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前衛 is the Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja for an advanced guard, vanguard, or avant-garde.
This can also refer to a forward (in soccer / futbol).
黑帶 is “black belt” in Chinese.
Many will argue whether rank systems that include a “black belt” are used in pure Chinese martial arts systems. The argument goes that it's more a Japanese idea merged into the western versions of Chinese martial arts. However, in Wushu (often referred to as Kung Fu), it's said that all students started with white belts. Over the years of training, the white belt would get dirty until finally appearing black with filth. Thus, more advanced students had darker belts.
If you want this title in Chinese, this would be the form.
Often, the second character is written like the image to the right. If you like this version, click on this character instead of the button above.
專心 makes a word that means “paying attention with your heart.”
It's often translated as “dedication,” as in “be absorbed in” or “concentrate one's efforts.” It's also used to mean “with the single mind,” “whole-heartedly,” “paying attention,” “undivided attention,” “concentration (-ed),” “engrossed,” “devotionally (listening/watching),” and/or “attentive.”
The first character means “for a particular person, occasion, or purpose,” “focused on one single thing,” “concentrated,” and sometimes, “special.”
The second character means “heart” or “mind” by itself.
My favorite translation, which comes from the Oxford Advanced Chinese/English Dictionary, is, “wholehearted devotion.”
If it seems like the meaning of this word is quite open, you are correct. The context in which the word is used matters a lot. It can mean different things depending on how you use it. This makes it kind of nice as you can decide what this means to you (within some limits). This is always positive in meaning, so even if a Chinese person reads it differently than you, it will still have a good meaning.
In Japanese, they tend to use a variation of the second character which has one less stroke. If you want your calligraphy written this Japanese form, please click on the Kanji shown to the right instead of the button above. Note: Japanese and Chinese people will recognize either form.
These search terms might be related to Advanced:
A Bright Future
Bright and Promising Future
Eternal Life / Future Life
From This Moment Forward
From This Moment Forward / From This Day Forward
Hishiryo / Not-Thinking
Light / Bright and Promising Future
Looking Forward / Hoping
Move on / Change Way of Thinking
Open the Minds of the Next Generation to Stimulate Thinking
Past Experience is the Teacher for the Future
Past Future and Present
Thinking Heart
Thought / Thinking / Idea
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your advanced search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
三昧 see styles |
sān mèi san1 mei4 san mei sanmai; zanmai さんまい; ざんまい |
More info & calligraphy: Samadhi(1) (さんまい only) {Buddh} samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation) (san:); (suffix noun) (2) (usu. ざんまい) being immersed in; being absorbed in; indulging in; doing to one's heart's content; (suffix noun) (3) (usu. ざんまい) prone to; apt to; (given name) Sanmai (三昧地) Samādhi, "putting together, composing the mind, intent contemplation, perfect absorption, union of the meditator with the object of meditation." (M. W.) Also 三摩地 (三摩提, 三摩帝, 三摩底). Interpreted by 定 or 正定, the mind fixed and undisturbed; by 正受 correct sensation of the object contemplated; by 調直定 ordering and fixing the mind; by 正心行處 the condition when the motions of the mind are steadied and harmonized with the object; by 息慮凝心 the cessation of distraction and the fixation of the mind; by 等持 the mind held in equilibrium; by 奢摩他, i.e. 止息 to stay the breathing. It is described as concentration of the mind (upon an object). The aim is 解脫, mukti, deliverance from all the trammels of life, the bondage of the passions and reincarnations. It may pass from abstraction to ecstasy, or rapture, or trance. Dhyāna 定 represents a simpler form of contemplation; samāpatti 三摩鉢底 a stage further advanced; and samādhi the highest stage of the Buddhist equivalent for Yoga, though Yoga is considered by some as a Buddhist development differing from samādhi. The 翻譯名義 says: 思專 when the mind has been concentrated, then 志一不分 the will is undivided; when 想寂 active thought has been put to rest, then 氣虛神朗 the material becomes etherealized and the spirit liberated, on which 智 knowledge, or the power to know, has free course, and there is no mystery into which it cannot probe. Cf. 智度論 5, 20, 23, 28; 止觀 2; 大乘義章 2, 9, 1 3, 20, etc. There are numerous kinds and degrees of samādhi. |
前衛 前卫 see styles |
qián wèi qian2 wei4 ch`ien wei chien wei zenei / zene ぜんえい |
More info & calligraphy: Guard(1) (See 後衛・1) advance guard; vanguard; (2) avant-garde; (3) {sports} forward (player); (surname) Maee |
菩薩 菩萨 see styles |
pú sà pu2 sa4 p`u sa pu sa bosatsu(p); bosachi(ok) ぼさつ(P); ぼさち(ok) |
More info & calligraphy: Bodhisattva(n,n-suf) (1) {Buddh} bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha; (n,n-suf) (2) High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court); (n,n-suf) (3) (See 本地垂迹説) title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory; (surname) Mizoro bodhisattva, cf. 菩提薩埵. While the idea is not foreign to Hīnayāna, its extension of meaning is one of the chief marks of Mahāyāna. 'The Bodhisattva is indeed the characteristic feature of the Mahāyāna.' Keith. According to Mahāyāna the Hinayanists, i.e. the śrāvaka and pratyekabuddha, seek their own salvation, while the bodhisattva's aim is the salvation of others and of all. The earlier intp. of bodhisattva was 大道心衆生 all beings with mind for the truth; later it became 大覺有情 conscious beings of or for the great intelligence, or enlightenment. It is also intp. in terms of leadership, heroism, etc. In general it is a Mahayanist seeking Buddhahood, but seeking it altruistically; whether monk or layman, he seeks enlightenment to enlighten others, and he will sacrifice himself to save others; he is devoid of egoism and devoted to helping others. All conscious beings having the Buddha-nature are natural bodhisattvas, but require to undergo development. The mahāsattva is sufficiently advanced to become a Buddha and enter nirvāṇa, but according to his vow he remains in the realm of incarnation to save all conscious beings. A monk should enter on the arduous course of discipline which leads to Bodhisattvahood and Buddhahood. |
進化 进化 see styles |
jìn huà jin4 hua4 chin hua shinka しんか |
More info & calligraphy: Evolution(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 |
段 see styles |
duàn duan4 tuan dan だん |
paragraph; section; segment; stage (of a process); classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc (n,ctr) (1) step; stair; rung; (flight of) steps; (n,ctr) (2) shelf; layer; tier; (3) grade; level; class; (n,ctr) (4) dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.); rank; (5) paragraph; passage; (n,ctr) (6) column (of print); (n,ctr) (7) act (in kabuki, joruri, etc.); section; scene; (8) row of the multiplication table (e.g. five times table); (9) stage (in a process); phase; occasion; time; moment; situation; (10) (form) (as ...の段) matter; occasion; (11) (as ...どころの段ではない, ...という段じゃない, etc.) degree; extent; (counter) (12) counter for breaks in written language or speech; (place-name, surname) Dan A piece; a section, paragraph. piṇda, a ball, lump, especially of palatable food, sustenance. |
三教 see styles |
sān jiào san1 jiao4 san chiao sankyou; sangyou / sankyo; sangyo さんきょう; さんぎょう |
the Three Doctrines (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) (1) Shinto, Buddhism and Confucianism; the three religions; (2) Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism; (3) Buddhism, Shinto and Christianity; (given name) Mitsunori The three teachings, i.e. 儒, 佛 (or 釋), and 道Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism; or, 孔, 老, 釋 Confucianism, Taoism (aIso known as 神敎), and Buddhism. In Japan they are Shinto, Confucianism, and Buddhism. In Buddhism the term is applied to the three periods of Śākyamuni's own teaching, of which there are several definitions: (1) The Jiangnan 南中 School describe his teaching as (a) 漸progressive or gradual; (b) 頓 immediate, i.e. as one whole, especially in the 華嚴經; and (c) 不定 or indeterminate. (2) 光統 Guangtong, a writer of the Iater Wei dynasty, describes the three as (a) 漸 progressive for beginners, i.e. from impermanence to permanence, from the void to reality, etc.; (b) 頓 immediate for the more advanced; and (c) 圓complete, to the most advanced, i.e. the Huayan as above. (3) The 三時敎q.v. (4) The 南山 Southern school deals with (a) the 性空of Hīnayāna; (b) 相空of Mahāyāna; and (c) 唯識圓 the perfect idealism. v. 行事鈔中 4. Tiantai accepts the division of 漸, 頓, and 不定 for pre-Lotus teaching, but adopts 漸 gradual, 頓 immediate, and 圓 perfect, with the Lotus as the perfect teaching; it also has the division of 三藏敎 , 通敎 , and 別敎 q.v. |
上級 上级 see styles |
shàng jí shang4 ji2 shang chi joukyuu / jokyu じょうきゅう |
higher authorities; superiors; CL:個|个[ge4] (noun - becomes adjective with の) upper level; upper grade; high rank; advanced level; senior level; upper class |
先端 see styles |
sentan せんたん |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) pointed end; tip; fine point; spearhead; cusp; vanguard; advanced; leading edge; apex (of a curve) |
先進 先进 see styles |
xiān jìn xian1 jin4 hsien chin senshin せんしん |
sophisticated; advanced (technology etc); meritorious; exemplary (deeds etc) (adj-no,n) (1) advanced; developed; (2) (ant: 後進・1) seniority; senior; superior; elder 先輩 Of earlier, or senior rank or achievement. |
入室 see styles |
rù shì ru4 shi4 ju shih nyuushitsu(p); nisshitsu / nyushitsu(p); nisshitsu にゅうしつ(P); にっしつ |
(n,vs,vi) (1) (にゅうしつ only) (See 退室) entering a room; (n,vs,vi) (2) {Buddh} studying under a Buddhist teacher To enter the master's study for examination or instruction; to enter the status of a disciple, but strictly of an advanced disciple. To receive consecration. |
增悲 see styles |
zēng bēi zeng1 bei1 tseng pei zōhi |
Augmented pity of a bodhisattva, who remains to save, though his 增智 advanced knowledge would justify his withdrawal to nirvāṇa. |
尊宿 see styles |
zūn sù zun1 su4 tsun su sonshuku |
A monk honoured and advanced in years. |
尖端 see styles |
jiān duān jian1 duan1 chien tuan sentan せんたん |
sharp pointed end; the tip; the cusp; tip-top; most advanced and sophisticated; highest peak; the best (noun - becomes adjective with の) pointed end; tip; fine point; spearhead; cusp; vanguard; advanced; leading edge; apex (of a curve) |
後進 后进 see styles |
hòu jìn hou4 jin4 hou chin koushin / koshin こうしん |
less advanced; underdeveloped; lagging behind; the younger generation; the less experienced ones (1) one's junior; younger generation; next generation; (n,vs,vi) (2) (ant: 前進) moving backwards; backing up; reversing |
快班 see styles |
kuài bān kuai4 ban1 k`uai pan kuai pan |
advanced stream (in school); express (train, bus etc) |
指考 see styles |
zhǐ kǎo zhi3 kao3 chih k`ao chih kao |
Advanced Subjects Test, university entrance exam that assesses candidates’ higher level knowledge of specific subjects and their readiness to study in their selected academic discipline (Tw); abbr. for 大學入學指定科目考試|大学入学指定科目考试[Da4 xue2 Ru4 xue2 Zhi3 ding4 Ke1 mu4 Kao3 shi4] |
新知 see styles |
xīn zhī xin1 zhi1 hsin chih shinchi しんち |
new knowledge; new friend (1) (obsolete) new acquaintance; (2) (obsolete) (See 新地・3) newly-acquired territory; (3) (abbreviation) (obsolete) (See 新知識) new ideas; advanced information; (place-name) Shinchi |
段位 see styles |
duàn wèi duan4 wei4 tuan wei dani だんい |
rank; class; (Japanese martial arts and board games) dan dan rank (in martial arts, go, etc.); advanced rank; grade of black belt |
深度 see styles |
shēn dù shen1 du4 shen tu shindo しんど |
depth; (of a speech etc) profundity; advanced stage of development depth; (place-name) Fukawatari |
特少 see styles |
tokushou / tokusho とくしょう |
(slang) (abbreviation) (See 特別少年院) advanced juvenile training school; special reformatory; juvenile hall for grave offenders |
特論 see styles |
tokuron とくろん |
advanced or master's course at university |
研修 see styles |
yán xiū yan2 xiu1 yen hsiu kenshuu / kenshu けんしゅう |
to do research work; to engage in advanced studies (noun, transitive verb) training (esp. in-service); induction course; (surname) Kenshou |
積年 积年 see styles |
jī nián ji1 nian2 chi nien sekinen せきねん |
for a long time; over many years; old; advanced in age (1) (See 昔年) (many) years; (can be adjective with の) (2) long-standing (esp. hatred, grudge); ancient |
老境 see styles |
lǎo jìng lao3 jing4 lao ching roukyou / rokyo ろうきょう |
advanced years; old age (noun - becomes adjective with の) old age |
老身 see styles |
roushin / roshin ろうしん |
old bones; aged body; advanced age |
老齢 see styles |
rourei / rore ろうれい |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) old age; advanced age |
超前 see styles |
chāo qián chao1 qian2 ch`ao ch`ien chao chien |
to be ahead of one's time; to surpass or outdo one's predecessors; to be ahead of the pack; to take the lead; advanced |
超級 超级 see styles |
chāo jí chao1 ji2 ch`ao chi chao chi choukyuu / chokyu ちょうきゅう |
super-; ultra-; hyper- (noun - becomes adjective with の) very advanced level |
進修 进修 see styles |
jìn xiū jin4 xiu1 chin hsiu shin shu |
to undertake advanced studies; to take a refresher course pursue cultivation |
進階 进阶 see styles |
jìn jiē jin4 jie1 chin chieh |
advanced |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Guard | 前衛 前卫 | zenei | qián wèi / qian2 wei4 / qian wei / qianwei | ch`ien wei / chienwei / chien wei |
Black Belt | 黑帶 黑带 | hēi dài / hei1 dai4 / hei dai / heidai | hei tai / heitai | |
Devotion Dedication Attentive Focused | 專心 / 専心 / 耑心 专心 | sen shin / senshin | zhuān xīn zhuan1 xin1 zhuan xin zhuanxin | chuan hsin chuanhsin |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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