Joss Definitions

Useful Words

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Joss Stick : چینی اگر بتی , Hero-Worship : پوجنا , Buddha : گوتم بدھ , Hindu Deity : ہندو دیوتا , God : مورتی , Haile Selassie : ایتھوپیا کا حاکم , Deity : خدا , Kung Fu : کونگ فو , Hyson : ایک قسم کی سبز چینی چائے , Li : ناپنے کا ایک چینی پیمانہ , Sinology : چین کی زبان ثقافت کا مطالعہ , Mah-Jongg : چین کا ایک کیھل جسے چار آدمی کیھلتے ہیں کے ساتھ , Oolong : ایک قسم کی چائے , Wok : کڑاہی , Apricot Sauce : خوبانی کی چٹنی , Duck Sauce : چینی چٹنی , Amoy : چینی زبان کی قسم , Holothuria Edulis : سمندری جونک , Changan : چین کا شہر , Participial : صفت فعلی , Chinoiserie : چینی آرٹ , Banksia Rose : چین میں پایا جانے پھول , Fan Tan : ایک چینی تاش کا ایک کھیل , Communism Peak : کوہ اسماعیل سامانی , Peke : چینی کتا , Ginseng : خوشبو دار جڑ والی چینی جری بوٹی , Basket Rummy : تاش کا کھیل , Confederate Rose : رنگ بدلنے والے پھول , Cupping : جسم سے گندا خون نکالنے کا ایک طریقہ علاج , Cassia : خوشبو دار چھال والا چینی درخت , Gingko : چینی درخت پنکھے کے جیسے پتوں والا

Useful Words Definitions

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Joss Stick: a slender stick of incense burned before a joss by the Chinese.

Hero-Worship: love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol.

Buddha: founder of Buddhism; worshipped as a god (c 563-483 BC).

Hindu Deity: a deity worshipped by the Hindus.

God: a material effigy that is worshipped.

Haile Selassie: emperor of Ethiopia; worshipped by Rastafarians (1892-1975).

Deity: any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force.

Kung Fu: a Chinese martial art.

Hyson: a Chinese green tea with twisted leaves.

Li: Chinese distance measure; approximately 0.5 kilometers.

Sinology: the study of Chinese history and language and culture.

Mah-Jongg: Chinese game played by 4 people with 144 tiles.

Oolong: Chinese tea leaves that have been partially fermented before being dried.

Wok: pan with a convex bottom; used for frying in Chinese cooking.

Apricot Sauce: for Chinese dishes: apricot preserves and chutney.

Duck Sauce: a thick sweet and pungent Chinese condiment.

Amoy: any of the forms of Chinese language spoken in Fukien province.

Holothuria Edulis: of warm coasts from Australia to Asia; used as food especially by Chinese.

Changan: a city of central China; capital of ancient Chinese empire 221-206 BC.

Participial: a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses.

Chinoiserie: a style in art reflecting Chinese influence; elaborately decorated and intricately patterned.

Banksia Rose: Chinese evergreen climbing rose with yellow or white single flowers.

Fan Tan: a Chinese gambling game; a random number of counters are placed under a bowl and you gamble on how many will be left (0, 1, 2, or 3 modulo 4).

Communism Peak: the highest mountain peak in the Pamir Mountains; near the Chinese border in northeastern Tajikistan (24,590 feet high).

Peke: a Chinese breed of small short-legged dogs with a long silky coat and broad flat muzzle.

Ginseng: Chinese herb with palmately compound leaves and small greenish flowers and forked aromatic roots believed to have medicinal powers.

Basket Rummy: a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to form groups of the same rank.

Confederate Rose: Chinese shrub or small tree having white or pink flowers becoming deep red at night; widely cultivated; naturalized in southeastern United States.

Cupping: Cupping is a therapeutic technique that involves creating suction on the skin using special cups. It is an ancient practice that has been used for centuries in traditional Chinese medicine, as well as in other cultures.

Cassia: Chinese tree with aromatic bark; yields a less desirable cinnamon than Ceylon cinnamon.

Gingko: deciduous dioecious Chinese tree having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds; exists almost exclusively in cultivation especially as an ornamental street tree.