GLOSSARY OF CHINESE TERMS
John Fitzgerald, BIG WHITE LIE: CHINESE AUSTRALIANS IN WHITE AUSTRALIA
(Sydney : UNSW Press 2007)
As far as possible all personal, institutional and place names are rendered as they were best known in their own time, in most cases through an English rendering of a Cantonese pronunciation. Mandarin pinyin spellings are presented in italics. This remains a work in progress. Where no Chinese characters are entered it is generally because they have yet to be identified. Special thanks to Kuo Mei-fen for assistance.
A Chuey James. See: Chuey James.
Ah See James. See: See James.
Ah See John. See: See John.
Ah Ket William [Mai Xixiang] 麥錫祥
Ah Mouy Louis [Lei Yamei] 雷亞妹
Aiguobao 愛國報
Aozhou ji nantaipingyang qundao tongzhi zhuyue banshichu 澳洲暨南太平洋群島駐粵辦事處
Aozhou niuxiuwei xueli zhonghua zongshanghui 澳洲鳥修威雪梨中華總商會
Aozhou zongzhibu zhuyue banshichu 澳洲總支部駐粵辦事處
Baohuanghui 保皇會
Bew George Kwok. See: Kwok Bew George.
Bo On Tong [Baoantang]. 保安堂
Cai Tingkai 蔡廷凱
Cai Xing. See: Choy Hing
Canton [Guangzhou] 廣州
Chan Albert
Chan Henry [Chen Minxi] 陳民熙
Chan On Yan [Chen Anren] 陳安仁
Chang Shen county. See: Chang Sheng county.
Chang Sheng county [Zengcheng] 增城縣
Chang Arthur Lock [Zeng Jiale] 鄭嘉樂
Changsha 長沙
Chaojia Teacher's College
Chee Kong Tong [Zhigongtang] 致公堂
Chen Guofu 陳果夫Chen Jiongming 陳炯明
Chen Renyi 陳任一
Chen Yansheng 陳炎生
Chen Yaoyuan 陳耀源
Cheng C.L.
Cheng Zhonghuan 陳仲恒
Cheong Cheok Hong [Zhang Zhuoxiong] 張卓雄
Chiang Kaishek [Jiang Jieshi] 蔣介石
Chikan 赤坎
Chin Mei village [Cunmo] 村末
Chong Luke [Zeng Lu] 鄭祿
Chou Chong
Chow S.F.
Chow Sam
Chow Toong Yung [Zhou Tongyang] 周通揚
Chow Vivian [Zhou Chenggui] 周成貴
Chow Yum
Choy Chong [Cai Chang] 蔡昌
Choy Hing [Cai Xing] 蔡興
Deyubu 德育部
Chuey James A. [Huang Zhu] 黃柱 (黃柱穩)
Chuk Sau Yuen [Zhuxiuyuan] 竹秀園
Chun Phillip Lee. See: Lee Chun Phillip.
Chung family [Zhen]
Chung Wah Association 中華公會
Chung Wah Store
Chung Yi Wo [Zhongyihe] 仲義和
Ci Xi Empress Dowager 慈禧太后
Cum Ling
Dah Sun [Daxin] 大新有限公司
Daoguang Emperor 道光皇帝
Daqingguo 大清國
Dongheng Street
Fong Sam
Doongchang Lin Yik Tong [Dongzeng lianyitang] 東增聯義堂
Doong Goong county [Dongguan xian] 東莞縣 See also: Tung Kuan county
Duk Kwong Sue. See: Kwong Sue Duk
Fatt Kwan Hong [Guan Kangqi] 關康祺
Fay Harry [Lei Miaohui] 雷妙輝
Foo Yan Man Ser Kwong Fook Hui [Furen wenshe guangfuhui] 輔仁文社光復會
Gee Tock. See: Wong Tock Gee
Gee Hing. See: Yee Hing.
Gockchin Philip [Guo Quan] 郭泉
Gocklock James [Guo Le] 郭樂
Gockson William [Guo Shun] 郭順
Goming county [Gaoming] 高明縣
Gongsi 公司
Gooey Ling
Gooey Poon. See: Poon Gooey
Goon Ping & Co 公平號
Goyou county [Gaoyao] 高要縣
Gu Jichang. See: Yan Jichang
Guan Shuangxia
Guan Zutang
Guangdong. See: Kwangtung
Guangxu Emperor 光緒皇帝
Guo Qinghe 郭清河
Guomin banyuekan 國民半月刊
Guomin huiyi 國民會議
Guxiang 古鄉
Gwong Seung [Guangshang] 光商
Hakka [Kejia] 客家
Hatien
He Xianning 何香凝
Heungmoi village [Hengmei] 恆美鄉
Heungshan county [Xiangshan] 香山 縣 See also: Zhongshan county
Hi Ton Road
Hing Thomas Yee. See: Yee Hing Thomas.
Hoiping county [Kaiping xian] 開平縣
Hong Fook Tong [Honfutang] 洪福堂
Hong Kong [Xianggang] 香港
Hong Yuen General Store [Fengyuan hao] 逢源號
Hong Xiuquan 洪秀全
Hongmen 洪門
Hoong Cheong
Hoong Nam P. H. [Wu Hongnan] 伍鴻南
Houng Lee
Howqua
Huang Dezhi. See: Wong Tock Gee
Huang Bingnan. See: Wong Poon Narm
Huang Yi
Huashang huishe 華商會社
Huiguan 會館
Huiyang county 惠陽縣
Hunan 湖南
Hung Men. See: Hongmen.
Hung Wu. See: Hung Chuen-fook
Hung Chuen-fook [Hong Chunfu] 洪全福
Huo Qingtang
Jan Gwong [Zhenguang] 真光
Jang Hing Loong
Jar Man
Jinshanding 金山丁
Johnson Sun 孫俊臣
Kai Koon
Kang Youwei 康有為
Kangxi Emperor 光緒皇帝
Kee Sang. See: Chen Yansheng
Ket Gee Ming [Chen Zhiming] 陳志明
Ket William. See: Ah Ket William
Khang Hsi. See: Kangxi Emperor
King Jessie
King Stephen [Zhong Xiu] 荊秀
Kok Loo Club
Kong Chew [Gangzhou] 岡州
Kongsi [Gongsi] 公司
Kuo Min Tang [Guomindang] 國民黨
Kuo Mei-fen 郭美芬
Kwan Ti [Guandi] 關帝
Kwan Hong Kee. See: Young Percy
Kwangtung [Guangdong] 廣東
Kwok Bew George [Guo Biao] 郭標
Kwong Sang [Guangsheng]
Kwong Sing & Co [Guangxing hao] 廣興號
Kwong Tiy [Guangtai]
Kwong Sue Duk [Kuang Shide] 鄺士德
Lai Chi-kong [Li Zhigang] 黎志剛
Lee Chun Phillip [Li Chun] 李春
Lee Fook
Lee Moy Sisters
Lee Soon
Lee Charles (Snr) [Li Minzhou] 李敏周
Lee Charles Cheng-Che [Li Chengji] 李承基
Lee Percy [Li Xiangbo] 李襄伯
Lee Tam Tuck [Li Tande] 李譚德
Lee W.R.G. [Li Yihui] 李益徽
Lee William [Li Yuanxin] 李元信
Leong Eunice
Leong Evens [Liang Qiwen] 梁綺文
Leong Goong
Leong Kunhe [Liang Kunhe] 梁坤和
Leong Maurice [Liang Guoxiang] 梁國祥
Leong Wailum [Liang Weilan]
Lew Got-chee [Liu Yuechi] 劉月池
Lew Shing Arthur [Liu Runlin] 劉潤林
Lew Shing Athol
Lew Shing Edna
Lew Shing Freda
Lew Shing Hazel
Lew Shing William
Lew Qing [Liu Qing] 劉慶
Li Zhisui 李志綏
Liang Chi-chao. See: Liang Qichao
Liang Qichao 梁啟超
Liangdu 良都
Liangshan 梁山
Liao Zhongkai 廖仲凱
Lin Yik Tong [Lianyitang] 聯益堂
Lin Yungai 林雲陔
Ling Ying Association [Ningyang huiguan] 寧陽會館
Lingnan Christian College [Lingnan daxue] 嶺南大學
Thomas Yee Hing [Liu Ruxing] 劉汝興
Liu William [Liu Guangfu] 劉光福
Lew Hiu-Jan [Liu Xiji] 劉希簪
Liu Xiji 劉希績 (possibly Liu Hiu-Jian 劉希簪)
Liu Xizuan 劉希纘
Lo Hui-min [Luo Huimin]
Loolong George
Loolong William
Loong Hung Pung [Long Xingbang] 龍興邦
Louie Mew Fay. See: Fay Harry
Lowe Kung Meng [Liu Guangming] 劉光明
Ma Ying-piu [Ma Yingbiao] 馬應彪
Ma Quanliang 馬全亮
Mac Cuu
Mah Ket
Man Ning [Wanneng] 萬能
Man Sarah Ti See. See: Ti See Man Sarah
Mao Zedong 毛澤東
Minguobao 民國報
Moi Park Ling
Mook Sing (possibly Moy Sing John)
Mouy Louis Ah. See: Ah Mouy Louis
Moy Sing John [Mei Dongxing] 梅東星
Nam Poon Shoong [Nanpanshun] 南番順
Nam P.H. Hoong [Wu Hongnan] 伍鴻南
Nam Ping [Ye Bingnan] 葉炳南
Namhoi county [Nanhai] 南海縣
Nanhai county. See: Namhoi county
Nanking Road [Nanjing lu] 南京路
O'Ben. See: Ou Bin
On Yik Lee [Anyili] 安益利號
Ou Bin 歐彬
Overseas Chinese School Fiji [Huaqiao xuexiao] 華僑學校
Panyu county 番禺縣. See also: Poon Yu county.
Pingdenglun 平等論
Pingdengshuo 平等說
Pingyuan county 平遠縣
Poon Guey [Pan Ru] 潘如
Poon Ming. See: Poon Sum.
Poon Sum. [Pan Sen] 潘森
Pung Loong Hung. See: Loong Hung Pung
Poon Yu county. See: Panyu county.
Qing Dynasty 清朝
Que Sam
Quen Jah (possibly James Chuey)
Quong Tart [Mei Guangda] 梅光達
Quoy Gilbert. See: Yip Ting Quoy Gilbert.
Sam Yap [Sanyi] 三邑
Sang On Tiy [Shengantai] 生安泰
See Yap [Siyi] 四邑
See James [Xie Zantai] 謝纘泰
See John 謝日昌
See Thomas [Xie Zixiu] 謝子修
Seeto Kun [Situ Kun]
Seeto Kwan [Situ Guan] 司徒管
Shang Caleb
Shanghai 上海
Shekki [Shaqi] 石岐
Shen Congwen 沈從文
Shunde county 須德縣 See also: Soon Tack
Sin Wan Pao [Xinwenbao] 新聞報
Sincere [Xianshi gongsi] 先施公司
Sing John Moy. See: Moy Sing John
Sing William
Song King (possibly Stephen King)
Soon Tack county. See: Shunde county
St Theresa's Yang Qing School Fiji [Yangzheng xuexiao]
Sun Hung Kee. See: Stephen King
Sun Sun [Xinxin] 新新公司
Sun Yatsen [Sun Zhongshan] 孫中山
Sun Yatsen University [Zhongshan daxue] 中山大學
Sun Hui county. See: Sunwai county.
Sunwai county [Xinhui] 新會縣 See also: Sun Hui county.
Tai Yick [Taiyi] 泰益
Taiping 太平天國
Tan Sitong 譚嗣同
Tang Caichang 唐才常
Tang Caizhi 唐才質 (also Tong Chai-chih)
Tart Quong. See: Quong Tart
The Sun Company [Daxin gongsi] 大新公司
Ti See Man Sarah
Tientsin [Tianjin] 天津
Tim Young Fruit Co. [Taiyang guolan] 添楊果欄
Tisang [Taishang]
Tock Gee. See: Wong Tock Gee
Toishan county [Taishan] 台山 縣
Tong [Tang] 堂
Tong Chai-chih. See: Tang Caizhi
Tongmenghui 同盟會
Tongzhi Emperor 同治
Tse Tsan Tai. See: See James.
Tseng Kuo-fan [Zeng Guofan] 曾國藩
Tseng Marquis [Zeng Jize] 曾紀澤
Tung Kuan county. See: Doong Goong county.
Tung Wah Hospital [Donghua yiyuan] 東華醫院
Tung Wah News [Donghua xinbao] 東華新報
Tung Wah Times [Donghua bao] 東華報
U Tsing [Yu Qiong] 余 瓗
Wai Lee
Wai Sun
Wai John Young [Zhou Rongwei] 周容威
Wan Yun Long
Wang Jianhai 王建渙
Wang K.F
Way Kee 維記
Way Lee [Ye Shouhua] 葉繡華
Wing On [Yongan] 永安
Wing Sang [Yongsheng] 永生
Wing Tiy [Yongtai] 永泰
Wing John
Wing Peter Yee. See: Yee Wing Peter
Wingchongti [Yongchangtai]
Wong Chee. See: Wong Poon Narm
Wong Loysing [Huang Laishun] 黃來須
Wong Poon Narm [Huang Bingnan] 黃煥南
Wong Samuel [Huang Laiwang] 黃來旺
Wong Tock Gee [Huang Dezi] 黃德滋
Wong Yue-kong [Huang Yougong] 黃右公
Wong Yung Ho [Wang Ronghe] 王榮和
Wu Hongnan. See: Hoong Nam P. H.
Wu Tongsheng
Xiaoguo 小國
Xie Danhan
Xie Liangong
Xie Yongguang
Xinhui county. See: Sunwai county, Sun Hui county.
Xingzhonghui 興中會
Yan Jichang 顏繼昌
Yee Gatping [Ye Jiping]
Yee Hing (fraternity) [Yixing gongsi] 義興公司
Yee Hing Thomas [Liu Ruxing] 劉汝興
Yee Wing Peter [Yu Rong] 余榮
Yet Henry
Yeung Ku Wan [Yang Quyun] 楊衢雲
Yeung Lee
Yik Bow
Yip Allen 葉德民
Yip Ting Quoy Gilbert [Ye Tinggui] 葉同貴
Yong C.F. [Yang Jinfa] 楊進發
Young Percy. See: Fatt Kwan Hong
Young W. Gock
Yu Jinrong 余錦榮
Yu Dr John [Yu Senmei] 余森美
Yu Junxian 余俊賢
Yum Tak Tong [Yindetang] 蔭德堂
Yung Luther
Yung Sam
Yung Vivian. See: Chow Vivian
Yung Wing [Rong Hong] 容閎
Zhaoqing 肇慶
Zhigongtang. See: Chee Kong Tong
Zhong Xiu
Zhongguo hangkong tongzhihui 中國航空同志會
Zhonghuaguo 中華國
Zhongshan county 中山縣 See also: Heungshan county
Zhu Jiahua
Zoing Chong
Zongli Yamen 總理衙門
Last updated: 1 August 2007