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Simple Dictionary Definition |
〇 see styles |
líng ling2 ling maru まる |
More info & calligraphy: Enso - Japanese Zen Circle(1) circle (sometimes used for zero); (2) 'correct' (when marking); (3) symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); (4) period; full stop; (5) maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound |
切 see styles |
qiè qie4 ch`ieh chieh setsu せつ |
More info & calligraphy: Che(noun or adjectival noun) (1) (See 切に,切なる) eager; earnest; ardent; kind; keen; acute; (interjection) (2) (abbreviation) (also きり) (See 切る・3) OFF (on switch) To cut, carve; a whole; urgent; the 反切 system of spelling, i. e. the combination of the initial sound of one Chinese word with the final sound of another to indicate the sound of a third, a system introduced by translators of Buddhist works; v. 反. |
派 see styles |
pài pai4 p`ai pai minamata みなまた |
(literary) tributary; branch of a river; clique; school; group; faction; (bound form) style; manner; to send (a person or resource); to dispatch; to allocate (a resource or task); to appoint (sb); classifier for factions, groups etc; (preceded by 一[yi1]) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc; (loanword) pi (Greek letter Π, π); the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159...; (loanword) pie (n,n-suf) (1) group; faction; clique; coterie; (n,n-suf) (2) (political) faction; wing; camp; (n,n-suf) (3) school (of thought, painting, etc.); (n,n-suf) (4) sect; denomination; (surname) Minamata branch |
迦 see styles |
jiā jia1 chia ka |
More info & calligraphy: KyaTranslit. ka, kā; cf. 伽; 各; 嘎; 揭; 柯; 箇; 紺; 羯. |
香 see styles |
xiāng xiang1 hsiang yuka ゆか |
More info & calligraphy: Fragrant / Good Smell(See 御香) incense; (female given name) Yuka (竹; 象) Incense made in coils and burnt to measure the time; also 香盤; 香印.; gandha. Fragrance; incense; the sense of smell, i.e. one of the ṣaḍāyātana, six senses. Incense is one of the 使 Buddha's messengers to stimulate faith and devotion. |
ふふ see styles |
fufu ふふ |
giggling sound; laugh; ha ha |
ほう see styles |
bou / bo ボウ |
(interjection) (1) oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; (expression) (2) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute); (personal name) Bow |
りん see styles |
rin リン |
ring (sound); ding; (f,p) Linn; Lin; Lyn; Lynn; Lynne; Ryn; Rin |
丁丁 see styles |
zhēng zhēng zheng1 zheng1 cheng cheng toutou / toto とうとう chouchou / chocho ちょうちょう |
More info & calligraphy: Tintin(adv,n) clashing of swords; felling of trees; ringing of an ax |
健康 see styles |
jiàn kāng jian4 kang1 chien k`ang chien kang takeyasu たけやす |
More info & calligraphy: Good Health(1) health; (adjectival noun) (2) healthy; sound; fit; wholesome; (given name) Takeyasu |
公案 see styles |
gōng àn gong1 an4 kung an kouan / koan こうあん |
More info & calligraphy: Koan{Buddh} koan; kōan; Zen question for meditation (e.g. the sound of one hand clapping) J. kōan; 因緣 A dossier, or case-record; a cause; public laws, regulations; case-law. Problems set by Zen masters, upon which thought is concentrated as a means to attain inner unity and illumination. |
地獄 地狱 see styles |
dì yù di4 yu4 ti yü jigoku じごく |
More info & calligraphy: Hell(1) {Buddh} hell realm; Naraka; (2) {Christn} Hell; (3) hell; misery; nightmare; inferno; (4) place where a volcano or hot springs constantly spew smoke or steam; (place-name) Jigoku naraka, 捺落迦 (or 那落迦) ; niraya 泥犂; explained by 不樂 joyless; 可厭 disgusting, hateful; 苦具, 苦器 means of suffering; if 地獄 earth-prison; 冥府 the shades, or departments of darkness. Earth-prison is generally intp. as hell or the hells; it may also be termed purgatory; one of the six gati or ways of transmigration. The hells are divided into three classes: I. Central, or radical, 根本地獄 consisting of (1) The eight hot hells. These were the original hells of primitive Buddhism, and are supposed to be located umder the southern continent Jambudvīpa 瞻部州, 500 yojanas below the surface. (a) 等活 or 更活 Saṃjīva, rebirth, where after many kinds of suffering a cold wind blows over the soul and returns it to this life as it was before, hence the name 等活. (b) 黑繩 Kaslasūtra, where the sufferer is bound with black chains and chopped or sawn asunder. (c) 線合; 衆合; 堆壓 Saṃghāta, where are multitudes of implements of torture, or the falling of mountains upon the sufferer. (d) 號呌; 呼呼; 叫喚 Raurava, hell of wailing. (e) 大呌; 大號呌; 大呼 Mahāraurava, hell of great wailing. (f) 炎熱; 燒炙 Tapana, hell of fames and burning. (g) 大熱; 大燒炙; 大炎熱 Pratāpana, hell of molten lead. (h) 無間; 河鼻旨; 阿惟越致; 阿毗至; 阿鼻; 阿毗 Avīci, unintermitted suffering, where sinners die and are reborn to suffer without interval. (2) The eight cold hells 八寒地獄. (a) 頞浮陀地獄 Arbuda, where the cold causes blisters. (b) 尼刺部陀 Nirarbuda, colder still causing the blisters to burst. (c) 頞哳吒; 阿吒吒 Atata, where this is the only possible sound from frozen lips. (d) 臛臛婆; 阿波波 Hahava or Apapa, where it is so cold that only this sound can be uttered. (e) 虎虎婆 Hāhādhara or Huhuva, where only this sound can be uttered. (f) 嗢鉢羅; 鬱鉢羅 (or 優鉢羅) Utpala, or 尼羅鳥 (or 漚) 鉢羅 Nīlotpala, where the skin is frozen like blue lotus buds. (g) 鉢特摩 Padma, where the skin is frozen and bursts open like red lotus buds. (h) 摩訶鉢特摩 Mahāpadma, ditto like great red lotus buds. Somewhat different names are also given. Cf. 倶舍論 8; 智度論 16; 涅槃經 11. II. The secondary hells are called 近邊地獄 adjacent hells or 十六遊增 each of its four sides, opening from each such door are four adjacent hells, in all sixteen; thus with the original eight there are 136. A list of eighteen hells is given in the 十八泥梨經. III. A third class is called the 孤地獄 (獨地獄) Lokāntarika, or isolated hells in mountains, deserts, below the earth and above it. Eitel says in regard to the eight hot hells that they range 'one beneath the other in tiers which begin at a depth of 11,900 yojanas and reach to a depth of 40,000 yojanas'. The cold hells are under 'the two Tchahavālas and range shaft-like one below the other, but so that this shaft is gradually widening to the fourth hell and then narrowing itself again so that the first and last hell have the shortest, those in the centre the longest diameter'. 'Every universe has the same number of hells, ' but 'the northern continent has no hell whatever, the two continents east and west of Meru have only small Lokāntarika hells... whilst all the other hells are required for the inhabitants of the southern continent '. It may be noted that the purpose of these hells is definitely punitive, as well as purgatorial. Yama is the judge and ruler, assisted by eighteen officers and a host of demons, who order or administer the various degrees of torture. 'His sister performs the same duties with regard to female criminals, ' and it may be mentioned that the Chinese have added the 血盆池 Lake of the bloody bath, or 'placenta tank' for women who die in childbirth. Release from the hells is in the power of the monks by tantric means. |
安穩 安稳 see styles |
ān wěn an1 wen3 an wen an non |
More info & calligraphy: Stable - Mind at Peace安隱 Body and mind at rest. |
平安 see styles |
píng ān ping2 an1 p`ing an ping an bean べあん |
More info & calligraphy: Safe and Sound(noun or adjectival noun) (1) peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (2) (hist) (See 平安時代) Heian period (794-1185); (surname) Bean agreeable |
正確 正确 see styles |
zhèng què zheng4 que4 cheng ch`üeh cheng chüeh seikaku / sekaku せいかく |
More info & calligraphy: Correct and Proper(noun or adjectival noun) (See 精確) accurate; correct; precise; exact |
篤實 笃实 see styles |
dǔ shí du3 shi2 tu shih tokujitsu |
More info & calligraphy: Sincerity and Faithfulnessfaithful |
ちゅー see styles |
chuu / chu チュー |
(noun/participle) (1) (colloquialism) kiss; (n,adv-to) (2) squeak (as in the sound made by mice); (3) sound of liquid being sucked up; (place-name) Chu (Kyrgyzstan); (place-name) Chu (Kazakhstan) |
ひゅー see styles |
pyuu / pyu ピュー |
(adverb taking the "to" particle) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) (with a) whizzing sound; sound of something whizzing by; (personal name) Pugh |
健やか see styles |
sukoyaka すこやか |
More info & calligraphy: Strong / Healthy |
大丈夫 see styles |
dà zhàng fu da4 zhang4 fu5 ta chang fu masurao ますらお |
More info & calligraphy: Man of Character(adjectival noun) (1) safe; secure; sound; problem-free; without fear; all right; alright; OK; okay; (adverb) (2) certainly; surely; undoubtedly; (int,adj-na) (3) (colloquialism) no thanks; I'm good; that's alright; (4) (だいじょうぶ only) (archaism) (See 大丈夫・だいじょうふ) great man; fine figure of a man; (given name) Masurao a great man |
クリック see styles |
guriggu グリッグ |
More info & calligraphy: Click |
ばんばん see styles |
banban バンバン |
(adverb) (1) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) with a bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire); (2) at a mad pace (spend money, work); with great vigor; (place-name) Bambang |
ぴーぴー see styles |
piipii / pipi ぴーぴー |
(n,adv) (1) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) peep; chirp; beep; whistling, chirping, piping, etc. sound made by birds, insects, pipes, children, etc.; (noun/participle) (2) poor; hard up; pinched; (3) the runs; diarrhea; diarrhoea; (4) flute; pipe; (5) beginner; novice |
平安無事 平安无事 see styles |
píng ān wú shì ping2 an1 wu2 shi4 p`ing an wu shih ping an wu shih heianbuji / heanbuji へいあんぶじ |
More info & calligraphy: Safe and Sound(noun or adjectival noun) (yoji) peace and quiet; safe and peaceful; tranquil and uneventful |
跫 see styles |
qióng qiong2 ch`iung chiung ashioto あしおと |
sound of footsteps (1) (sound of) footsteps; (2) sense or sign that something is approaching |
音 see styles |
yīn yin1 yin riri りり |
sound; noise; note (of musical scale); tone; news; syllable; reading (phonetic value of a character) (n,n-suf) (1) sound; noise; (2) (speech) sound; (3) (See 訓・1) Chinese-derived reading of a kanji; (female given name) Riri Sound, note, that which is heard. |
響 响 see styles |
xiǎng xiang3 hsiang rizumu りずむ |
echo; sound; noise; to make a sound; to sound; to ring; loud; classifier for noises (irregular okurigana usage) (1) echo; reverberation; (2) sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; (3) quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound; emotion or feeling inspired by something heard or read; (female given name) Rizumu pratiśrut. Echo, resonance. |
健全 see styles |
jiàn quán jian4 quan2 chien ch`üan chien chüan kenzen けんぜん |
robust; sound (noun or adjectival noun) healthy; sound; wholesome |
吸音 see styles |
xī yīn xi1 yin1 hsi yin kyuuon / kyuon きゅうおん |
sound-absorbing (n,vs,vi,adj-no) sound absorption |
天籟 天籁 see styles |
tiān lài tian1 lai4 t`ien lai tien lai tenrai てんらい |
sounds of nature (1) sound of wind; (2) beautiful poetry; (given name) Tenrai |
心音 see styles |
xīn yīn xin1 yin1 hsin yin motone もとね |
sound of the heart; heartbeat {med} heart sound; cardiac sound; (female given name) Motone |
擬音 拟音 see styles |
nǐ yīn ni3 yin1 ni yin gion ぎおん |
to make a sound effect; sound effect; (historical linguistics) to reconstruct the sound system of an archaic language imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect |
清音 see styles |
qīng yīn qing1 yin1 ch`ing yin ching yin seion / seon せいおん |
(phonetics) voiceless sound (1) {ling} (e.g. か, さ, た, は) (See 濁音,半濁音) syllable with an unvoiced consonant (except "p"; in Japanese); syllable written without a dakuten or handakuten; (2) clear sound; (given name) Seion |
測深 测深 see styles |
cè shēn ce4 shen1 ts`e shen tse shen sokushin そくしん |
to sound (sea depth) (n,vs,vt,vi) (depth) sounding |
濁音 浊音 see styles |
zhuó yīn zhuo2 yin1 cho yin dakuon だくおん |
(phonetics) voiced sound; sonant {ling} (e.g. が, ざ, だ, ば) (See 清音・1,半濁音) syllable with a voiced consonant (in Japanese); voiced sound |
熟睡 see styles |
shú shuì shu2 shui4 shu shui jukusui じゅくすい |
asleep; sleeping soundly (n,vs,vi) deep sleep; sound sleep; profound sleep |
語音 语音 see styles |
yǔ yīn yu3 yin1 yü yin goon ごおん |
speech sounds; pronunciation; colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character; phonetic; audio; voice; (Internet) to voice chat; voice message sound of a word; sounds of speech; phoneme phonemes |
鏗鏘 铿锵 see styles |
kēng qiāng keng1 qiang1 k`eng ch`iang keng chiang kousou / koso こうそう |
sonorous; resounding; fig. resounding words (adj-t,adv-to) (archaism) resounding (sound of bells, musical instruments, stones being struck, etc.) tinkling of jade or metal pendants |
音波 see styles |
yīn bō yin1 bo1 yin po otowa おとわ |
sound wave {physics} sound wave; acoustic wave; (female given name) Otowa |
音質 音质 see styles |
yīn zhì yin1 zhi4 yin chih onshitsu おんしつ |
tone; sound quality; timbre tone quality; sound quality |
音速 see styles |
yīn sù yin1 su4 yin su onsoku おんそく |
speed of sound speed of sound |
音響 音响 see styles |
yīn xiǎng yin1 xiang3 yin hsiang onkyou / onkyo おんきょう |
sound; acoustics; audio; hi-fi system; stereo sound system (abbr. for 組合音響|组合音响[zu3 he2 yin1 xiang3]) sound; noise; audio; acoustics; reverberation voice |
ー see styles |
chouon / choon ー |
(unc) (indicates that the preceding character is pronounced with a long vowel sound; used mainly in katakana writing) (See 長音符・1) long-vowel mark |
伽 see styles |
qié qie2 ch`ieh chieh kasumi かすみ |
used to transliterate Sanskrit "gha" nursing; nurse; attending; attendant; entertainer; (personal name) Kasumi Interchanged with 迦 q.v.; translit. ga, gha, ka, khya, g and in one case for ha. |
叭 see styles |
bā ba1 pa |
denote a sound or sharp noise (gunfire etc) |
叮 see styles |
dīng ding1 ting |
to sting or bite (of mosquito, bee etc); to say repeatedly; to urge insistently; to ask repeatedly; to stick to a point; (onom.) tinkling or jingling sound |
吟 see styles |
yín yin2 yin gin ぎん |
to chant; to recite; verse; song (often used in titles of classical poems); (literary) to lament; to groan; (bound form) (in poetry) the cry of certain animals and insects; (music) rapid vibrato (technique for playing the guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2]) (cf. 猱[nao2], wide vibrato) (1) recitation (of a poem); chanting; singing; (2) composition (of a poem); composed poem; (n,n-suf) (3) classical Chinese poetry form; (n,suf) (4) stress of sound in noh song; (female given name) Gin Chant, hum, mutter. |
咍 see styles |
hāi hai1 hai |
(interj.); happy; sound of laughter |
咑 see styles |
dā da1 ta |
da! (sound used to move animals along) |
咕 see styles |
gū gu1 ku |
(onom.) for the sound of a bird, an empty stomach etc |
咪 see styles |
mī mi1 mi |
sound for calling a cat |
咴 see styles |
huī hui1 hui |
neigh; whinny (sound made by a horse) |
咾 see styles |
lǎo lao3 lao |
a noise; a sound |
哞 see styles |
mōu mou1 mou |
moo (sound made by cow) |
哢 see styles |
lòng long4 lung |
to sing or chirp (of birds); music sound |
唏 see styles |
xī xi1 hsi |
sound of sobbing |
唼 see styles |
shǎ sha3 sha |
to speak evil; gobbling sound made by ducks |
唿 see styles |
hū hu1 hu |
to whistle (with fingers in one's mouth); (onom.) for the sound of the wind |
喀 see styles |
kā ka1 k`a ka |
(onom.) sound of coughing or vomiting |
喤 see styles |
huáng huang2 huang |
sobbing; sound of bell |
嗙 see styles |
pǎng pang3 p`ang pang |
(dialect) to boast; to brag; (onom.) sound of hitting something |
嗢 see styles |
wà wa4 wa otsu |
To clear the throat; translit. u, cf. 鬱, 烏, 溫, 優. |
嗷 see styles |
áo ao2 ao |
loud clamor; the sound of wailing |
嗿 see styles |
tǎn tan3 t`an tan |
sound of many people eating |
嘁 see styles |
qī qi1 ch`i chi |
whispering sound |
嘒 see styles |
huì hui4 hui |
shrill sound; twinkling |
嘓 啯 see styles |
guō guo1 kuo |
sound of swallowing; croak |
嘟 see styles |
dū du1 tu |
(onom.) toot; honk; beep (sound of a horn etc); (coll.) to pout |
嘩 哗 see styles |
huá hua2 hua akira あきら |
clamor; noise; (bound form) sound used to call cats (given name) Akira |
嘶 see styles |
sī si1 ssu sai |
hiss; neigh; Ss! (sound of air sucked between the teeth, indicating hesitation or thinking over) To neigh; a crashing noise. |
噌 see styles |
chēng cheng1 ch`eng cheng |
sound of bells etc |
嚆 see styles |
hāo hao1 hao |
sound; noise |
嚗 see styles |
bó bo2 po |
(onom.) sound of something splitting or breaking apart; sound of an object falling to the ground; a cry of rage; Taiwan pr. [bo1] |
嚝 see styles |
hōng hong1 hung |
to sigh; sound of a drum |
嚦 呖 see styles |
lì li4 li |
sound of splitting; cracking |
嚩 see styles |
mó mo2 mo ba |
Translit. va, ba; cf. 縛; e.g. 嚩日羅 vajra. |
嚯 see styles |
huò huo4 huo |
(onom.) expressing admiration or surprise; (onom.) sound of a laugh |
埵 see styles |
duǒ duo3 to ta |
solid earth transliteration of ta sound |
塵 尘 see styles |
chén chen2 ch`en chen chiri ちり |
dust; dirt; earth (1) dust; (2) trash; garbage; rubbish; dirt; (3) (usu. as 塵ほども...ない) negligible amount; tiny bit; (4) hustle and bustle (of life); worldly cares; impurities of the world; (5) (abbreviation) {sumo} (See 塵手水) ritual gestures indicating that a fight will be clean guṇa, in Sanskrit inter alia means 'a secondary element', 'a quality', 'an attribute of the five elements', e.g. 'ether has śabda or sound for its guṇa and the ear for its organ'. In Chinese it means 'dust, small particles; molecules, atoms, exhalations'. It may be intp. as an atom, or matter, which is considered as defilement; or as an active, conditioned principle in nature, minute, subtle, and generally speaking defiling to pure mind; worldly, earthly, the world. The six guṇas or sensation-data are those of sight, sound, smell, taste, touch, and thought. |
境 see styles |
jìng jing4 ching sakae さかえ |
border; place; condition; boundary; circumstances; territory (1) border; boundary; (2) turning point; watershed; (3) area; region; spot; space; environment; (4) psychological state; mental state; (1) border; boundary; (2) area; region; spot; space; environment; (3) psychological state; mental state; (4) (Buddhist term) cognitive object; something perceptible by the sense organs or mind; (surname) Sakae viṣaya; artha; gocara. A region, territory, environment, surroundings, area, field, sphere, e.g. the sphere of mind, the sphere of form for the eye, of sound for the ear, etc.; any objective mental projection regarded as reality. |
声 see styles |
chika ちか |
(1) {Buddh} (See 六境) voice; sound; (2) {ling} (also read せい) (See 四声,声点) tone (of Chinese character); tone mark; (3) stress (in pronunciation); intonation; accent; (female given name) Chika |
夷 see styles |
yí yi2 i ebisu えびす |
non-Han people, esp. to the East of China; barbarians; to wipe out; to exterminate; to tear down; to raze barbarian; (surname) Ebisu transliteration of Indic i sound |
媻 see styles |
pán pan2 p`an pan ba |
to move To and fro, to roll: translit. bha, va. |
尖 see styles |
jiān jian1 chien togari とがり |
pointed; tapering; sharp; (of a sound) shrill; piercing; (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp; acute; keen; to make (one's voice) shrill; sharp point; tip; the best of something; the cream of the crop (irregular okurigana usage) (kana only) diagonal move (in the game of go); (surname) Togari to be pointed |
庾 see styles |
yǔ yu3 yü yu |
surname Yu; name of a mountain Indic yu sound |
毘 毗 see styles |
pí pi2 p`i pi bi |
variant of 毗[pi2] Contiguous; surrounded; hemmed in; liberal; to aid; manifest; translit. v, vi, vai, vya, ve, pi, bh, bhi. Cf. 鞞, 鼻, 吠. |
泙 see styles |
píng ping2 p`ing ping nagi なぎ |
sound of water splashing (surname) Nagi |
泠 see styles |
líng ling2 ling |
sound of water flowing |
浤 see styles |
hóng hong2 hung |
sound of water surging |
淅 see styles |
xī xi1 hsi |
(onom.) sound of rain, sleet etc |
渢 沨 see styles |
fēng feng1 feng |
(onom.) sound of flowing water; sound of wind; Taiwan pr. [feng2] |
湩 see styles |
dòng dong4 tung |
milk; sound of a drum |
潀 see styles |
cóng cong2 ts`ung tsung |
gather; flow into (water); sound of waters flowing together |
潚 㴋 see styles |
xiāo xiao1 hsiao |
sound of rain and wind |
濍 see styles |
sōng song1 sung |
(onom.) sound of water |
瀺 see styles |
chán chan2 ch`an chan |
sound of water |
片 see styles |
piàn pian4 p`ien pien katayanagi かたやなぎ |
thin piece; flake; a slice; film; TV play; to slice; to carve thin; partial; incomplete; one-sided; classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water; classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc; used with numeral 一[yi1]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc; Kangxi radical 91 (counter) (See 一片・いっぺん・1) counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.; (surname) Katayanagi A slice, slip, card; brief, few. |
砉 see styles |
xū xu1 hsü |
sound of flaying |
砯 see styles |
pīng ping1 p`ing ping |
(old) (onom.) sound of water against rocks |
磔 see styles |
zhé zhe2 che taku たく |
old term for the right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (e.g. the last stroke of 大[da4]), now called 捺[na4]; sound made by birds (onom.); (literary) to dismember (form of punishment); to spread (See 永字八法) eighth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; stroke that falls rightwards and fattens at the bottom |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "Sound" 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.
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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