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Chinese textbook series
The Practical Chinese Reader (Chinese: 实用汉语课本; pinyin: shíyòng hànyǔ kèběn) is a six-volume series of Chinese language teaching books developed to teach
Practical_Chinese_Reader
Topics referred to by the same term
motor racing team Police control room, an emergency control centre Practical Chinese Reader, a textbook Production control room, of a television studio Princess
PCR
Topics referred to by the same term
Bengali-language film Palanka, a character in the Practical Chinese Reader, used for teaching Mandarin Chinese Kriva Palanka dialect, one of the northern dialects
Palanka
American television personality
American TV personality in China, also known by the Chinese name Mu Aihua (Chinese: 穆爱华; pinyin: Mù Àihuá; lit. 'Mu Love China'). Since the age of 10, she
Ai_Hua
Mischievous trick played on someone
irritation. The perpetrator of a practical joke is called a "practical joker", "prankster" or "troll". Other terms for practical jokes include gag, jape and
Practical_joke
Country in East Asia
Shi Yuan (2018). "Categorical Perception of Chinese Characters by Simplified and Traditional Chinese Readers". Reading and Writing. 3 (5): 1133–1154. doi:10
China
Sino-Tibetan language
Chinese (spoken: simplified Chinese: 汉语; traditional Chinese: 漢語; pinyin: Hànyǔ, written: 中文; Zhōngwén) is an umbrella term for all Sinitic languages,
Chinese_language
2014 book by Xi Jinping
the Chinese Communist Party and published by official People's Publishing House and Study Publishing House. The Organization Department of the Chinese Communist
Reader of General Secretary Xi Jinping's Series of Important Speeches
Reader_of_General_Secretary_Xi_Jinping's_Series_of_Important_Speeches
Slang term
deprecated archival service (link) Dale, Corinne H. (2004). Chinese Aesthetics and Literature: A Reader. New York: State University of New York Press. pp. 15–25
Chinese_fire_drill
Foretelling the future through the study of the palm
Those who practice palmistry are generally called palmists, palm readers, hand readers, hand analysts, or chirologists. There are many—and often
Palmistry
1997 American self-help book by Miguel Ruiz
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom is a self-help book by Don Miguel Ruiz with Janet Mills. It outlines a code of conduct, said
The_Four_Agreements
improved and new Chinese groups emerged. Islam has been practiced in Chinese society for 1,400 years. Muslims constitute a minority group in China; according
Religion_in_China
Chinese folk religion or folk beliefs, comprises a range of traditional religious practices of Han Chinese, including the Chinese diaspora. This includes
Chinese_folk_religion
Mathematics used in Ancient China
existed in China centuries before Pascal, such as the Song-era polymath Shen Kuo. Chinese mathematics traditionally emphasized practical problem-solving
Chinese_mathematics
Logographic writing system
other symbols. Chinese characters are logographs used to write the Chinese languages and others from regions historically influenced by Chinese culture, including
Chinese_characters
Chinese campaign led by Mao Zedong (1946–1953)
Chinese abbreviation Tǔgǎi (土改), was a mass movement led by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Mao Zedong during the late phase of the Chinese Civil
Land_Reform_Movement
Study of general and fundamental questions
of reality and the ways of arriving at knowledge. Chinese philosophy focuses principally on practical issues about right social conduct, government, and
Philosophy
2007 book by Dr. Russ Harris
book introduces the ACT therapy model in an accessible and practical way, teaching readers how to handle negative feelings and self doubt, and living
The_Happiness_Trap
Conflict between communist blocs
originated for practical application to the socio-economic conditions of industrialized Western Europe in the 19th century. During the Chinese Civil War in
Sino-Soviet_split
actual history.[citation needed] The zhai dou (simplified Chinese: 宅斗; traditional Chinese: 宅鬥; lit. 'residential intrigue') and gong dou (宫斗; 宮鬥; 'harem
Concubinage_in_China
Alchemical procedure for creating the philosopher's stone
original on 2007-09-12. Retrieved 2010-10-25. Stanton J. Linden. The alchemy reader: from Hermes Trismegistus to Isaac Newton. p. 17 it is unclear if the text
Magnum_opus_(alchemy)
Iconic elements of Chinese culture Chinese culture (simplified Chinese: 中华文化; traditional Chinese: 中華文化; pinyin: Zhōnghuá wénhuà) is one of the world's
Chinese_culture
Historical dress of the Han Chinese people
(simplified Chinese: 汉服; traditional Chinese: 漢服; pinyin: Hànfú, lit. "Han clothing"), also known as Hanzhuang (simplified Chinese: 汉装; traditional Chinese: 漢裝;
Hanfu
Classic composition of common surnames in China's Song dynasty
(Chinese: 百家姓), commonly known as Bai Jia Xing, also translated as Hundreds of Chinese Surnames, is a classic Chinese text composed of common Chinese surnames
Hundred_Family_Surnames
Philosophical tradition
concepts, meaning, belief, and science—are best viewed in terms of their practical uses and successes. Pragmatism began in the United States in the 1870s
Pragmatism
Chinese characters used in modern languages
Modern Chinese characters (Traditional Chinese: 現代漢字; Hong Kong and Macau Chinese: 現代漢字; Simplified Chinese: 现代汉字; Pinyin: xiàndài hànzì) are the Chinese characters
Modern_Chinese_characters
Civil service examination system in Imperial China
educational standard throughout these countries. Readers of Classical Chinese did not need to learn spoken Chinese to understand or read the text because of
Imperial_examination
Grapheme which represents a word or a morpheme
semantic component of a language, such as a word or morpheme. Chinese characters as used in Chinese as well as other languages are logograms, as are Egyptian
Logogram
Traditional marriage customs
Traditional Chinese marriage (Chinese: 婚姻; pinyin: hūnyīn) is a ceremonial ritual within Chinese societies that involves not only a union between spouses
Traditional_Chinese_marriage
Short story collection by Liu Cixin
other editions) is a collection of eleven science-fiction short stories by Chinese writer Liu Cixin. Two short stories won the Galaxy Award. "The Village
To_Hold_Up_the_Sky
Study of the development of philosophy
practice in China tended to focus on practical wisdom, with philosophers often serving as sages or thoughtful advisors. The first period in Chinese philosophy
History_of_philosophy
Rotating bookcase for reading multiple books at once
illustration by Agostino Ramelli at a time when large books posed practical problems for readers. Ramelli's design influenced other engineers and, though now
Bookwheel
English literary critic (1893–1979)
K. Ogden and I. A. Richards, Principles of Literary Criticism (1924), Practical Criticism (1929), and The Philosophy of Rhetoric (1936). Richards was
I._A._Richards
American social networking service
facilitation of sexual abuse, revenge porn, and child pornography. A practical use for Twitter's real-time functionality is as an effective de facto
X_(social_network)
of Education. By law, education in the People's Republic of China is led by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and adheres to its ideology. All citizens
Education_in_China
American science fiction writer (born 1967)
Chinese name is Chiang Feng-nan (Chinese: 姜峯楠; pinyin: Jiāng Fēngnán). Both of his parents are Taiwanese waishengren who were born in mainland China,
Ted_Chiang
Ancient Chinese political-philosophy school
Legalism (Chinese: 法家; pinyin: fajia) refers to an intellectual, political, and philosophical orientation beginning in the Warring States period of China.[citation
Legalism_(Chinese_philosophy)
Soybeans and Soyfoods in China and Taiwan, and in Chinese Cookbooks, Restaurants, and Chinese Work with Soyfoods Outside China (1024 BCE to 2014). Soyinfo
List_of_Chinese_inventions
Work on ethics by Aristotle
consists of, but it aims to be of practical help in achieving the good. It is connected to another of Aristotle's practical works, Politics, which reflects
Nicomachean_Ethics
English word
does not mean "all correct"; it means that we have reached a point where practical agreement is possible, however far from perfection it may lie. David Dalby
OK
after World War I; and Chinese Black Chamber: An Adventure in Espionage (ISBN 0-395-34648-7), about Yardley's work with the Chinese government in the years
Bibliography_of_cryptography
Chinese characters used in Japanese writing
pronounced [kaɲ.dʑi] , 'Han characters') are logographic Chinese characters, historically adapted from Chinese writing scripts, used in the writing of Japanese
Kanji
2022 film by Jordan Peele
and Ian Cooper's Monkeypaw Productions banner. Nope premiered at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles on July 18, 2022, and was theatrically released
Nope_(film)
Chinese school of Mahāyāna Buddhism
Chan (traditional Chinese: 禪; simplified Chinese: 禅; pinyin: Chán; abbr. of Chinese: 禪那; pinyin: chánnà), from Sanskrit dhyāna (meaning "meditation" or
Chan_Buddhism
2025 book by Ray Dalio
founder of Bridgewater Associates, Ray Dalio. The book was published by Avid Reader Press. The book was first featured on The New York Times Best Seller Hardcover
How_Countries_Go_Broke
Diode that emits light from an organic compound
Ching Wan Tang and Steven Van Slyke at Eastman Kodak built the first practical OLED device in 1987. This device used a two-layer structure with separate
OLED
and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) amid the Chinese Civil War. These discussions culminated in the constitution of the Republic of China in 1946,
Censorship in the Republic of China (1912–1949)
Censorship_in_the_Republic_of_China_(1912–1949)
Chinese pharmaceutical chemist (born 1930)
Tu Youyou (Chinese: 屠呦呦; pinyin: Tú Yōuyōu; born 30 December 1930) is a Nobel Prize-winning Chinese malariologist and pharmaceutical chemist. She discovered
Tu_Youyou
Overview of the Chinese encyclopedia culture
Chinese encyclopedias comprise both Chinese language encyclopedias and foreign language ones about China or Chinese topics. There is a type of native
Chinese_encyclopedia
State of living together as spouses while unmarried
the Chinese refer to as pínfēi (Chinese: 嬪妃), or "consorts of emperors", an official position often carrying a very high rank. In premodern China it was
Concubinage
Computer recognition of visual text
Optical character recognition (OCR) or optical character reader is the electronic or mechanical conversion of images of typed, handwritten or printed text
Optical_character_recognition
Styles of writing Chinese characters
Chinese characters may be written using several major historical styles, which developed organically over the history of Chinese script. There are also
Chinese_script_styles
Normative ethical theories
ethics – Practical application of moral considerations Arete – Greek philosophical concept Buddhist ethics (discipline) Confucianism – Chinese ethical
Virtue_ethics
Technology hub in California, United States
University's Ethernet campus network. Commercial use of the Internet became practical and grew slowly throughout the early 1990s. In 1995, commercial use of
Silicon_Valley
Transcription of languages into Cyrillic script
Chinese, Turkish, and Japanese) same, 2nd edition; Moscow, Nauka, 2006, 526. ISBN 5-02-033718-8. (11 European languages, as well as Arabic, Chinese,
Cyrillization
Marks to indicate pacing of written text
read aloud, so the copyists began to introduce a range of marks to aid the reader, including indentation, various punctuation marks (diple, paragraphos, simplex
Punctuation
Japanese art of paper folding
'kite' design. Mathematics teachers find the designs very useful as a practical way of demonstrating some basic properties of symmetry.[citation needed]
Origami
Basic distinction in philosophy
Subjectivity. Hackett, 1982. Voices of Wisdom; a multicultural philosophy reader. Kessler Look up Subjectivity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mulder
Subjectivity and objectivity (philosophy)
Subjectivity_and_objectivity_(philosophy)
Japanese syllabary
output. Although words borrowed from ancient Chinese are usually written in kanji, loanwords from modern Chinese varieties that are borrowed directly use
Katakana
that Short Round was born Wan Li (Chinese: 萬麗) in 1924. Despite attending a Christian school, he respects Chinese mythology, and believes that the baby
List of Indiana Jones characters
List_of_Indiana_Jones_characters
Type of literature available primarily or solely on the Internet
there may be a limited author-reader community, there is a much stronger online author-author community, founded upon practical support and encouragement
Web_fiction
Country primarily in North America
Classical, Renaissance, and Enlightenment philosophies and ideas. Though in practical effect since its drafting in 1777, the Articles of Confederation were
United_States
Episodes aired 2025
speaker Tanya and palm reader Malti, conducted consecutively. Between sessions, housemates participated in a physical fitness practical exam to earn rations
Bigg Boss (Hindi TV series) season 19
Bigg_Boss_(Hindi_TV_series)_season_19
Traditional art in Chinese culture and philosophy
For millennia, Chinese archery (simplified Chinese: 中国箭术; traditional Chinese: 中華射藝; pinyin: zhōnghuá shè yì, the art of Chinese archery) has played a
Chinese_archery
skating roller freestyle scootering Rowing indoor Shooting practical handgun practical rifle practical shotgun Skiing flying speed telemark Summer biathlon
World Indoor Skydiving Championships
World_Indoor_Skydiving_Championships
Martial artist and actor (1940–1973)
Chinese concubine. Charles Russo has questioned this origin story entirely, suggesting that Grace's father might have been Chinese or mixed-Chinese,
Bruce_Lee
supported by most e-book readers, including Kobo eReader devices, Amazon Kindle devices being an exception. Most e-book readers also support the PDF and
Comparison_of_e-book_formats
Aspect of Chinese literature
empower Chinese women. Xie Wanying (1900–1999), better known by her pen name Bing Xin (Chinese: 冰心) or Xie Bingxin, was one of the most prolific Chinese writers
Women writers in Chinese literature
Women_writers_in_Chinese_literature
Spiritual leader of Tibet since 1940
discussions, seeks to find a middle ground, "a practical approach and mutually beneficial to both Tibetans and Chinese, in which Tibetans can preserve their culture
14th_Dalai_Lama
Abbreviated symbolic writing method
themselves adapted from the Chinese characters: both of the syllabaries, katakana and hiragana, are in everyday use alongside the Chinese characters known as
Shorthand
Class 1-A cheat by telling them what is on the First Term Final Exam's practical portion. She and Yaoyorozu have developed a friendly rivalry.[ep 95] Ibara
List of My Hero Academia characters
List_of_My_Hero_Academia_characters
2024 smartphone by Apple
Chokkattu, Julian (September 23, 2024). "Apple's iPhone 16 Is Cuter and More Practical Than the iPhone 16 Pro". WIRED. Retrieved April 9, 2026. iPhone 16 – official
IPhone_16
Chinese view of heaven
Tian (天) is one of the oldest Chinese terms for heaven or the cosmos and is a central concept in Chinese mythology, philosophy, and cosmology. During the
Tian
Three fictional superstates in the novel 1984 by George Orwell
evolved into the three states is unknown; and it is also unknown to the reader whether they actually exist in the novel's reality, or whether they are
Political geography of Nineteen Eighty-Four
Political_geography_of_Nineteen_Eighty-Four
traditional and simplified Chinese characters is an ongoing dispute concerning Chinese orthography among users of Chinese characters. It has stirred up
Debate on traditional and simplified Chinese characters
Debate_on_traditional_and_simplified_Chinese_characters
Young trainee on an Australian cattle or sheep station
equivalent jillaroo or jilleroo) working on a sheep or cattle station to gain practical experience in the skills needed to become an owner, overseer, manager
Jackaroo
Concept in Chinese philosophy favouring inaction
Wu wei (traditional Chinese: 無為; simplified Chinese: 无为; pinyin: wúwéi; Jyutping: mou4-wai4) is a concept from ancient Chinese philosophy that literally
Wu_wei
Japanese term for a beautiful woman
Middle Chinese word mijX nyin (美人; modern Standard Chinese měirén), and the word 美人 is used widely in several Asian countries including China, South Korea
Bijin
Philosophical and literary concepts
SUNY Press. ISBN 978-0791411490. Michael, Drolet (2004). The Postmodernism Reader. Routledge. ISBN 9780415160841. Postmodernism and the re-reading of modernity
Apollonian_and_Dionysian
Term in Martin Heidegger's philosophy
Heidegger's work thus opposes the Cartesian "abstract agent" in favour of practical engagement with one's environment. Dasein is revealed by projection into
Dasein
English novelist
Staffordshire University (2007). Buckingham held various academic posts including "Reader in Writing and Creativity" at De Montfort University, "Visiting Associate
Will_Buckingham
explicit 16th century Chinese novel The Plum in the Golden Vase, often called one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature, was in contrast
History_of_erotic_depictions
Fictional character, The Bear TV series
better and worse, all while demanding that the poet, the friend, and the reader do their part to create the world anew, be it through sexual reproduction
Carmy_Berzatto
Subgenre of pornography
featuring real or faked rape is illegal.[clarification needed] There are few practical legal restrictions on rape pornography in the United States. Law enforcement
Rape_pornography
American businessman and author (1747–1806)
miners' strike, and his cargo was sold at a premium. On another occasion, practical jokers told him he could make money by shipping gloves to the South Sea
Timothy_Dexter
Shinto ("way of the gods"), originally as Shindo, from the written Chinese Shendao (Chinese: 神道; pinyin: shén dào), combining two kanji: shin (神), meaning
Religion_in_Japan
Chinese musicology is the academic study of traditional Chinese music. This discipline has a very long history. Traditional Chinese music can be traced
Chinese_musicology
Chinese-American martial artist and researcher of martial arts education
Chinese). 2025-10-25. Retrieved 2025-10-25. "From Awareness to Action: Workshop Teaches Safety and Defense for Brooklyn's Asian Community". BK Reader
William_Kwok
Natural number
Below The Ground". Elite Readers. Retrieved 2020-08-06. "Chinese Numbers 1 to 10 | maayot". maayot • Bite-size daily Chinese stories. 2021-11-22. Retrieved
6
2025 US extrajudicial deportation
no longer the "custodian", and the Court thus lacks jurisdiction. As a practical matter, the facts say otherwise. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held
Deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
Deportation_of_Kilmar_Abrego_Garcia
Chinese literary metaphor
The sun-mirror (Chinese: 陽燧; pinyin: yángsuì) and moon-mirror (Chinese: 方諸; pinyin: fāngzhū) were bronze tools used in ancient China. A sun-mirror was
Chinese_sun_and_moon_mirrors
laboratories in Menlo Park, New Jersey did, however, develop the first practical light bulb in 1880 (employing a carbonized bamboo filament), shortly prior
List of common misconceptions about science, technology, and mathematics
List_of_common_misconceptions_about_science,_technology,_and_mathematics
Family of large language models by Google
Bobak (August 2, 2024), Gemma 2: Improving Open Language Models at a Practical Size, arXiv:2408.00118 "PaLI: Scaling Language-Image Learning in 100+
Gemma_(language_model)
Religious and philosophical tradition
and religious tradition indigenous to China, emphasizing harmony with the Tao 道. With a range of meaning in Chinese philosophy, translations of Tao include
Taoism
Martial art
1920s. It is a hand-to-hand combat system based on practical experience mixed with jujutsu and Chinese martial arts that was developed to train the Shanghai
Defendu
Portrayal of sexual subject matter
Porn: Evolutionary Perspectives on Online Pornography". In Workman, Lance; Reader, Will; Barkow, Jerome H. (eds.). The Cambridge Handbook of Evolutionary
Pornography
2023 monster film by Takashi Yamazaki
series train, as the crew sought to enhance the postwar setting through practical sounds. During post-production, colorist Masahiro Ishiyama was assigned
Godzilla_Minus_One
Widespread deliberate fabrication presented as truth
dynasty, is said to be China's first collection of stories about fraud, swindles, hoaxes, and other forms of deception. Although practical jokes have likely
Hoax
Sinosphere genre of reference work
leishu (traditional Chinese: 類書; simplified Chinese: 类书; lit. 'category books') is a genre of reference books historically compiled in China and other East
Leishu
Details of the rules for the abstract strategy board game for two players
to the Chinese rules. These rules are then discussed at length, in a way that does not assume prior knowledge of Go on the part of the reader. The discussion
Rules_of_Go
PRACTICAL CHINESE-READER
PRACTICAL CHINESE-READER
Boy/Male
Greek
Mouth of brass.
Boy/Male
African
God protects'.
Surname or Lastname
Chinese
Chinese : Cantonese variant of Qin 1.Korean : variant of Chon.English (Wiltshire) : variant spelling of Chunn.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Equal Strength
Boy/Male
Hindu
Lord of the soul, Ruler of mind
Surname or Lastname
Chinese
Chinese : variant of Ren.Mexican : probably of Mayan origin.English (Gloucestershire) : unexplained.
Boy/Male
African
God protects'.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Gods Gift; Good Gift
Boy/Male
Indian
The Sun
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Practical; Patient
Boy/Male
African
talented'.
Surname or Lastname
Chinese and Korean
Chinese and Korean : variant of Cho.English : from a short form of Joseph.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Chenery.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Girl/Female
Indian
Practical Girl
Girl/Female
English
Blend of Cherie and Cerise: dear one; darling.
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Indian, Kannada
Jwellry; Ornament
Boy/Male
Indian
Autumn in Chinese
Boy/Male
African
protector'.
Boy/Male
Indian, Modern
Independent; Resourceful; Practical
PRACTICAL CHINESE-READER
PRACTICAL CHINESE-READER
Girl/Female
Hebrew
Devoted to God.
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Kind Love
Boy/Male
Indian
Servant of the provider
Girl/Female
Tamil
Water, Sea
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Lord of Earth
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Greenery; The Lush Greenery on the Surface of the Earth
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Brought Together
Girl/Female
Hebrew Biblical
Married.
Girl/Female
Indian, Modern, Telugu
Princess / Queen
Boy/Male
Tamil
Sudhamshu | ஸà¯à®¤à®¾à®®à¯à®·à¯à®‚
Moon
PRACTICAL CHINESE-READER
PRACTICAL CHINESE-READER
PRACTICAL CHINESE-READER
PRACTICAL CHINESE-READER
PRACTICAL CHINESE-READER
a.
That may be practiced or performed; capable of being done or accomplished with available means or resources; feasible; as, a practicable method; a practicable aim; a practicable good.
v. t. & i.
To thrust oakum into (seams or chinks) with a chisel , the point of a knife, or a chinsing iron; to calk slightly.
a.
Derived from practice; as, practical skill.
adv.
By means of practice or use; by experience or experiment; as, practically wise or skillful; practically acquainted with a subject.
a.
Of or pertaining to practice or action.
imp. & p. p.
of Chinse
n.
Practice.
a.
Not practical; impractical.
n.
One who practices, or puts in practice; one who customarily performs certain acts.
a.
Capable of being turned to use or account; useful, in distinction from ideal or theoretical; as, practical chemistry.
a.
Used habitually; learned by practice.
a.
Not practical.
adv.
In practice or use; as, a medicine practically safe; theoretically wrong, but practically right.
imp. & p. p.
of Chine
a.
Experienced; expert; skilled; as, a practiced marksman.
a.
Capable of being used; passable; as, a practicable weapon; a practicable road.
a.
Evincing practice or skill; capable of applying knowledge to some useful end; as, a practical man; a practical mind.
imp. & p. p.
of Practice
a.
Practical.
adv.
In a practical way; not theoretically; really; as, to look at things practically; practically worthless.