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全國運動會 全国运动会 see styles |
quán guó yùn dòng huì quan2 guo2 yun4 dong4 hui4 ch`üan kuo yün tung hui chüan kuo yün tung hui |
National Games, Chinese athletics competition, organized every four years since 1959 |
八咫がらす see styles |
yatagarasu やたがらす |
(1) Yatagarasu (mythical raven who aided Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition); (2) three-legged crow inhabiting the sun in Chinese mythology |
八百屋防風 see styles |
yaoyaboufuu / yaoyabofu やおやぼうふう |
(rare) (See 浜防風) Glehnia littoralis (species of umbellifer used in Chinese medicine) |
冷やし中華 see styles |
hiyashichuuka / hiyashichuka ひやしちゅうか |
chilled Chinese noodles |
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rougai / rogai ろうがい |
{med} (See 肺結核) pulmonary tuberculosis (in traditional Chinese medicine) |
北庭都護府 see styles |
hokuteitogofu / hokutetogofu ほくていとごふ |
(hist) (See 都護府) Protectorate General of Beiting (Tang-period Chinese office established in Xinjiang in 702 CE) |
北派螳螂拳 see styles |
běi pài táng láng quán bei3 pai4 tang2 lang2 quan2 pei p`ai t`ang lang ch`üan pei pai tang lang chüan |
Beipai Tanglang Quan - "Northern Praying Mantis" (Chinese Martial Art) |
単于都護府 see styles |
zenutogofu ぜんうとごふ |
(hist) (See 都護府) Protectorate General of the Central Asian Nomadic Lands (Chinese office established in Inner Mongolia in 650 CE) |
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kosou / koso こそう |
(hist) guzheng (type of ancient Chinese zither) |
合四乙尺工 see styles |
hé sì yǐ chě gōng he2 si4 yi3 che3 gong1 ho ssu i ch`e kung ho ssu i che kung |
names of the five notes of the Chinese pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la |
和漢混交文 see styles |
wakankonkoubun / wakankonkobun わかんこんこうぶん |
mixed writing of literary Japanese and Chinese |
和漢混淆文 see styles |
wakankonkoubun / wakankonkobun わかんこんこうぶん |
mixed writing of literary Japanese and Chinese |
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washuu / washu わしゅう |
touch of Japanese; tinge of Japanese; Japanese flavour (flavor); Japanese style (e.g. of kanbun writing, in contrast to actual Chinese) |
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wakun わくん |
Japanese reading of a Chinese character |
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karauta からうた |
(See 大和歌) Chinese poem |
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karatake; kanchiku(漢竹) からたけ; かんちく(漢竹) |
(1) (archaism) Chinese bamboo; bamboo imported from China (often used to make flutes); (2) (唐竹 only) descending vertical sword attack (in kendo, etc.) |
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karakoromo からころも |
(hist) ancient Chinese clothes |
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karakotoba からことば |
(archaism) Chinese; Korean; foreign language; language one doesn't understand |
商務印書館 商务印书馆 see styles |
shāng wù yìn shū guǎn shang1 wu4 yin4 shu1 guan3 shang wu yin shu kuan shoumuinshokan / shomuinshokan しょうむいんしょかん |
The Commercial Press, Beijing (est. 1897) (c) Commercial Press (Chinese publishing house) |
四六駢儷体 see styles |
shirokubenreitai / shirokubenretai しろくべんれいたい |
elegant classical Chinese prose employing antitheses using four and six-character compound words |
四十二章經 四十二章经 see styles |
sì shí èr zhāng jīng si4 shi2 er4 zhang1 jing1 ssu shih erh chang ching Shijūnishō kyō |
The Sutra in Forty-two Sections Spoken by the Buddha, the first Chinese Buddhist text, translated in 67 AD by Kasyapa-Matanga 迦葉摩騰|迦叶摩腾[Jia1 ye4 Mo2 teng2] and Gobharana 竺法蘭|竺法兰[Zhu2 fa3 lan2] (Dharmaraksha) The 'Sutra of Forty-two Sections' generally attributed to Kāśyapa Mātaṇga, v. 迦, and Gobharaṇa, v. 竺, the first Indian monks to arrive officially in China. It was, however, probably first produced in China in the 晉 Chin dynasty. There are various editions and commentaries. |
国連公用語 see styles |
kokurenkouyougo / kokurenkoyogo こくれんこうようご |
official languages of the UN (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish) |
國語羅馬字 国语罗马字 see styles |
guó yǔ luó mǎ zì guo2 yu3 luo2 ma3 zi4 kuo yü lo ma tzu |
Gwoyeu Romatzyh, a romanization system for Chinese devised by Y.R. Chao and others in 1925-26 |
城市運動會 城市运动会 see styles |
chéng shì yùn dòng huì cheng2 shi4 yun4 dong4 hui4 ch`eng shih yün tung hui cheng shih yün tung hui |
National Intercity Games, Chinese athletics competition, organized every four years since 1988 |
塑料普通話 塑料普通话 see styles |
sù liào pǔ tōng huà su4 liao4 pu3 tong1 hua4 su liao p`u t`ung hua su liao pu tung hua |
(coll.) Mandarin Chinese spoken with a thick regional accent |
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shoumyou / shomyo しょうみょう |
(1) (See 五明) sabdavidya (ancient Indian linguistic and grammatical studies); (2) {Buddh} chanting of Buddhist hymns (usu. in Sanskrit or Chinese) |
大梵如意天 see styles |
dà fàn rú yì tiān da4 fan4 ru2 yi4 tian1 ta fan ju i t`ien ta fan ju i tien Daibon nyoi ten |
idem 大梵天 The term is incorrectly said by Chinese interpreters to mean freedom from sexual desire. He is associated with Vairocana, and with fire. v. also 尸棄. |
大紫羅欄花 see styles |
ooaraseitou; ooaraseitou / ooaraseto; ooaraseto おおあらせいとう; オオアラセイトウ |
(kana only) Chinese violet cress (Orychophragmus violaceus) |
大般涅槃經 大般涅槃经 see styles |
dà bān niè pán jīng da4 ban1 nie4 pan2 jing1 ta pan nieh p`an ching ta pan nieh pan ching Dai nehan kyō |
(Buddhism) Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra, aka the Nirvana Sutra, of which two major Chinese translations are extant, influential in the development of East Asian Buddhism The Mahā-parinirvāṇa sūtras, commonly called the 涅槃經 Nirvāṇa sūtras, said to have been delivered by Śākyamuni just before his death. The two Hīnayāna versions are found in the 長阿含遊行經. The Mahāyāna has two Chinese versions, the northern in 40 juan, and the southern, a revision of the northern version in 36 juan. Faxian's version is styled 大般泥洹經 6 juan. Treatises on the sūtra are 大般涅槃經後分 2 juan tr. by Jñānabhadra; 大般涅槃經疏 33 juan; 大般涅槃經論 1 juan by Vasubandhu, tr. by Bodhidharma. |
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taikyo たいきょ |
(1) (form) the sky; the heavens; (2) Great Void (in ancient Chinese philosophy, the primordial substance that gives rise to qi) |
威妥瑪拼法 威妥玛拼法 see styles |
wēi tuǒ mǎ pīn fǎ wei1 tuo3 ma3 pin1 fa3 wei t`o ma p`in fa wei to ma pin fa |
Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese) |
威妥瑪拼音 威妥玛拼音 see styles |
wēi tuǒ mǎ pīn yīn wei1 tuo3 ma3 pin1 yin1 wei t`o ma p`in yin wei to ma pin yin |
Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese) |
威氏註音法 威氏注音法 see styles |
wēi shì zhù yīn fǎ wei1 shi4 zhu4 yin1 fa3 wei shih chu yin fa |
Wade-Giles transliteration scheme for Chinese |
字根通用碼 字根通用码 see styles |
zì gēn tōng yòng mǎ zi4 gen1 tong1 yong4 ma3 tzu ken t`ung yung ma tzu ken tung yung ma |
common coding for components of Chinese character; same as Zheng coding 鄭碼|郑码[Zheng4 ma3] |
安南都護府 see styles |
annantogofu アンナンとごふ |
(hist) (See 都護府) Protectorate General of Annam (Han-period Chinese office established in Hanoi in 622 CE) |
安東都護府 see styles |
antoutogofu / antotogofu あんとうとごふ |
(hist) (See 都護府) Protectorate General to Pacify the East (Tang-period Chinese office established in Pyongyang in 668 CE) |
安西都護府 see styles |
anseitogofu / ansetogofu あんせいとごふ |
(hist) (See 都護府) Protectorate General to Pacify the West (Tang-period Chinese office established in Xinjiang in 640 CE) |
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kanpan かんぱん |
(1) (See 私版・2) government publication; (2) (hist) Chinese textbook (published by the Edo shogunate) |
寝そべり族 see styles |
nesoberizoku ねそべりぞく |
(from Chinese 躺平族 ("lying flat tribe")) young people in China who reject societal pressures to overwork and overachieve |
實際控制線 实际控制线 see styles |
shí jì kòng zhì xiàn shi2 ji4 kong4 zhi4 xian4 shih chi k`ung chih hsien shih chi kung chih hsien |
Line of Actual Control (LAC), separating Indian-controlled territory from Chinese-controlled territory |
對外聯絡部 对外联络部 see styles |
duì wài lián luò bù dui4 wai4 lian2 luo4 bu4 tui wai lien lo pu |
CCP central committee's external affairs department (i.e. Chinese communist party's foreign office) |
小乘十八部 see styles |
xiǎo shèng shí bā bù xiao3 sheng4 shi2 ba1 bu4 hsiao sheng shih pa pu shōjō jūhachi bu |
A Chinese list of the "eighteen" sects of the Hīnayāna, omitting Mahāsāṅghikāḥ, Sthavira, and Sarvāstivādah as generic schools: I. 大衆部 The Mahāsāṅghikāḥ is divided into eight schools as follows: (1) 一說部 Ekavyavahārikāḥ; (2) 說出世部 Lokottaravādinaḥ; (3) 雞胤部 Kaukkuṭikāḥ (Gokulikā); (4) 多聞部 Bahuśrutīyāḥ; (5) 說假部 Prajñāptivadinaḥ; (6) 制多山部 Jetavaniyāḥ, or Caityaśailāḥ; (7) 西山住部 Aparaśailāḥ; (8) 北山住部 Uttaraśailāḥ. II. 上坐部 Āryasthavirāḥ, or Sthāviravādin, divided into eight schools: (1) 雪山部 Haimavatāḥ. The 說一切有部 Sarvāstivādaḥ gave rise to (2) 犢子部 Vātsīputrīyāḥ, which gave rise to (3) 法上部 Dharmottarīyāḥ; (4) 賢冑部 Bhadrayānīyāḥ; (5) 正量部 Saṃmatīyāḥ; and (6) 密林山 Saṇṇagarikāḥ; (7) 化地部 Mahīśāsakāḥ produced (8) 法藏部 Dharmaguptāḥ. From the Sarvāstivādins arose also (9) 飮光部 Kāśyaḥpīyā and (10) 經量部 Sautrāntikāḥ. v. 宗輪論. Cf Keith, 149-150. The division of the two schools is ascribed to Mahādeva a century after the Nirvāṇa. Under I the first five are stated as arising two centuries after the Nirvāṇa, and the remaining three a century later, dates which are unreliable. Under II, the Haimavatāḥ and the Sarvāstivādaḥ are dated some 200 years after the Nirvāṇa; from the Sarvāstivādins soon arose the Vātsīputrīyas, from whom soon sprang the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth; then from the Sarvāstivādins there arose the seventh which gave rise to the eighth, and again, nearing the 400th year, the Sarvāstivādins gave rise to the ninth and soon after the tenth. In the list of eighteen the Sarvāstivādah is not counted, as it split into all the rest. |
当帰芍薬散 see styles |
toukishakuyakusan / tokishakuyakusan とうきしゃくやくさん |
tōkishakuyakusan; traditional Chinese medicine prescribed for anemia and blood circulation disorders |
心裡美蘿蔔 心里美萝卜 see styles |
xīn li měi luó bo xin1 li5 mei3 luo2 bo5 hsin li mei lo po |
Chinese roseheart radish (shinrimei radish), green on the outside, purple-red on the inside, a favorite Beijing vegetable |
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ouryuu / oryu おうりゅう |
Yinglong; dragon and rain deity in Chinese mythology |
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inmo いんも |
(1) (archaism) (Song-era Chinese colloquialism, used among Zen monks) this sort; this way; (2) (archaism) what sort; what kind |
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chouchin; teitou / chochin; teto ちょうちん; ていとう |
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern |
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agemaki; agemaki あげまき; アゲマキ |
(1) (hist) ancient boys' hairstyle with a part down the middle and a loop above each ear; (2) (hist) Meiji-period women's hairstyle with hair twisted into a knot on top of the head and held in place with a pin; (3) (揚巻 only) type of dance in kabuki; (4) (揚巻 only) {sumo} knots in colour of four cardinal points hanging from the roof above the ring; (5) (abbreviation) (kana only) (See アゲマキガイ) constricted tagelus (Sinonovacula constricta); Chinese razor clam |
支那チョン see styles |
shinachon; shina chon シナチョン; シナ・チョン |
(kana only) (derogatory term) (slang) China and Korea; Chinese and Korean people |
新劇同志會 新剧同志会 see styles |
xīn jù tóng zhì huì xin1 ju4 tong2 zhi4 hui4 hsin chü t`ung chih hui hsin chü tung chih hui |
New Play Comrade Society, Chinese theatrical company founded in 1912, a continuation of the Spring Willow Society 春柳社[Chun1 liu3 she4] |
日中韓統合 see styles |
nicchuukantougou / nicchukantogo にっちゅうかんとうごう |
CJK (Chinese, Japanese and Korean) character unification |
日喀則地區 日喀则地区 see styles |
rì kā zé dì qū ri4 ka1 ze2 di4 qu1 jih k`a tse ti ch`ü jih ka tse ti chü |
Shigatse or Xigaze prefecture in central Tibet, Tibetan: Gzhis ka rtse sa khul, Chinese Rikaze |
春秋公羊伝 see styles |
shunjuukuyouden / shunjukuyoden しゅんじゅうくようでん |
(work) Gongyang Zhuan (Chinese classical work); Gongyang Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals; Commentary of Gongyang; (wk) Gongyang Zhuan (Chinese classical work); Gongyang Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals; Commentary of Gongyang |
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anketsu あんけつ |
(1) dark hole; (2) idiot; fool; (3) (hist) (abbreviation) (See 闇穴道) road taken by a Chinese ajari buddhist monk when he incurred the wrath of emperor Genso (685-762) |
書き下し文 see styles |
kakikudashibun かきくだしぶん |
transcription of Chinese classics into Japanese |
有波第耶夜 see styles |
yǒu bō dì yé yè you3 bo1 di4 ye2 ye4 yu po ti yeh yeh upadaiyaya |
Upādhyāya, 鳥波陀耶 in India a teacher especially of the Vedāṅgas, a term adopted by the Buddhists and gradually applied to all monks. The Chinese form is 和尚, q. v. |
李鴻章雜碎 李鸿章杂碎 see styles |
lǐ hóng zhāng zá sui li3 hong2 zhang1 za2 sui5 li hung chang tsa sui |
chop suey (American Chinese dish) |
桂枝茯苓丸 see styles |
keishibukuryougan / keshibukuryogan けいしぶくりょうがん |
keishibukuryōgan; traditional Chinese medicine prescribed for gynecological disorders |
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ketsugyo; ketsugyo けつぎょ; ケツギョ |
mandarin fish (Siniperca chuatsi); Chinese perch |
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aogiri; gotou; aogiri / aogiri; goto; aogiri あおぎり; ごとう; アオギリ |
(kana only) Chinese parasol-tree (Firmiana simplex); Chinese-bottletree; Japanese varnishtree; phoenix-tree |
棕腹藍仙鶲 棕腹蓝仙鹟 see styles |
zōng fù lán xiān wēng zong1 fu4 lan2 xian1 weng1 tsung fu lan hsien weng |
(bird species of China) Chinese vivid niltava (Niltava oatesi) |
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birou; biryou(檳榔); hoki(蒲葵); ajimasa(檳榔)(ok) / biro; biryo(檳榔); hoki(蒲葵); ajimasa(檳榔)(ok) びろう; びりょう(檳榔); ほき(蒲葵); あじまさ(檳榔)(ok) |
(kana only) Chinese fan palm (Livistona chinensis) |
武術太極拳 see styles |
bujutsutaikyokuken ぶじゅつたいきょくけん |
wushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts |
水蝋樹蝋虫 see styles |
ibotaroumushi / ibotaromushi いぼたろうむし |
(kana only) Chinese wax scale insect (Ericerus pela) |
求那跋陀羅 求那跋陀罗 see styles |
qiun à bá tuó luó qiun2 a4 ba2 tuo2 luo2 qiun a pa t`o lo qiun a pa to lo Gunabaddara |
Guṇabhadra, tr. 德賢. (1) A follower of the Mahīśāsakā in Kapiśā. (2) A Brāhmaṇa of Central India, tr. into Chinese some seventy-eight works A. D. 435-443; b. 394, d. 468. |
海上花列傳 海上花列传 see styles |
hǎi shàng huā liè zhuàn hai3 shang4 hua1 lie4 zhuan4 hai shang hua lieh chuan |
The Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai by Han Bangqing 韓邦慶|韩邦庆[Han2 Bang1 qing4], long novel of lower life in Classical Chinese and Jiangsu vernacular; translated into Putonghua as 海上花 by Iris Chang |
漢字制限論 see styles |
kanjiseigenron / kanjisegenron かんじせいげんろん |
the question of limiting the use of Chinese characters |
漢字文化圏 see styles |
kanjibunkaken かんじぶんかけん |
Chinese-character cultural sphere; Sinosphere; countries where Chinese characters are used or were historically used |
漢字查字法 汉字查字法 see styles |
hàn zì chá zì fǎ han4 zi4 cha2 zi4 fa3 han tzu ch`a tzu fa han tzu cha tzu fa |
look-up method for Chinese characters |
漢語大詞典 汉语大词典 see styles |
hàn yǔ dà cí diǎn han4 yu3 da4 ci2 dian3 han yü ta tz`u tien han yü ta tzu tien |
Hanyu Da Cidian, the largest Chinese dictionary, with over 375,000 word entries, first published 1986-1994 |
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ukyuu / ukyu うきゅう |
(rare) (See ナンキンハゼ) Chinese tallow (as an ingredient in Chinese medicine) |
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engaku えんがく |
Ancient Chinese banquet music |
燕然都護府 see styles |
enzentogofu えんぜんとごふ |
(hist) (See 都護府) Protectorate General to Pacify the North (Tang-period Chinese office established in Inner Mongolia in 669 CE) |
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hakutaku はくたく |
bai ze (mythical Chinese animal able to understand human speech, having the body of a lion and eight eyes) |
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banko ばんこ |
Pangu; creator of heaven and earth in Chinese mythology |
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mana; manna; shinji(真字) まな; まんな; しんじ(真字) |
(1) (See 仮名・かな) kanji (as opposed to kana); (2) (See 楷書) printed style (of writing Chinese characters); square style; block style; standard style; (3) (真名 only) real name |
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shinpaku; shinpaku しんぱく; シンパク |
(See 伊吹・いぶき) Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis) |
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sen せん |
(rare) (See 煉瓦・れんが) brick (used in Chinese-style buildings) |
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shinryuu; jinryuu; shenron / shinryu; jinryu; shenron しんりゅう; じんりゅう; シェンロン |
(myth) Shen Long (spiritual dragon in Chinese mythology); Shen-lung |
筆劃檢字表 笔划检字表 see styles |
bǐ huà jiǎn zì biǎo bi3 hua4 jian3 zi4 biao3 pi hua chien tzu piao |
lookup table for Chinese character based on radical and stroke count |
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miboshi みぼし |
(See 箕) Chinese "winnowing basket" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) |
精神日本人 see styles |
jīng shén rì běn rén jing1 shen2 ri4 ben3 ren2 ching shen jih pen jen |
(neologism) (derog.) Japanophile (esp. a Chinese admirer of WWII-era Japan) |
約翰·拉貝 约翰·拉贝 |
yuē hàn · lā bèi yue1 han4 · la1 bei4 yüeh han · la pei |
John Rabe (1882-1950), German who helped protect Chinese during the Nanking massacre period |
紅茶きのこ see styles |
kouchakinoko / kochakinoko こうちゃきのこ |
kombucha; drink of northern Chinese origin made by fermentation of sweetened tea |
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suhon(素本); sohon すほん(素本); そほん |
(See 無点本) Chinese classic without reading aids; book without reading aids |
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myakushin みゃくしん |
diagnostic sphygmopalpation (in traditional Chinese medicine); medical diagnosis performed by feeling one's pulse |
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rakan ラカン |
Chinese smoked and salted ham |
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kusagame; kusagame くさがめ; クサガメ |
(1) (kana only) Chinese pond turtle (Chinemys reevesii); Reeves' turtle; (2) (See 椿象) stink bug; shield bug |
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kagen かげん |
(1) (obsolete) flowery yet empty words; pretentious talk; insubstantial statements; (2) (obsolete) Chinese (language) |
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tsuzurafuji; tsuzurafuji つづらふじ; ツヅラフジ |
(1) (kana only) Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum); (2) complex inter-relationship (as in the struggle between two types of vine over one piece of land) |
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souryou; souryuu / soryo; soryu そうりょう; そうりゅう |
(1) (See 青竜・1) blue dragon; (2) (See 青竜・2) Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens); (3) {astron} (See 二十八宿) seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the eastern heavens; (4) large horse with a bluish-leaden coat; (5) shape of an old pine tree |
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renge; renge れんげ; レンゲ |
(1) (kana only) (See 蓮・1) lotus flower; (2) (abbreviation) (kana only) (See 蓮華草) Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); (3) (abbreviation) (See 散り蓮華・1) china spoon; (4) lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone |
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tasukiboshi たすきぼし |
{astron} (See 翼・2) Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) |
西域都護府 see styles |
seiikitogofu / sekitogofu せいいきとごふ |
(hist) (See 都護府) Protectorate General of the Western Regions (Han-period Chinese office established in East Turkestan in 60 BCE) |
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haka はか |
(leg) Baxia (legendary Chinese dragon) |
読み下し文 see styles |
yomikudashibun よみくだしぶん |
transcription of Chinese classics into Japanese |
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hikyuu / hikyu ひきゅう |
(1) ferocious leopard-like beast (Chinese legendary animal); pixiu; (2) brave warrior |
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shindoku しんどく |
(archaism) (former Chinese name) (See インド) India |
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kaeri かえり |
(1) turning over; flipping over; (2) reply; response; (3) (See 返り点) marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese; (4) lapel |
迷蹤羅漢拳 迷踪罗汉拳 see styles |
mí zōng luó hàn quán mi2 zong1 luo2 han4 quan2 mi tsung lo han ch`üan mi tsung lo han chüan |
Mizongyi, Mizong, My Jhong Law Horn - "Lost Track Fist" (Chinese Martial Art) |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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
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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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