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There are 26 total results for your architect search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
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建築家

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 kenchikuka
    けんちくか

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Architect
architect

建築師


建筑师

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jiàn zhù shī
    jian4 zhu4 shi1
chien chu shih

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Architect
architect

文殊

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wén shū
    wen2 shu1
wen shu
 monju
    もんじゅ
Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of keen awareness
(Buddhist term) Manjushri; Manjusri; Bodhisattva that represents transcendent wisdom; (p,s,f) Monju
(文殊師利) Mañjuśrī 滿殊尸利 -later 曼殊室利. 文殊 is also used for Mañjunātha, Mañjudeva, Mañjughoṣa, Mañjuṣvara, et al. T., hjamdpal; J., Monju. Origin unknown; presumably, like most Buddhas and bodhisattvas, an idealization of a particular quality, in his case of Wisdom. Mañju is beautiful, Śrī; good fortune, virtue, majesty, lord, an epithet of a god. Six definitions are obtained from various scriptures: 妙首 (or 頭 ) wonderful or beautiful) head; 普首 universal head; 濡首 glossy head (probably a transliteration); 敬首 revered head; 妙德 wonderful virtue (or power); 妙吉祥 wonderfully auspicious; the last is a later translation in the 西域記. As guardian of wisdom 智慧 he is often placed on Śākyamuni's left, with 普顯 on the right as guardian of law 理, the latter holding the Law, the former the wisdom or exposition of it; formerly they held the reverse positions. He is often represented with five curls or waves to his hair indicating the 五智 q. v. or the five peaks; his hand holds the sword of wisdom and he sits on a lion emblematic of its stern majesty: but he has other forms. He is represented as a youth, i. e. eternal youth. His present abode is given as east of the universe, known as 淸涼山 clear and cool mountain, or a region 寶住 precious abode, or Abode of Treasures, or 寶氏 from which he derives one of his titles, 寶相如來. One of his dhāraṇīs prophesies China as his post-nirvāṇa realm. In past incarnations he is described as being the parent of many Buddhas and as having assisted the Buddha into existence; his title was 龍種上佛 the supreme Buddha of the nāgas, also 大身佛 or 神仙佛; now his title is 歡喜藏摩尼寶精佛 The spiritual Buddha who joyfully cares for the jewel: and his future title is to be 普現佛 Buddha universally revealed. In the 序品 Introductory Chapter of the Lotus Sutra he is also described as the ninth predecessor or Buddha-ancestor of Śākyamuni. He is looked on as the chief of the Bodhisattvas and represents them, as the chief disciple of the Buddha, or as his son 法王子. Hīnayāna counts Śāriputra as the wisest of the disciples, Mahāyāna gives Mañjuśrī the chief place, hence he is also styled 覺母 mother, or begetter of understanding. He is shown riding on either a lion or a peacock, or sitting on a white lotus; often he holds a book, emblem of wisdom, or a blue lotus; in certain rooms of a monastery he is shown as a monk; and he appears in military array as defender of the faith. His signs, magic words, and so on, are found in various sutras. His most famous centre in China is Wu-tai shan in Shansi. where he is the object of pilgrimages, especially of Mongols. The legends about him are many. He takes the place in Buddhism of Viśvakarman as Vulcan, or architect, of the universe. He is one of the eight Dhyāni-bodhisattvas, and sometimes has the image of Akṣobhya in his crown. He was mentioned in China as early as the fourth century and in the Lotus Sutra he frequently appears, especially as the converter of the daughter of the Dragon-king of the Ocean. He has five messengers 五使者 and eight youths 八童子 attending on him. His hall in the Garbhadhātu maṇḍala is the seventh, in which his group numbers twenty-five. His position is northeast. There are numerous sutras and other works with his name as title, e. g. 文殊師利問菩提經 Gayaśīrṣa sūtra, tr. by Kumārajīva 384-417: and its 論 or .Tīkā of Vasubandhu, tr. by Bodhiruci 535. see list in B. N.

阮安

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ruǎn ān
    ruan3 an1
juan an
Nguyen An (1381-1453), aka Ruan An, Vietnamese architect and engineer, principal designer of the Forbidden City

高迪

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gāo dí
    gao1 di2
kao ti
Antoni Gaudí (1852-1926), Catalan architect

建築士

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 kenchikushi
    けんちくし
authorized architect and builder; licensed architect; registered architect

建設者

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 kensetsusha
    けんせつしゃ
architect

架構師


架构师

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jià gòu shī
    jia4 gou4 shi1
chia kou shih
(computing) architect

比例尺

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bǐ lì chǐ
    bi3 li4 chi3
pi li ch`ih
    pi li chih
scale; architect's scale; engineer's scale

磯崎新

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 isozakiarata
    いそざきあらた
(person) Isozaki Arata (1931.7-) (architect)

落水荘

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 rakusuisou / rakusuiso
    らくすいそう
(place-name) Fallingwater (house designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935)

設計師


设计师

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shè jì shī
    she4 ji4 shi1
she chi shih
designer; architect

設計者


设计者

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shè jì zhě
    she4 ji4 zhe3
she chi che
 sekkeisha / sekkesha
    せっけいしゃ
designer; architect (of a project)
designer

貝聿銘


贝聿铭

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bèi yù míng
    bei4 yu4 ming2
pei yü ming
Pei Ieoh Ming or I.M. Pei (1917-2019), Chinese-American architect

安藤忠雄

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 andoutadao / andotadao
    あんどうただお
(person) Andō Tadao (1941.9-) (architect)

收山之作

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shōu shān zhī zuò
    shou1 shan1 zhi1 zuo4
shou shan chih tso
the final work in the career of a composer, film director or architect etc

毘首羯磨


毗首羯磨

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pí shǒu jié mó
    pi2 shou3 jie2 mo2
p`i shou chieh mo
    pi shou chieh mo
 Bishukatsuma
(毘首) Viśvakarman, all-doer, or maker, the Indian Vulcan, architect of the universe and patron of artisans; intp. as minister of Indra, and his director of works. Also 毘守羯磨; 毘濕縛羯磨.

渡辺真理

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 watanabemari
    わたなべまり
(person) Watanabe Mari (1967.6-) (architect)

一級建築士

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 ikkyuukenchikushi / ikkyukenchikushi
    いっきゅうけんちくし
registered architect with a first-class license

二級建築士

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 nikyuukenchikushi / nikyukenchikushi
    にきゅうけんちくし
registered architect with a second-class license

木造建築士

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 mokuzoukenchikushi / mokuzokenchikushi
    もくぞうけんちくし
registered architect with a license for wood construction

アーキテクト

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 aakitekuto / akitekuto
    アーキテクト
architect

アルヴァアールト

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 aruaaaruto / aruaaruto
    アルヴァアールト
(person) Alvar Aalto (Finnish architect)

アルヴァ・アールト

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 arua aaruto / arua aruto
    アルヴァ・アールト
(person) Alvar Aalto (Finnish architect)

Variations:
ホモモーベンス
ホモ・モーベンス

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 homomoobensu; homo moobensu
    ホモモーベンス; ホモ・モーベンス
(coined by architect Kisho Kurokawa) Homo movens ("mobile human"; modern person who moves and adapts to rapidly changing times)

Variations:
デザイナーズマンション
デザイナーズ・マンション

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 dezainaazumanshon; dezainaazu manshon / dezainazumanshon; dezainazu manshon
    デザイナーズマンション; デザイナーズ・マンション
architect-designed apartment (wasei: designer's mansion)

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

This page contains 26 results for "architect" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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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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