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There are 20 total results for your Avatar search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

化身

see styles
huà shēn
    hua4 shen1
hua shen
 keshin
    けしん

More info & calligraphy:

Avatar
incarnation; reincarnation; embodiment (of abstract idea); personification
(n,vs,adj-no) {Buddh} incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar
nirmāṇakāya, 應身, 應化身; 變化身 The third characteristic or power of the trikāya 三身, a Buddha's metamorphosic body, which has power to assume any shape to propagate the Truth. Some interpret the term as connoting pan-Buddha, that all nature in its infinite variety is the phenomenal 佛身 Buddha-body. A narrower interpretation is his appearance in human form expressed by 應身, while 化身 is used for his manifold other forms of appearances.

分身

see styles
fēn shēn
    fen1 shen1
fen shen
 bunshin(p); bunjin(ok)
    ぶんしん(P); ぶんじん(ok)
(of one who has supernatural powers) to replicate oneself so as to appear in two or more places at the same time; a derivative version of sb (or something) (e.g. avatar, proxy, clone, sockpuppet); to spare some time for a separate task; to cut a corpse into pieces; to pull a body apart by the four limbs; parturition
(1) other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); representation of oneself; (2) {Buddh} incarnations of Buddha
Parturition: in Buddhism it means a Buddha's power to reproduce himself ad infinitum and anywhere.

化人

see styles
huà rén
    hua4 ren2
hua jen
 kenin
    けにん
{Buddh} manifesting in human form (of a Buddha or Bodhisattva); avatar
A deva or Buddha transformed into human shape.

化現


化现

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huà xiàn
    hua4 xian4
hua hsien
 kegen
    けげん
(n,vs,vi) {Buddh} manifesting in a bodily form (of a god or Buddha); incarnation; avatar
Metamorphosis and manifestation; the appearance or forms of a Buddha or bodhisattva for saving creatures may take any form required for that end.

権化

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 gonge
    ごんげ
(1) {Buddh} (See 実化) incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar; (2) embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification

現形


现形

see styles
xiàn xíng
    xian4 xing2
hsien hsing
 gengyō
to become visible; to appear; to manifest one's true nature
avatar

現身


现身

see styles
xiàn shēn
    xian4 shen1
hsien shen
 genshin
to show oneself; to appear; (of a deity) to appear in the flesh
The present body. Also the various bodies or manifestations in which the Buddhas and bodhisattvas reveal themselves.

頭像


头像

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tóu xiàng
    tou2 xiang4
t`ou hsiang
    tou hsiang
portrait; bust; (computing) profile picture; avatar

顯聖

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xiǎn shèng
    xian3 sheng4
hsien sheng
avatar

顯靈


显灵

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xiǎn líng
    xian3 ling2
hsien ling
(of a supernatural or divine being) to appear; to make itself manifest
avatar

バ美肉

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 babiniku
    バびにく
(net-sl) (abbr. of バーチャル美少女受肉 or バーチャル美少女セルフ受肉) creation and use of a virtual female avatar

化身話

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 keshingo
    けしんご
avatar language

阿凡達


阿凡达

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ā fán dá
    a1 fan2 da2
a fan ta
Avatar (movie)

阿梵達


阿梵达

see styles
ā fàn dá
    a1 fan4 da2
a fan ta
avatar (loanword)

アバター

see styles
 abataa / abata
    アバター
(1) avatar; incarnation of an immortal being (Hindu); (2) (computer terminology) icon or representation of a user in a shared virtual reality

アヴァター

see styles
 aataa / ata
    アヴァター
(1) avatar; incarnation of an immortal being (Hindu); (2) (computer terminology) icon or representation of a user in a shared virtual reality

シャゲダン

see styles
 shagedan
    シャゲダン
(noun/participle) (slang) (abbr. of シャア専用ゲルググのダンス) agitating other players in a multiplayer or online game by rapidly moving one's avatar left and right

VTuber

see styles
 buichuubaa / buichuba
    ブイチューバー
(abbreviation) (See バーチャルユーチューバー) VTuber (wasei:); virtual YouTuber; YouTube entertainer represented by an animated avatar

Variations:
アバター
アヴァター

see styles
 abataa; aataa / abata; ata
    アバター; アヴァター
(1) avatar; incarnation of an immortal being (Hindu); (2) {comp} icon or representation of a user in a shared virtual reality

バーチャルYouTuber

see styles
 baacharuyuuchuubaa / bacharuyuchuba
    バーチャルユーチューバー
virtual YouTuber; YouTube entertainer represented by an animated avatar

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

This page contains 20 results for "Avatar" 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.

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