There are 13 total results for your Giles search.
| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
ジャイルズ see styles |
jairuzu ジャイルズ |
More info & calligraphy: Giles |
威翟 see styles |
wēi zhái wei1 zhai2 wei chai |
Wade-Giles (romanization system for Chinese) |
玄奘 see styles |
xuán zàng xuan2 zang4 hsüan tsang genjou / genjo げんじょう |
Xuanzang (602-664), Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator who traveled to India 629-645 (given name) Genjō; (person) Xuanzang (602-664) Xuanzang, whose name is written variously e. g. Hsüan Chuang, Hiüen-tsang, Hiouen Tsang, Yüan Tsang, Yüen Chwang; the famous pilgrim to India, whose surname was 陳 Chen and personal name 禕 Wei; a native of Henan, A. D. 600-664 (Giles). It is said that he entered a monastery at 13 years of age and in 618 with his elder brother, who had preceded him in becoming a monk, went to Chang-an 長安, the capital, where in 622 he was fully ordained. Finding that China possessed only half of the Buddhist classics, he took his staff, bound his feet, and on foot braved the perils of the deserts and mountains of Central Asia. The date of his setting out is uncertain (629 or 627), but the year of his arrival in India is given as 633: after visiting and studying in many parts of India, he returned home, reaching the capital in 645, was received with honour and presented his collection of 657 works, 'besides many images and pictures, and one hundred and fifty relics, 'to the Court. Taizong, the emperor, gave him the 弘福寺 Hongfu monastery in which to work. He presented the manuscript of his famous 大唐西域記 Record of Western Countries in 646 and completed it as it now stands by 648. The emperor Gaozong called him to Court in 653 and gave him the 慈恩寺 Cien monastery in which to work, a monastery which ever after was associated with him; in 657 he removed him to the 玉華宮 Yuhua Gong and made that palace a monastery. He translated seventy-five works in 1335 juan. In India he received the titles of 摩訶耶那提婆 Mahāyānadeva and 木叉提婆 Mokṣadeva; he was also known as 三藏法師 Tripiṭaka teacher of Dharma. He died in 664, in his 65th year. |
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 |
翟理斯 see styles |
zhái lǐ sī zhai2 li3 si1 chai li ssu |
Herbert Allen Giles (1845-1935), British diplomat and linguist, contributor to the Wade-Giles Chinese romanization system |
威瑪拼法 威玛拼法 see styles |
wēi mǎ pīn fǎ wei1 ma3 pin1 fa3 wei ma p`in fa wei ma pin fa |
Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese) |
威瑪拼音 威玛拼音 see styles |
wēi mǎ pīn yīn wei1 ma3 pin1 yin1 wei ma p`in yin wei ma pin yin |
Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese) |
韋氏拼法 韦氏拼法 see styles |
wéi shì pīn fǎ wei2 shi4 pin1 fa3 wei shih p`in fa wei shih pin fa |
Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese) |
ウェード式 see styles |
weedoshiki ウェードしき |
Wade-Giles romanization (of Chinese) |
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 |
サンアンドレスデヒレス see styles |
sanandoresudehiresu サンアンドレスデヒレス |
(place-name) San Andres de Giles |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 13 results for "Giles" 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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