I am shipping orders on Thursday this week. News and More Info

Free Chinese & Japanese Online Dictionary

If you enter English words, search is Boolean mode:
Enter fall to get just entries with fall in them.
Enter fall* to get results including "falling" and "fallen".
Enter +fall -season -autumn to make sure fall is included, but not entries with autumn or season.

Key:

Mandarin Chinese information.
Old Wade-Giles romanization used only in Taiwan.
Japanese information.
Buddhist definition. Note: May not apply to all sects.
 Definition may be different outside of Buddhism.

Our regular search mode rendered no results. We switched to our sloppy search mode for your query. These results might not be accurate...

There are 7861 total results for your Cia search. I have created 79 pages of results for you. Each page contains 100 results...

<...2021222324252627282930...>
Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

良吏

see styles
 ryouri / ryori
    りょうり
good official

良藥


良药

see styles
liáng yào
    liang2 yao4
liang yao
 rōyaku
good medicine; panacea; fig. a good solution; a good remedy (e.g. to a social problem)
curativeness

色界

see styles
sè jiè
    se4 jie4
se chieh
 shikikai
    しきかい
{Buddh} (See 三界・1) form realm
rūpadhātu, or rūpāvacara, or rūpaloka, any material world, or world of form; it especially refers to the second of the Trailokya 三界, the brahmalokas above the devalokas, comprising sixteen or seventeen or eighteen 'Heavens of Form', divided into four dhyānas, in which life lasts from one-fourth of a mahākalpa to 16,000 mahākalpas, and the average stature is from one-half a yojana to 16,000 yojanas. The inhabitants are above the desire for sex or food. The rūpadhātu, with variants, are given as— 初禪天 The first dhyāna heavens: 梵衆天 Brahmapāriṣadya, 梵輔天 Brahmapurohita or Brahmakāyika, 大梵天 Mahābrahmā. 二禪天 The second dhyāna heavens: 少光天 Parīttābha, 無量光天 Apramāṇābha, 光音天 Ābhāsvara. 三禪天 The third dhyāna heavens: 少淨天 Parīttaśubha, 無量淨天 Apramāṇaśubha, 徧淨天 Śubhakṛtsna. 四禪天 The fourth dhyāna heavens: 無雲天 Anabhraka, 福生天 Puṇyaprasava, 廣果天 Bṛhatphala, 無想天 Asañjñisattva, 無煩天 Avṛha, 無熱天 Atapa, 善現天 Sudṛśa, 善見天 Sudarśana, 色究竟天 Akaniṣṭha, 和音天 ? Aghaniṣṭha, 大自在天 Mahāmaheśvara.

花唄


花呗

see styles
huā bei
    hua1 bei5
hua pei
Ant Check Later, consumer credit service offered by Ant Financial Services 螞蟻金服|蚂蚁金服[Ma3 yi3 Jin1 fu2]

花客

see styles
 kakaku
    かかく
(1) cherry blossom viewer; flower-viewing guest; (2) special customer; frequent customer

花簪

see styles
 hanakanzashi
    はなかんざし
(1) artificial hairpin with ornamental flowers; (2) (kana only) chamomile sunray (Rhodanthe anthemoides)

花紙

see styles
 hanagami
    はながみ
tissue paper; facial tissue; paper handkerchief

花語

see styles
huā yǔ
    hua1 yu3
hua yü
the language of flowers; symbolic meaning associated with a flower

英音

see styles
 eion / eon
    えいおん
English pronunciation

茂遮

see styles
mào zhē
    mao4 zhe1
mao che
 mosha
moca, the plantain tree, musa sapientum, associated with the idea of liberation from the passions.

范蠡

see styles
fàn lǐ
    fan4 li3
fan li
 hanrei / hanre
    はんれい
Fan Li (536-488 BC), politician of Yue state, businessman and economist
(personal name) Hanrei

荀子

see styles
xún zǐ
    xun2 zi3
hsün tzu
 junshi
    じゅんし
Xunzi, (c. 310-237 BC), Confucian philosopher; the Xunzi, a collection of philosophical writings attributed to Xunzi
(person) Xunzi (313-238 BCE)
Xunzi

草藤

see styles
 kusafuji
    くさふじ
(kana only) tufted vetch (Vicia cracca); cow vetch; (surname) Kusafuji

莫迪

see styles
mò dí
    mo4 di2
mo ti
Modi (name); Narendra Modi (1950-), Indian BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party or Indian People's Party) politician, Gujarat Chief Minister from 2001, PM from 2014

菜色

see styles
cài sè
    cai4 se4
ts`ai se
    tsai se
dish; lean and hungry look (resulting from vegetarian diet); emaciated look (from malnutrition)

華客

see styles
 kakaku
    かかく
special guests

萎縮


萎缩

see styles
wěi suō
    wei3 suo1
wei so
 ishuku
    いしゅく
to wither; to dry up (of a plant); to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc)
(adj-na,n,vs) withering; atrophy; contraction; dwarf

落す

see styles
 otosu
    おとす
(transitive verb) (1) to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind; (2) to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose; to spend money at a certain place; to omit; to leave out; to secretly let escape; (3) to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to fail (a course); to defeat (in an election); (4) to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice); to lessen (e.g. production or body weight); to worsen (quality); to reduce (e.g. rank or popularity); to speak badly of; to make light of; to fall into straitened circumstances; (5) to fall into (e.g. a dilemma or sin); to make one's own; to have one's bid accepted; to force surrender; to take (e.g. an enemy camp or castle); to forcefully convince; to press for a confession; to deal with; (6) (computer terminology) to download; to copy from a computer to another medium; (7) (martial arts term) to make someone swoon (judo); (8) to finish a story (e.g. with the punch line); (9) to finish (a period, e.g. of fasting)

蒙日

see styles
méng rì
    meng2 ri4
meng jih
Gaspard Monge (1746-1818), French mathematician

蔵面

see styles
 zoumen / zomen
    ぞうめん
rectangular bugaku mask made of thick paper and white silk with facial features drawn on it; (surname) Zoumen

蕪鮨

see styles
 kaburazushi
    かぶらずし
{food} (See なれ鮨・なれずし) narezushi of amberjack and turnip (Kanazawa speciality)

薄志

see styles
 hakushi
    はくし
weak-willed; a small token of appreciation

薄手

see styles
 usude
    うすで
(adj-no,adj-na,n) (1) (ant: 厚手) thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; light (e.g. coat); (noun or adjectival noun) (2) superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; poor; (3) slight wound; slight cut

薪盡


薪尽

see styles
xīn jìn
    xin1 jin4
hsin chin
 takigitsuki
(薪盡火滅) Fuel consumed fire extinguished, a term for nirvana, especially the Buddha's death or nirvana.

藥師


药师

see styles
yào shī
    yao4 shi1
yao shih
 yakushi
    やくし
pharmacist
(surname) Yakushi
Bhaiṣajya-guru-vaiḍūrya-prabhāṣa; 藥師璢璃光如來; 大醫王佛; 醫王善逝, etc. The Buddha of Medicine, who heals all diseases, including the disease of ignorance. His image is often at the left of Śākyamuni Buddha's, and he is associated with the east. The history of this personification is not yet known, but cf. the chapter on the 藥王 in the Lotus Sutra. There are several sutras relating to him, the藥王璢璃光, etc., tr. by Xuanzang circa A.D. 650, and others. There are shrines of the 藥王三尊 the three honoured doctors, with Yaoshi in the middle and as assistants 日光邊照 the Bodhisattva Sunlight everywhere shining on his right and 月光邊照 the Bodhisattva Moonlight, etc., on his left. The 藥王七佛 seven healing Buddhas are also all in the east. There are also the 藥王十二神將 twelve spiritual generals or protectors of Yaoshi, for guarding his worshippers.

藩儒

see styles
 hanju
    はんじゅ
(hist) (Confucian) scholar retained by a feudal lord or daimyo

藩庫


藩库

see styles
fān kù
    fan1 ku4
fan k`u
    fan ku
government repository; state provincial warehouse (esp. during Qing dynasty)

藩鎮


藩镇

see styles
fān zhèn
    fan1 zhen4
fan chen
 hanchin
    はんちん
lit. fence town; buffer region (between enemies); Tang dynasty system of provincial administration under a provincial governor 節度使|节度使[jie2 du4 shi3]
(hist) (See 節度使) jiedushi (regional military governor in ancient China)

蘇聯


苏联

see styles
sū lián
    su1 lian2
su lien
Soviet Union, 1922-1991; abbr. for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) 蘇維埃社會主義共和國聯盟|苏维埃社会主义共和国联盟[Su1 wei2 ai1 She4 hui4 zhu3 yi4 Gong4 he2 guo2 Lian2 meng2]

蘇軾


苏轼

see styles
sū shì
    su1 shi4
su shih
 soshoku
    そしょく
Su Shi (1037-1101), aka Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡[Su1 Dong1 po1], Song dynasty writer, calligrapher and public official, one of the Three Su's 三蘇|三苏[San1 Su1] and one of the Eight Giants of Tang and Song Prose 唐宋八大家[Tang2 Song4 Ba1 Da4 jia1]
(person) Su Shi (Chinese writer, 1036-1101 CE)

蘇轍


苏辙

see styles
sū zhé
    su1 zhe2
su che
 sotetsu
    そてつ
Su Zhe (1039-1112), Song writer and politician, one of the Three Su's 三蘇|三苏[San1 Su1] and also one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家[Tang2 Song4 ba1 da4 jia1]
(personal name) Sotetsu

蘇連

see styles
 soren
    ソれん
(abbreviation) Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR; (place-name) Soviet Union (abbr.); USSR

處理


处理

see styles
chǔ lǐ
    chu3 li3
ch`u li
    chu li
to handle; to deal with; to punish; to treat something by a special process; to process; to sell at reduced prices

虚学

see styles
 kyogaku
    きょがく
(See 文学) the soft sciences (social science, humanities, etc.)

虛偽


虚伪

see styles
xū wěi
    xu1 wei3
hsü wei
false; hypocritical; artificial; sham

號外


号外

see styles
hào wài
    hao4 wai4
hao wai
(newspaper) extra; special number (of a periodical)
See: 号外

虧損


亏损

see styles
kuī sǔn
    kui1 sun3
k`uei sun
    kuei sun
deficit; (financial) loss

蚕豆

see styles
 soramame
    そらまめ
(kana only) broad bean (Vicia faba); horse bean; fava bean

蟒袍

see styles
mǎng páo
    mang3 pao2
mang p`ao
    mang pao
official robe worn by ministers during the Ming 明 (1368-1644) and Qing 清 (1644-1911) dynasties

蠶豆


蚕豆

see styles
cán dòu
    can2 dou4
ts`an tou
    tsan tou
broad bean (Vicia faba); fava bean
See: 蚕豆

蠹吏

see styles
dù lì
    du4 li4
tu li
corrupt officials

行人

see styles
xíng rén
    xing2 ren2
hsing jen
 yukihito
    ゆきひと
pedestrian; traveler on foot; passer-by; official responsible for arranging audiences with the emperor
passer-by; traveler; traveller; (personal name) Yukihito
A traveller, wayfarer; a follower of Buddha; a disciple.

行儀


行仪

see styles
xíng yí
    xing2 yi2
hsing i
 yukinori
    ゆきのり
(See お行儀) manners; behavior; behaviour; (personal name) Yukinori
To perform the proper duties, especially of monks and nuns.

行員


行员

see styles
háng yuán
    hang2 yuan2
hang yüan
 kouin / koin
    こういん
(Tw) staff; clerk; employee (of a bank 銀行|银行[yin2 hang2] or commercial firm 商行[shang1 hang2])
(abbreviation) (See 銀行員) bank clerk

行文

see styles
xíng wén
    xing2 wen2
hsing wen
 yukifumi
    ゆきふみ
writing style (formal); to send an official written communication
writing (style); (personal name) Yukifumi

術士

see styles
 jutsushi
    じゅつし
(1) (See 策士) tactician; (2) sorcerer

街市

see styles
jiē shì
    jie1 shi4
chieh shih
downtown area; commercial district; (chiefly Cantonese) wet market, i.e. a marketplace selling fresh meat, fish and vegetables etc

街旁

see styles
jiē páng
    jie1 pang2
chieh p`ang
    chieh pang
Jiepang (Chinese location-based social networking service for mobile devices, in operation 2010-2016)

衙內


衙内

see styles
yá nèi
    ya2 nei4
ya nei
child of an official; palace bodyguard

衛星


卫星

see styles
wèi xīng
    wei4 xing1
wei hsing
 eisei / ese
    えいせい
satellite; moon; CL:顆|颗[ke1]
(1) {astron} (natural) satellite; moon; (2) (abbreviation) (See 人工衛星) (artificial) satellite; (personal name) Eisei

表割

see styles
 hyoukatsu / hyokatsu
    ひょうかつ
superficial cleavage

表在

see styles
 hyouzai / hyozai
    ひょうざい
(adjectival noun) superficial

表情

see styles
biǎo qíng
    biao3 qing2
piao ch`ing
    piao ching
 hyoujou / hyojo
    ひょうじょう
(facial) expression; to express one's feelings
(1) facial expression; countenance; (2) look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)

表證


表证

see styles
biǎo zhèng
    biao3 zheng4
piao cheng
superficial syndrome; illness that has not attacked the vital organs of the human body

表象

see styles
biǎo xiàng
    biao3 xiang4
piao hsiang
 hyoushou / hyosho
    ひょうしょう
outward appearance; superficial; (philosophy, psychology) representation; idea; (math.) representation
(noun, transitive verb) (1) symbol (of); emblem; (noun, transitive verb) (2) {psych;phil} (mental) image; representation; idea
representation

表面

see styles
biǎo miàn
    biao3 mian4
piao mien
 hyoumen / hyomen
    ひょうめん
surface; face; outside; appearance
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) surface; face; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) outside; exterior; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (3) appearances; superficiality

衰え

see styles
 otoroe
    おとろえ
weakening; emaciation; decline

衰死

see styles
 suishi
    すいし
(noun/participle) becoming emaciated and die; wither away

衰残

see styles
 suizan
    すいざん
(noun or adjectival noun) emaciated; worn-out

衰躯

see styles
 suiku
    すいく
emaciated body

衲子

see styles
nà zí
    na4 zi2
na tzu
 nōsu
A monk, especially a peripatetic monk.

補職

see styles
 hoshoku
    ほしょく
(noun, transitive verb) appointment to an official post; assignment

補選


补选

see styles
bǔ xuǎn
    bu3 xuan3
pu hsüan
 hosen
    ほせん
by-election
(abbreviation) (See 補欠選挙) special election; by-election; bye-election

裸官

see styles
luǒ guān
    luo3 guan1
lo kuan
Communist Party official whose wife and children have left China to reside in a foreign country

裸退

see styles
luǒ tuì
    luo3 tui4
lo t`ui
    lo tui
(neologism c. 2007) (of an official) to retire completely from all leadership positions

西序

see styles
xī xù
    xi1 xu4
hsi hsü
 seijo / sejo
    せいじょ
{Buddh} memorial rite involving the western sanctum
西班 The western group, i.e. teaching monks stood on the west of the abbot, while those engaged in practical affairs stood on the east; this was in imitation of the Court practice in regard to civil and military officials.

西方

see styles
xī fāng
    xi1 fang1
hsi fang
 yomo
    よも
the West; the Occident; Western countries
(1) western direction; (2) (さいほう only) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 西方浄土) Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); (3) (にしがた only) {MA} western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo); (surname) Yomo
The west, especially Amitābha's Western Pure Land. 西方淨土, Sukhāvāti or Paradise西方極樂世界, to which Amitābha is the guide and welcomer 西方接引.

要害

see styles
yào hài
    yao4 hai4
yao hai
 yougai / yogai
    ようがい
vital part; (fig.) key point; crucial
(1) stronghold; fortress; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) strategic position; key position; (place-name, surname) Yōgai

覆審

see styles
 fukushin
    ふくしん
judicial review

見方


见方

see styles
jiàn fāng
    jian4 fang1
chien fang
 mikata
    みかた
(measurement) (after a length) square (as in "10 feet square")
(1) viewpoint; point of view; way of looking (at something); view; angle; (2) way of appreciating (e.g. opera); way of understanding; how to read (a map, train timetable, etc.); (surname) Mikata

見紅


见红

see styles
jiàn hóng
    jian4 hong2
chien hung
(coll.) to bleed (esp. vaginal bleeding); to suffer a financial loss

規程


规程

see styles
guī chéng
    gui1 cheng2
kuei ch`eng
    kuei cheng
 kitei / kite
    きてい
rules; regulations
official regulations; inner rules

視姦


视奸

see styles
shì jiān
    shi4 jian1
shih chien
 shikan
    しかん
(neologism) to obsessively monitor sb's social media posts (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 視姦 "shikan", ogling; leering)
(noun/participle) ogling; eyeing (lecherously); leering; staring

親書

see styles
 shinsho
    しんしょ
(1) official letter (from the Emperor, Prime Minister, etc.); personal message; (2) handwritten letter; autograph letter

親炙


亲炙

see styles
qīn zhì
    qin1 zhi4
ch`in chih
    chin chih
 shinsha; shinseki
    しんしゃ; しんせき
to be enlightened by direct contact with sb
(n,vs,vi) (form) being influenced by (someone) after developing a close association

親補

see styles
 shinpo
    しんぽ
(noun/participle) (archaism) special imperial appointment

観賞

see styles
 kanshou / kansho
    かんしょう
(noun, transitive verb) admiration; appreciation; enjoyment; viewing (for pleasure)

覺者


觉者

see styles
jué zhě
    jue2 zhe3
chüeh che
 kakusha
An enlightened one, especially a buddha, enlightening self and others, 自覺覺他.

解元

see styles
jiè yuán
    jie4 yuan2
chieh yüan
first-placed candidate in the provincial imperial examinations (old)

解官

see styles
 gekan; kaikan
    げかん; かいかん
(noun/participle) (See 免官) dismissing a government official

解脫


解脱

see styles
jiě tuō
    jie3 tuo1
chieh t`o
    chieh to
 gedatsu
to untie; to free; to absolve of; to get free of; to extirpate oneself; (Buddhism) to free oneself of worldly worries
mukti, 'loosing, release, deliverance, liberation, setting free,... emancipation.' M.W. mokṣa, 'emancipation, deliverance, freedom, liberation, escape, release.' M.W. Escape from bonds and the obtaining of freedom, freedom from transmigration, from karma, from illusion, from suffering; it denotes nirvāṇa and also the freedom obtained in dhyāna-meditation; it is one of the five characteristics of Buddha; v. 五分法身. It is also vimukti and vimokṣa, especially in the sense of final emancipation. There are several categories of two kinds of emancipation, also categories of three and eight. Cf. 毘; and 八解脫.; v. 解.

解離


解离

see styles
jiě lí
    jie3 li2
chieh li
 kairi
    かいり
dissociation; to break up a chemical compound into its elements
(n,vs,vi) (1) {chem} dissociation; (n,vs,vt,vi) (2) unravelling and separating

解㑊

see styles
xiè yì
    xie4 yi4
hsieh i
(TCM) fatigue, often associated with muscle atony and emaciation

触れ

see styles
 fure
    ふれ
(1) proclamation; official notice; (2) touch; contact

訓讀


训读

see styles
xùn dú
    xun4 du2
hsün tu
a reading of a written Chinese word derived from a synonym (typically, a vernacular synonym) (e.g. in Mandarin, 投子[tou2 zi5] may be pronounced as its synonym 色子[shai3 zi5], and in Wu dialects, 二 is pronounced as its synonym 兩|两 "liahn"); to pronounce a word using such a reading; (Japanese linguistics) kun-reading, a pronunciation of a kanji derived from a native Japanese word that matches its meaning rather than from the pronunciation of the character in a Sinitic language at the time it was imported from China (Note: A kun-reading of a character is distinguished from its on-reading(s) 音讀|音读[yin1 du2]. For example, 山 has a kun-reading "yama" and an on-reading "san".)

訛り

see styles
 namari
    なまり
(1) (kana only) accent (of one's speech); (2) dialect; provincialism; patois; (3) corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation

訛言

see styles
 kagen
    かげん
(1) non-standard pronunciation; dialect; (2) mistaken rumor; baseless gossip

訛語

see styles
 kago
    かご
non-standard pronunciation

評価

see styles
 hyouka / hyoka
    ひょうか
(noun, transitive verb) (1) valuation; appraisal; evaluation; assessment; estimation; rating; judging; (noun, transitive verb) (2) appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement; rating highly; praising

詩心

see styles
 utako
    うたこ
poetic sentiment or inspiration; poetic inclination or taste; poem-composing mood; ability to appreciate poetry; (female given name) Utako

詩眼

see styles
 shigan
    しがん
poetic appreciation; poetic taste

詩禮


诗礼

see styles
shī lǐ
    shi1 li3
shih li
the classics a Confucian scholar must read (such as The Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1] and The Book of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4])

詩經


诗经

see styles
shī jīng
    shi1 jing1
shih ching
Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经[Wu3 jing1]

認養


认养

see styles
rèn yǎng
    ren4 yang3
jen yang
to sponsor; to adopt (pledge to give sb or something one's special attention or support); to adopt (choose to raise a child or animal as one's own)

語病


语病

see styles
yǔ bìng
    yu3 bing4
yü ping
faulty wording; mispronunciation due to a speech defect

語音


语音

see styles
yǔ yīn
    yu3 yin1
yü yin
 goon
    ごおん
speech sounds; pronunciation; colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character; phonetic; audio; voice; (Internet) to voice chat; voice message
sound of a word; sounds of speech; phoneme
phonemes

課金


课金

see styles
kè jīn
    ke4 jin1
k`o chin
    ko chin
 kakin
    かきん
tax levied on a conquered people by an army; fee for a divination session; variant of 氪金[ke4 jin1], in-app purchase (gaming)
(n,vs,vi) (1) charging (a fee); billing; charge; (n,vs,vi) (2) (colloquialism) paying for virtual goods or premium features (in a video game, on a social networking service, etc.); microtransaction

調度


调度

see styles
diào dù
    diao4 du4
tiao tu
 choudo / chodo
    ちょうど
to dispatch (vehicles, staff etc); to schedule; to manage; dispatcher; scheduler
(1) household items; furniture; furnishings; fixtures; supplies; (2) (archaism) bow and arrow
To arrange, calculate, manage, especially relating to provision for material needs.

諍臣


诤臣

see styles
zhèng chén
    zheng4 chen2
cheng ch`en
    cheng chen
official who dares speak frankly before the emperor

論孟

see styles
 ronmou / ronmo
    ろんもう
the Confucian Analects and the Discourses of Mencius

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

<...2021222324252627282930...>

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.
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.

The following titles are just to help people who are searching for an Asian dictionary to find this page.

Japanese Kanji Dictionary

Free Asian Dictionary

Chinese Kanji Dictionary

Chinese Words Dictionary

Chinese Language Dictionary

Japanese Chinese Dictionary