地区 | [dì qū, ㄉㄧˋ ㄑㄩ, 地 区 / 地 區] region; area; prefecture (main subdivision of most PRC provinces) #497 [Add to Longdo] |
江湖 | [Jiāng hú, ㄐㄧㄤ ㄏㄨˊ, 江 湖] rivers and lakes; around the whole country; cf 两江 and 两湖, Jiangnan, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan provinces in Qing times #4,371 [Add to Longdo] |
江南 | [Jiāng nán, ㄐㄧㄤ ㄋㄢˊ, 江 南] south of Changjiang or Yangtze river; south of the lower reaches of Changjiang; often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces; a province during Qing times; in literature, refers to the sunny south #5,120 [Add to Longdo] |
河西 | [Hé xī, ㄏㄜˊ ㄒㄧ, 河 西] land west of the Yellow river; Shaanxi, Qinghai and Gansu provinces #15,946 [Add to Longdo] |
区划 | [qū huà, ㄑㄩ ㄏㄨㄚˋ, 区 划 / 區 劃] subdivision (e.g. of provinces into counties) #18,355 [Add to Longdo] |
北洋 | [běi yáng, ㄅㄟˇ ㄧㄤˊ, 北 洋] the Qing Dynasty name for the coastal provinces of Liaoning, Hebei, and Shandong #24,365 [Add to Longdo] |
巴蜀 | [Bā shǔ, ㄅㄚ ㄕㄨˇ, 巴 蜀] Sichuan; originally two provinces of Qin and Han #36,332 [Add to Longdo] |
湖广 | [Hú guǎng, ㄏㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄤˇ, 湖 广 / 湖 廣] Hubei and Hunan provinces (a Ming dynasty province) #39,718 [Add to Longdo] |
大别山 | [Dà bié shān, ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄧㄝˊ ㄕㄢ, 大 别 山 / 大 別 山] Dabie mountain range on the borders of Henan, Anhui and Hubei provinces #42,551 [Add to Longdo] |
两广 | [Liǎng Guǎng, ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄍㄨㄤˇ, 两 广 / 兩 廣] the two provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi (in Qing times) #42,848 [Add to Longdo] |
陕甘 | [Shǎn Gān, ㄕㄢˇ ㄍㄢ, 陕 甘 / 陝 甘] Shaanxi and Gansu provinces #56,814 [Add to Longdo] |
陕甘宁 | [Shǎn Gān Níng, ㄕㄢˇ ㄍㄢ ㄋㄧㄥˊ, 陕 甘 宁 / 陝 甘 寧] Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia provinces #84,633 [Add to Longdo] |
江南省 | [Jiāng nán shěng, ㄐㄧㄤ ㄋㄢˊ ㄕㄥˇ, 江 南 省] name of Qing dynasty province covering south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces, with capital at Nanjing #108,654 [Add to Longdo] |
祁连山脉 | [qí lián shān mài, ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄢ ㄇㄞˋ, 祁 连 山 脉 / 祁 連 山 脈] the QiLian or Richthofen range dividing QingHai and Gansu provinces #193,561 [Add to Longdo] |
卡斯蒂利亚 | [Kǎ sī dì lì yà, ㄎㄚˇ ㄙ ㄉㄧˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄧㄚˋ, 卡 斯 蒂 利 亚 / 卡 斯 蒂 利 亞] Castilla, old Spanish kingdom; modern Spanish provinces of Castilla-Leon and Castilla-La Mancha #354,241 [Add to Longdo] |
兩湖 | [Liǎng Hú, ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄏㄨˊ, 兩 湖 / 两 湖] Hubei 湖北 and Hunan 湖南 provinces [Add to Longdo] |
区画 | [qū huà, ㄑㄩ ㄏㄨㄚˋ, 区 画 / 區 畫] subdivision (e.g. of provinces into counties) [Add to Longdo] |
吉普斯夸 | [Jí pǔ sī kuā, ㄐㄧˊ ㄆㄨˇ ㄙ ㄎㄨㄚ, 吉 普 斯 夸] Gipuzkoa or Guipúzcoa, one of the seven Basque provinces in north Spain [Add to Longdo] |
杯酒释兵权 | [bēi jiǔ shì bīng quán, ㄅㄟ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄕˋ ㄅㄧㄥ ㄑㄩㄢˊ, 杯 酒 释 兵 权 / 杯 酒 釋 兵 權] to dismiss military hierarchy using wine cups; cf Song founding Emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 holds a banquet in 961 and persuades his senior army commanders to go home to their provinces [Add to Longdo] |
泛珠三角 | [fàn zhū sān jiǎo, ㄈㄢˋ ㄓㄨ ㄙㄢ ㄐㄧㄠˇ, 泛 珠 三 角 / 汎 珠 三 角] Pan-Pearl River delta; The nine provinces of Southern China around Guangzhou and the Pearl River delta; South China [Add to Longdo] |
泛珠江三角 | [fàn zhū jiāng sān jiǎo, ㄈㄢˋ ㄓㄨ ㄐㄧㄤ ㄙㄢ ㄐㄧㄠˇ, 泛 珠 江 三 角] the Pan-Pearl river delta (economic zone including the 5 provinces around Guangzhou and Hong Kong) [Add to Longdo] |
行政区划 | [xíng zhèng qū huà, ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄥˋ ㄑㄩ ㄏㄨㄚˋ, 行 政 区 划 / 行 政 區 劃] administrative subdivision (e.g. of provinces into counties) [Add to Longdo] |
行政区画 | [xíng zhèng qū huà, ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄥˋ ㄑㄩ ㄏㄨㄚˋ, 行 政 区 画 / 行 政 區 畫] administrative subdivision (e.g. of provinces into counties) [Add to Longdo] |
跨地区 | [kuà dì qū, ㄎㄨㄚˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄑㄩ, 跨 地 区 / 跨 地 區] inter-regional; spanning two or more PRC provinces [Add to Longdo] |
諸国 | [しょこく, shokoku] (n, n-suf) various countries; various regions; various provinces; (P) #3,775 [Add to Longdo] |
東国 | [とうごく, tougoku] (n) eastern country; eastern provinces; Kanto provinces #14,928 [Add to Longdo] |
沿海州 | [えんかいしゅう, enkaishuu] (n) (Russian) maritime provinces; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
下国 | [げこく, gekoku] (n, vs) leaving for the provinces [Add to Longdo] |
関東八州 | [かんとうはっしゅう, kantouhasshuu] (n) (See 関八州) eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke & Shimotsuke) [Add to Longdo] |
関八州 | [かんはっしゅう, kanhasshuu] (n) (abbr) (See 関東八州) eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke & Shimotsuke) [Add to Longdo] |
五畿内 | [ごきない, gokinai] (n) (See 四畿内) the Five Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, Kawachi, and Izumi) [Add to Longdo] |
四畿内 | [しきない, shikinai] (n) (arch) (See 五畿内) the Four Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, and Kawachi); obsolete in 757 when Izumi was established as a separate province from Kawachi [Add to Longdo] |
総領 | [すべおさ, subeosa] (n) (arch) (See 律令制, 総領・3) pre-ritsuryo official established in key provinces, responsible for administration of his home and surrounding provinces [Add to Longdo] |
総領;惣領;總領(oK) | [そうりょう, souryou] (n) (1) eldest child; oldest child; first-born child; (2) child who carries on the family name; (3) (arch) (See 律令制, 総領・すべおさ) pre-ritsuryo official established in key provinces, responsible for administration of his home and surrounding provinces; (4) (arch) head of a warrior clan (Kamakura period) [Add to Longdo] |
八州 | [はっしゅう, hasshuu] (n) (1) (arch) (See 八洲) Japan; (2) (See 関八州) eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke & Shimotsuke) [Add to Longdo] |
北国 | [きたぐに(P);ほっこく, kitaguni (P); hokkoku] (n) northern provinces; northern countries; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
六十余州 | [ろくじゅうよしゅう, rokujuuyoshuu] (n) 66-odd provinces of old Japan; 60-odd states [Add to Longdo] |