degrees Celsius; the unit for measuring temperature in the Celsius scale, denoted by the symbol °C

Fahrenheit temperature scale; commonly contrasted with [[摄氏|攝氏|she4 shi4]] which is the standard used in China.

family name; surname. In ancient times, the first character represented the maternal line and the second represented the paternal line, but today the two are used together to mean a person's family name.

A person who does not want to reveal their name or whose name is unknown; often used to describe the author of a work whose identity is lost to history.

(seismology) Richter scale; used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes

The Korean Yi or Lee Dynasty (1392-1910).

Celsius; centigrade

A group of people descended from a common ancestor; a clan commune, the basic social and economic unit of primitive society organized by blood relations

Louis Pasteur (1822–1895), French microbiologist and chemist

Roche, a Swiss multinational healthcare company focusing on pharmaceuticals and diagnostics

Salmonella; any of various bacteria that cause food poisoning or typhoid fever

(metallurgy) austenite; austenitic steel in the form of a solid solution of carbon in iron

Guinness; primarily used in Taiwan as a shortened form of [[金氏世界纪录|金氏世界紀錄|jin1 shi4 shi4 jie4 ji4 lu4]] (Guinness World Records)

A person from a specific place; often found in early vernacular literature.

(metallurgy) martensite; a hard, crystal-like structure found in steel and other alloys

Lushi county in Sanmenxia, Henan Province

The Divine Husbandman or Farmer God, a legendary ruler and creator of agriculture and medicine in ancient China; he is also known as the Flame Emperor [[炎帝|炎帝|yan2 di4]]

A branch of the [[鲜卑|鮮卑|xian1 bei1]] nomadic people.

(bound form) Euclid; Euclidean; abbreviation for [[欧几里得|歐幾里得|ou1 ji3 li3 de2]]

degrees on the Fahrenheit temperature scale

a famous priceless jade artifact from the Warring States period; also known as the [[和璧|和璧|he2 bi4]]

Yuanshi county in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province

Lushi County in Sanmenxia, Henan Province

Charles Messier (1730-1817), French astronomer who catalogued nebulae and galaxies

Weishi county in Kaifeng [[开封|開封|kai1 feng1]], Henan province

the surname Ponzi, most often used in the context of a Ponzi scheme

Legendary Chinese emperor and cultural hero, traditionally dated to 2852–2738 BC, who is credited with creating writing, the Eight Trigrams, and teaching people how to fish and hunt. Also known as [[伏羲|伏羲|fu2 xi1]] or [[太皞|太皞|tai4 hao4]].

Weishi county in Kaifeng, Henan province

Yuanshi county in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province

The clan name of the Yellow Emperor, also known as [[黄帝|黃帝|huang2 di4]]. One of the legendary Five Emperors, he is honored as the ancestor of the Chinese people. He was named after the Hill of Xuanyuan where he lived.

Legendary prehistoric ruler, one of the Three Augusts, who is said to have discovered how to make fire by friction and taught people to cook food.

(of an eponym or biological name) named after a person with the surname Pratt, Przevalski, or similar; often used in species names

(literary) given name and family name

A legendary figure in ancient Chinese mythology credited with teaching early humans how to build shelters from wood to live in trees, protecting them from wild animals.

The creator of humans in Chinese mythology; traditionally considered the sister of [[伏羲氏|伏羲氏|fu2 xi1 shi4]], she is said to have molded people from clay, repaired the sky with stones, and saved the world from floods.

The standard scale used to measure the magnitude of an earthquake

Pangu; the creator of the universe in Chinese mythology

Taiwan term for the Richter scale, used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes; an abbreviation of [[芮氏地震规模|芮氏地震規模|rui4 shi4 di4 zhen4 gui1 mo2]].

An ancient legendary emperor, also known as [[伏羲|伏羲|fu2 xi1]], who is credited with creating the Eight Trigrams, writing, and teaching people how to fish and hunt

(literary) Shakyamuni Buddha; the Shakya clan to which the Buddha belonged

alternative name for the legendary ancient ruler Shaohao

A genetic disorder characterized by the premature fusion of certain skull bones, which prevents the skull from growing normally and affects the shape of the head and face.

Hans Asperger (1906-1980), an Austrian pediatrician known for his early studies on mental disorders, specifically autism spectrum disorders in children

Heinz, referring to the personal name or the US food processing company

a bird species of China (Certhia manipurensis)

(bird species of China) Hume's bush warbler (Horornis brunnescens)

Salmonella typhi; the bacterium that causes typhoid fever

elder brother; older brother