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There are 23 total results for your man of character search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

君子

see styles
jun zǐ
    jun1 zi3
chün tzu
 kunshi
    くんし

More info & calligraphy:

Nobleman
nobleman; person of noble character
(1) man of virtue; wise man; (true) gentleman; (2) person of high rank; (3) (See 四君子) the four gentlemen (plum, chrysanthemum, orchid, and bamboo); (female given name) Kunshi
superior man

大丈夫

see styles
dà zhàng fu
    da4 zhang4 fu5
ta chang fu
 daijoubu(p); daijobu / daijobu(p); daijobu
    だいじょうぶ(P); だいじょぶ

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Man of Character
a manly man; a man of character
(adjectival noun) (1) safe; secure; sound; problem-free; without fear; all right; alright; OK; okay; (adverb) (2) certainly; surely; undoubtedly; (int,adj-na) (3) (colloquialism) no thanks; I'm good; that's alright; (4) (だいじょうぶ only) (archaism) (See 大丈夫・だいじょうふ) great man; fine figure of a man; (given name) Masurao
a great man

see styles
rén
    ren2
jen
 hito(p); hito
    ひと(P); ヒト
person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
(1) person; someone; somebody; (2) human beings; mankind; man; people; humans; (3) (kana only) (usu. ヒト) human (Homo sapiens); (4) (other) people; others; (5) character; personality; nature; (6) capable person; competent person; suitable person; right person; (7) adult; grown-up; (8) (used when rebuking or criticizing someone) I; me; one; (surname) Hitotaka
manuṣya; nara; puruṣa; pudgala. Man, the sentient thinking being in the desire-realm, whose past deeds affect his present condition.


see styles
wàn
    wan4
wan
 wan; man
    ワン; マン
ten thousand; a great number
(counter) {mahj} counter for character tiles; (surname) Yorozu
Myriad, 10,000; all.

ヒト

see styles
 hito
    ヒト
(1) man; person; (2) human being; mankind; people; (3) (kana only) human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; (4) character; personality; (5) man of talent; true man; (6) another person; other people; others; (7) adult

上根

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shàng gēn
    shang4 gen1
shang ken
 kamine
    かみね
(place-name, surname) Kamine
A man of superior character or capacity, e.g. with superior organs of sight, hearing, etc.

人物

see styles
rén wù
    ren2 wu4
jen wu
 jinbutsu
    じんぶつ
person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc); figure painting (as a genre of traditional Chinese painting)
(1) person; character; figure; personage; man; woman; (2) one's character; one's personality; (3) able person; talented person
human possessions

人間


人间

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rén jiān
    ren2 jian1
jen chien
 ningen
    にんげん
the human world; the earth
(1) human being; human; person; man; mankind; humankind; (2) character (of a person)
human being(s)

健者

see styles
 shitatakamono
    したたかもの
(1) strong-willed person; old hand; shrewd rascal; wily fox; desperate character; formidable woman; (2) strong man; brave man

愚公

see styles
 gukou / guko
    ぐこう
(char) Yu Gong (main character in the 4th century BC Chinese fable "The Foolish Old Man Removes the Mountains"); Yúgōng; Yukong; (ch) Yu Gong (main character in the 4th century BC Chinese fable "The Foolish Old Man Removes the Mountains"); Yúgōng; Yukong

無表


无表

see styles
wú biǎo
    wu2 biao3
wu piao
 muhyō
avijñapti. Unconscious, latent, not expressed, subjective, e.g. 'the taking of a religious vow impresses on a man's character a peculiar bent,' Keith. This is internal and not visible to others. It has a 'quasi-material' basis styled 無表色 or 無作色 which has power to resist evil. It is the Sarvāstivādin view, though certain other schools repudiated the material basis and defined it as mental. This invisible power may be both for good and evil, and may perhaps be compared to 'animal magnetism' or hypnotic powers. It means occult: power whether for higher spiritual ends or for base purposes.

高士

see styles
gāo shì
    gao1 shi4
kao shih
 koushi / koshi
    こうし
man of noble character; (s,m) Takashi
Eminent scholar; old tr. for Bodhisattva.

健か者

see styles
 shitatakamono
    したたかもの
(1) strong-willed person; old hand; shrewd rascal; wily fox; desperate character; formidable woman; (2) strong man; brave man

強か者

see styles
 shitatakamono
    したたかもの
(1) strong-willed person; old hand; shrewd rascal; wily fox; desperate character; formidable woman; (2) strong man; brave man

硬骨漢

see styles
 koukotsukan / kokotsukan
    こうこつかん
man of principle; man of firm character; man of steadfast beliefs

美男葛

see styles
 binankazura
    びなんかずら
(1) (See 実葛・さねかずら) scarlet kadsura (Kadsura japonica); (2) white sash tied around the head, with ends hanging down and tucked into belt, worn in kyogen to indicate a female character being played by a man

住定菩薩


住定菩萨

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zhù dìng pú sà
    zhu4 ding4 pu2 sa4
chu ting p`u sa
    chu ting pu sa
 jūjō (no) bosatsu
A bodhisattva firmly fixed, or abiding in certainty. After a bodhisattva has completed three great asaṁkhyeyakalpas he has still one hundred great kalpas to complete. This period is called abiding in fixity or firmness, divided into six kinds: certainty of being born in a good gati, in a noble family, with a good body, a man, knowing the abiding places of his transmigrations, knowing the abiding character of his good works.

石部金吉

see styles
 ishibekinkichi
    いしべきんきち
(yoji) man of incorruptible character

聖人君子

see styles
 seijinkunshi / sejinkunshi
    せいじんくんし
(yoji) person of lofty virtue; man of noble character; perfect person; saint

したたか者

see styles
 shitatakamono
    したたかもの
(1) strong-willed person; old hand; shrewd rascal; wily fox; desperate character; formidable woman; (2) strong man; brave man

人之初,性本善

see styles
rén zhī chū , xìng běn shàn
    ren2 zhi1 chu1 , xing4 ben3 shan4
jen chih ch`u , hsing pen shan
    jen chih chu , hsing pen shan
man at birth is fundamentally good in nature (the first two lines of Three Character Classic 三字經|三字经[San1 zi4 Jing1])

江山易改稟性難移


江山易改禀性难移

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jiāng shān yì gǎi bǐng xìng nán yí
    jiang1 shan1 yi4 gai3 bing3 xing4 nan2 yi2
chiang shan i kai ping hsing nan i
rivers and mountains are easy to change, man's character much harder

Variations:
したたか者
健者
強か者
健か者

see styles
 shitatakamono
    したたかもの
(1) strong-willed person; old hand; shrewd rascal; wily fox; desperate character; formidable woman; (2) strong man; brave man

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

This page contains 23 results for "man of character" 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

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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).



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