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12>Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
參禪 参禅 see styles |
cān chán can1 chan2 ts`an ch`an tsan chan noshi wo ri |
More info & calligraphy: Zen UnderstandingTo inquire, discuss, seek religious instruction. |
寶林 宝林 see styles |
bǎo lín bao3 lin2 pao lin Hōrin |
More info & calligraphy: PaulineThe groves, or avenues of precious trees (in the Pure Land). The monastery of Huineng, sixth patriarch of the Chan sect, in 韶州典江縣 Dianjiang Xian, Shaozhou, Guangdong, cf. 慧 15. The 寶林傳 and supplement contain the teachings of this school. |
慧能 see styles |
huì néng hui4 neng2 hui neng enou / eno えのう |
More info & calligraphy: Huineng(person) Huineng (638-713) The power of wisdom. Huineng, name of a noted monk, sixth patriarch of the Intuitional or Meditation sect; died 713. |
成龍 成龙 see styles |
chéng lóng cheng2 long2 ch`eng lung cheng lung jakkiichen / jakkichen ジャッキーチェン |
More info & calligraphy: Jackie Chan(person) Jackie Chan |
禪宗 禅宗 see styles |
chán zōng chan2 zong1 ch`an tsung chan tsung Zenshū |
More info & calligraphy: Zen BuddhismThe Chan, meditative or intuitional, sect usually said to have been established in China by Bodhidharma, v. 達, the twenty-eighth patriarch, who brought the tradition of the Buddha-mind from India. Cf. 楞 13 Laṅkāvatāra sūtra. This sect, believing in direct enlightenment, disregarded ritual and sūtras and depended upon the inner light and personal influence for the propagation of its tenets, founding itself on the esoteric tradition supposed to have been imparted to Kāśyapa by the Buddha, who indicated his meaning by plucking a flower without further explanation. Kāśyapa smiled in apprehension and is supposed to have passed on this mystic method to the patriarchs. The successor of Bodhidharma was 慧可 Huike, and he was succeeded by 僧璨 Sengcan; 道信 Daoxin; 弘忍 Hongren; 慧能 Huineng, and 神秀 Shenxiu, the sect dividing under the two latter into the southern and northern schools: the southern school became prominent, producing 南嶽 Nanyue and 靑原 Qingyuan, the former succeeded by 馬祖 Mazu, the latter by 石頭 Shitou. From Mazu's school arose the five later schools, v. 禪門. |
禪心 禅心 see styles |
chán xīn chan2 xin1 ch`an hsin chan hsin zenshin |
More info & calligraphy: Zen Heart / Zen Mind |
見性 见性 see styles |
jiàn xìng jian4 xing4 chien hsing kenshou / kensho けんしょう |
More info & calligraphy: Kensho - Initial EnlightenmentTo behold the Buddha-nature within oneself, a common saying of the Chan (Zen) or Intuitive School. |
ちゃん see styles |
chan ちゃん |
(suffix) (familiar language) suffix for familiar person; (place-name) Chillan (Chile) |
菩提達磨 菩提达磨 see styles |
pú tí dá mó pu2 ti2 da2 mo2 p`u t`i ta mo pu ti ta mo bodaidaruma ぼだいだるま |
More info & calligraphy: BodhidharmaBodhidharma, commonly known as Damo, v. 達; reputed as the founder of the Chan (Zen) or Intuitional or Mystic School. His original name is given as 菩提多羅 Bodhitara. |
父 see styles |
fù fu4 fu chichi(p); chan(ok); tete(ok); kazo(ok); kaso(ok); shishi(ok); ate(ok) ちち(P); ちゃん(ok); てて(ok); かぞ(ok); かそ(ok); しし(ok); あて(ok) |
father (humble language) (See 母) father; (surname) Chichi pitṛ, 比多 Father. |
荘 see styles |
zhuāng zhuang1 chuang chan チャン |
Japanese variant of 莊|庄 (suf,ctr) {mahj} counter for games of mahjong (chi: zhuāng); (surname) Teien |
蟾 see styles |
chán chan2 ch`an chan hiki ひき |
toad (chán represents the sound of its croaking); (mythology) the three-legged toad said to exist in the moon; (metonym) the moon (kana only) toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus) |
辿 see styles |
chān chan1 ch`an chan tadoru たどる |
used in names, e.g. 龍王辿|龙王辿[Long2 wang2 Chan1] Longwang Chan, a place in Shaanxi Province; (literary) (of one's walking pace) slow (surname, given name) Tadoru |
闡 阐 see styles |
chǎn chan3 ch`an chan sen |
to express; to disclose; to enlighten; to open To open, spread, enlarge, expand, expound; translit. chan. |
一拶 see styles |
yī zā yi1 za1 i tsa issatsu |
A sudden remark, or question, by a monk or master to test a disciple, a Chan (Zen) method. |
三佛 see styles |
sān fó san1 fo2 san fo sanbutsu さんぶつ |
(surname) Sanbutsu Trikāya, v. 三身. Also the三岐 or founders of the 楊岐 branch of the Chan (Zen) School, i.e. Huiqin 慧勤, Qingyuan 淸遠, and Keqin 克勤. |
三句 see styles |
sān jù san1 ju4 san chü sanku |
Three cryptic questions of 雲門 Yunmen, founder of the Yunmen Chan School. They are: (1) 截斷衆流 What is it that stops all flow (of reincarnation) ? The reply from the 起信論 is 一心, i. e. the realization of the oneness of mind, or that all is mind. (2) 函蓋乾坤 What contains and includes the universe? The 眞如. (3) 隨波逐浪 One wave following another— what is this? Birth and death 生死, or transmigration, phenomenal existence. |
下棒 see styles |
xià bàng xia4 bang4 hsia pang abō |
To lay on the cudgel, beat; syn. for the 德山 Te Shan monastery, whose Chan sect abbot instilled intelligence with his staff. |
九宗 see styles |
jiǔ zōng jiu3 zong1 chiu tsung ku shū |
The eight sects 八宗 (q.v.) plus the 禪宗 Chan or Zen, or the Pure-land or Jōdo sect. |
二祖 see styles |
èr zǔ er4 zu3 erh tsu niso |
The second patriarch of the Chan school, Huike 慧可. |
作家 see styles |
zuò jiā zuo4 jia1 tso chia sakka さっか |
author; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] author; writer; novelist; artist; (surname) Sakuka Leader, founder, head of sect, a term used by the 禪 Chan (Zen) or Intuitive school. |
元照 see styles |
yuán zhào yuan2 zhao4 yüan chao mototeru もとてる |
(given name) Mototeru Name of 湛然 Chan-jan, the seventh head of the Tiantai School; he died 1116. |
別傳 别传 see styles |
bié zhuàn bie2 zhuan4 pieh chuan betsuden |
supplementary biography Separately handed down; oral tradition; to pass on the teaching from mind to mind without writing, as in the Chan (Zen) or Intuitional school. Also 單傳. |
北宗 see styles |
běi zōng bei3 zong1 pei tsung kitamune きたむね |
(surname) Kitamune The northern school of the Chan (Zen) sect; from Bodhidharma 達磨 to the fifth patriarch 弘忍 Hongren the school was undivided; from 慧能 Huineng began the division of the southern school, 神秀 Shenxiu maintaining the northern; it was the southern school which prevailed. |
參學 参学 see styles |
cān xué can1 xue2 ts`an hsüeh tsan hsüeh sangaku |
practice and study [of Chan] |
壁觀 壁观 see styles |
bì guān bi4 guan1 pi kuan hekkan |
The wall-gazer, applied to Bodhidharma, who is said to have gazed at a wall for nine years. Also a name for the meditation of the Chan school. |
大慧 see styles |
dà huì da4 hui4 ta hui daie だいえ |
(personal name) Daie Mahāmati 摩訶摩底 (1) Great wisdom, the leading bodhisattva of the Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra. (2) Name of a Hangchow master of the Chan school, Zonggao 宗杲 of the Song dynasty, whose works are the 大慧書. (3) Posthumous title of 一行Yixing, a master of the Chan school in the Tang dynasty. |
子產 子产 see styles |
zǐ chǎn zi3 chan3 tzu ch`an tzu chan |
Zi Chan (?-522 BC), statesman and philosopher during the Spring and Autumn period |
宗門 宗门 see styles |
zōng mén zong1 men2 tsung men shuumon / shumon しゅうもん |
(religious) denomination; sect; (given name) Muneto Originally the general name for sects. Later appropriated to itself by the 禪 Chan (Zen) or Intuitional school, which refers to the other schools as 教門 teaching sects, i. e. those who rely on the written word rather than on the 'inner light'. |
引座 see styles |
yǐn zuò yin3 zuo4 yin tso in zo |
A phrase used by one who ushers a preacher into the 'pulpit' to expound the Law. |
性心 see styles |
xìng xīn xing4 xin1 hsing hsin shōshin |
The perfectly clear and unsullied mind, i. e. the Buddha mind or heart. The Chan (Zen) school use 性心 or 心性 indifferently. |
意學 意学 see styles |
yì xué yi4 xue2 i hsüeh igaku |
Mental learning, learning by meditation rather than from books, the special cult of the Chan or Intuitional school, which is also called the School of the Buddha-mind. |
懺悔 忏悔 see styles |
chàn huǐ chan4 hui3 ch`an hui chan hui sange; zange さんげ; ざんげ |
to repent; (religion) to confess (noun, transitive verb) (さんげ is usu. used in Buddhism and ざんげ in other religions) repentance; confession; penitence chan is the translit. of kṣamā, 悔 its translation, i.e. repentance; but also the first is intp. as confession, cf. 提 deśanā, the second as repentance and reform. |
拈語 拈语 see styles |
niǎn yǔ nian3 yu3 nien yü nengo |
To take up and pass on a verbal tradition, a Chan (Zen) term. |
暗禪 暗禅 see styles |
àn chán an4 chan2 an ch`an an chan anzen |
an unenlightened fake Chan master |
暗證 暗证 see styles |
àn zhèng an4 zheng4 an cheng anshō |
an unenlightened, fake Chan master |
曹山 see styles |
cáo shān cao2 shan1 ts`ao shan tsao shan souzan / sozan そうざん |
(surname) Souzan Caoshan in Jiangsu, where the Caodong sect曹洞宗, a branch of the Chan school, was founded by Dongshan 洞山; Caoshan was the name of the second patriarch of this sect. |
李瀍 see styles |
lǐ chán li3 chan2 li ch`an li chan |
Li Chan, personal name of sixteenth Tang Emperor Wuzong 武宗[Wu3 zong1] (814-846), reigned 840-846 |
東山 东山 see styles |
dōng shān dong1 shan1 tung shan tousan; touzan; higashiyama / tosan; tozan; higashiyama とうさん; とうざん; ひがしやま |
Dongshan county in Zhangzhou 漳州[Zhang1 zhou1], Fujian; Tungshan township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan (1) eastern mountains; mountains to the east; (2) (とうさん only) (abbreviation) (hist) (See 東山道) Tōsandō (area between the Tōkaidō and Hokurikudō); (3) (ひがしやま only) Higashiyama (Kyoto district); (surname) Bigashiyama An eastern hill, or monastery, general and specific, especially the 黃梅東山 Huangmei eastern monastery of the fourth and fifth patriarchs of the Chan (Zen) school. |
歴青 see styles |
chan チャン rekisei / rekise れきせい |
asphalt; bitumen |
江湖 see styles |
jiāng hú jiang1 hu2 chiang hu gouko / goko ごうこ |
rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2]); (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc; demimonde; (in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld Zen disciples; (surname) Kōko Kiangsi and Hunan, where and whence the 禪 Chan (Zen) or Intuitive movement had its early spread, the title being applied to followers of this cult. |
法堂 see styles |
fǎ táng fa3 tang2 fa t`ang fa tang hattou; houdou / hatto; hodo はっとう; ほうどう |
{Buddh} lecture hall of a temple (esp. Zen); (surname) Houdou The chief temple, so called by the Chan (Zen) sect; amongst others it is 講堂 preaching hall. |
法眼 see styles |
fǎ yǎn fa3 yan3 fa yen hougen / hogen ほうげん |
discerning eye (1) {Buddh} (See 五眼) the dharma eye; (2) (abbreviation) second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; (3) (archaism) title bestowed upon doctors, etc.; (surname) Hougen The (bodhisattva) dharma-eye able to penetrate all things. Name of the founder of the法眼宗 Fayan sect, one of the five Chan (Zen) schools. |
泳兒 泳儿 see styles |
yǒng ér yong3 er2 yung erh |
Vincy Chan, Hong Kong female singer |
浴鼓 see styles |
yù gǔ yu4 gu3 yü ku yokuko |
The bathing-drum, announcing the time for washing in the Chan monasteries. |
滻河 浐河 see styles |
chǎn hé chan3 he2 ch`an ho chan ho |
Chan River (in Shaanxi province) |
潙山 沩山 see styles |
wéi shān wei2 shan1 wei shan Isan |
Guishan, a noted mountain, monastery, and Tang monk in Fujian, by whom the 潙仰 Guiyang branch of the Chan school was founded. |
濟家 济家 see styles |
jǐ jiā ji3 jia1 chi chia saike |
濟下 The school, or disciples of 臨濟 Linji. |
瀍河 see styles |
chán hé chan2 he2 ch`an ho chan ho |
Chan River in Henan province 河南[He2 nan2] |
瀝青 沥青 see styles |
lì qīng li4 qing1 li ch`ing li ching chan チャン rekisei / rekise れきせい |
asphalt; bitumen; pitch asphalt; bitumen |
盲禪 盲禅 see styles |
máng chán mang2 chan2 mang ch`an mang chan mō zen |
deluded Chan |
禪人 禅人 see styles |
chán rén chan2 ren2 ch`an jen chan jen zen nin |
A member of the Chan (Jap. Zen), i.e. the Intuitional or Meditative sect. |
禪侶 禅侣 see styles |
chán lǚ chan2 lv3 ch`an lü chan lü zenryo |
Fellow-meditators; fellow-monks. |
禪僧 禅僧 see styles |
chán sēng chan2 seng1 ch`an seng chan seng zensō |
A monk of the Chan sect; a monk in meditation. |
禪刹 禅刹 see styles |
chán chà chan2 cha4 ch`an ch`a chan cha zen satsu |
Chan [Seon; Zen] temple |
禪化 禅化 see styles |
chán huà chan2 hua4 ch`an hua chan hua zenke |
The transforming character of Chan. |
禪圖 禅图 see styles |
chán tú chan2 tu2 ch`an t`u chan tu Zenzu |
Chan Chart |
禪堂 禅堂 see styles |
chán táng chan2 tang2 ch`an t`ang chan tang zendō |
meditation room (in Buddhist monastery) Meditation-hall of the Chan sect. A common name for the monastic hall. |
禪子 禅子 see styles |
chán zǐ chan2 zi3 ch`an tzu chan tzu zen su |
Chan student |
禪定 禅定 see styles |
chán dìng chan2 ding4 ch`an ting chan ting zenjō |
chan is dhyāna, probably a transliteration; ding is an interpretation of samādhi. chan is an element in ding, or samādhi, which covers the whole ground of meditation, concentration, abstraction, reaching to the ultimate beyond emotion or thinking; cf. 禪, for which the two words chan-ding are loosely used. |
禪家 禅家 see styles |
chán jiā chan2 jia1 ch`an chia chan chia zenke |
The Chan sect, v. 禪宗; 禪門. |
禪寺 禅寺 see styles |
chán sì chan2 si4 ch`an ssu chan ssu zenji |
Chan; Seon; Zen monastery |
禪尼 禅尼 see styles |
chán ní chan2 ni2 ch`an ni chan ni zenni |
A nun. |
禪師 禅师 see styles |
chán shī chan2 shi1 ch`an shih chan shih zenshi |
honorific title for a Buddhist monk A master, or teacher, of meditation, or of the Chan school. |
禪律 禅律 see styles |
chán lǜ chan2 lv4 ch`an lü chan lü zenritsu |
The Chan and Lu (Vinaya) sects: i.e. the Meditative and Disciplinary schools. |
禪教 禅教 see styles |
chán jiào chan2 jiao4 ch`an chiao chan chiao zenkyō |
The teaching of the Chan sect. Also, 禪 the esoteric tradition and 教 the teaching of the scriptures. |
禪會 禅会 see styles |
chán huì chan2 hui4 ch`an hui chan hui zenkai |
Chan [Seon; Zen] meeting |
禪理 禅理 see styles |
chán lǐ chan2 li3 ch`an li chan li zenri |
chan principles |
禪病 禅病 see styles |
chán bìng chan2 bing4 ch`an ping chan ping zenbyō |
The ills of meditation, i.e. wandering thoughts, illusions. The illusions and nervous troubles of the mystic. |
禪者 禅者 see styles |
chán zhě chan2 zhe3 ch`an che chan che zensha |
Chan person (monk, practitioner) |
禪脈 禅脉 see styles |
chán mài chan2 mai4 ch`an mai chan mai zenmyaku |
Chan (Seon, Zen) lineage |
禪行 禅行 see styles |
chán xíng chan2 xing2 ch`an hsing chan hsing zengyō |
The methods employed in meditation; the practices, or discipline, of the Chan school. |
禪要 禅要 see styles |
chán yào chan2 yao4 ch`an yao chan yao zenyō |
essence of Chan [Seon; Zen] |
禪語 禅语 see styles |
chán yǔ chan2 yu3 ch`an yü chan yü zen go |
Chan [Seon; Zen] terminology |
禪錄 禅录 see styles |
chán lù chan2 lu4 ch`an lu chan lu zenroku |
The records of the Chan sect. |
禪閣 禅阁 see styles |
chán gé chan2 ge2 ch`an ko chan ko zenkaku |
Seon (Chan, Zen) temple |
禪關 禅关 see styles |
chán guān chan2 guan1 ch`an kuan chan kuan zenkan |
gateway of Chan (Seon, Zen) |
禪風 禅风 see styles |
chán fēng chan2 feng1 ch`an feng chan feng zenpū |
Chan style |
荆溪 see styles |
jīng qī jing1 qi1 ching ch`i ching chi Kyōkei |
Ching-ch'i throne-stream, name of the ninth Tiantai patriarch 湛然 Chan-jan. |
談禪 谈禅 see styles |
tán chán tan2 chan2 t`an ch`an tan chan danzen |
Chan discussion |
講宗 讲宗 see styles |
jiǎng zōng jiang3 zong1 chiang tsung kōshū |
The preaching sects, i.e. all except the Chan or intuitional, and the vinaya, or ritual sects. |
賛侑 see styles |
chanyuu / chanyu ちゃんゆう |
(given name) Chan'yū |
連戰 连战 see styles |
lián zhàn lian2 zhan4 lien chan |
Lien Chan (1936-), Taiwanese politician, former vice-president and chairman of Guomintang |
道流 see styles |
dào liú dao4 liu2 tao liu michiru みちる |
(female given name) Michiru The stream of Truth; the flow, or progress, of Buddha, truth; the spread of a particular movement, e.g. the Chan school. |
達磨 达磨 see styles |
dá mó da2 mo2 ta mo daruma(p); daruma だるま(P); ダルマ |
(1) (kana only) daruma; tumbling doll; round, red-painted good-luck doll in the shape of Bodhidharma, with a blank eye to be completed when a person's wish is granted; (2) (kana only) Bodhidharma; (3) prostitute; (personal name) Daruma dharma; also 達摩; 達麼; 達而麻耶; 曇摩; 馱摩 tr. by 法. dharma is from dhara, holding, bearing, possessing, etc.; and means 'that which is to be held fast or kept, ordinance, statute, law, usage, practice'; 'anything right.' M.W. It may be variously intp. as (1) characteristic, attribute, predicate; (2) the bearer, the transcendent substratum of single elements of conscious life; (3) element, i.e. a part of conscious life; (4) nirvāṇa, i.e. the Dharma par excellence, the object of Buddhist teaching; (5) the absolute, the real; (6) the teaching or religion of Buddha; (7) thing, object, appearance. Also, Damo, or Bodhidharma, the twenty-eighth Indian and first Chinese patriarch, who arrived in China A.D. 520, the reputed founder of the Chan or Intuitional School in China. He is described as son of a king in southern India; originally called Bodhitara. He arrived at Guangdong, bringing it is said the sacred begging-bowl, and settled in Luoyang, where he engaged in silent meditation for nine years, whence he received the title of wall-gazing Brahman 壁觀婆羅門, though he was a kṣatriya. His doctrine and practice were those of the 'inner light', independent of the written word, but to 慧可 Huike, his successor, he commended the Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra as nearest to his views. There are many names with Dharma as initial: Dharmapāla, Dharmagupta, Dharmayaśas, Dharmaruci, Dharmarakṣa, Dharmatrāta, Dharmavardhana, etc. |
鉢位 钵位 see styles |
bō wèi bo1 wei4 po wei hoi |
Bowl seat, the place each monk occupies at table. |
閉關 闭关 see styles |
bì guān bi4 guan1 pi kuan heikan |
to close the passes; to seal off the country; seclusion (monastic practice, e.g. of Chan Buddhists) To shut in; to isolate oneself for meditation. |
一味禪 一味禅 see styles |
yī mèi chán yi1 mei4 chan2 i mei ch`an i mei chan ichimi zen |
one taste Chan |
一字禪 一字禅 see styles |
yī zì chán yi1 zi4 chan2 i tzu ch`an i tzu chan ichiji zen |
A cryptic single-word reply to a question, requiring meditation for its apprehension; it is a Chan or Zen method. |
上乘禪 上乘禅 see styles |
shàng shèng chán shang4 sheng4 chan2 shang sheng ch`an shang sheng chan jōjō zen |
The Mahāyāna Ch'an (Zen) School, which considers that it alone attains the highest realization of Mahāyāna truth. Hīnayāna philosophy is said only to realize the unreality of the ego and not the unreality of all things. The Mahāyāna realizes the unreality of the ego and of all things. But the Ch'an school is pure idealism, all being mind. This mind is Buddha, and is the universal fundamental mind. |
佛心宗 see styles |
fó xīn zōng fo2 xin1 zong1 fo hsin tsung Busshin Shū |
The sect of the Buddha-heart, i.e. the Chan (Zen) or Intuitive sect of Bodhidharma, holding that each individual has direct access to Buddha through meditation. |
修行僧 see styles |
xiū xíng sēng xiu1 xing2 seng1 hsiu hsing seng shugyousou / shugyoso しゅぎょうそう |
ascetic monk; trainee monk Chan; Seon students [monks] |
北宗禪 北宗禅 see styles |
běi zōng chán bei3 zong1 chan2 pei tsung ch`an pei tsung chan Hokushū zen |
Northern School of Chan |
南宗禪 南宗禅 see styles |
nán zōng chán nan2 zong1 chan2 nan tsung ch`an nan tsung chan nanshū zen |
Southern School of Chan |
口頭禪 口头禅 see styles |
kǒu tóu chán kou3 tou2 chan2 k`ou t`ou ch`an kou tou chan kōtō zen |
Zen saying repeated as cant; (fig.) catchphrase; mantra; favorite expression; stock phrase Mouth meditation, i.e. dependence on the leading of others, inability to enter into personal meditation. |
唐武宗 see styles |
táng wǔ zōng tang2 wu3 zong1 t`ang wu tsung tang wu tsung |
Emperor Wuzong of Tang (814-846), reign name of sixteenth Tang emperor Li Chan 李瀍[Li3 Chan2], reigned 840-846 |
四料簡 四料简 see styles |
sì liào jiǎn si4 liao4 jian3 ssu liao chien shi yōken |
A summary of the 臨濟 Linji school, an offshoot of the Chan, in reference to subjective, objective, both, neither. |
張午郎 see styles |
chanuuron / chanuron ちゃんうーろん |
(personal name) Chan'u-ron |
張輝楊 see styles |
chanyuuyan / chanyuyan ちゃんゆーやん |
(personal name) Chan'yu-yan |
念佛禪 念佛禅 see styles |
niàn fó chán nian4 fo2 chan2 nien fo ch`an nien fo chan nembutsu zen |
chanting Chan [Seon] |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "Chan-Art" 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
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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.
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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