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夏衍 see styles |
xià yǎn xia4 yan3 hsia yen shiazeien / shiazeen しあぜいえん |
Xia Yan (1900-1995), Chinese writer, playwright, socialist critic and movie pioneer (personal name) Shiazeien |
外傳 外传 see styles |
wài zhuàn wai4 zhuan4 wai chuan |
unofficial biography (as opposed to official dynastic biography) |
外典 see styles |
wài diǎn wai4 dian3 wai tien gaiten; geten; geden(ok) がいてん; げてん; げでん(ok) |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) (See 正典) Apocrypha (i.e. as opposed to the Biblical canon); (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) {Buddh} (usu. げてん) (See 内典) non-Buddhist writings (esp. Confucian writings) non-Buddhist texts |
外史 see styles |
toshi とし |
unofficial history; (given name) Toshi |
外大 see styles |
gaidai がいだい |
(abbreviation) (See 外国語大学) university of foreign studies; university specializing in foreign languages |
外官 see styles |
gekan げかん |
(hist) (See 内官・2) public official stationed outside the capital (under the ritsuryō system) |
外廷 see styles |
gaitei / gaite がいてい |
public area of the Imperial Palace where the emperor carries out official business |
外掛 外挂 see styles |
wài guà wai4 gua4 wai kua sotogake そとがけ |
attached externally (e.g. fuel tank); plug-in; add-on; special software used to cheat in an online game (sumo) outside leg trip |
外朝 see styles |
gaichou / gaicho がいちょう |
(1) public area of the Imperial Palace where the emperor carries out official business; (2) imperial palace of a foreign country |
多羅 多罗 see styles |
duō luó duo1 luo2 to lo tara たら |
(1) (abbreviation) (See 多羅樹) palmyra; (2) (abbreviation) (See 多羅葉) lusterleaf holly; (3) patra (silver incense dish placed in front of a Buddhist statue); (surname, female given name) Tara tārā, in the sense of starry, or scintillation; Tāla, for the fan-palm; Tara, from 'to pass over', a ferry, etc. Tārā, starry, piercing, the eye, the pupil; the last two are both Sanskrit and Chinese definitions; it is a term applied to certain female deities and has been adopted especially by Tibetan Buddhism for certain devīs of the Tantric school. The origin of the term is also ascribed to tar meaning 'to cross', i. e. she who aids to cross the sea of mortality. Getty, 19-27. The Chinese derivation is the eye; the tara devīs; either as śakti or independent, are little known outside Lamaism. Tāla is the palmyra, or fan-palm, whose leaves are used for writing and known as 具多 Pei-to, pattra. The tree is described as 70 or 80 feet high, with fruit like yellow rice-seeds; the borassus eabelliformis; a measure of 70 feet. Taras, from to cross over, also means a ferry, and a bank, or the other shore. Also 呾囉. |
夜殊 see styles |
yè shū ye4 shu1 yeh shu Yashu |
Yajurveda, 'the sacrificial Veda' of the Brahmans; the liturgy associated with Brahminical sacrificial services. |
大乘 see styles |
dà shèng da4 sheng4 ta sheng oonori おおのり |
Mahayana, the Great Vehicle; Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond; also pr. [Da4 cheng2] (surname) Oonori Mahāyāna; also called 上乘; 妙乘; 勝乘; 無上乘; 無上上乘; 不惡乘; 無等乘, 無等等乘; 摩訶衍 The great yāna, wain, or conveyance, or the greater vehicle in comparison with the 小乘 Hīnayāna. It indicates universalism, or Salvation for all, for all are Buddha and will attain bodhi. It is the form of Buddhism prevalent in Tibet, Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan, and in other places in the Far East. It is also called Northern Buddhism. It is interpreted as 大教 the greater teaching as compared with 小教 the smaller, or inferior. Hīnayāna, which is undoubtedly nearer to the original teaching of the Buddha, is unfairly described as an endeavour to seek nirvana through an ash-covered body, an extinguished intellect, and solitariness; its followers are sravakas and pratyekabuddhas (i.e. those who are striving for their own deliverance through ascetic works). Mahāyāna, on the other hand, is described as seeking to find and extend all knowledge, and, in certain schools, to lead all to Buddhahood. It has a conception of an Eternal Buddha, or Buddhahood as Eternal (Adi-Buddha), but its especial doctrines are, inter alia, (a) the bodhisattvas 菩薩 , i.e. beings who deny themselves final Nirvana until, according to their vows, they have first saved all the living; (b) salvation by faith in, or invocation of the Buddhas or bodhisattvas; (c) Paradise as a nirvana of bliss in the company of Buddhas, bodhisattvas, saints, and believers. Hīnayāna is sometimes described as 自利 self-benefiting, and Mahāyāna as 自利利他 self-benefit for the benefit of others, unlimited altruism and pity being the theory of Mahāyāna. There is a further division into one-yana and three-yanas: the trīyāna may be śrāvaka, pratyeka-buddha, and bodhisattva, represented by a goat, deer, or bullock cart; the one-yāna is that represented by the Lotus School as the one doctrine of the Buddha, which had been variously taught by him according to the capacity of his hearers, v. 方便. Though Mahāyāna tendencies are seen in later forms of the older Buddhism, the foundation of Mahāyāna has been attributed to Nāgārjuna 龍樹. "The characteristics of this system are an excess of transcendental speculation tending to abstract nihilism, and the substitution of fanciful degrees of meditation and contemplation (v. Samādhi and Dhyāna) in place of the practical asceticism of the Hīnayāna school."[Eitel 68-9.] Two of its foundation books are the 起信論and the 妙法蓮華經 but a larnge numberof Mahāyāna sutras are ascribed to the Buddha。. |
大事 see styles |
dà shì da4 shi4 ta shih daiji だいじ |
major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do something) in a big way; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] (adjectival noun) (1) important; serious; crucial; (adjectival noun) (2) valuable; precious; (3) (See 大事・おおごと) serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis; (4) great undertaking; great enterprise; great thing; (adjectival noun) (5) (Tochigi dialect) (See だいじょうぶ・1) safe; OK (因緣) For the sake of a great cause, or because of a great matter―the Buddha appeared, i.e. for changing illusion into enlightenment. The Lotus interprets it as enlightenment; the Nirvana as the Buddha-nature; the 無量壽經 as the joy of Paradise. |
大保 see styles |
daibo だいぼ |
(1) Grand Protector (lowest of the top three civil positions of the Zhou Dynasty); (2) Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods); (surname) Daibo |
大儒 see styles |
taiju たいじゅ |
(1) great Confucian (scholar); (2) great scholar; person of great erudition |
大切 see styles |
oogiri おおぎり |
(adjectival noun) (1) important; significant; serious; crucial; (adjectival noun) (2) precious; valuable; dear; cherished; beloved; (adjectival noun) (3) (usu. adverbially as ~に) (See 大切に) careful; (place-name, surname) Oogiri |
大匠 see styles |
dà jiàng da4 jiang4 ta chiang |
master craftsman; Han dynasty official title |
大印 see styles |
dà yìn da4 yin4 ta yin |
stamp; official seal |
大同 see styles |
dà tóng da4 tong2 ta t`ung ta tung taaton / taton タートン |
see 大同市[Da4 tong2 Shi4]; see 大同鄉|大同乡[Da4 tong2 Xiang1]; see 大同區|大同区[Da4 tong2 Qu1]; (Confucianism) Great Harmony (concept of an ideal society) (1) (See 大同小異) general resemblance; being largely the same; (2) (See 大同団結) uniting with a common goal; (3) (hist) Daidō era (806.5.18-810.9.19); (place-name) Datong (China) mostly the same |
大品 see styles |
dà pǐn da4 pin3 ta p`in ta pin Daihon |
The larger, or fuller edition of a canonical work, work, especially of the next. | | 般若經 ; 摩訶般若波羅蜜經 The Mahaprajnaparamita sutra as tr. by Kumarajiva in 27 chuan, in contrast with the 10 chuan edition. |
大員 大员 see styles |
dà yuán da4 yuan2 ta yüan |
high official |
大士 see styles |
dà shì da4 shi4 ta shih futoshi ふとし |
(personal name) Futoshi Mahasattva. 開士 A great being, noble, a leader of men, a bodhisattva; also a śrāvaka, a Buddha; especially one who 自利利他 benefits himself to help others. |
大壽 大寿 see styles |
dà shòu da4 shou4 ta shou |
(polite) birthday making the beginning of new decade of life for an older person, especially over 50 years old (e.g. 60th or 70th birthday) See: 大寿 |
大天 see styles |
dà tiān da4 tian1 ta t`ien ta tien daiten だいてん |
(surname) Daiten Mahādeva. 摩訶提婆. (1) A former incarnation of Śākyamuni as a Cakravartī. (2) A title of Maheśvara. (3) An able supporter of the Mahāsāṃghikaḥ, whose date is given as about a hundred years after the Buddha's death, but he is also described as a favorite of Aśoka, with whom he is associated as persecutor of the Sthavirāḥ, the head of which escaped into Kashmir. If from the latter school sprang the Mahāyāna, it may account for the detestation in which Mahādeva is held by the Mahāyānists. An account of his wickedness and heresies is given in 西域記 3 and in 婆沙論 99. |
大夫 see styles |
dài fu dai4 fu5 tai fu hiroo ひろお |
doctor; physician high steward; grand master; (given name) Hiroo |
大字 see styles |
ooji おおじ |
(1) large character; (2) (e.g. 壱, 弐, etc.) alternative kanji used for numbers (esp. in financial contexts); (surname) Ooji |
大官 see styles |
taikan たいかん |
(See 高官) high-ranking official |
大宰 see styles |
dazai だざい |
(archaism) (See 大宰府) government official working for the daizaifu; (surname) Dazai |
大寺 see styles |
dà sì da4 si4 ta ssu daitera だいてら |
large temple; (place-name) Daitera Mahāvihāra. The Great Monastery, especially that in Ceylon visited by Faxian about A.D. 400 when it had 3,000 inmates; v. 毘訶羅. |
大帥 大帅 see styles |
dà shuài da4 shuai4 ta shuai |
(old) commanding general; commander-in-chief; (Qing dynasty) title for a governor-general (provincial military governor) 總督|总督[zong3 du1] |
大悲 see styles |
dà bēi da4 bei1 ta pei karuna かるな |
(female given name) Karuna mahākaruṇā, "great pity"; i.e. greatly pitiful, a heart that seeks to save the suffering; applied to all Buddhas and bodhisattvas; especially to Guanyin. |
大我 see styles |
dà wǒ da4 wo3 ta wo taiga たいが |
the collective; the whole; (Buddhism) the greater self (female given name) Taiga The greater self, or the true personality 眞我. Hīnayāna is accused of only knowing and denying the common idea of a self, or soul, whereas there is a greater self, which is a nirvana self. It especially refers to the Great Ego, the Buddha, but also to any Buddha ;v.大目經1, etc., and 涅槃經 23. |
大戒 see styles |
dà jiè da4 jie4 ta chieh daigai |
The complete commandments of Hīnayāna and Mahayana, especially of the latter. |
大港 see styles |
dà gǎng da4 gang3 ta kang oominato おおみなと |
Dagang former district of Tianjin, now part of Binhai subprovincial district 濱海新區|滨海新区[Bin1 hai3 xin1 qu1] (surname) Oominato |
大潮 see styles |
dà cháo da4 chao2 ta ch`ao ta chao daichou / daicho だいちょう |
spring tide; (fig.) momentous social change (See 小潮) spring tide; (given name) Daichō |
大特 see styles |
daitoku だいとく |
(on street signs) large special-purpose vehicle |
大理 see styles |
dà lǐ da4 li3 ta li tairi たいり |
judicial officer; justice of the peace (old) (female given name) Tairi |
天成 see styles |
tiān chéng tian1 cheng2 t`ien ch`eng tien cheng tensei / tense てんせい |
as if made by heaven (product of) nature; born (musician); (personal name) Tensei |
天魔 see styles |
tiān mó tian1 mo2 t`ien mo tien mo tenma てんま |
demonic; devil {Buddh} (See 四魔) demon of the sixth heaven in the realm of desire who tries to prevent people from doing good deva-māra, 魔羅 one of the four Māras, who dwells in the sixth heaven. Paranirmita-vaśa-vartin, at the top of the Kāmadhātu, with his innumerable host, whence he constantly obstructs the Buddha-truth and its followers. He is also styled 殺者 the slayer; also 波旬 explained by 惡愛 sinful love or desire, as he sends his daughters to seduce the saints; also 波卑 (波卑夜) Papiyan, the evil one. He is the special Māra of the Śākyamuni period; other Buddhas suffer from other Māras; v. 魔. |
太保 see styles |
tài bǎo tai4 bao3 t`ai pao tai pao taibao タイバオ |
a very high official in ancient China; juvenile delinquents (1) Grand Protector (lowest of the top three civil positions of the Zhou Dynasty); (2) Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods); (place-name) Taibao (Taiwan) |
太傅 see styles |
taifu たいふ |
(1) Grand Tutor (second of the top three civil positions of the Zhou dynasty); (2) (See 左大臣) Minister of the Left (official in Nara and Heian periods) |
太牢 see styles |
tài láo tai4 lao2 t`ai lao tai lao |
(in ancient times) sacrificial animal (cow, sheep or pig) |
太醫 太医 see styles |
tài yī tai4 yi1 t`ai i tai i |
imperial physician |
失血 see styles |
shī xuè shi1 xue4 shih hsüeh shikketsu しっけつ |
to lose blood; to hemorrhage; (fig.) to suffer losses (financial etc) (n,vs,vi) loss of blood |
夾當 夹当 see styles |
jiā dāng jia1 dang1 chia tang |
crucial moment; critical time |
奇特 see styles |
qí tè qi2 te4 ch`i t`e chi te kitoku; kidoku きとく; きどく |
peculiar; unusual; queer (noun or adjectival noun) (1) praiseworthy; commendable; laudable; (adjectival noun) (2) (colloquialism) (non-standard usage) strange (person); weird; odd Wonderful, rare, special, the three incomparable kinds of 神通奇特 power to convert all beings, 慧心奇特 Buddha-wisdom, and 攝受奇特Buddha-power to attract and save all beings. |
奇石 see styles |
kiseki きせき |
(See 水石) rare stone; special stone; strange stone; (given name) Kiseki |
奇能 see styles |
qí néng qi2 neng2 ch`i neng chi neng kinou / kino きのう |
special ability (surname) Kinou |
奇貨 see styles |
kika きか |
(1) curiosity; rare item; rarity; (2) (See 好機) rare opportunity which could be beneficial |
奕訢 奕䜣 see styles |
yì xīn yi4 xin1 i hsin |
Grand Prince Yixin (1833-1898), sixth son of Emperor Daoguang, prominent politician, diplomat and modernizer in late Qing |
奢彌 奢弥 see styles |
shē mí she1 mi2 she mi shami |
奢弭 śamī, a leguminous tree associated with Śiva. |
奥印 see styles |
okuin おくいん |
official seal |
女史 see styles |
joshi じょし |
(1) lady (of high social status; e.g. scholar, artist, critic, politician); (suffix noun) (2) (honorific or respectful language) Ms; Mrs; Miss |
奸官 see styles |
jiān guān jian1 guan1 chien kuan |
a treacherous official; a mandarin who conspires against the state |
奸臣 see styles |
jiān chén jian1 chen2 chien ch`en chien chen kanshin かんしん |
a treacherous court official; a minister who conspires against the state disloyal retainer; treacherous subject |
好い see styles |
yoi よい |
(adjective) (1) (kana only) good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable; (2) sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared; (3) profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial; (4) OK |
好友 see styles |
hǎo yǒu hao3 you3 hao yu yoshitomo よしとも |
close friend; pal; (social networking website) friend; CL:個|个[ge4] (personal name) Yoshitomo |
妓樂 妓乐 see styles |
jì lè ji4 le4 chi le gigaku |
Female musicians and performers. |
妖人 see styles |
yāo rén yao1 ren2 yao jen |
magician; sorcerer |
妙土 see styles |
miào tǔ miao4 tu3 miao t`u miao tu myōdo |
The wonderful land; a Buddha's reward-land; especially the Western Paradise of Amitābha. |
妙有 see styles |
miào yǒu miao4 you3 miao yu tayu たゆ |
(female given name) Tayu The absolute reality, the incomprehensible entity, as contrasted with the superficial reality of phenomena; supernatural existence. |
委棄 see styles |
iki いき |
(noun, transitive verb) (1) {law} waiving (a right); waiver; renunciation; (noun, transitive verb) (2) (See 遺棄) abandonment; desertion |
婆羅 婆罗 see styles |
pó luó po2 luo2 p`o lo po lo bara |
pāla; keeper, guardian, warden; vihārapāla, warden of a monastery. bala; power, strength, especially the 五力 five powers, pañca bālani, i.e. 五根; also the 十力 daśabala, ten powers. Name of the sister of Ānanda who offered milk to Śākyamuni. bāla; 'young,' 'immature,' 'simpleton, fool,' 'hair' (M.W.); ignorant, unenlightened, see bālapṛthagjana, below. |
婦聯 妇联 see styles |
fù lián fu4 lian2 fu lien |
women's league; women's association |
媚俗 see styles |
mèi sú mei4 su2 mei su |
to cater to the public's taste; kitsch; commercial |
子璿 see styles |
zǐ xuán zi3 xuan2 tzu hsüan Shisen |
A famous learned monk Zixuan, of the Song dynasty whose style was 長水 Changshui, the name of his district; he had a large following; at first he specialized on the Śūraṃgama 楞嚴經; later he adopted the teaching of 賢首 Xianshou of the 華嚴宗 Huayan school. |
孔廟 孔庙 see styles |
kǒng miào kong3 miao4 k`ung miao kung miao |
Confucian temple |
孔教 see styles |
kǒng jiào kong3 jiao4 k`ung chiao kung chiao |
Teaching of Confucius; Confucianism |
孔門 孔门 see styles |
kǒng mén kong3 men2 k`ung men kung men koumon / komon こうもん |
Confucius' school (i.e. his direct disciples) disciple of Confucius; Confucian school |
字輪 字轮 see styles |
zì lún zi4 lun2 tzu lun jirin |
The wheel, rotation, or interchange of words for esoteric purposes, especially the five Sanskrit signs adopted for the five elements, earth, water, fire, air, space. |
字面 see styles |
zì miàn zi4 mian4 tzu mien jizura; jimen じづら; じめん |
literal; typeface (1) appearance of written words; impression given by written letters, characters, etc.; (2) literal meaning (of a piece of writing); superficial meaning; (3) face (of a printing type) |
孝心 see styles |
xiào xīn xiao4 xin1 hsiao hsin koushin / koshin こうしん |
filial piety (a Confucian obligation); respect and obedience to one's parents filial devotion; (personal name) Kōshin |
孝肅 孝肃 see styles |
xiào sù xiao4 su4 hsiao su |
Xiaosu, posomethingumous name of Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty |
孟軻 孟轲 see styles |
mèng kē meng4 ke1 meng k`o meng ko |
Mencius 孟子 (c. 372-c. 289), Confucian philosopher |
孤僻 see styles |
gū pì gu1 pi4 ku p`i ku pi |
antisocial; reclusive; eccentric |
學問 学问 see styles |
xué wèn xue2 wen4 hsüeh wen Gakumon |
learning; knowledge; scholarship; a body of specialized knowledge (CL:門|门[men2]); (fig.) any activity that demands expertise, skill or experience (e.g. gathering forensic evidence, selecting clothing, managing relationships) Gakumon |
學會 学会 see styles |
xué huì xue2 hui4 hsüeh hui |
to learn; to master; institute; learned society; (scholarly) association See: 学会 |
學監 学监 see styles |
xué jiān xue2 jian1 hsüeh chien |
school official responsible for supervising the students (old) |
宅邸 see styles |
zhái dǐ zhai2 di3 chai ti |
residence of a high-ranking official |
安価 see styles |
anka あんか |
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) (ant: 高価) low-priced; cheap; inexpensive; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; cheap (e.g. government); (3) (net-sl) (See アンカー・6) link back to discussion group, bulletin board, etc. posting |
安協 see styles |
ankyou / ankyo あんきょう |
(org) Road Safety Association (abbr.); (o) Road Safety Association (abbr.) |
安聯 安联 see styles |
ān lián an1 lian2 an lien |
Allianz, German financial service company |
宋儒 see styles |
souju / soju そうじゅ |
(hist) Song dynasty Confucian scholars |
宋史 see styles |
sòng shǐ song4 shi3 sung shih soushi / soshi そうし |
History of the Song Dynasty, twentieth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed under Toktoghan 脫脫|脱脱[Tuo1 tuo1] in 1345 during the Yuan Dynasty 元[Yuan2], 496 scrolls; (not to be confused with 宋書|宋书[Song4 shu1]) (work) Songshi; History of Song (one of the official Twenty-Four Histories of China); (wk) Songshi; History of Song (one of the official Twenty-Four Histories of China) |
宋学 see styles |
sougaku / sogaku そうがく |
(See 朱子学) Song-period neo-Confucianism (based esp. on the teachings of Zhu Xi) |
宋濂 see styles |
sòng lián song4 lian2 sung lien |
Song Lian (1310-1381), Ming dynasty writer, historian and politician |
宗法 see styles |
zōng fǎ zong1 fa3 tsung fa souhou / soho そうほう |
patriarchal clan system (hist) regulations governing Chinese religious observances and social order; (place-name) Souhou 宗體 The thesis of a syllogism consisting of two terms, each of which has five different names: 自性 subject; 差別 its differentiation; 有法 that which acts; 法 the action; 所別 that which is differentiated; 能別 that which differentiates; 前陳 first statement; 後陳 following statement; 宗依 that on which the syllogism depends, both for subject and predicate. |
官人 see styles |
kannin; kanjin; tsukasabito かんにん; かんじん; つかさびと |
(archaism) government official (esp. one of low to medium rank); public servant |
官位 see styles |
guān wèi guan1 wei4 kuan wei kani かんい |
official post office and rank; an official rank |
官俸 see styles |
guān fèng guan1 feng4 kuan feng |
salaries of government officials |
官倒 see styles |
guān dǎo guan1 dao3 kuan tao |
speculation by officials; profiteering by government employees; bureaucratic turpitude |
官僚 see styles |
guān liáo guan1 liao2 kuan liao kanryou / kanryo かんりょう |
bureaucrat; bureaucracy; bureaucratic bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy |
官價 官价 see styles |
guān jià guan1 jia4 kuan chia |
official price |
官印 see styles |
guān yìn guan1 yin4 kuan yin kanin かんいん |
official seal official seal |
官司 see styles |
guān si guan1 si5 kuan ssu kanshi かんし |
lawsuit; CL:場|场[chang2] (1) government office; public office; (2) government official government official |
官名 see styles |
guān míng guan1 ming2 kuan ming kanmei / kanme かんめい |
name of job in Imperial bureaucracy; official position official position or title |
官吏 see styles |
guān lì guan1 li4 kuan li kanri かんり |
bureaucrat; official (dated) government official; public servant; civil servant |
官命 see styles |
kanmei / kanme かんめい |
official orders |
官員 官员 see styles |
guān yuán guan1 yuan2 kuan yüan kanin かんいん |
official (in an organization or government); administrator government official |
官報 see styles |
kanpou / kanpo かんぽう |
official daily gazette; official telegram |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "Cia" 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.
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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).
Combined, these cover 1,007,753 Japanese, Chinese, and Buddhist characters, words, idioms, names, placenames, and short phrases.
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