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

Corpus Vocabulary Analysis

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	1856	云	yún	Yunnan	孰云煩慮屏
3	1856	云	yún	Yun	孰云煩慮屏
4	1856	云	yún	to say	孰云煩慮屏
5	1856	云	yún	to have	孰云煩慮屏
6	832	師	shī	teacher	參學小師文政編
7	832	師	shī	multitude	參學小師文政編
8	832	師	shī	a host / a leader	參學小師文政編
9	832	師	shī	an expert	參學小師文政編
10	832	師	shī	an example / a model	參學小師文政編
11	832	師	shī	master	參學小師文政編
12	832	師	shī	a capital city / a well protected place	參學小師文政編
13	832	師	shī	Shi	參學小師文政編
14	832	師	shī	to imitate	參學小師文政編
15	832	師	shī	troops	參學小師文政編
16	832	師	shī	shi	參學小師文政編
17	832	師	shī	an army division	參學小師文政編
18	832	師	shī	the 7th hexagram	參學小師文政編
19	832	師	shī	a lion	參學小師文政編
20	565	僧	sēng	a monk	遠附僧如
21	565	僧	sēng	Sangha / monastic community	遠附僧如
22	565	僧	sēng	saṅgha / saṃgha / Buddhist community	遠附僧如
23	445	問	wèn	to ask	飛辯恨曾虧激問
24	445	問	wèn	to inquire after	飛辯恨曾虧激問
25	445	問	wèn	to interrogate	飛辯恨曾虧激問
26	445	問	wèn	to hold responsible	飛辯恨曾虧激問
27	445	問	wèn	to request something	飛辯恨曾虧激問
28	445	問	wèn	to rebuke	飛辯恨曾虧激問
29	445	問	wèn	to send an official mission bearing gifts	飛辯恨曾虧激問
30	445	問	wèn	news	飛辯恨曾虧激問
31	445	問	wèn	to propose marriage	飛辯恨曾虧激問
32	445	問	wén	to inform	飛辯恨曾虧激問
33	445	問	wèn	to research	飛辯恨曾虧激問
34	445	問	wèn	Wen	飛辯恨曾虧激問
35	445	問	wèn	a question	飛辯恨曾虧激問
36	341	不	bù	infix potential marker	曾不沽不待
37	296	一	yī	one	一十二年同冷
38	296	一	yī	Kangxi radical 1	一十二年同冷
39	296	一	yī	first	一十二年同冷
40	296	一	yī	the same	一十二年同冷
41	259	便	biàn	convenient / handy / easy	莫便因循忘却歸
42	259	便	biàn	advantageous	莫便因循忘却歸
43	259	便	biàn	to pass stool / to excrete / to relieve oneself / to urinate	莫便因循忘却歸
44	259	便	pián	fat / obese	莫便因循忘却歸
45	259	便	biàn	to make easy	莫便因循忘却歸
46	259	便	biàn	an unearned advantage	莫便因循忘却歸
47	259	便	biàn	ordinary / plain	莫便因循忘却歸
48	259	便	biàn	in passing	莫便因循忘却歸
49	259	便	biàn	informal	莫便因循忘却歸
50	259	便	biàn	appropriate / suitable	莫便因循忘却歸
51	259	便	biàn	an advantageous occasion	莫便因循忘却歸
52	259	便	biàn	stool	莫便因循忘却歸
53	259	便	pián	quiet / quiet and comfortable	莫便因循忘却歸
54	259	便	biàn	proficient / skilled	莫便因循忘却歸
55	259	便	pián	shrewd / slick / good with words	莫便因循忘却歸
56	259	便	biàn	Hyep’yon / Ebin	莫便因循忘却歸
57	259	之	zhī	to go	天常之性也
58	259	之	zhī	to arrive / to go	天常之性也
59	259	之	zhī	is	天常之性也
60	259	之	zhī	to use	天常之性也
61	259	之	zhī	Zhi	天常之性也
62	257	得	dé	to obtain / to get / to gain / to attain / to win	得不曲為序引
63	257	得	děi	to want to / to need to	得不曲為序引
64	257	得	děi	must / ought to	得不曲為序引
65	257	得	dé	de	得不曲為序引
66	257	得	de	infix potential marker	得不曲為序引
67	257	得	dé	to result in	得不曲為序引
68	257	得	dé	to be proper / to fit / to suit	得不曲為序引
69	257	得	dé	to be satisfied	得不曲為序引
70	257	得	dé	to be finished	得不曲為序引
71	257	得	děi	satisfying	得不曲為序引
72	257	得	dé	to contract	得不曲為序引
73	257	得	dé	to hear	得不曲為序引
74	257	得	dé	to have / there is	得不曲為序引
75	257	得	dé	marks time passed	得不曲為序引
76	238	舉	jǔ	to lift / to hold up / to raise	正令齊舉
77	238	舉	jǔ	to move	正令齊舉
78	238	舉	jǔ	to originate / to initiate / to start (a fire)	正令齊舉
79	238	舉	jǔ	to recommend / to elect	正令齊舉
80	238	舉	jǔ	to suggest	正令齊舉
81	238	舉	jǔ	to fly	正令齊舉
82	238	舉	jǔ	to bear / to give birth	正令齊舉
83	238	舉	jǔ	actions / conduct	正令齊舉
84	238	舉	jǔ	a successful candidate	正令齊舉
85	238	舉	jǔ	to raise an example	正令齊舉
86	233	來	lái	to come	聞來半偈
87	233	來	lái	please	聞來半偈
88	233	來	lái	used to substitute for another verb	聞來半偈
89	233	來	lái	used between two word groups to express purpose and effect	聞來半偈
90	233	來	lái	wheat	聞來半偈
91	233	來	lái	next / future	聞來半偈
92	233	來	lái	a simple complement of direction	聞來半偈
93	233	來	lái	to occur / to arise	聞來半偈
94	233	來	lái	to earn	聞來半偈
95	231	無	wú	to not have / without	雲霞無跡共依依
96	231	無	mó	mo	雲霞無跡共依依
97	231	無	wú	Wu	雲霞無跡共依依
98	220	道	dào	way / road / path	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
99	220	道	dào	principle / a moral / morality	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
100	220	道	dào	Tao / the Way	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
101	220	道	dào	to say / to speak / to talk	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
102	220	道	dào	to think	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
103	220	道	dào	the path leading to the cessation of suffering	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
104	220	道	dào	circuit / a province	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
105	220	道	dào	a course / a channel	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
106	220	道	dào	a method / a way of doing something	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
107	220	道	dào	a doctrine	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
108	220	道	Dào	Taoism / Daoism	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
109	220	道	dào	a skill	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
110	220	道	dào	a sect	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
111	220	道	dào	a line	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
112	220	道	dào	Way	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
113	219	人	rén	person / people / a human being	名聞出世人
114	219	人	rén	Kangxi radical 9	名聞出世人
115	219	人	rén	a kind of person	名聞出世人
116	219	人	rén	everybody	名聞出世人
117	219	人	rén	adult	名聞出世人
118	219	人	rén	somebody / others	名聞出世人
119	219	人	rén	an upright person	名聞出世人
120	219	人	rén	Human Realm	名聞出世人
121	191	我	wǒ	self / ātman / attan	示我商頌清
122	191	我	wǒ	[my] dear	示我商頌清
123	191	我	wǒ	Wo	示我商頌清
124	184	處	chù	a place / location / a spot / a point	或處
125	184	處	chǔ	to reside / to live / to dwell	或處
126	184	處	chù	an office / a department / a bureau	或處
127	184	處	chù	a part / an aspect	或處
128	184	處	chǔ	to be in / to be in a position of	或處
129	184	處	chǔ	to get along with	或處
130	184	處	chǔ	to deal with / to manage	或處
131	184	處	chǔ	to punish / to sentence	或處
132	184	處	chǔ	to stop / to pause	或處
133	184	處	chǔ	to be associated with	或處
134	184	處	chǔ	to situate / to fix a place for	或處
135	184	處	chǔ	to occupy / to control	或處
136	184	處	chù	circumstances / situation	或處
137	184	處	chù	an occasion / a time	或處
138	176	與	yǔ	to give	與寶真禪者為友
139	176	與	yǔ	to accompany	與寶真禪者為友
140	176	與	yù	to particate in	與寶真禪者為友
141	176	與	yù	of the same kind	與寶真禪者為友
142	176	與	yù	to help	與寶真禪者為友
143	176	與	yǔ	for	與寶真禪者為友
144	169	為	wéi	to act as / to serve	與寶真禪者為友
145	169	為	wéi	to change into / to become	與寶真禪者為友
146	169	為	wéi	to be / is	與寶真禪者為友
147	169	為	wéi	to do	與寶真禪者為友
148	169	為	wèi	to support / to help	與寶真禪者為友
149	169	為	wéi	to govern	與寶真禪者為友
150	168	麼	mó	insignificant / small / tiny	還會麼
151	167	下	xià	bottom	林下雅為方外客
152	167	下	xià	to fall / to drop / to go down / to descend	林下雅為方外客
153	167	下	xià	to announce	林下雅為方外客
154	167	下	xià	to do	林下雅為方外客
155	167	下	xià	to withdraw / to leave / to exit	林下雅為方外客
156	167	下	xià	the lower class / a member of the lower class	林下雅為方外客
157	167	下	xià	inside	林下雅為方外客
158	167	下	xià	an aspect	林下雅為方外客
159	167	下	xià	a certain time	林下雅為方外客
160	167	下	xià	to capture / to take	林下雅為方外客
161	167	下	xià	to put in	林下雅為方外客
162	167	下	xià	to enter	林下雅為方外客
163	167	下	xià	to eliminate / to remove / to get off	林下雅為方外客
164	167	下	xià	to finish work or school	林下雅為方外客
165	167	下	xià	to go	林下雅為方外客
166	167	下	xià	to scorn / to look down on	林下雅為方外客
167	167	下	xià	to modestly decline	林下雅為方外客
168	167	下	xià	to produce	林下雅為方外客
169	167	下	xià	to stay at / to lodge at	林下雅為方外客
170	167	下	xià	to decide	林下雅為方外客
171	167	下	xià	to be less than	林下雅為方外客
172	167	下	xià	humble / lowly	林下雅為方外客
173	167	在	zài	in / at	道在非同入四禪
174	167	在	zài	to exist / to be living	道在非同入四禪
175	167	在	zài	to consist of	道在非同入四禪
176	167	在	zài	to be at a post	道在非同入四禪
177	163	未	wèi	Eighth earthly branch	剎那心合未忘書
178	163	未	wèi	1-3 p.m.	剎那心合未忘書
179	163	未	wèi	to taste	剎那心合未忘書
180	150	山	shān	a mountain / a hill / a peak	武陵山來何祕邃
181	150	山	shān	Shan	武陵山來何祕邃
182	150	山	shān	Kangxi radical 46	武陵山來何祕邃
183	150	山	shān	a mountain-like shape	武陵山來何祕邃
184	150	山	shān	a gable	武陵山來何祕邃
185	145	去	qù	to go	惜去全身莫共居
186	145	去	qù	to remove / to wipe off / to eliminate	惜去全身莫共居
187	145	去	qù	to be distant	惜去全身莫共居
188	145	去	qù	to leave	惜去全身莫共居
189	145	去	qù	to play a part	惜去全身莫共居
190	145	去	qù	to abandon / to give up	惜去全身莫共居
191	145	去	qù	to die	惜去全身莫共居
192	145	去	qù	previous / past	惜去全身莫共居
193	145	去	qù	to send out / to issue / to drive away	惜去全身莫共居
194	145	去	qù	falling tone	惜去全身莫共居
195	145	去	qù	to lose	惜去全身莫共居
196	145	去	qù	Qu	惜去全身莫共居
197	142	送	sòng	to deliver / to carry / to give	送錢太博應賢良選
198	142	送	sòng	to see off	送錢太博應賢良選
199	142	見	jiàn	to see	坤日見真
200	142	見	jiàn	opinion / view / understanding	坤日見真
201	142	見	jiàn	indicates seeing, hearing, meeting, etc	坤日見真
202	142	見	jiàn	refer to / for details see	坤日見真
203	142	見	jiàn	to appear	坤日見真
204	142	見	jiàn	view / perception / dṛṣṭi / diṭṭhi	坤日見真
205	142	見	jiàn	to meet	坤日見真
206	142	見	jiàn	to receive (a guest)	坤日見真
207	142	見	jiàn	let me / kindly	坤日見真
208	142	見	jiàn	Jian	坤日見真
209	142	見	xiàn	to appear	坤日見真
210	142	見	xiàn	to introduce	坤日見真
211	138	禪	chán	Chan / Zen	與寶真禪者為友
212	138	禪	chán	meditative concentration / dhyāna / jhāna	與寶真禪者為友
213	138	禪	shàn	an imperial sacrificial ceremony	與寶真禪者為友
214	138	禪	shàn	to abdicate	與寶真禪者為友
215	138	禪	shàn	Xiongnu supreme leader	與寶真禪者為友
216	138	禪	shàn	to make a ritual offering to heaven and earth	與寶真禪者為友
217	138	禪	chán	Chan	與寶真禪者為友
218	135	峯	fēng	peak / summit	深峯甘自聽飛泉
219	135	峯	fēng	hump of camel	深峯甘自聽飛泉
220	132	代	dài	to represent / to substitute / to replace	以代贐別
221	132	代	dài	dynasty	以代贐別
222	132	代	dài	generation / age / period / era	以代贐別
223	132	代	dài	to exchange / to swap / to switch	以代贐別
224	132	代	dài	a successor	以代贐別
225	132	代	dài	Dai	以代贐別
226	132	代	dài	Dai	以代贐別
227	132	代	dài	to alternate	以代贐別
228	132	代	dài	to succeed	以代贐別
229	130	到	dào	to arrive	到人若
230	130	到	dào	to go	到人若
231	130	到	dào	careful	到人若
232	130	到	dào	Dao	到人若
233	127	雲	yún	cloud	鶴貌雲心逈灑然
234	127	雲	yún	Yunnan	鶴貌雲心逈灑然
235	127	雲	yún	Yun	鶴貌雲心逈灑然
236	123	還	huán	to go back / to turn around / to return	標月還歸理一如
237	123	還	huán	to pay back / to give back	標月還歸理一如
238	123	還	huán	to do in return	標月還歸理一如
239	123	還	huán	Huan	標月還歸理一如
240	123	還	huán	to revert	標月還歸理一如
241	123	還	huán	to turn one's head / to look back	標月還歸理一如
242	123	還	huán	to encircle	標月還歸理一如
243	123	還	xuán	to rotate	標月還歸理一如
244	123	還	huán	since	標月還歸理一如
245	121	又	yòu	Kangxi radical 29	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
246	119	上堂	shàng táng	ascend to the [Dharma] hall	上堂
247	119	上堂	shàng táng	to eat a communinal meal in a temple hall	上堂
248	119	上堂	shàng táng	superior rooms	上堂
249	118	知	zhī	to know	知何極
250	118	知	zhī	to comprehend	知何極
251	118	知	zhī	to inform / to tell	知何極
252	118	知	zhī	to administer	知何極
253	118	知	zhī	to distinguish / to discern	知何極
254	118	知	zhī	to be close friends	知何極
255	118	知	zhī	to feel / to sense / to perceive	知何極
256	118	知	zhī	to receive / to entertain	知何極
257	118	知	zhī	knowledge	知何極
258	118	知	zhī	consciousness / perception	知何極
259	118	知	zhī	a close friend	知何極
260	118	知	zhì	wisdom	知何極
261	118	知	zhì	Zhi	知何極
262	118	知	zhī	Understanding	知何極
263	117	時	shí	time / a point or period of time	願見皇家急詔時
264	117	時	shí	a season / a quarter of a year	願見皇家急詔時
265	117	時	shí	one of the 12 two-hour periods of the day	願見皇家急詔時
266	117	時	shí	fashionable	願見皇家急詔時
267	117	時	shí	fate / destiny / luck	願見皇家急詔時
268	117	時	shí	occasion / opportunity / chance	願見皇家急詔時
269	117	時	shí	tense	願見皇家急詔時
270	117	時	shí	particular / special	願見皇家急詔時
271	117	時	shí	to plant / to cultivate	願見皇家急詔時
272	117	時	shí	an era / a dynasty	願見皇家急詔時
273	117	時	shí	time [abstract]	願見皇家急詔時
274	117	時	shí	seasonal	願見皇家急詔時
275	117	時	shí	to wait upon	願見皇家急詔時
276	117	時	shí	hour	願見皇家急詔時
277	117	時	shí	appropriate / proper / timely	願見皇家急詔時
278	117	時	shí	Shi	願見皇家急詔時
279	117	時	shí	a present / currentlt	願見皇家急詔時
280	114	作	zuò	to do	愚近偶作三
281	114	作	zuò	to act as / to serve as	愚近偶作三
282	114	作	zuò	to start	愚近偶作三
283	114	作	zuò	a writing / a work	愚近偶作三
284	114	作	zuò	to dress as / to be disguised as	愚近偶作三
285	114	作	zuō	to create / to make	愚近偶作三
286	114	作	zuō	a workshop	愚近偶作三
287	114	作	zuō	to write / to compose	愚近偶作三
288	114	作	zuò	to rise	愚近偶作三
289	114	作	zuò	to be aroused	愚近偶作三
290	114	作	zuò	activity / action / undertaking	愚近偶作三
291	114	作	zuò	to regard as	愚近偶作三
292	111	和尚	héshang	an abbot / a monk	寄太平端和尚
293	111	和尚	héshang	Most Venerable	寄太平端和尚
294	111	打	dǎ	to strike / to hit / to beat	賊不打貧兒家
295	111	打	dǎ	to dispel / to eliminate	賊不打貧兒家
296	111	打	dǎ	to inject into	賊不打貧兒家
297	111	打	dǎ	to issue / to send	賊不打貧兒家
298	111	打	dǎ	to play a sport / to do an activity	賊不打貧兒家
299	111	打	dǎ	to fight / to attack	賊不打貧兒家
300	111	打	dǎ	to open / to switch on	賊不打貧兒家
301	111	打	dǎ	to buy	賊不打貧兒家
302	111	打	dǎ	to print / to type	賊不打貧兒家
303	111	打	dǎ	to bundle together / to collect	賊不打貧兒家
304	111	打	dǎ	to dig / to drill	賊不打貧兒家
305	111	打	dǎ	to lift / to hold	賊不打貧兒家
306	111	打	dǎ	to operate [a car or boat]	賊不打貧兒家
307	111	打	dǎ	to plan / to decide	賊不打貧兒家
308	111	打	dǎ	to paint	賊不打貧兒家
309	111	打	dǎ	to use	賊不打貧兒家
310	111	打	dǎ	to do	賊不打貧兒家
311	111	打	dǎ	to greet / to interact with	賊不打貧兒家
312	111	打	dǎ	martial arts	賊不打貧兒家
313	111	打	dǎ	Da	賊不打貧兒家
314	107	以	yǐ	to use / to grasp	固以道義相揖
315	107	以	yǐ	to rely on	固以道義相揖
316	107	以	yǐ	to regard	固以道義相揖
317	107	以	yǐ	to be able to	固以道義相揖
318	107	以	yǐ	to order / to command	固以道義相揖
319	107	以	yǐ	used after a verb	固以道義相揖
320	107	以	yǐ	a reason / a cause	固以道義相揖
321	107	以	yǐ	Israel	固以道義相揖
322	107	以	yǐ	Yi	固以道義相揖
323	105	何	hè	to carry on the shoulder	知何極
324	105	何	hé	what	知何極
325	105	何	hé	He	知何極
326	103	生	shēng	to be born / to give birth	後得智生功德聚
327	103	生	shēng	to live	後得智生功德聚
328	103	生	shēng	raw	後得智生功德聚
329	103	生	shēng	a student	後得智生功德聚
330	103	生	shēng	life	後得智生功德聚
331	103	生	shēng	birth	後得智生功德聚
332	103	生	shēng	to produce / to give rise	後得智生功德聚
333	103	生	shēng	alive	後得智生功德聚
334	103	生	shēng	a lifetime	後得智生功德聚
335	103	生	shēng	to initiate / to become	後得智生功德聚
336	103	生	shēng	to grow	後得智生功德聚
337	103	生	shēng	unfamiliar	後得智生功德聚
338	103	生	shēng	not experienced	後得智生功德聚
339	103	生	shēng	hard / stiff / strong	後得智生功德聚
340	103	生	shēng	having academic or professional knowledge	後得智生功德聚
341	103	生	shēng	a male role in traditional theatre	後得智生功德聚
342	103	生	shēng	gender	後得智生功德聚
343	103	生	shēng	to develop / to grow	後得智生功德聚
344	103	生	shēng	to set up	後得智生功德聚
345	103	生	shēng	a prostitute	後得智生功德聚
346	103	生	shēng	a captive	後得智生功德聚
347	103	生	shēng	a gentleman	後得智生功德聚
348	103	生	shēng	Kangxi radical 100	後得智生功德聚
349	103	生	shēng	unripe	後得智生功德聚
350	103	生	shēng	nature	後得智生功德聚
351	103	生	shēng	to inherit / to succeed	後得智生功德聚
352	103	生	shēng	destiny	後得智生功德聚
353	103	復	fù	to go back / to return	愈風誠重復何如
354	103	復	fù	to resume / to restart	愈風誠重復何如
355	103	復	fù	to do in detail	愈風誠重復何如
356	103	復	fù	to restore	愈風誠重復何如
357	103	復	fù	to respond / to reply to	愈風誠重復何如
358	103	復	fù	Fu / Return	愈風誠重復何如
359	103	復	fù	to retaliate / to reciprocate	愈風誠重復何如
360	103	復	fù	to avoid forced labor or tax	愈風誠重復何如
361	103	復	fù	Fu	愈風誠重復何如
362	101	却	què	to go back / to decline / to retreat	祥瑞却生蘆葦叢
363	101	却	què	to reject / to decline	祥瑞却生蘆葦叢
364	101	却	què	to pardon	祥瑞却生蘆葦叢
365	96	自	zì	Kangxi radical 132	冷冷然自樂
366	96	自	zì	Zi	冷冷然自樂
367	96	自	zì	a nose	冷冷然自樂
368	96	自	zì	the beginning / the start	冷冷然自樂
369	96	自	zì	origin	冷冷然自樂
370	96	自	zì	to employ / to use	冷冷然自樂
371	96	自	zì	to be	冷冷然自樂
372	96	上	shàng	top / a high position	引携諸子上
373	96	上	shang	top / the position on or above something	引携諸子上
374	96	上	shàng	to go up / to go forward	引携諸子上
375	96	上	shàng	shang	引携諸子上
376	96	上	shàng	previous / last	引携諸子上
377	96	上	shàng	high / higher	引携諸子上
378	96	上	shàng	advanced	引携諸子上
379	96	上	shàng	a monarch / a sovereign	引携諸子上
380	96	上	shàng	time	引携諸子上
381	96	上	shàng	to do something / to do something at a set time / to go to	引携諸子上
382	96	上	shàng	far	引携諸子上
383	96	上	shàng	big / as big as	引携諸子上
384	96	上	shàng	abundant / plentiful	引携諸子上
385	96	上	shàng	to report	引携諸子上
386	96	上	shàng	to offer	引携諸子上
387	96	上	shàng	to go on stage	引携諸子上
388	96	上	shàng	to take office / to assume a post	引携諸子上
389	96	上	shàng	to install / to erect	引携諸子上
390	96	上	shàng	to suffer / to sustain	引携諸子上
391	96	上	shàng	to burn	引携諸子上
392	96	上	shàng	to remember	引携諸子上
393	96	上	shàng	to add	引携諸子上
394	96	上	shàng	to fix / to install / to apply (powder, makeup, etc)	引携諸子上
395	96	上	shàng	to meet	引携諸子上
396	96	上	shàng	falling then rising (4th) tone	引携諸子上
397	96	上	shang	used after a verb indicating a result	引携諸子上
398	96	上	shàng	a musical note	引携諸子上
399	94	起	qǐ	to arise / to get up	剔起眉毛不在多
400	94	起	qǐ	to rise / to raise	剔起眉毛不在多
401	94	起	qǐ	to grow out of / to bring forth / to emerge	剔起眉毛不在多
402	94	起	qǐ	to appoint (to an official post) / to take up a post	剔起眉毛不在多
403	94	起	qǐ	to start	剔起眉毛不在多
404	94	起	qǐ	to establish / to build	剔起眉毛不在多
405	94	起	qǐ	to draft / to draw up (a plan)	剔起眉毛不在多
406	94	起	qǐ	opening sentence / opening verse	剔起眉毛不在多
407	94	起	qǐ	to get out of bed	剔起眉毛不在多
408	94	起	qǐ	to recover / to heal	剔起眉毛不在多
409	94	起	qǐ	to take out / to extract	剔起眉毛不在多
410	94	起	qǐ	marks the beginning of an action	剔起眉毛不在多
411	94	起	qǐ	marks the sufficiency of an action	剔起眉毛不在多
412	94	起	qǐ	to call back from mourning	剔起眉毛不在多
413	94	起	qǐ	to take place / to occur	剔起眉毛不在多
414	94	起	qǐ	to conjecture	剔起眉毛不在多
415	93	別	bié	other	贈別太臻禪者
416	93	別	bié	special	贈別太臻禪者
417	93	別	bié	to leave	贈別太臻禪者
418	93	別	bié	to distinguish	贈別太臻禪者
419	93	別	bié	to pin	贈別太臻禪者
420	93	別	bié	to insert / to jam	贈別太臻禪者
421	93	別	bié	to turn	贈別太臻禪者
422	93	別	bié	Bie	贈別太臻禪者
423	93	裏	lǐ	inside / interior	華鬘影裏奪芳春
424	92	相	xiàng	to observe / to assess	固以道義相揖
425	92	相	xiàng	appearance / portrait / picture	固以道義相揖
426	92	相	xiàng	lakṣaṇa / countenance / personage / quality / character / disposition	固以道義相揖
427	92	相	xiàng	to aid / to help	固以道義相揖
428	92	相	xiāng	a chancellor / a prime minister / a high minister	固以道義相揖
429	92	相	xiàng	nimitta / a sign / a mark / appearance	固以道義相揖
430	92	相	xiàng	sign / mark / liṅga	固以道義相揖
431	92	相	xiàng	a perception / cognition / conceptualization / a notion	固以道義相揖
432	92	相	xiāng	alternately / in turn	固以道義相揖
433	92	相	xiāng	Xiang	固以道義相揖
434	92	相	xiāng	form substance	固以道義相揖
435	92	相	xiāng	to express	固以道義相揖
436	92	相	xiàng	to choose	固以道義相揖
437	92	相	xiāng	Xiang	固以道義相揖
438	92	相	xiāng	an ancient musical instrument	固以道義相揖
439	92	相	xiāng	the seventh lunar month	固以道義相揖
440	92	相	xiāng	to compare	固以道義相揖
441	92	相	xiàng	to divine	固以道義相揖
442	92	相	xiàng	to administer	固以道義相揖
443	92	相	xiàng	helper for a blind person	固以道義相揖
444	92	相	xiāng	rhythm [music]	固以道義相揖
445	92	相	xiāng	the upper frets of a pipa	固以道義相揖
446	92	相	xiāng	coralwood	固以道義相揖
447	92	相	xiàng	ministry	固以道義相揖
448	92	相	xiàng	to supplement / to enhance	固以道義相揖
449	90	歸	guī	to go back / to return	雙林孰謂歸圓寂
450	90	歸	guī	to belong to / to be classified as	雙林孰謂歸圓寂
451	90	歸	guī	to take refuge in / to rely on / to depend on	雙林孰謂歸圓寂
452	90	歸	guī	used between a repeated verb to indicate contrast	雙林孰謂歸圓寂
453	90	歸	guī	to revert to / to give back to	雙林孰謂歸圓寂
454	90	歸	guī	(of a woman) to get married	雙林孰謂歸圓寂
455	90	歸	guī	to assemble / to meet together / to converge	雙林孰謂歸圓寂
456	90	歸	guī	to appreciate / to admire	雙林孰謂歸圓寂
457	90	歸	guī	to divide with a single digit divisor	雙林孰謂歸圓寂
458	90	歸	guī	to pledge allegiance to	雙林孰謂歸圓寂
459	90	歸	guī	to withdraw	雙林孰謂歸圓寂
460	90	歸	guī	to settle down	雙林孰謂歸圓寂
461	90	歸	guī	Gui	雙林孰謂歸圓寂
462	90	歸	kuì	to give / to sacrifice food	雙林孰謂歸圓寂
463	90	歸	kuì	ashamed	雙林孰謂歸圓寂
464	89	拈	nián	to pick up with fingers	新開作者曾拈却
465	89	拈	nián	to fiddle	新開作者曾拈却
466	89	拈	diān	to put / to place	新開作者曾拈却
467	89	拈	niǎn	to rub with the hands	新開作者曾拈却
468	89	拈	niān	to draw lots	新開作者曾拈却
469	88	風	fēng	wind	使文外之士同振古風
470	88	風	fēng	Kangxi radical 182	使文外之士同振古風
471	88	風	fēng	a style / appearance	使文外之士同振古風
472	88	風	fēng	a scene	使文外之士同振古風
473	88	風	fēng	a custom / a tradition	使文外之士同振古風
474	88	風	fēng	news	使文外之士同振古風
475	88	風	fēng	a disturbance /an incident	使文外之士同振古風
476	88	風	fēng	a fetish	使文外之士同振古風
477	88	風	fēng	a popular folk song	使文外之士同振古風
478	88	風	fēng	an illness	使文外之士同振古風
479	88	風	fēng	Feng	使文外之士同振古風
480	88	風	fēng	to blow away	使文外之士同振古風
481	88	風	fēng	sexual interaction of animals	使文外之士同振古風
482	88	風	fēng	from folklore without a basis	使文外之士同振古風
483	88	風	fèng	to blow	使文外之士同振古風
484	88	風	fèng	to tacfully admonish	使文外之士同振古風
485	88	風	fēng	wind element	使文外之士同振古風
486	88	中	zhōng	middle	予天禧中
487	88	中	zhōng	medium / medium sized	予天禧中
488	88	中	zhōng	China	予天禧中
489	88	中	zhòng	to hit the mark	予天禧中
490	88	中	zhōng	midday	予天禧中
491	88	中	zhōng	inside	予天禧中
492	88	中	zhōng	during	予天禧中
493	88	中	zhōng	Zhong	予天禧中
494	88	中	zhōng	intermediary	予天禧中
495	88	中	zhōng	half	予天禧中
496	88	中	zhòng	to reach / to attain	予天禧中
497	88	中	zhòng	to suffer / to infect	予天禧中
498	88	中	zhòng	to obtain	予天禧中
499	88	中	zhòng	to pass an exam	予天禧中
500	87	巖	yán	precipice / cliff / rockface	巖棲塚宿難依

Frequencies of all Words

Top 19016

Rank	Frequency	Chinese	Pinyin	English	Usage
1	1856	云	yún	cloud	孰云煩慮屏
2	1856	云	yún	Yunnan	孰云煩慮屏
3	1856	云	yún	Yun	孰云煩慮屏
4	1856	云	yún	to say	孰云煩慮屏
5	1856	云	yún	to have	孰云煩慮屏
6	1856	云	yún	a particle with no meaning	孰云煩慮屏
7	1856	云	yún	in this way	孰云煩慮屏
8	832	師	shī	teacher	參學小師文政編
9	832	師	shī	multitude	參學小師文政編
10	832	師	shī	a host / a leader	參學小師文政編
11	832	師	shī	an expert	參學小師文政編
12	832	師	shī	an example / a model	參學小師文政編
13	832	師	shī	master	參學小師文政編
14	832	師	shī	a capital city / a well protected place	參學小師文政編
15	832	師	shī	Shi	參學小師文政編
16	832	師	shī	to imitate	參學小師文政編
17	832	師	shī	troops	參學小師文政編
18	832	師	shī	shi	參學小師文政編
19	832	師	shī	an army division	參學小師文政編
20	832	師	shī	the 7th hexagram	參學小師文政編
21	832	師	shī	a lion	參學小師文政編
22	565	僧	sēng	a monk	遠附僧如
23	565	僧	sēng	Sangha / monastic community	遠附僧如
24	565	僧	sēng	saṅgha / saṃgha / Buddhist community	遠附僧如
25	445	問	wèn	to ask	飛辯恨曾虧激問
26	445	問	wèn	to inquire after	飛辯恨曾虧激問
27	445	問	wèn	to interrogate	飛辯恨曾虧激問
28	445	問	wèn	to hold responsible	飛辯恨曾虧激問
29	445	問	wèn	to request something	飛辯恨曾虧激問
30	445	問	wèn	to rebuke	飛辯恨曾虧激問
31	445	問	wèn	to send an official mission bearing gifts	飛辯恨曾虧激問
32	445	問	wèn	news	飛辯恨曾虧激問
33	445	問	wèn	to propose marriage	飛辯恨曾虧激問
34	445	問	wén	to inform	飛辯恨曾虧激問
35	445	問	wèn	to research	飛辯恨曾虧激問
36	445	問	wèn	Wen	飛辯恨曾虧激問
37	445	問	wèn	to	飛辯恨曾虧激問
38	445	問	wèn	a question	飛辯恨曾虧激問
39	364	是	shì	is / are / am / to be	羽翼摶風今是時
40	364	是	shì	is exactly	羽翼摶風今是時
41	364	是	shì	is suitable / is in contrast / used for emphasis	羽翼摶風今是時
42	364	是	shì	this / that / those	羽翼摶風今是時
43	364	是	shì	really / certainly	羽翼摶風今是時
44	364	是	shì	correct / affirmative	羽翼摶風今是時
45	364	是	shì	to exist	羽翼摶風今是時
46	364	是	shì	used between repetitions of a word	羽翼摶風今是時
47	341	不	bù	not / no	曾不沽不待
48	341	不	bù	expresses that a certain condition cannot be acheived	曾不沽不待
49	341	不	bù	as a correlative	曾不沽不待
50	341	不	bù	no (answering a question)	曾不沽不待
51	341	不	bù	forms a negative adjective from a noun	曾不沽不待
52	341	不	bù	at the end of a sentence to form a question	曾不沽不待
53	341	不	bù	to form a yes or no question	曾不沽不待
54	341	不	bù	infix potential marker	曾不沽不待
55	317	有	yǒu	is / are / to exist	勞信有
56	317	有	yǒu	to have / to possess	勞信有
57	317	有	yǒu	becoming / bhāva	勞信有
58	317	有	yǒu	indicates an estimate	勞信有
59	317	有	yǒu	indicates a large quantity	勞信有
60	317	有	yǒu	indicates an affirmative response	勞信有
61	317	有	yǒu	a certain / used before a person, time, or place	勞信有
62	317	有	yǒu	used to compare two things	勞信有
63	317	有	yǒu	used in a polite formula before certain verbs	勞信有
64	317	有	yǒu	used before the names of dynasties	勞信有
65	317	有	yǒu	a certain thing / what exists	勞信有
66	317	有	yǒu	multiple of ten and ...	勞信有
67	317	有	yǒu	abundant	勞信有
68	317	有	yǒu	purposeful	勞信有
69	317	有	yǒu	You	勞信有
70	317	有	yǒu	1. existence; 2. becoming	勞信有
71	296	也	yě	also / too	天常之性也
72	296	也	yě	a final modal particle indicating certainy or decision	天常之性也
73	296	也	yě	either	天常之性也
74	296	也	yě	even	天常之性也
75	296	也	yě	used to soften the tone	天常之性也
76	296	也	yě	used for emphasis	天常之性也
77	296	也	yě	used to mark contrast	天常之性也
78	296	也	yě	used to mark compromise	天常之性也
79	296	一	yī	one	一十二年同冷
80	296	一	yī	Kangxi radical 1	一十二年同冷
81	296	一	yī	as soon as	一十二年同冷
82	296	一	yī	pure / concentrated	一十二年同冷
83	296	一	yì	whole / all	一十二年同冷
84	296	一	yī	first	一十二年同冷
85	296	一	yī	the same	一十二年同冷
86	296	一	yī	each	一十二年同冷
87	296	一	yī	certain	一十二年同冷
88	296	一	yī	throughout	一十二年同冷
89	296	一	yī	used in between a reduplicated verb	一十二年同冷
90	276	者	zhě	used after a verb to indicate a person who does the action	與寶真禪者為友
91	276	者	zhě	that	與寶真禪者為友
92	276	者	zhě	nominalizing function word	與寶真禪者為友
93	276	者	zhě	used to mark a definition	與寶真禪者為友
94	276	者	zhě	used to mark a pause	與寶真禪者為友
95	276	者	zhě	topic marker / that / it	與寶真禪者為友
96	276	者	zhuó	according to	與寶真禪者為友
97	259	便	biàn	convenient / handy / easy	莫便因循忘却歸
98	259	便	biàn	advantageous	莫便因循忘却歸
99	259	便	biàn	to pass stool / to excrete / to relieve oneself / to urinate	莫便因循忘却歸
100	259	便	pián	fat / obese	莫便因循忘却歸
101	259	便	biàn	to make easy	莫便因循忘却歸
102	259	便	biàn	an unearned advantage	莫便因循忘却歸
103	259	便	biàn	ordinary / plain	莫便因循忘却歸
104	259	便	biàn	if only / so long as / to the contrary	莫便因循忘却歸
105	259	便	biàn	in passing	莫便因循忘却歸
106	259	便	biàn	informal	莫便因循忘却歸
107	259	便	biàn	right away / then / right after	莫便因循忘却歸
108	259	便	biàn	appropriate / suitable	莫便因循忘却歸
109	259	便	biàn	an advantageous occasion	莫便因循忘却歸
110	259	便	biàn	stool	莫便因循忘却歸
111	259	便	pián	quiet / quiet and comfortable	莫便因循忘却歸
112	259	便	biàn	proficient / skilled	莫便因循忘却歸
113	259	便	biàn	even if / even though	莫便因循忘却歸
114	259	便	pián	shrewd / slick / good with words	莫便因循忘却歸
115	259	便	biàn	Hyep’yon / Ebin	莫便因循忘却歸
116	259	之	zhī	him / her / them / that	天常之性也
117	259	之	zhī	used between a modifier and a word to form a word group	天常之性也
118	259	之	zhī	to go	天常之性也
119	259	之	zhī	this / that	天常之性也
120	259	之	zhī	genetive marker	天常之性也
121	259	之	zhī	it	天常之性也
122	259	之	zhī	in	天常之性也
123	259	之	zhī	all	天常之性也
124	259	之	zhī	and	天常之性也
125	259	之	zhī	however	天常之性也
126	259	之	zhī	if	天常之性也
127	259	之	zhī	then	天常之性也
128	259	之	zhī	to arrive / to go	天常之性也
129	259	之	zhī	is	天常之性也
130	259	之	zhī	to use	天常之性也
131	259	之	zhī	Zhi	天常之性也
132	257	得	de	potential marker	得不曲為序引
133	257	得	dé	to obtain / to get / to gain / to attain / to win	得不曲為序引
134	257	得	děi	must / ought to	得不曲為序引
135	257	得	děi	to want to / to need to	得不曲為序引
136	257	得	děi	must / ought to	得不曲為序引
137	257	得	dé	de	得不曲為序引
138	257	得	de	infix potential marker	得不曲為序引
139	257	得	dé	to result in	得不曲為序引
140	257	得	dé	to be proper / to fit / to suit	得不曲為序引
141	257	得	dé	to be satisfied	得不曲為序引
142	257	得	dé	to be finished	得不曲為序引
143	257	得	de	result of degree	得不曲為序引
144	257	得	de	marks completion of an action	得不曲為序引
145	257	得	děi	satisfying	得不曲為序引
146	257	得	dé	to contract	得不曲為序引
147	257	得	dé	marks permission or possibility	得不曲為序引
148	257	得	dé	expressing frustration	得不曲為序引
149	257	得	dé	to hear	得不曲為序引
150	257	得	dé	to have / there is	得不曲為序引
151	257	得	dé	marks time passed	得不曲為序引
152	238	舉	jǔ	to lift / to hold up / to raise	正令齊舉
153	238	舉	jǔ	to move	正令齊舉
154	238	舉	jǔ	to originate / to initiate / to start (a fire)	正令齊舉
155	238	舉	jǔ	to recommend / to elect	正令齊舉
156	238	舉	jǔ	all / entire	正令齊舉
157	238	舉	jǔ	to suggest	正令齊舉
158	238	舉	jǔ	to fly	正令齊舉
159	238	舉	jǔ	to bear / to give birth	正令齊舉
160	238	舉	jǔ	actions / conduct	正令齊舉
161	238	舉	jǔ	a successful candidate	正令齊舉
162	238	舉	jǔ	to raise an example	正令齊舉
163	233	來	lái	to come	聞來半偈
164	233	來	lái	indicates an approximate quantity	聞來半偈
165	233	來	lái	please	聞來半偈
166	233	來	lái	used to substitute for another verb	聞來半偈
167	233	來	lái	used between two word groups to express purpose and effect	聞來半偈
168	233	來	lái	ever since	聞來半偈
169	233	來	lái	wheat	聞來半偈
170	233	來	lái	next / future	聞來半偈
171	233	來	lái	a simple complement of direction	聞來半偈
172	233	來	lái	to occur / to arise	聞來半偈
173	233	來	lái	to earn	聞來半偈
174	231	無	wú	no	雲霞無跡共依依
175	231	無	wú	to not have / without	雲霞無跡共依依
176	231	無	wú	has not yet	雲霞無跡共依依
177	231	無	mó	mo	雲霞無跡共依依
178	231	無	wú	do not	雲霞無跡共依依
179	231	無	wú	not / -less / un-	雲霞無跡共依依
180	231	無	wú	regardless of	雲霞無跡共依依
181	231	無	wú	Wu	雲霞無跡共依依
182	231	無	wú	Non-; ; *Prefix denoting negation or absence, e.g. non-regression.	雲霞無跡共依依
183	220	道	dào	way / road / path	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
184	220	道	dào	principle / a moral / morality	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
185	220	道	dào	Tao / the Way	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
186	220	道	dào	measure word for long things	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
187	220	道	dào	to say / to speak / to talk	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
188	220	道	dào	to think	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
189	220	道	dào	times	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
190	220	道	dào	the path leading to the cessation of suffering	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
191	220	道	dào	circuit / a province	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
192	220	道	dào	a course / a channel	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
193	220	道	dào	a method / a way of doing something	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
194	220	道	dào	measure word for doors and walls	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
195	220	道	dào	measure word for courses of a meal	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
196	220	道	dào	a centimeter	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
197	220	道	dào	a doctrine	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
198	220	道	Dào	Taoism / Daoism	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
199	220	道	dào	a skill	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
200	220	道	dào	a sect	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
201	220	道	dào	a line	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
202	220	道	dào	Way	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
203	219	人	rén	person / people / a human being	名聞出世人
204	219	人	rén	Kangxi radical 9	名聞出世人
205	219	人	rén	a kind of person	名聞出世人
206	219	人	rén	everybody	名聞出世人
207	219	人	rén	adult	名聞出世人
208	219	人	rén	somebody / others	名聞出世人
209	219	人	rén	an upright person	名聞出世人
210	219	人	rén	Human Realm	名聞出世人
211	191	我	wǒ	I / me / my	示我商頌清
212	191	我	wǒ	self / ātman / attan	示我商頌清
213	191	我	wǒ	we / our	示我商頌清
214	191	我	wǒ	[my] dear	示我商頌清
215	191	我	wǒ	Wo	示我商頌清
216	184	處	chù	a place / location / a spot / a point	或處
217	184	處	chǔ	to reside / to live / to dwell	或處
218	184	處	chù	location	或處
219	184	處	chù	an office / a department / a bureau	或處
220	184	處	chù	a part / an aspect	或處
221	184	處	chǔ	to be in / to be in a position of	或處
222	184	處	chǔ	to get along with	或處
223	184	處	chǔ	to deal with / to manage	或處
224	184	處	chǔ	to punish / to sentence	或處
225	184	處	chǔ	to stop / to pause	或處
226	184	處	chǔ	to be associated with	或處
227	184	處	chǔ	to situate / to fix a place for	或處
228	184	處	chǔ	to occupy / to control	或處
229	184	處	chù	circumstances / situation	或處
230	184	處	chù	an occasion / a time	或處
231	176	與	yǔ	and	與寶真禪者為友
232	176	與	yǔ	to give	與寶真禪者為友
233	176	與	yǔ	together with	與寶真禪者為友
234	176	與	yú	interrogative particle	與寶真禪者為友
235	176	與	yǔ	to accompany	與寶真禪者為友
236	176	與	yù	to particate in	與寶真禪者為友
237	176	與	yù	of the same kind	與寶真禪者為友
238	176	與	yù	to help	與寶真禪者為友
239	176	與	yǔ	for	與寶真禪者為友
240	174	爾	ěr	thus / so / like that	率爾而
241	174	爾	ěr	in a manner	率爾而
242	174	爾	ěr	final particle with no meaning	率爾而
243	174	爾	ěr	final particle marking a question	率爾而
244	174	爾	ěr	you / thou	率爾而
245	174	爾	ěr	this / that	率爾而
246	169	為	wèi	for / to	與寶真禪者為友
247	169	為	wèi	because of	與寶真禪者為友
248	169	為	wéi	to act as / to serve	與寶真禪者為友
249	169	為	wéi	to change into / to become	與寶真禪者為友
250	169	為	wéi	to be / is	與寶真禪者為友
251	169	為	wéi	to do	與寶真禪者為友
252	169	為	wèi	for	與寶真禪者為友
253	169	為	wèi	to	與寶真禪者為友
254	169	為	wéi	in a passive construction	與寶真禪者為友
255	169	為	wéi	forming a rehetorical question	與寶真禪者為友
256	169	為	wéi	forming an adverb	與寶真禪者為友
257	169	為	wéi	to add emphasis	與寶真禪者為友
258	169	為	wèi	to support / to help	與寶真禪者為友
259	169	為	wéi	to govern	與寶真禪者為友
260	168	麼	ma	final interrogative particle	還會麼
261	168	麼	mó	insignificant / small / tiny	還會麼
262	168	麼	má	final interrogative particle	還會麼
263	168	麼	me	final expresses to some extent	還會麼
264	167	下	xià	next	林下雅為方外客
265	167	下	xià	bottom	林下雅為方外客
266	167	下	xià	to fall / to drop / to go down / to descend	林下雅為方外客
267	167	下	xià	measure word for time	林下雅為方外客
268	167	下	xià	expresses completion of an action	林下雅為方外客
269	167	下	xià	to announce	林下雅為方外客
270	167	下	xià	to do	林下雅為方外客
271	167	下	xià	to withdraw / to leave / to exit	林下雅為方外客
272	167	下	xià	under / below	林下雅為方外客
273	167	下	xià	the lower class / a member of the lower class	林下雅為方外客
274	167	下	xià	inside	林下雅為方外客
275	167	下	xià	an aspect	林下雅為方外客
276	167	下	xià	a certain time	林下雅為方外客
277	167	下	xià	a time / an instance	林下雅為方外客
278	167	下	xià	to capture / to take	林下雅為方外客
279	167	下	xià	to put in	林下雅為方外客
280	167	下	xià	to enter	林下雅為方外客
281	167	下	xià	to eliminate / to remove / to get off	林下雅為方外客
282	167	下	xià	to finish work or school	林下雅為方外客
283	167	下	xià	to go	林下雅為方外客
284	167	下	xià	to scorn / to look down on	林下雅為方外客
285	167	下	xià	to modestly decline	林下雅為方外客
286	167	下	xià	to produce	林下雅為方外客
287	167	下	xià	to stay at / to lodge at	林下雅為方外客
288	167	下	xià	to decide	林下雅為方外客
289	167	下	xià	to be less than	林下雅為方外客
290	167	下	xià	humble / lowly	林下雅為方外客
291	167	在	zài	in / at	道在非同入四禪
292	167	在	zài	at	道在非同入四禪
293	167	在	zài	when / indicates that someone or something is in the process of doing something	道在非同入四禪
294	167	在	zài	to exist / to be living	道在非同入四禪
295	167	在	zài	to consist of	道在非同入四禪
296	167	在	zài	to be at a post	道在非同入四禪
297	165	箇	gè	a piece / general classifier	只許靈山箇老人
298	164	若	ruò	to seem / to be like / as	此時若不究根源
299	164	若	ruò	seemingly	此時若不究根源
300	164	若	ruò	if	此時若不究根源
301	164	若	ruò	you	此時若不究根源
302	164	若	ruò	this / that	此時若不究根源
303	164	若	ruò	and / or	此時若不究根源
304	164	若	ruò	as for / pertaining to	此時若不究根源
305	164	若	rě	re	此時若不究根源
306	164	若	rě	pomegranite	此時若不究根源
307	164	若	ruò	to choose	此時若不究根源
308	164	若	ruò	to agree / to accord with / to conform to	此時若不究根源
309	164	若	ruò	thus	此時若不究根源
310	164	若	ruò	pollia	此時若不究根源
311	164	若	ruò	Ruo	此時若不究根源
312	164	若	ruò	only then	此時若不究根源
313	163	未	wèi	Eighth earthly branch	剎那心合未忘書
314	163	未	wèi	not yet / still not	剎那心合未忘書
315	163	未	wèi	not / did not / have not	剎那心合未忘書
316	163	未	wèi	or not?	剎那心合未忘書
317	163	未	wèi	1-3 p.m.	剎那心合未忘書
318	163	未	wèi	to taste	剎那心合未忘書
319	150	山	shān	a mountain / a hill / a peak	武陵山來何祕邃
320	150	山	shān	Shan	武陵山來何祕邃
321	150	山	shān	Kangxi radical 46	武陵山來何祕邃
322	150	山	shān	a mountain-like shape	武陵山來何祕邃
323	150	山	shān	a gable	武陵山來何祕邃
324	145	去	qù	to go	惜去全身莫共居
325	145	去	qù	to remove / to wipe off / to eliminate	惜去全身莫共居
326	145	去	qù	to be distant	惜去全身莫共居
327	145	去	qù	to leave	惜去全身莫共居
328	145	去	qù	to play a part	惜去全身莫共居
329	145	去	qù	to abandon / to give up	惜去全身莫共居
330	145	去	qù	to die	惜去全身莫共居
331	145	去	qù	previous / past	惜去全身莫共居
332	145	去	qù	to send out / to issue / to drive away	惜去全身莫共居
333	145	去	qù	expresses a tendency	惜去全身莫共居
334	145	去	qù	falling tone	惜去全身莫共居
335	145	去	qù	to lose	惜去全身莫共居
336	145	去	qù	Qu	惜去全身莫共居
337	142	送	sòng	to deliver / to carry / to give	送錢太博應賢良選
338	142	送	sòng	to see off	送錢太博應賢良選
339	142	見	jiàn	to see	坤日見真
340	142	見	jiàn	opinion / view / understanding	坤日見真
341	142	見	jiàn	indicates seeing, hearing, meeting, etc	坤日見真
342	142	見	jiàn	refer to / for details see	坤日見真
343	142	見	jiàn	to appear	坤日見真
344	142	見	jiàn	passive marker	坤日見真
345	142	見	jiàn	view / perception / dṛṣṭi / diṭṭhi	坤日見真
346	142	見	jiàn	to meet	坤日見真
347	142	見	jiàn	to receive (a guest)	坤日見真
348	142	見	jiàn	let me / kindly	坤日見真
349	142	見	jiàn	Jian	坤日見真
350	142	見	xiàn	to appear	坤日見真
351	142	見	xiàn	to introduce	坤日見真
352	138	兮	xī	expresses affirmation, approval, or consent	誰兮可尋討
353	138	禪	chán	Chan / Zen	與寶真禪者為友
354	138	禪	chán	meditative concentration / dhyāna / jhāna	與寶真禪者為友
355	138	禪	shàn	an imperial sacrificial ceremony	與寶真禪者為友
356	138	禪	shàn	to abdicate	與寶真禪者為友
357	138	禪	shàn	Xiongnu supreme leader	與寶真禪者為友
358	138	禪	shàn	to make a ritual offering to heaven and earth	與寶真禪者為友
359	138	禪	chán	Chan	與寶真禪者為友
360	135	峯	fēng	peak / summit	深峯甘自聽飛泉
361	135	峯	fēng	hump of camel	深峯甘自聽飛泉
362	133	誰	shéi	who / whoever	浮世勉誰
363	133	誰	shéi	who (forming a question)	浮世勉誰
364	133	誰	shéi	don't tell me ...	浮世勉誰
365	132	代	dài	to represent / to substitute / to replace	以代贐別
366	132	代	dài	dynasty	以代贐別
367	132	代	dài	generation	以代贐別
368	132	代	dài	generation / age / period / era	以代贐別
369	132	代	dài	to exchange / to swap / to switch	以代贐別
370	132	代	dài	a successor	以代贐別
371	132	代	dài	Dai	以代贐別
372	132	代	dài	Dai	以代贐別
373	132	代	dài	to alternate	以代贐別
374	132	代	dài	to succeed	以代贐別
375	132	代	dài	alternating	以代贐別
376	130	到	dào	to arrive	到人若
377	130	到	dào	arrive / receive	到人若
378	130	到	dào	to go	到人若
379	130	到	dào	careful	到人若
380	130	到	dào	Dao	到人若
381	129	如何	rúhé	how / what way / what	如何是賓中賓
382	127	雲	yún	cloud	鶴貌雲心逈灑然
383	127	雲	yún	Yunnan	鶴貌雲心逈灑然
384	127	雲	yún	Yun	鶴貌雲心逈灑然
385	123	還	hái	also / in addition / more	標月還歸理一如
386	123	還	huán	to go back / to turn around / to return	標月還歸理一如
387	123	還	huán	to pay back / to give back	標月還歸理一如
388	123	還	hái	yet / still	標月還歸理一如
389	123	還	hái	still more / even more	標月還歸理一如
390	123	還	hái	fairly	標月還歸理一如
391	123	還	huán	to do in return	標月還歸理一如
392	123	還	huán	Huan	標月還歸理一如
393	123	還	huán	to revert	標月還歸理一如
394	123	還	huán	to turn one's head / to look back	標月還歸理一如
395	123	還	huán	to encircle	標月還歸理一如
396	123	還	xuán	to rotate	標月還歸理一如
397	123	還	huán	since	標月還歸理一如
398	123	還	hái	however	標月還歸理一如
399	123	還	hái	already	標月還歸理一如
400	123	還	hái	already	標月還歸理一如
401	123	還	hái	or	標月還歸理一如
402	121	又	yòu	again / also	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
403	121	又	yòu	expresses the existence of simultaneous conditions	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
404	121	又	yòu	Kangxi radical 29	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
405	121	又	yòu	and	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
406	121	又	yòu	furthermore	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
407	121	又	yòu	in addition	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
408	121	又	yòu	but	又焉知來者及之不及道在其中
409	121	諸	zhū	all / many / various	想得諸
410	121	諸	zhū	Zhu	想得諸
411	121	諸	zhū	all / members of the class	想得諸
412	121	諸	zhū	interrogative particle	想得諸
413	119	上堂	shàng táng	ascend to the [Dharma] hall	上堂
414	119	上堂	shàng táng	to eat a communinal meal in a temple hall	上堂
415	119	上堂	shàng táng	superior rooms	上堂
416	118	知	zhī	to know	知何極
417	118	知	zhī	to comprehend	知何極
418	118	知	zhī	to inform / to tell	知何極
419	118	知	zhī	to administer	知何極
420	118	知	zhī	to distinguish / to discern	知何極
421	118	知	zhī	to be close friends	知何極
422	118	知	zhī	to feel / to sense / to perceive	知何極
423	118	知	zhī	to receive / to entertain	知何極
424	118	知	zhī	knowledge	知何極
425	118	知	zhī	consciousness / perception	知何極
426	118	知	zhī	a close friend	知何極
427	118	知	zhì	wisdom	知何極
428	118	知	zhì	Zhi	知何極
429	118	知	zhī	Understanding	知何極
430	118	且	qiě	moreover / also	且夫聖人之立
431	118	且	qiě	tentative future marker	且夫聖人之立
432	117	時	shí	time / a point or period of time	願見皇家急詔時
433	117	時	shí	a season / a quarter of a year	願見皇家急詔時
434	117	時	shí	one of the 12 two-hour periods of the day	願見皇家急詔時
435	117	時	shí	at that time	願見皇家急詔時
436	117	時	shí	fashionable	願見皇家急詔時
437	117	時	shí	fate / destiny / luck	願見皇家急詔時
438	117	時	shí	occasion / opportunity / chance	願見皇家急詔時
439	117	時	shí	tense	願見皇家急詔時
440	117	時	shí	particular / special	願見皇家急詔時
441	117	時	shí	to plant / to cultivate	願見皇家急詔時
442	117	時	shí	hour (measure word)	願見皇家急詔時
443	117	時	shí	an era / a dynasty	願見皇家急詔時
444	117	時	shí	time [abstract]	願見皇家急詔時
445	117	時	shí	seasonal	願見皇家急詔時
446	117	時	shí	frequently / often	願見皇家急詔時
447	117	時	shí	occasionally / sometimes	願見皇家急詔時
448	117	時	shí	on time	願見皇家急詔時
449	117	時	shí	this / that	願見皇家急詔時
450	117	時	shí	to wait upon	願見皇家急詔時
451	117	時	shí	hour	願見皇家急詔時
452	117	時	shí	appropriate / proper / timely	願見皇家急詔時
453	117	時	shí	Shi	願見皇家急詔時
454	117	時	shí	a present / currentlt	願見皇家急詔時
455	116	什麼	shénme	what (forming a question)	因什麼却打
456	116	什麼	shénme	what / that	因什麼却打
457	114	作	zuò	to do	愚近偶作三
458	114	作	zuò	to act as / to serve as	愚近偶作三
459	114	作	zuò	to start	愚近偶作三
460	114	作	zuò	a writing / a work	愚近偶作三
461	114	作	zuò	to dress as / to be disguised as	愚近偶作三
462	114	作	zuō	to create / to make	愚近偶作三
463	114	作	zuō	a workshop	愚近偶作三
464	114	作	zuō	to write / to compose	愚近偶作三
465	114	作	zuò	to rise	愚近偶作三
466	114	作	zuò	to be aroused	愚近偶作三
467	114	作	zuò	activity / action / undertaking	愚近偶作三
468	114	作	zuò	to regard as	愚近偶作三
469	111	和尚	héshang	an abbot / a monk	寄太平端和尚
470	111	和尚	héshang	Most Venerable	寄太平端和尚
471	111	打	dǎ	to strike / to hit / to beat	賊不打貧兒家
472	111	打	dá	dozen	賊不打貧兒家
473	111	打	dǎ	to dispel / to eliminate	賊不打貧兒家
474	111	打	dǎ	to inject into	賊不打貧兒家
475	111	打	dǎ	to issue / to send	賊不打貧兒家
476	111	打	dǎ	to play a sport / to do an activity	賊不打貧兒家
477	111	打	dǎ	to fight / to attack	賊不打貧兒家
478	111	打	dǎ	to open / to switch on	賊不打貧兒家
479	111	打	dǎ	to buy	賊不打貧兒家
480	111	打	dǎ	to print / to type	賊不打貧兒家
481	111	打	dǎ	to bundle together / to collect	賊不打貧兒家
482	111	打	dǎ	to dig / to drill	賊不打貧兒家
483	111	打	dǎ	to lift / to hold	賊不打貧兒家
484	111	打	dǎ	to operate [a car or boat]	賊不打貧兒家
485	111	打	dǎ	to plan / to decide	賊不打貧兒家
486	111	打	dǎ	to paint	賊不打貧兒家
487	111	打	dǎ	to use	賊不打貧兒家
488	111	打	dǎ	to do	賊不打貧兒家
489	111	打	dǎ	to greet / to interact with	賊不打貧兒家
490	111	打	dǎ	martial arts	賊不打貧兒家
491	111	打	dǎ	Da	賊不打貧兒家
492	107	以	yǐ	so as to / in order to	固以道義相揖
493	107	以	yǐ	to use / to regard as	固以道義相揖
494	107	以	yǐ	to use / to grasp	固以道義相揖
495	107	以	yǐ	according to	固以道義相揖
496	107	以	yǐ	because of	固以道義相揖
497	107	以	yǐ	on a certain date	固以道義相揖
498	107	以	yǐ	and / as well as	固以道義相揖
499	107	以	yǐ	to rely on	固以道義相揖
500	107	以	yǐ	to regard	固以道義相揖

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.
道		dào dào	the path leading to the cessation of suffering Way
人		rén	Human Realm
我		wǒ	self / ātman / attan
若		rě	re
见	見	jiàn	view / perception / dṛṣṭi / diṭṭhi
禅	禪	chán chán chán	Chan / Zen meditative concentration / dhyāna / jhāna Chan
上堂		shàng táng shàng táng shàng táng	ascend to the [Dharma] hall to eat a communinal meal in a temple hall superior rooms
知		zhī	Understanding
和尚		héshang héshang	an abbot / a monk Most Venerable
生		shēng	birth
如		rú	Thus
相		xiàng xiàng xiàng xiàng	lakṣaṇa / countenance / personage / quality / character / disposition nimitta / a sign / a mark / appearance sign / mark / liṅga a perception / cognition / conceptualization / a notion
清		qīng	Clear
则	則	zé	koan / kōan / gong'an
行		xìng xíng xíng xíng	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
拄杖		zhǔzhàng	staff / walking staff
作么生	作麼生	zuò me shēng	why, how
着	著	zháo	to attach / to grasp
事		shì	meaning / phenomena
会	會	huì	a religious assembly
天		tiān	Heavenly Realm
雪窦	雪竇	Xuě Dòu	Xue Dou
明		míng míng	wisdom / vidyā Clear
因		yīn yīn	hetu / causes Cause
大		dà	an element
佛		fó fó fó fó fó fó	Buddha / Awakened One of Buddhism a statue or image of a Buddha a Buddhist text Buddha Realm Buddha
雪峯		xuěfēng	Xuefeng
意		yì	manas / mind / mentation
空		kōng kōng	śūnyatā ／ emptiness / emptiness of inherent existence Emptiness
应	應	yìng	to accept
好		hǎo	Good
赵州	趙州	Zhàozhōu	Zhouzhou / Zhouzhou Congshen
更		gēng	contacts
云门	雲門	yúnmén yúnmén	Yunmen Wenyan Yunmen School
大众	大眾	dàzhòng	Assembly
龙	龍	lóng	nāga / serpent / dragon
离	離	lí	transcendence
宗		zōng zōng	school / sect thesis / conclusion / tenet / siddhānta
句		jù	pada
地		dì dì	Earth / ground / level / bhumi di
观	觀	guān guàn guān	mindfulness / contemplation insight / vipaśyanā / vipassanā Observe
定		dìng dìng	meditative concentration / meditation Concentration
主		zhǔ	abbot
似		sì sì	to appear pseudo
德		dé dé dé	puṇya / puñña guṇa Virtue
解		jiě jiě	understanding to liberate
用		yòng	yong ／ function / application
礼拜	禮拜	lǐbài	Prostrate
衲僧		nà sēng	a patch-robed monk / a Chan monastic
合		hé	Merge
德山		déshān	Cuifeng Deshan / Deshan
觉	覺	jué jué	bodhi / enlightenment / awakening Awaken
取		qǔ	clinging / grasping ／upādāna
识	識	shí	vijñāna / consciousness / life force / mind / cognition
示众云	示眾云	shì zhòng yún	preface directed to the assembly
住		zhù	to attach / to abide / to dwell on
家		jiā	school / sect / lineage
成		chéng	Become
大师	大師	dàshī	1. Venerable Master (when referring to Venerable Master Hsing Yun); 2. Master (for historical Buddhist masters)
长老	長老	zhǎnglǎo zhǎnglǎo	an elder monastic Elder
化		huà huà	to manifest to collect alms
集		jí jí	the origin of suffering desire / greed / craving
真		zhēn	True
和		hé	Harmony
心		xīn	citta / thinking / thought / mind / mentality
苦		kǔ	Sorrow / duḥkha / dukkha / suffering
欲		yù	desire / intention / interest / aspiration
思		sī sī	volition / cetanā Think
玄沙		xuánshā	Xuan Sha / Hsuan sha / Shi Bei
色		sè	form / matter
侍者		shìzhě	an acolyte
寻	尋	xún	vitarka / vitarkah / vitakka / conception / gross detection / examination / application of thought
身		shēn	body / kāya
国师	國師	Guóshī	State Preceptor / Guoshi
学	學	xué	a learner
报	報	bào	indirect effect / judgement / retribution
圆	圓	yuán	Perfect
经	經	jīng	a sutra / a sūtra
藏		zàng zàng zàng zàng	piṭaka / canon / a collection of scriptures garba / matrix / embryo kośa / kosa ālaya / dwelling / residence
情		qíng	sentience / cognition
尘	塵	chén chén	dust / an object / an object of one of the senses / a defilement / a contanimating object an atom / aṇu
投子		tóuzǐ	Touzi
学人	學人	xuérén	student of the Way
上座		shàngzuò	sthavira / elder
静	靜	jìng	Stillness
顶	頂	dǐng dǐng	to point one's head at usnisa / uṣṇīṣa
源		yuán	Origin
老僧		lǎo sēng	an old monk
唱		chàng	a bowl shaped copper bell
颂	頌	sòng	1. ode; 2. praise
法		fǎ fǎ fǎ fǎ fǎ	the teachings of the Buddha / Dharma / Dhárma a dharma / a dhárma / a natural law / teachings a mental object / a phenomenon / dharma / a thought quality / characteristic Dharma
义	義	yì	Righteousness
祖师	祖師	zǔshī	Patriarch
作家		zuòjiā	an adept / an expert
论	論	lùn	a treatise / a thesis / śastra
世		shì	loka / a world
拂		fú	a fly whisk
根		gēn gēn gēn	an organ / a part of the body / an organ of sense a sense / a faculty mūla / a root
参	參	cān cān	assembly / worship on the four fives Inquire
正		zhèng	Righteous
盖	蓋	gài	a hindrance / an obstacle / nivāraṇa / nīvaraṇāni
佛法		fófǎ fófǎ fófǎ	Dharma / Dhárma / Dhamma / Buddha-Dhárma / Buddhist doctrine the power of the Buddha Buddha's Teaching
南泉		nánquán	Nanquan
三千		sān qiān	three thousand-fold
福		fú fú	puṇya / merit / blessing / reward Fortune
保福		bǎofú	Baofu
临济	臨濟	Línjì	Linji School
倒		dǎo	delusion / error / inversion / reversal / viparyāsa
常		cháng	eternal / nitya
禅师	禪師	chánshī Chán Shī	Chan Master / Zen Master / Seon Master Chan master
睦州		mùzhōu	Muzhou
石头	石頭	shítou	Shitou Xiqian
念		niàn niàn	memory mindfulness / smṛti
信		xìn xìn	faith / confidence Faith
塔		tǎ	a pagoda / a stupa
依		yī	upadhi ／ bonds / substratum
诚	誠	chéng	Sincerity
实	實	shí	Real
具		jù	a mat for sitting and sleeping on / niṣīdana
宣		xuān	to teach / to instruct
拂子		fúzi	a fly whisk
乘		shèng	yāna / a vehicle / a school of teaching
衲子		nàzǐ	Saṅgha / Sangha / Buddhist monastic community
缘	緣	yuán yuán	conditions / pratyaya / paccaya Condition
善		shàn shàn	kuśala / kusala / virtuous shan
境		jìng jìng	the object of one of the six senses viṣaya / sphere / region
让	讓	ràng	Give Way
微		wēi	subtlety
退		tuì	parihāṇi / to regress / to degenerate
足		zú	Contented
仙		xiān	a sage
受		shòu	feelings / sensations
安		ān ān	an Ease
智		zhì	Wisdom
黄檗	黃檗	huángbò	Huangbo
镜清	鏡清	jìngqīng	Jingqing
慈		cí cí	Loving-Kindness Kindness
一句		yījù yījù	a phrase / one sentence a sentence
夹山	夾山	jiāshān	Jiashan Shanhui
首座		shǒuzuò shǒuzuò	Shouzuo / Rector / Chief Seat chief
明觉禅师语录	明覺禪師語錄	Míng Jué Chán Shī Yǔlù	Quotations from Chan Master Ming Jue
广	廣	guǎng guǎng	vaipulya / vast / extended Extensive
悟		wù	Enlightenment
爱	愛	ài ài	desire / craving / trsnā Love
通		tōng	a spiritual power / supernatural powers / a remarkable ability / a magical power
西天		Xītiān	India / Indian continent
吽		hōng	hum / hūṃ
禅客	禪客	chánkè	a Chan student
布		bù bù	to bestow to publish
座主		zuòzhǔ	chairperson / abbot
施		shī	the practice of selfless giving / dāna
止		zhǐ	calm abiding / cessation / śamatha
禅床	禪床	chán chuáng	meditation mat
住持		zhùchí zhùchí zhùchí	the abbot of a monastery / the director of a monastery to uphold the Dharma 1. Abbot (male); 2. Abbess (female)
如是		rúshì	thus, so
恩		ēn	Gratitude
道场	道場	dàochǎng dàochǎng dàochǎng	place of practice / a Dharma center place of enlightenment / seat of enlightenment / bodhimanda / bodhimaṇḍa place for spiritual practice
方便		fāngbiàn fāngbiàn fāngbiàn fāngbiàn	upāya / skillful means / expedient means Convenience expedient means Skillful Means
方丈		fāngzhang fāngzhàng	an abbot Abbot
绳床	繩床	shéng chuáng	sitting mat / pīṭha
香		xiāng	incense
兰	蘭	lán	a hermitage
功		gōng	merit-creating actions
山僧		shānsēng	mountain monastic
瑞		ruì	Auspicious
惠		huì	Kindness
仰山		Yǎngshān	Yangshan Huiji
息		xī	to calm oneself
满	滿	mǎn	Full
公案		gōng'àn gōng'àn	koan / kōan / gong'an gong'an
轮	輪	lún	the cycle of rebirth
触	觸	chù	touch / contact / sparśa
一只眼	一隻眼	yī zhī yǎn	single eye
示众	示眾	shìzhòng	to teach / to instruct the Sangha
遍		biàn	everywhere fragrant / paricitra
龙头蛇尾	龍頭蛇尾	lóng tóu shé wěi	to start off big and end up in nothing
马祖	馬祖	mǎzǔ	Mazu
百丈		bǎizhàng	Baizhang
度		dù dù dù	pāramitā / perfection to save / to rescue / to liberate / to overcome ordination rhythm
弟子		dìzi	disciple
坐具		zuòjù zuòjù	a mat for sitting on Sitting Mat
宽	寬	kuān	Broad
法眼		fǎyǎn fǎyǎn fǎyǎn fǎyǎn fǎyǎn	dharma eye / dharmacakṣus hōgen Dharma Eye Fayan Fayan School
曹溪		cáoqī cáoqī	Caoqi Caoqi
陞座		shēngzuò	to address the assembly / to give a lecture
斋	齋	zhāi zhāi zhāi zhāi zhāi	to abstain from meat or wine a vegetarian diet / vegetarian food to give alms to fast a temple hostel
拄杖子		zhǔzhàngzǐ	staff / walking staff
参堂	參堂	cān táng	initiation to the services
惑		huò	kleśa / kilesa / a mental affliction / defilement
居士		jūshì jūshì	a lay person / a male lay Buddhist householder
人天		réntiān réntiān	the six realms / all living things humans and devas
招		zhāo	a monastic compound
宿		sù	from former lives
惭	慚	cán	hri / hrī / hiri / self-respect / conscientiousness / dignity
严	嚴	yán	a garland / an adornment / avataṃsa
释迦	釋迦	shìjiā	Sakyamuni
相对	相對	xiāngduì	relative
劫		jié	a kalpa / an eon
功德		gōngdé gōngdé gōngdé	guṇa / achievements and virtue / merit puṇya / puñña merit
如来	如來	Rúlái Rúlái	Thus-Come (tathagata) / Tathāgata / Thus Come One Tathagata
人间	人間	rénjiān	human world
中有		zhōngyǒu	an intermediate existence between death and rebirth
世界		shìjiè shìjiè	a world world
钵	鉢	bō	an alms bowl / patra / pātra / patta
智门	智門	zhì mén zhì mén	gate of wisdom Zhimen
赞叹	讚歎	zàntàn	praise
愧		kuì	shame / decorum / propriety
妙		miào	Wonderful
阇梨	闍梨	shélí	ācārya / teacher
悲		bēi bēi	compassion / empathy / karuṇā Kindness
文殊		Wénshū Wénshū	Mañjuśrī / Manjushri / Manjusri Manjusri
僧堂		sēngtáng	monastic hall
记	記	jì	a prediction / a prophecy / vyakarana
外道		wàidào wàidào	non-Buddhist Heretics
喜		xǐ	Joy
方外		fāng wài	monastic life
唯我独尊	唯我獨尊	wéi wǒ dú zūn	I alone am the honored one
贪	貪	tān tān	greed / desire / craving / trsnā / taṇhā Greed / passion / desire / rāga
达磨	達磨	dámó	Bodhidharma
十方		shí fāng shí sāng	the ten directions The Ten Directions
般若		bōrě bōrě bōrě bōrě	Prajna-wisdom / prajñā / prajna / great wisdom Prajñā Prajna Wisdom prajna
寺		sì	temple / monastery / vihāra
惜		xī	Cherish
容		róng	Tolerance
祖师西来意	祖師西來意	zǔ shī xī lái yì	Bodhidharma coming from the West
归宗	歸宗	guī zōng	stupa
假		jiǎ	designation / provisional / conventional term
慧		huì huì	intellect Wisdom
想		xiǎng	notion / perception / cognition / conceptualization / saṃjñā / samjna
一言		yīyán	one word
一法		yīfǎ	one dharma / one thing
生死		shēngsǐ	Saṃsāra / Samsara
行脚	行腳	xíngjiǎo xíngjiǎo xíngjiǎo	to walk / travelling / wandering Travel by Foot to travel [by foot]
金刚	金剛	jīngāng jīngāng	vajra diamond
大慈		dà cí	great loving-kindness / great compassion
结	結	jié	a fetter
录	錄	lù	Record of the Three Jewels throughout Successive Dynasties / Lidai San Bao Ji / Records of the Three Jewels during the Kaihuang Period / Fei Changfang's Record
马大师	馬大師	mǎdàshī	Mazu Daoyi / Mazu
参学	參學	cānxué cānxué	to be a visiting monastic / to study travel and learn
共相		gòng xiāng	totality
莲	蓮	lián	Lotus
弹指	彈指	tán zhǐ	to snap the fingers
界		jiè	dhātu / a realm / a field / a domain
浮		fú	Buddha
疑		yí	doubt / uncertainty / skepticism / vicikitsā / vicikicchā
法身		Fǎshēn Fǎshēn	Dharmakaya / Dharmakāya / Dharma Body Dharma body
阿		ē	e
老胡		lǎohú	old foreigner
參头	參頭	cān tóu	Group Leader / Eldest of the Chan Hall
弥勒	彌勒	mílè Mílè	Maitreya Maitreya
淡		dàn	Simplicity
出世		chūshì chūshì chūshì	to become a monk or num / to leave secular life to be not of this world Transcending the World
仁		rén	Benevolence
佛教		fójiào Fó jiào	Buddhism the Buddha teachings
涅槃		Nièpán Nièpán Nièpán	Final Nirvana / Nirvana / Nirvāṇa / Nibbāna Buddhism in Every Step: Nirvana nirvana
世尊		Shìzūn	World-Honored One / Bhagavat / Bhagavān / Buddha
趣		qù	realm / destination
天子		tiānzǐ	devaputra / the son of a god
慎		shèn	Cautious
须弥	須彌	Xūmí	Mt Meru / Sumeru
道者		dàozhě	a devotee / a practioner / a follower / a monk
禅家	禪家	Chán Jiā	Chan School of Buddhism / Zen
母		mǔ	all women
道人		dàorén dàorén	a Buddhist monk Traveler of the Way
罪过	罪過	zuìguò	transgression
愿	願	yuàn	a vow
空生		kōng shēng	one who expounded emptiness / Subhuti
蒲团	蒲團	pútuán pútuán	a meditation mat Cushion
虚空	虛空	xūkōng xūkōng	vast emptiness Void
四明		Sì Míng	Si Ming
牛头	牛頭	niú tóu	attendants in hell
癡		chī	confusion / stupidity / naivety / delusion / moha
寂		jì	Nirvāṇa / Nibbāna / Nirvana
凡圣	凡聖	fán shèng fán shèng	the ordinary and the divine Ordinary and Sagely
勤		qín	diligence / perseverance / vīrya
药山	藥山	yàoshān	Yaoshan
我有		wǒyǒu	the illusion of the existence of self
灵山	靈山	Líng shān Líng shān	Spiritual Mountain Gṛdhrakūtaparvata / Grdhrakuta / Gṛdhrakūṭa / Gijjha-kūta / Vulture Peak
阴	陰	yīn	an aggregate / a group
三世诸佛	三世諸佛	sān shì zhū fó	the Buddhas of past, present, and future
维那	維那	wéinà wéinà	weinuo / karmadana / vinaya master / discipline master karmadana
衲衣		nà yī	monastic robes
众生	眾生	zhòngshēng zhòngshēng	beings / all living things / all sentient beings sentient beings
仁者		rénzhe	compassionate one / benevolent one / a compassionate person
臂		bì	bi
坐断	坐斷	zuòduàn	to completely cut off
贤	賢	xián	bhadra
沙弥	沙彌	shāmí shāmí	Sramanera / śrāmaṇera / a novice Buddhist monk sramanera
尊宿		zūnsù	a senior monk
丛林	叢林	cónglín cónglín	Buddhist monastery monastery
善知识	善知識	shànzhīshi	Dharma Friends / kalyāṇamitra / kalyāṇamitta / kalyanamitra
入门	入門	rùmén rùmén	to become a monastic beginner
舍	捨	shě shě	equanimity Give
圆觉	圓覺	yuán jué yuán jué	complete enlightenment Perfect Enlightenment
明白		míngbai	Understanding
善财	善財	Shàncái Shàncái	Sudhana Sudhana
菴主	庵主	ān zhǔ	supervising nun
正法眼藏		zhèng fǎ yǎn zàng zhèng fǎ yǎn zàng zhèng fǎ yǎn zàng	direct vision of the Dharma Treasure of the True Dharma Eye Treasury of the True Dharma Eye
田		tián	a state for cultivation of meritorius deeds
衣钵	衣鉢	yībō	robe and bowl
巴陵		bālíng	Master Baling
阇黎	闍黎	shélí	ācārya / a religious teacher
翠微		cuìwēi	Cuiwei
无门	無門	wú mén	Non-Existing Gate
啐啄		cuìzhuó	pecking the shell [to help the chick] to break out
量		liáng	means of knowing / reasoning / pramāṇa
石霜		shíshuāng shíshuāng	Shishuang Shishuang
乐	樂	lè	Joy
一生		yīshēng	all one's life
请益	請益	qǐngyì	Request Teachings
见佛	見佛	jiànfó jiànfó	to see the Buddha Seeing the Buddha
傅大士		Fù Dàshì	Shanhui Fuxi
三藏		Sān Zàng Sān Zàng Sān Zàng	Tripitaka Tripitaka / Tripiṭaka / Tipitaka Buddhist Canon
转语	轉語	zhuǎnyǔ	zhuanyu / turning words / transformational expression
问答	問答	wèndá	encounter dialog
庵		ān	a Buddhist monastery or nunnery
大德		dàdé dàdé	most virtuous / bhadanta Great Virtue / Yaññadatta
化主		huàzhǔ	lord of transformation
体	體	tǐ tǐ tǐ	śarīra / human body ti / essence entity / a constituent / an element
二三		èr sān	six non-Buddhist philosophers
门人	門人	mén rén mén rén	disciple a hanger-on
见处	見處	jiànchù	dwelling in wrong views
菴主	庵主	ān zhǔ ān zhǔ	supervising nun Head of the Nunnery
不住		bùzhù	not dwelling
菴		ān ān	a Buddhist nunnery / a Buddhist convent a thatched cottage
太虚	太虛	tàixū	Taixu
一路		yīlù	all along the way
潜	潛	qián	Submerge
法堂		fǎtáng fǎtáng fǎtáng	a Dharma hall Fo Guang Shan Founder's Quarters Dharma Hall
普请	普請	pǔqǐng pǔqǐng	communal labor Universally Inviting
南山		nánshān	Nanshan / Daoxuan
勘破		kānpò	to penetrate
刹	剎	chà shā	Buddhist monastery or temple kṣetra / land
偈		jì	gatha / hymn / verse
教外别传	教外別傳	jiào wài bié chuán	transmission apart from teachings
品		pǐn	chapter / varga
檀越		tányuè	an alms giver / a donor
竺		zhú	Zhu
禅板	禪板	chánbǎn	meditation brace
藏主		zàng zhǔ	Librarian / Chief of Sutra Repository
执	執	zhí	to attach to / grasping
五通		wǔ tōng	five supernatural powers / pañca-abhijnā
华严	華嚴	Huáyán	Avataṃsaka Sūtra / Flower Garland Sutra / Flower Adornment Sutra
现前	現前	xiàn qián	to manifest in the present / to present before the eyes
小叁	小參	xiǎo cān	small assembly / a small group
一切		yīqiè	all, everything
志	誌	zhì	Aspiration
仙人		xiānrén	a sage
自悟		zìwù	self realization
出家		chūjiā chūjiā	leaving home / to become a monk or nun to renounce
解脱	解脫	jiětuō jiětuō	liberation / emancipation / vimokṣa liberation
果		guǒ guǒ	direct effect / phala / a consequence Fruit
心印		xīnyìn	mind seal
海众	海眾	hǎi zhòng	Saṅgha / Saṃgha / Sangha / Buddhist monastic community
何似		hésì	Comparison to what?
大王		dàwáng	great king / mahārāja
鬼窟裏		guǐ kū lǐ	inside a ghost cave / in an unhealthy mental state
过去	過去	guòqù	past
十身调御	十身調御	shí shēn tiáo yù	Taming the Ten Bodies
天人		tiānrén	Heavenly Beings
本生		běnshēng	Jataka / stories of the Buddha’s previous lives / jātaka
话头	話頭	huàtóu	huatou / keyword /topic of meditative inquiry
佛言		Fó yán Fó yán	the Buddha said buddhavacana / the teachings of the Buddha
惭愧	慚愧	cánkuì cánkuì	Shamefulness humility
菩萨	菩薩	púsà púsà púsà	bodhisatta Bodhisattva Realm bodhisattva
魔		mó mó mó	Māra evil / vice māra
开士	開士	kāi shì	one on the way to enlightenment / bodhisattva
问讯	問訊	wènxùn wènxùn	to join palms as a greeting half bow
缚	縛	fú	to bind / to tie
香严	香嚴	xiāngyán	Xiangyan
佛见	佛見	fó jiàn	correct views of Buddhist teachings
一切法		yīqiē fǎ yīqiē fǎ	all dharmas / all things / sarvadharma all phenomena
第一句		dìyījù	the first letter
真人		zhēnrén	Arhat
微尘	微塵	wēichén wēichén	an atom fine dust
离微	離微	lí wēi	transcendence and subtlety
寒山		hánshān	Hanshan
融		róng	Blend
三生		sān shēng sān shēng	three lives / three rebirths Three Lifetimes
佛陀		Fótuó	Buddha / the all-enlightened one
摩		mó	to rub a monk's head for taking a vow
盐官	鹽官	yánguān	Yanguan / Qi An
所得		suǒdé	acquire
炉	爐	lú lú	a censer 1. incense burner; 2. incense censer
灭	滅	miè miè	the cessation of suffering Nirvāṇa / Nibbāna / Nirvana
须菩提	須菩提	xūpútí xūpútí	Subhuti / Subhūti Subhuti
从容	從容	cōngróng	Calm and Composed
一期		yīqī yīqī yīqī	a date / a fixed time a lifetime one moment of time
一味禅	一味禪	yī wèi chán	Chan of one taste
维摩	維摩	Wéimó Wéimó	Vimalakirti Vimalakirti
法座		fǎ zuò	Dharma seat
付嘱	付囑	chóuyōu	to entrust to
上人		shàngrén shàngrén	shangren / senior monastic supreme teacher
放下		fàngxia fàngxia fàngxia	let go / abandon wrong views Let Go let go
沙门	沙門	shāmén shāmén	a Buddhist monk / a wandering monk / a shramana / a sramana / renunciant / mendicant sramana
空劫		kōng jié	The kalpa of void
尘劳	塵勞	chénláo chénláo	the concerns of secular life affliction
宝华	寶華	bǎohuà bǎohuà	flowers / jeweled flowers Treasure Flower
浮生		fú shēng	the world of the living / the impermanent world
自在		zìzài zìzài zìzài zìzài	Isvara mastery / autonomy / vaśitā Carefree perfect ease
天台		Tiāntái tiāntái	Tiantai / T'ien-tai Tiantai / Tiantai School
后五	後五	hòu wǔ	following five hundred years
拈古		niāngǔ	a brief comment / niangu
成就		chéngjiù chéngjiù chéngjiù chéngjiù chéngjiù	to attained / to obtain to bring to perfection / complete attainment / accomplishment / siddhi accomplishment Achievements
一喝		yī hē	a call / a shout
天童		tiān tóng	a divine youth
行人		xíngrén	Practitioner
醍醐		tíhú	clarified butter
全机	全機	quánjī	entire capacity
境界		jìngjiè	viṣaya / object / sphere / region / realm of objects / state
海会	海會	hǎi huì hǎi huì hǎi huì	assembly of monastics assembly of saints cemetery
无心	無心	wúxīn wúxīn	no-mind No-Mind
孤起		gūqǐ	Gatha (verses)
云天	雲天	yún tiān	Cloud in the Sky
正法		zhèngfǎ zhèngfǎ zhèngfǎ	Right Dharma / Saddharma Age of Right Dharma / The Period of the True Dharma Righteous Dharma
舍	捨	shě shě shě	equanimity equanimity Give
法华经	法華經	Fǎ Huà Jīng	Lotus Sutra / Lotus Sūtra
师子吼	師子吼	shīzǐ hǒu	lion’s roar
四众	四眾	sì zhòng	the fourfold assembly / the four communities
非我		fēiwǒ	selflessness / non-self / anātman / anattā
知事		zhī shì	Director of Affairs / Karmadana / Vinaya Master / Discipline Master
至道无难	至道無難	zhì dào wúnán	The Ultimate Way is not Difficult
利生		lìshēng	to help all living beings
受戒		shòu jiè shòu jiè	to take precepts Take the Precepts
观门	觀門	guān mén	the gate of contemplation
诸天	諸天	zhū tiān	devas
竿木		gānmù	a staff
木马	木馬	mùmǎ	a wooden horse
安乐	安樂	ānlè	Stability and Happiness
径山	徑山	jìngshān	Jingshan Temple
权化	權化	quánhuà	avatāra / appearance of a deity upon earth
盘山	盤山	pánshān	Panshan Baoji
第一义	第一義	dìyī yì dìyī yì	paramārtha / paramārthasatya ／ absolute truth / supreme truth Ultimate Truth
凡		fán	an ordinary person
晚参	晚參	wǎncān	evening assembly
四大		sìdà	the four great seeds / the four great elements / mahābhūta
普贤	普賢	Pǔxián	Samantabhadra
地藏		Dìzàng	Ksitigarbha / Kṣitigarbha
天衣		tiān yī	the garments of a celestial being / celestial garments
金轮	金輪	jīn lún	kancana-mandala / cakra-ratna
梵		fàn fàn fàn fàn fàn	Brahma India brahman pure / sacred Buddhist
教化		jiāohuà jiāohuà	transformative teaching / to enlighten Teach and Transform
西来意	西來意	xī lái yì	the purpose of coming to the West
缘生	緣生	yuánshēng	dependent origination ／ conditioned origination / dependent arising
拈香		niān xiāng niān xiāng	to burn incense Offering Incense
天不能盖	天不能蓋	tiān bù néng gài	it cannot be covered by the sky
摩竭		mójié	makara
涂	塗	tú	an evil state of existence
我见	我見	wǒ jiàn	the view of a self
香林		xiānglín	Xianglin
四维	四維	sì wéi	the four half points of the compass
一境		yījìng	one realm
卢舍那	盧舍那	Lúshènà	Locana Buddha
钵盂	鉢盂	bōyú	alms bowl
同参	同參	tóng cān	fellow students
大千		dà qiān	trisāhasramahāsāhasralokadhātu / a great chiliocosm / trichiliocosm / the cosmos
蕴	蘊	yùn	aggregate / skandha
大法		dà fǎ	great dharma / elemental dharma
一念		yī niàn yī niàn yī niàn	one moment / one instant one thought one thought
佛光		Fó guāng Fó guāng Fó guāng Fó guāng	Fo Guang the glory of the Buddha Buddha' halo Buddha's Light
迷悟		míwù míwù	delusion and awareness Ignorance and Enlightenment
禅寺	禪寺	Chán sì	Chan temple / Zen temple
净瓶	淨瓶	jìngpíng jìngpíng	a vase / a jar Purity Vase
生生		shēngshēng	the cycle of rebirth
般若波罗蜜多	般若波羅蜜多	bōrěbōluómìduō	prajnaparamita / prajñāpāramitā / perfection of the highest form of wisdom
利他		lìtā lìtā	to help others / to be altruistic / parārtha Benefiting Others
重显	重顯	Chóng Xiǎn	Chong Xian
书记	書記	shūji shūji	Record Keeper / Secretary Secretary
板		bǎn	board struck for sounding events in a temple
入涅槃		rù nièpán	to enter Nirvāṇa
尽十方世界	盡十方世界	jìnshífāng shìjiè	everywhere
计	計	jì	ketu
分别	分別	fēnbié fēnbié fēnbié	kalpanā / thought / imagination vikalpa / discrimination / conception discrimination
寥廓		liáokuò	serene and boundless
定慧		dìng huì dìng huì	meditative wisdom Concentration and Wisdom
沩山	溈山	guīshān guīshān	Guishan Guishan
安禅	安禪	ānchán	to do sitting meditation
阇	闍	shé	Buddhist monk
善来	善來	shànlái	Svāgata / Sāgata
厚		hòu	Deep
栴檀林		zhāntánlín	temple / monastery
无为	無為	wúwèi wúwèi	unconditioned / asaṃskṛta Non-Doing
金身		jīnshēn	golden body
丈室		zhàng shì	Small Room
历劫	歷劫	lì jié	to pass through a kalpa
普天普地		pǔ tiān pǔ dì	everywhere throughout Heaven and earth
资福	資福	zīfú	Zifu
举古	舉古	jǔgǔ	juze / jugu/ to discuss a koan
四禅	四禪	sì chán sì chán	the four meditations / the four dhyānas / the four jhānas fourth dhyāna / fourth jhāna
半偈		bànjì	half a verse
大慈大悲		dà cí dà bēi dà cí dà bēi	great mercy and great compassion great compassion and great loving-kindness
一色		yīsè yīsè yīsè	ekarūpa / no difference something minute / an atom one form of practice
选佛	選佛	xuǎnfó	choosing a Buddha / choosing a Buddhist master / meditating
天下衲僧		tiānxià nàsēng	patch-robed monks throughout the land
孝		xiào	Filial Piety
真实	真實	zhēnshí	true reality
自相		zì xiāng	individual characteristics
无缝塔	無縫塔	wúfèng tǎ	a seamless tower
垂示		chuíshì	chuishi / introductory pointer
不动尊	不動尊	bù dòng zūn	Acala
老和尚		lǎo hé shàng	Elder Most Venerable
意根		yìgēn	the mind sense
磬		qìng	a bowl shaped bell
圆成	圓成	yuán chéng	complete perfection
十方世界		shífāng shìjiè	the worlds in all ten directions
闪电光	閃電光	shǎndiàn guāng	a flash of lightening
无余	無餘	wúyú wúyú	without remainder / niravaśeṣa not excessive
宝座	寶座	bǎozuò	Jeweled Throne
初心		chū xīn chū xīn	to make a vow to acheive supreme enlightenment / to act with bodhicitta the initial mind
圆光	圓光	yuánguāng yuánguāng	halo Won Gwang
尘埃	塵埃	chénāi	dirt / defilements
端坐		duānzuò	to sit in a posture for meditation
提婆宗		Típó Zōng	School of Nāgārjuna
鹅湖	鵝湖	éhú	Ehu
智者		zhìzhě	Zhi Yi / Chih-i
伺		sì	vicāra / vicara / sustained application / sustained thinking / selectiveness / subtle discernment / discernment
威仪	威儀	wēiyí	Conduct
净洁	淨潔	jìngjié	pure
无二	無二	wú èr	advaya / nonduality / not two
宴坐		yànzuò	sitting meditation / to meditate in seclusion
干城	乾城	gàn chéng	city of the gandharvas
袈裟		jiāshā jiāshā	kasaya / kaṣāya kasaya
俱胝		jūzhī jūzhī	koti / one hundred million / a very large number Judi
大士		Dàshì dàshì Dàshì	the Buddha / mahāpurusa a bodhisattva / mahāsattva Mahasattva
忍		rěn rěn	tolerance / patience Patience
云巖	雲巖	yúnyán	Yunyan
外道问佛	外道問佛	wài dào wèn fó	a non-Buddhist questions the Buddha
清规	清規	qīngguī qīngguī	monastic rules Pure Rule
祖意		zǔ yì	Patriarch's Heart
棒喝		bàng hē bàng hē	to strike and shout at a student stick and shout
知客		zhī kè zhī kè	Guest Prefect receptionist
善说	善說	shàn shuō	well expounded
大道		dàdào	great way / great Path / great enlightenment
护持	護持	hùchí	Protect and Support
广大	廣大	guǎngdà	vaipulya / vast / extended
亲近	親近	qīnjìn	Be Close To
烦恼	煩惱	fánnǎo fánnǎo	kleśa / kilesa / a mental affliction / defilement defilement
白月		bái yuè	first half of the month / śuklapakṣa
决定	決定	juédìng	fixed / unchanging / constant / determined / niścaya
曹山		Cáoshān	Chaoshan Benji / Benji
大悲		dàbēi	mahākaruṇā / great compassion
律		lǜ	monastic discipline / vinaya
薄伽梵		Báojiāfàn	Bhagavat / Bhagavān / Bhagwan / Bhagawan
买草鞋行脚	買草鞋行脚	mǎi cǎo xié xíng jiǎo	buy straw sandals and set out on a pilgrimage
法战	法戰	fǎzhàn	fazhan / encounter dialog / Dharma combat
如来藏	如來藏	Rúlái Zàng Rúlái Zàng Rúlái Zàng	Buddha-nature / Buddha-dhatu / Buddha Principle / Tathāgatagarbha tathatā / suchness / inherent nature / true nature / tathata Tathagatagarbha
业	業	yè	karma / kamma / karmic deeds / actions
死汉	死漢	sǐhàn	dead person
虚堂	虛堂	Xū Táng	Xu Tang
无生	無生	wúshēng wúshēng	anutpāda / unproduced / non-arising No-Birth
心行		xīnxíng	mental activity
不动	不動	bùdòng bùdòng bùdòng	Akshobya acala / niścala / dhruva / unmoved [Venerable] Akshobya
漏		lòu	outflow / flow / influx / discharge / āsrava
香积	香積	xiāng jī xiāng jī	Fragrance Accumulation accumulated fragrance
碧眼胡		bìyǎnhú	Blue-Eyed Barbarian / Bodhidharma
禅定	禪定	chándìng chándìng chándìng	Meditative Concentration / meditation to meditate meditative concentration
无间	無間	wújiān wújiān	avīci / interminable / incessant No Distance
法宝	法寶	fǎbǎo fǎbǎo fǎbǎo fǎbǎo	the Buddha's teaching a Buddhist monk's apparel, staff etc Fa Bao Dharma treasure
落发	落髮	luò fà	to shave the head
古镜	古鏡	gǔ jìng	mirrors of old
见性	見性	jiàn xìng jiàn xìng	to see one's true nature / to realize one's Buddha nature Seeing One's Nature
不信		bùxìn	disbelief / lack of faith
风穴	風穴	fēngxué	Fengxue
无尽	無盡	wújìn	endless
动着	動著	dòngzhe	to waver / to move
施主		shīzhǔ shīzhǔ	an alms giver / a donor benefactor
有余	有餘	yǒuyú yǒuyú	with remainder / sopadhiśesa with excess
毘耶离	毘耶離	Píyélí	Vesālī / Vaisali / Vaissali / Vaishali / City of Vaisali
证	證	zhèng	realization / adhigama
泰		tài	Prosperous
妙用		miàoyòng	skillful use / magical use
眠		mián	torpor / drowsiness / middha
五下		wǔ xià	five lower fetters
游方	遊方	yóufāng	to travel for cultivation and to seek teachings
箭锋	箭鋒	jiàn fēng	arrowheads
金田		jīntián	Buddhist temple
甘露		gānlù gānlù gānlù gānlù	sweet dew / ambrosia / the nectar of immortality / amṛta Nectar Nectar nectar
开山	開山	kāishān kāishān	to open a monastery 1. Founder (for monasteries) - title; 2. to found/establish a monastery - term.
寮舍		liáoshè	a monastic residence
死尸	死屍	sǐshī	a corpse
丹霄独步	丹霄獨步	dān xiāo dúbù	to walk alone under a red sky
不空		Bù Kōng	Amoghavajra /
唯嫌拣择	唯嫌揀擇	wěi xián jiǎnzhái	only avoid discrimination
下语	下語	xiàyǔ	zhuoyu / annotation / capping phrase
缠	纏	chán	to entangle
檀		tán	dana / the practice of giving / generosity
美		měi	Beauty
西山		xīshān	Aparaśaila
三匝		sān zā	to circumambulate three times
问道	問道	wèn dào wèn dào	Inquire About the Way ask for the Way
瞋		chēn chēn	aversion / hatred / hostility / anger / dveṣa / dosa malice / vyāpāda
合掌		hézhǎng hézhǎng	to join palms to join palms
菩提心		pútíxīn pútíxīn	bodhicitta / aspiration to enlightenment bodhi mind
优	優	yōu	you
慢		màn màn	māna / pride / arrogance / conceit conceit / abhimāna
黑月		hēiyuè	second half of the month / kṛṣṇapakṣa
度僧		dù sēng	to lead to become a monastic
净名	淨名	jìngmíng	Vimalakirti
偈颂	偈頌	jìsòng	to chant
钳鎚	鉗鎚	qiánchuí	pliers and hammers
法相		fǎ xiāng fǎ xiāng fǎ xiāng fǎ xiāng 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
种智	種智	zhǒng zhì	knowledge of the seed or cause of all phenomena
须弥山	須彌山	Xūmí Shān Xūmí Shān	Mount Sumeru / Mount Meru Mount Sumeru
无量	無量	wúliàng wúliàng	Atula immeasurable
情识	情識	qíng shí	emotional consciousness
信心		xìnxīn	Faith
曲木据位	曲木據位	qǔ mù jù wèi	chair of rank
寂灭	寂滅	jìmiè jìmiè	calmness and extinction / Nirvāṇa / Nibbāna / Nirvana Upasannaka
假名		jiàmíng	designation / provisional term / conventional term
迦罗	迦羅	jiāluó	kala / kāla
河沙		hé shā	the sand of the River Ganges / as numerous as grains of sand in the River Ganges
心心		xīn xīn	the mind and mental conditions
戒		jiè jiè	precepts / a vow precepts / morality
力士		lìshì	one of great strength
浮屠		Fú tú	Buddha stupa
法号	法號	fǎhào fǎhào	Dharma name Dharma Name
莫妄想		mò wàng xiǎng	think no delusive thoughts
官不容针	官不容針	guān bù róng zhēn	officially, not even a needle is admitted
不容易		bù róngyì	a challenge / not easy
有余	有餘	yǒuyú yǒuyú	with remainder / sopadhiśesa with excess
慧敏		huìmǐn	Haemin
入涅		rùniè	to enter Nirvāṇa / to pass away
功德聚		gōngdé jù	stupa
兜率		Dōushuài	Tuṣita / Tushita / Tuṣita Heaven
是什么语话	是什麼語話	shì shénma yǔ huà	what kind of talk is this?
人稀		rén xī	people are few
解脱门	解脫門	jiětuō mén jiětuō mén	the doors of deliverance / vimokṣadvāra Gate of Perfect Ease
了别	了別	lebié	to distinguish / to discern
逆顺	逆順	nì shùn	resisting and complying / disobeying and obeying
一会	一會	yī huì	one assembly / one meeting
扶篱摸壁	扶籬摸壁	fú lí mō bì	leaning against a fence, groping along a wall
导师	導師	dǎoshī dǎoshī	Sārthavāha 1. guiding teacher, 2. mentor
佛祖		Fó zǔ Fó zǔ	the Buddha and patriarch Buddhas
毘婆尸		Pípóshī	Vipaśyin / Vipassī / Vipasyin Buddha
私通车马	私通車馬	sī tōng chē mǎ	privately, even a cart and horse can pass
五观	五觀	wǔ guān	The Five Contemplations
系驴橛	繫驢橛	xì lǘ jué	donkey-tethering post
法器		fǎqì fǎqì	a Dharma instrument Dharma instrument
人道		Rén Dào	Human Realm / Saha World
难行	難行	nánxíng	ascetic practice
日月星		rì yuè xīng	sun, moon and star
方寸		fāng cùn	Mind
坚固	堅固	jiāngù jiāngù	sāla Kevaṭṭạ
南院		nányuàn	Nanyuan
药病相治	藥病相治	yào bìng xiāng zhì	the interrelation between medicine and disease
四华	四華	sì huà	four divine flowers
开悟	開悟	kāiwù kāiwù kāiwù kāiwù	to become enlightened / to have an awakening enlightenment / bodhi Buddhahood to awaken
凡夫		fánfū	an ordinary person / pṛthagjana
生死海		shēngsǐhǎi	the ocean of Saṃsāra
大仙		dàxiān	a great sage / a saint
千佛		qiān fó	thousand Buddhas
法雨		fǎyǔ fǎ yǔ	Dharma rain Dharma Rain
无法	無法	wúfǎ	No-Dharma
讲堂	講堂	jiǎng táng jiǎng táng	a lecture hall lecture hall
善思		shànsī	thoughtfulness / wholesome thinking
惟盖竺	惟蓋竺	Wéi Gài Zhú	Wei Gai Zhu
我语	我語	wǒyǔ	ātmavāda / notions of a self
大乘		Dàshèng Dàshèng	Mahayana Buddhism / Mahāyāna / Mahāyāna Buddhism Mahayana / Great Vehicle
游戏	遊戲	yóuxì	to be free and at ease
西庵		Xī'ān	Senior Instructor
见大	見大	jiàn dà	the element of visibility
下士		Xià Shì	an initial disciple / an initial spiritual trainee
五欲	五慾	wǔ yù wǔ yù	the five desires the five desires
上士		Shàng Shì	an advanced disciple
妙心		miào xīn	Wondrous Mind
果报	果報	guǒbào	vipāka / the result of karma / indirect effect
资圣寺	資聖寺	Zīshèng Sì	Zisheng Temple
习	習	xí	latent tendencies / predisposition
群生		qúnshēng	all living beings
裴休		Péi Xiū	Pei Xiu
法僧		fǎ sēng	a monk who recites mantras
供		gòng	to offer in worship
六尘	六塵	Liù Chén	six sense objects / Six Dusts
一代时教	一代時教	yīdài shí jiāo	the teachings of an entire lifetime
天堂		tiāntáng	Heaven
佛刹	佛剎	fó shā fó shā fó shā	a Buddhist pillar Buddhakṣetra / a Buddha field / a Buddha land temple / monastery
有无	有無	yǒu wú	existent and non-existent/ having identity and emptiness
佛国土	佛國土	Fó guótǔ Fó guótǔ	buddhakṣetra / a Buddha land Buddha's country
苦行		kǔxíng kǔxíng	to practice ascetism austerity
三昧		sānmèi sānmèi	samādhi / concentrated meditation / mental concentration samadhi
正觉	正覺	zhèngjué	sambodhi / saṃbodhi / enlightenment
传法	傳法	chuán fǎ chuán fǎ	to transmit the Dharma Dharma transmission
禅院	禪院	Chán yuàn	a Chan temple / a Zen temple
一宗		yī zōng	one sect / one school
千山万水	千山萬水	qiān shān wàn shuǐ	Over Mountains and Across Rivers
劫火		jiéhuǒ	a large destructive fire
明禅	明禪	míng chán	Clarity of Chan
铁围山	鐵圍山	Tiě Wéi Shān	Cakravada-parvata / Iron Wall Mountain
微妙		wēimiào	subtle, profound
劝请	勸請	quànqǐng	to request / to implore
神通		shéntōng shéntōng	a spiritual power / supernatural powers / a remarkable ability / a magical power supernatural power
行思		xíngsī	Xingsi
色尘	色塵	sè chén	sight / sight sense objects
冥道		míngdào	the gateway to the ghost world
佛家		Fójiā Fójiā	the community of Buddhists / Saṅgha places of the Buddha and bodhisattvas / temples
善因		shàn yīn	Wholesome Cause
三门	三門	sān mén	Three Gates / temple gate / temple
恒河	恆河	hénghé	Ganges River
一喝不作一喝用		yī hē bùzuò yī hē yòng	a shout does not function as a shout
六波罗蜜	六波羅蜜	Liù Bōluómì	Six Pāramitās / Six Perfections
机缘	機緣	jīyuán jīyuán	ability to accept causes and conditions / favourable circumstances / opportunity potentiality and condition
无住	無住	wúzhù wúzhù	non-attachment / non-abiding non-abiding
真空		zhēnkōng zhēnkōng	true emptiness Zhen Kong
空虚	空虛	kōngxū	śūnyatā ／ emptiness / emptiness of inherent existence
昇天		shēng tiān	rise to heaven
正观	正觀	zhèng guān	right observation
观音	觀音	Guānyīn Guānyīn	Guanyin Bodhisattva / Avalokiteśvara / Avalokitesvara / Guanyin Avalokitesvara
园头	園頭	yuán tóu	Head Gardener
三世		sān shì sān shì	past, present, and future Three Periods of Time
体空	體空	tǐkōng	the emptiness of substance
无量义	無量義	wúliàng yì wúliàng yì	the doctrine of all things the Mahāyāna canon
七圣	七聖	qī shèng	seven sacred graces
碧岩	碧巖	bìyán	blue cliff
普观	普觀	pǔ guān	contemplation of oneself reborn in the Pure Land
选佛场	選佛場	xuǎn fó chǎng xuǎn fó chǎng	1. Gateway to Practice; 2. Buddha Selection Court Buddha selection court
宝相	寶相	bǎo xiàng	Excellent Marks
垂语	垂語	chuíyǔ	chuishi / pointer
五众	五眾	wǔ zhòng	five aggregates / five skandhas / five groups of existence / five groups of clinging
阴入	陰入	yīn rù	aggregates and sense fields
天鼓		tiāngǔ	deva drum
相待		xiāngdài	interdependence / mutual dependence
用大		yòng dà	great in function
永劫		yǒngjié	an eternity
权实	權實	quán shí	the expedient and the ultimately true
金刚经	金剛經	Jīngāng Jīng Jīngāng Jīng	Prajnaparamita Diamond Sutra / Diamond Sutra The Diamond Sutra
腊	臘	là là	twelfth lunar month / end of the lunar year a monastic year
能别	能別	néngbié	predicate / qualifier / visesana
界内	界內	jiènèi	within a region / within the confines
七穿八穴		qī chuān bā xué	seven holes and eight openings
颠倒	顛倒	diāndǎo diāndǎo	delusion / error / inversion / reversal / viparyāsa up-side down
妙果		miào guǒ	wonderful fruit
一智		yī zhì	knowledge of all aspects / all embracing wisdom / sarvākārajñatā / sarvakarajnata
五味		wǔwèi	five stages of making ghee
安隐	安隱	ānnyǐn ānnyǐn	tranquil Kshama / Kṣama / Kṣema
客尘	客塵	kè chén	external taint
二乘		èr shèng	the two vehicles
俗姓		súxìng	secular surname
参同契	參同契	cāntóngqì	Harmony of Difference and Sameness / Can Tong Qi
草裏汉	草裏漢	cǎolǐhàn	a person in the weeds
噇酒糟		chuáng jiǔzāo	drinking dregs
梵德		fàndé	Brahma Virtue / Brahmadatta
智藏		zhìzàng	Xitang Zhizang / Zhizang
遍参	遍參	biàncān	travel and study
天龙	天龍	tiān lóng	all devas, dragons, and other dieties / the eight kinds of demigods
有什么交涉	有什麼交涉	yǒu shénme jiāoshè	What is the connection?
涂毒鼓	塗毒鼓	tú dú gǔ	a drum smeared with poison
僧腊	僧臘	sēng là sēng là	Dharma year / years since ordination monastic seniority
问疾	問疾	wèn jí	asking about a sickness
诸菩萨	諸菩薩	zhū púsà	bodhisattvas
智觉禅师	智覺禪師	zhìjué chánshī	Chan Master Zhijue / State Preceptor Zhongfeng
似一滴投于巨壑	似一滴投於巨壑	sì yī dī tóu yú jùhè	like a drop of water thrown into the sea
西堂		xī táng	Senior Instructor
退屈		tuì qū	to yield / to retreat / to regress
大国	大國	dàguó	a major country
大迦叶	大迦葉	Dà Jiāyè	Mahakasyapa / Mahākāśyapa / Mahākassapa / kasyapa
涅槃经	涅槃經	Nièpán Jīng Nièpán Jīng	Nirvana Sutra Nirvana Sutra
宗风	宗風	zōngfēng zōngfēng	the customs and traditions of one of the schools of Chan FGS Philosophy
五乘		wǔ shèng	five vehicles
伫思停机	佇思停機	zhù sī tíng jī	lost in thought, holding back your potential
勘过	勘過	kānguò	put to the test
三宝	三寶	sān bǎo	The Triple Gem / triple gem / three treasures / ratnatraya
灵树	靈樹	língshù	Lingshu
禅那	禪那	chánnà	meditation
幻化		huànhuà huànhuà	to be transformed / to metamorphose to be illusory
阿练若	阿練若	āliànruò	a forest retreat / a secluded place to practice / araṇya / arañña / aranya
顶门眼	頂門眼	dǐngmén yǎn	forehead eye
僧众	僧眾	sēngzhòng	the monastic community / the sangha
藏教		zàng jiào	Tripiṭaka teachings
三乘		sān shèng sān shèng	three vehicles / triyāna / triyana Three Vehicles
无量众生	無量眾生	wúliàng zhòngshēng	innumerable beings
成道		chéng dào	Awakening / to become enlightened / to become a Buddha
妙峯顶	妙峯頂	miào fēng dǐng	wonderful summit
一宿觉	一宿覺	yī sù jué	enlightenment in one night
一大藏教		yīdàcángjiāo	all the teachings in the whole canon
永嘉大师	永嘉大師	yǒngjiā dàshī	Venerable Master Yongjia
舍利弗		Shèlìfú	Sariputra / Śariputra / Sariputta
三身		Sān Shēn	Trikaya
一箇棺材两箇死汉	一箇棺材兩箇死漢	yī gè guāncái liǎng gè sǐhàn	one coffin, two corpses
万法	萬法	wàn fǎ	myriad phenomena / all things
罽賓国	罽賓國	Jìbīn Guó	Kashmir
本分宗师	本分宗師	běnfēn zōngshī	true master
相应	相應	xiāngyìng xiāngyìng xiāngyìng	concomitant Sō-ō response, correspond
报佛	報佛	bàofó	saṃbhogakāya / sambhogakaya / enjoyment body / reward body
知耻	知恥	zhīchǐ	Sense of Shame
百劫		bǎijié	Baijie
本来无一物	本來無一物	běnláiwúyīwù	Originally not a thing existed
三藏圣教	三藏聖教	Sān Zàng shèngjiāo	Buddhist canon
禅林	禪林	Chán lín	Chan temple / Zen temple
大悟		dàwù	great awakening / great enlightenment
优昙华	優曇華	yōután huà	udumbara flower
法会	法會	fǎhuì	a Dharma service / an assembly / dharma-saṃgīti
菩提		pútí pútí	bodhi / enlightenment / awakening bodhi
仙陀客		xiān tuókè	worthy interpreter
举一明三	舉一明三	jǔ yī míng sān	to understand the whole thing when one aspect is brought up
清净	清淨	qīngjìng qīngjìng	pure / cleansed / purified of defiling illusion / viśuddhi purity
一佛		yī fó	one Buddha
般若波罗蜜	般若波羅蜜	Bōrěbōluómì Bōrěbōluómì	Prajñāpāramitā / Prajnaparamita / Perfection of Wisdom Prajñāpāramitā
龙象	龍象	lóng xiàng	dragon and elephant
一音		yīyīn yīyīn	one sound / the sound of the Buddha one voice
心田		xīn tián	the field of the heart
无行	無行	wúxíng	Non-Action
人相		rén xiāng	the notion of a person
无间业	無間業	wújiān yè	unremitting karma
无诤三昧	無諍三昧	wú zhèng sānmèi	Samādhi of Non-contention
恶道	惡道	è dào è dào	an evil rebirth / an evil destiny / an unfortunate rebirth / hell evil path
薰		xūn	vāsanā / infusing / perfuming / predispositions / habituations / latent tendencies
明旷	明曠	Míng Kuàng	Ming Kuang
佛宝	佛寶	fóbǎo	the treasure of the Buddha
顿悟	頓悟	dùn wù dùn wù	sudden enlightenment / sudden awakening sudden enlightenment
大雄		dàxióng dàxióng dàxióng	great hero / mahāvīra Great Hero Monthly Great Hero Monthly
作佛		zuò fó	to become a Buddha
义学	義學	yìxué	tuition-free school
谦	謙	qiān	Modest
阿难	阿難	Ānán Ānán	Ānanda / Ananda Ananda
音声	音聲	yīnshēng	sound
监收	監收	jiàn shōu	Rent Collector
截断天下人舌头	截斷天下人舌頭	jiéduàn tiānxià rén shétou	cut off the speech of everyone in the world
不生不灭	不生不滅	bù shēng bù miè	neither arises nor extinguishes
明眼衲僧		míng yǎn nà sēng	an aware Chan monastic
言教		yánjiāo	ability to understand etymology and usage of words / nirukti
拘留孙	拘留孫	jūliúsūn	Krakucchanda Buddha
云巖扫地	雲巖掃地	yúnyán sǎodì	Yunyan sweeps the floor
盲引众盲	盲引眾盲	máng yǐn zhòng máng	a blind person leading another
逢场作戏	逢場作戲	féng chǎng zuò xì	to play along for a little fun
缘事	緣事	yuán shì	study of phenomena
飞天	飛天	fēitiān	an apsara / something that flies
地上		dì shàng	above the ground
知见	知見	zhījiàn zhījiàn	to know by seeing Understanding
二根		èr gēn	two roots
入室		rù shì rù shì	to enter the master's study to enter the master's study for examination or instruction
秋月		qiū yuè	Autumn Moon
缁素	緇素	zīsù zīsù	Buddhist monastics and laypeople sacred and secular, monastic and lay practitioner
人天眼目		Réntiān Yǎn Mù Réntiān Yǎn Mù	Rentian Yan Mu Eyes of Heaven and Earth
梵呗	梵唄	fànbài fànbài fànbài	Buddhist hymn / fanbei / buddhist chanting Buddhist Chanting Buddhist hymn
法灯	法燈	fǎdēng	a Dharma lamp
何似生		hé sì shēng	Compared to what?
一地		yīdì	one ground
清净法眼	清淨法眼	qīngjìng fǎyǎn	pure dharma eye
院主		yuànzhǔ	abbot / superintendent
业相	業相	yè xiāng	karma-lakṣaṇa
法界		fǎjiè fǎjiè fǎjiè	a dharma realm / a dhárma realm ／ dharmadhatu ／ dharmadhātu tathatā / suchness / inherent nature / true nature / tathata Dharma Realm
随分	隨分	suí fēn suí fēn suífēn suí fēn	according to the part assigned / according to lot according to ability Dharmatāra Sūtra according to (one's) allotment
权	權	quán	expedient
圣灵	聖靈	shènglíng	spirits
无明烦恼	無明煩惱	wú míng fán nǎo	Ignorance
非常		fēicháng	impermanent / transient
无量劫	無量劫	wúliàng jié	innumerable kalpas / uncountable eons
迦		jiā	jia
苦海		kǔhǎi kǔhǎi	sea of suffering / abyss of worldly suffering ocean of suffering
透网金鳞	透網金鱗	tòu wǎng jīn lín	the golden fish that got through the net
十地		shí dì	Ten Grounds of Bodhisattva Path / Ten Grounds / the ten grounds of the bodhisattva path / daśabhūmi
舍利		shèlì shèlì	ashes or relics after cremation relic
云居	雲居	yúnjū yúnjū	Yunju Yunju
明相		míngxiāng míngxiāng	early dawn Aruṇa
浮世		fú shì	the world of the living / the impermanent world
真相		zhēnxiàng	True Form
灌顶	灌頂	guàn dǐng guàn dǐng guàn dǐng Guàn Dǐng	abhiseka / abhisecana / anointment / consecration consecration Anointment Guanding
流通		liútōng liútōng	transmission of Buddhist teachings to transmit and spread
化佛		huàfó	a Buddha image
王舍城		Wángshè Chéng	Rājagṛha / Rajgir / Rajagrha / Rājagaha
山门	山門	shānmén shānmén	temple main gate / mountain gate a Buddhist temple
朝暮		zhāo mù	morning and evening
应机	應機	yìng jī	Opportunities
语录	語錄	yǔlù	record of sayings
薪尽火灭	薪盡火滅	xīn jìn huǒ miè	with the fuel consumed the fire is extinguished
虚妄	虛妄	xūwàng	not real / illusory
单	單	dān	a meditation mat
大意		dàyì	great understanding
不生		bùshēng bùshēng	nonarising / anutpāda nonarising / anutpāda
法海		Fǎ hǎi Fǎ Hǎi Fǎ Hǎi	Dharma sea Fa Hai Fa Hai
釋道安	釋道安	Shì Dào Ān Shì Dào Ān	Shi Dao An Shi Dao An
拖泥带水	拖泥帶水	tuō ní dài shuǐ	trailing mud and saoked with water
一微尘	一微塵	yī wéi chén	a particle of dust
颂古	頌古	sònggǔ	songgu / attached verse
真如		zhēnrú zhēnrú	tathatā / suchness / inherent nature / true nature / tathata True Thusness
因缘	因緣	yīnyuán yīnyuán yīnyuán 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
圆寂	圓寂	yuánjì yuánjì	to pass away perfect rest
普遍		pǔbiàn	universal
现行	現行	xiànxíng	manifest activity
般若体	般若體	bōrě tǐ	Prajna body
大心		dàxīn dàxīn dàxīn	a great mind great bodhi Da Xin
一尘	一塵	yī chén	a grain of dust / a single particle
梵王		Fàn Wáng	Brahma
二门	二門	èrmén	two gates / two teachings
穷诸玄辩	窮諸玄辯	qióng zhū xuán biàn	to fathom all deep discussions
鹿野苑		Lùyěyuàn lùyěyuàn	Deer Park Mṛgadāva / Deer Park
恩德		ēndé	kindness / benevolence / favor / grace
长住	長住	chángzhù	fortnightly recital of monastic rules and confession / upoṣadha
僧俗		sēng sú	monastics and laypeople
数珠	數珠	shǔ zhū	prayer beads / rosary
如击石火	如擊石火	rú jī shí huǒ	like sparks from striking a stone
绀园	紺園	gànyuán	temple / monastery
大慈寺		dà cí sì	Da Ci Temple
非思量		fēi sī liáng fēi sī liáng	Without Thinking not thinking
神清		Shén Qīng	Shen Qing
贫道	貧道	pín dào	humble monk
沩山水牯牛	溈山水牯牛	wéishān shuǐgǔniú	Guishan's water buffalo
尊重		zūnzhòng	respect
人见	人見	rén jiàn	the view of a person / view of a self
释	釋	shì shì shì shì	Śakra / Indra Śākyamuni Buddhism Śākya / Shakya
一口吞尽	一口吞盡	yī kǒu tūn jìn	swallow all in one gulp
玄象		xuán xiàng	mystical schemata
慈悲		cíbēi cíbēi cíbēi cíbēi	compassion / loving-kindness / benevolence / mettā / metta Compassion loving-kindness and compassion Have compassion
现在	現在	xiànzài	now, present
恕		shù	Forgiveness
妄語	妄語	wàngyǔ	Lying
仁王经	仁王經	Rén Wáng Jīng	Renwang Jing / Scripture for Humane Kings
头陀	頭陀	tóutuó tóutuó	elimination of defilements through ascetic practice / dhutaṅga austerities
监寺	監寺	jiàn sì jiàn sì	supervising monk / temple director / temple supervisor Superintendent (of a temple)
老死		lǎo sǐ	Aging and death / old age and death
佛事		fóshì	a Buddha ceremony / a Buddhist ritual
信道		xìndào	a processional way
空寂		kōngjì	śūnyatā ／ emptiness / emptiness of inherent existence
右旋		yòu xuán	to circumambulate in a clockwise direction
伽耶城		Jiā Yē Chéng	Bodh Gaya
无碍	無礙	wú'ài wú'ài	Wu Ai Wu Ai
遊气	遊氣	yóu qì	roaming vital force
吉		jí	Auspicious
诸法	諸法	zhū fǎ	sarvadharma / all things / all dharmas
三际	三際	sānjì	past, present, and future
道一		dàoyī	Daoyi / Mazu Daoyi
大慧		dàhuì dàhuì dàhuì	Mahāmati mahāprajñā / great wisdom Dahui Zonggao / Zonggao
觉悟	覺悟	juéwù juéwù juéwù	to become enlightened Enlightenment to awake
摩顶	摩頂	mó dǐng mó dǐng	to make a prediction about becoming a Buddha to lay the hand on the top of the head
佛性		Fó xìng	buddhadhātu / Buddha-nature
未曾有		wèi céng yǒu wèi céng yǒu	Abdhutadharma (miracles) Never Before
随情	隨情	suíqíng	compliant
门首	門首	ménshǒu	leader of a sect or school
天华	天華	tiān huà	divine flowers
空空		kōng kōng	the emptiness of emptiness / the delusion of emptiness
禅悅	禪悅	chányuè chányuè chányuè	Chan delight / meditative joy joy of Chan Joy of Meditation
净	淨	jìng jìng jìng jìng	vyavadāna / purification / cleansing śuddha / cleansed / clean / pure viśuddhi / purity Pure
明心		míng xīn míng xīn	an enlightened mind A Clear Mind
一匝		yī zā	to make a full circle
乌臼	烏臼	wūjiù	Wujiu
一家		yījiā	same family
宗门	宗門	Zōng Mén Zōng Mén	Chan School of Buddhism / Zen religious school
梵天		Fàntiān Fàntiān	Brahma Heavenly Realm
信士		xìnshì	a disciple, a male disciple
野狐精		yěhú jīng	a fox spirit
真法		zhēn fǎ	true dharma / absolute dharma
苾刍	苾芻	bìchú	a monk / a bhikkhu
地狱	地獄	dìyù dìyù dìyù	Hell / Hell Realms / Nāraka a hell hell
一指头禅	一指頭禪	yī zhǐ tóu chán	single finger Chan
麻谷		mágǔ mágǔ	Magu Magu
云天	雲天	yún tiān	Cloud in the Sky
数人	數人	shǔrén	Sarvāstivāda
香华	香華	xiāng huà	incense and flowers
玄沙三种病人	玄沙三種病人	xuánshā sān zhǒng bìngrén	Xuansha on three kinds of sick people
禾山		héshān	Heshan
早参	早參	zǎocān	morning assembly
忠		zhōng	Loyalty
法师	法師	fǎshī fǎshī fǎshī	Dharma Master / Venerable / a Buddhist monk or nun Venerable Dharma Teacher
延寿堂	延壽堂	yánshòu táng	Yan Shou Hall / Hospice
无云	無雲	wú yún	without clouds
决择	決擇	juézhái	to judge and select
摩诃迦叶	摩訶迦葉	Móhē Jiāyè	Mahākāśyapa / Mahākassapa / kasyapa
罢参	罷參	bàcān bàcān	to complete study to dismiss the assembly
迷津		míjīn	a deluded state
声闻	聲聞	shēngwén shēngwén	Sravaka Realm / Sravaka / Śrāvaka / a distinguished disciple of the Buddha sravaka
大我		dàwǒ	the collective / the whole / the greater self
六通		liù tōng	six supernatural powers
勤苦		qín kǔ	devoted and suffering
难提	難提	Nántí	Nandi
法门	法門	fǎmén fǎmén	dharmaparyāya / dharma gate / a way of teaching the Dharma / a Buddhist teaching / a Dharma door Dharma gate
丹霞		Dānxiá	Danxia
睡眠		shuìmián	torpor / drowsiness / middha
法筵		fǎyán	a seat for teaching the Dharma
师兄	師兄	shīxiōng	Dharma Brother
二禅	二禪	èr chán èr chán	second dhyāna / second jhāna the second dhyana
解空		jiěkōng	to understand emptiness
大智慧		dà zhìhuì	great wisdom and knowledge
麻谷持锡	麻谷持錫	mágǔ chíxī	Magu carrying his ringed staff
辩机	辯機	biànjī biànjī	Bianji Bianji
入定		dìngzhì dìngzhì	entered into meditation / settled / composed / collected of mind to enter into meditation
揩磨		kāi mó	to grind
体用	體用	tǐyòng tǐyòng	the substance of an entity Essence and Influence
恶果	惡果	èguǒ	evil consequence / retribution (in Buddhism)
十二分教		shíèrfēnjiāo	dvādaśaṅga / the twelve divisions of Buddhist literature
挂钵	掛鉢	guàbō	to stay at a temple
僧正		sēngzhèng	sōjō
圆实	圓實	yuán shí	perfect suchness
发菩提心	發菩提心	fā pú tí xīn	bodhicittopāda / initiate the bodhi mind
南泉斩猫	南泉斬猫	nánquán zhǎn māo	Nanquan cuts off delusion
回头	回頭	huítóu	Turn Around
佛国	佛國	Fóguó Fóguó Fóguó	buddhakṣetra / a Buddha land country of the Buddha's birth Buddha Land
相续	相續	xiāngxù	causal connection / continuity of cause and effect / saṃtati
等观	等觀	děng guān	to view all things equally
怨亲	怨親	yuàn qīn yuàn qīn	hate and affection Foes and Kin
老婆禅	老婆禪	lǎopo chán	grandma Chan
多闻	多聞	Duō Wén Duō Wén	learned / one who has heard much Vaisravaṇa / Vaisravaṇa Deva King of the North
藏经	藏經	zàngjīng	Buddhist canon
练若	練若	liànruò	a forest retreat / a secluded place to practice / araṇya / arañña / aranya
宇宙之间	宇宙之間	yǔ zhòu zhī jiān	in time and space
内方	內方	nèi fāng	to protect
回互不回互		huí hù bù huí hù	interacting with one another yet not interacting
正法轮	正法輪	zhèngfǎ lún	Wheel of the True Dharma
焚香		fén xiāng fén xiāng	to burn incense Burning Incense
智识	智識	zhì shí	analytical mind
一食		yī shí	one meal
一乘		yī shèng	ekayāna / one vehicle
宝塔	寶塔	bǎotǎ bǎotǎ	a pagoda / a stupa / a tower Jeweled Stupa
能所		néngsuǒ	ability to transform and transformable
补处	補處	bǔ chù	occupies a vacated place
事相		shìxiāng	phenomenon / esoteric practice
主人翁		zhǔrénwēng	Master
玄觉	玄覺	Xuánjué	Xuanjue
僧伽梨		sēngjiālì	sanghati
佛像		fóxiàng fóxiàng	Buddha Statues / a figure or statue of a Buddha images worshipped by Buddhists
供养	供養	gòngyǎng gòngyǎng	to make offerings / to provide offerings / to worship offering
直岁	直歲	zhí suì	head of assignments
无主	無主	wú zhǔ	impermanence
只园	祇園	Qíyuán qíyuán	Jetavana Grove Jeta Grove / Jetavana
无间地狱	無間地獄	Wú Jiān Dìyù	Avici Hell
面门	面門	miànmén miànmén miànmén	forehead mouth line across the upper lip
寄禅	寄禪	jìchán	Ji Chan
归依佛	歸依佛	guīyī fó	to take refuge in the Buddha
刹那	剎那	chànà chànà	kṣaṇa / an instant ksana
华鬘	華鬘	huàmán	hair tied like a flower
金毛狮子	金毛獅子	jīnmáoshīzi	golden haired lion
拨草瞻风	撥草瞻風	bō cǎo zhān fēng	pulling up weeds seeking the Way
光明		guāngmíng	Brightness
大和尚		dà héshang dà héshang	an abbot / a senior monk master
摩腾	摩騰	móténg	Kasyapamatanga
空性		kōngxìng kōngxìng	śūnyatā ／ emptiness / emptiness of inherent existence Empty Nature
杀人刀活人剑	殺人刀活人劍	shā rén dāo huó rén jiàn	a sword for killing and a life-giving sword
妄想		wàngxiǎng wàngxiǎng	fanciful thinking / deluded thoughts / fantasies / vikalpa delusive thoughts
僧宝	僧寶	sēngbǎo	the jewel of the monastic community
紫金		zǐjīn	polished rose gold
摩尼珠		móní zhū móní zhū	mani jewel / a wish fulfilling jewel Mani Pearl
授记	授記	shòu jì	Vyakarana (prophecies) / a prediction / vyākaraṇa
天人师	天人師	tiānrén shī tiānrén shī	Teacher of Heavenly and Human Beings / the Buddha teacher of heavenly beings and humans
天真		tiānzhēn tiānzhēn	Heaven's truth / natural truth Innocence
僧家		sēngjiā	Saṅgha / Sangha / Buddhist monastic community
阎浮	閻浮	Yǎn Fú Yǎn Fú	Jambudvipa / Jambu-dvipa / Jambu-dipa / the Terrestrial World Jampudiva
一流		yīliú	of the same flow
义天	義天	yì tiān yì tiān	absolute devas Uicheon
四天下		sìtiānxià	the four continents
轮转	輪轉	lúnzhuǎn	Saṃsāra / cycle of life and death
勇		yǒng	Courage
后得智	後得智	hòude zhì hòu dé zhì	aquired wisdom acquired wisdom
众僧	眾僧	zhòngsēng	Saṅgha / Sangha / Buddhist monastic community
没可把	沒可把	méi kě bǎ	nothing to grasp
知道		zhīdào	Knowing

People, places

and other proper nouns

Simplified	Traditional	Pinyin	English
安国	安國	196	Parthia Anguo
阿难	阿難	196	Ānanda / Ananda Ananda
安南		196	Annam Annan
柏		98	cypress / cedar Berlin Bai
百越		66	Bai Yue
百劫		98	Baijie
白下		98	Baixia
百丈		98	Baizhang
巴陵		98	Baling Master Baling
棒教		98	Bon [religion]
保福		98	Baofu
薄伽梵		66	Bhagavat / Bhagavān / Bhagwan / Bhagawan
八月		98	August / the Eighth Month
北斗		98	Great Bear / Big Dipper / Peitou
辩机	辯機	98	Bianji Bianji
碧眼胡		98	Blue-Eyed Barbarian / Bodhidharma
不空		66	Amoghavajra /
參头	參頭	99	Group Leader / Eldest of the Chan Hall
参同契	參同契	99	Harmony of Difference and Sameness / Can Tong Qi
曹溪		99	Caoqi Caoqi
曹山		67	Chaoshan Chaoshan Benji / Benji
禅家	禪家	67	Chan School of Buddhism / Zen
长沙	長沙	67	Changsha
赤水		99	Chishui
池州		99	Chizhou
重显	重顯	67	Chong Xian
春秋		99	Spring and Autumn Period a person's age Chunqiu / Annals of Spring and Autumn spring and autumn
春日		99	Chunri / Chunjih
辞海	辭海	67	Cihai
从江	從江	99	Congjiang
翠微		99	Cuiwei
大迦叶	大迦葉	68	Mahakasyapa / Mahākāśyapa / Mahākassapa / kasyapa
大唐		68	Tang Dynasty
大悲		100	mahākaruṇā / great compassion
大慧		100	Mahāmati mahāprajñā / great wisdom Dahui Zonggao / Zonggao
大梅		100	Damei
大明		100	the sun the moon Da Ming Da Ming reign Ming dynasty
达磨	達磨	100	Bodhidharma
丹霞		68	Mt Danxia Danxia landform Danxia
大乘		68	Mahayana Buddhism / Mahāyāna / Mahāyāna Buddhism Mahayana / Great Vehicle
大冶		100	Daye
大禹		68	Yu the Great
大庾岭	大庾嶺	68	Dayu Mountains
邓	鄧	100	Deng
德山		100	Cuifeng Deshan / Deshan
殿直		100	Duty Attendant
鼎州		68	Dingzhou
地狱	地獄	100	Hell / Hell Realms / Nāraka a hell hell
地藏		68	Ksitigarbha / Kṣitigarbha
东方	東方	100	The East / The Orient
东平	東平	68	Dongping
洞山		100	Dongshan
东山	東山	100	Dongshan
洞庭湖		68	Lake Dongting
东土	東土	100	the East / China
冬至		100	Dongzhi Winter Solstice festival
兜率		68	Tuṣita / Tushita / Tuṣita Heaven
都尉		100	Commander-in-Chief
鹅湖	鵝湖	195	Ehu
峨眉		195	Emei
二月		195	February / the Second Month
法海		70	Dharma sea Fa Hai Fa Hai
法华经	法華經	70	Lotus Sutra / Lotus Sūtra
梵		102	Sanskrit Brahma India brahman pure / sacred Fan Buddhist
梵王		70	Brahma
梵德		102	Brahma Virtue / Brahmadatta
梵天		70	Brahma Heavenly Realm
范阳	范陽	102	Fanyang
法身		70	Dharmakaya / Dharmakāya / Dharma Body Dharma body
法眼		102	dharma eye / dharmacakṣus hōgen Dharma Eye Fayan Fayan School
佛法		102	Dharma / Dhárma / Dhamma / Buddha-Dhárma / Buddhist doctrine the power of the Buddha Buddha's Teaching
佛陀		70	Buddha / the all-enlightened one
傅大士		70	Shanhui Fuxi
涪江		70	Fu River / Fujiang
浮屠		70	Buddha stupa
驸马都尉	駙馬都尉	102	Commandant Escort
郜		103	Gao
高树	高樹	103	Kaoshu
给事	給事	103	official (imperial) position
广南	廣南	71	Guangnan
观音	觀音	71	Guanyin Bodhisattva / Avalokiteśvara / Avalokitesvara / Guanyin Avalokitesvara
桂		103	Guangxi cassia / cinnamon Gui
沩山	溈山	103	Guishan Guishan
过得	過得	103	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	71	Guofeng / Tunes from the States
国师	國師	71	State Preceptor / Guoshi
鼓山		71	Gushan / Kushan
谷神	穀神	103	Harvest God
姑苏	姑蘇	103	Gusu
谷雨	穀雨	103	Guyu
海众	海眾	104	Saṅgha / Saṃgha / Sangha / Buddhist monastic community
海城		104	Haicheng
海晏		104	Haiyan
汉	漢	104	Han Chinese Han Dynasty Milky Way Later Han Dynasty a man / a chap Chinese language Han River
韩	韓	104	Korea / South Korea State of Han fence / low wall Han
汉地	漢地	72	territory of the Han dynasty / homeland of the Han people
韩愈	韓愈	72	Han Yu
邯郸	邯鄲	104	Handan
杭州		72	Hangzhou
含山		104	Hanshan
寒山		104	Hanshan
汉水	漢水	104	Han River
恒河	恆河	104	Ganges River Ganges River Ganges River
横山	橫山	104	Hengshan Yokoyama
禾山		104	Heshan
合水		104	Heshui
淮		104	Huai River
黄巢	黃巢	72	Huang Chao
黄梅	黃梅	72	Huangmei
黄州	黃州	104	Huangzhou
华严	華嚴	72	Avataṃsaka Sūtra / Flower Garland Sutra / Flower Adornment Sutra
惠济	惠濟	104	Huiji
慧敏		104	Haemin
湖南		72	Hunan
霍山		104	Huoshan
火星		72	Mars
虎尾		104	Huwei
冀		106	Hebei to hope Jizhou
伽耶城		74	Bodh Gaya
嘉禾		106	Jiahe
监收	監收	106	Rent Collector
江		106	a large river Yangtze River Jiang Jiangsu Jiang
江北		106	Jiangbei Jiangbei airport Jiangbei
江南		74	Region South of the Yangtze River Jiangnan Jiangnan
江西		106	Jiangxi
夹山	夾山	106	Jiashan Jiashan Jiashan Shanhui
罽賓国	罽賓國	74	Kashmir
寄禅	寄禪	106	Ji Chan
寂灭	寂滅	106	calmness and extinction / Nirvāṇa / Nibbāna / Nirvana Upasannaka
景德		74	Jing De reign
金刚经	金剛經	74	Prajnaparamita Diamond Sutra / Diamond Sutra The Diamond Sutra
净名	淨名	106	Vimalakirti
镜清	鏡清	106	Jingqing
荆山	荊山	106	Mt Jingshan
静山	靜山	106	Cheng San
径山	徑山	106	Jingshan Temple
金华	金華	106	Jinhua
金陵		74	Jinling / Nanjing Jinling / Nanjing
九江		74	Jiujiang
集贤	集賢	106	Jixian
拘留孙	拘留孫	106	Krakucchanda Buddha
巨野		106	Juye
开成	開成	107	Kaicheng
空劫		107	The kalpa of void
空生		107	one who expounded emptiness / Subhuti
孔子		75	Confucius
会稽	會稽	75	Kuaiji Mountain
黎		108	black Li Lebanon Li People numerous / many at the time of State of Li
连城	連城	108	Liancheng
梁		108	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	108	Liangzhe
灵山	靈山	76	Spiritual Mountain Gṛdhrakūtaparvata / Grdhrakuta / Gṛdhrakūṭa / Gijjha-kūta / Vulture Peak
灵宝	靈寶	108	Lingbao
岭南	嶺南	108	Lingnan
灵树	靈樹	108	Lingshu
临济	臨濟	76	Linji School
离石	離石	108	Lishi
六波罗蜜	六波羅蜜	76	Six Pāramitās / Six Perfections
刘秀	劉秀	76	Liu Xiu / Emperor Guangwu of Han
六月		108	June / the Sixth Month
龙安	龍安	108	Longan
龙门	龍門	108	Longmen Dragon Gate a sagely person
龙泉	龍泉	108	Longquan Longquan
龙朔	龍朔	108	Longshuo
陇西	隴西	76	Longxi
鲁	魯	108	Shandong Lu foolish / stupid / rash / vulgar the State of Lu
陆羽	陸羽	76	Lu Yu
洛浦		108	Lop Nahiyisi / Lop county
庐山	廬山	76	Mount Lu / Lushan
卢舍那	盧舍那	76	Locana Buddha
鹿野苑		76	Deer Park Mṛgadāva / Deer Park
马大师	馬大師	109	Mazu Daoyi / Mazu
麻谷		109	Magu Magu
马祖	馬祖	109	Mazu
孟子		77	Mencius / Mengzi Mencius / Mengzi
弥勒	彌勒	109	Maitreya Maitreya
闽	閩	77	Fujian Min dialect Min River Min tribe
明觉禅师语录	明覺禪師語錄	77	Quotations from Chan Master Ming Jue
明旷	明曠	77	Ming Kuang
冥道		109	the gateway to the ghost world
摩诃迦叶	摩訶迦葉	77	Mahākāśyapa / Mahākassapa / kasyapa
摩腾	摩騰	109	Kasyapamatanga
莫言		109	Mo Yan
睦州		109	Muzhou
南江		78	Nan River / Nanma River
南泉		110	Nanquan
南山		110	Nanshan / Daoxuan
难提	難提	78	Nandi
南院		110	Nanyuan
南岳	南嶽	110	Mount Heng Nanyue
衲子		110	Saṅgha / Sangha / Buddhist monastic community
涅槃		78	Final Nirvana / Nirvana / Nirvāṇa / Nibbāna Buddhism in Every Step: Nirvana nirvana
涅槃经	涅槃經	78	Nirvana Sutra Nirvana Sutra
庞公	龐公	112	Pang Gong
裴休		80	Pei Xiu
蓬莱	蓬萊	80	Penglai
毘婆尸		80	Vipaśyin / Vipassī / Vipasyin Buddha
毘耶离	毘耶離	80	Vesālī / Vaisali / Vaissali / Vaishali / City of Vaisali
普		112	common / general / popular / everywhere / universal / extensive Prussia Pu
普安		112	Puan
普贤	普賢	80	Samantabhadra
钱塘	錢塘	81	Qiantang
秦		113	Shaanxi Qin Dynasty State of Qin Qin
清河		113	Qinghe
清源	淸源	81	Quanyuan
七星		113	Qixing
只园	祇園	81	Jetavana Grove Jeta Grove / Jetavana
七月		113	July / the Seventh Month
仁王经	仁王經	82	Renwang Jing / Scripture for Humane Kings
仁和		114	Renhe
人天眼目		82	Rentian Yan Mu Eyes of Heaven and Earth
日南		114	Rinan
汝		114	you / thou Ru River Ru
如来	如來	82	Thus-Come (tathagata) / Tathāgata / Thus Come One Tathagata
三身		83	Trikaya
三藏		83	Tripitaka Tripitaka / Tripiṭaka / Tipitaka Buddhist Canon
三山		115	Sanshan
三星		115	Sanxing
三自		115	Three-Self Patriotic Movement
善财	善財	83	Sudhana Sudhana
上高		115	Shanggao
善来	善來	115	Svāgata / Sāgata
山形		115	Yamagata
韶山		115	Shaoshan
韶阳	韶陽	115	Shaoyang
舍利弗		83	Sariputra / Śariputra / Sariputta
神清		83	Shen Qing
声闻	聲聞	115	Sravaka Realm / Sravaka / Śrāvaka / a distinguished disciple of the Buddha sravaka
神龙	神龍	115	Shenlong
釋道安	釋道安	83	Shi Dao An Shi Dao An
石虎		83	Shi Hu
石屏		115	Shiping
石城		115	Shicheng
史馆	史館	115	Historiography Institute
释迦	釋迦	115	Sakyamuni
石门	石門	115	Shimen / Shihmen
石霜		115	Shishuang Shishuang
世尊		83	World-Honored One / Bhagavat / Bhagavān / Buddha
首座		115	Shouzuo / Rector / Chief Seat chief
蜀		115	Sichuan Shu Kingdom
双溪	雙溪	115	Shuangxi or Shuanghsi
舜		83	Emperor Shun
数人	數人	115	Sarvāstivāda
四明		83	Si Ming
四月		115	April / the Fourth Month
宋		115	Song dynasty Song Liu Song Dynasty
宋太宗		83	Emperor Taizong of Song
松山		115	Songshan / Sungshan
肃宗	肅宗	83	Emperor Suzong of Tang Suzong
随州	隨州	115	Suizhou
苏州	蘇州	115	Suzhou
肃宗帝	肅宗帝	83	Emperor Suzong of Tang
太白		84	Taebaek
太守		116	Governor
太阿		116	Tai e
太保		84	Grand Protector
太湖		116	Taihu
太极	太極	116	Supreme Ultimate too extreme Heaven / World of the Immortals Taiji
太原		84	Taiyuan
唐宪宗	唐憲宗	84	Emperor Xianzong of Tang
天平		84	Tian Ping
天圣	天聖	84	Tian Sheng / reign of Emperor Renzong of Song
天皇		84	Japanese Emperor
天人师	天人師	116	Teacher of Heavenly and Human Beings / the Buddha teacher of heavenly beings and humans
天台		84	Tiantai / T'ien-tai Tiantai / Tiantai School
天长	天長	116	Tianchang
田中		116	Tienchung Tanaka
天竺		84	the Indian subcontinent
铁围山	鐵圍山	84	Cakravada-parvata / Iron Wall Mountain
提婆宗		84	School of Nāgārjuna
投子		116	Touzi
皖		119	Anhui Wan
王臣		119	Wang Chen
望江		119	Wangjiang
王舍城		87	Rājagṛha / Rajgir / Rajagrha / Rājagaha
万寿	萬壽	119	Manju
沩	溈	119	Wei / Wei River
惟盖竺	惟蓋竺	87	Wei Gai Zhu
维摩	維摩	87	Vimalakirti Vimalakirti
文公		119	Wengong / Lord Wen of Lu
文殊		87	Mañjuśrī / Manjushri / Manjusri Manjusri
温州	溫州	87	Wenzhou
吴	吳	119	Wu Jiangsu Wu Wu dialect Eastern Wu to speak loudly
无间地狱	無間地獄	87	Avici Hell
无诤三昧	無諍三昧	119	Samādhi of Non-contention
婺城		119	Wucheng
乌臼	烏臼	119	Wujiu
悟空		119	Sun Wukong
武陵		119	Wuling
乌石岭	烏石嶺	119	Wushi Peak
武威		119	Wuwei
五月		119	May / the Fifth Month
羲		120	Fu Xi Xi
奚		120	what? / where? / why? a slave / a servant Kumo Xi / Xi / Tatabi Kumo Xi / Xi / Tatabi Xi
西堂		120	Senior Instructor
西庵		88	Senior Instructor
湘		120	Hunan Xiang dialect
翔凤	翔鳳	120	Comac ARJ21
相国	相國	120	Chancellor of State
香林		120	Xianglin
相如		120	Xiangru
香严	香嚴	120	Xiangyan
襄阳	襄陽	88	Xiangyang Xangyang
咸平	鹹平	120	Xianping
校书	校書	120	Collator
西江		88	Xijiang
新丰	新豐	120	Xinfeng
兴化	興化	120	Xinghua
行思		120	Xingsi
新和		120	Toqsu nahiyisi / Xinhe county
新罗	新羅	88	Silla
新州		120	Xinzhou
西山		120	Western Hills Aparaśaila
西天		88	India / Indian continent
徐		120	xu slowly / gently Xu Xuzhou
虚堂	虛堂	88	Xu Tang
玄觉	玄覺	88	Xuanjue
玄沙		120	Xuan Sha / Hsuan sha / Shi Bei
雪窦	雪竇	88	Xue Dou
雪峯		120	Xuefeng
须弥	須彌	88	Mt Meru / Sumeru
须弥山	須彌山	88	Mount Sumeru / Mount Meru Mount Sumeru
须菩提	須菩提	120	Subhuti / Subhūti Subhuti
阎浮	閻浮	89	Jambudvipa / Jambu-dvipa / Jambu-dipa / the Terrestrial World Jampudiva
颜回	顏回	89	Yan Hui
阳春	陽春	121	Yangchun
仰山		89	Yangshan Yangshan Huiji
盐官	鹽官	121	Salt Bureau Yanguan Yanguan / Qi An
延寿堂	延壽堂	121	Yan Shou Hall / Hospice
尧	堯	121	Yao
药山	藥山	121	Yaoshan
崖州		121	Yazhou
一乘		121	ekayāna / one vehicle
鄞		121	Yin
郢		121	Ying
伊索		89	Aesop
以太		121	Ether-
永嘉		89	Yongjia Yongjia Yongjia
永丰	永豐	121	Yongfeng
永嘉大师	永嘉大師	121	Venerable Master Yongjia
禹		121	Emperor Yu Yu a legendary worm
玉兔		89	the Jade Hare / the Moon Rabbit / the moon
园头	園頭	121	Head Gardener
越州		89	Yuezhou
渔父	漁父	121	Yufu / The Fisherman
余杭	餘杭	121	Yuhang / Hangzhou
云	雲	121	cloud Yunnan Yun
云汉	雲漢	121	Milky Way
云和	雲和	121	Yunhe
云和	雲和	121	Yunhe
云居	雲居	121	Yunju Yunju
云门	雲門	121	Yunmen Wenyan Yunmen School
云巖	雲巖	121	Yunyan
雨山		121	Yushan
藏主		122	Librarian / Chief of Sutra Repository
长庆	長慶	122	Changqing
赵	趙	122	Zhao Zhao Dynasty State of Zhao to rush to visit Zhao to dig
赵州	趙州	122	Zhouzhou Zhouzhou / Zhouzhou Congshen
浙		122	Zhejiang Zhe River
正法轮	正法輪	122	Wheel of the True Dharma
知客		122	Guest Prefect receptionist
智觉禅师	智覺禪師	122	Chan Master Zhijue / State Preceptor Zhongfeng
智藏		122	Xitang Zhizang / Zhizang
中行		122	Bank of China
中说	中說	122	Zhong Shuo
中原		122	the Central Plains of China
众僧	眾僧	122	Saṅgha / Sangha / Buddhist monastic community
中山		122	Dr Sun Yat-sen / Zhongshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong, close to Sun Yat-sen's birthplace / Nakayama (Japanese surname) Zhongshan Nakayama
中天		122	Central North India
昼	晝	122	daytime Zhou Zhou
竺		122	Zhu India bamboo
庄周	莊周	90	Zhuang Zi / Zhuang Zhou
诸生	諸生	122	Imperial scholar from the Ming Dynasty onwards
资福	資福	122	Zifu
资圣寺	資聖寺	90	Zisheng Temple
紫微		122	Purple Subtlety
宗门	宗門	90	Chan School of Buddhism / Zen religious school

Glossary

Buddhist terminology, except the proper nouns listed above. Number of terms: 541.

Simplified	Traditional	Pinyin	English
阿练若	阿練若	196	a forest retreat / a secluded place to practice / araṇya / arañña / aranya
庵		196	a Buddhist monastery or nunnery
菴		196	a Buddhist nunnery / a Buddhist convent a thatched cottage
菴主	庵主	196	supervising nun
菴主	庵主	196	supervising nun Head of the Nunnery
安禅	安禪	196	to do sitting meditation
安隐	安隱	196	tranquil Kshama / Kṣama / Kṣema
罢参	罷參	98	to complete study to dismiss the assembly
白月		98	first half of the month / śuklapakṣa
棒喝		98	to strike and shout at a student stick and shout
半偈		98	half a verse
宝相	寶相	98	Excellent Marks
报佛	報佛	98	saṃbhogakāya / sambhogakaya / enjoyment body / reward body
宝华	寶華	98	flowers / jeweled flowers Treasure Flower
宝塔	寶塔	98	a pagoda / a stupa / a tower Jeweled Stupa
本分宗师	本分宗師	98	true master
本来无一物	本來無一物	98	Originally not a thing existed
本生		98	Jataka / stories of the Buddha’s previous lives / jātaka
遍参	遍參	98	travel and study
苾刍	苾芻	98	a monk / a bhikkhu
碧岩	碧巖	98	blue cliff
钵	鉢	98	an alms bowl / patra / pātra / patta bo
拨草瞻风	撥草瞻風	98	pulling up weeds seeking the Way
般若		98	Prajna-wisdom / prajñā / prajna / great wisdom Prajñā Prajna Wisdom prajna
般若体	般若體	98	Prajna body
般若波罗蜜	般若波羅蜜	66	Prajñāpāramitā / Prajnaparamita / Perfection of Wisdom Prajñāpāramitā
般若波罗蜜多	般若波羅蜜多	98	prajnaparamita / prajñāpāramitā / perfection of the highest form of wisdom
钵盂	鉢盂	98	alms bowl
补处	補處	98	occupies a vacated place
不动尊	不動尊	98	Acala
不生不灭	不生不滅	98	neither arises nor extinguishes
不生		98	nonarising / anutpāda nonarising / anutpāda
不信		98	disbelief / lack of faith
参堂	參堂	99	initiation to the services
参学	參學	99	to be a visiting monastic / to study travel and learn
草裏汉	草裏漢	99	a person in the weeds
禅床	禪床	99	meditation mat
禅林	禪林	67	Chan temple / Zen temple
禅寺	禪寺	67	Chan temple / Zen temple
禅院	禪院	67	a Chan temple / a Zen temple
刹那	剎那	99	kṣaṇa / an instant ksana
禅板	禪板	99	meditation brace
禅定	禪定	99	Meditative Concentration / meditation to meditate meditative concentration
禅客	禪客	99	a Chan student
禅那	禪那	99	meditation
禅师	禪師	99	Chan Master / Zen Master / Seon Master Chan master
禅悅	禪悅	99	Chan delight / meditative joy joy of Chan Joy of Meditation
成道		99	Awakening / to become enlightened / to become a Buddha
尘劳	塵勞	99	the concerns of secular life affliction
癡		99	confusion / stupidity / naivety / delusion / moha ignorant / stupid
付嘱	付囑	99	to entrust to
初心		99	to make a vow to acheive supreme enlightenment / to act with bodhicitta the initial mind
传法	傳法	99	to transmit the Dharma Dharma transmission
噇酒糟		99	drinking dregs
垂示		99	chuishi / introductory pointer
垂语	垂語	99	chuishi / pointer
出家		99	leaving home / to become a monk or nun to renounce
慈悲		99	compassion / loving-kindness / benevolence / mettā / metta to resolve / to settle Compassion loving-kindness and compassion Have compassion
丛林	叢林	99	Buddhist monastery jungle / thicket / forest monastery
啐啄		99	pecking the shell [to help the chick] to break out
大慈		100	great loving-kindness / great compassion
大慈大悲		100	great mercy and great compassion great compassion and great loving-kindness
大慈寺		100	Da Ci Temple
大和尚		100	an abbot / a senior monk master
大千		100	trisāhasramahāsāhasralokadhātu / a great chiliocosm / trichiliocosm / the cosmos
大智慧		100	great wisdom and knowledge
丹霄独步	丹霄獨步	100	to walk alone under a red sky
道场	道場	100	place of practice / a Dharma center place of enlightenment / seat of enlightenment / bodhimanda / bodhimaṇḍa place for spiritual practice
道人		100	a Buddhist monk a devotee / a practioner / a follower Traveler of the Way
大我		100	the collective / the whole / the greater self
大悟		100	great awakening / great enlightenment
大仙		100	a great sage / a saint
大雄		100	great hero / mahāvīra Great Hero Monthly Great Hero Monthly
等观	等觀	100	to view all things equally
地上		100	above the ground
颠倒	顛倒	100	delusion / error / inversion / reversal / viparyāsa to turn upside-down / to reverse / to invert psychologically mixed up / confused to overthrow to the contrary only up-side down
定慧		100	meditative wisdom Concentration and Wisdom
顶门眼	頂門眼	100	forehead eye
入定		100	entered into meditation / settled / composed / collected of mind to enter into meditation
第一义	第一義	100	paramārtha / paramārthasatya ／ absolute truth / supreme truth Ultimate Truth
动着	動著	100	to waver / to move
度僧		100	to lead to become a monastic
端坐		100	to sit in a posture for meditation
顿悟	頓悟	100	sudden enlightenment / sudden awakening sudden enlightenment
多闻	多聞	68	learned / one who has heard much Vaisravaṇa / Vaisravaṇa Deva King of the North
恶道	惡道	195	an evil rebirth / an evil destiny / an unfortunate rebirth / hell evil path
恶果	惡果	195	evil consequence / retribution (in Buddhism)
恩德		196	kindness / benevolence / favor / grace
二禅	二禪	195	second dhyāna / second jhāna the second dhyana
二根		195	two roots
二三		195	six non-Buddhist philosophers
二乘		195	the two vehicles
二门	二門	195	two gates / two teachings
法海		70	Dharma sea Fa Hai Fa Hai
发菩提心	發菩提心	102	bodhicittopāda / initiate the bodhi mind
法僧		102	a monk who recites mantras
法相		102	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		102	Dharma seat
法宝	法寶	102	the Buddha's teaching a Buddhist monk's apparel, staff etc Fa Bao Dharma treasure
法灯	法燈	102	a Dharma lamp
法号	法號	102	Dharma name Dharma Name
法会	法會	102	a Dharma service / an assembly / dharma-saṃgīti
法界		102	a dharma realm / a dhárma realm ／ dharmadhatu ／ dharmadhātu tathatā / suchness / inherent nature / true nature / tathata Dharma Realm
法门	法門	102	dharmaparyāya / dharma gate / a way of teaching the Dharma / a Buddhist teaching / a Dharma door Dharma gate
凡圣	凡聖	102	the ordinary and the divine Ordinary and Sagely
梵呗	梵唄	102	Buddhist hymn / fanbei / buddhist chanting Buddhist Chanting Buddhist hymn
凡夫		102	an ordinary person / pṛthagjana
方外		102	monastic life
方丈		102	an abbot a room a square zhang in area Fangzhang Abbot
法器		102	a Dharma instrument Dharma instrument
法师	法師	102	Dharma Master / Venerable / a Buddhist monk or nun a Taoist priest Venerable Dharma Teacher
法堂		102	a Dharma hall Fo Guang Shan Founder's Quarters Dharma Hall
法眼		102	dharma eye / dharmacakṣus hōgen Dharma Eye Fayan Fayan School
法筵		102	a seat for teaching the Dharma
法雨		102	Dharma rain Dharma Rain
法战	法戰	102	fazhan / encounter dialog / Dharma combat
非思量		102	Without Thinking not thinking
飞天	飛天	102	an apsara / something that flies
非我		102	selflessness / non-self / anātman / anattā
焚香		102	to burn incense Burning Incense
佛国土	佛國土	70	buddhakṣetra / a Buddha land Buddha's country
佛见	佛見	102	correct views of Buddhist teachings
佛刹	佛剎	102	a Buddhist pillar Buddhakṣetra / a Buddha field / a Buddha land temple / monastery
佛性		70	buddhadhātu / Buddha-nature
佛言		70	the Buddha said buddhavacana / the teachings of the Buddha
佛祖		70	the Buddha and patriarch Buddhas
佛宝	佛寶	102	the treasure of the Buddha
佛国	佛國	70	buddhakṣetra / a Buddha land country of the Buddha's birth Buddha Land
佛家		70	the community of Buddhists / Saṅgha places of the Buddha and bodhisattvas / temples
佛事		102	a Buddha ceremony / a Buddhist ritual
佛像		102	Buddha Statues / a figure or statue of a Buddha images worshipped by Buddhists
扶篱摸壁	扶籬摸壁	102	leaning against a fence, groping along a wall
浮生		102	the world of the living / the impermanent world
浮世		102	the world of the living / the impermanent world
拂子		102	a fly whisk
干城	乾城	103	city of the gandharvas
甘露		103	sweet dew / ambrosia / the nectar of immortality / amṛta Nectar Nectar nectar
竿木		103	a staff
绀园	紺園	103	temple / monastery
公案		103	koan / kōan / gong'an a case / a trial an office counter / an official desk a gongan story gong'an
功德		103	guṇa / achievements and virtue / merit puṇya / puñña merit
功德聚		103	stupa
供养	供養	103	to make offerings / to provide offerings / to worship to provide for one's elders / to support one's parents to make offerings / to provide offerings / to worship offering
古镜	古鏡	103	mirrors of old
挂钵	掛鉢	103	to stay at a temple
官不容针	官不容針	103	officially, not even a needle is admitted
灌顶	灌頂	103	abhiseka / abhisecana / anointment / consecration consecration Anointment Guanding
观门	觀門	103	the gate of contemplation
鬼窟裏		103	inside a ghost cave / in an unhealthy mental state
归依佛	歸依佛	103	to take refuge in the Buddha
果报	果報	103	vipāka / the result of karma / indirect effect
孤起		103	Gatha (verses)
海会	海會	104	assembly of monastics assembly of saints cemetery
河沙		104	the sand of the River Ganges / as numerous as grains of sand in the River Ganges
何似生		104	Compared to what?
黑月		104	second half of the month / kṛṣṇapakṣa
和尚		104	an abbot / a monk Most Venerable
何似		104	Comparison to what?
合掌		104	to join palms to join palms
吽		104	hum / hūṃ to bellow dull / stupid
后五	後五	104	following five hundred years
后得智	後得智	104	aquired wisdom acquired wisdom
化佛		104	a Buddha image
华鬘	華鬘	104	hair tied like a flower
幻化		104	to be transformed / to metamorphose to be illusory
化主		104	lord of transformation
回互不回互		104	interacting with one another yet not interacting
偈		106	gatha / hymn / verse martial brave hasty
迦		106	jia
迦罗	迦羅	106	kala / kāla
见大	見大	106	the element of visibility
箭锋	箭鋒	106	arrowheads
监寺	監寺	106	supervising monk / temple director / temple supervisor Superintendent (of a temple)
见性	見性	106	to see one's true nature / to realize one's Buddha nature Seeing One's Nature
见处	見處	106	dwelling in wrong views
见佛	見佛	106	to see the Buddha Seeing the Buddha
讲堂	講堂	106	a lecture hall lecture hall
教外别传	教外別傳	106	transmission apart from teachings
教化		106	transformative teaching / to enlighten a beggar to beg Teach and Transform
袈裟		106	kasaya / kaṣāya kasaya
截断天下人舌头	截斷天下人舌頭	106	cut off the speech of everyone in the world
劫火		106	a large destructive fire
解空		106	to understand emptiness
界内	界內	106	within a region / within the confines
解脱	解脫	106	liberation / emancipation / vimokṣa liberation
解脱门	解脫門	106	the doors of deliverance / vimokṣadvāra Gate of Perfect Ease
金轮	金輪	106	kancana-mandala / cakra-ratna
境界		106	viṣaya / object / sphere / region / realm of objects / state
净洁	淨潔	106	pure
净瓶	淨瓶	106	a vase / a jar Purity Vase
金毛狮子	金毛獅子	106	golden haired lion
金身		106	golden body
尽十方世界	盡十方世界	106	everywhere
金田		106	Buddhist temple
偈颂	偈頌	106	to chant
举一明三	舉一明三	106	to understand the whole thing when one aspect is brought up
决择	決擇	106	to judge and select
举古	舉古	106	juze / jugu/ to discuss a koan
居士		106	a lay person / a male lay Buddhist householder
俱胝		106	koti / one hundred million / a very large number Judi
揩磨		107	to grind
开士	開士	107	one on the way to enlightenment / bodhisattva
开山	開山	107	to open a monastery to cut into a mountain / to open a mine 1. Founder (for monasteries) - title; 2. to found/establish a monastery - term.
开悟	開悟	107	to become enlightened / to have an awakening enlightenment / bodhi Buddhahood to awaken
勘过	勘過	107	put to the test
客尘	客塵	107	external taint
空空		107	the emptiness of emptiness / the delusion of emptiness
空寂		107	śūnyatā ／ emptiness / emptiness of inherent existence
空性		107	śūnyatā ／ emptiness / emptiness of inherent existence Empty Nature
空虚	空虛	107	śūnyatā ／ emptiness / emptiness of inherent existence
苦海		107	sea of suffering / abyss of worldly suffering ocean of suffering
愧		107	shame / decorum / propriety to be ashamed
苦行		107	to practice ascetism austerity
老和尚		108	Elder Most Venerable
老僧		108	an old monk
老死		108	Aging and death / old age and death
老胡		108	old foreigner
老婆禅	老婆禪	108	grandma Chan
了别	了別	108	to distinguish / to discern
历劫	歷劫	108	to pass through a kalpa
离微	離微	108	transcendence and subtlety
练若	練若	108	a forest retreat / a secluded place to practice / araṇya / arañña / aranya
寥廓		108	serene and boundless
寮舍		108	a monastic residence
利生		108	to help all living beings
利他		108	to help others / to be altruistic / parārtha Benefiting Others
六尘	六塵	76	six sense objects / Six Dusts
六通		108	six supernatural powers
落发	落髮	108	to shave the head
麻谷持锡	麻谷持錫	109	Magu carrying his ringed staff
买草鞋行脚	買草鞋行脚	109	buy straw sandals and set out on a pilgrimage
盲引众盲	盲引眾盲	109	a blind person leading another
没可把	沒可把	109	nothing to grasp
门人	門人	109	disciple a hanger-on
面门	面門	109	forehead mouth line across the upper lip
妙峯顶	妙峯頂	109	wonderful summit
妙果		109	wonderful fruit
妙心		109	Wondrous Mind
妙用		109	skillful use / magical use
迷津		109	a deluded state the wrong way to lose the way a maze / a labyrinth
明禅	明禪	109	Clarity of Chan
明心		109	an enlightened mind A Clear Mind
明眼衲僧		109	an aware Chan monastic
明相		109	early dawn Aruṇa
迷悟		109	delusion and awareness Ignorance and Enlightenment
摩顶	摩頂	109	to make a prediction about becoming a Buddha to lay the hand on the top of the head
莫妄想		109	think no delusive thoughts
摩竭		109	makara
摩尼珠		109	mani jewel / a wish fulfilling jewel Mani Pearl
衲僧		110	a patch-robed monk / a Chan monastic
衲衣		110	monastic robes
南泉斩猫	南泉斬猫	110	Nanquan cuts off delusion
内方	內方	110	to protect
能别	能別	110	predicate / qualifier / visesana
能所		110	ability to transform and transformable
逆顺	逆順	110	resisting and complying / disobeying and obeying
拈香		110	to burn incense Offering Incense
拈古		110	a brief comment / niangu
贫道	貧道	112	humble monk
普观	普觀	112	contemplation of oneself reborn in the Pure Land
普天普地		112	everywhere throughout Heaven and earth
普请	普請	112	communal labor Universally Inviting
菩萨	菩薩	112	bodhisatta Bodhisattva Realm bodhisattva
菩提		112	bodhi / enlightenment / awakening bodhi
菩提心		112	bodhicitta / aspiration to enlightenment bodhi mind
蒲团	蒲團	112	a meditation mat Cushion
七穿八穴		113	seven holes and eight openings
七圣	七聖	113	seven sacred graces
千佛		113	thousand Buddhas
千山万水	千山萬水	113	Over Mountains and Across Rivers
钳鎚	鉗鎚	113	pliers and hammers
勤苦		113	devoted and suffering
情识	情識	113	emotional consciousness
清规	清規	113	monastic rules Pure Rule
清净法眼	清淨法眼	113	pure dharma eye
穷诸玄辩	窮諸玄辯	113	to fathom all deep discussions
秋月		113	Autumn Moon
曲木据位	曲木據位	113	chair of rank
权实	權實	113	the expedient and the ultimately true
权化	權化	113	avatāra / appearance of a deity upon earth
全机	全機	113	entire capacity
劝请	勸請	113	to request / to implore
群生		113	all living beings
人见	人見	114	the view of a person / view of a self
人稀		114	people are few
人相		114	the notion of a person
人天		114	the six realms / all living things humans and devas
仁者		114	compassionate one / benevolent one / a compassionate person
日月星		114	sun, moon and star
如击石火	如擊石火	114	like sparks from striking a stone
入涅槃		114	to enter Nirvāṇa
入室		114	to enter the master's study to enter the master's study for examination or instruction
如来藏	如來藏	82	Buddha-nature / Buddha-dhatu / Buddha Principle / Tathāgatagarbha tathatā / suchness / inherent nature / true nature / tathata Tathagatagarbha
入涅		114	to enter Nirvāṇa / to pass away
三宝	三寶	115	The Triple Gem / triple gem / three treasures / ratnatraya
三门	三門	115	Three Gates / temple gate / temple
三千		115	three thousand-fold
三乘		115	three vehicles / triyāna / triyana Three Vehicles
三生		115	three lives / three rebirths Three Lifetimes
三世		115	past, present, and future Three Periods of Time
三世诸佛	三世諸佛	115	the Buddhas of past, present, and future
三匝		115	to circumambulate three times
三藏圣教	三藏聖教	83	Buddhist canon
三际	三際	115	past, present, and future
三昧		115	samādhi / concentrated meditation / mental concentration samadhi
色尘	色塵	115	sight / sight sense objects
僧		115	a monk Sangha / monastic community saṅgha / saṃgha / Buddhist community
僧腊	僧臘	115	Dharma year / years since ordination monastic seniority
僧俗		115	monastics and laypeople
僧宝	僧寶	115	the jewel of the monastic community
僧家		115	Saṅgha / Sangha / Buddhist monastic community
僧伽梨		115	sanghati
僧堂		115	monastic hall
僧正		115	sōjō
僧众	僧眾	115	the monastic community / the sangha
杀人刀活人剑	殺人刀活人劍	115	a sword for killing and a life-giving sword
沙门	沙門	115	a Buddhist monk / a wandering monk / a shramana / a sramana / renunciant / mendicant the Shramana movement / wandering ascetic sramana
沙弥	沙彌	115	Sramanera / śrāmaṇera / a novice Buddhist monk sramanera
善说	善說	115	well expounded
善因		115	Wholesome Cause
闪电光	閃電光	115	a flash of lightening
上士		83	an advanced disciple Sergeant
上堂		115	ascend to the [Dharma] hall to eat a communinal meal in a temple hall superior rooms
上人		115	shangren / senior monastic supreme teacher
上座		115	sthavira / elder
山门	山門	115	temple main gate / mountain gate a Buddhist temple
山僧		115	mountain monastic
善思		115	thoughtfulness / wholesome thinking
善知识	善知識	115	Dharma Friends / kalyāṇamitra / kalyāṇamitta / kalyanamitra
阇	闍	115	Buddhist monk defensive platform over gate / barbican
舍利		115	ashes or relics after cremation an egret relic
阇梨	闍梨	115	ācārya / teacher
阇黎	闍黎	115	ācārya / a religious teacher
绳床	繩床	115	sitting mat / pīṭha
昇天		115	rise to heaven
生生		115	the cycle of rebirth generation after generation uninterupted growth to earn a living to live truly still alive
生死海		115	the ocean of Saṃsāra
陞座		115	to address the assembly / to give a lecture
神通		115	a spiritual power / supernatural powers / a remarkable ability / a magical power supernatural power
施		115	the practice of selfless giving / dāna to act / to do / to execute / to carry out to give / to grant to exert to apply Shi
十地		115	Ten Grounds of Bodhisattva Path / Ten Grounds / the ten grounds of the bodhisattva path / daśabhūmi
十方		115	the ten directions The Ten Directions
十身调御	十身調御	115	Taming the Ten Bodies
是什么语话	是什麼語話	115	what kind of talk is this?
示众云	示眾云	115	preface directed to the assembly
十二分教		115	dvādaśaṅga / the twelve divisions of Buddhist literature
十方世界		115	the worlds in all ten directions
事相		115	phenomenon / esoteric practice
示众	示眾	115	to teach / to instruct the Sangha
施主		115	an alms giver / a donor benefactor
师子吼	師子吼	115	lion’s roar
授记	授記	115	Vyakarana (prophecies) / a prediction / vyākaraṇa
受戒		115	to take precepts Take the Precepts
数珠	數珠	115	prayer beads / rosary
寺		115	temple / monastery / vihāra court / office
四禅	四禪	115	the four meditations / the four dhyānas / the four jhānas fourth dhyāna / fourth jhāna
四华	四華	115	four divine flowers
私通车马	私通車馬	115	privately, even a cart and horse can pass
四维	四維	115	the four half points of the compass four social bonds
似一滴投于巨壑	似一滴投於巨壑	115	like a drop of water thrown into the sea
四众	四眾	115	the fourfold assembly / the four communities
四大		115	the four great seeds / the four great elements / mahābhūta Way, Heaven, Earth, and Ruler the four great freedoms
死汉	死漢	115	dead person
死尸	死屍	115	a corpse
四天下		115	the four continents
颂古	頌古	115	songgu / attached verse
随分	隨分	115	according to the part assigned / according to lot according to ability Dharmatāra Sūtra according to (one's) allotment
随情	隨情	115	compliant
俗姓		115	secular surname
塔		116	a pagoda / a stupa a tower
贪	貪	116	greed / desire / craving / trsnā / taṇhā embezzled Greed / passion / desire / rāga to be greedy / to covet
檀越		116	an alms giver / a donor
天不能盖	天不能蓋	116	it cannot be covered by the sky
天华	天華	116	divine flowers
天龙	天龍	116	all devas, dragons, and other dieties / the eight kinds of demigods
天童		116	a divine youth
天衣		116	the garments of a celestial being / celestial garments
天鼓		116	deva drum
天下衲僧		116	patch-robed monks throughout the land
体空	體空	116	the emptiness of substance
体用	體用	116	the substance of an entity Essence and Influence
同参	同參	116	fellow students
透网金鳞	透網金鱗	116	the golden fish that got through the net
头陀	頭陀	116	elimination of defilements through ascetic practice / dhutaṅga austerities
涂毒鼓	塗毒鼓	116	a drum smeared with poison
退屈		116	to yield / to retreat / to regress
拖泥带水	拖泥帶水	116	trailing mud and saoked with water
外道问佛	外道問佛	119	a non-Buddhist questions the Buddha
外道		119	non-Buddhist an outsider emphasis on formal politeness with lack of sincerity Heretics
万法	萬法	119	myriad phenomena / all things
晚参	晚參	119	evening assembly
未曾有		119	Abdhutadharma (miracles) Never Before
唯我独尊	唯我獨尊	119	I alone am the honored one
唯嫌拣择	唯嫌揀擇	119	only avoid discrimination
微尘	微塵	119	an atom dust / a minute particle fine dust
维那	維那	119	weinuo / karmadana / vinaya master / discipline master karmadana
沩山水牯牛	溈山水牯牛	119	Guishan's water buffalo
问疾	問疾	119	asking about a sickness
我见	我見	119	the view of a self
我有		119	the illusion of the existence of self
我语	我語	119	ātmavāda / notions of a self
无二	無二	119	advaya / nonduality / not two
五观	五觀	119	The Five Contemplations
无门	無門	119	Non-Existing Gate
无明烦恼	無明煩惱	119	Ignorance
五乘		119	five vehicles
五通		119	five supernatural powers / pañca-abhijnā
五下		119	five lower fetters
五欲	五慾	119	the five desires the five desires
无云	無雲	119	without clouds
五众	五眾	119	five aggregates / five skandhas / five groups of existence / five groups of clinging
无主	無主	119	impermanence
无缝塔	無縫塔	119	a seamless tower
无间业	無間業	119	unremitting karma
无量劫	無量劫	119	innumerable kalpas / uncountable eons
无量义	無量義	119	the doctrine of all things the Mahāyāna canon
无量众生	無量眾生	119	innumerable beings
无生	無生	119	anutpāda / unproduced / non-arising No-Birth
无心	無心	119	no-mind unintentional No-Mind
无余	無餘	119	without remainder / niravaśeṣa not excessive
无住	無住	119	non-attachment / non-abiding non-abiding
西来意	西來意	120	the purpose of coming to the West
系驴橛	繫驢橛	120	donkey-tethering post
下士		88	an initial disciple / an initial spiritual trainee Lance Corporal
现前	現前	120	to manifest in the present / to present before the eyes
仙陀客		120	worthy interpreter
香华	香華	120	incense and flowers
香积	香積	120	Fragrance Accumulation accumulated fragrance
相待		120	interdependence / mutual dependence to entertain
相续	相續	120	causal connection / continuity of cause and effect / saṃtati
小叁	小參	120	small assembly / a small group
下语	下語	120	zhuoyu / annotation / capping phrase
薪尽火灭	薪盡火滅	120	with the fuel consumed the fire is extinguished
心心		120	the mind and mental conditions
行脚	行腳	120	to walk / travelling / wandering Travel by Foot to travel [by foot]
信士		120	a disciple, a male disciple an honest man
心行		120	mental activity
心印		120	mind seal
选佛场	選佛場	120	1. Gateway to Practice; 2. Buddha Selection Court Buddha selection court
玄象		120	mystical schemata
选佛	選佛	120	choosing a Buddha / choosing a Buddhist master / meditating
玄沙三种病人	玄沙三種病人	120	Xuansha on three kinds of sick people
虚妄	虛妄	120	not real / illusory
言教		121	ability to understand etymology and usage of words / nirukti
宴坐		121	sitting meditation / to meditate in seclusion
药病相治	藥病相治	121	the interrelation between medicine and disease
业相	業相	121	karma-lakṣaṇa
野狐精		121	a fox spirit
一尘	一塵	121	a grain of dust / a single particle
一佛		121	one Buddha
一箇棺材两箇死汉	一箇棺材兩箇死漢	121	one coffin, two corpses
一喝		121	a call / a shout
一喝不作一喝用		121	a shout does not function as a shout
一会	一會	121	one assembly / one meeting
一口吞尽	一口吞盡	121	swallow all in one gulp
一念		121	one moment / one instant one thought one thought
一食		121	one meal
一宿觉	一宿覺	121	enlightenment in one night
义天	義天	121	absolute devas Uicheon
一味禅	一味禪	121	Chan of one taste
一微尘	一微塵	121	a particle of dust
一匝		121	to make a full circle
一智		121	knowledge of all aspects / all embracing wisdom / sarvākārajñatā / sarvakarajnata
一指头禅	一指頭禪	121	single finger Chan
一只眼	一隻眼	121	single eye
一宗		121	one sect / one school
衣钵	衣鉢	121	robe and bowl
一大藏教		121	all the teachings in the whole canon
一代时教	一代時教	121	the teachings of an entire lifetime
一法		121	one dharma / one thing
意根		121	the mind sense
一境		121	one realm
一句		121	a phrase / one sentence a sentence
阴入	陰入	121	aggregates and sense fields
应机	應機	121	Opportunities
音声	音聲	121	sound
因缘	因緣	121	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		121	a date / a fixed time a lifetime one moment of time
一切法		121	all dharmas / all things / sarvadharma all phenomena
一音		121	one sound / the sound of the Buddha one voice
用大		121	great in function
永劫		121	an eternity
遊气	遊氣	121	roaming vital force
有什么交涉	有什麼交涉	121	What is the connection?
有无	有無	121	existent and non-existent/ having identity and emptiness
右旋		121	to circumambulate in a clockwise direction
游方	遊方	121	to travel for cultivation and to seek teachings
优昙华	優曇華	121	udumbara flower
有余	有餘	121	with remainder / sopadhiśesa to have a fraction to have a something left over with excess
有余	有餘	121	with remainder / sopadhiśesa to have a fraction to have a something left over with excess
宇宙之间	宇宙之間	121	in time and space
圆成	圓成	121	complete perfection
圆觉	圓覺	121	complete enlightenment Perfect Enlightenment
怨亲	怨親	121	hate and affection Foes and Kin
缘事	緣事	121	study of phenomena
圆实	圓實	121	perfect suchness
圆光	圓光	121	halo an illusion Won Gwang
圆寂	圓寂	121	to pass away perfect rest
缘生	緣生	121	dependent origination ／ conditioned origination / dependent arising
院主		121	abbot / superintendent
云天	雲天	121	Cloud in the Sky
云天	雲天	121	Cloud in the Sky
云巖扫地	雲巖掃地	121	Yunyan sweeps the floor
藏教		122	Tripiṭaka teachings
藏经	藏經	122	Buddhist canon
早参	早參	122	morning assembly
斋	齋	122	to abstain from meat or wine a vegetarian diet / vegetarian food a building / a room / a studio to give alms to fast student dormitory a study / a library / a school a temple hostel to purify oneself to retreat various rituals
丈室		122	Small Room
栴檀林		122	temple / monastery
真法		122	true dharma / absolute dharma
正法眼藏		122	direct vision of the Dharma Treasure of the True Dharma Eye Treasury of the True Dharma Eye
正观	正觀	122	right observation
正觉	正覺	122	sambodhi / saṃbodhi / enlightenment
真如		122	tathatā / suchness / inherent nature / true nature / tathata True Thusness
至道无难	至道無難	122	The Ultimate Way is not Difficult
智门	智門	122	gate of wisdom Zhimen
智识	智識	122	analytical mind
直岁	直歲	122	head of assignments
知见	知見	122	to know by seeing Understanding
种智	種智	122	knowledge of the seed or cause of all phenomena
众生	眾生	122	beings / all living things / all sentient beings sentient beings
中有		122	an intermediate existence between death and rebirth
诸法	諸法	122	sarvadharma / all things / all dharmas
诸菩萨	諸菩薩	122	bodhisattvas
伫思停机	佇思停機	122	lost in thought, holding back your potential
诸天	諸天	122	devas
转语	轉語	122	zhuanyu / turning words / transformational expression
住持		122	the abbot of a monastery / the director of a monastery to uphold the Dharma 1. Abbot (male); 2. Abbess (female)
拄杖		122	staff / walking staff
拄杖子		122	staff / walking staff
缁素	緇素	122	Buddhist monastics and laypeople sacred and secular, monastic and lay practitioner
自悟		122	self realization
宗		122	school / sect thesis / conclusion / tenet / siddhānta ancestor a measure word for transaction or business related things to take as one's model as purpose an ancestral temple to respect / to revere / to admire / to honor clan / family a model a county religion essential / necessary summation a visit by feudal lords Zong
宗风	宗風	122	the customs and traditions of one of the schools of Chan FGS Philosophy
祖师西来意	祖師西來意	122	Bodhidharma coming from the West
祖意		122	Patriarch's Heart
尊宿		122	a senior monk
作佛		122	to become a Buddha
坐断	坐斷	122	to completely cut off to occupy
坐具		122	a mat for sitting on Sitting Mat
座主		122	chairperson / abbot