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並み

see styles
 nami
    なみ
(n,n-suf) (1) average; medium; common; ordinary; (2) line; row of (e.g. houses); (3) mid-grade; (4) same level; equal; each (e.g. month); set of (e.g. teeth)

並列


并列

see styles
bìng liè
    bing4 lie4
ping lieh
 heiretsu / heretsu
    へいれつ
to stand side by side; to be juxtaposed
(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) arranging in a line; standing in a row; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) (See 並列回路・へいれつかいろ,直列・ちょくれつ・1) parallel (electronics, computing, etc.)

中墨

see styles
 nakazumi
    なかずみ
centre line (usu. in buildings, joinery, etc.); center line

中線


中线

see styles
zhōng xiàn
    zhong1 xian4
chung hsien
half-way line; median line

中縫


中缝

see styles
zhōng fèng
    zhong1 feng4
chung feng
vertical space in a newspaper between two attached pages; vertical line on the back of clothing

中飽


中饱

see styles
zhōng bǎo
    zhong1 bao3
chung pao
to embezzle; to misappropriate; to line one's pockets with public funds

主線


主线

see styles
zhǔ xiàn
    zhu3 xian4
chu hsien
main line (of communication); main thread (of a plotline or concept); central theme

五言

see styles
 gogon
    ごごん
Chinese poem with five characters per line

京成

see styles
 keisei / kese
    けいせい
(company) Keisei (train line Tokyo-Narita); (c) Keisei (train line Tokyo-Narita)

件名

see styles
 kenmei / kenme
    けんめい
(1) subject; title; (2) subject (of an email); subject line

佔線


占线

see styles
zhàn xiàn
    zhan4 xian4
chan hsien
busy (telephone line)

余業

see styles
 yogyou / yogyo
    よぎょう
side line; avocation

作る

see styles
 tsukuru
    つくる
(transitive verb) (1) to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct; (2) to prepare (food term); to brew (alcohol); (3) to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train; (4) to till; (5) to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write; (6) to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose; (7) to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found; (8) to have (a child); (9) to make up (one's face, etc.); (10) to fabricate (an excuse, etc.); (11) to form (a line, etc.); (12) to set (a record); (13) to commit (a sin, etc.)

偏斜

see styles
piān xié
    pian1 xie2
p`ien hsieh
    pien hsieh
 hensha
    へんしゃ
crooked; not upright; diverging from straight line; improper; dishonest
declination; deviation

偏轉


偏转

see styles
piān zhuǎn
    pian1 zhuan3
p`ien chuan
    pien chuan
deflection (physics); deviation (away from a straight line)

停機


停机

see styles
tíng jī
    ting2 ji1
t`ing chi
    ting chi
(of a machine) to stop; to shut down; to park a plane; to finish shooting (a TV program etc); to suspend a phone line; (of a prepaid mobile phone) to be out of credit

側筆

see styles
 sokuhitsu
    そくひつ
(See 直筆・ちょくひつ・1) painting with the body of a brush's bristles (to create a thicker line than possible with the tip)

側線

see styles
 sokusen
    そくせん
(1) sidetrack; siding; (2) lateral line (of a fish)

偽学

see styles
 gigaku
    ぎがく
false science; science out of line with the world of thought

傍系

see styles
 boukei / boke
    ぼうけい
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) collateral family; subsidiary line; affiliate; (2) {math} (See 剰余類) coset

傍線

see styles
 bousen / bosen
    ぼうせん
underline; side line (equivalent to underlining in vertically written text)

元祖

see styles
yuán zǔ
    yuan2 zu3
yüan tsu
 ganso
    がんそ
(1) originator; pioneer; inventor; founder; (2) progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line
The original patriarch, or founder of a sect or school; sometimes applied to the Buddha as the founder of virtue.

先き

see styles
 saki
    さき
(irregular okurigana usage) (n,adj-no,n-suf,pref) (1) previous; prior; former; first; earlier; some time ago; preceding; (2) point (e.g. pencil); tip; end; nozzle; (3) head (of a line); front; (4) ahead; the other side; (5) the future; hereafter; (6) destination; (7) the other party

先頭


先头

see styles
xiān tóu
    xian1 tou2
hsien t`ou
    hsien tou
 sentou / sento
    せんとう
(usu. of troops) in advance; in the vanguard; previously; in front; placed ahead of others
head (of a line, group, etc.); front; lead; forefront; vanguard

入線

see styles
 nyuusen / nyusen
    にゅうせん
(n,vs,vi) (1) arrival (of a train) at the platform (of the starting station); entering a track (at the starting station); (n,vs,vi) (2) {horse} crossing the finish line; passing the post

全通

see styles
 zentsuu / zentsu
    ぜんつう
(n,vs,vi) opening of the whole (railway line)

八達

see styles
 hattatsu
    はったつ
(noun/participle) (roads) running in all directions; convenient transportation; ability in any line

兼補

see styles
 kenpo
    けんぽ
(noun, transitive verb) carrying on a second line of work

内帯

see styles
 naitai
    ないたい
(1) (See 外帯・1) area on the concave side of a mountain arc or a crescent-shaped archipelago; (2) (See 西南日本内帯) area of southwestern Japan north of the Median Tectonic Line

内線

see styles
 naisen
    ないせん
phone extension; indoor wiring; inner line

出線


出线

see styles
chū xiàn
    chu1 xian4
ch`u hsien
    chu hsien
(sports) to go out of bounds; to go over the line; to qualify for the next round of competition; (Tw) (fig.) to make the grade; to achieve success

分業

see styles
 bungyou / bungyo
    ぶんぎょう
(n,vs,vt,vi) division of labor; division of labour; specialization; specialisation; assembly-line production

分野

see styles
fēn yě
    fen1 ye3
fen yeh
 bunya
    ぶんや
dividing line between distinct realms; boundary; field-allocation (in Chinese astrology, the association between celestial regions and corresponding terrestrial realms)
field; sphere; realm; division; branch; (surname) Wakeno

列ぶ

see styles
 narabu
    ならぶ
(v5b,vi) (1) to line up; to stand in a line; (2) to rival; to match; to equal

列祖

see styles
liè zǔ
    lie4 zu3
lieh tsu
 resso
line of ancestors

初め

see styles
 hajime
    はじめ
    zome
    ぞめ
(n-t,n-adv) (1) beginning; start; outset; opening; (2) first (in line, etc.); (3) origin; (4) (kana only) such as ...; not to mention ...; (suffix) first doing of ... (ever, in one's life, in the new year, etc.)

初句

see styles
chū jù
    chu1 ju4
ch`u chü
    chu chü
 shoku
    しょく
first five syllables (of a tanka); first line (of a poem)
the first phrase

別業


别业

see styles
bié yè
    bie2 ye4
pieh yeh
 betsugyou / betsugyo
    べつぎょう
villa; another line of work
Differentiated karma (the cause of different resultant conditions); cf. 總業.

別行


别行

see styles
bié xíng
    bie2 xing2
pieh hsing
 betsugyou / betsugyo
    べつぎょう
another line
specially functioning

前哨

see styles
qián shào
    qian2 shao4
ch`ien shao
    chien shao
 zenshou / zensho
    ぜんしょう
outpost; (fig.) front line
outpost

前敵


前敌

see styles
qián dí
    qian2 di2
ch`ien ti
    chien ti
front line (military)

前軍

see styles
 zengun
    ぜんぐん
front-line troops

前鋒


前锋

see styles
qián fēng
    qian2 feng1
ch`ien feng
    chien feng
vanguard; front line; a forward (sports)

割込

see styles
 warikomi
    わりこみ
(irregular okurigana usage) (1) queue jumping; breaking into a line; muscling in on; wedging oneself in; interruption; sharing a theater box (theatre); (2) (computer terminology) interrupt; (surname) Warikomi

創る

see styles
 tsukuru
    つくる
(transitive verb) (1) to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct; (2) to prepare (food term); to brew (alcohol); (3) to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train; (4) to till; (5) to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write; (6) to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose; (7) to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found; (8) to have (a child); (9) to make up (one's face, etc.); (10) to fabricate (an excuse, etc.); (11) to form (a line, etc.); (12) to set (a record); (13) to commit (a sin, etc.)

劃す

see styles
 kakusu
    かくす
(transitive verb) (1) to draw (a line); (2) to demarcate; to mark; to divide; to map out; (3) to plan

劃線


划线

see styles
huà xiàn
    hua4 xian4
hua hsien
to delineate; to draw a line; to underline

劇情


剧情

see styles
jù qíng
    ju4 qing2
chü ch`ing
    chü ching
story line; plot; drama (genre)

力線

see styles
 rikisen
    りきせん
line of force

力臂

see styles
lì bì
    li4 bi4
li pi
lever arm (i.e. perpendicular distance from the fulcrum to the line of force)

動線

see styles
 dousen / dosen
    どうせん
line of flow (of people, objects, etc.)

勢揃

see styles
 seizoroi / sezoroi
    せいぞろい
(irregular okurigana usage) (noun/participle) array; muster; line-up; full force

十玄

see styles
shí xuán
    shi2 xuan2
shih hsüan
 jūgen
十玄門 (十玄緣起) The ten philosophic ideas expressed in two metrical versions, each line ending with 門. v. 玄門.

単線

see styles
 tansen
    たんせん
(1) single track (railway); single line; (2) solid wire; solid-core wire; single-strand wire

双ぶ

see styles
 narabu
    ならぶ
(v5b,vi) (1) to line up; to stand in a line; (2) to rival; to match; to equal

口徑


口径

see styles
kǒu jìng
    kou3 jing4
k`ou ching
    kou ching
bore; caliber; diameter; aperture; (fig.) stance (on an issue); version (of events); account; narrative; line
See: 口径

句句

see styles
jù jù
    ju4 ju4
chü chü
 ku ku
    くく
every clause
Sentence by sentence, every word.

各行

see styles
 kakugyou; kakukou; kakkou / kakugyo; kakuko; kakko
    かくぎょう; かくこう; かっこう
each line

同列

see styles
 douretsu / doretsu
    どうれつ
(1) same row; same line; same file; (2) same rank; same level; same category; same treatment

同線

see styles
 dousen / dosen
    どうせん
the said line; the same line

呆け

see styles
 boke
    ぼけ
(n,suf) (1) (kana only) idiot; fool; touched in the head (from); out of it (from); space case; (2) (kana only) funny man (of a comedy duo); (in comedy) silly or stupid line; (3) Alzheimer's (impol)

單槓


单杠

see styles
dān gàng
    dan1 gang4
tan kang
bar; bold line; horizontal bar (gymnastics event)

四句

see styles
sì jù
    si4 ju4
ssu chü
 shiku
The four terms, phrases, or four-line verses, e. g. 四句分別 The four terms of differentiation, e. g. of all things into 有 the existing; 空 nonexisting; both; neither; or phenomenal, noumenal, both, neither. Also, double, single, both, neither; and other similar applications.

回線

see styles
 kaisen
    かいせん
circuit; line

固電

see styles
 koden
    こでん
(abbreviation) (See 固定電話) landline telephone; fixed-line telephone

垂げ

see styles
 sage
    さげ
(out-dated kanji) (1) lowering; sinking; bringing down; letting down; (2) depreciation; price fall; (3) punch line (of a rakugo story); (4) (abbreviation) (archaism) sword strap

垂準

see styles
 suijun
    すいじゅん
plummet; plumb line

堂姪


堂侄

see styles
táng zhí
    tang2 zhi2
t`ang chih
    tang chih
nephew by the male line

堂嫂

see styles
táng sǎo
    tang2 sao3
t`ang sao
    tang sao
wife of older male cousin via male line

墨斗

see styles
mò dǒu
    mo4 dou3
mo tou
carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber)

墨線


墨线

see styles
mò xiàn
    mo4 xian4
mo hsien
inked line; carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber)

壓線


压线

see styles
yā xiàn
    ya1 xian4
ya hsien
pressure crease; fig. to toil for sb else's benefit; line ball (i.e. on the line)

外孫


外孙

see styles
wài sūn
    wai4 sun1
wai sun
 gaison; sotomago
    がいそん; そとまご
daughter's son; grandson; descendant via the female line
grandchild from a daughter married into another family

外帯

see styles
 gaitai
    がいたい
(1) (See 内帯・1) area on the convex side of a mountain arc or a crescent-shaped archipelago; (2) (See 西南日本外帯) area of southwestern Japan south of the Median Tectonic Line

天丼

see styles
 tendon
    てんどん
(1) (abbreviation) {food} tempura donburi; tempura served over a bowl of rice; (2) (colloquialism) (in comedy) repeating the same gag or silly line

太線

see styles
 futosen
    ふとせん
heavy line (for emphasis); thick line; underline; border

夾道


夹道

see styles
jiā dào
    jia1 dao4
chia tao
a narrow street (lined with walls); to line the street

女系

see styles
 jokei; nyokei / joke; nyoke
    じょけい; にょけい
female line; matrilinear

始め

see styles
 hajime
    はじめ
(n-t,n-adv) (1) beginning; start; outset; opening; (2) first (in line, etc.); (3) origin; (4) (kana only) such as ...; not to mention ...

嫡傳


嫡传

see styles
dí chuán
    di2 chuan2
ti ch`uan
    ti chuan
handed down in a direct line from the founder

嫡系

see styles
dí xì
    di2 xi4
ti hsi
direct line of descent; under one's personal command; school or faction passing on faithfully one's doctrine

実線

see styles
 jissen
    じっせん
solid line

家筋

see styles
 iesuji
    いえすじ
lineage; pedigree; family line

實線


实线

see styles
shí xiàn
    shi2 xian4
shih hsien
solid line; continuous line

射線


射线

see styles
shè xiàn
    she4 xian4
she hsien
 shasen
    しゃせん
ray
line of fire (of a gun)

專線


专线

see styles
zhuān xiàn
    zhuan1 xian4
chuan hsien
special-purpose phone line or communications link; hotline; special rail line (e.g. between airport and city); CL:條|条[tiao2]

導線


导线

see styles
dǎo xiàn
    dao3 xian4
tao hsien
 dousen / dosen
    どうせん
electrical lead
(1) {elec} conducting wire; (2) (See 動線) line of flow (of people, objects, etc.)

小乘

see styles
xiǎo shèng
    xiao3 sheng4
hsiao sheng
 shōjō
Hinayana, the Lesser Vehicle; Buddhism in India before the Mayahana sutras; also pr. [Xiao3 cheng2]
Hīnayāna 希那衍. The small, or inferior wain, or vehicle; the form of Buddhism which developed after Śākyamuni's death to about the beginning of the Christian era, when Mahāyāna doctrines were introduced. It is the orthodox school and more in direct line with the Buddhist succession than Mahāyānism which developed on lines fundamentally different. The Buddha was a spiritual doctor, less interested in philosophy than in the remedy for human misery and perpetual transmigration. He "turned aside from idle metaphysical speculations; if he held views on such topics, he deemed them valueless for the purposes of salvation, which was his goal" (Keith). Metaphysical speculations arose after his death, and naturally developed into a variety of Hīnayāna schools before and after the separation of a distinct school of Mahāyāna. Hīnayāna remains the form in Ceylon, Burma, and Siam, hence is known as Southern Buddhism in contrast with Northern Buddhism or Mahāyāna, the form chiefly prevalent from Nepal to Japan. Another rough division is that of Pali and Sanskrit, Pali being the general literary language of the surviving form of Hīnayāna, Sanskrit of Mahāyāna. The term Hīnayāna is of Mahāyānist origination to emphasize the universalism and altruism of Mahāyāna over the narrower personal salvation of its rival. According to Mahāyāna teaching its own aim is universal Buddhahood, which means the utmost development of wisdom and the perfect transformation of all the living in the future state; it declares that Hīnayāna, aiming at arhatship and pratyekabuddhahood, seeks the destruction of body and mind and extinction in nirvāṇa. For arhatship the 四諦Four Noble Truths are the foundation teaching, for pratyekabuddhahood the 十二因緣 twelve-nidānas, and these two are therefore sometimes styled the two vehicles 二乘. Tiantai sometimes calls them the (Hīnayāna) Tripiṭaka school. Three of the eighteen Hīnayāna schools were transported to China: 倶舍 (Abhidharma) Kośa; 成實 Satya-siddhi; and the school of Harivarman, the律 Vinaya school. These are described by Mahāyānists as the Buddha's adaptable way of meeting the questions and capacity of his hearers, though his own mind is spoken of as always being in the absolute Mahāyāna all-embracing realm. Such is the Mahāyāna view of Hīnayāna, and if the Vaipulya sūtras and special scriptures of their school, which are repudiated by Hīnayāna, are apocryphal, of which there seems no doubt, then Mahāyāna in condemning Hīnayāna must find other support for its claim to orthodoxy. The sūtras on which it chiefly relies, as regards the Buddha, have no authenticity; while those of Hīnayāna cannot be accepted as his veritable teaching in the absence of fundamental research. Hīnayāna is said to have first been divided into minority and majority sections immediately after the death of Śākyamuni, when the sthāvira, or older disciples, remained in what is spoken of as "the cave", some place at Rājagṛha, to settle the future of the order, and the general body of disciples remained outside; these two are the first 上坐部 and 大衆部 q. v. The first doctrinal division is reported to have taken place under the leadership of the monk 大天 Mahādeva (q.v.) a hundred years after the Buddha's nirvāṇa and during the reign of Aśoka; his reign, however, has been placed later than this by historians. Mahādeva's sect became the Mahāsāṅghikā, the other the Sthāvira. In time the two are said to have divided into eighteen, which with the two originals are the so-called "twenty sects" of Hīnayāna. Another division of four sects, referred to by Yijing, is that of the 大衆部 (Arya) Mahāsaṅghanikāya, 上座部 Āryasthavirāḥ, 根本說一切有部 Mūlasarvāstivādaḥ, and 正量部 Saṃmatīyāḥ. There is still another division of five sects, 五部律. For the eighteen Hīnayāna sects see 小乘十八部.

峰線


峰线

see styles
fēng xiàn
    feng1 xian4
feng hsien
mountain ridge line

州界

see styles
zhōu jiè
    zhou1 jie4
chou chieh
state border; state line

差足

see styles
 sashiashi
    さしあし
(1) stealthy steps; (2) spurt to overtake a leading horse just before the finish line

序引

see styles
xù yǐn
    xu4 yin3
hsü yin
 Join mon
Opening Line

底線


底线

see styles
dǐ xiàn
    di3 xian4
ti hsien
bottom line; the limit of what one is prepared to accept; (sports) baseline; (sewing) under thread; spy; informer; plant

底邊


底边

see styles
dǐ biān
    di3 bian1
ti pien
base (of a triangle); base line; hem line (of skirt)

底限

see styles
dǐ xiàn
    di3 xian4
ti hsien
lowest limit; bottom line

座機


座机

see styles
zuò jī
    zuo4 ji1
tso chi
fixed-line phone; landline; private plane

廃家

see styles
 haika; haike
    はいか; はいけ
(1) deserted house; ruined house; (noun/participle) (2) abolishing one's own family line in order to join another (under pre-1947 Japanese law); extinct family

廃線

see styles
 haisen
    はいせん
abandoned railway line; closed railway line; discontinued line

延長


延长

see styles
yán cháng
    yan2 chang2
yen ch`ang
    yen chang
 enchou / encho
    えんちょう
to prolong; to extend; to delay
(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) extension; elongation; prolongation; lengthening; (2) (total) length; (3) extension (e.g. of one's work); continuation; (4) {math} extension (of a line segment); (5) {phil} extension (property of occupying space); (6) (hist) Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26); (given name) Enchō

引く

see styles
 hiku
    ひく
(v5k,vi,vt) (1) to pull; (2) to draw (attention, etc.); to attract (interest, etc.); (3) to draw back; (4) to draw (a card); (5) to draw (plan, line, etc.); (6) to catch (cold); (7) to play (string instr.); (8) to look up (e.g. dictionary); to consult; (transitive verb) (9) to haul; to pull (vehicles); (10) to subtract; (11) to ebb; to fade; (12) to descend (from); to inherit (a characteristic); (13) to quote; to raise (as evidence); (14) to lay (a cable); to draw (a cable)

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

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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