Chajiu is produced by several manufacturers, primarily in the Sichuan province.

In mainland China, wubi ( shape-based ) and pinyin methods such as Sogou Pinyin and Google Pinyin are the most popular ; in Taiwan, Boshiamy, Cangjie, and zhuyin predominate ; and in Hong Kong, Cangjie is most often taught in schools.

Its name derives from the Sanskrit word for " wheel " or " turning " ( चक ् र ं, pronounced in Hindi ; Pali: cakka चक ् क, Oriya: ଚକ ୍ ର, Malayalam: ചക ് ര ം, Thai: จ ั กระ, Telugu: చక ్ రo, Tamil: சக ் கரம ், Kannada: ಚಕ ್ ರ, Chinese: 輪 / 轮, pinyin: lún,, Wylie: khor lo ).

In loanword terminology, English Taoism / Daoism is a " calque ", " loan-rendering ", or " hybrid " that blends a borrowed word with a native element, for example, chopstick ) blends Chinese Pidgin English chop (< Cantonese kàp, pinyin kuài 快 " fast ; quick ") with English stick.

Academic publishers are more likely than others to adopt pinyin ; Columbia University Press changed the titles of Burton Watson's translations from " Chuang Tzu " to " Zhuangzi " and from " Han Fei Tzu " to " Hanfeizi ".

The Qin Dynasty ( Chinese: 秦朝 ; pinyin: Qín Cháo ) was the first ruling dynasty of Imperial China, lasting from 221 to 206 BC.

The Han Dynasty ( simplified Chinese: 汉朝 ; traditional Chinese: 漢朝 ; pinyin: Hàn Cháo ; 206 BCE – 220 CE ) was the second imperial dynasty of China, preceded by the Qin Dynasty and succeeded by the Three Kingdoms ( 220 – 265 CE ). Spanning over four centuries, the period of the Han Dynasty is considered a golden age in Chinese history. To this day, China's majority ethnic group refers to itself as the " Han people ".

The Kara-Khitan Khanate ( Traditional Chinese: 西遼 ; Simplified Chinese: 西辽 ; pinyin: Xī Liáo, 1124 – 1218 ), also known as Western Liao, was established by Yelü Dashi ( 耶律大石 ) who led around 100, 000 Khitan remnants after escaping the Jurchen conquest of their native country, the Khitan dynasty.

The Li ( 黎 ; pinyin: Lí ) or Hlai are a minority ethnic group, the vast majority of whom live off the southern coast of mainland China on Hainan Island, where they are the largest minority ethnic group.

A parallel priority was the definition of a standard national language (; ;, pinyin: Guó ​ yǔ ).

External styles ( 外家, pinyin: wàijiā ; literally " external family ") are characterized by fast and explosive movements and a focus on physical strength and agility.

Pai gow (; pinyin: pái jiǔ ; jyutping: paai4 gau2 ) is a Chinese gambling game, played with a set of 32 Chinese dominoes.

The dagger-axe, or GUH ( Chinese: 戈 ; pinyin: gē ; Wade-Giles: ko ; sometimes confusingly translated " halberd ") is a type of weapon that was in use from Shang dynasty until at least Han dynasty China.

Ancestral veneration in some cultures ( such as Chinese ) ( 敬祖, pinyin: jìngzǔ ), as well as ancestor worship ( 拜祖, pinyin: bàizǔ ), seeks to honor and reminiscence the actions of the deceased ; the ultimate homage to the dead.

The Shang Dynasty ( Chinese: 商朝 ; pinyin: shāng cháo ) or Yin Dynasty ( 殷代 ; pinyin: yīn dài ), according to traditional historiography, ruled in the Yellow River valley in the second millennium BC, succeeding the Xia Dynasty and followed by the Zhou Dynasty.

Zhou Enlai ( pinyin: Zhōu Ēnlái ; Wade-Giles: Chou En-lai ; IPA: ; 5 March 1898 – 8 January 1976 ) was the first Premier of the People's Republic of China, serving from October 1949 until his death in January 1976.

; Oriental Beauty, Dōngfāng Měirén chá ( 東方美人茶 ): The name means Oriental Beauty.

; Alishan oolong, Ālǐshān chá ( 阿里山茶 ): Grown in the Alishan area of Chiayi County, this tea has large rolled leaves that have a purple-green appearance when dry.

; Pouchong, ( Bāozhǒng chá ) ( 包種茶 ): Also romanized as Bāozhǒng, the lightest and most floral oolong, with unrolled leaves of a light green to brown color.

Jasmine tea is consumed in China, where it is called jasmine-flower tea ( 茉莉花茶 ; pinyin: mò lì huā chá ).

Gunpowder tea ( 珠茶 ; pinyin: zhū chá ) is a form of green Chinese tea produced in Zhejiang Province of China in which each leaf has been rolled into a small round pellet.

* Broken Yunnan ( 滇紅碎茶 ; pinyin: diānhóng suì chá ): A cheap tea used for blending which contains very few golden buds and is generally bitter on its own.

* Yunnan Gold ( 滇紅工夫茶 or 滇紅 ; pinyin: diānhóng gōngfū chá ): A Dian hong with fewer golden buds and more dark tea leaves.

* Large starter ( Chinese: 酒麴, 酒曲 ; pinyin: jiǔ qū, or 麥麴, 麦曲 ; pinyin: maì qū ): Rice that had been cultured predominantly by Aspergillus oryzae.

Prior to the actual brewing of the liquor, a small batch of grain is prepared to produce the seed mash ( 酒母 ; pinyin: jiǔ mǔ ).

Chinese " yellow liquor " is sometimes distilled for a more potent alcoholic drink called baijiu ( 白酒 ; pinyin: bái jiǔ ; lit.

In the Far Eastern Chinese English Dictionary for instance, 一 is a mere artificial extraction of a stroke from most of its subentries such as 丁 dīng and 且 qǐe ; the same is true of 乙 yǐ in 九 jiǔ ; 亅 jué or juě in 了 liǎo, le ; 二 èr in 亞 yà and yǎ ; 田 tián in 禺 yù ; 豕 shǐ in 象 xiàng ‘ elephant ’, and so on.

* Chinese cooking wine ( 黃酒 ; pinyin: huáng jiǔ )

* Sanhua jiu ( 三花酒 ; pinyin: sānhuā jiǔ, lit.

* Zhuyeqing jiu ( 竹葉青酒 ; pinyin: zhúyè qīnq jiǔ, lit.

* To Mei Chiew ( 荼薇酒 ; Mandarin: tú wéi jiǔ ) is a Cantonese liquor produced in Xiaolan Town, Zhongshan prefecture-level city, Guangdong province, from rice wine, with added to mei ( 荼薇 ) flowers and crystal sugar syrup.

* Pi Lu Chiew ( 碧綠酒 ; pinyin: bì lǜ jiǔ ; lit.

* Imperial Lotus White Chiew ( 御蓮白酒 ; pinyin: yà lián bái jiǔ ; lit.

In Chinese cuisine, the flowers are also used to produce osmanthus-scented jam ( called guì huā jiàng, 桂花醬 or 桂花酱 ), sweet cakes ( called guì huā gāo, 桂花糕 ), dumplings, soups, and even liquor ( called guì huā jiǔ, 桂花酒 ; or 桂花陈酒, guì huā chén jiǔ ).

A distilled liquor called jiugui ( 酒鬼 ; pinyin: jiǔ guǐ ; lit.

This arrangement was for Copernicus literally monstrous: `` With ( the Ptolemaists ) it is as though an artist were to gather the hands, feet, head and other members for his images from divers models, each part excellently drawn, but not related to a single body ; ;

Family survival on our own Western frontier, for example, could quite literally depend on a man's strength and ability to bring home the bacon ; ;

If then any man is in Christ, he is a new creature ( literally, `` He is a new creation ), the former things have passed away ; ;

That is, it is literally a picture window: you don't see into the viscera ; ;

However, while Apollo has a great number of appellations in Greek myth, only a few occur in Latin literature, chief among them Phoebus ( ; Φοίβος, Phoibos, literally " radiant "), which was very commonly used by both the Greeks and Romans in Apollo's role as the god of light.

As sun-god and god of light, Apollo was also known by the epithets Aegletes ( ; Αἰγλήτης, Aiglētēs, from αἴγλη, " light of the sun "), Helius ( ; Ἥλιος, Helios, literally " sun "), Phanaeus ( ; Φαναῖος, Phanaios, literally " giving or bringing light "), and Lyceus ( ; Λύκειος, Lukeios, from Proto-Greek * λύκη, " light ").

The meaning of the epithet " Lyceus " later became associated Apollo's mother Leto, who was the patron goddes of Lycia ( Λυκία ) and who was identified with the wolf ( λύκος ), earning him the epithets Lycegenes ( ; Λυκηγενής, Lukēgenēs, literally " born of a wolf " or " born of Lycia ") and Lycoctonus ( ; Λυκοκτόνος, Lukoktonos, from λύκος, " wolf ", and κτείνειν, " to kill ").

As god of the sun, the Romans referred to Apollo as Sol ( ; literally " sun " in Latin ).

In association with his birthplace, Mount Cynthus on the island of Delos, Apollo was called Cynthius ( ; Κύνθιος, Kunthios, literally " Cynthian "), Cynthogenes ( ; Κύνθογενης, Kunthogenēs, literally " born of Cynthus "), and Delius ( ; Δήλιος, Delios, literally " Delian ").