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xǐng wù
醒悟 / 省悟 is a Chinese word that expresses the idea of reality or coming to understand what is true and real.
The first character means to wake up, awaken, comprehend, introspect, or visit.
The second character means to comprehend or understand (be enlightened).
The meanings of Chinese words are not necessarily the sum of their parts. In this case, at best, you can derive that the characters express "understanding what is real" or "knowing what is real." Any Chinese person will perceive this word in a similar way to how we use "reality" in English.
Note: The first character can also be written in a different form as shown to the right. Same meaning in Chinese, either way it's written.
gen jitsu to gen sou
現実と幻想 is the Japanese way to write, "reality and illusion."
gen jitsu sei
現実性 is a Japanese word that expresses the idea of reality or coming to understand what is true and real.
This can also be translated as realistic, practical, or feasible.
See Also: Illusion
zhēn wàng
真妄 is a specifically Buddhist term that means, "reality and illusion." Out of Buddhist context, it might be read as, "The real and the absurd."
Separately, the first character means real, true, and genuine, and the second character means absurd, fantastic, or related to fantasy.
xǐng wù shō go
This Chinese word means, "to wake up to reality," "to come to oneself," "to realize," "to see the truth," or "to reflect and become aware." 省悟 is often used in the context of Buddhism.
In Japanese, this has the same meaning but is more often used as a given name, Seigo.
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| Title | Characters | Romaji(Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Reality | 醒悟 / 省悟 醒悟 | xǐng wù / xing3 wu4 / xing wu / xingwu | hsing wu / hsingwu | |
| Reality and Illusion | 現実と幻想 | gen jitsu to gen sou genjitsutogensou gen jitsu to gen so genjitsutogenso | ||
| Reality Realistic | 現実性 | gen jitsu sei genjitsusei | ||
| Reality and Illusion | 真妄 | zhēn wàng zhen1 wang4 zhen wang zhenwang | chen wang chenwang |
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| Wake Up to Reality | 省悟 | shō go / shōgo | xǐng wù / xing3 wu4 / xing wu / xingwu | hsing wu / hsingwu |
| Honesty | 實 实 | shí / shi2 / shi | shih | |
| 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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