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wéi
    wei2
wei
 yuki
    ゆき

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Vee
to preserve; to maintain; to hold together; dimension; vitamin (abbr. for 維生素|维生素[wei2 sheng1 su4])
(pronoun) (1) (kana only) this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); (2) (humble language) this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); (3) now; (4) (archaism) here; (5) (archaism) I (me); (6) (archaism) certainly; (female given name) Yuki
A carriage-curtain; a net; a corner, cardinal point; to tie or hold together, connect; a copula, also, but, whereas, now.

容納


容纳

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róng nà
    rong2 na4
jung na

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Acceptance / Tolerate
to hold; to contain; to accommodate; to tolerate (different opinions)

敬愛


敬爱

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jìng ài
    jing4 ai4
ching ai
 keiai / keai
    けいあい

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Love and Respect
to respect and love; to hold in high esteem
(noun, transitive verb) respect and affection; love and respect; (personal name) Yoshinari
Reverence and love; reverent love.

頑張る

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 ganbaru
    がんばる

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Fortitude / Steadfast
(ateji / phonetic) (v5r,vi) (1) to persevere; to persist; to keep at it; to hang on; to hold out; to do one's best; (2) to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); (3) to remain in a place; to stick to one's post; to refuse to budge

ネルソン

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 neruson
    ネルソン

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Nelson
{sports} nelson (wrestling hold); (surname) Nelson

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xx
    xx5
xx
 kasugai
    かすがい
(Japanese kokuji) large staple driven into two pieces of wood to hold them together; pr. kasugai
(1) (kana only) large staple driven into two pieces of wood to hold them together; clamp; cramp (metal); (2) (kana only) tie (metaphorical, e.g. something that binds two people together); (3) (kana only) latch; lock; (surname) Kasugai

保留

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bǎo liú
    bao3 liu2
pao liu
 horyuu / horyu
    ほりゅう
to keep; to retain; to have reservations (about something); to hold back (from saying something); to put aside for later
(noun, transitive verb) reservation; putting on hold; deferment; withholding

兼任

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jiān rèn
    jian1 ren4
chien jen
 kennin
    けんにん
to hold several jobs at once; concurrent post; working part-time
(noun, transitive verb) serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of; (surname) Kanetou

兼職


兼职

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jiān zhí
    jian1 zhi2
chien chih
 kenshoku
    けんしょく
to hold concurrent posts; concurrent job; moonlighting
(noun/participle) (1) holding another position; serving concurrently as; (2) concurrent position

成立

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chéng lì
    cheng2 li4
ch`eng li
    cheng li
 seiritsu / seritsu
    せいりつ
to establish; to set up; to be tenable; to hold water
(noun/participle) (1) formation; establishment; materialization; coming into existence; (noun/participle) (2) conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); approval; completion; closing; enacting; arrangement; (noun/participle) (3) being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding; applying; (personal name) Shigetatsu
to consist of

把握

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bǎ wò
    ba3 wo4
pa wo
 haaku / haku
    はあく
to grasp (also fig.); to seize; to hold; assurance; certainty; sure (of the outcome)
(noun, transitive verb) grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.); understanding; control; hold; grip

船艙


船舱

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chuán cāng
    chuan2 cang1
ch`uan ts`ang
    chuan tsang
 sensou / senso
    せんそう
hold of ship
ship's hold; hatch

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zhàng
    zhang4
chang
 mamoru
    まもる
weaponry; to hold (a weapon); to wield; to rely on; to depend on; war; battle
(personal name) Mamoru
a weapon


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cāng
    cang1
ts`ang
    tsang
 kurataka
    くらたか
barn; granary; storehouse; cabin; hold (in ship)
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown; depository; treasury; elevator; (surname) Kurataka
warehouse

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zuò
    zuo4
tso
 tooru
    とおる
to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc); (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for; to assume (an air or manner)
(given name) Tooru

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dōu
    dou1
tou
 kabuto
    かぶと
pocket; bag; to wrap up or hold in a bag; to move in a circle; to canvas or solicit; to take responsibility for; to disclose in detail; combat armor (old)
helmet (of armor, armour); headpiece; (place-name, surname) Kabuto
Helmet, hood; pocket, bag; translit. tu.

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bāo
    bao1
pao
 pao
    パオ
to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; to contract (to or for); package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet; CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]
(See ゲル) yurt (chi: bāo); (surname) Hou
to wrap

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    qu3
ch`ü
    chü
 shu
    しゅ
to take; to get; to choose; to fetch
{Buddh} (See 十二因縁) appropriation; obtaining; (surname) Takadori
upādāna. To grasp, hold on to, held by, be attached to, love; used as indicating both 愛 love or desire and 煩惱 the vexing passions and illusions. It is one of the twelve nidānas 十二因緣 or 十二支 the grasping at or holding on to self-existence and things.

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diāo
    diao1
tiao
to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone)

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hán
    han2
han
 gon
to keep in the mouth; to contain
To hold in the mouth: cherish: restrain.

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qiàn
    qian4
ch`ien
    chien
pouch; hold; content

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qín
    qin2
ch`in
    chin
to hold in (usually refers the mouth or eyes)

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niàn
    nian4
nien
earth embankment used to hold back or retain water; dike around a paddy field


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zhí
    zhi2
chih
 shuu / shu
    しゅう
to execute (a plan); to grasp
(archaism) attachment; obsession; persistence; (male given name) Mamoru
grah, grabh ; graha. To seize, grasp, hold on to, maintain; obstinate.

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róng
    rong2
jung
 you / yo
    よう
to hold; to contain; to allow; to tolerate; appearance; look; countenance
(1) (archaism) countenance; visage; (2) face; honor (honour); dignity; (1) form; shape; figure; (2) visage; (surname, female given name) Yō
Contain; bear; allow; bearing, face, looks; easy.

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    ba1
pa
 pa
    パ
to long for; to wish; to cling to; to stick to; something that sticks; close to; next to; spread open; informal abbr. for bus 巴士[ba1 shi4]; bar (unit of pressure); nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wei3 ba5], tail
(abbreviation) (See パーリ語) Pali language; (personal name) He
The open hand, palm; to lay hold of; to flatter.

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biē
    bie1
pieh
to choke; to stifle; to restrain; to hold back; to hold in (urine); to hold (one's breath)

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shǒu
    shou3
shou
 te
    て
hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
(1) (occ. pronounced た when a prefix) (See お手・おて・1) hand; arm; (2) (colloquialism) (See お手・おて・3) forepaw; foreleg; (3) handle; (4) hand; worker; help; (5) trouble; care; effort; (6) means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship; (7) hand; handwriting; (8) kind; type; sort; (9) (See 手に入る) one's hands; one's possession; (10) (See 手に余る) ability to cope; (11) hand (of cards); (12) (See 山の手・1) direction; (n,n-suf,ctr) (13) move (in go, shogi, etc.); (surname) Tezaki
pāṇī; hasta; kara; hand, arm.

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tuō
    tuo1
t`o
    to
 taku
to hold up in one's hand; to support with one's palm; something serving as a support: a prop, a rest (e.g. arm rest); (bound form) a shill; to ask; to beg; to entrust (variant of 託|托[tuo1]); torr (unit of pressure)
To carry on the palm, entrust to.

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è
    e4
o
to grip forcefully; to clutch at; to guard; to control; to hold

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chéng
    cheng2
ch`eng
    cheng
 shou / sho
    しょう
to bear; to carry; to hold; to continue; to undertake; to take charge; owing to; due to; to receive
(abbreviation) (See 承句) second line of a four-line Chinese poem; (personal name) Yoshitomo
Receive, succeed to, undertake, serve.

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bào
    bao4
pao
 kakae
    かかえ
to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely
(surname) Kakae
Embrace, enfold, cherish.


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    na2
na
 da
variant of 拿[na2]
Take, lay hold of; translit. for d, n; e. g. dāmara, to affright (demons); v. 荼.

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    na2
na
to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把[ba3]: to mark the following noun as a direct object)

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chí
    chi2
ch`ih
    chih
 ji
    じ
to hold; to grasp; to support; to maintain; to persevere; to manage; to run (i.e. administer); to control
draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.); tie; (surname) Mochitoku
dhṛ; dhara. Lay hold of, grasp, hold, maintain, keep; control.

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luō
    luo1
lo
to hold something long and run one's hand along it

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niē
    nie1
nieh
to hold between the thumb and fingers; to pinch; to mold (using the fingers); to hold (lit. in one's hand and fig.); to join together; to fabricate (a story, a report, etc)

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pěng
    peng3
p`eng
    peng
 sasage
    ささげ
to hold or offer with both hands; to sing the praises of; classifier for what can be held in both hands
(surname) Sasage
To hold in both hands, offer, receive: a double handful.

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zhǎng
    zhang3
chang
 shougo / shogo
    しょうご
palm of the hand; sole of the foot; paw; horseshoe; to slap; to hold in one's hand; to wield
palm (of one's hand); (personal name) Shougo
A palm, a paw; to grasp, control, administer.


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    ya4
ya
attach; brandish; hold

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    ju1
chü
 kyoda
    きょだ
to hold in one's hands; classifier for a double handful; Taiwan pr. [ju2]
(personal name) Kyoda
to scoop out water with the hands

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shì
    shi4
shih
to hold; to grasp

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zuàn
    zuan4
tsuan
to hold in the hand, to grasp; to wring

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    wo4
wo
 nigiri
    にぎり
to hold; to grasp; to clench (one's fist); (bound form) to have in one's control; classifier: a handful
(place-name) Nigiri

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gǎo
    gao3
kao
to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of

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nuò
    nuo4
no
 karami
    からみ
(literary) to hold (in the hand); to challenge; to provoke
(place-name) Karami

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táng
    tang2
t`ang
    tang
to keep out; to hold off; to ward off; to evade; to spread; to coat; to smear; to daub

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qiān
    qian1
ch`ien
    chien
to seize; to pull; to hold up the hem of clothes


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lǒu
    lou3
lou
to hug; to embrace; to hold in one's arms

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zǒng
    zong3
tsung
 sō
general; in every case; to hold
to roll up


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yōng
    yong1
yung
 ranpo
    らんぽ
to hold in one's arms; to embrace; to surround; to gather around; to throng; to swarm; (bound form) to support (as in 擁護|拥护[yong1 hu4]); (literary) to have; to possess; Taiwan pr. [yong3]
(personal name) Ranpo
To crowd, press; embrace, hug.

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qíng
    qing2
ch`ing
    ching
to raise; to hold up; to lift up


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    ju4
chü
 ko
according to; to act in accordance with; to depend on; to seize; to occupy
To lay hold of, tangible, evidential, according to.

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liè
    lie4
lieh
to hold, to grasp; to hold the hair; to pull at

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qiān
    qian1
ch`ien
    chien
variant of 褰, to hold up the hem of clothes; to lift up the skirts


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xié
    xie2
hsieh
to carry; to take along; to bring along; to hold (hands); also pr. [xi1]


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shè
    she4
she
 setsu
    せつ
(bound form) to take in; to absorb; to assimilate; to take (a photo); (literary) to conserve (one's health); (literary) to act for
(female given name) Setsu
To collect, gather together, combine, include; lay hold of; assist, act for or with; control, direct, attend to; translit. ś, śa.

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zuàn
    zuan4
tsuan
(coll.) to hold; to grip; to grasp


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lǎn
    lan3
lan
 ran
to monopolize; to seize; to take into one's arms; to embrace; to fasten (with a rope etc); to take on (responsibility etc); to canvass
To seize, hold in the arms, embrace; monopolize.

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bǐng
    bing3
ping
 heitetsu / hetetsu
    へいてつ
to grasp; to hold; to maintain
(given name) Heitetsu
To lay hold of, grasp.


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    wo1
wo
nest; pit or hollow on the human body; lair; den; place; to harbor or shelter; to hold in check; to bend; classifier for litters and broods

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duān
    duan1
tuan
 hashi(p); haji; hana
    はし(P); はじ; はな
end; extremity; item; port; to hold something level with both hands; to carry; regular
(1) end (e.g. of street); tip; point; edge; margin; (2) beginning; start; first; (3) odds and ends; scrap; odd bit; least; (female given name) Mizuki
Beginning, coming forth, elementary principles; a point either beginning or end; straight, proper.

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liáo
    liao2
liao
bamboo receptacle used to hold meat for temple sacrifices in ancient times


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biān
    bian1
pien
bamboo tazza used in ancient times to hold dry food for sacrifices or at banquets

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zuǎn
    zuan3
tsuan
(literary) bamboo tube used to hold chopsticks or spoons


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xiè
    xie4
hsieh
 setsu
    せつ
to tie; to bind; to hold on a leash; rope; cord
(1) bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; connection; link; (2) tether; fetters; (given name) Setsu


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luò
    luo4
lo
 raku
net-like object; to hold something in place with a net; to wind; to twist; (TCM) channels in the human body
Continuous; fibres, veins.


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yuán
    yuan2
yüan
 en
cause; reason; karma; fate; predestined affinity; margin; hem; edge; along
pratyaya means conviction, reliance, but with Buddhists especially it means 'a co-operating cause, the concurrent occasion of an event as distinguished from its proximate cause'. M.W. It is the circumstantial, conditioning, or secondary cause, in contrast with 因 hetu, the direct or fundamental cause. hetu is as the seed, pratyaya the soil, rain, sunshine, etc. To reason, conclude. To climb, lay hold of. The mind 能緣can reason, the objective is 所緣, the two in contact constitute the reasoning process. The four kinds of causes are 因緣; 次第緣; 緣緣, and 增上緣 q.v.


𬙋

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xiāng
    xiang1
hsiang
cord to hold up sleeves


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    ju3
chü
to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect; act; move; deed


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cāng
    cang1
ts`ang
    tsang
cabin; the hold of a ship or airplane

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yùn
    yun4
yün
variant of 蘊|蕴, to accumulate; to hold in store; to contain; to gather together; to collect; depth; inner strength; profundity


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yùn
    yun4
yün
 osamu
    おさむ
to accumulate; to hold in store; to contain; to gather together; to collect; depth; inner strength; profundity
(given name) Osamu
skandha, v. 塞; older tr. 陰, intp. as that which covers or conceals, implying that physical and mental forms obstruct realization of the truth; while the tr. 蘊, implying an accumulation or heap, is a nearer connotation to skandha, which, originally meaning the shoulder, becomes stem, branch, combination, the objects of sense, the elements of being or mundane consciousness. The term is intp. as the five physical and mental constituents, which combine to form the intelligent 性 or nature; rūpa, the first of the five, is considered as physical, the remaining four as mental; v. 五蘊. The skandhas refer only to the phenomenal, not to the 無爲 non-phenomenal.


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zài
    zai4
tsai
 sai
    さい
to carry; to convey; to load; to hold; to fill up; and; also; as well as; simultaneously
(numeric) 10^44; hundred tredecillion; (given name) Mitsuru
ride (on a vehicle)

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è
    e4
o
 atsu
to restrain; to check; to hold back
Check, stop.


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xián
    xian2
hsien
 kutsuwa
    くつわ
bit (of a bridle); to hold in the mouth; to harbor (feelings); to link; to accept; rank; title
bit (i.e. attached to a bridle)

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hán
    han2
han
to hold; to contain


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qiān
    qian1
ch`ien
    chien
(literary) to hold high


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yàn
    yan4
yen
 ken
to examine; to test; to check
To examine into, hold an inquest; to come true, verify.


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xiāng
    xiang1
hsiang
(literary) to run friskily (of a horse); to raise; to hold high

一時


一时

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yī shí
    yi1 shi2
i shih
 ichiji
    いちじ
a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time
(n,adv) (1) one o'clock; (n,adv) (2) once; at one time; formerly; before; (n,adv,adj-no) (3) (in weather forecasts, indicates that a given condition will hold for less than one-quarter of the forecast period) for a time; for a while; for the time being; for the present; for the moment; temporarily; (4) (See 一時に) a time; one time; once; (personal name) Kazutoki
ekasmin samaye (Pali: ekaṃ samayaṃ); "on one occasion,' part of the usual opening phrase of a sūtra— "Thus have I heard, once,' etc. A period, e.g. a session of expounding a sūtra.

不齒


不齿

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bù chǐ
    bu4 chi3
pu ch`ih
    pu chih
to despise; to hold in contempt

代管

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dài guǎn
    dai4 guan3
tai kuan
to administer; to manage; to hold in trust or escrow

任教

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rèn jiào
    ren4 jiao4
jen chiao
to hold a teaching position

任職


任职

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rèn zhí
    ren4 zhi2
jen chih
 ninshoku
    にんしょく
to hold a post; to take office
ordination; appointment to a post

伸手

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shēn shǒu
    shen1 shou3
shen shou
to reach out with one's hand; to hold out a hand; (fig.) to beg; to get involved; to meddle

住嘴

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zhù zuǐ
    zhu4 zui3
chu tsui
to hold one's tongue; Shut up!

住持

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zhù chí
    zhu4 chi2
chu ch`ih
    chu chih
 juuji / juji
    じゅうじ
to administer a monastery Buddhist or Daoist; abbot; head monk
(noun/participle) chief priest of temple
To dwell and control; the abbot of a monastery; resident superintendent; to maintain, or firmly hold to (faith in the Buddha, etc.). For住持身 v. 佛具十身.

佔據


占据

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zhàn jù
    zhan4 ju4
chan chü
to occupy; to hold

佔有


占有

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zhàn yǒu
    zhan4 you3
chan yu
to have; to own; to hold; to occupy; to possess; to account for (a high proportion etc)
See: 占有

供職


供职

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gòng zhí
    gong4 zhi2
kung chih
to hold an office or post

侮る

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 anadoru(p); anazuru
    あなどる(P); あなずる
(transitive verb) to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise

保つ

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 tamotsu(p); motsu(ik)
    たもつ(P); もつ(ik)
(transitive verb) (1) to keep; to preserve; to hold; to retain; to maintain; to sustain; (v5t,vi) (2) to last; to endure; to keep well (food term); to wear well; to be durable

保持

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bǎo chí
    bao3 chi2
pao ch`ih
    pao chih
 hoji
    ほじ
to keep; to maintain; to hold; to preserve
(noun, transitive verb) retention; maintenance; preservation; (surname) Yasumochi

保管

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bǎo guǎn
    bao3 guan3
pao kuan
 hokan
    ほかん
to hold in safekeeping; to have in one's care; to guarantee; certainly; surely; custodian; curator
(noun, transitive verb) charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage

修禊

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xiū xì
    xiu1 xi4
hsiu hsi
to hold a semiannual ceremony of purification

偏執


偏执

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piān zhí
    pian1 zhi2
p`ien chih
    pien chih
 henshuu; henshitsu / henshu; henshitsu
    へんしゅう; へんしつ
extreme and inflexible; fixated; stubborn in clinging to a notion; (psychology) paranoid
bias; eccentricity; obstinacy
To hold firmly to a one-sided interpretation; bigoted.

偏安

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piān ān
    pian1 an1
p`ien an
    pien an
content to hold a small part of the territory; fig. forced to relinquish the middle ground; forced to move away

催す

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 moyoosu
    もよおす
(transitive verb) (1) to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); (transitive verb) (2) to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of

入手

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rù shǒu
    ru4 shou3
ju shou
 nyuushu / nyushu
    にゅうしゅ
to begin (with ...) (typically used in a structure such as 從|从[cong2] + {noun} + 入手[ru4 shou3]: "to begin with {noun}; to take {noun} as one's starting point"); to receive; to obtain; to buy
(noun, transitive verb) acquisition; obtaining; procurement; getting (hold of); (surname) Irite

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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This page contains 100 results for "Hold" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.

Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



Combined, these cover 1,007,753 Japanese, Chinese, and Buddhist characters, words, idioms, names, placenames, and short phrases.

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