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司馬遷 司马迁 see styles |
sī mǎ qiān si1 ma3 qian1 ssu ma ch`ien ssu ma chien shibasen しばせん |
Sima Qian (145-86 BC), Han Dynasty historian, author of Records of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4], known as the father of Chinese historiography (person) Sima Qian (historian of early Han dynasty) |
合口音 see styles |
goukouon / gokoon ごうこうおん |
(1) (of Chinese) pronunciation of kanji with a medial between the initial consonant and center vowel; (2) (of Japanese) the long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "o" and "u" or "e" and "u" sounds |
合體字 合体字 see styles |
hé tǐ zì he2 ti3 zi4 ho t`i tzu ho ti tzu |
a Chinese character formed by combining existing elements - i.e. a combined ideogram 會意|会意 or radical plus phonetic 形聲|形声 See: 合体字 |
吊嗓子 see styles |
diào sǎng zi diao4 sang3 zi5 tiao sang tzu |
voice training (for Chinese opera) |
吊鐘花 吊钟花 see styles |
diào zhōng huā diao4 zhong1 hua1 tiao chung hua |
Chinese New Year flower (Enkianthus quinqueflorus) |
同仁堂 see styles |
tóng rén táng tong2 ren2 tang2 t`ung jen t`ang tung jen tang |
Tongrentang, Chinese pharmaceutical company (TCM) |
同字框 see styles |
tóng zì kuàng tong2 zi4 kuang4 t`ung tzu k`uang tung tzu kuang |
name of the radical 冂[jiong1] in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 13) |
同音字 see styles |
tóng yīn zì tong2 yin1 zi4 t`ung yin tzu tung yin tzu |
Chinese character that is pronounced the same (as another character) |
名義抄 see styles |
myougishou / myogisho みょうぎしょう |
(work) Myōgishō (abbr. of Ruijū Myōgishō, a Japanese-Chinese character dictionary from the late Heian Period); (wk) Myōgishō (abbr. of Ruijū Myōgishō, a Japanese-Chinese character dictionary from the late Heian Period) |
名量詞 名量词 see styles |
míng liàng cí ming2 liang4 ci2 ming liang tz`u ming liang tzu |
nominal classifier (in Chinese grammar); measure word applying mainly to nouns |
吠舍佉 see styles |
fèi shè qiā fei4 she4 qia1 fei she ch`ia fei she chia Beishakya |
(or 薜舍佉); 鼻奢迦 Vaiśākha; the second Indian month, from 15th of 2nd to 16th of 3rd Chinese months. |
吳三桂 吴三桂 see styles |
wú sān guì wu2 san1 gui4 wu san kuei |
Wu Sangui (1612-1678), Chinese general who let the Manchus into China and helped them establish the Qing Dynasty, later leading a revolt against Qing in an effort to start his own dynasty |
吳孟超 吴孟超 see styles |
wú mèng chāo wu2 meng4 chao1 wu meng ch`ao wu meng chao |
Wu Mengchao (1922-), Chinese medical scientist and surgeon specializing in liver and gallbladder disorders |
吳永剛 吴永刚 see styles |
wú yǒng gāng wu2 yong3 gang1 wu yung kang |
Wu Yonggang (1907-1982), Chinese film director |
呂不韋 吕不韦 see styles |
lǚ bù wéi lu:3 bu4 wei2 lü pu wei riyupuuuei / riyupuue リユプーウエイ |
Lü Buwei (?291-235 BC), merchant and politician of the State of Qin 秦國|秦国[Qin2 guo2], subsequent Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qin2 dai4] Chancellor, allegedly the father of Ying Zheng 嬴政[Ying2 Zheng4], who subsequently became the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2] (person) Lü Buwei (?-235 BCE), Chinese politician |
呂嘉民 吕嘉民 see styles |
lǚ jiā mín lu:3 jia1 min2 lü chia min |
Lü Jiamin (1946-) aka Jiang Rong 姜戎[Jiang1 Rong2], Chinese writer |
周小川 see styles |
zhōu xiǎo chuān zhou1 xiao3 chuan1 chou hsiao ch`uan chou hsiao chuan |
Zhou Xiaochuan (1948-), Chinese economist, governor of the People's Bank of China 中國人民銀行|中国人民银行[Zhong1guo2 Ren2min2 Yin2hang2] 2002-2018 |
周恩來 周恩来 see styles |
zhōu ēn lái zhou1 en1 lai2 chou en lai |
Zhou Enlai (1898-1976), Chinese communist leader, prime minister 1949-1976 See: 周恩来 |
周立波 see styles |
zhōu lì bō zhou1 li4 bo1 chou li po |
Zhou Libo (1908-1979), left-wing journalist, translator and novelist; Zhou Libo (1967-), Chinese stand-up comedian |
和唐紙 see styles |
watoushi / watoshi わとうし |
(See 唐紙・とうし) thick Japanese paper resembling Chinese paper (from late Edo period onward) |
和林檎 see styles |
waringo; waringo わりんご; ワリンゴ |
(kana only) Chinese apple (Malus asiatica) |
和洋中 see styles |
wayouchuu / wayochu わようちゅう |
Japanese, Western and Chinese (cuisine) |
和漢洋 see styles |
wakanyou / wakanyo わかんよう |
Japan, China and the West; Japanese, Chinese and Western learning |
和漢薬 see styles |
wakanyaku わかんやく |
Japanese and Chinese medicine; Oriental medicine |
和諧号 see styles |
wakaigou / wakaigo わかいごう |
(product) Hexie (Chinese high-speed train); (product name) Hexie (Chinese high-speed train) |
哈士蟆 see styles |
hà shi má ha4 shi5 ma2 ha shih ma |
Chinese brown frog (Rana chensinensis) (loanword from Manchu); Taiwan pr. [ha1 shi4 ma2] |
哈密瓜 see styles |
hā mì guā ha1 mi4 gua1 ha mi kua hamiuri ハミうり |
Hami melon (a variety of muskmelon); honeydew melon; cantaloupe (kana only) Hami melon (Cucumis melo var. inodorus); Chinese Hami melon; snow melon |
哈日族 see styles |
hā rì zú ha1 ri4 zu2 ha jih tsu haariizuu; haariizoku / harizu; harizoku ハーリーズー; ハーリーぞく |
Japanophile (refers to teenage craze for everything Japanese, originally mainly in Taiwan) (ハーリーズー is from Mandarin Chinese) Taiwanese Japanophiles |
哥老会 see styles |
karoukai / karokai かろうかい |
(hist) (See 会党) Gelaohui (secret Chinese society of the late Qing dynasty) |
唇齒音 唇齿音 see styles |
chún chǐ yīn chun2 chi3 yin1 ch`un ch`ih yin chun chih yin |
labiodental (e.g. the consonant f in standard Chinese) |
唐土人 see styles |
morokoshibito もろこしびと |
(archaism) Chinese person |
唐土船 see styles |
morokoshibune もろこしぶね |
(archaism) Chinese ship |
唐宋音 see styles |
tousouon / tosoon とうそうおん |
(See 唐音・とうおん) tōsō-on; Tang-Song reading; on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese |
唐文字 see styles |
karamoji からもじ |
(See 大和文字) Chinese characters; kanji |
唐果物 see styles |
karakudamono からくだもの |
deep-fried Chinese pastry (sweetened with jiaogulan) |
唐獅子 see styles |
karajishi; karashishi からじし; からしし |
(1) (See 獅子・2) (mythical) Chinese lion; Chinese guardian lion; (2) Chinese-style figure of a lion; artistic rendering of a lion |
唐織り see styles |
karaori からおり |
(1) karaori; Chinese weave; cloth decorated with birds and flowers in silk; (2) noh theater costume made with karaori weave |
唐菓子 see styles |
tougashi / togashi とうがし karakudamono からくだもの |
deep-fried Chinese pastry (sweetened with jiaogulan) |
唐菓物 see styles |
karakudamono からくだもの |
deep-fried Chinese pastry (sweetened with jiaogulan) |
唐鋤星 see styles |
karasukiboshi からすきぼし |
(obscure) Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) |
嘸蝦米 呒虾米 see styles |
wú xiā mǐ wu2 xia1 mi3 wu hsia mi |
Boshiamy, input method editor for Chinese (from Taiwanese 無啥物, Tai-lo pr. [bô-siánn-mih] "it's nothing") |
四六文 see styles |
shirokubun しろくぶん |
(See 四六駢儷体) elegant classical Chinese prose employing antitheses using four and six-character compound words |
四分曆 四分历 see styles |
sì fēn lì si4 fen1 li4 ssu fen li |
"quarter remainder" calendar, the first calculated Chinese calendar, in use from the Warring States period until the early years of the Han dynasty |
四句偈 see styles |
sì jù jié si4 ju4 jie2 ssu chü chieh shiku ge |
four-line (Chinese) verse |
四物湯 四物汤 see styles |
sì wù tāng si4 wu4 tang1 ssu wu t`ang ssu wu tang |
four-substance decoction (si wu tang), tonic formula used in Chinese medicine |
四縣腔 四县腔 see styles |
sì xiàn qiāng si4 xian4 qiang1 ssu hsien ch`iang ssu hsien chiang |
Sixian dialect of Hakka Chinese |
四色牌 see styles |
suusoopai / susoopai スーソーパイ |
four-color cards (Chinese playing cards) (chi: sì sè pái); four-suited chess cards |
回回教 see styles |
fuifuikyou / fuifuikyo フイフイきょう |
(archaism) (from Chinese usage) (See イスラム教) Islam |
回回青 see styles |
huí huí qīng hui2 hui2 qing1 hui hui ch`ing hui hui ching |
Mohammedan blue (a cobalt blue pigment imported from Persia, used as an underglaze on Chinese porcelain during the Ming dynasty) |
固有詞 固有词 see styles |
gù yǒu cí gu4 you3 ci2 ku yu tz`u ku yu tzu |
native words (i.e. not derived from Chinese, in Korean and Japanese etc) |
国民党 see styles |
kokumintou / kokuminto こくみんとう |
(1) (abbreviation) (hist) (See 立憲国民党) Constitutional Nationalist Party (1910-1922); (2) (abbreviation) (See 中国国民党) Kuomintang; Chinese Nationalist Party |
土地公 see styles |
tǔ dì gōng tu3 di4 gong1 t`u ti kung tu ti kung |
Tudi Gong, the local tutelary god (in Chinese folk religion) |
土地神 see styles |
tǔ dì shén tu3 di4 shen2 t`u ti shen tu ti shen tochi jin |
local tutelary god (in Chinese folk religion) (same as 土地公|土地公[Tu3 di4 Gong1]) The local guardian deity of the soil or locality, deus loci; in the classics and government sacrifices known as 社; as guardian deity of the grave 后土. The 土地堂 is the shrine of this deity as ruler of the site of a monastery, and is usually east of the main hall. On the 2nd and 16th of each month a 土地諷經 or reading of a sutra should be done at the shrine. |
土曜日 see styles |
tǔ yào rì tu3 yao4 ri4 t`u yao jih tu yao jih doyoubi / doyobi どようび |
Saturday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy) (n,adv) Saturday |
土茯苓 see styles |
dobukuryou / dobukuryo どぶくりょう |
(rare) (See 山帰来) Smilax glabra (species of sarsaparilla, used esp. to refer to its dried rhizome, used in Chinese medicine) |
土豆網 土豆网 see styles |
tǔ dòu wǎng tu3 dou4 wang3 t`u tou wang tu tou wang |
Tudou, a Chinese video-sharing website |
土負貝 see styles |
dobugai どぶがい |
(kana only) Chinese pond mussel (Sinanodonta woodiana) |
地方戲 地方戏 see styles |
dì fāng xì di4 fang1 xi4 ti fang hsi |
local Chinese opera, such as Shaoxing opera 越劇|越剧[Yue4 ju4], Sichuan opera 川劇|川剧[Chuan1 ju4], Henan opera 豫劇|豫剧[Yu4 ju4] etc |
地積單 地积单 see styles |
dì jī dān di4 ji1 dan1 ti chi tan |
unit of area (e.g. 畝|亩[mu3], Chinese acre) |
塌棵菜 see styles |
tā kē cài ta1 ke1 cai4 t`a k`o ts`ai ta ko tsai |
Brassica narinosa (broadbeaked mustard); Chinese flat cabbage |
Variations: |
ken けん |
(archaism) xun (ancient Chinese musical instrument resembling a clay ocarina) |
壓歲錢 压岁钱 see styles |
yā suì qián ya1 sui4 qian2 ya sui ch`ien ya sui chien |
money given to children as a gift on Chinese New Year's Eve |
士大夫 see styles |
shì dà fū shi4 da4 fu1 shih ta fu shitaifu したいふ |
scholar officials (hist) Chinese scholar-bureaucrat; Chinese scholar-official |
Variations: |
ko こ |
hu (ancient Chinese vessel shaped like a vase, usually used to store alcohol) |
夏商周 see styles |
xià shāng zhōu xia4 shang1 zhou1 hsia shang chou |
Xia, Shang and Zhou, the earliest named Chinese dynasties |
夏蜜柑 see styles |
natsumikan なつみかん |
Chinese citron (Citrus natsudaidai); bitter summer orange (mandarin) |
多瓣蒜 see styles |
duō bàn suàn duo1 ban4 suan4 to pan suan |
Chinese elephant garlic |
大中華 大中华 see styles |
dà zhōng huá da4 zhong1 hua2 ta chung hua |
Greater China; refers to China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (esp. in finance and economics); refers to all areas of Chinese presence (esp. in the cultural field), including parts of Southeast Asia, Europe and the Americas |
大乘經 大乘经 see styles |
dà shèng jīng da4 sheng4 jing1 ta sheng ching daijō kyō |
Mahāyāna sutras, the sūtra-piṭaka. Discourses ascribed to the Buddha, presumed to be written in India and translated into Chinese. These are divided into five classes corresponding to the Mahāyāna theory of the Buddha's life: (1) Avataṃsaka, 華嚴 the sermons first preached by Śākyamuni after enlightenment; (2) Vaipulya, 方等; (3) Prajñā Pāramitā, 般若; (4) Saddharma Puṇḍarīka, 法華; and last (5) Mahāparinirvāṇa, 涅槃. Another list of Mahāyāna sutras is 般若; 寳積; 大集; 華嚴 and 涅槃. The sutras of Hīnayāna are given as the Agamas 阿含, etc. |
大五碼 大五码 see styles |
dà wǔ mǎ da4 wu3 ma3 ta wu ma |
Big5 Chinese character coding (developed by Taiwanese companies from 1984) |
大和尚 see styles |
dà hé shàng da4 he2 shang4 ta ho shang dai oshō |
Great monk, senior monk, abbot ; a monk of great virtue and old age. Buddhoṣingha, (Fotu cheng 佛圖澄), who came to China A.D. 310, was so styled by his Chinese disciple 石子龍 Shizi long. |
大和芋 see styles |
yamatoimo やまといも |
(1) Chinese yam (variety of Dioscorea opposita); (2) Japanese yam (variety of Dioscorea japonica) |
大明曆 大明历 see styles |
dà míng lì da4 ming2 li4 ta ming li |
the 5th century Chinese calendar established by Zu Chongzhi 祖沖之|祖冲之 |
大梵天 see styles |
dà fàn tiān da4 fan4 tian1 ta fan t`ien ta fan tien Daibon ten |
Mahābrahman; Brahma; 跋羅吸摩; 波羅賀磨; 梵覽摩; 梵天王; 梵王; 梵. Eitel says: "The first person of the Brahminical Trimūrti, adopted by Buddhism, but placed in an inferior position, being looked upon not as Creator, but as a transitory devatā whom every Buddhistic saint surpasses on obtaining bodhi. Notwithstanding this, the Saddharma-puṇḍarīka calls Brahma 'the father of all living beings'" 一切衆生之父. Mahābrahman is the unborn or uncreated ruler over all, especially according to Buddhism over all the heavens of form, i.e. of mortality. He rules over these heavens, which are of threefold form: (a) Brahma (lord), (b) Brahma-purohitas (ministers), and (c) Brahma-pāriṣadyāh (people). His heavens are also known as the middle dhyāna heavens, i.e. between the first and second dhyānas. He is often represented on the right of the Buddha. According to Chinese accounts the Hindus speak of him (1) as born of Nārāyaṇa, from Brahma's mouth sprang the brahmans, from his arms the kṣatriyas, from his thighs the vaiśyas, and from his feet the śūdras; (2) as born from Viṣṇu; (3) as a trimūrti, evidently that of Brahma, Viṣṇu, and Śiva, but Buddhists define Mahābrahma's dharmakāya as Maheśvara (Śiva), his saṃbhogakāya as Nārāyaṇa, and his nirmāṇakāya as Brahmā. He is depicted as riding on a swan, or drawn by swans. |
大白菜 see styles |
dà bái cài da4 bai2 cai4 ta pai ts`ai ta pai tsai |
Chinese cabbage; napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); CL:棵[ke1] |
大茴香 see styles |
dà huí xiāng da4 hui2 xiang1 ta hui hsiang daiuikyou; daiuikyou / daiuikyo; daiuikyo だいういきょう; ダイウイキョウ |
Chinese anise; star anise (kana only) star anise (Illicium verum) |
大草鶯 大草莺 see styles |
dà cǎo yīng da4 cao3 ying1 ta ts`ao ying ta tsao ying |
(bird species of China) Chinese grassbird (Graminicola striatus) |
大蠑螈 大蝾螈 see styles |
dà róng yuán da4 rong2 yuan2 ta jung yüan |
Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus davidianus) |
大衆部 大众部 see styles |
dà zhòng bù da4 zhong4 bu4 ta chung pu daishubu だいしゅぶ |
(See 上座部) Mahasamghika (early Buddhist movement) 摩調僧祇部 Mahāsāṅghikāḥ, the school of the community, or majority; one of the chief early divisions, cf. 上坐部 Mahāsthavirāḥ or Sthavirāḥ, i.e. the elders. There are two usages of the term, first, when the sthavira, or older disciples assembled in the cave after the Buddha's death, and the others, the 大衆, assembled outside. As sects, the principal division was that which took place later. The Chinese attribute this division to the influence of 大天 Mahādeva, a century after the Nirvāṇa, and its subsequent five subdivisions are also associated with his name: they are Pūrvasailāḥ, Avaraśailāḥ, Haimavatāḥ, Lokottara-vādinaḥ, and Prajñapti-vādinaḥ; v. 小乘. |
大辯天 大辩天 see styles |
dà biàn tiān da4 bian4 tian1 ta pien t`ien ta pien tien Daiben ten |
Sarasvatī 大辯才天 (大辯才女); 大辯功德天 (大辯才功德天); 薩羅婆縛底; 薩羅酸底 A river, 'the modern Sursooty'; the goddess of it, who 'was persuaded to descend from heaven and confer her invention of language and letters on the human race by the sage Bhārata, whence one of her names is Bharatī'; sometimes assumes the form of a swan; eloquence, or literary elegance is associated with her. Cf. M. W. Known as the mother of speech, eloquence, letters, and music. Chinese texts describe this deity sometimes as male, but generally as female, and under several forms. As 'goddess of music and poetry' she is styled 妙 (or 美 ) 音天; 妙音樂天; 妙音佛母. She is represented in two forms, one with two arms and a lute, another with eight arms. Sister of Yama. 'A consort of both Brahmā and Mañjuśrī,' Getty. In Japan, when with a lute, Benten is a form of Saravastī, colour white, and riding a peacock. Tib. sbyaṅs-can-ma, or ṅag-gi-lha-mo; M. kele-yin iikin tegri; J. ben-zai-ten, or benten. |
大過年 大过年 see styles |
dà guò nián da4 guo4 nian2 ta kuo nien |
Chinese New Year |
大閘蟹 see styles |
dà zhá xiè da4 zha2 xie4 ta cha hsieh |
Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis); Shanghai hairy crab |
大麥地 大麦地 see styles |
dà mài dì da4 mai4 di4 ta mai ti |
place name in Ningxia with rock carving conjectured to be a stage in the development of Chinese characters |
天地會 天地会 see styles |
tiān dì huì tian1 di4 hui4 t`ien ti hui tien ti hui |
Tiandihui (Chinese fraternal organization) |
天師道 see styles |
tenshidou / tenshido てんしどう |
(hist) (See 五斗米道) Way of the Celestial Masters (ancient Chinese Daoist movement orig. known as The Way of the Five Pecks of Rice) |
天門冬 天门冬 see styles |
tiān mén dōng tian1 men2 dong1 t`ien men tung tien men tung tenmondou / tenmondo てんもんどう |
asparagus (See 草杉蔓) dried Chinese asparagus root |
太史令 see styles |
tài shǐ lìng tai4 shi3 ling4 t`ai shih ling tai shih ling |
grand scribe (official position in many Chinese states up to the Han) |
太極劍 太极剑 see styles |
tài jí jiàn tai4 ji2 jian4 t`ai chi chien tai chi chien |
a kind of traditional Chinese sword-play |
失羅婆 失罗婆 see styles |
shī luó pó shi1 luo2 po2 shih lo p`o shih lo po Shiraba |
śravaṇā, a constellation identified with the Ox, or 9th Chinese constellation, in Aries and Sagittarius. |
奇異果 奇异果 see styles |
qí yì guǒ qi2 yi4 guo3 ch`i i kuo chi i kuo |
kiwi fruit; Chinese gooseberry |
女兒紅 女儿红 see styles |
nǚ ér hóng nu:3 er2 hong2 nü erh hung |
kind of Chinese wine |
女媧氏 女娲氏 see styles |
nǚ wā shì nu:3 wa1 shi4 nü wa shih |
Nüwa (creator of humans in Chinese mythology) |
如意棒 see styles |
nyoibou / nyoibo にょいぼう |
(from the 16th century Chinese novel "Journey to the West") magic staff |
威妥瑪 威妥玛 see styles |
wēi tuǒ mǎ wei1 tuo3 ma3 wei t`o ma wei to ma |
Sir Thomas Francis Wade (1818-1895), British diplomat and sinologist, originator of the Wade-Giles Chinese romanization system |
娃々菜 see styles |
wawasai わわさい |
baby Chinese cabbage (chi:); wawasai cabbage; variety of small Chinese cabbage |
娃娃魚 娃娃鱼 see styles |
wá wa yú wa2 wa5 yu2 wa wa yü |
Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus) |
媽姐揚 see styles |
bosaage / bosage ぼさあげ |
(obscure) ceremony performed by Chinese merchants disembarking in Nagasaki (Edo period) |
孔夫子 see styles |
kǒng fū zǐ kong3 fu1 zi3 k`ung fu tzu kung fu tzu koufuushi / kofushi こうふうし |
Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔子[Kong3 zi3] (honorific or respectful language) (See 孔子) Confucius |
孔方兄 see styles |
kǒng fāng xiōng kong3 fang1 xiong1 k`ung fang hsiung kung fang hsiung |
(coll., humorous) money (so named because in former times, Chinese coins had a square hole in the middle) |
字音語 see styles |
jiongo じおんご |
(See 漢語・1) Sino-Japanese word; word using Chinese-derived readings |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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This page contains 100 results for "Chinese" 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.
Just because a word appears here does not mean it is appropriate for a tattoo, your business name, etc. Please consult a professional before doing anything stupid with this data.
We do offer Chinese and Japanese Tattoo Services. We'll also be happy to help you translate something for other purposes.
No warranty as to the correctness, potential vulgarity, or clarity is expressed or implied. We did not write any of these definitions (though we occasionally act as a contributor/editor to the CC-CEDICT project). You are using this dictionary for free, and you get what you pay for.
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