Glossary and Vocabulary for Quotations from Chan Master Ming Jue 《明覺禪師語錄》

Contents

1. Frequencies of Lexical Words
2. Frequencies of all Words
3. Keywords
4. Proper Nouns

Frequencies of Lexical Words

Rank	Frequency	Chinese	Pinyin	English	Example Usage
1	1856	云	yún	cloud	孰云煩慮屏
2	832	師	shī	teacher	參學小師文政編
3	565	僧	sēng	a monk	遠附僧如
4	445	問	wèn	to ask	飛辯恨曾虧激問
5	303	一	yī	one	一十二年同冷
6	259	便	biàn	convenient / handy / easy	莫便因循忘却歸
7	238	舉	jǔ	to lift / to hold up / to raise	正令齊舉
8	234	來	lái	to come	聞來半偈
9	221	人	rén	person / people / a human being	名聞出世人
10	220	道	dào	way / road / path	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
11	188	處	chù	a place / location / a spot / a point	或處
12	166	在	zài	in / at	道在非同入四禪
13	163	未	wèi	Eighth earthly branch	剎那心合未忘書
14	150	山	shān	a mountain / a hill / a peak	武陵山來何祕邃
15	145	去	qù	to go	惜去全身莫共居
16	142	見	jiàn	to see	坤日見真
17	142	送	sòng	to deliver / to carry / to give	送錢太博應賢良選
18	139	禪	chán	Chan / Zen	與寶真禪者為友
19	136	峯	fēng	peak / summit	深峯甘自聽飛泉
20	132	代	dài	to represent / to substitute / to replace	以代贐別
21	130	到	dào	to arrive	到人若
22	127	雲	yún	cloud	鶴貌雲心逈灑然
23	120	時	shí	time / a point or period of time	願見皇家急詔時
24	119	上堂	shàng táng	ascend to the [Dharma] hall	上堂
25	118	知	zhī	to know	知何極
26	114	作	zuò	to do	愚近偶作三
27	114	和尚	héshang	an abbot / a monk	寄太平端和尚
28	111	打	dǎ	to strike / to hit / to beat	賊不打貧兒家
29	103	生	shēng	to be born / to give birth	後得智生功德聚
30	99	裏	lǐ	inside / interior	華鬘影裏奪芳春
31	96	上	shàng	top / a high position	引携諸子上
32	94	起	qǐ	to arise / to get up	剔起眉毛不在多
33	91	歸	guī	to go back / to return	雙林孰謂歸圓寂
34	89	拈	niān	to pick up with fingers	新開作者曾拈却
35	88	中	zhōng	middle	予天禧中
36	88	風	fēng	wind	使文外之士同振古風
37	87	巖	yán	precipice / cliff / rockface	巖棲塚宿難依
38	87	漢	hàn	Han Chinese	漢之東
39	87	清	qīng	clear / pure / clean	憂民風概乍清羸
40	85	日	rì	day of the month / a certain day	坤日見真
41	81	行	xíng	to walk / to move	告而行之
42	81	門	mén	door / gate / doorway / gateway	門新
43	81	入	rù	to enter	道在非同入四禪
44	80	事	shì	matter / thing / item	真公不以事曠誠隔遠
45	80	月	yuè	month	月眉斜印海
46	79	過	guò	to cross / to go over / to pass	空仰嘉聲過洞庭
47	79	拄杖	zhǔzhàng	staff / walking staff	兔角拄杖
48	79	作麼生	zuòmashēng	to do what?	爾作麼生是袖裏藏鋒
49	78	古	gǔ	ancient / old / palaeo-	玳瑁盂傳古佛先
50	77	天	tiān	day	予天禧中
51	77	華	huá	Chinese	貫華雖
52	76	後	hòu	after / later	苾芻草馥僧秖後
53	76	方	fāng	square / quadrilateral / one side	方袍圓頂義何宣
54	75	會	huì	can / be able to	還會麼
55	73	雪竇	Xuě Dòu	Xue Dou	明州雪竇山資聖寺第六祖明覺
56	73	三	sān	three	愚近偶作三
57	72	座	zuò	seat	華雨座
58	72	請	qǐng	to ask / to inquire	宜請賡唱
59	72	高	gāo	high / tall	高不是超三際
60	71	子	zǐ	child / son	珍重覺皇有真子
61	71	看	kàn	to see / to look	細自看緊緩相就
62	70	明	míng	bright / brilliant	明覺禪師祖英集卷第六
63	69	同	tóng	like / same / similar	使文外之士同振古風
64	69	不知	bùzhī	do not know	不知何處是塵勞
65	68	州	zhōu	a state / a province	真州資福禪院新鑄鍾銘
66	68	頭	tóu	head	百草頭何太極
67	67	底	dǐ	bottom / base / end	底蹙紅皺碧
68	64	開	kāi	to open	半合半開
69	64	言	yán	to speak / to say / said	言也
70	61	寒	hán	cold / wintry / chilly	寶杖夜鳴寒嶠月
71	61	眼	yǎn	eye	海眼通洌泉
72	61	二	èr	two	二首
73	61	老	lǎo	old / aged / elderly / aging	白老
74	60	水	shuǐ	water	知逝水
75	60	佛	fó	Buddha / Awakened One	玳瑁盂傳古佛先
76	60	要	yào	to want / to wish for	我要重新敲鐵佛
77	60	聞	wén	to hear	聞來半偈
78	59	休	xiū	to rest	休誇郢歌好
79	59	棒	bàng	a stick / a club / a cudgel	也好與三十棒
80	59	一日	yī rì	one [whole] day	一日真公謂予曰
81	58	進	jìn	to enter	師攝衣趨進
82	57	祖	zǔ	ancestor / forefather	明覺禪師祖英集卷第六
83	56	大	dà	big / great / huge / large / major	還稱大
84	56	難	nán	difficult / arduous / hard	背此恩難拯拔
85	55	寄	jì	to send / to transmit / to mail	夏寄辯禪者山房
86	54	石	shí	a rock / a stone	禪石飛流濺碧莎
87	54	雪峯	xuěfēng	Xuefeng	雪峯輥毬亦端的
88	54	儞	nǐ	you	放儞雲
89	54	意	yì	idea	愛住隍城意轉高
90	54	千	qiān	one thousand	捧千輪足
91	53	空	kōng	empty / void / hollow	消息曠斷寰宇空
92	53	直	zhí	straight	直向當
93	52	落	luò	to fall / to drop	千峯萬峯落殘雪
94	52	好	hǎo	good	挨星相好中天主
95	51	謂	wèi	to call	一日真公謂予曰
96	51	前	qián	front	前猶滯相
97	51	雪	xuě	snow	千峯萬峯落殘雪
98	50	飛	fēi	to fly	俄屬分飛吳楚
99	50	趙州	zhàozhōu	Zhouzhou	先憶趙州關
100	49	說	shuō	to say / said / to speak / to talk / speaks	說多嘉賞
101	49	龍	lóng	dragon	象轉龍蟠絕比倫
102	48	分	fēn	to separate / to divide into parts	俄屬分飛吳楚
103	48	君	jūn	sovereign / monarch / lord / gentleman / ruler	彪炳對吾君
104	48	辯	biàn	to dispute / to debate / to argue / to discuss	飛辯恨曾虧激問
105	48	聲	shēng	sound	空仰嘉聲過洞庭
106	48	眾	zhòng	many / numerous	排斥眾魔登壽域
107	47	翠	cuì	green	乘興飛帆別翠峯
108	47	喫	chī	to consume / to eat or drink	口只堪喫飯
109	47	雲門	yúnmén	Yunmen School	雲門俱字
110	47	孤	gū	solitary	孤
111	47	遠	yuǎn	far / distant	真公不以事曠誠隔遠
112	46	大眾	dàzhòng	assembly / people / public / masses / audience	大眾看者一員禪客
113	46	今	jīn	today / modern / present / current / this / now	羽翼摶風今是時
114	45	光	guāng	light	浮光寄枯槁
115	45	笑	xiào	to smile / to laugh	翻笑忘
116	44	春	chūn	spring	華鬘影裏奪芳春
117	44	某甲	mǒujiǎ	a certain person	合到某甲
118	43	草	cǎo	grass / straw / herbs	苾芻草馥僧秖後
119	43	句	jù	sentence	隔身之句是程途
120	43	深	shēn	deep	深峯甘自聽飛泉
121	43	百	bǎi	one hundred	頂珠常照百由旬
122	43	語	yǔ	dialect / language / speech	巧語向
123	43	地	dì	soil / ground / land	匝地
124	43	離	lí	to leave / to depart / to go away / to part	離亭不
125	43	宗	zōng	school / sect	但遐仰覺皇宗致
126	43	重	zhòng	heavy	重席展懷抱
127	42	新	xīn	new / fresh / modern	門新
128	41	觀	guān	to look at / to watch / to observe	後夜觀垂
129	41	令	lìng	to make / to cause to be / to lead	正令齊舉
130	41	定	dìng	to decide	孤立大方資定
131	40	主	zhǔ	owner	挨星相好中天主
132	40	衲僧	nà sēng	a patch-robed monk / a Chan monastic	留與衲僧作榜樣
133	40	似	sì	to resemble / to similar to to	一日圓成呈似君
134	39	流	liú	to flow / to spread / to circulate	甘蔗流苗應剎塵
135	39	取	qǔ	to take / to get / to fetch	無取無離
136	38	用	yòng	to use / to apply	渡河用
137	38	照	zhào	to illuminate / to shine	頂珠常照百由旬
138	38	解	jiě	to loosen / to unfasten / to untie	解布勞生手
139	38	當時	dāngshí	then / at that time	當時臨濟辭黃檗
140	38	德	dé	Germany	白玉毫飛萬德身
141	38	夜	yè	night	寶杖夜鳴寒嶠月
142	38	立	lì	to stand	且夫聖人之立
143	37	近	jìn	nearby	愚近偶作三
144	37	士	shì	a gentleman / a knight	使文外之士同振古風
145	37	兩	liǎng	two	三樹兩樹
146	37	海	hǎi	the sea / a sea / the ocean	月眉斜印海
147	37	德山	déshān	Cuifeng Deshan / Deshan	皇龍潭德山雪峯雲門香林智門
148	37	靈	líng	agile / nimble	寓跡靈隱
149	37	盡	jìn	to the greatest extent / utmost	拂盡天雲乃飛過
150	37	曰	yuē	to speak / to say	一日真公謂予曰
151	37	合	hé	to join / to combine	剎那心合未忘書
152	37	禮拜	lǐbài	week	便禮拜
153	36	首	shǒu	head	二首
154	36	多	duō	over / indicates a number greater than the number preceding it	再窺荒斐愧慰多集
155	36	喝	hē	to drink	喝下承當
156	35	萬	wàn	ten thousand	白玉毫飛萬德身
157	35	話	huà	spoken words / talk / conversation / dialect / language	頌藥山師子話送僧
158	35	年	nián	year	一十二年同冷
159	35	樹	shù	tree	三樹兩樹
160	35	識	shí	knowledge / understanding	識初相見
161	35	手	shǒu	hand	手疏請
162	35	影	yǐng	an image / a reflection	華鬘影裏奪芳春
163	35	覺	jué	to awake	明覺禪師祖英集卷第六
164	35	沙	shā	sand / gravel / pebbles	正法眼絕塵沙
165	34	成	chéng	to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to succeed / to perfect	燒松亦成蓋
166	34	指	zhǐ	to point	指前坡笑又噓
167	34	相見	xiāngjiàn	to meet each other	識初相見
168	34	示眾云	shì zhòng yún	preface directed to the assembly	示眾云
169	34	碧	bì	bluish green / cyan-blue / deeply saturated blue / emerald	螺髮右旋仙島碧
170	33	天下	tiānxià	China	解拈天下任橫行
171	33	金	jīn	gold	栴檀林裏振金毛
172	33	可	kě	can / may / permissible	梵德言辭莫可陳
173	33	住	zhù	to dwell / to live / to reside	愛住隍城意轉高
174	33	待	dài	to treat / to entertain / to receive guests	五葉待時折
175	33	家	jiā	house / home / residence	家林歸去意何長
176	33	能	néng	can / able	只報盧能在下風
177	33	泉	quán	fountain / spring	深峯甘自聽飛泉
178	33	葉	yè	leaf / foliage / petal	老病還同葉半凋
179	33	擬	nǐ	to draft	庶擬群類
180	33	致	zhì	to send / to devote / to deliver / to convey	但遐仰覺皇宗致
181	33	文	wén	writing / text	參學小師文政編
182	32	白	bái	white	波中綻白蕖
183	32	松	sōng	to loosen / to relax	松凋不死枝
184	32	物	wù	thing / matter	生解齊物
185	32	不能	bù néng	cannot / must not / should not	不能垂手入塵勞
186	32	步	bù	a step	步列金田
187	32	長老	zhǎnglǎo	an elder	寄烏龍長老
188	32	大師	dàshī	venerable master / great master / master	送因大師
189	31	雨	yǔ	rain	華雨座
190	31	輕	qīng	light / not heavy	雲衣輕拂下層巒
191	31	冷	lěng	cold	一十二年同冷
192	31	許	xǔ	to allow / to permit	唯自相許
193	31	片	piàn	disc / sheet / slice / splinter / strip	片帆高掛岸雲收
194	31	聖	shèng	divine / holy / sacred / ārya	千聖護持為頂相
195	31	外	wài	outside	使文外之士同振古風
196	31	堂	táng	main hall / a large room	堂歸未晚
197	30	辭	cí	words / speech / expression / phrase / dialog	斯之讚辭
198	30	真	zhēn	real / true / genuine	與寶真禪者為友
199	30	王	wáng	Wang	佇為王者師
200	30	集	jí	to gather / to collect	明覺禪師祖英集卷第六
201	30	放	fàng	to put / to place	民瘼求來吏放閑
202	30	教	jiāo	to teach / to educate / to instruct	七八既難直須教透
203	30	心	xīn	heart	剎那心合未忘書
204	30	化	huà	to make into / to change into / to transform	元化功兮不容易
205	29	院	yuàn	a school	州普安院仁銑師
206	29	苦	kǔ	bitterness / bitter flavor	冥悰苦搜索
207	29	五	wǔ	five	云兆分其五
208	28	放過	fàngguò	to let off / to let slip by / to let somebody get away with sth	洎合放過
209	28	點	diǎn	a dot	到必為時除點額
210	28	隨	suí	to follow	使隨器而趨之
211	28	機	jī	machine	機自安者
212	28	今日	jīnrì	today	真禪今日又思鄉
213	28	幾	jǐ	several	四顧清風拂幾遭
214	28	客	kè	guest / visitor	林下雅為方外客
215	28	欲	yù	desire	罷參還欲勘諸方
216	28	思	sī	to think / consider / to ponder	仍思昔日吾祖
217	27	不見	bújiàn	to not see	君不見行路難亦容易
218	27	四	sì	four	四衢道內拋紅焰
219	27	身	shēn	human body / torso	白玉毫飛萬德身
220	27	半	bàn	half [of]	半合半開
221	27	侍者	shìzhě	an attendant	酬海宗二侍者
222	27	玄沙	xuánshā	Xuan Sha / Hsuan sha / Shi Bei	玄沙猛虎
223	27	尋	xún	to search / to look for / to seek	誰兮可尋討
224	27	色	sè	color	野水資寒色
225	27	使	shǐ	to make / to cause	使文外之士同振古風
226	27	射	shè	to shoot [an arrow] / to launch [ a rocket] / to fire [a missile]	冷匣秋波射斗星
227	27	迴	huí	to return / to revolve	曾來芳樹幾迴飛
228	27	如今	rújīn	nowadays / now	如今懵
229	26	城	chéng	a city / a town	愛住隍城意轉高
230	26	坐	zuò	to sit	坐
231	26	存	cún	to exist / to survive	其道必存
232	26	馬	mǎ	horse	一馬
233	26	親	qīn	relatives	祖域高親日未央
234	25	茶	chá	tea	送新茶
235	25	國師	Guóshī	State Preceptor / Guoshi	國師問座主
236	25	聽	tīng	to listen	深峯甘自聽飛泉
237	25	不會	bù huì	will not / not able	華人不會
238	25	如此	rúcǐ	in this way / so	古今離恨雖如此
239	25	乾坤	qiánkūn	heaven and earth / Yin and Yang / the Universe	窺來須得乾坤眼
240	25	一時	yīshí	a period of time / a while	一時之能事也
241	25	學	xué	to study / to learn	須相學
242	25	無語	wúyǔ	to not speak / to be speech­less	僧無語
243	25	七	qī	seven	七八既難直須教透
244	25	堪	kān	adequately capable of / worthy of	人間堪作火中蓮
245	24	報	bào	newspaper	投報相襲
246	24	列	liè	to arrange / to line up / to list	步列金田
247	24	圓	yuán	won / yuan	處圓蟾夜
248	24	爭	zhēng	to compete / to struggle / to fight / to contend / to strive	三年孤與急流爭
249	24	徒	tú	apprentice / disciple	禪徒
250	23	遊	yóu	to swim	或遊
251	23	瞞	mán	to conceal from	明眼人難瞞
252	23	六	liù	six	破六宗
253	23	情	qíng	feeling / emotion / mood	情
254	23	經	jīng	to go through / to experience	經旬抱疾阻春霖
255	23	收	shōu	to receive / to accept	又曰收
256	23	平	píng	flat / level / smooth	平
257	23	望	wàng	to gaze / to look towards	慈儀戀望
258	23	轉	zhuǎn	to transmit / to convey / to forward (mail)	象轉龍蟠絕比倫
259	23	迢	tiáo	remote / distant	迢迢海甸來尋我
260	23	總	zǒng	general / total / overall / chief	一日總緝成二百二十首
261	23	寶	bǎo	a jewel / gem / a treasure	與寶真禪者為友
262	23	藏	cáng	to hide	韜藏未
263	23	字	zì	letter / symbol / character	胸字杳分無量義
264	23	塵	chén	dust / dirt	甘蔗流苗應剎塵
265	23	喚	huàn	to call	殷勤相喚出層山
266	23	古人	gǔrén	people from ancient times / the ancients / person who has passed away	古人不
267	23	隱	yǐn	to hide / to conceal	寓跡靈隱
268	23	伊	yī	is exactly	伊余空寂
269	23	虛	xū	devoid of content / void / false / empty / vain	必眹虛必冥奧
270	22	答	dá	to reply / to answer	答天童新和尚
271	22	鐵	tiě	iron	鐵衣隨從古霜清
272	22	命	mìng	life	一日命侍者
273	22	不在	bùzài	not here	來不在前去不在後
274	22	頂	dǐng	top / peak	頂珠常照百由旬
275	22	三十	sān shí	thirty	寶讚三十韻
276	22	投子	tóuzǐ	Touzi	雖三詣投子九陟洞山
277	22	學人	xuérén	a scholar	學人為
278	21	先	xiān	first	玳瑁盂傳古佛先
279	21	學士	xuéshì	bachelor degree	謝鮑學士惠臘茶
280	21	傳	chuán	to transmit	玳瑁盂傳古佛先
281	21	春風	chūn fēng	spring breeze	春風
282	21	八	bā	eight	八元
283	21	秋	qiū	fall / autumn	秋漱碧潭煙
284	21	死	sǐ	to die	死中得
285	21	擬議	nǐyì	proposal / recommendation / to draft	豈智識而擬議哉
286	21	留	liú	to leave something / to retain / to stay / to remain / to keep / to preserve	大悲留演潤禽魚
287	21	還有	háiyǒu	furthermore / in addition / still / also	負春還有誰
288	21	源	yuán	source / origin	源
289	21	老僧	lǎo sēng	an old monk	在老僧手中喚作什
290	21	火	huǒ	fire / flame	人間堪作火中蓮
291	21	槌	chuí	a mallet / a pestle / a beetle	槌影動寶劍光寒
292	21	上座	shàngzuò	sthavira / elder	上座知也不得無過
293	21	靜	jìng	still / calm	豈止浮根靜
294	20	箭	jiàn	arrow	解看箭
295	20	霜	shuāng	frost	曉天雲靜冷涵霜
296	20	清風	qīngfēng	cool breeze / fig. pure and honest	得清風價轉高
297	20	振	zhèn	to flap	曾振滄溟奪夜光
298	20	蓋	gài	a lid / top / cover	燒松亦成蓋
299	20	法	fǎ	method / way	法嗣也
300	20	垂	chuí	to hang / to suspend / to droop	垂千萬世
301	20	唱	chàng	to sing / to chant	宜請賡唱
302	20	路	lù	road / path / way	曹溪路
303	20	敢	gǎn	bold / brave	辰錦砂兮敢言赤
304	20	頌	sòng	to praise / to laud / to acclaim	示我商頌清
305	20	承	chéng	to bear / to carry / to hold	寄承天長老
306	20	殊	shū	different / special / unusual	殊
307	20	久	jiǔ	old	送久禪德歸蘭亭
308	20	求	qiú	to request	民瘼求來吏放閑
309	20	象	xiàng	figure / image / appearance	象轉龍蟠絕比倫
310	20	公	gōng	public/ common / state-owned	一日真公謂予曰
311	19	饒	ráo	to forgive	權化不相饒
312	19	祖師	zǔshī	patriarch / the founder of a school or sect	訪祖師
313	19	虎	hǔ	tiger	虎馴庵畔尚稽詮
314	19	作家	zuòjiā	author / writer	竿木隨身老作家
315	19	帝	dì	supreme ruler / emperor	帝稽首
316	19	依依	yīyī	leaves stirring in the wind	折依依柳
317	19	西	xī	The West	西相對看
318	19	論	lùn	to comment / to discuss	難以論嘉藻
319	19	回	huí	to go back / to return	此去城中早晚回
320	19	木	mù	wood / lumber	類蝕木也
321	19	忘	wàng	to forget / neglect / to miss / to omit	剎那心合未忘書
322	19	破	pò	to break / to split / to smash	為吾略嘲破
323	19	獨	dú	alone / independent / single / sole	獨倚寒藤振祖風
324	19	南	nán	south	東西南
325	19	義	yì	meaning / sense	方袍圓頂義何宣
326	19	林	lín	a wood / a forest / a grove	雙林孰謂歸圓寂
327	19	冥	míng	dark	必眹虛必冥奧
328	19	壽	shòu	old age / long life	排斥眾魔登壽域
329	19	動	dòng	to move / to act	動
330	18	目	mù	an item	目斷千山插太虛
331	18	船	chuán	boat / ship / watercraft	船主船中寄惠持
332	18	濟	jì	to ferry	吾愛濟橫流
333	18	參	cān	to take part in / to participate	兄弟十字越參星
334	18	拂	fú	to brush away	天籟拂微雲
335	18	衲	nà	to mend / to sew / to patch	令僧把衲
336	18	正	zhèng	upright / straight	正令齊舉
337	18	國	guó	a country / a nation	國器難藏孰可知
338	18	南泉	nánquán	Nanquan	陸大夫問南泉
339	18	亂	luàn	chaotic / disorderly	何鄙彼危急亂拋下
340	18	佛法	fófǎ	Dharma / Dhárma / Dhamma / Buddha-Dhárma / Buddhist doctrine	是謂涅槃妙心諸佛法印無上微妙祕密圓明
341	18	氷	bīng	ice / frost / icicles	天遙新氷雪
342	18	倚	yǐ	to rely on / to depend on	長劍倚天
343	18	溪	xī	a mountain stream / a creek	溪山春色映雲袍
344	18	消	xiāo	to vanish / to die out / to eliminate	獨步坤維消此情
345	18	示	shì	to show / to reveal	示我商頌清
346	18	病	bìng	ailment / sickness / illness / disease	因金鵝和尚語藥病
347	18	叢	cóng	crowded together / thickset	祥瑞却生蘆葦叢
348	18	東	dōng	east	南北東
349	18	世	shì	a generation	垂千萬世
350	18	老宿	lǎosù	an elderly and respected person / an elder	有老宿
351	18	根	gēn	origin / cause / basis	豈止浮根靜
352	17	歸去	guīqù	to go back	家林歸去意何長
353	17	福	fú	good fortune / happiness / luck	福去
354	17	鼻孔	bíkǒng	a nostril	一人人鼻孔遼天
355	17	不可	bù kě	cannot / should not / must not / forbidden / prohibited	屈指嚬眉不可
356	17	普	pǔ	common / general / popular / everywhere / universal / extensive	分明普示諸
357	17	踏	tà	to step on / to trample / to tread on / to walk	壁立千仞須摧踏
358	17	青	qīng	green	黛非青兮藍一色
359	17	官	guān	an office	因官人請陞座
360	17	顧	gù	to look after / to attend to	顧我不爭衡
361	17	乘	chéng	to mount / to climb onto	乘時既磊落
362	17	索	suǒ	to search / to inquire	妄以山或索云斧
363	17	掩	yǎn	to cover	幾掩寒蟾出太虛
364	17	跡	jì	a footprint	寓跡靈隱
365	17	劍	jiàn	sword / dagger / saber	長劍倚天
366	17	啼	tí	to weep / to whimper	碧梧桐裏正啼鶯
367	17	不問	bù wèn	to pay no attention to / to disregard / to ignore / to let go unpunished / to let off	星流不問三千里
368	17	三千	sān qiān	three thousand	三千統摩頂
369	17	出來	chūlái	to come out / to emerge	一筆句下不甘底出來
370	17	浪	làng	wave	月分春浪冷依依
371	17	掌	zhǎng	palm of the hand	清風在誰掌
372	17	提	tí	to carry	言提唱宗乘亦是閑
373	17	良久	liáng jiǔ	a long time	作麼生道得勦絕去慶良久
374	17	勞	láo	to toil	勞信有
375	17	寥寥	liáoliáo	very few	只應孤月共寥寥
376	17	瞎	xiā	to be blind	撞著露柱底箇瞎漢
377	16	睦州	mùzhōu	Muzhou	吳尚書訪睦州
378	16	臨濟	Línjì	Linji School	臨濟何茫茫
379	16	保福	bǎofú	Baofu	保福四謾人
380	16	敗	bài	to defeat / to vanquish	還知敗闕麼
381	16	晚	wǎn	evening / night	堂歸未晚
382	16	星	xīng	a star / a planet	況倚文星在巨舟
383	16	石頭	shítou	rock / stone	峨峨石頭使乎讓祖
384	16	千里	qiān lǐ	thousand li / long distance	是數千里
385	16	折	zhé	to fold	華折
386	16	領	lǐng	neck	綱兮領兮若為舉
387	16	倒	dǎo	to fall / to collapse / to topple	傾湫倒嶽
388	16	吹	chuī	to blow /to puff	吹無時
389	16	賓	bīn	a guest / a visitor	如何是賓中賓
390	16	野	yě	wilderness	華野非殊古所難
391	16	不肯	bùkěn	not willing	頻喚回頭不肯回
392	16	夫	fū	a man / a male adult	且夫聖人之立
393	16	具	jù	tool / device / utensil / equipment / instrument	其能具諸種智
394	16	召	zhào	to call together / to summon / to convene	賢才當召試
395	16	擊	jī	to strike / to hit / to beat	祚以拂子擊之
396	16	發	fà	hair	發尋常事
397	16	禪師	chánshī	Chan Master / Zen Master / Seon Master	明覺禪師祖英集卷第六
398	16	走	zǒu	to walk / to go / to move	萬國香華競頭走
399	16	賊	zéi	thief	賊不打貧兒家
400	16	念	niàn	to read aloud	跡念昏衢警
401	16	贈	zèng	to give a present	贈別太臻禪者
402	15	邊	biān	side / boundary / edge / margin	紅芍藥邊方舞蝶
403	15	長慶	zhǎngqìng	Changqing	長慶代云
404	15	別有	biéyǒu	to have other... / to have a special ...	別有生靈
405	15	信	xìn	to believe / to trust	勞信有
406	15	書	shū	book	剎那心合未忘書
407	15	般	bān	sort / kind / class	魯般繩墨
408	15	澄	chéng	clear and still water	名標練若澄諠猾
409	15	土	tǔ	earth / soil / dirt	土為貌兮金
410	15	塔	tǎ	a pagoda / a stupa	大師塔銘
411	15	胡	hú	beard / mustache	老胡鶴樹漸開口
412	15	謝	xiè	to thank	謝張太保見訪
413	15	老漢	lǎohàn	old man	者老漢方始瞥地
414	15	江	jiāng	a large river	目對春江倚寥沈
415	15	露	lù	to bare / to be open / to be exposed	雨前微露見鎗旗
416	15	迷	mí	to bewitch / to charm / to infatuate	迷者挽
417	15	橫	héng	horizontal / transverse	水面無風釣艇橫
418	15	等	děng	et cetera / and so on	百千年是等閑身
419	15	悟	wù	to apprehend / to realize / to become aware	送邃悟上人之會稽
420	15	竪	shù	straight vertical character stroke	回兮眉卓竪
421	15	失	shī	to lose	失大道
422	15	本分	běnfēn	one's identity or position	蓋是本分
423	15	始	shǐ	beginning / start	始生瞑目若寐
424	15	曲	qǔ	a song	得不曲為序引
425	14	實	shí	real / true	送實師弟
426	14	音	yīn	sound / noise	也須音問寄層巒
427	14	牛	niú	an ox / a cow / a bull	牛未歸去
428	14	縱	zōng	warp (the vertical threads in weaving) / vertical	縱止言欺白雪辭
429	14	飯	fàn	food / a meal	維摩香飯本非讚
430	14	第二	dì èr	second	是第二句
431	14	麟	lín	female of Chinese unicorn	麟龍愧頭角
432	14	固	gù	to secure / to be safe / to safeguard / to stabilize / to become solid	固以道義相揖
433	14	審	shěn	to examine / to investigate / to analyze to judge	未審百
434	14	茫茫	mángmáng	boundless / vast	臨濟何茫茫
435	14	興	xīng	to flourish / to be popular	嘗遊興未闌
436	14	釣	diào	to fish	水面無風釣艇橫
437	14	衲子	nàzǐ	Saṅgha / Sangha / Buddhist monastic community	龍蛇易辯衲子難瞞
438	14	卷	juǎn	to coil / to roll	卷韜龍光
439	14	急	jí	hurried / worried	願見皇家急詔時
440	14	宣	xuān	to declare / to announce	方袍圓頂義何宣
441	14	數	shǔ	to count	是數千里
442	14	際	jì	border / boundar / juncture	賦月生雲際送誠監寺
443	14	枝	zhī	a branch / a twig	松凋不死枝
444	14	拋	pāo	throw (away) / to abandon / to reject	四衢道內拋紅焰
445	14	訪	fǎng	to visit	者來相訪
446	14	誠	chéng	honesty / sincerity	真公不以事曠誠隔遠
447	14	近前	jìnqián	to come close / to get near to / front	當時但近前把住拄杖云
448	14	緣	yuán	fate / predestined affinity	續焰千燈豈小緣
449	14	嶺	lǐng	mountain ridge / mountain peak	聳危嶺
450	14	白雲	bái yún	white cloud	來白雲
451	14	小	xiǎo	small / tiny / insignificant	參學小師文政編
452	14	拂子	fúzi	a fly whisk	祚以拂子擊之
453	13	面	miàn	side / surface	八面清風遠遠待時
454	13	幽	yōu	quiet / secluded / tranquil / serene	賾幽欣且免長噓
455	13	讓	ràng	to allow / to permit / to yield / to concede	讓公器
456	13	九	jiǔ	nine	棲梧瑞九苞
457	13	香	xiāng	fragrant / savory / appetizing / sweet / scented	因香嚴和尚
458	13	勝	shèng	to beat / to win / to conquer	得自侯門勝楚珍
459	13	貴	guì	expensive / costly / valuable	握草為金不為貴
460	13	安	ān	calm / still / quiet / peaceful	機自安者
461	13	試	shì	to test / to try / to experiment	賢才當召試
462	13	免	miǎn	to spare	賾幽欣且免長噓
463	13	珠	zhū	pearl	頂珠常照百由旬
464	13	善	shàn	virtuous / wholesome / benevolent / well-disposed	壇曾善
465	13	洞山	dòngshān	Dongshan	雖三詣投子九陟洞山
466	13	隣	lín	neighbor / adjacent	相隣不孤逈
467	13	全	quán	perfect	曾許全
468	13	退	tuì	to retreat / to move back	師遂拂衣而退
469	13	暮	mù	dusk / sunset	誰看暮山飛斷雲
470	13	不如	bùrú	not equal to / not as good as	好事不如無
471	13	速	sù	speed	千里萬里太遲太速
472	13	二十	èrshí	twenty	將二十載
473	13	仙	xiān	an immortal	如今何處是仙曹
474	13	南北	nán běi	north and south / north to south	南北東
475	13	異	yì	different / other	其途異矣
476	13	鎖	suǒ	lock / padlock	百重關鎖太無端
477	13	境	jìng	boundary / frontier / boundary	人由境兮冥道德
478	13	凝	níng	to coagulate / to congeal	遐想神忽凝
479	13	微	wēi	small / tiny	天籟拂微雲
480	13	受	shòu	to suffer / to be subjected to	大王莫受外國人瞞
481	13	芳	fāng	fragrant	華鬘影裏奪芳春
482	13	鳥	niǎo	bird	聞百舌鳥送僧
483	13	足	zú	sufficient / enough	捧千輪足
484	13	東西	dōngxī	east and west	東西南
485	13	憶	yì	to remember / to reflect upon	因憶韶陽古風骨
486	13	印	yìn	to stamp / to seal / to mark / to print	月眉斜印海
487	13	麁	cū	coarse / rough	麁
488	13	闕	què	a watchtower / a guard tower	謂朝天闕
489	12	愛	ài	to love	愛整頹綱
490	12	天地	tiān dì	heaven and earth / the world	冥遊天地間
491	12	不敢	bùgǎn	to not dare	不敢
492	12	委	wěi	to delegate / to commission	今委蛇
493	12	廣	guǎng	wide / large / vast	過量劫應期廣
494	12	夏	xià	summer	夏寄辯禪者山房
495	12	往	wǎng	to go (in a direction)	長往之
496	12	披	pī	to wear	韶石曾披此性靈
497	12	帶	dài	to carry / to bring	云月帶重輪
498	12	明覺禪師語錄	Míng Jué Chán Shī Yǔlù	Quotations from Chan Master Ming Jue	明覺禪師語錄
499	12	鑑	jiàn	a mirror	使君早製圓明鑑圖冠之序引或聞或見令人曠達
500	12	魚	yú	fish	大悲留演潤禽魚

Frequencies of all Words

Top 500

Rank	Frequency	Chinese	Pinyin	English	Usage
1	1856	云	yún	cloud	孰云煩慮屏
2	832	師	shī	teacher	參學小師文政編
3	565	僧	sēng	a monk	遠附僧如
4	445	問	wèn	to ask	飛辯恨曾虧激問
5	363	是	shì	is / are / am / to be	羽翼摶風今是時
6	346	不	bù	not / no	曾不沽不待
7	318	有	yǒu	is / are / to exist	勞信有
8	303	一	yī	one	一十二年同冷
9	296	也	yě	also / too	天常之性也
10	276	者	zhě	used after a verb to indicate a person who does the action	與寶真禪者為友
11	259	便	biàn	convenient / handy / easy	莫便因循忘却歸
12	259	之	zhī	him / her / them / that	天常之性也
13	257	得	de	potential marker	得不曲為序引
14	238	舉	jǔ	to lift / to hold up / to raise	正令齊舉
15	234	無	wú	no	雲霞無跡共依依
16	234	來	lái	to come	聞來半偈
17	221	人	rén	person / people / a human being	名聞出世人
18	220	道	dào	way / road / path	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
19	191	我	wǒ	I / me / my	示我商頌清
20	188	處	chù	a place / location / a spot / a point	或處
21	176	與	yǔ	and	與寶真禪者為友
22	174	爾	ěr	thus / so / like that	率爾而
23	169	為	wèi	for / to	與寶真禪者為友
24	168	麼	ma	final interrogative particle	還會麼
25	167	下	xià	next	林下雅為方外客
26	166	在	zài	in / at	道在非同入四禪
27	165	箇	gè	a piece / general classifier	只許靈山箇老人
28	164	若	ruò	to seem / to be like / as	此時若不究根源
29	163	未	wèi	Eighth earthly branch	剎那心合未忘書
30	150	山	shān	a mountain / a hill / a peak	武陵山來何祕邃
31	145	去	qù	to go	惜去全身莫共居
32	142	見	jiàn	to see	坤日見真
33	142	送	sòng	to deliver / to carry / to give	送錢太博應賢良選
34	139	禪	chán	Chan / Zen	與寶真禪者為友
35	138	兮	xī	expresses affirmation, approval, or consent	誰兮可尋討
36	136	峯	fēng	peak / summit	深峯甘自聽飛泉
37	133	誰	shéi	who / whoever	浮世勉誰
38	132	代	dài	to represent / to substitute / to replace	以代贐別
39	130	到	dào	to arrive	到人若
40	129	如何	rúhé	how / what way / what	如何是賓中賓
41	127	雲	yún	cloud	鶴貌雲心逈灑然
42	127	諸	zhū	all / many / various	想得諸
43	124	還	hái	also / in addition / more	標月還歸理一如
44	121	又	yòu	again / also	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
45	120	時	shí	time / a point or period of time	願見皇家急詔時
46	119	上堂	shàng táng	ascend to the [Dharma] hall	上堂
47	118	知	zhī	to know	知何極
48	118	且	qiě	moreover / also	且夫聖人之立
49	117	什麼	shénme	what (forming a question)	因什麼却打
50	114	作	zuò	to do	愚近偶作三
51	114	和尚	héshang	an abbot / a monk	寄太平端和尚
52	111	打	dǎ	to strike / to hit / to beat	賊不打貧兒家
53	107	以	yǐ	so as to / in order to	固以道義相揖
54	105	何	hé	what / where / which	知何極
55	103	復	fù	again / more / repeatedly	愈風誠重復何如
56	103	甚	shén	what	甚處見老底
57	103	生	shēng	to be born / to give birth	後得智生功德聚
58	101	却	què	but / yet / however / while / nevertheless	祥瑞却生蘆葦叢
59	100	自	zì	naturally / of course / certainly	冷冷然自樂
60	99	裏	lǐ	inside / interior	華鬘影裏奪芳春
61	97	相	xiāng	each other / one another / mutually	固以道義相揖
62	96	出	chū	to go out / to leave	幾掩寒蟾出太虛
63	96	上	shàng	top / a high position	引携諸子上
64	96	如	rú	such as / for example / for instance	遠附僧如
65	94	起	qǐ	to arise / to get up	剔起眉毛不在多
66	94	別	bié	do not / must not	贈別太臻禪者
67	91	歸	guī	to go back / to return	雙林孰謂歸圓寂
68	89	拈	niān	to pick up with fingers	新開作者曾拈却
69	88	中	zhōng	middle	予天禧中
70	88	風	fēng	wind	使文外之士同振古風
71	87	則	zé	otherwise / but / however	机案曾焚笑仍則
72	87	巖	yán	precipice / cliff / rockface	巖棲塚宿難依
73	87	漢	hàn	Han Chinese	漢之東
74	87	清	qīng	clear / pure / clean	憂民風概乍清羸
75	85	日	rì	day of the month / a certain day	坤日見真
76	84	其	qí	his / hers / its / theirs	忽向其
77	83	亦	yì	also / too	洞亦桃華副麟趾
78	82	曾	céng	once / already / former / previously	曾不沽不待
79	82	此	cǐ	this / these	背此恩難拯拔
80	81	行	xíng	to walk / to move	告而行之
81	81	門	mén	door / gate / doorway / gateway	門新
82	81	入	rù	to enter	道在非同入四禪
83	80	事	shì	matter / thing / item	真公不以事曠誠隔遠
84	80	月	yuè	month	月眉斜印海
85	79	過	guò	to cross / to go over / to pass	空仰嘉聲過洞庭
86	79	莫	mò	do not	梵德言辭莫可陳
87	79	拄杖	zhǔzhàng	staff / walking staff	兔角拄杖
88	79	作麼生	zuòmashēng	to do what?	爾作麼生是袖裏藏鋒
89	78	非	fēi	not / non- / un-	鸞翔鳳舞非殊品
90	78	古	gǔ	ancient / old / palaeo-	玳瑁盂傳古佛先
91	78	著	zhe	indicates that an action is continuing	不是風旛何處著
92	77	天	tiān	day	予天禧中
93	77	乃	nǎi	thus / so / therefore / then / only / thereupon	拂盡天雲乃飛過
94	77	華	huá	Chinese	貫華雖
95	76	後	hòu	after / later	苾芻草馥僧秖後
96	76	方	fāng	square / quadrilateral / one side	方袍圓頂義何宣
97	75	會	huì	can / be able to	還會麼
98	74	而	ér	and / as well as / but (not) / yet (not)	率爾而
99	74	即	jí	promptly / right away / immediately	即今在何許
100	73	只	zhī	measure word for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, etc	只報盧能在下風
101	73	雪竇	Xuě Dòu	Xue Dou	明州雪竇山資聖寺第六祖明覺
102	73	三	sān	three	愚近偶作三
103	73	或	huò	or / either / else	或遊
104	72	座	zuò	seat	華雨座
105	72	請	qǐng	to ask / to inquire	宜請賡唱
106	72	高	gāo	high / tall	高不是超三際
107	71	子	zǐ	child / son	珍重覺皇有真子
108	71	看	kàn	to see / to look	細自看緊緩相就
109	70	明	míng	bright / brilliant	明覺禪師祖英集卷第六
110	69	同	tóng	like / same / similar	使文外之士同振古風
111	69	不知	bùzhī	do not know	不知何處是塵勞
112	69	不得	bùdé	must not / may not / not be allowed / cannot	上座知也不得無過
113	68	州	zhōu	a state / a province	真州資福禪院新鑄鍾銘
114	68	於	yú	in / at	還同秋水淡相於
115	68	頭	tóu	head	百草頭何太極
116	67	底	dǐ	bottom / base / end	底蹙紅皺碧
117	66	將	jiāng	will / shall (future tense)	將二十載
118	66	他	tā	he / him	心印却是他傳
119	65	了	le	completion of an action	了諸空
120	64	開	kāi	to open	半合半開
121	64	言	yán	to speak / to say / said	言也
122	61	寒	hán	cold / wintry / chilly	寶杖夜鳴寒嶠月
123	61	眼	yǎn	eye	海眼通洌泉
124	61	因	yīn	because	因披閱加歎
125	61	二	èr	two	二首
126	61	老	lǎo	old / aged / elderly / aging	白老
127	60	水	shuǐ	water	知逝水
128	60	佛	fó	Buddha / Awakened One	玳瑁盂傳古佛先
129	60	要	yào	to want / to wish for	我要重新敲鐵佛
130	60	聞	wén	to hear	聞來半偈
131	59	休	xiū	to rest	休誇郢歌好
132	59	棒	bàng	a stick / a club / a cudgel	也好與三十棒
133	59	一日	yī rì	one [whole] day	一日真公謂予曰
134	58	進	jìn	to enter	師攝衣趨進
135	57	祖	zǔ	ancestor / forefather	明覺禪師祖英集卷第六
136	56	向	xiàng	towards / to	忽向其
137	56	大	dà	big / great / huge / large / major	還稱大
138	56	難	nán	difficult / arduous / hard	背此恩難拯拔
139	55	寄	jì	to send / to transmit / to mail	夏寄辯禪者山房
140	54	石	shí	a rock / a stone	禪石飛流濺碧莎
141	54	雪峯	xuěfēng	Xuefeng	雪峯輥毬亦端的
142	54	儞	nǐ	you	放儞雲
143	54	意	yì	idea	愛住隍城意轉高
144	54	千	qiān	one thousand	捧千輪足
145	53	空	kōng	empty / void / hollow	消息曠斷寰宇空
146	53	直	zhí	straight	直向當
147	52	落	luò	to fall / to drop	千峯萬峯落殘雪
148	52	好	hǎo	good	挨星相好中天主
149	51	謂	wèi	to call	一日真公謂予曰
150	51	前	qián	front	前猶滯相
151	51	應	yīng	should / ought	甘蔗流苗應剎塵
152	51	雪	xuě	snow	千峯萬峯落殘雪
153	50	飛	fēi	to fly	俄屬分飛吳楚
154	50	須	xū	necessary / must	須相學
155	50	趙州	zhàozhōu	Zhouzhou	先憶趙州關
156	49	說	shuō	to say / said / to speak / to talk / speaks	說多嘉賞
157	49	更	gèng	more / even more	知音知後更誰知
158	49	龍	lóng	dragon	象轉龍蟠絕比倫
159	48	分	fēn	to separate / to divide into parts	俄屬分飛吳楚
160	48	君	jūn	sovereign / monarch / lord / gentleman / ruler	彪炳對吾君
161	48	辯	biàn	to dispute / to debate / to argue / to discuss	飛辯恨曾虧激問
162	48	聲	shēng	sound	空仰嘉聲過洞庭
163	48	眾	zhòng	many / numerous	排斥眾魔登壽域
164	47	翠	cuì	green	乘興飛帆別翠峯
165	47	喫	chī	to consume / to eat or drink	口只堪喫飯
166	47	雲門	yúnmén	Yunmen School	雲門俱字
167	47	孤	gū	solitary	孤
168	47	遠	yuǎn	far / distant	真公不以事曠誠隔遠
169	46	大眾	dàzhòng	assembly / people / public / masses / audience	大眾看者一員禪客
170	46	今	jīn	today / modern / present / current / this / now	羽翼摶風今是時
171	45	光	guāng	light	浮光寄枯槁
172	45	不是	bùshi	no / is not / not	高不是超三際
173	45	笑	xiào	to smile / to laugh	翻笑忘
174	44	春	chūn	spring	華鬘影裏奪芳春
175	44	某甲	mǒujiǎ	a certain person	合到某甲
176	43	草	cǎo	grass / straw / herbs	苾芻草馥僧秖後
177	43	句	jù	sentence	隔身之句是程途
178	43	深	shēn	deep	深峯甘自聽飛泉
179	43	對	duì	to / toward	彪炳對吾君
180	43	百	bǎi	one hundred	頂珠常照百由旬
181	43	語	yǔ	dialect / language / speech	巧語向
182	43	地	dì	soil / ground / land	匝地
183	43	離	lí	to leave / to depart / to go away / to part	離亭不
184	43	宗	zōng	school / sect	但遐仰覺皇宗致
185	43	重	zhòng	heavy	重席展懷抱
186	42	閑	xián	idle	與誰閑鬪茗
187	42	吾	wú	I	彪炳對吾君
188	42	新	xīn	new / fresh / modern	門新
189	41	觀	guān	to look at / to watch / to observe	後夜觀垂
190	41	令	lìng	to make / to cause to be / to lead	正令齊舉
191	41	定	dìng	to decide	孤立大方資定
192	40	主	zhǔ	owner	挨星相好中天主
193	40	衲僧	nà sēng	a patch-robed monk / a Chan monastic	留與衲僧作榜樣
194	40	忽	hū	suddenly / abruptly	遐想神忽凝
195	40	似	sì	to resemble / to similar to to	一日圓成呈似君
196	40	已	yǐ	already / afterwards	中台位已分
197	40	既	jì	already / since	乘時既磊落
198	39	流	liú	to flow / to spread / to circulate	甘蔗流苗應剎塵
199	39	取	qǔ	to take / to get / to fetch	無取無離
200	39	至	zhì	to / until	衍而至
201	38	然	rán	correct / right / certainly	冷冷然自樂
202	38	用	yòng	to use / to apply	渡河用
203	38	斷	duàn	absolutely / decidedly	消息曠斷寰宇空
204	38	照	zhào	to illuminate / to shine	頂珠常照百由旬
205	38	解	jiě	to loosen / to unfasten / to untie	解布勞生手
206	38	當時	dāngshí	then / at that time	當時臨濟辭黃檗
207	38	德	dé	Germany	白玉毫飛萬德身
208	38	夜	yè	night	寶杖夜鳴寒嶠月
209	38	立	lì	to stand	且夫聖人之立
210	37	近	jìn	nearby	愚近偶作三
211	37	士	shì	a gentleman / a knight	使文外之士同振古風
212	37	兩	liǎng	two	三樹兩樹
213	37	海	hǎi	the sea / a sea / the ocean	月眉斜印海
214	37	德山	déshān	Cuifeng Deshan / Deshan	皇龍潭德山雪峯雲門香林智門
215	37	靈	líng	agile / nimble	寓跡靈隱
216	37	盡	jìn	to the greatest extent / utmost	拂盡天雲乃飛過
217	37	恁麼	nènme	such / this way	我恁麼道
218	37	曰	yuē	to speak / to say	一日真公謂予曰
219	37	合	hé	to join / to combine	剎那心合未忘書
220	37	禮拜	lǐbài	week	便禮拜
221	36	把	bǎ	marker for direct-object	令僧把衲
222	36	長	zhǎng	director / chief / head / elder	賾幽欣且免長噓
223	36	首	shǒu	head	二首
224	36	當	dāng	to be / to act as / to serve as	賢才當召試
225	36	多	duō	over / indicates a number greater than the number preceding it	再窺荒斐愧慰多集
226	36	絕	jué	absolutely	象轉龍蟠絕比倫
227	36	從	cóng	from	送從吉禪者
228	36	喝	hē	to drink	喝下承當
229	35	萬	wàn	ten thousand	白玉毫飛萬德身
230	35	話	huà	spoken words / talk / conversation / dialect / language	頌藥山師子話送僧
231	35	年	nián	year	一十二年同冷
232	35	樹	shù	tree	三樹兩樹
233	35	被	bèi	by	笑李將軍被擒下
234	35	識	shí	knowledge / understanding	識初相見
235	35	手	shǒu	hand	手疏請
236	35	影	yǐng	an image / a reflection	華鬘影裏奪芳春
237	35	覺	jué	to awake	明覺禪師祖英集卷第六
238	35	沙	shā	sand / gravel / pebbles	正法眼絕塵沙
239	34	成	chéng	to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to succeed / to perfect	燒松亦成蓋
240	34	為什麼	wèi shénme	why	出世後為什麼
241	34	指	zhǐ	to point	指前坡笑又噓
242	34	共	gòng	together	惜去全身莫共居
243	34	相見	xiāngjiàn	to meet each other	識初相見
244	34	示眾云	shì zhòng yún	preface directed to the assembly	示眾云
245	34	碧	bì	bluish green / cyan-blue / deeply saturated blue / emerald	螺髮右旋仙島碧
246	33	天下	tiānxià	China	解拈天下任橫行
247	33	金	jīn	gold	栴檀林裏振金毛
248	33	可	kě	can / may / permissible	梵德言辭莫可陳
249	33	住	zhù	to dwell / to live / to reside	愛住隍城意轉高
250	33	待	dài	to treat / to entertain / to receive guests	五葉待時折
251	33	家	jiā	house / home / residence	家林歸去意何長
252	33	能	néng	can / able	只報盧能在下風
253	33	猶	yóu	also / as if / still	前猶滯相
254	33	泉	quán	fountain / spring	深峯甘自聽飛泉
255	33	葉	yè	leaf / foliage / petal	老病還同葉半凋
256	33	擬	nǐ	to draft	庶擬群類
257	33	致	zhì	to send / to devote / to deliver / to convey	但遐仰覺皇宗致
258	33	文	wén	writing / text	參學小師文政編
259	32	白	bái	white	波中綻白蕖
260	32	松	sōng	to loosen / to relax	松凋不死枝
261	32	物	wù	thing / matter	生解齊物
262	32	不能	bù néng	cannot / must not / should not	不能垂手入塵勞
263	32	步	bù	a step	步列金田
264	32	長老	zhǎnglǎo	an elder	寄烏龍長老
265	32	大師	dàshī	venerable master / great master / master	送因大師
266	31	雨	yǔ	rain	華雨座
267	31	輕	qīng	light / not heavy	雲衣輕拂下層巒
268	31	冷	lěng	cold	一十二年同冷
269	31	汝	rǔ	you / thou	非汝
270	31	許	xǔ	to allow / to permit	唯自相許
271	31	片	piàn	disc / sheet / slice / splinter / strip	片帆高掛岸雲收
272	31	聖	shèng	divine / holy / sacred / ārya	千聖護持為頂相
273	31	外	wài	outside	使文外之士同振古風
274	31	和	hé	and	和錢太博見寄覓山藥
275	31	堂	táng	main hall / a large room	堂歸未晚
276	30	辭	cí	words / speech / expression / phrase / dialog	斯之讚辭
277	30	真	zhēn	real / true / genuine	與寶真禪者為友
278	30	王	wáng	Wang	佇為王者師
279	30	集	jí	to gather / to collect	明覺禪師祖英集卷第六
280	30	放	fàng	to put / to place	民瘼求來吏放閑
281	30	教	jiāo	to teach / to educate / to instruct	七八既難直須教透
282	30	必	bì	certainly / must / will / necessarily	必眹虛必冥奧
283	30	心	xīn	heart	剎那心合未忘書
284	30	化	huà	to make into / to change into / to transform	元化功兮不容易
285	29	院	yuàn	a school	州普安院仁銑師
286	29	苦	kǔ	bitterness / bitter flavor	冥悰苦搜索
287	29	五	wǔ	five	云兆分其五
288	28	放過	fàngguò	to let off / to let slip by / to let somebody get away with sth	洎合放過
289	28	點	diǎn	a dot	到必為時除點額
290	28	彼	bǐ	that / those	彼士真覺
291	28	雖	suī	although / even though	貫華雖
292	28	隨	suí	to follow	使隨器而趨之
293	28	機	jī	machine	機自安者
294	28	尚	shàng	still / yet / to value	虎馴庵畔尚稽詮
295	28	今日	jīnrì	today	真禪今日又思鄉
296	28	幾	jǐ	several	四顧清風拂幾遭
297	28	客	kè	guest / visitor	林下雅為方外客
298	28	欲	yù	desire	罷參還欲勘諸方
299	28	思	sī	to think / consider / to ponder	仍思昔日吾祖
300	27	不見	bújiàn	to not see	君不見行路難亦容易
301	27	四	sì	four	四衢道內拋紅焰
302	27	本	běn	measure word for books	臻禪本自偃殊方
303	27	身	shēn	human body / torso	白玉毫飛萬德身
304	27	太	tài	very / extremely	和錢太博見寄覓山藥
305	27	半	bàn	half [of]	半合半開
306	27	侍者	shìzhě	an attendant	酬海宗二侍者
307	27	玄沙	xuánshā	Xuan Sha / Hsuan sha / Shi Bei	玄沙猛虎
308	27	尋	xún	to search / to look for / to seek	誰兮可尋討
309	27	色	sè	color	野水資寒色
310	27	使	shǐ	to make / to cause	使文外之士同振古風
311	27	射	shè	to shoot [an arrow] / to launch [ a rocket] / to fire [a missile]	冷匣秋波射斗星
312	27	迴	huí	to return / to revolve	曾來芳樹幾迴飛
313	27	如今	rújīn	nowadays / now	如今懵
314	26	城	chéng	a city / a town	愛住隍城意轉高
315	26	坐	zuò	to sit	坐
316	26	存	cún	to exist / to survive	其道必存
317	26	馬	mǎ	horse	一馬
318	26	親	qīn	relatives	祖域高親日未央
319	26	甚麼	shénme	what (forming a question)	甚麼處誵訛
320	25	茶	chá	tea	送新茶
321	25	皆	jiē	all / each and every / in all cases	洞庭乳竇皆泉石
322	25	國師	Guóshī	State Preceptor / Guoshi	國師問座主
323	25	聽	tīng	to listen	深峯甘自聽飛泉
324	25	不會	bù huì	will not / not able	華人不會
325	25	如此	rúcǐ	in this way / so	古今離恨雖如此
326	25	那	nà	that	嘔啊唱與那鳴咿
327	25	乾坤	qiánkūn	heaven and earth / Yin and Yang / the Universe	窺來須得乾坤眼
328	25	一時	yīshí	a period of time / a while	一時之能事也
329	25	學	xué	to study / to learn	須相學
330	25	無語	wúyǔ	to not speak / to be speech­less	僧無語
331	25	七	qī	seven	七八既難直須教透
332	25	堪	kān	adequately capable of / worthy of	人間堪作火中蓮
333	24	報	bào	newspaper	投報相襲
334	24	次	cì	a time	其世次也
335	24	列	liè	to arrange / to line up / to list	步列金田
336	24	圓	yuán	won / yuan	處圓蟾夜
337	24	爭	zhēng	to compete / to struggle / to fight / to contend / to strive	三年孤與急流爭
338	24	徒	tú	apprentice / disciple	禪徒
339	23	遊	yóu	to swim	或遊
340	23	斯	sī	this	斯之讚辭
341	23	瞞	mán	to conceal from	明眼人難瞞
342	23	六	liù	six	破六宗
343	23	情	qíng	feeling / emotion / mood	情
344	23	經	jīng	to go through / to experience	經旬抱疾阻春霖
345	23	收	shōu	to receive / to accept	又曰收
346	23	平	píng	flat / level / smooth	平
347	23	間	jiān	measure word for rooms, houses, luggage, etc	冥遊天地間
348	23	望	wàng	to gaze / to look towards	慈儀戀望
349	23	轉	zhuǎn	to transmit / to convey / to forward (mail)	象轉龍蟠絕比倫
350	23	迢	tiáo	remote / distant	迢迢海甸來尋我
351	23	總	zǒng	general / total / overall / chief	一日總緝成二百二十首
352	23	寶	bǎo	a jewel / gem / a treasure	與寶真禪者為友
353	23	藏	cáng	to hide	韜藏未
354	23	字	zì	letter / symbol / character	胸字杳分無量義
355	23	塵	chén	dust / dirt	甘蔗流苗應剎塵
356	23	喚	huàn	to call	殷勤相喚出層山
357	23	有時	yǒushí	sometimes	有時閑倚在處
358	23	古人	gǔrén	people from ancient times / the ancients / person who has passed away	古人不
359	23	隱	yǐn	to hide / to conceal	寓跡靈隱
360	23	伊	yī	is exactly	伊余空寂
361	23	虛	xū	devoid of content / void / false / empty / vain	必眹虛必冥奧
362	22	答	dá	to reply / to answer	答天童新和尚
363	22	有人	yǒurén	a person / anyone / someone	境有人兮分玉石
364	22	鐵	tiě	iron	鐵衣隨從古霜清
365	22	命	mìng	life	一日命侍者
366	22	不在	bùzài	not here	來不在前去不在後
367	22	頂	dǐng	top / peak	頂珠常照百由旬
368	22	三十	sān shí	thirty	寶讚三十韻
369	22	投子	tóuzǐ	Touzi	雖三詣投子九陟洞山
370	22	學人	xuérén	a scholar	學人為
371	21	所	suǒ	measure word for houses, small buildings and institutions	華野非殊古所難
372	21	先	xiān	first	玳瑁盂傳古佛先
373	21	學士	xuéshì	bachelor degree	謝鮑學士惠臘茶
374	21	傳	chuán	to transmit	玳瑁盂傳古佛先
375	21	春風	chūn fēng	spring breeze	春風
376	21	八	bā	eight	八元
377	21	秋	qiū	fall / autumn	秋漱碧潭煙
378	21	死	sǐ	to die	死中得
379	21	擬議	nǐyì	proposal / recommendation / to draft	豈智識而擬議哉
380	21	留	liú	to leave something / to retain / to stay / to remain / to keep / to preserve	大悲留演潤禽魚
381	21	還有	háiyǒu	furthermore / in addition / still / also	負春還有誰
382	21	源	yuán	source / origin	源
383	21	老僧	lǎo sēng	an old monk	在老僧手中喚作什
384	21	火	huǒ	fire / flame	人間堪作火中蓮
385	21	槌	chuí	a mallet / a pestle / a beetle	槌影動寶劍光寒
386	21	上座	shàngzuò	sthavira / elder	上座知也不得無過
387	21	靜	jìng	still / calm	豈止浮根靜
388	20	箭	jiàn	arrow	解看箭
389	20	極	jí	extremely / very	知何極
390	20	一下	yīxià	one time / once / for a short time	將拄杖打一下云
391	20	霜	shuāng	frost	曉天雲靜冷涵霜
392	20	豈	qǐ	how can it be that?	遭逢末世豈躊躇
393	20	清風	qīngfēng	cool breeze / fig. pure and honest	得清風價轉高
394	20	據	jù	according to	萬象窮來不為據
395	20	振	zhèn	to flap	曾振滄溟奪夜光
396	20	名	míng	measure word for people	名標練若澄諠猾
397	20	蓋	gài	a lid / top / cover	燒松亦成蓋
398	20	法	fǎ	method / way	法嗣也
399	20	垂	chuí	to hang / to suspend / to droop	垂千萬世
400	20	何不	hé bù	why not	和尚何不領話
401	20	唱	chàng	to sing / to chant	宜請賡唱
402	20	路	lù	road / path / way	曹溪路
403	20	敢	gǎn	bold / brave	辰錦砂兮敢言赤
404	20	頌	sòng	to praise / to laud / to acclaim	示我商頌清
405	20	承	chéng	to bear / to carry / to hold	寄承天長老
406	20	殊	shū	different / special / unusual	殊
407	20	久	jiǔ	old	送久禪德歸蘭亭
408	20	求	qiú	to request	民瘼求來吏放閑
409	20	象	xiàng	figure / image / appearance	象轉龍蟠絕比倫
410	20	公	gōng	public/ common / state-owned	一日真公謂予曰
411	19	饒	ráo	to forgive	權化不相饒
412	19	祖師	zǔshī	patriarch / the founder of a school or sect	訪祖師
413	19	虎	hǔ	tiger	虎馴庵畔尚稽詮
414	19	作家	zuòjiā	author / writer	竿木隨身老作家
415	19	帝	dì	supreme ruler / emperor	帝稽首
416	19	俱	jū	entirely / without exception	雲門俱字
417	19	依依	yīyī	leaves stirring in the wind	折依依柳
418	19	西	xī	The West	西相對看
419	19	論	lùn	to comment / to discuss	難以論嘉藻
420	19	再	zài	again / once more / re- / repeatedly	再窺荒斐愧慰多集
421	19	回	huí	to go back / to return	此去城中早晚回
422	19	口	kǒu	measure word for people, pigs, and kitcheware	口
423	19	木	mù	wood / lumber	類蝕木也
424	19	忘	wàng	to forget / neglect / to miss / to omit	剎那心合未忘書
425	19	元	yuán	monetary unit / dollar	八元
426	19	破	pò	to break / to split / to smash	為吾略嘲破
427	19	獨	dú	alone / independent / single / sole	獨倚寒藤振祖風
428	19	南	nán	south	東西南
429	19	義	yì	meaning / sense	方袍圓頂義何宣
430	19	林	lín	a wood / a forest / a grove	雙林孰謂歸圓寂
431	19	冥	míng	dark	必眹虛必冥奧
432	19	壽	shòu	old age / long life	排斥眾魔登壽域
433	19	動	dòng	to move / to act	動
434	18	目	mù	an item	目斷千山插太虛
435	18	船	chuán	boat / ship / watercraft	船主船中寄惠持
436	18	濟	jì	to ferry	吾愛濟橫流
437	18	參	cān	to take part in / to participate	兄弟十字越參星
438	18	拂	fú	to brush away	天籟拂微雲
439	18	台	tái	unit	送崇己闍梨歸天台
440	18	衲	nà	to mend / to sew / to patch	令僧把衲
441	18	正	zhèng	upright / straight	正令齊舉
442	18	國	guó	a country / a nation	國器難藏孰可知
443	18	各	gè	each	各下祥雲到地迎
444	18	南泉	nánquán	Nanquan	陸大夫問南泉
445	18	亂	luàn	chaotic / disorderly	何鄙彼危急亂拋下
446	18	佛法	fófǎ	Dharma / Dhárma / Dhamma / Buddha-Dhárma / Buddhist doctrine	是謂涅槃妙心諸佛法印無上微妙祕密圓明
447	18	何處	héchǔ	where	不知何處是塵勞
448	18	氷	bīng	ice / frost / icicles	天遙新氷雪
449	18	倚	yǐ	to rely on / to depend on	長劍倚天
450	18	溪	xī	a mountain stream / a creek	溪山春色映雲袍
451	18	消	xiāo	to vanish / to die out / to eliminate	獨步坤維消此情
452	18	什	shén	what	和于祕丞見召之什
453	18	示	shì	to show / to reveal	示我商頌清
454	18	病	bìng	ailment / sickness / illness / disease	因金鵝和尚語藥病
455	18	叢	cóng	crowded together / thickset	祥瑞却生蘆葦叢
456	18	東	dōng	east	南北東
457	18	世	shì	a generation	垂千萬世
458	18	老宿	lǎosù	an elderly and respected person / an elder	有老宿
459	18	爭奈	zhēngnài	nevertheless	爭奈孤蹤若斷雲
460	18	根	gēn	origin / cause / basis	豈止浮根靜
461	17	沒	méi	not have	沒交涉
462	17	歸去	guīqù	to go back	家林歸去意何長
463	17	福	fú	good fortune / happiness / luck	福去
464	17	鼻孔	bíkǒng	a nostril	一人人鼻孔遼天
465	17	不可	bù kě	cannot / should not / must not / forbidden / prohibited	屈指嚬眉不可
466	17	普	pǔ	common / general / popular / everywhere / universal / extensive	分明普示諸
467	17	踏	tà	to step on / to trample / to tread on / to walk	壁立千仞須摧踏
468	17	青	qīng	green	黛非青兮藍一色
469	17	官	guān	an office	因官人請陞座
470	17	顧	gù	to look after / to attend to	顧我不爭衡
471	17	乘	chéng	to mount / to climb onto	乘時既磊落
472	17	索	suǒ	to search / to inquire	妄以山或索云斧
473	17	掩	yǎn	to cover	幾掩寒蟾出太虛
474	17	跡	jì	a footprint	寓跡靈隱
475	17	但	dàn	but / yet / however	但遐仰覺皇宗致
476	17	劍	jiàn	sword / dagger / saber	長劍倚天
477	17	啼	tí	to weep / to whimper	碧梧桐裏正啼鶯
478	17	不問	bù wèn	to pay no attention to / to disregard / to ignore / to let go unpunished / to let off	星流不問三千里
479	17	三千	sān qiān	three thousand	三千統摩頂
480	17	出來	chūlái	to come out / to emerge	一筆句下不甘底出來
481	17	浪	làng	wave	月分春浪冷依依
482	17	掌	zhǎng	palm of the hand	清風在誰掌
483	17	提	tí	to carry	言提唱宗乘亦是閑
484	17	良久	liáng jiǔ	a long time	作麼生道得勦絕去慶良久
485	17	勞	láo	to toil	勞信有
486	17	寥寥	liáoliáo	very few	只應孤月共寥寥
487	17	瞎	xiā	to be blind	撞著露柱底箇瞎漢
488	16	睦州	mùzhōu	Muzhou	吳尚書訪睦州
489	16	臨濟	Línjì	Linji School	臨濟何茫茫
490	16	保福	bǎofú	Baofu	保福四謾人
491	16	敗	bài	to defeat / to vanquish	還知敗闕麼
492	16	晚	wǎn	evening / night	堂歸未晚
493	16	星	xīng	a star / a planet	況倚文星在巨舟
494	16	石頭	shítou	rock / stone	峨峨石頭使乎讓祖
495	16	千里	qiān lǐ	thousand li / long distance	是數千里
496	16	乍	zhà	for the first time	憂民風概乍清羸
497	16	折	zhé	to fold	華折
498	16	領	lǐng	neck	綱兮領兮若為舉
499	16	多少	duōshǎo	number / amount / how much / how many	儞無底籃子重多少
500	16	倒	dǎo	to fall / to collapse / to topple	傾湫倒嶽

Keywords

Top keywords ordered by frequency in comparison to occurrence across the entire corpus

Simplified	Traditional	Pinyin	English
师	師	shī	master
僧		sēng sēng sēng	a monk Sangha / monastic community saṅgha / saṃgha / Buddhist community
有		yǒu yǒu	becoming / bhāva 1. existence; 2. becoming
便		biàn	Hyep’yon / Ebin
举	舉	jǔ	to raise an example
无	無	mó wú	mo Non-; ; *Prefix denoting negation or absence, e.g. non-regression.
人		rén	Human Realm
道		dào dào	the path leading to the cessation of suffering Way
我		wǒ	self / ātman / attan
若		rě	re

People, places

and other proper nouns

Simplified	Traditional	Pinyin	English
安国	安國	Ān Guó	Parthia Anguo
阿难	阿難	Ānán	Ānanda / Ananda Ananda
安南		Ānnán	Annam Annan
柏		bǎi	cypress / cedar Berlin Bai
百越		Bǎi Yuè	Bai Yue
百劫		bǎijié	Baijie
白下		báixià	Baixia
百丈		bǎizhàng	Baizhang
巴陵		bālíng	Baling Master Baling
棒教		bàngjiāo	Bon [religion]
保福		bǎofú	Baofu
薄伽梵		Báojiāfàn	Bhagavat / Bhagavān / Bhagwan / Bhagawan
八月		bāyuè	August / the Eighth Month
北斗		běidòu	Great Bear / Big Dipper / Peitou
辩机	辯機	biànjī	Bianji Bianji
碧眼胡		bìyǎnhú	Blue-Eyed Barbarian / Bodhidharma
不空		Bù Kōng	Amoghavajra /
參头	參頭	cān tóu	Group Leader / Eldest of the Chan Hall
参同契	參同契	cāntóngqì	Harmony of Difference and Sameness / Can Tong Qi
曹溪		cáoqī	Caoqi Caoqi / Huineng
曹山		Cáoshān	Chaoshan Chaoshan Benji / Benji
禅家	禪家	Chán Jiā	Chan School of Buddhism / Zen
长沙	長沙	Chángshā	Changsha
澄江		chéngjiāng	Chengjiang
城中		chéngzhōng	Chengzhong
赤水		chìshuǐ	Chishui
池州		chízhōu	Chizhou
重显	重顯	Chóng Xiǎn	Chong Xian
春秋		chūnqiū	Spring and Autumn Period a person's age Chunqiu / Annals of Spring and Autumn spring and autumn
春日		chūnrì	Chunri / Chunjih
辞海	辭海	Cíhǎi	Cihai
从江	從江	cóngjiāng	Congjiang
翠微		cuìwēi	Cuiwei
大迦叶	大迦葉	Dà Jiāyè	Mahakasyapa / Mahākāśyapa / Mahākassapa / kasyapa
大唐		Dà Táng	Tang Dynasty
大悲		dàbēi	mahākaruṇā / great compassion
大慧		dàhuì	Mahāmati mahāprajñā / great wisdom Dahui Zonggao / Zonggao
大梅		dàméi	Damei
大明		dàmíng	the sun the moon Da Ming Da Ming reign Ming dynasty
达磨	達磨	dámó	Bodhidharma
丹霞		Dānxiá	Mt Danxia Danxia landform Danxia
道一		dàoyī	Daoyi / Mazu Daoyi
大乘		Dàshèng	Mahayana Buddhism / Mahāyāna / Mahāyāna Buddhism Mahayana / Great Vehicle
大冶		dàyě	Daye
大禹		Dàyǔ	Yu the Great
大庾岭	大庾嶺	Dàyǔlǐng	Dayu Mountains
邓	鄧	dèng	Deng
德山		déshān	Cuifeng Deshan / Deshan
殿直		diànzhí	Duty Attendant
鼎州		Dǐngzhōu	Dingzhou
地狱	地獄	dìyù	Hell / Hell Realms / Nāraka a hell hell
地藏		Dìzàng	Ksitigarbha / Kṣitigarbha
东方	東方	dōngfāng	The East / The Orient
东平	東平	Dōngpíng	Dongping
东山	東山	dōngshān	Dongshan
洞山		dòngshān	Dongshan
洞庭湖		Dòngtíng Hú	Lake Dongting
东土	東土	dōngtǔ	the East / China
冬至		dōngzhì	Dongzhi Winter Solstice festival
兜率		Dōushuài	Tuṣita / Tushita / Tuṣita Heaven
都尉		dūwèi	Commander-in-Chief
鹅湖	鵝湖	éhú	Ehu
峨眉		éméi	Emei
二月		èryuè	February / the Second Month
法海		Fǎ hǎi	Dharma sea Fa Hai Fa Hai
法华经	法華經	Fǎ Huà Jīng	Lotus Sutra / Lotus Sūtra
梵		fàn	Sanskrit Brahma India brahman pure / sacred Fan Buddhist
梵王		Fàn Wáng	Brahma
梵德		fàndé	Brahma Virtue / Brahmadatta
梵天		Fàntiān	Brahma Heavenly Realm
范阳	范陽	Fànyáng	Fanyang
法身		Fǎshēn	Dharmakaya / Dharmakāya / Dharma Body Dharma body
法眼		fǎyǎn	Fayan School dharma eye / dharmacakṣus hōgen Fayan Dharma Eye
佛法		fófǎ	Dharma / Dhárma / Dhamma / Buddha-Dhárma / Buddhist doctrine the power of the Buddha Buddha's Teaching
佛陀		Fótuó	Buddha / the all-enlightened one
傅大士		Fù Dàshì	Shanhui Fuxi
涪江		Fú Jiāng	Fu River / Fujiang
浮屠		Fú tú	Buddha stupa
驸马都尉	駙馬都尉	fùmǎ dūwèi	Commandant Escort
郜		gào	Gao
高树	高樹	gāoshù	Kaoshu
给事	給事	gěishì	official (imperial) position
广南	廣南	Guǎngnán	Guangnan
观音	觀音	Guānyīn	Guanyin Bodhisattva / Avalokiteśvara / Avalokitesvara / Guanyin Avalokitesvara
桂		guì	Guangxi cassia / cinnamon Gui
过得	過得	guòde	How are you getting by? / How's life? / contraction of 過得去|过得去, can get by / tolerably well
国风	國風	Guófēng	Guofeng / Tunes from the States
鼓山		Gǔshān	Gushan / Kushan
谷神	穀神	gǔshén	Harvest God
姑苏	姑蘇	gūsū	Gusu
谷雨	穀雨	gǔyǔ	Guyu
海众	海眾	hǎi zhòng	Saṅgha / Saṃgha / Sangha / Buddhist monastic community
海城		hǎichéng	Haicheng
海晏		hǎiyàn	Haiyan
韩	韓	hán	Korea / South Korea State of Han fence / low wall Han
汉	漢	hàn	Han Chinese Han Dynasty Milky Way Later Han Dynasty a man / a chap Chinese language Han River
汉地	漢地	Hàn dì	territory of the Han dynasty / homeland of the Han people
韩愈	韓愈	Hán Yù	Han Yu
邯郸	邯鄲	Hándān	Handan
杭州		Hángzhōu	Hangzhou
含山		Hánshān	Hanshan
寒山		Hánshān	Hanshan
汉水	漢水	hànshuǐ	Han River
恒河	恆河	hénghé	Ganges River Ganges River Ganges River
横山	橫山	héngshān	Hengshan Yokoyama
禾山		héshān	Heshan
合水		héshuǐ	Heshui
淮		huái	Huai River
黄巢	黃巢	Huáng Cháo	Huang Chao
黄梅	黃梅	Huángméi	Huangmei
黄州	黃州	huángzhōu	Huangzhou
华严	華嚴	Huáyán	Avataṃsaka Sūtra / Flower Garland Sutra / Flower Adornment Sutra
惠济	惠濟	huìjì	Huiji
慧敏		huìmǐn	Haemin
湖南		Húnán	Hunan
霍山		huòshān	Huoshan
火星		Huǒxīng	Mars
虎尾		hǔwěi	Huwei
冀		jì	Hebei to hope Jizhou
伽耶城		Jiā Yē Chéng	Bodh Gaya
嘉禾		jiāhé	Jiahe
监收	監收	jiàn shōu	Rent Collector
江		jiāng	a large river Yangtze River Jiang Jiangsu Jiang
江北		jiāngběi	Jiangbei Jiangbei airport Jiangbei
江南		Jiāngnán	Region South of the Yangtze River Jiangnan Jiangnan
江西		jiāngxī	Jiangxi
夹山	夾山	jiāshān	Jiashan Jiashan Jiashan Shanhui
罽賓国	罽賓國	Jìbīn Guó	Kashmir
寄禅	寄禪	jìchán	Ji Chan
寂灭	寂滅	jìmiè	calmness and extinction / Nirvāṇa / Nibbāna / Nirvana Upasannaka
景德		Jǐng Dé	Jing De reign
金刚经	金剛經	Jīngāng Jīng	Prajnaparamita Diamond Sutra / Diamond Sutra The Diamond Sutra
净名	淨名	jìngmíng	Vimalakirti
镜清	鏡清	jìngqīng	Jingqing
静山	靜山	jìngshān	Cheng San
径山	徑山	jìngshān	Jingshan Temple
荆山	荊山	jīngshān	Mt Jingshan
金华	金華	jīnhuà	Jinhua
金陵		Jīnlíng	Jinling / Nanjing Jinling / Nanjing
九江		Jiǔjiāng	Jiujiang
集贤	集賢	jíxián	Jixian
拘留孙	拘留孫	jūliúsūn	Krakucchanda Buddha
巨野		jùyě	Juye
开成	開成	kāichéng	Kaicheng
空劫		kōng jié	The kalpa of void
空生		kōng shēng	one who expounded emptiness / Subhuti
孔子		Kǒngzi	Confucius
会稽	會稽	Kuàijī	Kuaiji Mountain
黎		lí	black Li Lebanon Li People numerous / many at the time of State of Li
连城	連城	liánchéng	Liancheng
梁		liáng	a bridge Liang Dynasty City of Liang State of Liang Liang a beam / rafters a fishing sluice to lose footing State of Liang a ridge later Liang
两浙	兩浙	liǎngzhè	Liangzhe
灵山	靈山	Líng shān	Gṛdhrakūtaparvata / Grdhrakuta / Gṛdhrakūṭa / Gijjha-kūta / Vulture Peak Spiritual Mountain
灵宝	靈寶	língbǎo	Lingbao
岭南	嶺南	Lǐngnán	Lingnan
灵树如敏	靈樹如敏	língshù rúmǐn	Lingshu Rumin
临济	臨濟	Línjì	Linji School
离石	離石	líshí	Lishi
六波罗蜜	六波羅蜜	Liù Bōluómì	Six Pāramitās / Six Perfections
刘秀	劉秀	Liú Xiù	Liu Xiu / Emperor Guangwu of Han
六月		liùyuè	June / the Sixth Month
龙安	龍安	lóngān	Longan
龙门	龍門	lóngmén	Longmen Longmen
龙泉	龍泉	lóngquán	Longquan Longquan
龙朔	龍朔	lóngshuò	Longshuo
陇西	隴西	LǒngXī	Longxi
鲁	魯	lǔ	Shandong Lu foolish / stupid / rash / vulgar the State of Lu
陆羽	陸羽	Lù Yǔ	Lu Yu
洛浦		luòpǔ	Lop Nahiyisi / Lop county
庐山	廬山	Lúshān	Mount Lu / Lushan
卢舍那	盧舍那	Lúshènà	Locana Buddha
鹿野苑		Lùyěyuàn	Mṛgadāva / Deer Park Deer Park
马大师	馬大師	mǎdàshī	Mazu Daoyi / Mazu
麻谷		mágǔ	Magu Magu
马祖	馬祖	mǎzǔ	Mazu Daoyi / Mazu
孟子		Mèng Zǐ	Mencius / Mengzi Mencius / Mengzi
弥勒	彌勒	mílè	Maitreya Maitreya
闽	閩	Mǐn	Fujian Min dialect Min River Min tribe
明觉禅师语录	明覺禪師語錄	Míng Jué Chán Shī Yǔlù	Quotations from Chan Master Ming Jue
明旷	明曠	Míng Kuàng	Ming Kuang
冥道		míngdào	the gateway to the ghost world
摩诃迦叶	摩訶迦葉	Móhē Jiāyè	Mahākāśyapa / Mahākassapa / kasyapa
摩腾	摩騰	móténg	Kasyapamatanga
莫言		mòyán	Mo Yan
睦州		mùzhōu	Muzhou
南江		Nán Jiāng	Nan River / Nanma River
南泉		nánquán	Nanquan
南山		nánshān	Nanshan / Daoxuan
难提	難提	Nántí	Nandi
南院		nányuàn	Nanyuan
南岳	南嶽	nányuè	Mount Heng Nanyue Hui Si / Nan Yue Hui Si
衲子		nàzǐ	Saṅgha / Sangha / Buddhist monastic community
涅槃		Nièpán	Final Nirvana / Nirvana / Nirvāṇa / Nibbāna Buddhism in Every Step: Nirvana nirvana
涅槃经	涅槃經	Nièpán Jīng	Nirvana Sutra Nirvana Sutra
庞公	龐公	páng gōng	Pang Gong
裴休		Péi Xiū	Pei Xiu
蓬莱	蓬萊	Pénglái	Penglai
毘婆尸		Pípóshī	Vipaśyin / Vipassī / Vipasyin Buddha
毘耶离	毘耶離	Píyélí	Vesālī / Vaisali / Vaissali / Vaishali / City of Vaisali
普		pǔ	common / general / popular / everywhere / universal / extensive Prussia Pu
普安		pǔān	Puan
普贤	普賢	Pǔxián	Samantabhadra
钱塘	錢塘	Qiántáng	Qiantang
秦		qín	Shaanxi Qin Dynasty State of Qin Qin
清河		qīnghé	Qinghe
清源	淸源	Qīngyuán	Quanyuan
七星		qīxīng	Qixing
只园	祇園	Qíyuán	Jetavana Grove
七月		qīyuè	July / the Seventh Month
仁王经	仁王經	Rén Wáng Jīng	Renwang Jing / Scripture for Humane Kings
仁和		rénhé	Renhe
人天眼目		Réntiān Yǎn Mù	Rentian Yan Mu Eyes of Heaven and Earth
日南		rìnán	Rinan
汝		rǔ	you / thou Ru River Ru
如来	如來	Rúlái	Thus-Come (tathagata) / Tathāgata / Thus Come One Tathagata
三身		Sān Shēn	Trikaya
三藏		Sān Zàng	Tripitaka Tripitaka / Tripiṭaka / Tipitaka Buddhist Canon
三山		sānshān	Sanshan
三星		sānxīng	Sanxing
三自		sānzì	Three-Self Patriotic Movement
善财	善財	Shàncái	Sudhana Sudhana
上高		shànggāo	Shanggao
善来	善來	shànlái	Svāgata / Sāgata
山形		shānxíng	Yamagata
韶山		sháoshān	Shaoshan
韶阳	韶陽	sháoyáng	Shaoyang
舍利弗		Shèlìfú	Sariputra / Śariputra / Sariputta
神清		Shén Qīng	Shen Qing
声闻	聲聞	shēngwén	Sravaka Realm / Sravaka / Śrāvaka / a distinguished disciple of the Buddha sravaka
神龙	神龍	shénlóng	Shenlong
釋道安	釋道安	Shì Dào Ān	Shi Dao An
石虎		Shí Hǔ	Shi Hu
石屏		shíbǐng	Shiping
石城		shíchéng	Shicheng
史馆	史館	shǐguǎn	Historiography Institute
释迦	釋迦	Shìjiā	Sakyamuni Buddha
石门	石門	shímén	Shimen / Shihmen
石霜		shíshuāng	Shishuang Shishuang
世尊		Shìzūn	World-Honored One / Bhagavat / Bhagavān / Buddha
首座		shǒuzuò	Shouzuo / Rector / Chief Seat chief
蜀		shǔ	Sichuan Shu Kingdom
双溪	雙溪	shuāngxī	Shuangxi or Shuanghsi
舜		Shùn	Emperor Shun
数人	數人	shǔrén	Sarvāstivāda
四明		Sì Míng	Si Ming
四月		sìyuè	April / the Fourth Month
宋		sòng	Song dynasty Song Liu Song Dynasty
宋太宗		Sòng Tàizōng	Emperor Taizong of Song
松山		sōngshān	Songshan / Sungshan
肃宗	肅宗	Sù Zōng	Emperor Suzong of Tang Suzong
随州	隨州	suízhōu	Suizhou
苏州	蘇州	sūzhōu	Suzhou
肃宗帝	肅宗帝	Sùzōng dì	Emperor Suzong of Tang
太白		Tài Bái	Taebaek
太守		tài shǒu	Governor
太阿		tàia	Tai e
太保		Tàibǎo	Grand Protector
太湖		tàihú	Taihu
太极	太極	Tàijí	Absolute / Supreme Ultimate Taiji
太原		Tàiyuán	Taiyuan
唐宪宗	唐憲宗	Táng Xiàn Zōng	Emperor Xianzong of Tang
天平		Tiān Píng	Tian Ping
天圣	天聖	Tiān Shèng	Tian Sheng / reign of Emperor Renzong of Song
天皇		Tiānhuáng	Japanese Emperor
天人师	天人師	tiānrén shī	Teacher of Heavenly and Human Beings / the Buddha teacher of heavenly beings and humans
天台		Tiāntái	Tiantai / T'ien-tai Tiantai / Tiantai School
天长	天長	tiānzhǎng	Tianchang
田中		tiánzhōng	Tienchung Tanaka
天竺		Tiānzhú	the Indian subcontinent
铁围山	鐵圍山	Tiě Wéi Shān	Cakravada-parvata / Iron Wall Mountain
提婆宗		Típó Zōng	School of Nāgārjuna
投子		tóuzǐ	Touzi
皖		wǎn	Anhui Wan
王臣		wáng chén	Wang Chen
望江		wàngjiāng	Wangjiang
王舍城		Wángshè Chéng	Rājagṛha / Rajgir / Rajagrha / Rājagaha
万寿	萬壽	wànshòu	Manju
沩	溈	wéi	Wei / Wei River
魏		wèi	Wei Dynasty State of Wei Cao Wei tall and big
惟盖竺	惟蓋竺	Wéi Gài Zhú	Wei Gai Zhu
维摩	維摩	Wéimó	Vimalakirti Vimalakirti
沩山	溈山	wéishān	Weishan
文公		wéngōng	Wengong / Lord Wen of Lu
文殊		Wénshū	Mañjuśrī / Manjushri / Manjusri Manjusri
温州	溫州	Wēnzhōu	Wenzhou
吴	吳	wú	Wu Jiangsu Wu Wu dialect Eastern Wu to speak loudly
无间地狱	無間地獄	Wú Jiān Dìyù	Avici Hell
无诤三昧	無諍三昧	wú zhèng sānmèi	Samādhi of Non-contention
婺城		wùchéng	Wucheng
悟空		wùkōng	Sun Wukong
武陵		wǔlíng	Wuling
武威		wǔwēi	Wuwei
五月		wǔyuè	May / the Fifth Month
奚		xī	what? / where? / why? a slave / a servant Kumo Xi / Xi / Tatabi Kumo Xi / Xi / Tatabi Xi
羲		xī	Fu Xi Xi
西堂		xī táng	Senior Instructor
西庵		Xī'ān	Senior Instructor
湘		xiāng	Hunan Xiang dialect
翔凤	翔鳳	xiángfèng	Comac ARJ21
相国	相國	xiāngguó	Chancellor of State
香林		xiānglín	Xianglin
襄阳	襄陽	Xiāngyáng	Xiangyang Xangyang
咸平	鹹平	xiánpíng	Xianping
小青		xiǎo qīng	Xiao Qing
校书	校書	xiàoshū	Collator
西江		Xījiāng	Xijiang
新丰	新豐	xīnfēng	Xinfeng
兴化	興化	xīnghuà	Xinghua
行思		xíngsī	Xingsi
新和		xīnhé	Toqsu nahiyisi / Xinhe county
新罗	新羅	Xīnluó	Silla
新州		Xīnzhōu	Xinzhou
西山		xīshān	Western Hills Aparaśaila
西天		Xītiān	India / Indian continent
徐		xú	xu slowly / gently Xu Xuzhou
虚堂	虛堂	Xū Táng	Xu Tang
玄觉	玄覺	Xuánjué	Xuanjue
玄沙		xuánshā	Xuan Sha / Hsuan sha / Shi Bei
雪窦	雪竇	Xuě Dòu	Xue Dou
雪峯		xuěfēng	Xuefeng
须弥	須彌	Xūmí	Mt Meru / Sumeru
须弥山	須彌山	Xūmí Shān	Mount Sumeru / Mount Meru Mount Sumeru
须菩提	須菩提	xūpútí	Subhuti / Subhūti Subhuti
阎浮	閻浮	Yǎn Fú	Jambudvipa / Jambu-dvipa / Jambu-dipa / the Terrestrial World Jampudiva
颜回	顏回	Yán Huí	Yan Hui
阳春	陽春	yángchūn	Yangchun
仰山		Yǎngshān	Yangshan Yangshan Huiji
盐官	鹽官	yánguān	Salt Bureau Yanguan Yanguan / Qi An
延寿堂	延壽堂	yánshòu táng	Yan Shou Hall / Hospice
尧	堯	yáo	Yao
药山	藥山	yàoshān	Yaoshan
崖州		yázhōu	Yazhou
一乘		yī shèng	ekayāna / one vehicle
鄞		yín	Yin
郢		yǐng	Ying
伊索		Yīsuǒ	Aesop
以太		yǐtài	Ether-
永嘉		Yǒng Jiā	Yongjia Yongjia Yongjia
永丰	永豐	yǒngfēng	Yongfeng
永嘉大师	永嘉大師	yǒngjiā dàshī	Venerable Master Yongjia
禹		yǔ	Emperor Yu Yu a legendary worm
玉兔		Yù Tù	the Jade Hare / the Moon Rabbit / the moon
园头	園頭	yuán tóu	Head Gardener
越州		Yuèzhōu	Yuezhou
渔父	漁父	yúfù	Yufu / The Fisherman
余杭	餘杭	yúháng	Yuhang / Hangzhou
云汉	雲漢	yúnhàn	Milky Way
云和	雲和	yúnhé	Yunhe
云和	雲和	yúnhé	Yunhe
云居	雲居	yúnjū	Yunju Yunju
云门	雲門	yúnmén	Yunmen School Yunmen Wenyan
云巖	雲巖	yúnyán	Yunyan
雨山		yǔshān	Yushan
藏主		zàng zhǔ	Librarian / Chief of Sutra Repository
长庆	長慶	zhǎngqìng	Changqing
赵	趙	zhào	Zhao Zhao Dynasty State of Zhao to rush to visit Zhao to dig
赵州	趙州	zhàozhōu	Zhouzhou Zhouzhou / Zhouzhou Congshen
浙		zhè	Zhejiang Zhe River
正法轮	正法輪	zhèngfǎ lún	Wheel of the True Dharma
知客		zhī kè	Guest Prefect receptionist
智觉禅师	智覺禪師	zhìjué chánshī	Chan Master Zhijue / State Preceptor Zhongfeng
智藏		zhìzàng	Xitang Zhizang / Zhizang
中行		zhōng háng	Bank of China
中说	中說	zhōng shuō	Zhong Shuo
中原		zhōng yuán	the Central Plains of China
中国	中國	Zhōngguó	China Middle Kingdom
众僧	眾僧	zhòngsēng	Saṅgha / Sangha / Buddhist monastic community
中山		zhōngshān	Dr Sun Yat-sen / Zhongshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong, close to Sun Yat-sen's birthplace / Nakayama (Japanese surname) Zhongshan Nakayama
中天		zhōngtiān	Central North India
昼	晝	zhòu	daytime Zhou Zhou
竺		zhú	Zhu India bamboo
庄周	莊周	Zhuāng Zhōu	Zhuang Zi / Zhuang Zhou
诸生	諸生	zhūshēng	Imperial scholar from the Ming Dynasty onwards
资福	資福	zīfú	Zifu
资圣寺	資聖寺	Zīshèng Sì	Zisheng Temple
紫微		zǐwēi	Purple Subtlety
宗门	宗門	Zōng Mén	Chan School of Buddhism / Zen religious school

Glossary

Buddhist terminology, except the proper nouns listed above. Number of terms: 854.

Simplified	Traditional	Pinyin	English
阿		ā	e
爱	愛	ài	desire / craving / trsnā Love
阿练若	阿練若	āliànruò	a forest retreat / a secluded place to practice / araṇya / arañña / aranya
庵		ān	a Buddhist monastery or nunnery
菴		ān	a Buddhist nunnery / a Buddhist convent a thatched cottage
安		ān	an Ease
菴主	庵主	ān zhǔ	supervising nun
菴主	庵主	ān zhǔ	supervising nun
安禅	安禪	ānchán	to do sitting meditation
安乐	安樂	ānlè	Stability and Happiness
安隐		ānyǐn	tranquil
罢参	罷參	bàcān	to complete study to dismiss the assembly
白月		bái yuè	first half of the month / śuklapakṣa
板		bǎn	board struck for sounding events in a temple
棒喝		bàng hē	to strike and shout at a student stick and shout
半偈		bànjì	half a verse
报	報	bào	indirect effect / judgement / retribution
宝相	寶相	bǎo xiàng	Excellent Marks
报佛	報佛	bàofó	saṃbhogakāya / sambhogakaya / enjoyment body / reward body
宝华	寶華	bǎohuà	flowers / jewelled flowers Treasure Flower
宝塔	寶塔	bǎotǎ	a pagoda / a stupa / a tower Jeweled Stupa
宝座	寶座	bǎozuò	Jeweled Throne
悲		bēi	compassion / empathy / karuṇā Kindness
本分宗师	本分宗師	běnfēn zōngshī	genuine master
本生		běnshēng	Jataka / stories of the Buddha’s previous lives / jātaka
臂		bì	bi
遍		biàn	everywhere fragrant / paricitra
遍参	遍參	biàncān	travel and study
苾刍	苾蒭	bìchú	a monk / a bhikkhu a monk / a bhikkhu
碧岩	碧巖	bìyán	blue cliff
钵	缽	bō	a bowl / an alms bowl / patra / pātra an alms bowl / patra / pātra / patta Alms bowl
拨草瞻风	撥草瞻風	bō cǎo zhān fēng	pulling out the weeds seeking the Way
般若		bōrě	Prajna-wisdom / prajñā / prajna / great wisdom Prajna Wisdom prajna
般若波罗蜜	般若波羅蜜	Bōrěbōluómì	Prajñāpāramitā / Prajnaparamita / Perfection of Wisdom
般若波罗蜜多	般若波羅蜜多	bōrěbōluómìduō	prajnaparamita / prajñāpāramitā / perfection of the highest form of wisdom
钵盂	缽盂	bōyú	alms bowl
布		bù	to bestow to publish
补处	補處	bǔ chù	occupies a vacated place
不动尊	不動尊	bù dòng zūn	Acala
不生不灭	不生不滅	bù shēng bù miè	neither arises nor extinguishes
不动	不動	bùdòng	acala / niścala / dhruva / unmoved
不生		bùshēng	nonarising / anutpāda nonarising / anutpāda
不信		bùxìn	disbelief / lack of faith
不住		bùzhù	not dwelling
惭	慚	cán	hri / hrī / hiri / self-respect / conscientiousness / dignity
参	參	cān	assembly / worship on the four fives Inquire
参堂	參堂	cān táng	initiation to the services
惭愧	慚愧	cánkuì	Shamefulness humility
参学	參學	cānxué	to be a visiting monastic / to study travel and learn
草裏汉	草裏漢	cǎolǐhàn	a man in the weeds
禅	禪	chán	meditative concentration / dhyāna / jhāna
缠	纏	chán	to entangle
禅床	禪床	chán chuáng	meditation mat
禅林	禪林	Chán lín	Chan temple / Zen temple
禅寺	禪寺	Chán sì	Chan temple / Zen temple
禅院	禪院	Chán yuàn	a Chan temple / a Zen temple
刹那	剎那	chànà	kṣaṇa / an instant ksana
禅板	禪板	chánbǎn	meditation brace
禅定	禪定	chándìng	Meditative Concentration / meditation to meditate meditative concentration
唱		chàng	a bowl shaped copper bell
常		cháng	eternal / nitya
长住	長住	chángzhù	fortnightly recital of monastic rules and confession / upoṣadha
禅客	禪客	chánkè	a Chan student
禅那	禪那	chánnà	meditation
禅师	禪師	chánshī	Chan Master / Zen Master / Seon Master Chan master
禅悅	禪悅	chányuè	Chan delight / meditative joy
尘	塵	chén	dust / an object / an object of one of the senses / a defilement / a contanimating object an atom / aṇu
瞋		chēn	aversion / hatred / hostility / anger / dveṣa / dosa malice / vyāpāda
尘埃	塵埃	chénāi	dirt / defilements
乘		chéng	yāna / a vehicle / a school of teaching
诚	誠	chéng	Sincerity
成		chéng	Become
成道		chéng dào	Awakening / to become enlightened / to become a Buddha
成就		chéngjiù	to attained / to obtain to bring to perfection / complete attainment / accomplishment / siddhi accomplishment Achievements
尘劳	塵勞	chénláo	the concerns of secular life affliction
癡		chī	confusion / stupidity / naivety / delusion / moha
触	觸	chù	touch / contact / sparśa
初心		chū xīn	to make a vow to acheive supreme enlightenment / to act with bodhicitta the initial mind
传法	傳法	chuán fǎ	to transmit the Dharma Dharma transmission
垂示		chuíshì	chuishi / pointer
垂语	垂語	chuíyǔ	chuishi / pointer
出家		chūjiā	leaving home / to become a monk or nun to renounce
出世		chūshì	to become a monk or num / to leave secular life to be not of this world Transcending the World
慈		cí	Loving-Kindness Kindness
慈悲		cíbēi	compassion / loving-kindness / benevolence / mettā / metta Compassion loving-kindness and compassion Have compassion
丛林	叢林	cónglín	Buddhist monastery monastery
从容	從容	cōngróng	Calm and Composed
啐啄		cuìzhuó	breaking in and breaking out
大		dà	an element
大慈		dà cí	great loving-kindness / great compassion
大慈大悲		dà cí dà bēi	great mercy and great compassion great compassion and great loving-kindness
大慈寺		dà cí sì	Da Ci Temple
大法		dà fǎ	great dharma / elemental dharma
大和尚		dà héshang	an abbot / a senior monk master
大千		dà qiān	trisāhasramahāsāhasralokadhātu / a great chiliocosm / trichiliocosm / the cosmos
大智慧		dà zhìhuì	great wisdom and knowledge
大道		dàdào	great way / great Path / great enlightenment
大德		dàdé	most virtuous / bhadanta Great Virtue / Yaññadatta
大国	大國	dàguó	a major country
大慧		dàhuì	mahāprajñā / great wisdom
淡		dàn	Simplicity
单	單	dān	a meditation mat
倒		dǎo	delusion / error / inversion / reversal / viparyāsa
道		dào	the path leading to the cessation of suffering Way
道本		dào běn	Basis of the Way
道场	道場	dàochǎng	place of practice / a Dharma center place of enlightenment / seat of enlightenment / bodhimanda / bodhimaṇḍa place for spiritual practice
道人		dàorén	a Buddhist monk Traveler of the Way
导师	導師	dǎoshī	Sārthavāha 1. guiding teacher, 2. mentor
道者		dàozhě	a devotee / a practioner / a follower / a monk
大师	大師	dàshī	1. Venerable Master (when referring to Venerable Master Hsing Yun); 2. Master (for historical Buddhist masters)
大士		dàshì	a bodhisattva / mahāsattva
大王		dàwáng	great king / mahārāja
大我		dàwǒ	the collective / the whole / the greater self
大悟		dàwù	great awakening / great enlightenment
大仙		dàxiān	a great sage / a saint
大行		dàxíng	emperor or empress occurrence of a major event extensive cultivation
大雄		dàxióng	great hero / mahāvīra Great Hero Monthly
大意		dàyì	great understanding
大众	大眾	dàzhòng	Assembly
德		dé	puṇya / puñña guṇa
地		de	di
等观	等觀	děng guān	to view all things equally
地上		dì shàng	above the ground
颠倒	顛倒	diāndǎo	delusion / error / inversion / reversal / viparyāsa up-side down
顶	頂	dǐng	to point one's head at usnisa / uṣṇīṣa
定		dìng	meditative concentration / meditation Concentration
定慧		dìng huì	meditative wisdom Concentration and Wisdom
顶门眼	頂門眼	dǐngmén yǎn	forehead eye
入定		dìngzhì	entered into meditation / settled / composed / collected of mind to enter into meditation
第一义	第一義	dìyī yì	paramārtha / paramārthasatya ／ absolute truth / supreme truth Ultimate Truth
第一句		dìyījù	the first letter
地狱	地獄	dìyù	a hell
弟子		dìzi	disciple
动着	動著	dòngzhe	to waver / to make a move
度		dù	pāramitā / perfection to save / to rescue / to liberate / to overcome ordination rhythm
度僧		dù sēng	to lead to become a monastic
端坐		duānzuò	to sit in a posture for meditation
顿悟	頓悟	dùn wù	sudden enlightenment / sudden awakening sudden enlightenment
多闻	多聞	Duō Wén	learned / one who has heard much
恶道	惡道	è dào	an evil rebirth / an evil destiny / an unfortunate rebirth / hell evil path
恶果	惡果	èguǒ	evil consequence / retribution (in Buddhism)
恩		ēn	Gratitude
恩德		ēndé	kindness / benevolence / favor / grace
二禅	二禪	èr chán	second dhyāna / second jhāna the second dhyana
二根		èr gēn	two roots
二乘		èr shèng	the two vehicles
二门	二門	èrmén	two gates / two teachings
二三		èrsān	six non-Buddhist philosophers
法		fǎ	a dharma / a dhárma / a natural law / teachings a mental object / a phenomenon / dharma / a thought quality / characteristic Dharma
法海		Fǎ hǎi	Dharma sea
发菩提心	發菩提心	fā pú tí xīn	bodhicittopāda / initiate the bodhi mind
法僧		fǎ sēng	a monk who recites mantras
法相		fǎ xiāng	notions of dharmas / the essential nature of different phenomena the essential differences between different teachings the truth Faxiang: A Buddhist Practitioner's Encyclopedia Dharma Characteristic
法座		fǎ zuò	Dharma seat
法宝	法寶	fǎbǎo	the Buddha's teaching a Buddhist monk's apparel, staff etc Dharma treasure
法灯	法燈	fǎdēng	a Dharma lamp
法号	法號	fǎhào	Dharma name Dharma Name
法会	法會	fǎhuì	a Dharma service / an assembly / dharma-saṃgīti
法界		fǎjiè	a dharma realm / a dhárma realm ／ dharmadhatu ／ dharmadhātu tathatā / suchness / inherent nature / true nature / tathata Dharma Realm
法门	法門	fǎmén	dharmaparyāya / dharma gate / a way of teaching the Dharma / a Buddhist teaching / a Dharma door Dharma gate
梵		fàn	brahman pure / sacred Buddhist
凡		fán	an ordinary person
凡圣	凡聖	fán shèng	the ordinary and the divine Ordinary and Sagely
梵呗	梵唄	fànbài	Buddhist hymn / fanbei / buddhist chanting Buddhist Chanting Buddhist hymn
凡夫		fánfū	an ordinary person / pṛthagjana
方外		fāng wài	monastic life
方便		fāngbiàn	upāya / skillful means / expedient means Convenience expedient means Skillful Means
方寸		fāngcùn	Mind
放下		fàngxia	let go / abandon wrong views Let Go let go
方丈		fāngzhang	an abbot Abbot
烦恼	煩惱	fánnǎo	kleśa / kilesa / a mental affliction / defilement defilement
法器		fǎqì	a Dharma instrument Dharma instrument
法师	法師	fǎshī	Dharma Master / Venerable / a Buddhist monk or nun Venerable Dharma Teacher
法堂		fǎtáng	a Dharma hall Fo Guang Shan Founder's Quarters Dharma Hall
法眼		fǎyǎn	dharma eye / dharmacakṣus hōgen
法筵		fǎyán	a seat for teaching the Dharma
法雨		fǎyǔ	Dharma rain Dharma Rain
法战	法戰	fǎzhàn	fazhan / encounter dialog / Dharma combat
拂		fèi	a fly whisk
非思量		fēi sī liáng	Without Thinking not thinking
非常		fēicháng	impermanent / transient
飞天	飛天	fēitiān	an apsara / something that flies
非我		fēiwǒ	selflessness / non-self / anātman / anattā
焚香		fén xiāng	to burn incense Burning Incense
分别	分別	fēnbié	kalpanā / thought / imagination vikalpa / discrimination / conception discrimination
逢场作戏	逢場作戲	féng chǎng zuò xì	to play along for a little fun
佛		fó	of Buddhism a statue or image of a Buddha a Buddhist text
佛光		Fó guāng	the glory of the Buddha Buddha' halo
佛国土	佛國土	Fó guótǔ	buddhakṣetra / a Buddha land Buddha's country
佛见	佛見	fó jiàn	correct views of Buddhist teachings
佛刹	佛剎	Fó shā	a Buddhist pillar Buddhakṣetra / a Buddha field / a Buddha land temple / monastery
佛说	佛說	Fó shuō	buddhavacana / the Buddha's teaching the Buddha's has explained
佛性		Fó xìng	buddhadhātu / Buddha-nature
佛言		Fó yán	the Buddha said buddhavacana / the teachings of the Buddha
佛祖		Fó zǔ	the Buddha and patriarch Buddhas
佛宝	佛寶	fóbǎo	the treasure of the Buddha
佛法		fófǎ	the power of the Buddha
佛国	佛國	Fóguó	buddhakṣetra / a Buddha land country of the Buddha's birth Buddha Land
佛家		Fójiā	the community of Buddhists / Saṅgha places of the Buddha and bodhisattvas / temples
佛教		fójiào	the Buddha teachings
佛事		fóshì	a Buddha ceremony / a Buddhist ritual
佛像		fóxiàng	Buddha Statues / a figure or statue of a Buddha images worshipped by Buddhists
缚	縛	fú	to bind / to tie
福		fú	puṇya / merit / blessing / reward Fortune
扶篱摸壁	扶籬摸壁	fú lí mō bì	leaning on fences, groping along walls
浮生		fú shēng	the world of the living / the impermanent world
浮世		fú shì	the world of the living / the impermanent world
拂子		fúzi	a fly whisk
盖	蓋	gài	a hindrance / an obstacle / nivāraṇa / nīvaraṇāni
干城	乾城	gàn chéng	city of the gandharvas
甘露		gānlù	sweet dew / ambrosia / the nectar of immortality / amṛta Nectar Nectar nectar
竿木		gānmù	a staff
绀园	紺園	gànyuán	temple / monastery
隔碍	隔礙	gé ài	obstacle
根		gēn	an organ / a part of the body / an organ of sense a sense / a faculty mūla / a root
更		gèng	contacts
功		gōng	merit-creating actions
供		gōng	to offer in worship
共相		gòng xiāng	common phase
公案		gōng'àn	koan / kōan / gong'an gong'an
功德		gōngdé	guṇa / achievements and virtue / merit puṇya / puñña merit
功德聚		gōngdé jù	stupa
供养	供養	gòngyǎng	to make offerings / to provide offerings / to worship offering
古镜	古鏡	gǔ jìng	mirrors of old
挂钵	掛缽	guà bō	to stay overnight at a monastery to stay at a temple
观	觀	guān	mindfulness / contemplation insight / vipaśyanā / vipassanā Observe
官不容针	官不容針	guān bù róng zhēn	officially, not even a needle is admitted
灌顶	灌頂	guàn dǐng	abhiseka / abhisecana / anointment / consecration consecration Anointment
观门	觀門	guān mén	the gate of contemplation
广	廣	guǎng	vaipulya / vast / extended Extensive
广大	廣大	guǎngdà	vaipulya / vast / extended
光明		guāngmíng	Brightness
归宗	歸宗	guī zōng	stupa
归依佛	歸依佛	guīyī fó	to take refuge in the Buddha
果		guǒ	direct effect / phala / a consequence Fruit
果报	果報	guǒbào	vipāka / the result of karma / indirect effect
过去	過去	guòqù	past
国师	國師	Guóshī	kokushi
孤起		gūqǐ	Gatha (verses)
海会	海會	hǎi huì	assembly of monastics assembly of saints cemetery
行		hàng	mental formations / saṃskāra / sankhara / that which has been put together / volition / volitional formations / conditioned states / habitual actions practice / carita / caryā / conduct / behavior to practice Practice
好		hǎo	Good
合		hé	Merge
和		hé	Harmony
河沙		hé shā	the sand of the River Ganges / as numerous as grains of sand in the River Ganges
何似生		hé sì shēng	Comparison to what?
黑月		hēiyuè	second half of the month / kṛṣṇapakṣa
和尚		héshang	an abbot / a monk Most Venerable
何似		hésì	Comparison to what?
合掌		hézhǎng	to join palms to join palms
吽		hōng	hum / hūṃ
厚		hòu	Deep
后五	後五	hòu wǔ	following five hundred years
后得智	後得智	hòude zhì	aquired wisdom acquired knowledge
化		huà	to manifest to collect alms
化佛		huàfó	a Buddha image
华鬘	華鬘	huàmán	hair tied like a flower
幻化		huànhuà	to be transformed / to metamorphose to be illusory
话头	話頭	huàtóu	huatou / critical phrase / topic of inquiry / keyword / word head / topic of meditative inquiry / head of speech / apex of speech / key phrase / principal theme
化主		huàzhǔ	lord of transformation
护持	護持	hùchí	Protect and Support
惠		huì	Kindness
慧		huì	intellect Wisdom
回头	回頭	huítóu	Turn Around
惑		huò	kleśa / kilesa / a mental affliction / defilement
集		jí	the origin of suffering desire / greed / craving
偈		jì	gatha / hymn / verse
记	記	jì	a prediction / a prophecy / vyakarana
假		jià	designation / provisional / conventional term
迦		jiā	jia
家		jiā	school / sect / lineage
迦罗	迦羅	jiāluó	kala / kāla
假名		jiàmíng	designation / provisional term / conventional term
见	見	jiàn	view / perception / dṛṣṭi / diṭṭhi
见大	見大	jiàn dà	the element of visibility
箭锋	箭鋒	jiàn fēng	points of arrows
监寺	監寺	jiàn sì	supervising monk / temple director / temple supervisor Superintendent (of a temple)
见性	見性	jiàn xìng	to see one's true nature / to realize one's Buddha nature Seeing One's Nature
见处	見處	jiànchù	dwelling in wrong views
见佛	見佛	jiànfó	to see the Buddha Seeing the Buddha
讲堂	講堂	jiǎng táng	a lecture hall lecture hall
坚固	堅固	jiāngù	sāla
觉	覺	jiào	bodhi / enlightenment / awakening Awaken
教外别传	教外別傳	jiào wài bié chuán	transmission apart from teachings
教化		jiāohuà	transformative teaching / to enlighten Teach and Transform
袈裟		jiāshā	kasaya / kaṣāya kasaya
解		jiě	understanding to liberate
界		jiè	dhātu / a realm / a field / a domain
结	結	jié	a fetter
戒		jiè	precepts / a vow Precepts / morality
劫		jié	a kalpa / an eon
劫火		jiéhuǒ	a large destructive fire
解空		jiěkōng	to understand emptiness
界内	界內	jiènèi	within a region / within the confines
解脱	解脫	jiětuō	liberation / emancipation / vimokṣa liberation
解脱门	解脫門	jiětuō mén	the doors of deliverance / vimokṣadvāra Gate of Perfect Ease
进	進	jìn	diligence / perseverance
金轮	金輪	jīn lún	kancana-mandala / cakra-ratna
境		jìng	the object of one of the six senses viṣaya / sphere / region
静	靜	jìng	Stillness
经	經	jīng	a sutra / a sūtra
净	淨	jìng	vyavadāna / purification / cleansing śuddha / cleansed / clean / pure viśuddhi / purity Pure
金刚	金剛	jīngāng	vajra diamond
净洁	淨潔	jìngjié	pure
境界		jìngjiè	viṣaya / object / sphere / region / realm of objects / state
净瓶	淨瓶	jìngpíng	a vase / a jar Purity Vase
金毛狮子	金毛獅子	jīnmáoshīzi	golden haired lion
金身		jīnshēn	golden body
尽十方世界	盡十方世界	jìnshífāng shìjiè	everywhere
金田		jīntián	Buddhist temple
偈颂	偈頌	jìsòng	to chant
机缘	機緣	jīyuán	ability to accept causes and conditions / favourable circumstances / opportunity potentiality and condition
具		jù	a mat for sitting and sleeping on / niṣīdana
句		jù	pada
举	舉	jǔ	to raise an example
举一明三	舉一明三	jǔ yī míng sān	to understand the whole thing when one aspect is brought up
决定	決定	juédìng	fixed / unchanging / constant / determined / niścaya
觉悟	覺悟	juéwù	to become enlightened Enlightenment to awake
决择	決擇	juézhái	to judge and select
举古	舉古	jǔgǔ	juze / jugu/ to discuss a koan
居士		jūshì	a lay person / a male lay Buddhist householder
俱胝		jūzhī	koti / one hundred million / a very large number
揩磨		kāi mó	to grind
开山		kāi shān	to open a monastery 1. Founder (for monasteries) - title; 2. to found/establish a monastery - term.
开士	開士	kāi shì	one on the way to enlightenment / bodhisattva
开悟	開悟	kāiwù	to become enlightened / to have an awakening enlightenment / bodhi to awaken
勘过	勘過	kānguò	put to the test
勘破		kānpò	to penetrate
客尘	客塵	kè chén	external taint
空		kōng	śūnyatā ／ emptiness / emptiness of inherent existence Emptiness
空空		kōng kōng	the emptiness of emptiness / the delusion of emptiness
空寂		kōngjì	śūnyatā ／ emptiness / emptiness of inherent existence
空性		kōngxìng	śūnyatā ／ emptiness / emptiness of inherent existence Empty Nature
空虚	空虛	kōngxū	śūnyatā ／ emptiness / emptiness of inherent existence
苦		kǔ	Sorrow / duḥkha / dukkha / suffering
会	會	kuài	a religious assembly
宽	寬	kuān	Broad
苦海		kǔhǎi	sea of suffering / abyss of worldly suffering ocean of suffering
愧		kuì	shame / decorum / propriety
苦行		kǔxíng	to practice ascetism austerity
腊	臘	là	twelfth lunar month / end of the lunar year a monastic year
兰	蘭	lán	a hermitage
老和尚		lǎo hé shàng	Elder Most Venerable
老僧		lǎo sēng	an old monk
老死		lǎo sǐ	Aging and death / old age and death
乐	樂	lè	Joy
了别	了別	lebié	to distinguish / to discern
离	離	lí	transcendence
历劫	歷劫	lì jié	to pass through a kalpa
离微	離微	lí wēi	transcendence and subtlety
莲	蓮	lián	Lotus
量		liàng	means of knowing / reasoning / pramāṇa
练若	練若	liànruò	a forest retreat / a secluded place to practice / araṇya / arañña / aranya
寥廓		liáokuò	serene and vast
寮舍		liáoshè	a monastic residence
礼拜	禮拜	lǐbài	Prostrate
利生		lìshēng	to help all living beings
力士		lìshì	one of great strength
利他		lìtā	to help others / to be altruistic / parārtha Benefiting Others
六尘	六塵	Liù Chén	six sense objects / Six Dusts
六通		liù tōng	six supernatural powers
流通		liútōng	transmission of Buddhist teachings to transmit and spread
龙	龍	lóng	nāga / serpent / dragon
龙头蛇尾	龍頭蛇尾	lóng tóu shé wěi	to start off big and end up in nothing
龙象	龍象	lóng xiàng	dragon and elephant
漏		lòu	outflow / flow / influx / discharge / āsrava
炉	爐	lú	a censer 1. incense burner; 2. incense censer
轮	輪	lún	the cycle of rebirth
论	論	lùn	a treatise / a thesis / śastra
落发	落髮	luò fà	to shave the head
律		lǜ	monastic discipline / vinaya
麻谷持锡	麻谷持錫	mágǔ chíxī	Magu carrying his ringed staff
买草鞋行脚	買草鞋行脚	mǎi cǎo xié xíng jiǎo	buy straw sandals and set out on a pilgrimage
慢		màn	māna / pride / arrogance / conceit conceit / abhimāna
满	滿	mǎn	Full
盲引众盲	盲引眾盲	máng yǐn zhòng máng	blind leading the blind
美		měi	Beauty
门人	門人	mén rén	disciple a hanger-on
门首	門首	ménshǒu	leader of a sect or school
眠		mián	torpor / drowsiness / middha
面门	面門	miànmén	forehead mouth line across the upper lip
妙		miào	Wonderful
妙果		miào guǒ	wonderful fruit
妙心		miào xīn	Wondrous Mind
妙用		miàoyòng	skillful use / magical use
灭	滅	miè	the cessation of suffering
迷津		míjīn	a deluded state
明		míng	wisdom / vidyā Clear
明禅	明禪	míng chán	Clarity of Chan
明心		míng xīn	an enlightened mind A Clear Mind
明白		míngbai	Understanding
明相		míngxiāng	early dawn
迷悟		míwù	delusion and awareness Ignorance and Enlightenment
摩		mó	to rub a monk's head for taking a vow
魔		mó	evil / vice
摩顶	摩頂	mó dǐng	to make a prediction about becoming a Buddha to lay the hand on the top of the head
莫妄想		mò wàng xiǎng	think no delusive thoughts
摩竭		mójié	makara
摩尼珠		móní zhū	mani jewel / a wish fulfilling jewel Mani Pearl
母		mǔ	all women
木马	木馬	mùmǎ	a wooden horse
衲僧		nà sēng	a patch-robed monk / a Chan monastic
衲衣		nà yī	monastic robes
南泉斩猫	南泉斬猫	nánquán zhǎn māo	Nanquan kills a cat
难行	難行	nánxíng	ascetic practice
内方	內方	nèi fāng	to protect
能所		néngsuǒ	ability to transform and transformable
疑		nǐ	doubt / uncertainty / skepticism / vicikitsā / vicikicchā
逆顺	逆順	nì shùn	resisting and complying / disobeying and obeying
念		niàn	memory mindfulness / smṛti
拈香		niān xiāng	to burn incense Offering Incense
拈古		niāngǔ	a brief comment / niangu
牛头	牛頭	niú tóu	attendants in hell
品		pǐn	chapter / varga
贫道	貧道	pín dào	humble monk
普观	普觀	pǔ guān	contemplation of oneself reborn in the Pure Land
普遍		pǔbiàn	universal
普请	普請	pǔqǐng	communal labor Universally Inviting
菩萨	菩薩	púsà	bodhisatta bodhisattva
菩提		pútí	bodhi / enlightenment / awakening bodhi
菩提心		pútíxīn	bodhicitta / aspiration to enlightenment bodhi mind
蒲团	蒲團	pútuán	a meditation mat Cushion
七穿八穴		qī chuān bā xué	seven openings, eight holes
七圣	七聖	qī shèng	seven sacred graces
谦	謙	qiān	Modest
潜	潛	qián	Submerge
千佛		qiān fó	thousand Buddhas
千山万水	千山萬水	qiān shān wàn shuǐ	Over Mountains and Across Rivers
钳鎚	鉗鎚	qiánchuí	pliers and hammers
勤		qín	diligence / perseverance / vīrya
勤苦		qín kǔ	devoted and suffering
磬		qìng	a bowl shaped bell
情		qíng	sentience / cognition
清		qīng	Clear
情识	情識	qíng shí	emotional discrimination
清规	清規	qīngguī	monastic rules Pure Rule
清净	清凈	qīngjìng	pure / cleansed / purified of defiling illusion / viśuddhi purity
清净法眼	清淨法眼	qīngjìng fǎyǎn	pure dharma eye
请益	請益	qǐngyì	Request Teachings
亲近	親近	qīnjìn	Be Close To
穷诸玄辩	窮諸玄辯	qióng zhū xuán biàn	to fathom all deep discussions
秋月		qiū yuè	Autumn Moon
趣		qù	realm / destination
取		qǔ	clinging / grasping ／upādāna
曲木据位	曲木據位	qǔ mù jù wèi	chair of rank
权	權	quán	expedient
权实	權實	quán shí	the expedient and the ultimately true
权化	權化	quánhuà	avatāra / appearance of a deity upon earth
全机	全機	quánjī	whole capacity
劝请	勸請	quànqǐng	to request / to implore
群生		qúnshēng	all living beings
让	讓	ràng	Give Way
仁		rén	Benevolence
忍		rěn	tolerance / patience Patience
人见	人見	rén jiàn	the view of a person
人稀		rén xī	people are few
人相		rén xiāng	the notion of a person
人间	人間	rénjiān	human world
人天		réntiān	the six realms / all living things humans and devas
仁者		rénzhe	compassionate one / benevolent one / a compassionate person
日月星		rì yuè xīng	sun, moon and star
容		róng	Tolerance
融		róng	Blend
如		rú	Thus
如击石火	如擊石火	rú jī shí huǒ	like sparks struck from stone
入涅槃		rù nièpán	to enter Nirvāṇa
入室		rù shì	to enter the master's study to enter the master's study for examination or instruction
瑞		ruì	Auspicious
如来藏	如來藏	Rúlái Zàng	Buddha-nature / Buddha-dhatu / Buddha Principle / Tathāgatagarbha tathatā / suchness / inherent nature / true nature / tathata Tathagatagarbha
入门	入門	rùmén	to become a monastic beginner
入涅		rùniè	to enter Nirvāṇa / to pass away
若		ruò	re
如是		rúshì	thus, so
三宝	三寶	sān bǎo	The Triple Gem / triple gem / three treasures / ratnatraya
三门	三門	sān mén	Three Gates / temple gate / temple
三千		sān qiān	three thousand-fold
三生		sān shēng	three lives / three rebirths Three Lifetimes
三乘		sān shèng	three vehicles / triyāna / triyana Three Vehicles
三世		sān shì	past, present, and future Three Periods of Time
三匝		sān zā	to circumambulate three times
三藏圣教	三藏聖教	Sān Zàng shèngjiāo	Buddhist canon
三际	三際	sānjì	past, present, and future
三昧		sānmèi	samādhi / concentrated meditation / mental concentration samadhi
色尘	色塵	sè chén	sight / sight sense objects
僧		sēng	a monk saṅgha / saṃgha / Buddhist community
僧腊	僧臘	sēng là	Dharma year / years since ordination monastic seniority
僧俗		sēng sú	monastics and laypeople
僧宝	僧寶	sēngbǎo	the jewel of the monastic community
僧家		sēngjiā	Saṅgha / Sangha / Buddhist monastic community
僧伽梨		sēngjiālì	sanghati
僧堂		sēngtáng	monastic hall
僧正		sēngzhèng	sōjō
僧众	僧眾	sēngzhòng	the monastic community / the sangha
刹	剎	shā	Buddhist monastery or temple kṣetra / land
杀人刀活人剑	殺人刀活人劍	shā rén dāo huó rén jiàn	the sword that kills and the sword that gives life
色		shǎi	form / matter
沙门	沙門	shāmén	a Buddhist monk / a wandering monk / a shramana / a sramana / renunciant / mendicant sramana
沙弥	沙彌	shāmí	Sramanera / śrāmaṇera / a novice Buddhist monk sramanera
善		shàn	kuśala / kusala / virtuous shan
善说	善說	shàn shuō	skillfully expounded
善因		shàn yīn	Wholesome Cause
上士		Shàng Shì	an advanced disciple
上堂		shàng táng	ascend to the [Dharma] hall to eat a communinal meal in a temple hall superior rooms
上人		shàngrén	shangren / senior monastic supreme teacher
上座		shàngzuò	sthavira / elder
山门	山門	shānmén	temple main gate / mountain gate a Buddhist temple
山僧		shānsēng	mountain monastic
善思		shànsī	thoughtfulness / wholesome thinking
善知识	善知識	shànzhīshi	Dharma Friends / kalyāṇamitra / kalyāṇamitta / kalyanamitra
阇	闍	shé	Buddhist monk
舍	捨	shě	equanimity equanimity Give
舍	捨	shě	equanimity equanimity Give
阇梨	闍梨	shélí	ācārya / teacher
阇黎	闍黎	shélí	ācārya / a religious teacher
舍利		shèlì	ashes or relics after cremation relic
慎		shèn	Cautious
身		shēn	body / kāya
生		shēng	birth
绳床	繩床	shéng chuáng	sitting mat / pīṭha
昇天		shēng tiān	ascend to heaven
圣灵	聖靈	shènglíng	spirits
生生		shēngshēng	the cycle of rebirth
生死海		shēngsǐhǎi	the ocean of Saṃsāra
陞座		shēngzuò	to address the assembly / to give a lecture
神通		shéntōng	a spiritual power / supernatural powers / a remarkable ability / a magical power supernatural power
释	釋	shì	Buddhism
世		shì	loka / a world
实	實	shí	Real
识	識	shí	vijñāna / consciousness / life force / mind / cognition
师	師	shī	master
事		shì	meaning / phenomena
施		shī	the practice of selfless giving / dāna
十地		shí dì	Ten Grounds of Bodhisattva Path / Ten Grounds / the ten grounds of the bodhisattva path / daśabhūmi
十方		shí fāng	the ten directions The Ten Directions
十身调御	十身調御	shí shēn tiáo yù	The Ten Body Controller
是什么语话	是什麼語話	shì shénma yǔ huà	what talk is this?
示众云	示眾云	shì zhòng yún	preface directed to the assembly
十二分教		shíèrfēnjiāo	dvādaśaṅga / the twelve divisions of Buddhist literature
十方世界		shífāng shìjiè	the worlds in all ten directions
世界		shìjiè	a world world
事相		shìxiāng	phenomenon
师兄	師兄	shīxiōng	Dharma Brother
侍者		shìzhě	an acolyte
示众	示眾	shìzhòng	to teach / to instruct the Sangha
施主		shīzhǔ	an alms giver / a donor benefactor
师子吼	師子吼	shīzǐ hǒu	lion’s roar
受		shòu	feelings / sensations
授记	授記	shòu jì	Vyakarana (prophecies) / a prediction / vyākaraṇa
受戒		shòu jiè	to take precepts Take the Precepts
恕		shù	Forgiveness
数珠	數珠	shǔ zhū	prayer beads / rosary
睡眠		shuìmián	torpor / drowsiness / middha
书记	書記	shūji	Secretary
伺		sì	vicāra / vicara / sustained application / sustained thinking / selectiveness / subtle discernment / discernment
思		sī	volition / cetanā Think
寺		sì	temple / monastery / vihāra
似		sì	to appear pseudo
四禅	四禪	sì chán	the four meditations / the four dhyānas / the four jhānas fourth dhyāna / fourth jhāna
四华	四華	sì huà	four divine flowers
私通车马	私通車馬	sī tōng chē mǎ	privately, even a cart and horse can pass
四维	四維	sì wéi	the four half points of the compass
四众	四眾	sì zhòng	the fourfold assembly / the four communities
四大		sìdà	the four great seeds / the four great elements / mahābhūta
死汉	死漢	sǐhàn	dead man
死尸	死屍	sǐshī	a corpse
四天下		sìtiānxià	the four continents
颂	頌	sòng	1. ode; 2. praise
颂古	頌古	sònggǔ	songgu / attached verse
宿		sù	from former lives
随分	隨分	suí fēn	according to the part assigned / according to lot according to ability according to (one's) allotment
随情	隨情	suíqíng	compliant
所得		suǒdé	acquire
俗姓		súxìng	secular surname
塔		tǎ	a pagoda / a stupa
泰		tài	Prosperous
檀		tán	dana / the practice of giving / generosity
贪	貪	tān	greed / desire / craving / trsnā / taṇhā Greed / passion / desire / rāga
弹指	彈指	tán zhǐ	to snap the fingers
檀越		tányuè	an alms giver / a donor
体	體	tǐ	śarīra / human body ti / essence entity / a constituent / an element
田		tián	a state for cultivation of meritorius deeds
天华	天華	tiān huà	divine flowers
天龙	天龍	tiān lóng	all devas, dragons, and other dieties / the eight kinds of demigods
天童		tiān tóng	a divine youth
天衣		tiān yī	the garments of a celestial being / celestial garments
天鼓		tiāngǔ	deva drum
天人		tiānrén	Heavenly Beings
天堂		tiāntáng	Heaven
天真		tiānzhēn	Heaven's truth / natural truth Innocence
天子		tiānzǐ	devaputra / the son of a god
醍醐		tíhú	clarified butter
体空	體空	tǐkōng	the emptiness of substance
体用	體用	tǐyòng	the substance of an entity Essence and Influence
通		tōng	a spiritual power / supernatural powers / a remarkable ability / a magical power
同参	同參	tóng cān	fellow students
头陀	頭陀	tóutuó	elimination of defilements through ascetic practice / dhutaṅga austerities
涂	塗	tú	an evil state of existence
涂毒鼓	塗毒鼓	tú dú gǔ	a drum smeared with poison
退		tuì	parihāṇi / to regress / to degenerate
退屈		tuì qū	to yield / to retreat / to regress
拖泥带水	拖泥帶水	tuōnídàishuǐ	trailing mud and dripping water
外道问佛	外道問佛	wài dào wèn fó	an outsider questions the Buddha
外道		wàidào	non-Buddhist Heretics
万法	萬法	wàn fǎ	myriad phenomena / all things
晚参	晚參	wǎncān	evening assembly
妄想		wàngxiǎng	fanciful thinking / deluded thoughts / fantasies / vikalpa delusive thoughts
妄語	妄語	wàngyǔ	Lying
微		wēi	subtlety
未曾有		wèi céng yǒu	Abdhutadharma (miracles) Never Before
唯我独尊	唯我獨尊	wéi wǒ dú zūn	I alone am the honored one
唯嫌拣择	唯嫌揀擇	wěi xián jiǎnzhái	just avoid discrimination
微尘	微塵	wēichén	an atom fine dust
微妙		wēimiào	subtle, profound
维那	維那	wéinà	weinuo / karmadana / vinaya master / discipline master karmadana
威仪	威儀	wēiyí	Conduct
问道	問道	wèn dào	Inquire About the Way ask for the Way
问答	問答	wèndá	encounter dialog
问讯	問訊	wènxùn	to join palms as a greeting half bow
我		wǒ	self / ātman / attan
我见	我見	wǒ jiàn	the view of a self
我有		wǒyǒu	the illusion of the existence of self
我语	我語	wǒyǔ	ātmavāda / notions of a self
悟		wù	Enlightenment
无	無	wú	mo Non-; ; *Prefix denoting negation or absence, e.g. non-regression.
无二	無二	wú èr	advaya / nonduality / not two
五观	五觀	wǔ guān	The Five Contemplations
无门	無門	wú mén	Non-Existing Gate
无明烦恼	無明煩惱	wú míng fán nǎo	Ignorance
五乘		wǔ shèng	five vehicles
五通		wǔ tōng	five supernatural powers / pañca-abhijnā
五下		wǔ xià	five lower fetters
五欲	五慾	wǔ yù	the five desires
无云	無雲	wú yún	cloudless
五众	五眾	wǔ zhòng	five aggregates / five skandhas / five groups of existence / five groups of clinging
无主	無主	wú zhǔ	impermanence
无碍	無礙	wú'ài	unimpeded / unhindered / unobstructed / unfettered / unhampered
无法	無法	wúfǎ	No-Dharma
无缝塔	無縫塔	wúfèng tǎ	a seamless monument
无间	無間	wújiān	avīci / interminable / incessant No Distance
无间业	無間業	wújiān yè	unremitting karma
无尽	無盡	wújìn	endless
无量	無量	wúliàng	immeasurable
无量劫	無量劫	wúliàng jié	innumerable kalpas / uncountable eons
无量义	無量義	wúliàng yì	the doctrine of all things the Mahāyāna canon
无生	無生	wúshēng	anutpāda / unproduced / non-arising No-Birth
五味		wǔwèi	five stages of making ghee
无为	無為	wúwèi	unconditioned / asaṃskṛta Non-Doing
无心	無心	wúxīn	no-mind No-Mind
无行	無行	wúxíng	Non-Action
无余	無餘	wúyú	without remainder / niravaśeṣa without excess
无住	無住	wúzhù	non-attachment / non-abiding non-abiding
息		xī	to calm oneself
习	習	xí	latent tendencies / predisposition
喜		xǐ	Joy
惜		xī	Cherish
系驴橛	繫驢橛	xì lǘ jué	donkey-tethering stake
下士		Xià Shì	an initial disciple / an initial spiritual trainee
仙		xiān	a sage
贤	賢	xián	bhadra
现前	現前	xiàn qián	to manifest in the present / to present before the eyes
相		xiāng	lakṣaṇa / countenance / personage / quality / character / disposition nimitta / a sign / a mark / appearance a perception / cognition / conceptualization / a notion
想		xiǎng	notion / perception / cognition / conceptualization / saṃjñā / samjna
香		xiāng	incense
香华	香華	xiāng huà	incense and flowers
香积	香積	xiāng jī	Fragrance Accumulation
相待		xiāngdài	interdependence / mutual dependence
相对	相對	xiāngduì	relative
相续	相續	xiāngxù	causal connection / continuity of cause and effect / saṃtati
相应	相應	xiāngying	concomitant response, correspond
仙人		xiānrén	a sage
仙陀客		xiāntuókè	good interpreter
现行	現行	xiànxíng	manifest activity
现在	現在	xiànzài	now, present
孝		xiào	Filial Piety
小叁	小參	xiǎo cān	small assembly / a small group
下语	下語	xiàyǔ	zhuoyu / annotation / capping phrase
信		xìn	faith / confidence Faith
心		xīn	citta / thinking / thought / mind / mentality
薪尽火灭	薪盡火滅	xīn jìn huǒ miè	with the fuel consumed the fire is extinguished
心田		xīn tián	the field of the heart
心心		xīn xīn	the mind and mental conditions
信道		xìndào	a processional way
行脚	行腳	xíngjiǎo	to walk / travelling / wandering Travel by Foot to travel [by foot]
行人		xíngrén	Practitioner
信士		xìnshì	a disciple, a male disciple
信心		xìnxīn	Faith
心行		xīnxíng	mental activity
心印		xīnyìn	mind seal
宣		xuān	to teach / to instruct
选佛场	選佛場	xuǎn fó chǎng	1. Gateway to Practice; 2. Buddha Selection Court Buddha selection court
玄象		xuán xiàng	mysterious schemata
选佛	選佛	xuǎnfó	choosing a Buddha / choosing a Buddhist master / meditating
玄沙三种病人	玄沙三種病人	xuánshā sān zhǒng bìngrén	Xuansha on three kinds of invalids
学	學	xué	a learner
学人	學人	xuérén	student of the Way
虚空	虛空	xūkōng	vast emptiness Void
薰		xūn	vāsanā / infusing / perfuming / predispositions / habituations / latent tendencies
寻	尋	xún	vitarka / vitarkah / vitakka / conception / gross detection / examination / application of thought
虚妄	虛妄	xūwàng	not real / illusory
严	嚴	yán	a garland / an adornment / avataṃsa
言教		yánjiāo	ability to understand etymology and usage of words / nirukti
宴坐		yànzuò	sitting meditation / to meditate in seclusion
业	業	yè	karma / kamma / karmic deeds / actions
业相	業相	yè xiāng	karma-lakṣaṇa
野狐精		yěhú jīng	wild fox spirit
依		yī	upadhi ／ bonds / substratum
意		yì	manas / mind / mentation
义	義	yì	Righteousness
一尘	一塵	yī chén	a grain of dust / a single particle
一佛		yī fó	one Buddha
一喝		yī hē	a call / a shout
一喝不作一喝用		yī hē bùzuò yī hē yòng	a shout does not function as a shout
一会	一會	yī huì	one assembly / one meeting
一口吞尽	一口吞盡	yī kǒu tūn jìn	swallow all in one gulp
一念		yī niàn	one moment / one instant one thought one thought
一食		yī shí	one meal
一宿觉	一宿覺	yī sù jué	enlightenment in one night
义天	義天	yì tiān	absolute devas
一味禅	一味禪	yī wèi chán	Chan of one taste
一微尘	一微塵	yī wéi chén	a particle of dust
一匝		yī zā	to make a full circle
一智		yī zhì	knowledge of all aspects / all embracing wisdom / sarvākārajñatā / sarvakarajnata
一指头禅	一指頭禪	yī zhǐ tóu chán	one finger Chan
一只眼	一隻眼	yī zhī yǎn	single eye
一宗		yī zōng	one sect / one school
衣钵	衣缽	yībō	robe and bowl / the cassock and alms bowl of a monk robe and bowl
一大藏教		yīdàcángjiāo	all the teachings in the whole canon
一代时教	一代時教	yīdài shí jiāo	the teachings of a whole lifetime
一地		yīdì	one ground
一法		yīfǎ	one dharma / one thing
一箇棺材两箇死汉	一箇棺材兩箇死漢	yīgèguāncáiliǎnggèsǐhàn	“one coffin, two corpses
意根		yìgēn	the mind sense
一家		yījiā	same family
一境		yījìng	one realm
一句		yījù	a phrase / one sentence a sentence
一流		yīliú	of the same flow
一路		yīlù	all along the way
因		yīn	hetu / causes Cause
阴	陰	yīn	an aggregate / a group
阴入	陰入	yīn rù	aggregates and sense fields
应	應	yīng	to accept
应机	應機	yìng jī	Opportunities
音声	音聲	yīnshēng	sound
因缘	因緣	yīnyuán	Cause and Condition / principal and secondary causes / chain of cause and effect / primary cause / nidāna Nidana (expositions of causes) / a story of an occasion in the Buddhha's life a passage in a sūtra describing the setting causes and conditions
一期		yīqī	a date / a fixed time a lifetime one moment of time
一切		yīqiè	all, everything
一切法		yīqiē fǎ	all dharmas / all things / sarvadharma all phenomena
一色		yīsè	ekarūpa / no difference something minute / an atom one form of practice
一生		yīshēng	all one's life
义学	義學	yìxué	tuition-free school
一言		yīyán	one word
一音		yīyīn	one sound / the sound of the Buddha one voice
勇		yǒng	Courage
用		yòng	yong ／ function / application
用大		yòng dà	great in function
永劫		yǒngjié	an eternity
有		yǒu	becoming / bhāva 1. existence; 2. becoming
优	優	yōu	you
遊气	遊氣	yóu qì	roaming pneumas
有无	有無	yǒu wú	existent and non-existent/ having identity and emptiness
右旋		yòu xuán	to circumambulate in a clockwise direction
游方		yóufāng	to wander to travel for cultivation and to seek teachings
优昙华	優曇華	yōután huà	udumbara flower
遊戏	遊戲	yóuxì	to be free and at ease
有余	有餘	yǒuyú	with remainder / sopadhiśesa excessive
有余	有餘	yǒuyú	with remainder / sopadhiśesa excessive
欲		yù	desire / intention / interest / aspiration
宇宙之间	宇宙之間	yǔ zhòu zhī jiān	in space and time
源		yuán	Origin
缘	緣	yuán	conditions / pratyaya / paccaya Condition
愿	願	yuàn	a vow
圆	圓	yuán	Perfect
圆成	圓成	yuán chéng	complete perfection
圆觉	圓覺	yuán jué	complete enlightenment Perfect Enlightenment
怨亲	怨親	yuàn qīn	hate and affection Foes and Kin
圆实	圓實	yuán shí	perfect suchness
缘事	緣事	yuán shì	study of phenomena
圆光	圓光	yuánguāng	halo
圆寂	圓寂	yuánjì	to pass away perfect rest
缘生	緣生	yuánshēng	dependent origination ／ conditioned origination / dependent arising
院主		yuànzhǔ	abbot / superintendent
语录	語錄	yǔlù	record of sayings
蕴	蘊	yùn	aggregate / skandha
云天	雲天	yún tiān	Cloud in the Sky
云天	雲天	yún tiān	Cloud in the Sky
云巖扫地	雲巖掃地	yúnyán sǎodì	Yunyan sweeps the floor
在天		zài tiān	in heaven the ruler
藏		zàng	piṭaka / canon / a collection of scriptures garba / matrix / embryo kośa / kosa ālaya / dwelling / residence
藏教		zàng jiào	Tripiṭaka teachings
藏经	藏經	zàngjīng	Buddhist canon
早参	早參	zǎocān	morning assembly
则	則	zé	koan / kōan / gong'an
斋	齋	zhāi	to abstain from meat or wine a vegetarian diet / vegetarian food to give alms to fast a temple hostel
丈室		zhàng shì	Small Room
长老	長老	zhǎnglǎo	an elder monastic Elder
栴檀林		zhāntánlín	temple / monastery
招		zhāo	a monastic compound
朝暮		zhāomù	morning and evening
真		zhēn	True
真法		zhēn fǎ	true dharma / absolute dharma
正		zhēng	Righteous
证	證	zhèng	realization / adhigama
正法眼藏		zhèng fǎ yǎn zàng	direct vision of the Dharma Treasure of the True Dharma Eye
正观	正觀	zhèng guān	right observation
正法		zhèngfǎ	Right Dharma / Saddharma Age of Right Dharma / The Period of the True Dharma Righteous Dharma
正觉	正覺	zhèngjué	sambodhi / saṃbodhi / enlightenment
真空		zhēnkōng	true emptiness
真如		zhēnrú	tathatā / suchness / inherent nature / true nature / tathata True Thusness
真实	真實	zhēnshí	true reality
真相		zhēnxiàng	True Form
志	誌	zhì	Aspiration
止		zhǐ	calm abiding / cessation / śamatha
知		zhī	Understanding
智		zhì	Wisdom
至道无难	至道無難	zhì dào wúnán	The Ultimate Way is without Difficulty
智门	智門	zhì mén	gate of wisdom
智识	智識	zhì shí	analytical mind
直岁	直歲	zhí suì	head of assignments
知耻	知恥	zhīchǐ	Sense of Shame
知道		zhīdào	Knowing
知见	知見	zhījiàn	to know by seeing Understanding
忠		zhōng	Loyalty
种智	種智	zhǒng zhì	knowledge of the seed or cause of all phenomena
众生	眾生	zhòngshēng	beings / all living things / all sentient beings sentient beings
中有		zhōngyǒu	an intermediate existence between death and rebirth
住		zhù	to attach / to abide / to dwell on
主		zhǔ	abbot
诸法	諸法	zhū fǎ	sarvadharma / all things / all dharmas
伫思停机	佇思停機	zhù sī tíng jī	linger in thought, holding back your potential
转语	轉語	zhuǎnyǔ	zhuanyu / turning words
住持		zhùchí	the abbot of a monastery / the director of a monastery to uphold the Dharma 1. Abbot (male); 2. Abbess (female)
着	著	zhuó	to attach / to grasp
主人翁		zhǔrénwēng	Master
拄杖		zhǔzhàng	staff / walking staff
拄杖子		zhǔzhàngzǐ	staff / walking staff
自相		zì xiāng	individual characteristics
紫金		zǐjīn	polished rose gold
缁素	緇素	zīsù	Buddhist monastics and laypeople sacred and secular, monastic and lay practitioner
自在		zìzài	Carefree perfect ease
宗		zōng	school / sect thesis / conclusion / tenet / siddhānta
宗风	宗風	zōngfēng	the customs and traditions of one of the schools of Chan FGS Philosophy
足		zú	Contented
祖师西来意	祖師西來意	zǔ shī xī lái yì	Bodhidharma coming from the West
祖意		zǔ yì	Patriarch's Heart
罪过	罪過	zuìguò	transgression
尊宿		zūnsù	a senior monk
尊重		zūnzhòng	respect
作佛		zuò fó	to become a Buddha
坐断	坐斷	zuòduàn	to completely cut off
作家		zuòjiā	an adept / an expert
坐具		zuòjù	a mat for sitting on Sitting Mat
作么生	作麼生	zuòmashēng	why, how
座主		zuòzhǔ	chairperson / abbot
祖师	祖師	zǔshī	Patriarch