Chinese Character Master Index
The details of pre-Babel history are recorded in Genesis 1-11. The same details are found in the etymology of certain Chinese words. The table below contains an index of the English and associated Chinese word in this project, along with the related Bible reference and a link to the web page on which you will find a more detailed description.
| ENGLISH |
CHINESE |
PINYIN |
TEXT |
GO TO |
| . |
. |
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| all / whole |
? |
qian |
--- |
click here |
| alone |
? |
dan |
Genesis 3:24 |
click here |
| ancestor |
? |
zu |
Genesis 1:26-27 |
click here |
| ark |
?? |
fangzhou |
Genesis 6:14, 18 |
click here |
| Babel |
?? |
ba bié |
Genesis 11:3-4 |
click here |
| beginning |
? |
yuán |
Genesis 2:1 |
click here |
| beginning |
? |
shi |
Genesis 3:6 |
click here |
| beginning |
? |
chu |
Genesis 3:21 |
click here |
| bind / restrain |
? |
shù |
Genesis 2:16-17 |
click here |
| come |
? |
lái |
Genesis 3:9-13 |
click here |
| complete |
? |
wán |
Genesis 2:1 |
click here |
| confusion |
? |
luàn |
Genesis 11:6-7 |
click here |
| corrupt |
?? |
fu huà |
Genesis 6:11-12 |
click here |
| create |
? |
zào |
Genesis 2:7 |
click here |
| desire / covet |
? |
lán |
Genesis 3:6 |
click here |
| destroy |
? |
ju |
Genesis 6:7, 17 |
click here |
| devil |
? |
gui |
Genesis 3:1 |
click here |
| die |
? |
zú |
Genesis 3:19 |
click here |
| double-edged sword |
? |
jiàn |
Genesis 3:24 |
click here |
| dove |
? |
ge |
Genesis 8:8-12 |
click here |
| drown |
? |
yan |
Genesis 6:17 |
click here |
| elder brother |
? |
xiong |
Genesis 4:1-2 |
click here |
| execute / put to death |
? |
zhu |
Genesis 2:17 |
click here |
| expel / drive out |
? |
gan |
Genesis 3:23-24 |
click here |
| far / distant |
? |
yuan |
Genesis 3:24 |
click here |
| fire |
? |
huo |
--- |
click here |
| first |
? |
xian |
Genesis 1:26-27 |
click here |
| flesh |
? |
ròu |
Genesis 2:21-23 |
click here |
| flood |
? |
hóng |
Genesis 6:17 |
click here |
| forbidden |
? |
jìn |
Genesis 2:16-17 |
click here |
| garden |
? |
tián |
Genesis 2:10-14 |
click here |
| garden |
? |
yuán |
Genesis 2:7-8 |
click here |
| glory |
? |
róng |
--- |
click here |
| God |
?? |
ShàngDi |
Genesis 1:1 |
click here |
| God |
? / ?? |
Shén |
Genesis 1:1 |
click here |
| grave |
? |
yíng |
Genesis 3:19 |
click here |
| guard |
? |
bao |
Genesis 3:24 |
click here |
| hand down / pass down |
? |
yàn |
--- |
click here |
| happiness |
? |
fú |
--- |
click here |
| happiness |
? |
xiáng |
Genesis 4:4 |
click here |
| heaven |
? |
tian |
Genesis 1:1 |
click here |
| hide |
? |
duo |
Genesis 3:8 |
click here |
| inside |
? |
nèi |
Genesis 2:21-23 |
click here |
| life / bring forth |
? |
sheng |
Genesis 1:11, 20, 24 |
click here |
| migrate |
? / ? |
qian |
Genesis 11:9 |
click here |
| naked |
?? |
guang guang |
Genesis 2:25 |
click here |
| naked |
? / ? / ? |
luo |
Genesis 3:7 |
click here |
| necessary |
? |
yào |
Genesis 2:18 |
click here |
| Noah |
?? |
Nuòyà |
Genesis 5:28-29; 6:8-9 |
click here |
| pain |
? |
chu |
Genesis 3:16 |
click here |
| perfect |
? |
rén |
--- |
click here |
| pray |
? |
zhù |
--- |
click here |
| rainbow |
? |
ní |
Genesis 9:14-15 |
click here |
| repent |
? |
chàn |
Genesis 6:6 |
click here |
| repent |
? |
hui |
Genesis 6:6 |
click here |
| righteousness |
? |
yì |
Genesis 4:4 |
click here |
| sacrifice |
? |
jì |
Genesis 8:20-21 |
click here |
| scatter |
? |
sàn |
Genesis 11:4, 8-9 |
click here |
| ship / vessel |
? |
chuán |
Genesis 6:18 |
click here |
| sit |
? |
zuò |
--- |
click here |
| sorrow |
? |
ku |
Genesis 3:17-18 |
click here |
| Spirit |
? |
Ling |
Genesis 1:2 |
click here |
| sweat |
?? |
chu hàn |
Genesis 3:19 |
click here |
| tell / say / speak |
? |
shuo |
--- |
click here |
| tempter |
? |
mó |
Genesis 3:1 |
click here |
| thorns |
? |
jing |
Genesis 3:17-18 |
click here |
| thorns |
? |
jí |
Genesis 3:17-18 |
click here |
| torrents of rain |
? |
pèi |
Genesis 7:4, 11-12 |
click here |
| tower |
? |
ta |
Genesis 11:1, 3-4 |
click here |
| undertake |
? |
tà |
Genesis 11:1, 3-4 |
click here |
| united |
? |
ge |
Genesis 11:1, 3-4 |
click here |
| violent / cruel |
? |
xiong |
Genesis 4:8 |
click here |
| wickedness |
?? |
è dé |
Genesis 6:5, 11 |
click here |
By William Stewart
Noah's Ark, Flood, Nimrod, Tower of Babel