| 释名 | shi4 ming2 | Shiming, late Han dictionary, containing 1502 entries, using puns on the pronunciation of headwords to explain their meaning |
| 铭言 | ming2 yan2 | motto |
| 阿旺曲培 | a1 wang4 qu1 pei2 | Ngawang Choephel (1966-), Tibetan musicologist and dissident, Fullbright scholar (1993-1994), jailed 1995-2002 then released to US |
| 雪山狮子 | xue3 shan1 shi1 zi5 | Snow lion, mythological animal, a banned symbol of Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism |
| 韦慕庭 | wei2 mu4 ting2 | Clarence Martin Wilbur (1908-1997), US Sinologist and Professor of Columbia University |
| 顺叙 | shun4 xu4 | chronological narrative |
| 颠连 | dian1 lian2 | illogical |
| 马王堆 | ma3 wang2 dui1 | Mawangdui in Changsha, Hunan, a recent Han dynasty archaeological site |
| 高本汉 | gao1 ben3 han4 | Bernhard Karlgren (1889-1978), distinguished Swedish linguist and sinologist |
| 高罗佩 | gao1 luo2 pei4 | Gao Luopei or R.H. van Gulik (1910-1967), Dutch sinologist, diplomat and writer |
| 黄以静 | huang2 yi3 jing4 | Wong Yee Ching or Flossie Wong-Staal (1947-) Hong Kong American virologist, joint discoverer of the HIV AIDS virus |
| 龙门山 | long2 men2 shan1 | Mt Longmen in Henan |
| 三段论法式地 | san1 duan4 lun2 fa3 shi4 di5 | syllogistically |