔热瓦尔斯基
Shè shì wēn biāo
Celsius (centigrade) temperature scale
Yuè zhī rén
Tokharian Indo-European people of central Asia
same as 吐火羅人|吐火罗人
Wèi shì Cháo xiǎn
Wiman Korea (195-108 BC), historical kingdom in Manchuria, Liaoning and North Korea
Gé lán shì rǎn sè fǎ
Gram stain (used to distinguished two different kinds of bacteria)
gé lán shì yīn xìng
Gram negative (of bacteria)
also written 革蘭氏陰性|革兰氏阴性
Páo xī shì
another name for 伏羲[Fu2 Xi1], consort of 女媧|女娲[Nu:3 wa1]
Kè Yǎ shì zhèng
Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease CJD
mǎ shì zhēn zhū bèi
pearl oyster (genus Pinctada)
qiú xīn shì jī ròu wēi suō zhèng
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
luó shì jǐ hé
Lobachevsky's non-Euclidean geometry
Bāo róu shì luó xuán tǐ
Borrelia, genus of Spirochaete bacteria
ruì shì rǎn liào
Wright's stain (used in studying blood)
Gé léi Shì Jiě pōu xué
Gray's Anatomy (medical reference book)
liè shì wēn biāo
Réaumur temperature scale
Dù shì xiàn
Dufour gland (produces female sex hormone in bees)
Pǔ shì xiǎo líng yáng
Przevalski's gazelle (Procapra przewalskii) of Central Asia
Wéi shì pīn fǎ
Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
Láng gé hǎn shì dǎo
islets of Langerhans (medicine)
biàn yì xíng Kè Yǎ shì zhèng
variant Creutzfeldt-Jacobs disease, vCJD
Wēi shì zhù yīn fǎ
Wade-Giles transliteration scheme for Chinese
bù shì fēi jì
zebra tilapia
Tilapia buttikoferi (zoology)
Bāo shì luó xuán tǐ
Borrelia, genus of Spirochaete bacteria
Dù shì xiàn tǐ
Dufour gland (produces female sex hormone in bees)
Luó shì jǐ hé
hyperbolic geometry
Lobachevskian geometry
Wéi shì
Victorinox (knife manufacturer)
zhī
see 月氏[Yue4 zhi1] and 閼氏|阏氏[yan1 zhi1]
Bǐ shì wēng yīng
(bird species of China) Bianchi's warbler (Seicercus valentini)
Tī shì dōng
(bird species of China) Tickell's thrush (Turdus unicolor)
Lǐ shì Cháo xiǎn
Joseon, last Korean dynasty (1392-1910)
Chūn qiū Zuǒ shì Zhuàn
Mr Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2]
usually called Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4]
Gē shì jīn sī yàn
(bird species of China) German's swiftlet (Aerodramus germani)
pǔ shì
family tree
ancestral records
Mài shì zéi ōu
(bird species of China) South Polar skua (Stercorarius maccormicki)
Mǎ shì guǎn
Malpighian tubule system (in the insect digestive tract etc)
Wéi shì wēng yīng
(bird species of China) Whistler's warbler (Seicercus whistleri)
Huò shì yīng juān
(bird species of China) Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx nisicolor)
Huò shì xuán mù què
(bird species of China) Hodgson's treecreeper (Certhia hodgsoni)
yān zhī
formal wife of a Xiongnu chief during the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
Sài shì lí yīng
(bird species of China) Sykes's warbler (Iduna rama)
Gē shì yán wú
(bird species of China) Godlewski's bunting (Emberiza godlewskii)
Huái shì hǔ dōng
(bird species of China) White's thrush (Zoothera aurea)
zhì hè shì jūn bìng
shigellosis
bacillary dysentery
Lǚ shì Chūn qiū
lit. “Mr. Lü's Spring and Autumn (Annals)”, compendium of the philosophies of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家[zhu1 zi3 bai3 jia1], compiled around 239 BC under the patronage of Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qin2 dai4] Chancellor Lü Buwei 呂不韋|吕不韦[Lu:3 Bu4 wei2]
Shǐ shì huáng yīng
(bird species of China) Styan's grasshopper warbler (Locustella pleskei)
Xiū shì bái hóu lín yīng
(bird species of China) Hume's whitethroat (Sylvia althaea)
Xiū shì shù yīng
(bird species of China) Hume's bush warbler (Horornis brunnescens)
Xiū shì xuán mù què
(bird species of China) Hume's treecreeper (Certhia manipurensis)
Hēng shì
Heinz (name)
Heinz, US food processing company
Yà shì bǎo jiā
see 阿斯佩爾格爾|阿斯佩尔格尔[A1 si1 pei4 er3 ge2 er3]
Dà yuè zhī
Tokhara
Tokharians (historic people of central Asia)
Fú shì ōu
(bird species of China) Franklin's gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan)
Bù lǔ shì jūn bìng
Brucella (infectious disease)
Bù lái shì liù
(bird species of China) Blyth's pipit (Anthus godlewskii)
Bù shì wěi yīng
(bird species of China) Blyth's reed warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum)
Zuǒ shì Chūn qiū
Mr Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2]
usually called Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4]
Jiā lè shì
Kellogg's (US food manufacturing company)
Nǚ wā shì
Nüwa (creator of humans in Chinese mythology)