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Simple Dictionary Definition |
烟 see styles |
yān yan1 yen engan えんがん |
More info & calligraphy: SmokeSmoke; also tobacco, opium. |
地獄 地狱 see styles |
dì yù di4 yu4 ti yü jigoku じごく |
More info & calligraphy: Hell(1) {Buddh} hell realm; Naraka; (2) {Christn} Hell; (3) hell; misery; nightmare; inferno; (4) place where a volcano or hot springs constantly spew smoke or steam; (place-name) Jigoku naraka, 捺落迦 (or 那落迦) ; niraya 泥犂; explained by 不樂 joyless; 可厭 disgusting, hateful; 苦具, 苦器 means of suffering; if 地獄 earth-prison; 冥府 the shades, or departments of darkness. Earth-prison is generally intp. as hell or the hells; it may also be termed purgatory; one of the six gati or ways of transmigration. The hells are divided into three classes: I. Central, or radical, 根本地獄 consisting of (1) The eight hot hells. These were the original hells of primitive Buddhism, and are supposed to be located umder the southern continent Jambudvīpa 瞻部州, 500 yojanas below the surface. (a) 等活 or 更活 Saṃjīva, rebirth, where after many kinds of suffering a cold wind blows over the soul and returns it to this life as it was before, hence the name 等活. (b) 黑繩 Kaslasūtra, where the sufferer is bound with black chains and chopped or sawn asunder. (c) 線合; 衆合; 堆壓 Saṃghāta, where are multitudes of implements of torture, or the falling of mountains upon the sufferer. (d) 號呌; 呼呼; 叫喚 Raurava, hell of wailing. (e) 大呌; 大號呌; 大呼 Mahāraurava, hell of great wailing. (f) 炎熱; 燒炙 Tapana, hell of fames and burning. (g) 大熱; 大燒炙; 大炎熱 Pratāpana, hell of molten lead. (h) 無間; 河鼻旨; 阿惟越致; 阿毗至; 阿鼻; 阿毗 Avīci, unintermitted suffering, where sinners die and are reborn to suffer without interval. (2) The eight cold hells 八寒地獄. (a) 頞浮陀地獄 Arbuda, where the cold causes blisters. (b) 尼刺部陀 Nirarbuda, colder still causing the blisters to burst. (c) 頞哳吒; 阿吒吒 Atata, where this is the only possible sound from frozen lips. (d) 臛臛婆; 阿波波 Hahava or Apapa, where it is so cold that only this sound can be uttered. (e) 虎虎婆 Hāhādhara or Huhuva, where only this sound can be uttered. (f) 嗢鉢羅; 鬱鉢羅 (or 優鉢羅) Utpala, or 尼羅鳥 (or 漚) 鉢羅 Nīlotpala, where the skin is frozen like blue lotus buds. (g) 鉢特摩 Padma, where the skin is frozen and bursts open like red lotus buds. (h) 摩訶鉢特摩 Mahāpadma, ditto like great red lotus buds. Somewhat different names are also given. Cf. 倶舍論 8; 智度論 16; 涅槃經 11. II. The secondary hells are called 近邊地獄 adjacent hells or 十六遊增 each of its four sides, opening from each such door are four adjacent hells, in all sixteen; thus with the original eight there are 136. A list of eighteen hells is given in the 十八泥梨經. III. A third class is called the 孤地獄 (獨地獄) Lokāntarika, or isolated hells in mountains, deserts, below the earth and above it. Eitel says in regard to the eight hot hells that they range 'one beneath the other in tiers which begin at a depth of 11,900 yojanas and reach to a depth of 40,000 yojanas'. The cold hells are under 'the two Tchahavālas and range shaft-like one below the other, but so that this shaft is gradually widening to the fourth hell and then narrowing itself again so that the first and last hell have the shortest, those in the centre the longest diameter'. 'Every universe has the same number of hells, ' but 'the northern continent has no hell whatever, the two continents east and west of Meru have only small Lokāntarika hells... whilst all the other hells are required for the inhabitants of the southern continent '. It may be noted that the purpose of these hells is definitely punitive, as well as purgatorial. Yama is the judge and ruler, assisted by eighteen officers and a host of demons, who order or administer the various degrees of torture. 'His sister performs the same duties with regard to female criminals, ' and it may be mentioned that the Chinese have added the 血盆池 Lake of the bloody bath, or 'placenta tank' for women who die in childbirth. Release from the hells is in the power of the monks by tantric means. |
むくむく see styles |
mukumuku むくむく |
(adv,adv-to,vs) (1) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) rising up (of smoke, clouds, etc.); towering; billowing; (adv,adv-to,vs) (2) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) plump; chubby; (adv,adv-to) (3) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) welling up (of an emotion); boiling up; (adv,adv-to) (4) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) getting up; stirring; moving about; (adv,adv-to,vs) (5) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) shaggy; hairy |
煙 烟 see styles |
yān yan1 yen en けむり |
cigarette or pipe tobacco; CL:根[gen1]; smoke; mist; vapour; CL:縷|缕[lu:3]; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke smoke; fumes Smoke, tobacco, opium. |
排煙 排烟 see styles |
pái yān pai2 yan1 p`ai yen pai yen haien はいえん |
to discharge smoke (1) smokestack smoke; flue gas; factory smog; exhaust gas; (n,vs,vt,vi) (2) smoke extraction; smoke ejection; smoke dispersal |
濃煙 浓烟 see styles |
nóng yān nong2 yan1 nung yen nouen / noen のうえん |
thick smoke thick smoke |
煙塵 烟尘 see styles |
yān chén yan1 chen2 yen ch`en yen chen enjin えんじん |
smoke and dust; air pollution dust; smokestack smoke; battle scene |
熏製 熏制 see styles |
xūn zhì xun1 zhi4 hsün chih kunsei / kunse くんせい |
to smoke; to cure over a fire (1) smoked food; smoking (fish, meat, etc.); (can be adjective with の) (2) smoked |
狼煙 狼烟 see styles |
láng yān lang2 yan1 lang yen noroshi のろし |
smoke signal indicating the presence of hostile forces (1) beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; smoke signals; (2) starting shot; starting signal; (place-name) Noroshi |
硝煙 硝烟 see styles |
xiāo yān xiao1 yan1 hsiao yen shouen / shoen しょうえん |
smoke (from guns) gunpowder smoke |
雲煙 云烟 see styles |
yún yān yun2 yan1 yün yen unen うんえん |
mist; clouds; smoke clouds and smoke; landscape |
香煙 香烟 see styles |
xiāng yān xiang1 yan1 hsiang yen kouen / koen こうえん |
smoke from incense (burned as an offering to one's ancestors); (fig.) continuation of family line; cigarette (CL:支[zhi1],條|条[tiao2],根[gen1],包[bao1],盒[he2]) incense smoke |
嗆 呛 see styles |
qiàng qiang4 ch`iang chiang |
to irritate the nose; to choke (of smoke, smell etc); pungent; (coll.) (Tw) to shout at sb; to scold; to speak out against sb |
團 团 see styles |
tuán tuan2 t`uan tuan madoka まどか |
round; lump; ball; to roll into a ball; to gather; regiment; group; society; classifier for a lump or a soft mass: wad (of paper), ball (of wool), cloud (of smoke) (personal name) Madoka Round; a ball, mass, lump; a group, company, train-band. |
櫨 栌 see styles |
lú lu2 lu haze はぜ |
capital (of column); smoke tree (kana only) wax tree (species of sumac, Rhus succedanea); (surname) Haze |
煍 see styles |
jiǎo jiao3 chiao |
to color by smoke |
熏 see styles |
xūn xun1 hsün kun |
to smoke; to fumigate; to assail the nostrils; to perfume To smoke, fumigate, cense, perfume, exhale; fog, becloud. |
熰 𬉼 see styles |
ǒu ou3 ou |
copious smoke produced by smoldering firewood; half alight; to use the smoke of burning wormwood etc to repel insects |
燧 see styles |
suì sui4 sui hiuchi ひうち |
(bound form) material or tool used to light a fire by means of friction or the sun's rays; (bound form) beacon fire (alarm signal in border regions), esp. one lit during daytime to produce smoke hand drilling (to start a fire); hand drill; (place-name, surname) Hiuchi flame |
竈 灶 see styles |
zào zao4 tsao hekkoi へっこい |
variant of 灶[zao4] the rear of an old-fashioned Japanese hearth from which smoke was exhausted; (in Kyoto dialect) the hearth itself; (out-dated kanji) (kana only) kitchen range; cooking stove; hearth; (kitchen) furnace; stove; furnace; kiln; (place-name) Hekkoi A kitchen-stove. |
絲 丝 see styles |
sī si1 ssu ito いと |
More info & calligraphy: Silk(surname, female given name) Ito |
縷 缕 see styles |
lǚ lu:3 lü ru |
strand; thread; detailed; in detail; classifier for wisps (of smoke, mist or vapor), strands, locks (of hair) thread |
股 see styles |
gǔ gu3 ku ko もも |
thigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum; (finance) stock; share; strand of a thread; low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科[ke1]; classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc; classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff; classifier for bands of people, gangs etc; classifier for sudden forceful actions (1) thigh; (can be adjective with の) (2) femoral; (1) crotch; crutch; groin; thigh; (2) fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork) thigh |
蓬 see styles |
péng peng2 p`eng peng yomogi よもぎ |
fleabane (family Asteraceae); disheveled; classifier for luxuriant plants, smoke, ashes, campfires: clump, puff (1) Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps, Artemisia indica var. maximowiczii); (2) general term for plants in the Artemisia genus; mugwort; sagebrush; wormwood; (surname, female given name) Yomogi mugwort or raspberry found growing sporadically among hemp |
もく see styles |
moku モク |
(from a reversal of くも) (See 雲・くも) cigarette; cig; smoke; fag; (personal name) Moch |
一抹 see styles |
ichimatsu いちまつ |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) a touch (of sadness, unease, etc.); a tinge (of); a hint (of); a wreath (of smoke, cloud, etc.); (2) a smear (of paint, ink, etc.); one stroke (of a brush) |
一服 see styles |
ippuku いっぷく |
(noun/participle) (a) dose; (a) puff; (a) smoke; lull; short rest |
一条 see styles |
ichijou / ichijo いちじょう |
(1) one line; one streak; one stripe; one ray (of light); one wisp (of smoke); (2) one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one passage (in a book); (3) one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (surname) Takuya |
一筋 see styles |
hitosuji ひとすじ |
(1) one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); (2) a single bloodline; (adjectival noun) (3) earnest; resolute; intent; devoted; (4) ordinary; common |
二量 see styles |
èr liáng er4 liang2 erh liang niryō |
The two "measurings," or parts of a syllogism : (a) 現量 appearance, e.g. smoke; (b) 比量 inference, e.g. fire from smoke. |
五翳 see styles |
wǔ yì wu3 yi4 wu i go ei |
The five films, or interceptors of the light of sun and moon— smoke, cloud dust, fog, and the hands of asuras. |
人煙 人烟 see styles |
rén yān ren2 yan1 jen yen jinen じんえん |
sign of human habitation smoke from human habitations |
余煙 see styles |
yoen よえん |
lingering smoke |
倒煙 倒烟 see styles |
dào yān dao4 yan1 tao yen |
to have smoke billowing from a fireplace or stove (due to a blockage in the chimney) |
冒煙 冒烟 see styles |
mào yān mao4 yan1 mao yen |
to discharge smoke; to fume with rage |
吸う see styles |
suu / su すう |
(transitive verb) (1) to smoke; to breathe in; to inhale; (2) to suck; to sip; to slurp; (3) to absorb; to soak up; (4) to kiss |
吸煙 吸烟 see styles |
xī yān xi1 yan1 hsi yen kyuuen / kyuen きゅうえん |
to smoke (noun/participle) (obscure) smoking |
吹く see styles |
fuku ふく |
(v5k,vi) (1) to blow (of the wind); (transitive verb) (2) to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to blow on (hot tea, candles, etc.); to puff; (transitive verb) (3) to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to whistle (a tune); (v5k,vt,vi) (4) (See 噴く) to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout; to spew; to puff out; (v5k,vt,vi) (5) to sprout; to put forth (buds); (v5k,vt,vi) (6) to appear (on the surface); to form; to be coated with (powder, rust, etc.); (v5k,vi) (7) (slang) (See 吹き出す・3) to burst out laughing; to burst into laughter; (transitive verb) (8) to brag; to talk big; (transitive verb) (9) to smelt; to mint |
呑む see styles |
nomu のむ |
(transitive verb) (1) to drink; to gulp; to swallow; to take (medicine); (2) to smoke (tobacco); (3) to engulf; to overwhelm; (4) to keep down; to suppress; (5) to accept (e.g. demand, condition); (6) to make light of; to conceal |
喫う see styles |
suu / su すう |
(transitive verb) (1) to smoke; to breathe in; to inhale; (2) to suck; to sip; to slurp; (3) to absorb; to soak up; (4) to kiss |
喫す see styles |
kissu きっす |
(transitive verb) (1) (See 喫する) to eat; to drink; to smoke; (transitive verb) (2) to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive (e.g. a blow) |
喫む see styles |
nomu のむ |
(transitive verb) (See 飲む・2) to smoke (tobacco) |
噴煙 see styles |
funen ふんえん |
(eruption of) smoke |
四結 四结 see styles |
sì jié si4 jie2 ssu chieh shiketsu |
The four knots, or bonds, saṃyojana, which hinder free development; they are likened to the 四翳 q. v. four things that becloud, i. e. rain clouds, resembling desire; dust-storms, hate; smoke, ignorance; and asuras, gain. |
四翳 see styles |
sì yì si4 yi4 ssu i shiei |
The four films, or things that becloud, i. e. rain-clouds; dust-storms; smoke; and asuras, i. e. eclipses of sun and moon; emblematic of desire, hate, ignorance, and pride; cf. 四結. |
大口 see styles |
dà kǒu da4 kou3 ta k`ou ta kou ooguchi(p); ookuchi おおぐち(P); おおくち |
big mouthful (of food, drink, smoke etc); open mouth; gulping; gobbling; gaping (1) big mouth; mouth opened wide; (2) boastful speech; tall talk; bragging; boasting; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (3) (ant: 小口・こぐち・2) large amount; large quantity; (surname) Daiguchi |
如焰 see styles |
rú yàn ru2 yan4 ju yen nyoen |
like smoke. |
寒烟 see styles |
kanen かんえん |
cold smoke |
寒煙 see styles |
kanen かんえん |
cold smoke |
彌漫 弥漫 see styles |
mí màn mi2 man4 mi man |
to pervade; to fill the air; diffuse; everywhere present; about to inundate (water); permeated by (smoke); filled with (dust); to saturate (the air with fog, smoke etc) See: 弥漫 |
彌蒙 弥蒙 see styles |
mí méng mi2 meng2 mi meng |
impenetrable thick fog or smoke |
抽菸 抽烟 see styles |
chōu yān chou1 yan1 ch`ou yen chou yen |
to smoke (tobacco) |
比量 see styles |
bǐ liang bi3 liang5 pi liang hiryou / hiryo ひりょう |
to measure roughly (with the hand, a stick, string etc) (noun/participle) (1) comparison; (2) {Buddh} Pramana; epistemology Comparison and inference; it is defined as 比 comparison of the known, and 量 inference of the unknown. It is the second form in logic of the three kinds of example, 現, 比 and 聖教量, e. g. the inference of fire from smoke. |
氤氳 氤氲 see styles |
yīn yūn yin1 yun1 yin yün inun いんうん |
(literary) (of smoke, mist) dense; thick (adjective) (rare) energetic; lively; dynamic; vigorous |
油烟 see styles |
yuen ゆえん |
lamp soot (smoke) |
油煙 油烟 see styles |
yóu yān you2 yan1 yu yen yuen ゆえん |
soot; lampblack lamp soot (smoke) |
炊煙 炊烟 see styles |
chuī yān chui1 yan1 ch`ui yen chui yen |
smoke from kitchen chimneys |
炎管 see styles |
enkan えんかん |
(See 煙管・えんかん・2) fire tube (in a boiler); furnace flue; smoke tube |
烟る see styles |
kemuru けむる keburu けぶる |
(v5r,vi) (1) to smoke (e.g. fire); (2) to be hazy |
烟蓋 烟盖 see styles |
yān gài yan1 gai4 yen kai enkai |
Smoke (of incense) like a canopy. |
烽火 see styles |
fēng huǒ feng1 huo3 feng huo houka / hoka ほうか noroshi のろし |
fire beacon (to give alarm) (1) beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; smoke signals; (2) starting shot; starting signal |
烽烟 see styles |
houen / hoen ほうえん |
smoke signals |
烽煙 烽烟 see styles |
fēng yān feng1 yan1 feng yen houen / hoen ほうえん |
fire beacon (used as alarm signal over long distance) smoke signals |
烽燧 see styles |
fēng suì feng1 sui4 feng sui |
fire beacon tower (used in frontier regions in former times to relay information about the enemy, using smoke by day and fire at night) |
煙る see styles |
kemuru けむる keburu けぶる |
(v5r,vi) (1) to smoke (e.g. fire); (2) to be hazy |
煙圈 烟圈 see styles |
yān quān yan1 quan1 yen ch`üan yen chüan |
smoke ring |
煙害 see styles |
engai えんがい |
smoke pollution |
煙弾 see styles |
endan えんだん |
smoke bomb |
煙死 see styles |
enshi えんし |
(noun/participle) death by smoke suffocation |
煙毒 see styles |
endoku えんどく |
smoke pollution |
煙氣 烟气 see styles |
yān qì yan1 qi4 yen ch`i yen chi |
smoke |
煙滅 烟灭 see styles |
yān miè yan1 mie4 yen mieh enmetsu |
dying out of smoke |
煙火 烟火 see styles |
yān huo yan1 huo5 yen huo enka えんか |
fireworks (1) smoke and fumes (e.g. from cooking); (2) beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; (3) fireworks |
煙燻 烟熏 see styles |
yān xūn yan1 xun1 yen hsün |
smoke; to fumigate |
煙玉 see styles |
kemuridama けむりだま |
smoke bomb; smokebomb |
煙癮 烟瘾 see styles |
yān yǐn yan1 yin3 yen yin |
the urge to smoke; tobacco addiction |
煙蓋 烟盖 see styles |
yān gài yan1 gai4 yen kai enkai |
A smoke cover, i.e. a cloud of incense. |
煙霞 烟霞 see styles |
yān xiá yan1 xia2 yen hsia enka えんか |
haze smoke and mist; view |
煙霧 烟雾 see styles |
yān wù yan1 wu4 yen wu enmu えんむ |
smoke; mist; vapor; smog; fumes haze; mist; fog; smog |
煙霾 烟霾 see styles |
yān mái yan1 mai2 yen mai |
smoke; pollution |
煤烟 see styles |
baien ばいえん |
dirty smoke; soot and smoke |
煤煙 see styles |
baien ばいえん |
dirty smoke; soot and smoke |
熏制 see styles |
xūn zhì xun1 zhi4 hsün chih |
to smoke; to cure over a fire |
熏烤 see styles |
xūn kǎo xun1 kao3 hsün k`ao hsün kao |
to smoke; to cure over a wood fire |
燻す see styles |
ibusu いぶす |
(transitive verb) (1) to smoke (something); to fumigate; (transitive verb) (2) to oxidize; to oxidise |
燻る see styles |
fusuburu ふすぶる kusuburu くすぶる iburu いぶる |
(v5r,vi) (1) (kana only) to smoke; to smoulder; to smolder; to sputter; (2) (kana only) to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; (3) (kana only) to seclude oneself; (v5r,vi) (1) (kana only) to smoke; to smoulder; to smolder; to sputter; (2) (kana only) to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; (3) (kana only) to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder; (4) (kana only) to seclude oneself; (5) (kana only) to live in obscurity; to stay in the same level (of social position, circumstances, etc.); (v5r,vi) (kana only) to smoke; to smoulder; to smolder; to sputter |
狼烟 see styles |
rouen / roen ろうえん noroshi のろし |
(1) beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; smoke signals; (2) starting shot; starting signal |
猛煙 see styles |
mouen / moen もうえん |
heavy smoke; thick smoke |
発煙 see styles |
hatsuen はつえん |
emitting smoke; fuming |
白煙 see styles |
hakuen はくえん |
white smoke |
砲烟 see styles |
houen / hoen ほうえん |
gunsmoke; smoke of cannon |
砲煙 see styles |
houen / hoen ほうえん |
gunsmoke; smoke of cannon |
破戒 see styles |
pò jiè po4 jie4 p`o chieh po chieh hakai はかい |
to violate a religious precept; to smoke or drink after giving up breaking a commandment (usually religious); offense against the Buddhist commandments (offence) To break the commandments. |
竈突 see styles |
kudo くど |
the rear of an old-fashioned Japanese hearth from which smoke was exhausted; (in Kyoto dialect) the hearth itself |
立つ see styles |
tatsu たつ |
(v5t,vi) (1) to stand (up); to rise; to get to one's feet; to stand on end (e.g. of hairs); to stick up; (v5t,vi) (2) to stand (in a position; of a person, tree, building, etc.); to be situated (in, on); (v5t,vi) (3) to be (in difficulties, the lead, etc.); to put oneself (in a position or situation); to take up (a position, post, etc.); to position oneself; (v5t,vi) (4) to leave (to do something); (v5t,vi) (5) (oft. written as 発つ) to depart (on a journey, trip, etc.); to leave; to set off; to start; (v5t,vi) (6) to get stuck (into; of an arrow, thorn etc.); to pierce; (v5t,vi) (7) to develop (of a haze, waves, etc.); to form (of steam, bubbles, etc.); to appear (of a rainbow, clouds, etc.); to rise (of smoke, waves, etc.); to begin to blow (of a wind, breeze, etc.); (v5t,vi) (8) to spread (of a rumour, reputation, etc.); to be become widely known; (v5t,vi) (9) to stand (for election); to run; (v5t,vi) (10) (also written as 起つ) to take action; to act; to rise (up); to rouse oneself; (v5t,vi) (11) (colloquialism) (also written as 勃つ) to have an erection; to become erect (e.g. of nipples); (v5t,vi) (12) to be established (of a policy, plan, objective, etc.); to be formed; (v5t,vi) (13) to be valid (of an argument, logic, etc.); to hold up; to hold water; to stand up (e.g. of evidence); to be logical; to be reasonable; (v5t,vi) (14) to be sustained (of a living, business, etc.); to be maintained; to survive; to be preserved (of one's reputation, honour, etc.); to be saved; (v5t,vi) (15) to start (of a season); to begin; (v5t,vi) (16) to be held (of a market); (v5t,vi) (17) to shut (of a door, shoji, etc.); to be shut; to be closed; (v5t,vi) (18) to be (the result of a division) |
紫煙 see styles |
shien しえん |
purple smoke; tobacco smoke; (given name) Shien |
繚繞 缭绕 see styles |
liáo rào liao2 rao4 liao jao |
(of smoke from a chimney) to curl upward; (of a sound) to linger on |
脱煙 see styles |
datsuen だつえん |
(n,vs,vi) (1) smoke removal; smoke suppression; (n,vs,vi) (2) (rare) (See 卒煙) moving away from smoking; quitting smoking |
薫煙 see styles |
kunen くんえん |
fragrant smoke; aromatic smoke |
蚊燻 see styles |
kaibushi かいぶし |
outdoor fire with dense smoke to repel mosquitoes |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "smoke" 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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