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上班

see styles
shàng bān
    shang4 ban1
shang pan
to go to work; to be on duty; to start work; to go to the office

上鐘


上钟

see styles
shàng zhōng
    shang4 zhong1
shang chung
 uekane
    うえかね
to clock in for work
(place-name) Uekane

下工

see styles
xià gōng
    xia4 gong1
hsia kung
 shimoku
    しもく
to knock off (at the end of a day's work); to finish work
(place-name) Shimoku

下放

see styles
xià fàng
    xia4 fang4
hsia fang
 kahou / kaho
    かほう
to delegate; to decentralize; to demote a party cadre to work on the shop floor or in the countryside
(hist) (See 下放運動・かほううんどう) movements for sending young people to the countryside in China (1937, 1957, 1968)

下班

see styles
xià bān
    xia4 ban1
hsia pan
 shimohan
    しもはん
to finish work; to get off work; next service (train, bus, etc)
(place-name) Shimohan

不行

see styles
bù xíng
    bu4 xing2
pu hsing
 fugyō
won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable
not practicing

不靈


不灵

see styles
bù líng
    bu4 ling2
pu ling
not work; be ineffective

中奥

see styles
 nakaoku
    なかおく
area of the Edo castle where the shogun would work and spend his daily life; (place-name, surname) Nakaoku

中論


中论

see styles
zhōng lùn
    zhong1 lun4
chung lun
 Chūron
中觀論 Prāñnyāya-mūla-śāstra-ṭīkā, or Prāṇyamula-śāstra-ṭīkā; the Mādhyamika-śāstra, attributed to the bodhisattvas Nāgārjuna as creator, and Nīlacakṣus as compiler; tr. by Kumārajīva A. D. 409. It is the principal work of the Mādhyamika, or Middle School, attributed to Nāgārjuna. Versions only exist in Chinese and Tibetan; an English translation by Miyamoto exists and publication is promised; a German version is by Walleser. The 中論 is the first and most?? important of the 三論 q. v. The teaching of this School is found additionally in the 順中論; 般若燈論釋大乘中觀釋論 and 中論疏. Cf. 中道. The doctrine opposes the rigid categories of existence and non-existence 假 and 空, and denies the two extremes of production (or creation) and nonproduction and other antitheses, in the interests of a middle or superior way.

主著

see styles
 shucho
    しゅちょ
one's chief (literary) work; main work

久曠


久旷

see styles
jiǔ kuàng
    jiu3 kuang4
chiu k`uang
    chiu kuang
to leave uncultivated for a long time; by extension, to neglect one's work; to remain single

乗務

see styles
 joumu / jomu
    じょうむ
(n,vs,vi) doing transport-related work

乞食

see styles
qǐ shí
    qi3 shi2
ch`i shih
    chi shih
 kojiki(p); kotsujiki(ok)
    こじき(P); こつじき(ok)
to beg for food
(1) (sensitive word) beggar; (n,vs,vi) (2) begging
To beg for food, one of the twelve dhūtas prescribing outward conduct of the monk; mendicancy is the 正命 right livelihood of a monk, to work for a living is 邪命 an improper life: mendicancy keeps a monk humble, frees him from the cares of life, and offers the donors a field of blessedness; but he may not ask for food.

予鈴

see styles
 yorei / yore
    よれい
(See 本鈴) bell signalling that work, class, etc. will formally begin shortly; first bell; warning bell

事業


事业

see styles
shì yè
    shi4 ye4
shih yeh
 jigyou / jigyo
    じぎょう
undertaking; project; activity; (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause; publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation; career; occupation; CL:個|个[ge4]
(1) business; enterprise; venture; (commercial) activity; (business) operation; industry; (2) (social) project; undertaking; enterprise; work; activity; program; service
action

事由

see styles
shì yóu
    shi4 you2
shih yu
 jiyuu / jiyu
    じゆう
main content; matter; work; origin of an incident; cause; purpose; subject (of business letter)
reason; cause

五智

see styles
wǔ zhì
    wu3 zhi4
wu chih
 gochi
    ごち
(place-name, surname) Gochi
The five kinds of wisdom of the 眞言宗 Shingon School. Of the six elements 六大 earth, water, fire, air (or wind), ether (or space) 曇空, and consciousness (or mind 識 ), the first five form the phenomenal world, or Garbhadhātu, the womb of all things 胎藏界, the sixth is the conscious, or perceptive, or wisdom world, the Vajradhātu 金剛界, sometimes called the Diamond realm. The two realms are not originally apart, but one, and there is no consciousness without the other five elements. The sixth element, vijñāna, is further subdivided into five called the 五智 Five Wisdoms: (1) 法界體性智 dharmadhātu-prakṛti-jñāna, derived from the amala-vijñāna, or pure 識; it is the wisdom of the embodied nature of the dharmadhātu, defined as the six elements, and is associated with Vairocana 大日, in the centre, who abides in this samādhi; it also corresponds to the ether 空 element. (2) 大圓鏡智 adarśana-jñāna, the great round mirror wisdom, derived from the ālaya-vijñāna, reflecting all things; corresponds to earth, and is associated with Akṣobhya and the east. (3) 平等性智 samatā-jñāna, derived from mano-vijñāna, wisdom in regard to all things equally and universally; corresponds to fire, and is associated with Ratnasaṃbhava and the south. (4) 妙觀察智 pratyavekṣaṇa-jñāna, derived from 意識, wisdom of profound insight, or discrimination, for exposition and doubt-destruction; corresponds to water, and is associated with Amitābha and the west. (5) 成所作智 kṛtyānuṣṭhāna-jñāna, derived from the five senses, the wisdom of perfecting the double work of self-welfare and the welfare of others; corresponds to air 風 and is associated with Amoghasiddhi and the north. These five Dhyāni-Buddhas are the 五智如來. The five kinds of wisdom are the four belonging to every Buddha, of the exoteric cult, to which the esoteric cult adds the first, pure, all-refecting, universal, all-discerning, and all-perfecting.

人手

see styles
rén shǒu
    ren2 shou3
jen shou
 hitode
    ひとで
manpower; staff; human hand
(1) someone else's hands; someone else's possession; (2) hand (worker); aide; (3) labor; labour; work; manpower; effort; (4) help; assistance; (5) (human) hand; human act
a person's hand

人為


人为

see styles
rén wéi
    ren2 wei2
jen wei
 jini
    じんい
artificial; man-made; having human cause or origin; human attempt or effort
(noun - becomes adjective with の) human work; human agency; art; artificiality

今作

see styles
 konsaku
    こんさく
(1) this work; this title; (2) (archaism) modern work not based on old styles

仕事

see styles
 shigoto
    しごと
(n,vs,vi) (1) work; job; labor; labour; business; task; assignment; occupation; employment; (2) {physics} work

仕初

see styles
 shizome
    しぞめ
(1) outset; beginning; starting (things); (2) resuming work after the New Year's vacation

任課


任课

see styles
rèn kè
    ren4 ke4
jen k`o
    jen ko
to give classes; to work as a teacher

休工

see styles
 kyuukou / kyuko
    きゅうこう
(n,vs,vt,vi) (temporary) halting of construction work

休暇

see styles
 kyuuka / kyuka
    きゅうか
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)

伝教

see styles
 dengyou; denkyou / dengyo; denkyo
    でんぎょう; でんきょう
missionary work (esp. Buddhist); preaching; (personal name) Dengyou

伝道

see styles
 dendou / dendo
    でんどう
(n,vs,vt,vi) missionary work; proselytizing; preaching; evangelism; (surname) Dendō

佚文

see styles
 itsubun
    いつぶん
(1) lost work; lost writings; (2) partially lost work; literary fragment; work that survives through quotations; (3) work of a superior quality

佛事

see styles
fó shì
    fo2 shi4
fo shih
 butsuji
Buddha's affairs, the work of transforming all beings; or of doing Buddha-work, e.g. prayers and worship.

佛經


佛经

see styles
fó jīng
    fo2 jing1
fo ching
 bukkyō
Buddhist texts; Buddhist scripture
Buddhist canonical literature; also Buddha's image and sutras, with special reference to those purporting to have been introduced under Han Mingdi; sutras probably existed in China before that reign, but evidence is lacking. The first work, generally attributed to Mingdi's reign, is known as The Sutra of Forty-two Sections 四十二章經 but Maspero in B.E.F.E.O. ascribes it to the second century A.D.

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.)

作務


作务

see styles
zuò wù
    zuo4 wu4
tso wu
 samu
    さむ
{Buddh} work in a Zen temple (e.g. cleaning, working in the fields)
labor

作息

see styles
zuò xī
    zuo4 xi1
tso hsi
to work and rest

作者

see styles
zuò zhě
    zuo4 zhe3
tso che
 sakusha
    さくしゃ
author; writer
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright; dramatist
kartṛ; a doer, he who does things, hence the ātman, ego, or person within; the active element, or principle; one of the sixteen non-Buddhist definitions of the soul. Also kāraṇa, a cause, maker, creator, deity.

作譜

see styles
 sakufu
    さくふ
{comp} log (i.e. work-file)

佳作

see styles
jiā zuò
    jia1 zuo4
chia tso
 kasaku
    かさく
masterpiece; fine piece of writing
(1) good piece of work; (2) (abbreviation) honourable mention (honorable); (personal name) Yoshisaku

併録

see styles
 heiroku / heroku
    へいろく
(noun/participle) including (an extra work) within the same book, DVD, etc.

依傍

see styles
yī bàng
    yi1 bang4
i pang
to rely on; to depend on; to imitate (a model); to base a work (on some model)

係う

see styles
 kakazurau
    かかずらう
(v5u,vi) (1) (kana only) to be mixed up with; to have a connection with (a troublesome matter); (2) to be a stickler about; to be finicky about (some triviality); (3) to take part (in some work); to hang about; to bother (someone)

係る

see styles
 kakaru
    かかる
(v5r,vi) (1) (See 掛かる・かかる・4) to be the work of; to be the result of; to be done by; (v5r,vi) (2) to concern; to affect; to involve; to relate to

俗事

see styles
sú shì
    su2 shi4
su shih
 zokuji
    ぞくじ
everyday routine; ordinary affairs
worldly affairs; everyday affairs; common cares; routine work; daily chores
mundane affairs

修営

see styles
 shuuei / shue
    しゅうえい
(noun/participle) building work

倒班

see styles
dǎo bān
    dao3 ban1
tao pan
to change shifts; to work in turns

值班

see styles
zhí bān
    zhi2 ban1
chih pan
to work a shift; on duty

假條


假条

see styles
jià tiáo
    jia4 tiao2
chia t`iao
    chia tiao
leave of absence request (from work or school); excuse note; CL:張|张[zhang1]

偉業


伟业

see styles
wěi yè
    wei3 ye4
wei yeh
 igyou / igyo
    いぎょう
exploit; great undertaking
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking

做事

see styles
zuò shì
    zuo4 shi4
tso shih
to work; to handle matters; to have a job

做工

see styles
zuò gōng
    zuo4 gong1
tso kung
to work with one's hands; manual work; workmanship

做法

see styles
zuò fǎ
    zuo4 fa3
tso fa
way of handling something; method for making; work method; recipe; practice; CL:個|个[ge4]

做活

see styles
zuò huó
    zuo4 huo2
tso huo
to work for a living (esp. of woman needleworker); life of a group of stones in Go 圍棋|围棋[wei2 qi2]

做雞


做鸡

see styles
zuò jī
    zuo4 ji1
tso chi
(slang) (of a woman) to work as a prostitute

做鴨


做鸭

see styles
zuò yā
    zuo4 ya1
tso ya
(slang) (of a man) to work as a prostitute

停工

see styles
tíng gōng
    ting2 gong1
t`ing kung
    ting kung
to stop work; to shut down; to stop production

停擺


停摆

see styles
tíng bǎi
    ting2 bai3
t`ing pai
    ting pai
(of a pendulum) to stop swinging; (of work, production, activities etc) to come to a halt; to be suspended; to be canceled; shutdown; (sports) lockout

健身

see styles
jiàn shēn
    jian4 shen1
chien shen
to exercise; to keep fit; to work out; physical exercise

偵探


侦探

see styles
zhēn tàn
    zhen1 tan4
chen t`an
    chen tan
detective; to do detective work

偵破


侦破

see styles
zhēn pò
    zhen1 po4
chen p`o
    chen po
to investigate (as detective); to solve (crime); to uncover (a plot); to sniff out; to break in and analyze; detective work; to scout

偷工

see styles
tōu gōng
    tou1 gong1
t`ou kung
    tou kung
to skimp on the job; to avoid work

偷惰

see styles
tōu duò
    tou1 duo4
t`ou to
    tou to
to skive off work; to be lazy

偷閑


偷闲

see styles
tōu xián
    tou1 xian2
t`ou hsien
    tou hsien
to snatch a moment of leisure; to take a break from work; also written 偷閒|偷闲[tou1 xian2]

偷閒


偷闲

see styles
tōu xián
    tou1 xian2
t`ou hsien
    tou hsien
to snatch a moment of leisure; to take a break from work

偽作

see styles
 gisaku
    ぎさく
(n,vs,vt,adj-no) apocryphal work; forgery; spurious article

働き

see styles
 hataraki
    はたらき
(1) work; labor; labour; (2) achievement; performance; ability; talent; (3) salary; income; earnings; (4) action; activity; workings; function; operation; movement; motion; (5) {ling} (also written as 活) conjugation; inflection

働く

see styles
 hataraku
    はたらく
(v5k,vi) (1) to work; to labor; to labour; (v5k,vi) (2) to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. ... works); to come into play; (v5k,vi) (3) to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate; to do; to act; to practise; to practice; (v5k,vi) (4) {ling} to be conjugated

像主

see styles
 zoushu / zoshu
    ぞうしゅ
(1) (rare) subject (of a portrait or bust); a person posing for a portrait or bust; (2) (historically) patron; someone who commissions a Buddhist temple or work of art

優品

see styles
 yuuhin / yuhin
    ゆうひん
excellent goods; excellent piece of work

元藏

see styles
yuán zàng
    yuan2 zang4
yüan tsang
 ganzō
The Yuan tripiṭaka, compiled by order of Shih Tsu (Kublai), founder of the Yuan dynasty, and printed from blocks; begun in 1277, the work was finished in 1290, in 1, 422 部 works, 6, 017 卷 sections, 558 凾 cases or covers. It contained 528 Mahayanist and 242 Hinayanist sutras; 25 Mahāyāna and 54 Hīnayāna vinaya; 97 Mahāyāna and 36 Hīnayāna śāstras; 108 biographies; and 332 supplementary or general works. In size, and generally, it was similar to the Sung edition. The 元藏目錄 or Catalogue of the Yuan tripiṭaka is also known as 大普寧寺大藏經目錄.

元請

see styles
 motouke / motoke
    もとうけ
prime contract work; prime contractor

入店

see styles
 nyuuten / nyuten
    にゅうてん
(n,vs,vi) (1) entering a store; entering a restaurant; (n,vs,vi) (2) becoming an employee of a store; starting to work at a store; (n,vs,vi) (3) opening up a shop (in a department store, etc.)

入社

see styles
 nyuusha / nyusha
    にゅうしゃ
(n,vs,vi) joining a company; getting a job with a company; starting work at a company

全休

see styles
quán xiū
    quan2 xiu1
ch`üan hsiu
    chüan hsiu
 zenkyuu / zenkyu
    ぜんきゅう
complete rest (after an illness)
(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) taking the whole day (week, period, etc.) off; being off work (school, etc.) the whole period; (n,vs,vi) (2) suspension of all (transportation) services (e.g. trains, flights)

全作

see styles
 zensaku
    ぜんさく
whole work; all of the works; (given name) Zensaku

兩棲


两栖

see styles
liǎng qī
    liang3 qi1
liang ch`i
    liang chi
amphibious; dual-talented; able to work in two different lines

八佾

see styles
 hachiitsu / hachitsu
    はちいつ
(work) Ba Yi (third chapter of the Analects of Confucius)

公事

see styles
gōng shì
    gong1 shi4
kung shih
 kouji / koji
    こうじ
work-related matters; documents
government business; (surname) Misumi

公假

see styles
gōng jià
    gong1 jia4
kung chia
official leave from work (e.g. maternity leave, sick leave or leave to attend to official business)

公傷


公伤

see styles
gōng shāng
    gong1 shang1
kung shang
 koushou / kosho
    こうしょう
work-related injury
occupational injury

公幹


公干

see styles
gōng gàn
    gong1 gan4
kung kan
public business; official work

共事

see styles
gòng shì
    gong4 shi4
kung shih
 gūji
to work together
shared [religious] action or performance

共作

see styles
gòng zuò
    gong4 zuo4
kung tso
 kyousaku / kyosaku
    きょうさく
(noun/participle) joint work; collaboration
made by both together

共著

see styles
 kyoucho / kyocho
    きょうちょ
joint authorship; co-authorship; collaboration; joint work

兼業

see styles
 kengyou / kengyo
    けんぎょう
(noun, transitive verb) (1) perusing as a side business; doing in addition to one's main work; running (businesses) simultaneously; (2) side business; job on the side

兼補

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

内勤

see styles
 naikin
    ないきん
(n,vs,vi) (See 外勤) office work; desk work; indoor work

冗用

see styles
 jouyou / joyo
    じょうよう
unnecessary work; unnecessary expense

冷血

see styles
lěng xuè
    leng3 xue4
leng hsüeh
 reiketsu / reketsu
    れいけつ
cold-blood; cold-blooded (animal)
(work) In Cold Blood (novel by Truman Capote); (wk) In Cold Blood (novel by Truman Capote)

凡作

see styles
 bonsaku
    ぼんさく
mediocre work; poor work

出品

see styles
chū pǐn
    chu1 pin3
ch`u p`in
    chu pin
 shuppin
    しゅっぴん
to produce an item; output; items that are produced
(n,vs,vt,vi) exhibiting; showing; putting on display; putting up for sale; entering (a work into a competition); submitting

出役

see styles
 shutsuyaku; deyaku
    しゅつやく; でやく
(n,vs,vi) (1) travelling for work; taking part in group work; (2) (archaism) practice of government officials taking on a temporary secondary role (Edo period)

出社

see styles
 shussha
    しゅっしゃ
(n,vs,vi) (ant: 退社・2) going to work (e.g. in the morning); coming to work

出職

see styles
 deshoku
    でしょく
job that requires traveling to work sites (e.g. repairman, gardener)

出鼻

see styles
 debana
    でばな
(1) projecting part (of a headland, etc.); (2) outset; moment of departure; beginning of work; starting out; (place-name) Debana

刀工

see styles
dāo gōng
    dao1 gong1
tao kung
 toukou / toko
    とうこう
knife work (food preparation)
swordsmith; swordmaker

分工

see styles
fēn gōng
    fen1 gong1
fen kung
to divide up the work; division of labor

分担

see styles
 buntan
    ぶんたん
(n,vs,vt,adj-no) taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment

分掌

see styles
 bunshou / bunsho
    ぶんしょう
(noun, transitive verb) division of duties; taking charge of (one's allotted duty); handling one's share of (the work); sharing (duties)

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.

利く

see styles
 kiku
    きく
(v5k,vi) (1) to be effective; to show effect; (2) to do its work; to carry out its function well; (3) to be possible to use

制作

see styles
 seisaku / sesaku
    せいさく
(noun, transitive verb) (1) work (film, book); (noun, transitive verb) (2) production; creation; turning (something) out; development; (personal name) Seisaku

制訂


制订

see styles
zhì dìng
    zhi4 ding4
chih ting
to work out; to formulate

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