(Disclaimer: these are less real world translations and more context on inspiration,)
血 雪 花
Xue Xue Hua
blood snow flower; an expensive flower significant to the culture of Northern cultivators and citizens
-commonly made into dyes in red, yellow, and pink
灼根
Zhuo Gen
scorch root; coral red dye, occasionally used in place of true red
金 冰凉 花
Jin Bingliang Hua
golden ice flower; a yellow flower that tends to bloom in late winter from blankets of snow
蛞蝓 紫
Kuoyu Zi
slug purple; a purple dye made with dried summer slugs
-made/found in the borderlands
牦牛
Maoniu
yak; the primary livestock cultivated in the North
空间 行李
Kongjian Xingli
space luggage; enchanted bags that hold ten times their physical capacity
雞 骨 玉
Ji Gu Yu
chicken bone jade; white/cream and light brown jade
妖怪
Yaoguai
strange demon; a loose classification for anything neither mortal nor celestial
-also used to refer to any animal mutated by residual energies
妖
Yao
demon; a loose classification for anything neither mortal nor celestial
-specifically excluding Mei Shou but still not intrinsically evil
凶 魔
Xiong Mo
vicious monster; yao that are classed as too dangerous to be left alive under any circumstances
魅 兽
Mei Shou
magic beast; any yaoguai that is capable of cultivation
鬼 火
Gui Huo
ghost fire; low level ghosts found in unpopulated areas
-Tao Liu's servant class
食 尸 鬼
Shi Shi Gui
corpse eating ghost; ghouls; bodies without souls that crave raw meat
蛇精
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Shejing
snake spirit; a snake that has been mutated into a yaoguai and then learned how to shapeshift
活 死鬼
Huo Sigui
living dead ghost; dead bodies that retain their souls and attempt to move
白狐 鬼
Baihu Gui
white fox ghost; ghosts, commonly of children, that die never having been loved
鲛人
Jiaoren
shark person; carnivorous aquatic mei shou native to Southern waters
饕餮
Taotie
glutton; a carnivorous yao with a gaping maw and an insatiable appetite
商羊
Shangyang
merchant sheep; a bird that can predict (or cause?) rains, their name is occasionally used in an metaphor for an omen
池塘 龙
Chitang Long
pond dragon; commonly found in deep rivers or the skies to assist bringing rains to parched lands
-Yi Xunsu's servant class
白骨精
Baigujing
white bone spirit; vengeful ghosts of corpses that decay into skeletons
北 朝廷 殿
Chaoting Dian-Court Palace
the northern capital / home to the northern resident palace sect and northern royal family
-civilians of the North
荧 堡
Ying Bao-Stunning Citadel
the southern capital / home to the southern resident palace sect and southern royal family
-civilians of the South
天堂 塔
Tiantang Ta-Heavenly Tower
the eastern capital / home to the eastern resident palace sect and eastern royal family
-civilians of the East
Πολ?ανθο?
Polyanthos-Polyanthus
the Oceanic Basin capital/where the god of the sun is said to reside year round
-civilians of the Oceanic Basin
浸泡 城堡
Jinpao Chengbao-Soak/Immerse Castle
the Oceanic City State capital / home of the oceanic royal family
-civilians of the South (ish)
央心
Yang Xin-Heart Center
a city at the center of the eastern continent with gates to the Undercity
-civilians of the Undercity
冻门
Dong Men-Cold Door
a village at the foot of the northeastern mountains
-civilians of the North
植物
Zhiwu-Plant
-a political sect that resides in Lu Tian City
绿田
Lu Tian-Green Field
a city known for use of cultivation in farming and their extensive library
-civilians of the North
甜阳
Tian Yang-Sweet Sun
a small village in the Eastern Borderlands
-civilians of the South
河汇
He Hui-River Converge
a trade hub on the Southern Delta
-civilians of the South
霜易
Shuang Y-Frost Exchange
a village relatively close to the Northern Palace
-civilians of the North
业内 密
Yenie Mi- Industry Secret
a small city responsible for most rice and tea grown east of the wilds
-civilians of the South
燠树
Yu Shu-Warm Tree
a village just north of the border where Northerners and Southerners blend
-civilians of the North
边境 河
Bianjing He-Border River
a river used as a natural border between nations
凉 Vanté
Liang Vante-Cold River
a river that stretches a portion of the northeast corner of the Western kingdoms before running into the wilds
凉 Vanté
Liang Vante-Cold River
a village on the bank of a river of the same name
宝蓝
Baolan-Sapphire
a mine in the Northern-Eastern mountains known for extracting precious gems and mineral deposits used in blue dyes
