Glossary and Vocabulary for Decorative Designs in Chinese Art 中国文物的纹饰, Pictorial Seals 图形印
      Corpus Vocabulary Analysis
      Contents
      
        - Frequencies of Lexical Words
 
        - Frequencies of all Words
 
        
        - Proper Nouns
 
      
      Frequencies of Lexical Words
      
        
          
            | Rank | 
            Frequency | 
            Chinese | 
            Pinyin | 
            English | 
            Example Usage | 
          
        
        
        
          
            | 1 | 
            3 | 
            年 | 
            nián | 
            year | 
            年 | 
          
        
          
            | 2 | 
            3 | 
            年 | 
            nián | 
            New Year festival | 
            年 | 
          
        
          
            | 3 | 
            3 | 
            年 | 
            nián | 
            age | 
            年 | 
          
        
          
            | 4 | 
            3 | 
            年 | 
            nián | 
            life span; life expectancy | 
            年 | 
          
        
          
            | 5 | 
            3 | 
            年 | 
            nián | 
            an era; a period | 
            年 | 
          
        
          
            | 6 | 
            3 | 
            年 | 
            nián | 
            a date | 
            年 | 
          
        
          
            | 7 | 
            3 | 
            年 | 
            nián | 
            time; years | 
            年 | 
          
        
          
            | 8 | 
            3 | 
            年 | 
            nián | 
            harvest | 
            年 | 
          
        
          
            | 9 | 
            3 | 
            年 | 
            nián | 
            annual; every year | 
            年 | 
          
        
          
            | 10 | 
            3 | 
            上海 | 
            shànghǎi | 
            Shanghai | 
            上海博物馆 | 
          
        
          
            | 11 | 
            3 | 
            博物馆 | 
            bówùguǎn | 
            museum | 
            上海博物馆 | 
          
        
          
            | 12 | 
            3 | 
            公元前 | 
            gōngyuán qián | 
            Before the Common Era (BCE) | 
            公元前 | 
          
        
          
            | 13 | 
            2 | 
            前 | 
            qián | 
            front | 
            前 | 
          
        
          
            | 14 | 
            2 | 
            前 | 
            qián | 
            former; the past | 
            前 | 
          
        
          
            | 15 | 
            2 | 
            前 | 
            qián | 
            to go forward | 
            前 | 
          
        
          
            | 16 | 
            2 | 
            前 | 
            qián | 
            preceding | 
            前 | 
          
        
          
            | 17 | 
            2 | 
            前 | 
            qián | 
            before; earlier; prior | 
            前 | 
          
        
          
            | 18 | 
            2 | 
            前 | 
            qián | 
            to appear before | 
            前 | 
          
        
          
            | 19 | 
            2 | 
            前 | 
            qián | 
            future | 
            前 | 
          
        
          
            | 20 | 
            2 | 
            前 | 
            qián | 
            top; first | 
            前 | 
          
        
          
            | 21 | 
            2 | 
            前 | 
            qián | 
            battlefront | 
            前 | 
          
        
          
            | 22 | 
            2 | 
            西周 | 
            xī zhōu | 
            Western Zhou | 
            西周 | 
          
        
          
            | 23 | 
            2 | 
            鸟虫书体 | 
            niǎochóng shūtǐ | 
            bird and insect script | 
            鸟虫书体 | 
          
        
          
            | 24 | 
            2 | 
            图形印 | 
            túxíng yìn | 
            a pictorial seal | 
            图形印 | 
          
        
          
            | 25 | 
            2 | 
            玺 | 
            xǐ | 
            a ruler's seal; imperial seal | 
            玺 | 
          
        
          
            | 26 | 
            2 | 
            印 | 
            yìn | 
            to stamp; to seal; to mark; to print | 
            印 | 
          
        
          
            | 27 | 
            2 | 
            印 | 
            yìn | 
            India | 
            印 | 
          
        
          
            | 28 | 
            2 | 
            印 | 
            yìn | 
            a mudra; a hand gesture | 
            印 | 
          
        
          
            | 29 | 
            2 | 
            印 | 
            yìn | 
            a seal; a stamp | 
            印 | 
          
        
          
            | 30 | 
            2 | 
            印 | 
            yìn | 
            to tally | 
            印 | 
          
        
          
            | 31 | 
            2 | 
            印 | 
            yìn | 
            a vestige; a trace | 
            印 | 
          
        
          
            | 32 | 
            2 | 
            印 | 
            yìn | 
            Yin | 
            印 | 
          
        
          
            | 33 | 
            2 | 
            印 | 
            yìn | 
            to leave a track or trace | 
            印 | 
          
        
          
            | 34 | 
            1 | 
            涡纹 | 
            wō wén | 
            curly grain | 
            涡纹玺 | 
          
        
          
            | 35 | 
            1 | 
            传国玺 | 
            Chuán guó Xǐ | 
            Imperial Seal of China | 
            传国玺 | 
          
        
          
            | 36 | 
            1 | 
            公元 | 
            gōngyuán | 
            Christian era (CE); Gregorian calendar; AD (Anno Domini) | 
            公元 | 
          
        
          
            | 37 | 
            1 | 
            汉 | 
            hàn | 
            Han Chinese | 
            汉 | 
          
        
          
            | 38 | 
            1 | 
            汉 | 
            hàn | 
            Han Dynasty | 
            汉 | 
          
        
          
            | 39 | 
            1 | 
            汉 | 
            hàn | 
            Milky Way | 
            汉 | 
          
        
          
            | 40 | 
            1 | 
            汉 | 
            hàn | 
            Later Han Dynasty | 
            汉 | 
          
        
          
            | 41 | 
            1 | 
            汉 | 
            hàn | 
            a man; a chap | 
            汉 | 
          
        
          
            | 42 | 
            1 | 
            汉 | 
            hàn | 
            Chinese language | 
            汉 | 
          
        
          
            | 43 | 
            1 | 
            汉 | 
            hàn | 
            Han River | 
            汉 | 
          
        
          
            | 44 | 
            1 | 
            印玺 | 
            yìn Xǐ | 
            seal of state | 
            印玺 | 
          
        
          
            | 45 | 
            1 | 
            祝 | 
            zhù | 
            to pray for happiness or blessings | 
            祝辞图形印 | 
          
        
          
            | 46 | 
            1 | 
            祝 | 
            zhù | 
            Zhu | 
            祝辞图形印 | 
          
        
          
            | 47 | 
            1 | 
            祝 | 
            zhù | 
            a person who presides over sacrificial rituals | 
            祝辞图形印 | 
          
        
          
            | 48 | 
            1 | 
            祝 | 
            zhù | 
            a person in charge of a temple | 
            祝辞图形印 | 
          
        
          
            | 49 | 
            1 | 
            祝 | 
            zhù | 
            a prayer | 
            祝辞图形印 | 
          
        
          
            | 50 | 
            1 | 
            祝 | 
            zhù | 
            to congratulate | 
            祝辞图形印 | 
          
        
          
            | 51 | 
            1 | 
            秦始皇 | 
            qín shǐ huáng | 
            Qin Shi Huang | 
            秦始皇 | 
          
        
          
            | 52 | 
            1 | 
            和氏璧 | 
            hé shì bì | 
            He Shi Bi | 
            和氏璧 | 
          
        
          
            | 53 | 
            1 | 
            辞 | 
            cí | 
            words; speech; expression; phrase; dialog | 
            祝辞图形印 | 
          
        
          
            | 54 | 
            1 | 
            辞 | 
            cí | 
            to resign | 
            祝辞图形印 | 
          
        
          
            | 55 | 
            1 | 
            辞 | 
            cí | 
            to dismiss; to fire | 
            祝辞图形印 | 
          
        
          
            | 56 | 
            1 | 
            辞 | 
            cí | 
            rhetoric | 
            祝辞图形印 | 
          
        
          
            | 57 | 
            1 | 
            辞 | 
            cí | 
            to say goodbye; to take leave | 
            祝辞图形印 | 
          
        
          
            | 58 | 
            1 | 
            辞 | 
            cí | 
            ci genre poetry | 
            祝辞图形印 | 
          
        
          
            | 59 | 
            1 | 
            辞 | 
            cí | 
            to avoid; to decline | 
            祝辞图形印 | 
          
        
          
            | 60 | 
            1 | 
            辞 | 
            cí | 
            cause for gossip; reason for condemnation | 
            祝辞图形印 | 
          
        
          
            | 61 | 
            1 | 
            辞 | 
            cí | 
            to tell; to inform | 
            祝辞图形印 | 
          
        
          
            | 62 | 
            1 | 
            辞 | 
            cí | 
            to blame; to criticize | 
            祝辞图形印 | 
          
        
        
      
      Frequencies of all Words
      Top 63
      
        
          
            | Rank | 
            Frequency | 
            Chinese | 
            Pinyin | 
            English | 
            Usage | 
          
        
        
        
          
            | 1 | 
            3 | 
            年 | 
            nián | 
            year | 
            年 | 
          
        
          
            | 2 | 
            3 | 
            年 | 
            nián | 
            New Year festival | 
            年 | 
          
        
          
            | 3 | 
            3 | 
            年 | 
            nián | 
            age | 
            年 | 
          
        
          
            | 4 | 
            3 | 
            年 | 
            nián | 
            life span; life expectancy | 
            年 | 
          
        
          
            | 5 | 
            3 | 
            年 | 
            nián | 
            an era; a period | 
            年 | 
          
        
          
            | 6 | 
            3 | 
            年 | 
            nián | 
            a date | 
            年 | 
          
        
          
            | 7 | 
            3 | 
            年 | 
            nián | 
            time; years | 
            年 | 
          
        
          
            | 8 | 
            3 | 
            年 | 
            nián | 
            harvest | 
            年 | 
          
        
          
            | 9 | 
            3 | 
            年 | 
            nián | 
            annual; every year | 
            年 | 
          
        
          
            | 10 | 
            3 | 
            上海 | 
            shànghǎi | 
            Shanghai | 
            上海博物馆 | 
          
        
          
            | 11 | 
            3 | 
            博物馆 | 
            bówùguǎn | 
            museum | 
            上海博物馆 | 
          
        
          
            | 12 | 
            3 | 
            公元前 | 
            gōngyuán qián | 
            Before the Common Era (BCE) | 
            公元前 | 
          
        
          
            | 13 | 
            2 | 
            前 | 
            qián | 
            front | 
            前 | 
          
        
          
            | 14 | 
            2 | 
            前 | 
            qián | 
            former; the past | 
            前 | 
          
        
          
            | 15 | 
            2 | 
            前 | 
            qián | 
            to go forward | 
            前 | 
          
        
          
            | 16 | 
            2 | 
            前 | 
            qián | 
            preceding | 
            前 | 
          
        
          
            | 17 | 
            2 | 
            前 | 
            qián | 
            before; earlier; prior | 
            前 | 
          
        
          
            | 18 | 
            2 | 
            前 | 
            qián | 
            to appear before | 
            前 | 
          
        
          
            | 19 | 
            2 | 
            前 | 
            qián | 
            future | 
            前 | 
          
        
          
            | 20 | 
            2 | 
            前 | 
            qián | 
            top; first | 
            前 | 
          
        
          
            | 21 | 
            2 | 
            前 | 
            qián | 
            battlefront | 
            前 | 
          
        
          
            | 22 | 
            2 | 
            前 | 
            qián | 
            pre- | 
            前 | 
          
        
          
            | 23 | 
            2 | 
            西周 | 
            xī zhōu | 
            Western Zhou | 
            西周 | 
          
        
          
            | 24 | 
            2 | 
            鸟虫书体 | 
            niǎochóng shūtǐ | 
            bird and insect script | 
            鸟虫书体 | 
          
        
          
            | 25 | 
            2 | 
            图形印 | 
            túxíng yìn | 
            a pictorial seal | 
            图形印 | 
          
        
          
            | 26 | 
            2 | 
            玺 | 
            xǐ | 
            a ruler's seal; imperial seal | 
            玺 | 
          
        
          
            | 27 | 
            2 | 
            印 | 
            yìn | 
            to stamp; to seal; to mark; to print | 
            印 | 
          
        
          
            | 28 | 
            2 | 
            印 | 
            yìn | 
            India | 
            印 | 
          
        
          
            | 29 | 
            2 | 
            印 | 
            yìn | 
            a mudra; a hand gesture | 
            印 | 
          
        
          
            | 30 | 
            2 | 
            印 | 
            yìn | 
            a seal; a stamp | 
            印 | 
          
        
          
            | 31 | 
            2 | 
            印 | 
            yìn | 
            to tally | 
            印 | 
          
        
          
            | 32 | 
            2 | 
            印 | 
            yìn | 
            a vestige; a trace | 
            印 | 
          
        
          
            | 33 | 
            2 | 
            印 | 
            yìn | 
            Yin | 
            印 | 
          
        
          
            | 34 | 
            2 | 
            印 | 
            yìn | 
            to leave a track or trace | 
            印 | 
          
        
          
            | 35 | 
            1 | 
            涡纹 | 
            wō wén | 
            curly grain | 
            涡纹玺 | 
          
        
          
            | 36 | 
            1 | 
            传国玺 | 
            Chuán guó Xǐ | 
            Imperial Seal of China | 
            传国玺 | 
          
        
          
            | 37 | 
            1 | 
            公元 | 
            gōngyuán | 
            Christian era (CE); Gregorian calendar; AD (Anno Domini) | 
            公元 | 
          
        
          
            | 38 | 
            1 | 
            汉 | 
            hàn | 
            Han Chinese | 
            汉 | 
          
        
          
            | 39 | 
            1 | 
            汉 | 
            hàn | 
            Han Dynasty | 
            汉 | 
          
        
          
            | 40 | 
            1 | 
            汉 | 
            hàn | 
            Milky Way | 
            汉 | 
          
        
          
            | 41 | 
            1 | 
            汉 | 
            hàn | 
            Later Han Dynasty | 
            汉 | 
          
        
          
            | 42 | 
            1 | 
            汉 | 
            hàn | 
            a man; a chap | 
            汉 | 
          
        
          
            | 43 | 
            1 | 
            汉 | 
            hàn | 
            Chinese language | 
            汉 | 
          
        
          
            | 44 | 
            1 | 
            汉 | 
            hàn | 
            Han River | 
            汉 | 
          
        
          
            | 45 | 
            1 | 
            印玺 | 
            yìn Xǐ | 
            seal of state | 
            印玺 | 
          
        
          
            | 46 | 
            1 | 
            祝 | 
            zhù | 
            to pray for happiness or blessings | 
            祝辞图形印 | 
          
        
          
            | 47 | 
            1 | 
            祝 | 
            zhù | 
            Zhu | 
            祝辞图形印 | 
          
        
          
            | 48 | 
            1 | 
            祝 | 
            zhù | 
            a person who presides over sacrificial rituals | 
            祝辞图形印 | 
          
        
          
            | 49 | 
            1 | 
            祝 | 
            zhù | 
            a person in charge of a temple | 
            祝辞图形印 | 
          
        
          
            | 50 | 
            1 | 
            祝 | 
            zhù | 
            a prayer | 
            祝辞图形印 | 
          
        
          
            | 51 | 
            1 | 
            祝 | 
            zhù | 
            to congratulate | 
            祝辞图形印 | 
          
        
          
            | 52 | 
            1 | 
            秦始皇 | 
            qín shǐ huáng | 
            Qin Shi Huang | 
            秦始皇 | 
          
        
          
            | 53 | 
            1 | 
            和氏璧 | 
            hé shì bì | 
            He Shi Bi | 
            和氏璧 | 
          
        
          
            | 54 | 
            1 | 
            辞 | 
            cí | 
            words; speech; expression; phrase; dialog | 
            祝辞图形印 | 
          
        
          
            | 55 | 
            1 | 
            辞 | 
            cí | 
            to resign | 
            祝辞图形印 | 
          
        
          
            | 56 | 
            1 | 
            辞 | 
            cí | 
            to dismiss; to fire | 
            祝辞图形印 | 
          
        
          
            | 57 | 
            1 | 
            辞 | 
            cí | 
            rhetoric | 
            祝辞图形印 | 
          
        
          
            | 58 | 
            1 | 
            辞 | 
            cí | 
            to say goodbye; to take leave | 
            祝辞图形印 | 
          
        
          
            | 59 | 
            1 | 
            辞 | 
            cí | 
            ci genre poetry | 
            祝辞图形印 | 
          
        
          
            | 60 | 
            1 | 
            辞 | 
            cí | 
            to avoid; to decline | 
            祝辞图形印 | 
          
        
          
            | 61 | 
            1 | 
            辞 | 
            cí | 
            cause for gossip; reason for condemnation | 
            祝辞图形印 | 
          
        
          
            | 62 | 
            1 | 
            辞 | 
            cí | 
            to tell; to inform | 
            祝辞图形印 | 
          
        
          
            | 63 | 
            1 | 
            辞 | 
            cí | 
            to blame; to criticize | 
            祝辞图形印 | 
          
        
        
      
      
      
      People, places
      and other proper nouns
 
      
        
          | Simplified | 
          Traditional | 
          Pinyin | 
          English | 
        
        
          
            | 传国玺 | 
            傳國璽 | 
            67 | 
            
               Imperial Seal of China 
             | 
          
        
          
            | 汉 | 
            漢 | 
            104 | 
            
               - Han Chinese
 - Han Dynasty
 - Milky Way
 - Later Han Dynasty
 - a man; a chap
 - Chinese language
 - Han River
  
              
             | 
          
        
          
            | 和氏璧 | 
             | 
            104 | 
            
               He Shi Bi 
             | 
          
        
          
            | 秦始皇 | 
             | 
            113 | 
            
               Qin Shi Huang 
             | 
          
        
          
            | 上海 | 
             | 
            115 | 
            
               Shanghai 
             | 
          
        
          
            | 西周 | 
             | 
            120 | 
            
               Western Zhou 
             | 
          
        
      
      
      
      Glossary
      
        Buddhist terminology, except the proper nouns listed above. Number of
        terms: 0.
      
        
          | Simplified | 
          Traditional | 
          Pinyin | 
          English |