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Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

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miào
    miao4
miao
 myou / myo
    みょう

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Clever / Superb / Wonderful
clever; wonderful
(noun or adjectival noun) (1) strange; weird; odd; curious; (noun or adjectival noun) (2) wonder; mystery; miracle; excellence; (noun or adjectival noun) (3) cleverness; adroitness; knack; skill; (surname) Myō
su, sat, mañju, sūkṣma. Wonderful, beautiful, mystic, supernatural, profound, subtle, mysterious. su means good, excellent, surpassing, beautiful, fine, easy. sat means existing, real, good. mañju means beautiful, lovely, charming. Intp. in Chinese as 不可思議 beyond thought or discussion; 絕待 special, outstanding; 無比 incomparable; 精微深遠 subtle and profound.

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    de2
te
 toku

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Moral and Virtuous
virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favor; character; kind
Virtue, moral excellence, moral power, power; also translates guṇa; translit. ta.

卓越

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zhuó yuè
    zhuo2 yue4
cho yüeh
 takuetsu
    たくえつ

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Excellence
outstanding; surpassing; distinguished; splendid
(n,vs,vi) preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence

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zùn
    zun4
tsun
 reishun / reshun
    れいしゅん
(dialectal pronunciation of 俊[jun4]); cool; neat
(obscure) excellence; genius; (given name) Reishun


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wěi
    wei3
wei
 i
    い
big; large; great
(noun or adjectival noun) greatness; excellence; magnificence; (male given name) Masaru


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jun
    jun4
chün
 shun
    しゅん
variant of 俊[jun4]
(obscure) excellence; genius


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yōu
    you1
yu
 yuu / yu
    ゆう
excellent; superior
(1) (on a 優, 良, 可 scale) Excellent (grade); A; (2) superiority; excellence; (adjectival noun) (3) gentle; graceful; elegant; (adjectival noun) (4) (archaism) skillful; (given name) Yutaka
Abundant, excessive; exceptional, extra; at ease; an actor; chiefly translit. u sounds, cf. 鬱, 憂, 烏, etc.

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    yu2

 yuu / yu
    ゆー
excellence; luster of gems
(personal name) Yu-
Lustre of gems; a beautiful stone; excellences, virtues; translit. yu, yoyo.

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xiù
    xiu4
hsiu
 shuu / shu
    しゅう
(bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful; (bound form) superior; excellent; (loanword) show; (literary) to grow; to bloom; (of grain crops) to produce ears
(on a scale measuring quality, results, etc.; higher than 優) preeminence; supremacy; distinction; excellence; (given name) Minoru

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xióng
    xiong2
hsiung
 yuu / yu
    ゆう
male; staminate; grand; imposing; powerful; mighty; person or state having great power and influence
(1) male; man; (2) excellence; greatness; best (of); great person; leading figure; (personal name) Yūji
hero


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jun
    jun4
chün
 shun
    しゅん
variant of 俊[jun4]
(obscure) excellence; genius; (given name) Shun

俊英

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 shunei / shune
    しゅんえい
excellence; genius; (given name) Toshifusa

俊逸

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 shunitsu
    しゅんいつ
excellence; genius; (given name) Shun'itsu

優等


优等

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yōu děng
    you1 deng3
yu teng
 yuutou / yuto
    ゆうとう
first-rate; of the highest order; high-class; excellent; superior
(noun or adjectival noun) (ant: 劣等) (academic) excellence; superiority; honors (e.g. graduating with); cum laude

全優


全优

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quán yōu
    quan2 you1
ch`üan yu
    chüan yu
 zenyuu / zenyu
    ぜんゆう
overall excellence
straight A's

出群

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 shutsugun
    しゅつぐん
excellence; pre-eminence

創優


创优

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chuàng yōu
    chuang4 you1
ch`uang yu
    chuang yu
to strive for excellence

力勝


力胜

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lì shèng
    li4 sheng4
li sheng
 rikishō
excellence in terms of strength

勝絶

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 shousetsu; shouzetsu / shosetsu; shozetsu
    しょうせつ; しょうぜつ
(1) (archaism) (See 十二律,夾鐘) (in Japan) 4th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F); (noun/participle) (2) (usu. しょうぜつ) excellence (of scenery, etc.)

卓出

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 takushutsu
    たくしゅつ
(n,vs,vi) excellence; superiority; preeminence; prevalence

卓抜

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 takubatsu
    たくばつ
(adj-na,n,vs,vi) excellence; superiority; preeminence; prevalence

卓絶

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 takuzetsu
    たくぜつ
(n,vs,vi) excellence

卓逸

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 takuitsu
    たくいつ
(noun or adjectival noun) (rare) (See 卓越) preeminence; excellence; superiority; (personal name) Takuitsu

果勝


果胜

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guǒ shèng
    guo3 sheng4
kuo sheng
 kashō
excellence of matured state

超絶

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 chouzetsu / chozetsu
    ちょうぜつ
(n,vs,vi) transcendence; excellence; superiority

超邁

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 choumai / chomai
    ちょうまい
(rare) excellence; superiority; preeminence

達磨


达磨

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dá mó
    da2 mo2
ta mo
 daruma(p); daruma
    だるま(P); ダルマ
(1) (kana only) daruma; tumbling doll; round, red-painted good-luck doll in the shape of Bodhidharma, with a blank eye to be completed when a person's wish is granted; (2) (kana only) Bodhidharma; (3) prostitute; (personal name) Daruma
dharma; also 達摩; 達麼; 達而麻耶; 曇摩; 馱摩 tr. by 法. dharma is from dhara, holding, bearing, possessing, etc.; and means 'that which is to be held fast or kept, ordinance, statute, law, usage, practice'; 'anything right.' M.W. It may be variously intp. as (1) characteristic, attribute, predicate; (2) the bearer, the transcendent substratum of single elements of conscious life; (3) element, i.e. a part of conscious life; (4) nirvāṇa, i.e. the Dharma par excellence, the object of Buddhist teaching; (5) the absolute, the real; (6) the teaching or religion of Buddha; (7) thing, object, appearance. Also, Damo, or Bodhidharma, the twenty-eighth Indian and first Chinese patriarch, who arrived in China A.D. 520, the reputed founder of the Chan or Intuitional School in China. He is described as son of a king in southern India; originally called Bodhitara. He arrived at Guangdong, bringing it is said the sacred begging-bowl, and settled in Luoyang, where he engaged in silent meditation for nine years, whence he received the title of wall-gazing Brahman 壁觀婆羅門, though he was a kṣatriya. His doctrine and practice were those of the 'inner light', independent of the written word, but to 慧可 Huike, his successor, he commended the Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra as nearest to his views. There are many names with Dharma as initial: Dharmapāla, Dharmagupta, Dharmayaśas, Dharmaruci, Dharmarakṣa, Dharmatrāta, Dharmavardhana, etc.

風騷


风骚

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fēng sāo
    feng1 sao1
feng sao
literary excellence; flirtatious behavior

高士

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gāo shì
    gao1 shi4
kao shih
 koushi / koshi
    こうし
man of noble character; (s,m) Takashi
Eminent scholar; old tr. for Bodhisattva.

優異獎


优异奖

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yōu yì jiǎng
    you1 yi4 jiang3
yu i chiang
excellence award; merit award

優秀賞

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 yuushuushou / yushusho
    ゆうしゅうしょう
award of excellence; merit award

優良賞

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 yuuryoushou / yuryosho
    ゆうりょうしょう
prize for excellence; prize of excellence

德圓滿


德圆满

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dé yuán mǎn
    de2 yuan2 man3
te yüan man
 toku enman
abundant excellence

智慧勝


智慧胜

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zhì huì shèng
    zhi4 hui4 sheng4
chih hui sheng
 chie shō
excellence of wisdom

書卷獎


书卷奖

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shū juàn jiǎng
    shu1 juan4 jiang3
shu chüan chiang
presidential award (received by university students in Taiwan for academic excellence)

殊勝性


殊胜性

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shū shèng xìng
    shu1 sheng4 xing4
shu sheng hsing
 shushōshō
excellence

決定勝


决定胜

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jué dìng shèng
    jue2 ding4 sheng4
chüeh ting sheng
 ketsujō shō
definitive excellence

粒揃い

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 tsubuzoroi
    つぶぞろい
uniform excellence

能書き

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 nougaki / nogaki
    のうがき
(1) advertising the excellence of one's wares; boasting; self-advertisement; (2) (See 効能書き・こうのうがき) statement of the virtues of a medicine; description of the virtues of a drug

鑑評会

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 kanpyoukai / kanpyokai
    かんぴょうかい
(esp. in form 全国◯◯鑑評会) awards ceremony recognizing excellence (e.g. in sake or natto)

天下第一

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tiān xià dì yī
    tian1 xia4 di4 yi1
t`ien hsia ti i
    tien hsia ti i
 tenkadaiichi / tenkadaichi
    てんかだいいち
first under heaven; number one in the country
(noun - becomes adjective with の) the best in the land; the best of its kind in the country; par excellence in the whole country

業精於勤


业精于勤

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yè jīng yú qín
    ye4 jing1 yu2 qin2
yeh ching yü ch`in
    yeh ching yü chin
mastery of study lies in diligence (idiom). You can only master a subject by assiduous study.; Excellence in work is only possible with diligence.; Practice makes perfect.

淸淨殊勝


淸淨殊胜

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qīng jìng shū shèng
    qing1 jing4 shu1 sheng4
ch`ing ching shu sheng
    ching ching shu sheng
 shōjō shushō
excellence of purity

無上最勝


无上最胜

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wú shàng zuì shèng
    wu2 shang4 zui4 sheng4
wu shang tsui sheng
 mujō saishō
unsurpassable excellence

獨領風騷


独领风骚

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dú lǐng fēng sāo
    du2 ling3 feng1 sao1
tu ling feng sao
most outstanding; par excellence

皆悉成就

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jiē xī chéng jiù
    jie1 xi1 cheng2 jiu4
chieh hsi ch`eng chiu
    chieh hsi cheng chiu
 kaishitsu jōshū
perfectly succeeding; perfection, excellence

粒ぞろい

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 tsubuzoroi
    つぶぞろい
uniform excellence

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 shun
    しゅん
(rare) excellence; genius

研究教育拠点

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 kenkyuukyouikukyoten / kenkyukyoikukyoten
    けんきゅうきょういくきょてん
center of excellence; COE

悕求後後智殊勝性


悕求后后智殊胜性

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xī qiú hòu hòu zhì shū shèng xìng
    xi1 qiu2 hou4 hou4 zhi4 shu1 sheng4 xing4
hsi ch`iu hou hou chih shu sheng hsing
    hsi chiu hou hou chih shu sheng hsing
 kegu gogochi shushō shō
the excellence of the long-desired subsequently attained knowledge

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粒ぞろい
粒揃い

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 tsubuzoroi
    つぶぞろい
(noun - becomes adjective with の) uniform excellence

センターオブエクセレンス

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 sentaaobuekuserensu / sentaobuekuserensu
    センターオブエクセレンス
center of excellence

センター・オブ・エクセレンス

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 sentaa obu ekuserensu / senta obu ekuserensu
    センター・オブ・エクセレンス
center of excellence

Variations:
センターオブエクセレンス
センター・オブ・エクセレンス

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 sentaaobuekuserensu; sentaa obu ekuserensu / sentaobuekuserensu; senta obu ekuserensu
    センターオブエクセレンス; センター・オブ・エクセレンス
center of excellence

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

This page contains 54 results for "excellence" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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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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