Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 章

surname Zhang

chapter
section
clause
movement (of symphony)
seal
badge
regulation
order

to affix a seal
to stamp (a document)
to sign off on sth

medal
CL:枚 (méi)

Zhanggong district of Ganzhou city 贛州市／赣州市 ( Gànzhōushì), Jiangxi

Mazhang District of Zhanjiang City 湛江市 ( Zhànjiāng Shì), Guangdong

prologue
preface
preamble

official seal

rule

lapel badge
CL:枚 (méi)

sample chapter

collar insignia

badge
insignia
lapel badge (e.g. with miniature portrait of great national leader)

seal
stamp

Hezhang county in Bijie prefecture 畢節地區／毕节地区 ( Bìjiédìqū), Guizhou

stamp
seal
CL:方 (fāng)

epaulet
shoulder loop
shoulder mark

armband
armlet
shoulder emblem

chapter; section (of a written work); passage of writing; (fig.) chapter (in the history of sth)

signature

memorial to the Emperor

(literary) effort; trouble; pains (to get sth done)
(literary) frightened; terrified

rules
regulations
constitution
statute
articles of association (of company)
articles of incorporation
charter (of a corporation)
by-laws

party constitution

article
essay
literary works
writings
hidden meaning
CL:篇 (piān),段 (duàn),頁／页 (yè)

Yizhang county in Chenzhou 郴州 ( Chēnzhōu), Hunan

to form a coherent composition

street name in ancient Chang'an synonymous with brothel area
red-light district

charter

charter

coat of arms

a beautiful speech or piece of writing
your beautiful article (honorific)

rule; regulation

Zhangqiu, county-level city in Jinan 濟南／济南 ( Jǐnán), Shandong

movement (of a symphony)

Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat

chapter
section

concise list of rules
brochure
pamphlet

armband (e.g. as part of uniform or to show status)

private seal
stamp inked on the back of one's hand (used to prove that one has paid to enter a venue etc)

badge

institution
institutional

octopus

newspapers

seal
signet
chop
stamp
CL:方 (fāng)

medal
decoration

(literary) beautiful writing

to appraise

according to the regulations

poetry and prose
rhetoric

recreative seal, bearing not the owner's name but a well-known verse or such, and used for artistic purposes on paintings etc

to break the rules
to violate regulations

badge
emblem
insignia
crest
logo
coat of arms

violator
lawbreaker

to make an issue of sth
to fuss
to make a song and dance

Cao Yuzhang (1924-1996), modern writer and publisher, author of Tales from 5000 Years of Chinese History 上下五千年 ( Shàngxià Wǔ Qiānnián)

Yizhang county in Chenzhou 郴州 ( Chēnzhōu), Hunan

Zhāng Tàiyán

Zhang Taiyan (1869-1936), scholar, journalist, revolutionary and leading intellectual around the time of the Xinhai revolution

Wu Yuzhang (1878-1966), writer, educator and communist politician

Mazhang District of Zhanjiang City 湛江市 ( Zhànjiāng Shì), Guangdong

Zhāng Bǐnglín

Zhang Taiyan 章太炎 (1869-1936), scholar, journalist, revolutionary and leading intellectual around the time of the Xinhai revolution

Lǐ Hóngzhāng

Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat

xiànzhāngpài

the Chartist movement (in the 1840s in England)

(southern dialects) red armband

Zhāng Shìzhāo

Zhang Shizhao (1881-1973), revolutionary journalist in Shanghai, then established writer

takoyaki (octopus dumpling), a Japanese snack food

Zhang Ziyi (1979-), PRC actress

Zhanggong district of Ganzhou city 贛州市／赣州市 ( Gànzhōushì), Jiangxi

memorial badge
souvenir badge
CL:枚 (méi)

Dà Xiànzhāng

Magna Carta

Zhangqiu, county-level city in Jinan 濟南／济南 ( Jǐnán), Shandong

He Zhizhang (659-744), Tang dynasty poet

Hezhang county in Bijie prefecture 畢節地區／毕节地区 ( Bìjiédìqū), Guizhou

jūngōngzhāng

military medal

zhānghuíxiǎoshuō

novel in chapters, main format for long novels from the Ming onwards, with each chapter headed by a summary couplet

shùnlǐchéngzhāng

logical
only to be expected
rational and clearly structured (of text)

duànzhāng-qǔyì

(idiom) to quote out of context

dàyǒuwénzhāng

some deeper meaning in this
more to it than meets the eye
there's sth behind all this

shuàiyóujiùzhāng

to act in accordance with the old rules (idiom)
to follow a proven formula

dàfèizhōuzhāng

to take great pains
to go to a lot of trouble

biǎomiànwénzhāng

superficial show
going through the motions

yuēfǎsānzhāng

to agree on three laws (idiom)
three-point covenant
(fig.) preliminary agreement
basic rules

záluànwúzhāng

disordered and in a mess (idiom); all mixed up and chaotic

fúwùguīzhāng

service regulation

zǒumǎzhāngtái

to go to the brothel on horseback (idiom); to visit prostitutes

chūkǒuchéngzhāng

(idiom) (of one's speech) eloquent
articulate

Jiǔzhāng Suànshù

The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art

guānyàngwénzhāng

officialese
red tape

zhāngfǔjiànlü

court crown beneath straw shoe (idiom); everything turned upside down

jiāopiànpèizhāng

film badge

guīzhāngzhìdù

rules and regulations

Língbā Xiànzhāng

Charter 08, PRC pro-democracy petition of December 2008

Sìshí'èr Zhāngjīng

四十二章经

[四十二章經]

The Sutra in Forty-two Sections Spoken by the Buddha, the first Chinese Buddhist text, translated in 67 AD by Kasyapa-Matanga 迦葉摩騰／迦叶摩腾 ( Jiāyè Móténg) and Gobharana 竺法蘭／竺法兰 ( Zhúfǎlán) (Dharmaraksha)

Lǐ Hóngzhāngzásui

李鸿章杂碎

[李鴻章雜碎]

chop suey (American Chinese dish)

dàzǐjīngxūnzhāng

大紫荆勋章

[大紫荊勳章]

Great Bauhinia Medal (GBM), Hong Kong's highest honor

zhāngyúxiǎowánzi

章鱼小丸子

[章魚小丸子]

takoyaki (octopus dumpling), a Japanese snack food

Liánhéguóxiànzhāng

联合国宪章

[聯合國憲章]

United Nations charter