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Simple Dictionary Definition |
蒙牛 see styles |
měng niú meng3 niu2 meng niu |
China Mengniu Dairy Company Limited |
蒼鷹 苍鹰 see styles |
cāng yīng cang1 ying1 ts`ang ying tsang ying |
(bird species of China) northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) |
蒼鷺 苍鹭 see styles |
cāng lù cang1 lu4 ts`ang lu tsang lu |
(bird species of China) grey heron (Ardea cinerea) |
蓮花 莲花 see styles |
lián huā lian2 hua1 lien hua renfa れんふぁ |
lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, among others); water-lily (1) (kana only) lotus flower; (2) (abbreviation) (kana only) Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); (3) (abbreviation) china spoon; (4) lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone; (female given name) Renfa lotus flower |
蓮華 莲华 see styles |
lián huá lian2 hua2 lien hua renge れんげ |
(1) (kana only) lotus flower; (2) (abbreviation) (kana only) Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); (3) (abbreviation) china spoon; (4) lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone; (f,p) Renge or 蓮花 The lotus flower. |
藍鵐 蓝鹀 see styles |
lán wú lan2 wu2 lan wu |
(bird species of China) slaty bunting (Emberiza siemsseni) |
藍鷳 蓝鹇 see styles |
lán xián lan2 xian2 lan hsien |
(bird species of China) Swinhoe's pheasant (Lophura swinhoii) |
藏雀 see styles |
zàng què zang4 que4 tsang ch`üeh tsang chüeh |
(bird species of China) Tibetan rosefinch (Carpodacus roborowskii) |
藏鵐 藏鹀 see styles |
zàng wú zang4 wu2 tsang wu |
(bird species of China) Tibetan bunting (Emberiza koslowi) |
藩鎮 藩镇 see styles |
fān zhèn fan1 zhen4 fan chen hanchin はんちん |
lit. fence town; buffer region (between enemies); Tang dynasty system of provincial administration under a provincial governor 節度使|节度使[jie2 du4 shi3] (hist) (See 節度使) jiedushi (regional military governor in ancient China) |
蘇州 苏州 see styles |
sū zhōu su1 zhou1 su chou suuchou / sucho スーチョウ |
Suzhou, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu (place-name) Suzhou (China); Soochow |
蘭州 兰州 see styles |
lán zhōu lan2 zhou1 lan chou ranshuu / ranshu らんしゅう |
Lanzhou prefecture-level city and capital of Gansu province 甘肅|甘肃[Gan1 su4] Lanzhou (China); (place-name) Lanzhō (China); Lan-chou; Lanchow |
蘭頭 see styles |
rantao ランタオ |
(place-name) Lantau (China) |
虎符 see styles |
hǔ fú hu3 fu2 hu fu |
tiger tally (a two-piece object made in the shape of a tiger, used in ancient China as proof of authority. One half of a tally could be issued to a military officer and this would be matched with the other half when verification was required.) |
蛇鵰 蛇雕 see styles |
shé diāo she2 diao1 she tiao |
(bird species of China) crested serpent eagle (Spilornis cheela) |
蜀漢 蜀汉 see styles |
shǔ hàn shu3 han4 shu han shokkan; shokukan しょっかん; しょくかん |
Shu Han (c. 200-263), Liu Bei's kingdom in Sichuan during the Three Kingdoms, claiming legitimacy as successor of Han (hist) (See 蜀・2) Shu Han (kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms era; 221-263); Shu |
蟻鴷 蚁䴕 see styles |
yǐ liè yi3 lie4 i lieh |
(bird species of China) Eurasian wryneck (Jynx torquilla) |
蠣鷸 蛎鹬 see styles |
lì yù li4 yu4 li yü |
(bird species of China) Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) |
蠻子 蛮子 see styles |
mán zi man2 zi5 man tzu |
barbarian; slave servant; (old) contemptuous term for people from southern China (used by northern Chinese people) |
血雀 see styles |
xuě què xue3 que4 hsüeh ch`üeh hsüeh chüeh |
(bird species of China) scarlet finch (Carpodacus sipahi) |
血雉 see styles |
xuě zhì xue3 zhi4 hsüeh chih |
(bird species of China) blood pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus) |
街道 see styles |
jiē dào jie1 dao4 chieh tao kaidou / kaido かいどう |
street; CL:條|条[tiao2]; subdistrict; residential district (1) highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; (2) (See 出世街道・しゅっせかいどう) highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); (3) subdistrict (in China); (place-name, surname) Kaidō |
衙署 see styles |
yá shǔ ya2 shu3 ya shu |
government office in feudal China; yamen |
衙門 衙门 see styles |
yá men ya2 men5 ya men gamon がもん |
government office in feudal China; yamen (archaism) government office; public office |
衛尉 卫尉 see styles |
wèi wèi wei4 wei4 wei wei |
Commandant of Guards (in imperial China), one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiu3 qing1] |
袁頭 袁头 see styles |
yuán tóu yuan2 tou2 yüan t`ou yüan tou |
silver coin from the early days of the Republic of China (1912-1949) bearing the head of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4 kai3] |
裸官 see styles |
luǒ guān luo3 guan1 lo kuan |
Communist Party official whose wife and children have left China to reside in a foreign country |
複姓 复姓 see styles |
fù xìng fu4 xing4 fu hsing fukusei / fukuse ふくせい |
two-character surname (such as 司馬|司马[Si1ma3] or 諸葛|诸葛[Zhu1ge3]) (1) two-character surname (in China); compound surname; (2) (hist) family name consisting of two combined names (in ancient Japan) |
襄陽 襄阳 see styles |
xiāng yáng xiang1 yang2 hsiang yang shiyanyan シヤンヤン |
Xiangyang, prefecture-level city in Hubei (place-name) Xiangyang (China) |
西周 see styles |
xī zhōu xi1 zhou1 hsi chou seishuu / seshu せいしゅう |
Western Zhou (1027-771 BC) (hist) (See 周・3) Western Zhou dynasty (of China; c 1046-771 BCE); Western Chou dynasty; (person) Nishi Amane (1829-1897) |
西土 see styles |
seido / sedo せいど |
western lands (China, India, etc.); the West; (surname) Nishido |
西域 see styles |
xī yù xi1 yu4 hsi yü seiiki / seki せいいき |
Western Regions (Han Dynasty term for regions beyond Yumen Pass 玉門關|玉门关[Yu4 men2 Guan1]) western regions of China western regions |
西康 see styles |
xī kāng xi1 kang1 hsi k`ang hsi kang |
historic province of Tibet in Kham region and west Sichuan, a province of Republic of China 1928-49 with capital Ya'an 雅安[Ya3 an1] |
西晋 see styles |
seishin / seshin せいしん |
(See 晋) Western Jin dynasty (of China; 265-317 CE); Western Chin dynasty |
西漢 西汉 see styles |
xī hàn xi1 han4 hsi han seikan / sekan せいかん |
Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-8 AD), also called 前漢|前汉[Qian2 Han4], Former Han Dynasty (hist) (See 前漢) Western Han dynasty (of China; 206 BCE-9 CE); Former Han dynasty |
西蔵 see styles |
chibetto チベット |
(place-name) Tibet (China) |
西魏 see styles |
xī wèi xi1 wei4 hsi wei seigi / segi せいぎ |
Western Wei of the Northern dynasties (535-557), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏 (hist) Western Wei dynasty (of China; 535-557) |
訓讀 训读 see styles |
xùn dú xun4 du2 hsün tu |
a reading of a written Chinese word derived from a synonym (typically, a vernacular synonym) (e.g. in Mandarin, 投子[tou2 zi5] may be pronounced as its synonym 色子[shai3 zi5], and in Wu dialects, 二 is pronounced as its synonym 兩|两 "liahn"); to pronounce a word using such a reading; (Japanese linguistics) kun-reading, a pronunciation of a kanji derived from a native Japanese word that matches its meaning rather than from the pronunciation of the character in a Sinitic language at the time it was imported from China (Note: A kun-reading of a character is distinguished from its on-reading(s) 音讀|音读[yin1 du2]. For example, 山 has a kun-reading "yama" and an on-reading "san".) |
訪中 see styles |
houchuu / hochu ほうちゅう |
(noun/participle) visit to China |
許昌 许昌 see styles |
xǔ chāng xu3 chang1 hsü ch`ang hsü chang kyoshou / kyosho きょしょう |
Xuchang, prefecture-level city in north Henan, on the Beijing-Guangzhou railway line (place-name) Xuchang (China) |
諸曁 see styles |
shoki しょき |
(place-name) Zhūjì (China) |
謫居 谪居 see styles |
zhé jū zhe2 ju1 che chü |
(of officials in imperial China) to live in banishment |
豆雁 see styles |
dòu yàn dou4 yan4 tou yen |
(bird species of China) taiga bean goose (Anser fabalis) |
貉子 see styles |
háo zi hao2 zi5 hao tzu |
raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon of North China, Korea and Japan (Japanese: tanuki); also called 狸 |
貢國 贡国 see styles |
gòng guó gong4 guo2 kung kuo |
tributary state of China (old) |
貴州 贵州 see styles |
guì zhōu gui4 zhou1 kuei chou kishuu / kishu きしゅう |
Guizhou province (Kweichow) in south central China, abbr. to 黔[Qian2] or 貴|贵[Gui4], capital Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳[Gui4 yang2] (place-name) Guizhou; Kweichow (China) |
貴陽 贵阳 see styles |
guì yáng gui4 yang2 kuei yang kiyou / kiyo きよう |
Guiyang prefecture-level city and capital of Guizhou province 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1], short name 筑[Zhu4] Guiyang (China); (place-name) Guiyang (China) |
賢相 贤相 see styles |
xián xiàng xian2 xiang4 hsien hsiang |
sagacious prime minister (in feudal China) |
質子 质子 see styles |
zhì zǐ zhi4 zi3 chih tzu tadako ただこ |
proton (positively charged nuclear particle); a prince sent to be held as a hostage in a neighbouring state in ancient China (female given name) Tadako |
赴華 赴华 see styles |
fù huá fu4 hua2 fu hua |
to visit China |
越僑 越侨 see styles |
yuè qiáo yue4 qiao2 yüeh ch`iao yüeh chiao ekkyou / ekkyo えっきょう |
Vietnamese resident in other countries (including in China) overseas Vietnamese |
越國 越国 see styles |
yuè guó yue4 guo2 yüeh kuo |
Yue state; generic term for states in south China or southeast Asia at different historical periods |
越飛 越飞 see styles |
yuè fēi yue4 fei1 yüeh fei |
Adolph Abramovich Joffe (1883-1927), Soviet and Comintern diplomat and spy in 1922-23 in Republican China |
路環 路环 see styles |
lù huán lu4 huan2 lu huan rokan ろかん |
Coloane, an island of Macao (place-name) Coloane (Macao, China) |
辰那 see styles |
chén nà chen2 na4 ch`en na chen na jinna |
jina, victorious, applied to a Buddha, a saint, etc.; forms part of the names of 辰那呾邏多 Jinatrāta; 辰那弗多羅 Jinaputra; 辰那飯荼 Jinabandhu; three Indian monks in China, the first and last during the seventh century. |
辱華 辱华 see styles |
rǔ huá ru3 hua2 ju hua |
to insult China (by criticizing its policies or boycotting its goods) |
農家 农家 see styles |
nóng jiā nong2 jia1 nung chia nouka / noka のうか |
peasant family (1) farmer; farming family; (2) farmhouse; (3) (hist) School of Agrarianism (China); School of Agronomists |
迦葉 迦叶 see styles |
jiā shě jia1 she3 chia she kashou / kasho かしょう |
(person) Kasyapa (Hindu sage); Kashou (迦葉波) kāśyapa, 迦攝 (迦攝波) inter alia 'a class of divine beings similar to or equal to prajāpati'; the father 'of gods, demons, men, fish, reptiles, and all animals'; also 'a constellation'. M.W. It is intp. as 'drinking light', i.e. swallowing sun and moon, but without apparent justification. (1) One of the seven or ten ancient Indian sages. (2) Name of a tribe or race. (3) Kāśyapa Buddha, the third of the five buddhas of the present kalpa, the sixth of the seven ancient buddhas. (4) Mahākāśyapa, a brahman of Magadha, who became one of the principal disciples of Śākyamuni, and after his death became leader of the disciples, 'convoked and directed the first synod, whence his title Ārya Sthavira (上坐, lit. chairman) is derived.' Eitel. He is accounted the chief of the ascetics before the enlightenment; the first compiler of the canon and the first patriarch. (5) There were five Kāśyapas, disciples of the Buddha, Mahā-Kāśyapa, Uruvilā-Kāśyapa, Gayā-Kāśyapa, Nadī-Kāśyapa, and Daśabala-Kāśyapa; the second, third, and fourth are said to have been brothers. (6) A bodhisattva, whose name heads a chapter in the Nirvana Sutra. (7) 迦葉摩騰 Kāśyapa-Mātaṅga, the monk who with Gobharana, or Dharmarakṣa, i.e. Zhu Falan 竺法蘭, according to Buddhist statements, brought images and scriptures to China with the commissioners sent by Mingdi, arriving in Luoyang A.D. 67. |
送中 see styles |
sòng zhōng song4 zhong1 sung chung |
to extradite to mainland China |
逃港 see styles |
táo gǎng tao2 gang3 t`ao kang tao kang |
to flee to Hong Kong; exodus to Hong Kong (from mainland China, 1950s-1970s); to flee Hong Kong; exodus from Hong Kong (from 2020) |
通化 see styles |
tōng huà tong1 hua4 t`ung hua tung hua tsūke |
Tonghua, prefecture-level city in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China; also Tonghua county Perspicacious, or influential teaching; universal powers of teaching. |
通州 see styles |
tōng zhōu tong1 zhou1 t`ung chou tung chou tsuushuu / tsushu つうしゅう |
Tongzhou, a district of Beijing; Tongzhou, a district of Nantong 南通[Nan2tong1], Jiangsu (place-name) Tongzhou (former department of China); Tungchow |
達磨 达磨 see styles |
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. |
遺鷗 遗鸥 see styles |
yí ōu yi2 ou1 i ou |
(bird species of China) relict gull (Ichthyaetus relictus) |
遼寧 辽宁 see styles |
liáo níng liao2 ning2 liao ning ryounei / ryone りょうねい |
Liaoning province in northeast China, short name 遼|辽[Liao2], capital Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳[Shen3 yang2] (place-name) Liaoning (China) |
遼河 辽河 see styles |
liáo hé liao2 he2 liao ho ryouga / ryoga りょうが |
Liao River of northeast China, passing through Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Jilin and Liaoning (personal name) Ryōga |
遼源 辽源 see styles |
liáo yuán liao2 yuan2 liao yüan |
Liaoyuan prefecture-level city in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China |
遼陽 辽阳 see styles |
liáo yáng liao2 yang2 liao yang ryouyou / ryoyo りょうよう |
Liaoyang prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3] in northeast China (place-name) Liaoyang (China) |
避諱 避讳 see styles |
bì hui bi4 hui5 pi hui hiki ひき |
to avoid a taboo word or topic; to refrain from; to avoid (hist) avoiding using a name (naming taboo in ancient China) |
邵陽 邵阳 see styles |
shào yáng shao4 yang2 shao yang shouyou / shoyo しょうよう |
Shaoyang, prefecture-level city in Hunan (place-name) Shaoyang (China) |
郡守 see styles |
jun shǒu jun4 shou3 chün shou |
senior provincial official in imperial China |
郡治 see styles |
jun zhì jun4 zhi4 chün chih gunji ぐんじ |
seat of the principal county magistrate in imperial China (surname, given name) Gunji |
郭泉 see styles |
guō quán guo1 quan2 kuo ch`üan kuo chüan |
Guo Quan, formerly Professor of Nanjing Normal University, sacked after founding New People's Party of China 中國新民黨|中国新民党 |
郷学 see styles |
gougaku; kyougaku / gogaku; kyogaku ごうがく; きょうがく |
village school (esp. in Edo-era Japan, and ancient Korea and China) |
郷鎮 see styles |
gouchin / gochin ごうちん |
(abbreviation) (See 郷鎮企業) township and village enterprises (in China); TVE |
都忘 see styles |
miyakowasure みやこわすれ |
China aster |
都督 see styles |
dū dū du1 du1 tu tu totoku ととく |
(army) commander-in-chief (archaic); provincial military governor and civil administrator during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD) governor-general |
鄧析 邓析 see styles |
dèng xī deng4 xi1 teng hsi |
Deng Xi (545-501 BC), Chinese philosopher and rhetorician, the first lawyer of ancient China |
酒店 see styles |
jiǔ diàn jiu3 dian4 chiu tien sakadana(p); sakamise; shuten さかだな(P); さかみせ; しゅてん |
wine shop; pub (public house); hotel; restaurant; (Tw) hostess club (1) liquor store; off-licence; bottle shop; (2) (しゅてん only) hotel (in China) |
重慶 重庆 see styles |
chóng qìng chong2 qing4 ch`ung ch`ing chung ching juukei / juke じゅうけい |
Chongqing (Chungking), formerly in Sichuan province, a municipality since 1997, short name 渝[Yu2] Chongqing (China); (place-name) Chongqing (China); Chungking |
野人 see styles |
yě rén ye3 ren2 yeh jen yajin やじん |
a savage; uncivilized person; (old) commoner (1) rustic; country bumpkin; countryfolk; (2) ruffian; unrefined person; (3) non-politician; non-government person; civilian; (4) Yeren; legendary mountain-dwelling hominid (similar to a sasquatch, yeti, etc.) of China's Hubei province; (given name) Nobito |
金代 see styles |
jīn dài jin1 dai4 chin tai kaneyo かねよ |
Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), founded by the Jurchen 女真[Nu:3 zhen1] people of North China, a precursor of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty (female given name) Kaneyo |
金文 see styles |
jīn wén jin1 wen2 chin wen kinbun きんぶん |
inscription in bronze; bell-cauldron inscription Chinese bronze inscriptions; type of lettering used on metal objects, especially in China during the Yin and Zhou dynasties; (surname) Kanebun |
金朝 see styles |
jīn cháo jin1 chao2 chin ch`ao chin chao |
Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), founded by the Jurchen 女真[Nu:3 zhen1] people of North China, a precursor of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty |
金盾 see styles |
kinjun きんじゅん |
Golden Shield Project; Chinese network-security project which operates the Great Firewall of China |
金磚 金砖 see styles |
jīn zhuān jin1 zhuan1 chin chuan |
BRIC; BRICS economic bloc (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) |
金華 金华 see styles |
jīn huá jin1 hua2 chin hua kinka きんか |
Jinhua prefecture-level city in Zhejiang (place-name) Jinhua (China) |
金鵰 金雕 see styles |
jīn diāo jin1 diao1 chin tiao |
(bird species of China) golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) |
鉄嶺 see styles |
tetsurei / tetsure てつれい |
(place-name) Tieling (China) |
鉢多 钵多 see styles |
bō duō bo1 duo1 po to hatta |
(鉢多羅) pātra, a bowl, vessel, receptacle, an almsbowl; also 鉢呾羅; 鉢和羅 (or 鉢和蘭); 波怛囉 (or 播怛囉); in brief 鉢. The almsbowl of the Buddha is said to have been brought by Bodhidharma to China in A. D. 520. |
銀川 银川 see styles |
yín chuān yin2 chuan1 yin ch`uan yin chuan ginsen ぎんせん |
Yinchuan city, capital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1] Yinchuan (China); (given name) Ginsen |
銀聯 银联 see styles |
yín lián yin2 lian2 yin lien ginren ぎんれん |
UnionPay; CUP (company) UnionPay (China); (c) UnionPay (China) |
銀鷗 银鸥 see styles |
yín ōu yin2 ou1 yin ou |
(bird species of China) European herring gull (Larus argentatus) |
銅錢 铜钱 see styles |
tóng qián tong2 qian2 t`ung ch`ien tung chien dōsen |
copper coin (round with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China) Copper money, cash. |
錦州 锦州 see styles |
jǐn zhōu jin3 zhou1 chin chou kinshuu / kinshu きんしゅう |
Jinzhou prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3] in northeast China (place-name) Jinzhou (China) |
錫伯 锡伯 see styles |
xī bó xi1 bo2 hsi po |
Xibo ethnic group of northeast China |
鎖國 锁国 see styles |
suǒ guó suo3 guo2 so kuo |
to close a country; to exclude foreign contact; closed country (Qing China, North Korea etc) |
鎮市 see styles |
chinshi ちんし |
(hist) town (China); (given name) Shizuichi |
鐵嶺 铁岭 see styles |
tiě lǐng tie3 ling3 t`ieh ling tieh ling |
Tieling, prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3] in northeast China; also Tieling county |
長吏 长吏 see styles |
cháng lì chang2 li4 ch`ang li chang li chouri / chori ちょうり |
(1) (See 穢多) eta (Edo period); (2) {Buddh} (See 座主,別当・3,検校・1) administrator of a temple; (3) (archaism) low-ranking government official with a comparatively high salary (in medieval China) head administrator of a temple |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 100 results for "china" in Chinese and/or Japanese.Information about this dictionary:
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
This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).
Combined, these cover 1,007,753 Japanese, Chinese, and Buddhist characters, words, idioms, names, placenames, and short phrases.
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