Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 氏

clan name
maiden name

see 月氏 ( Yuèzhī) and 閼氏／阏氏 (yānzhī)

Roche
F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd

Heinz (name)
Heinz, US food processing company

Ponzi (name)
Pond's (brand of skin care products), also written 旁氏

Guinness (name) (Tw)

Yuanshi county in Shijiazhuang 石家莊／石家庄 ( Shíjiāzhuāng), Hebei

ancient people of central Asia during the Han dynasty

Lushi county in Sanmenxia 三門峽／三门峡 ( Sānménxiá), Henan

Weishi county in Kaifeng 開封／开封 ( Kāifēng), Henan

formal wife of a Xiongnu chief during the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)

Richter (scale)

Victorinox (knife manufacturer)

Pond's (brand of skin care products)

family name

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

native
person from a particular place

Euclid
abbr. for 歐幾里得／欧几里得

the Korean Yi or Lee Dynasty (1392-1910)

clan

Fahrenheit

Pasteur

a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑／鲜卑 nomadic people

family tree
ancestral records

Richter (scale)
Richter (name)

Celsius
centigrade

Charles Messier (1730-1817), French astronomer who catalogued nebulas and galaxies

Nüwa (creator of humans in Chinese mythology)

Dufour gland (produces female sex hormone in bees)

Mehlis gland

degrees Fahrenheit

Yuanshi county in Shijiazhuang 石家莊／石家庄 ( Shíjiāzhuāng), Hebei

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

another name for 伏羲 ( Fú Xī), consort of 女媧／女娲 ( Nüwā)

Tángshìzhèng

Down's syndrome
mongolism

one of the five legendary emperors, also called 嚳／喾 ( Kù)

(bird species of China) Blyth's pipit (Anthus godlewskii)

Down's syndrome child

(bird species of China) Tickell's thrush (Turdus unicolor)

anonymous person

Malpighian tubule system (in the insect digestive tract etc)

°C (degrees Celsius)

Lushi county in Sanmenxia 三門峽／三门峡 ( Sānménxiá), Henan

the Greater Yuezhi, a branch of the Yuezhi 月氏 ( Yuèzhī) people of central Asia during the Han dynasty

Kellogg's (US food manufacturing company)

alternative name for the Yellow Emperor 黃帝／黄帝

Suirenshi, legendary inventor of fire

Weishi county in Kaifeng 開封／开封 ( Kāifēng), Henan

Shennong or Farmer God (c. 2000 BC), first of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝 ( Yándì) and creator of agriculture in China
followers or clan of Shennong 神農／神农 ( Shénnóng)

Fuxi or Fu Hsi, legendary Chinese emperor 2852-2738 BC, mythical creator of fishing, trapping, and writing

Pangu (creator of the universe in Chinese mythology)

(bird species of China) Franklin's gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan)

Wèishì Cháoxiǎn

Wiman Korea (195-108 BC), historical kingdom in Manchuria, Liaoning and North Korea

(bird species of China) Godlewski's bunting (Emberiza godlewskii)

Lüshì Chūnqiū

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 (zhūzǐbǎijiā), compiled around 239 BC under the patronage of Qin Dynasty 秦代 ( Qíndài) Chancellor Lü Buwei 呂不韋／吕不韦 ( Lü Bùwéi)

Huáishìhǔdōng

(bird species of China) White's thrush (Zoothera aurea)

Huòshìyīngjuān

(bird species of China) Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx nisicolor)

Ruìshìguīmó

Richter scale

Hèshìjuéyīng

see 鷹鵰／鹰雕 (yīngdiāo)

Yàshìbǎojiā

see 阿斯佩爾格爾／阿斯佩尔格尔 ( Asīpèi'ěrgé'ěr)

Kèlóngshìbìng

Crohn's disease

Xiūshìshùyīng

(bird species of China) Hume's bush warbler (Horornis brunnescens)

Shǐshìhuángyīng

(bird species of China) Styan's grasshopper warbler (Locustella pleskei)

shāménshìjūn

Salmonella

Pángshìpiànjú

Ponzi scheme

Bǐshìwēngyīng

(bird species of China) Bianchi's warbler (Seicercus valentini)

Kè Yǎshìzhèng

Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease CJD

Lǐshì Cháoxiǎn

Joseon, last Korean dynasty (1392-1910)

bùshìjūnmiáo

Brucella vaccine

ruìshìrǎnsè

Wright's stain (used in studying blood)

zebra tilapia
Tilapia buttikoferi (zoology)

Wéishìpīnfǎ

Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)

Yàbóshìzhèng

Apert syndrome

Luóshìxiànquān

Rogowski coil

hyperbolic geometry
Lobachevskian geometry

Zuǒshì Chūnqiū

Mr Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明 ( Zuǒ Qiūmíng)
usually called Zuo Zhuan 左傳／左传 ( Zuǒ Zhuàn)

Lǐshìzhènjí

Richter magnitude scale

Wéishìwēngyīng

(bird species of China) Whistler's warbler (Seicercus whistleri)

Màishìzéi'ōu

(bird species of China) South Polar skua (Stercorarius maccormicki)

lièshìwēnbiāo

Réaumur temperature scale

Dùshìxiàntǐ

Dufour gland (produces female sex hormone in bees)

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

Bùláishìliù

(Tw) (bird species of China) Blyth's pipit (Anthus godlewskii)

Bāshìshìyàn

Pap test (medicine)

Sàishìlíyīng

(bird species of China) Sykes's warbler (Iduna rama)

Bùshìwěiyīng

(bird species of China) Blyth's reed warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum)

ruìshìrǎnliào

Wright's stain (used in studying blood)

Yuánshì Wùyǔ

The Tale of Genji
Genji Monogatari

Bāshìshājūn

pasteurization

Gélánshìyīnxìng

革兰氏阴性

[革蘭氏陰性]

Gram negative (bacteria that do not retain Gram stain, often the more dangerous kind)

Bājīnsēnshìzhèng

巴金森氏症

[巴金森氏症]

Parkinson's disease

bùshìgǎnjūnbìng

布氏杆菌病

[布氏桿菌病]

brucellosis (undulant fever or Mediterranean fever)

Bùlǔshìjūnbìng

布鲁氏菌病

[布魯氏菌病]

Brucella (infectious disease)

Pǔshìxiǎolíngyáng

普氏小羚羊

[普氏小羚羊]

Przevalski's gazelle (Procapra przewalskii) of Central Asia

Lǐsītèshìjūn

李斯特氏菌

[李斯特氏菌]

listeria bacillus

kèshìyuán'áoxiā

克氏原螯虾

[克氏原螯蝦]

red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii); Louisiana crawfish

Chūnqiū Zuǒshì Zhuàn

春秋左氏传

[春秋左氏傳]

Mr Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明 ( Zuǒ Qiūmíng)
usually called Zuo Zhuan 左傳／左传 ( Zuǒ Zhuàn)

Kèshìhēiqíquán

克氏黑鳍鳈

[克氏黑鰭鰁]

Cherskii's thicklip gudgeon (Sarcocheilichthys czerskii), a species of cyprinid fish endemic to the Amur River basin

Lánggéhǎnshìdǎo

郎格罕氏岛

[郎格罕氏島]

islets of Langerhans (medicine)

Fànshìqǐdiànjī

范氏起电机

[范氏起電機]

Van de Graaff generator

tǔlāfúshìjūn

土拉弗氏菌

[土拉弗氏菌]

Francisella tularensis

Adísēnshìbìng

阿狄森氏病

[阿狄森氏病]

Addison's disease

Huòshìxuánmùquè

霍氏旋木雀

[霍氏旋木雀]

(bird species of China) Hodgson's treecreeper (Certhia hodgsoni)

Oūshìjǐhéxué

欧氏几何学

[歐氏幾何學]

Euclidean geometry

Bāoshìluóxuántǐ

包氏螺旋体

[包氏螺旋體]

Borrelia, genus of Spirochaete bacteria

gélánshìyīnxìng

格兰氏阴性

[格蘭氏陰性]

Gram negative (of bacteria)
also written 革蘭氏陰性／革兰氏阴性

Xiūshìxuánmùquè

休氏旋木雀

[休氏旋木雀]

(bird species of China) Hume's treecreeper (Certhia manipurensis)

Gēshìjīnsīyàn

戈氏金丝燕

[戈氏金絲燕]

(bird species of China) Germain's swiftlet (Aerodramus germani)

Tángshìzōnghézhèng

唐氏综合症

[唐氏綜合症]

Down syndrome

Wēishìzhùyīnfǎ

威氏注音法

[威氏註音法]

Wade-Giles transliteration scheme for Chinese

zhìhèshìjūnbìng

志贺氏菌病

[志賀氏菌病]

shigellosis
bacillary dysentery

mǎshìzhēnzhūbèi

马氏珍珠贝

[馬氏珍珠貝]

pearl oyster (genus Pinctada)

Kǎbōxīshìròuliú

卡波西氏肉瘤

[卡波西氏肉瘤]

Kaposi's sarcoma

shānghánshāménshìjūn

伤寒沙门氏菌

[傷寒沙門氏菌]

salmonella typhimurium

Lǐsītèshìgǎnjūn

李斯特氏杆菌

[李斯特氏桿菌]

listeria bacillus

Kèléibóshìjūnshǔ

克雷伯氏菌属

[克雷伯氏菌屬]

Klebsiella

Gélánshìrǎnsèfǎ

革兰氏染色法

[革蘭氏染色法]

Gram stain (used to distinguished two different kinds of bacteria)

Bāoróushìluóxuántǐ

包柔氏螺旋体

[包柔氏螺旋體]

Borrelia, genus of Spirochaete bacteria

lìshìlìkècìtǐ

立氏立克次体

[立氏立克次體]

Rickettsia rickettsii

Xiūshìbáihóulínyīng

休氏白喉林莺

[休氏白喉林鶯]

(bird species of China) Hume's whitethroat (Sylvia althaea)

Jiǎnshìfángwùzhōukān

简氏防务周刊

[簡氏防務週刊]

Jane's defense weekly

pǔshìlìkècìtǐ

普氏立克次体

[普氏立克次體]

Rickettsia prowazekii

Géléi Shì Jiěpōuxué

格雷氏解剖学

[格雷氏解剖學]

Gray's Anatomy (medical reference book)

fèiyán Kèléibóshìjūn

肺炎克雷伯氏菌

[肺炎克雷伯氏菌]

Klebsiella pnenmoniae

Aěrcíhǎimòshìzhèng

阿尔茨海默氏症

[阿爾茨海默氏症]

Alzheimer's disease
senile dementia

biànyìxíng Kè Yǎshìzhèng

变异型克雅氏症

[變異型克雅氏症]

variant Creutzfeldt-Jacobs disease, vCJD

Aěrcíhǎimòshìbìng

阿耳茨海默氏病

[阿耳茨海默氏病]

Alzheimer's disease

Túléitèshìzōnghézhèng

图雷特氏综合症

[圖雷特氏綜合症]

Tourette syndrome

Měiní'ěrshìzōnghézhèng

美尼尔氏综合症

[美尼爾氏綜合症]

Meniere's disease

Aěrcíhǎimòshìbìng

阿尔茨海默氏病

[阿爾茨海默氏病]

Alzheimer's disease
senile dementia

Jíbótèshìzhènghòuqún

吉伯特氏症候群

[吉伯特氏症候群]

Gilbert's syndrome

Dùxīngshìjīròuyíngyǎngbùliángzhèng

杜兴氏肌肉营养不良症

[杜興氏肌肉營養不良症]

Duchenne muscular dystrophy