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Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

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kòng
    kong4
k`ung
    kung
 kuu / ku
    くう
to empty; vacant; unoccupied; space; leisure; free time
(1) empty air; sky; (2) {Buddh} shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon); emptiness; (3) (abbreviation) (See 空軍) air force; (noun or adjectival noun) (4) fruitlessness; meaninglessness; (noun or adjectival noun) (5) (See 五大・1) void (one of the five elements); (can be adjective with の) (6) {math} empty (e.g. set); (female given name) Ron
śūnya, empty, void, hollow, vacant, nonexistent. śūnyatā, 舜若多, vacuity, voidness, emptiness, non-existence, immateriality, perhaps spirituality, unreality, the false or illusory nature of all existence, the seeming 假 being unreal. The doctrine that all phenomena and the ego have no reality, but are composed of a certain number of skandhas or elements, which disintegrate. The void, the sky, space. The universal, the absolute, complete abstraction without relativity. There are classifications into 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 11, 13, 16, and 18 categories. The doctrine is that all things are compounds, or unstable organisms, possessing no self-essence, i.e. are dependent, or caused, come into existence only to perish. The underlying reality, the principle of eternal relativity, or non-infinity, i.e. śūnya, permeates all phenomena making possible their evolution. From this doctrine the Yogācārya school developed the idea of the permanent reality, which is Essence of Mind, the unknowable noumenon behind all phenomena, the entity void of ideas and phenomena, neither matter nor mind, but the root of both.

演化

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yǎn huà
    yan3 hua4
yen hua

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Evolve / Evolution
to evolve; evolution

進化


进化

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jìn huà
    jin4 hua4
chin hua
 shinka
    しんか

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Evolution
evolution; CL:個|个[ge4]
(n,vs,vi) (1) {biol} evolution; (n,vs,vi) (2) (ant: 退化・2) evolution; becoming more advanced; progress; development; improvement; (female given name) Shinka

進化論


进化论

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jìn huà lùn
    jin4 hua4 lun4
chin hua lun
 shinkaron
    しんかろん

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Theory of Evolution
Darwin's theory of evolution
evolutionary theory; theory of evolution


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lùn
    lun4
lun
 ron
    ろん
opinion; view; theory; doctrine; to discuss; to talk about; to regard; to consider; per; by the (kilometer, hour etc)
(n,n-suf) (1) argument; discussion; dispute; controversy; discourse; debate; (n,n-suf) (2) theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; (n,n-suf) (3) essay; treatise; comment; (surname) Ron
To discourse upon, discuss, reason over; tr. for śāstra, abhidharma, and upadeśa, i.e. discourses, discussions, or treatises on dogma, philosophy, discipline, etc.

化育

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 kaiku
    かいく
(noun, transitive verb) creation of the world; evolution

天演

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tiān yǎn
    tian1 yan3
t`ien yen
    tien yen
natural change; evolution (early translation, since replaced by 進化|进化)

展開


展开

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zhǎn kāi
    zhan3 kai1
chan k`ai
    chan kai
 tenkai
    てんかい
to unfold; to spread out; to open up; to launch; to carry out
(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) development; evolution; progression; unfolding; (plot) twist; (n,vs,vt,vi) (2) expansion; spreading out; extending; deployment; building up; (n,vs,vt,vi) (3) {math} expansion (of an algebraic expression); (n,vs,vt,vi) (4) {math} development (of a three-dimensional shape); (n,vs,vt,vi) (5) {comp} extraction (of compressed data); decompression; unpacking

沿革

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yán gé
    yan2 ge2
yen ko
 enkaku
    えんかく
evolution of something over time; course of development; history
history; development

演進


演进

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yǎn jìn
    yan3 jin4
yen chin
evolution; gradual forward progress

轉識


转识

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zhuǎn shì
    zhuan3 shi4
chuan shih
 tenjiki
(1) pravṛtti-vijñāna; knowledge or mind being stirred, the external world enters into consciousness, the second of the five processes of mental evolution in the 起信論. (2) The seven stages of knowledge (vijñāna), other than the ālaya-vijñāna, of the 唯識論. (3) Knowledge which transmutes the common knowledge of this transmigration-world into buddha-knowledge.

開方


开方

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kāi fāng
    kai1 fang1
k`ai fang
    kai fang
 kaihou / kaiho
    かいほう
(medicine) to write out a prescription; (math.) to extract a root from a given quantity
(mathematics term) extraction of roots; evolution

開法


开法

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kāi fǎ
    kai1 fa3
k`ai fa
    kai fa
 kaihō
    かいほう
(mathematics term) extraction of roots; evolution
To found a sect or teaching, e.g. as Buddha founded Buddhism; the method of opening, or beginning.

LTE

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 eru tii ii; erutiiii(sk) / eru ti i; erutii(sk)
    エル・ティー・イー; エルティーイー(sk)
{comp} Long Term Evolution (wireless communication standard); LTE

中立説

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 chuuritsusetsu / churitsusetsu
    ちゅうりつせつ
neutral theory (of molecular evolution)

天演論


天演论

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tiān yǎn lùn
    tian1 yan3 lun4
t`ien yen lun
    tien yen lun
the theory of evolution (early translation, since replaced by 進化論|进化论)

衞世師


衞世师

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wèi shì shī
    wei4 shi4 shi1
wei shih shih
 Eiseishi
Vaiśeṣika; derived from viśeṣa, characteristic, individuality, particularity or individual essence. M.W. Also 鞞世師 (or 鞞思迦); 吠世史迦; 勝論宗 An atomistic school founded by Kaṇāda. Like the Saṅkhya philosophy it taught a dualism and an endless number of souls, also by its doctrine of particularity or individual essence maintained 'the eternally distinct or sui generis nature of the nine substances' (see below), 'of which the first five including mind are held to be atomic.' M.W. The interaction of these with the six mentioned below produces cosmic evolution. It chiefly occupied itself, like the orthodox Nyāya philosophy, with the theory of knowledge, but it differed by distinguishing only six categories of cognition 六諦, viz. substance, quality, activity, species, distinction, and correlation, also a seventh of non-existence, and nine substances possessed of qualities, these 九陰 being: the five elements, air, fire, water, earth, ether, together with time, space, spirit (manas), and soul (ātman). Cf. Keith, Indian Logic and Atomism, and Dasgupta, History of Indian Philosophy.

轉識論


转识论

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zhuǎn shì lùn
    zhuan3 shi4 lun4
chuan shih lun
 Tenshiki ron
Evolution of Consciousness

適存度


适存度

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shì cún dù
    shi4 cun2 du4
shih ts`un tu
    shih tsun tu
fitness (evolution); ability to survive and reproduce

ウイイレ

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 uiire / uire
    ウイイレ
(work) Winning Eleven (video game series) (abbreviation); Pro Evolution Soccer; (wk) Winning Eleven (video game series) (abbreviation); Pro Evolution Soccer

分子進化

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 bunshishinka
    ぶんししんか
(noun/participle) molecular evolution

化学進化

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 kagakushinka
    かがくしんか
(noun/participle) chemical evolution

収斂進化

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 shuurenshinka / shurenshinka
    しゅうれんしんか
{biol} convergent evolution

収束進化

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 shuusokushinka / shusokushinka
    しゅうそくしんか
{biol} (See 収斂進化) convergent evolution

和平演変

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 waheienpen / waheenpen
    わへいえんぺん
(Chinese translation of "peaceful evolution") peaceful overthrow of Chinese communism (alleged Western strategy)

唯識中道


唯识中道

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wéi shì zhōng dào
    wei2 shi4 zhong1 dao4
wei shih chung tao
 yuishiki chūdō
The madhya, or medial doctrine of idealism as held by the 法相 Dharmalakṣana school, that all things are of mind, evolution, and are neither in themselves real nor unreal.

平行進化

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 heikoushinka / hekoshinka
    へいこうしんか
(noun/participle) parallel evolution

旋陀羅尼


旋陀罗尼

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xuán tuó luó ní
    xuan2 tuo2 luo2 ni2
hsüan t`o lo ni
    hsüan to lo ni
 sen darani
A spell which endows with extensive powers of evolution; also varied involutions of magical terms.

時間発展

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 jikanhatten
    じかんはってん
{physics} time evolution; temporal development

社会進化

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 shakaishinka
    しゃかいしんか
(noun/participle) social evolution

藉通開導


藉通开导

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jiè tōng kāi dǎo
    jie4 tong1 kai1 dao3
chieh t`ung k`ai tao
    chieh tung kai tao
 shakutsū kaidō
(The two other schools 別 and 圓) depended on the Tong or Intermediate school for their evolution.

進化速度

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 shinkasokudo
    しんかそくど
evolutionary rate; rate of evolution

中立進化説

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 chuuritsushinkasetsu / churitsushinkasetsu
    ちゅうりつしんかせつ
neutral theory of molecular evolution

分子進化学

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 bunshishinkagaku
    ぶんししんかがく
(study of) molecular evolution

創造的進化

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 souzoutekishinka / sozotekishinka
    そうぞうてきしんか
(noun/participle) creative evolution (as proposed by Henri Bergson)

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開法
開方

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 kaihou / kaiho
    かいほう
{math} extraction of roots; evolution

非洲單源說


非洲单源说

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fēi zhōu dān yuán shuō
    fei1 zhou1 dan1 yuan2 shuo1
fei chou tan yüan shuo
single origin out of Africa (current mainstream theory of human evolution)

エランビタル

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 eranbitaru
    エランビタル
elan vital (hypothetical driving force behind creative evolution) (fre:)

エランヴィタル

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 eranritaru
    エランヴィタル
elan vital (hypothetical driving force behind creative evolution) (fre:)

エランビタール

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 eranbitaaru / eranbitaru
    エランビタール
elan vital (hypothetical driving force behind creative evolution) (fre:)

スコープス裁判

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 sukoopususaiban
    スコープスさいばん
Scopes Trial (landmark US trial on the teaching of evolution in public schools, 1925); Scopes Monkey Trial

エボリューション

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 eboryuushon / eboryushon
    エボリューション
evolution

ウイニングイレブン

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 uininguirebun
    ウイニングイレブン
(wk) Winning Eleven (video game series); Pro Evolution Soccer

ウイニング・イレブン

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 uiningu irebun
    ウイニング・イレブン
(wk) Winning Eleven (video game series); Pro Evolution Soccer

Variations:
ウイニングイレブン
ウイニング・イレブン

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 uininguirebun; uiningu irebun
    ウイニングイレブン; ウイニング・イレブン
(work) Winning Eleven (video game series); Pro Evolution Soccer

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エランビタール
エランヴィタル
エランビタル

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 eranbitaaru; eranritaru; eranbitaru / eranbitaru; eranritaru; eranbitaru
    エランビタール; エランヴィタル; エランビタル
(See 創造的進化) élan vital (hypothetical driving force behind creative evolution) (fre:)

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

This page contains 46 results for "evolution" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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