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| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
我 see styles |
wǒ wo3 wo ga が |
I; me; my (1) {Buddh} obstinacy; (2) atman; the self; the ego I, my, mine; the ego, the master of the body, compared to the ruler of a country. Composed of the five skandhas and hence not a permanent entity. It is used for ātman, the self, personality. Buddhism takes as a fundamental dogma 無我, i.e. no 常我, no permanent ego, only recognizing a temporal or functional ego. The erroneous idea of a permanent self continued in reincarnation is the source of all illusion. But the Nirvana Sutra definitely asserts a permanent ego in the transcendental world, above the range of reincarnation; and the trend of Mahāyāna supports such permanence; v. 常我樂淨. |
老 see styles |
lǎo lao3 lao rou / ro ろう |
prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough (n,n-pref,n-suf) (1) old age; age; old people; the old; the aged; senior; elder; (pronoun) (2) (archaism) (humble language) (used by the elderly) I; me; my humble self; (surname) Rou jarā; old, old age. |
小子 see styles |
xiǎo zi xiao3 zi5 hsiao tzu choko ちょこ |
(coll.) boy; (derog.) joker; guy; (despicable) fellow (1) (form) little child; (2) (archaism) male between 4 and 16 years old (ritsuryō period); (3) (archaism) (See 弟子) pupil; disciple; follower; (pronoun) (4) (form) (humble language) I; me; my humble self; (pronoun) (5) (archaism) (referring to an inferior) you; (female given name) Choko |
小生 see styles |
komo こも |
(pronoun) (humble language) (masculine speech) (used mainly in letters) I; me; my humble self; (place-name) Komo |
我心 see styles |
wǒ xīn wo3 xin1 wo hsin gashin わがこころ |
(exp,n) my heart self-[attached] mind |
我意 see styles |
wǒ yì wo3 yi4 wo i gai がい |
self-will; obstinacy my point |
迂叟 see styles |
usou / uso うそう |
(pronoun) (humble language) (archaism) (masculine speech) (used by the elderly) I; me; my humble self; (personal name) Usou |
迂拙 see styles |
yū zhuō yu1 zhuo1 yü cho usetsu うせつ |
stupid; impractical (1) (archaism) (masculine speech) poor and careless way of living; (pronoun) (2) (humble language) (archaism) (masculine speech) (See 迂叟・うそう) I; me; my humble self |
迂生 see styles |
usei / use うせい |
(pronoun) (archaism) (humble language) (masculine speech) (used in letters) I; me; my humble self |
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).
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