1. verb to examine; to spy on
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 暗中侦察; as in 伺探 (Guoyu '伺' sì; Unihan '伺')
  2. verb to serve; to wait upon; to attend
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 伺候 (Guoyu '伺' cì; Unihan '伺')
  3. noun vicāra; vicara; sustained application; sustained thinking; selectiveness; subtle discernment; discernment
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: vicāra, Pali: vicāra, Japanese shi, Tibetan: dpyod pa; one of the four changeable mental factors in the Mahayana teachings (BCSD '伺', p. 107; BL 'vicāra'; Ding '伺'; FGDB '伺'; Mahāvyutpatti 'vicāraḥ'; SH '伺')

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  • 寻伺(尋伺) awareness and discrimination; coarse awareness and subtle perception

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  • Scroll 7 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 104
  • Scroll 87 Abhidharmamahāvibhāṣaśāstra (Apidamo Dapiposha Lun) 阿毘達磨大毘婆沙論 — count: 93
  • Scroll 4 Abhidharmamahāvibhāṣaśāstra (Apidamo Dapiposha Lun) 阿毘達磨大毘婆沙論 — count: 78
  • Scroll 5 Cheng Weishi Lun Liaoyi Deng 成唯識論了義燈 — count: 76
  • Scroll 2 Commentary on the Abhidharmakośabhāṣya 俱舍論疏 — count: 73
  • Scroll 2 Outline of the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論掌中樞要 — count: 66
  • Scroll 145 Abhidharmamahāvibhāṣaśāstra (Apidamo Dapiposha Lun) 阿毘達磨大毘婆沙論 — count: 50
  • Scroll 2 Discourse on the Abhidharmakośabhāṣya 俱舍論頌疏論本 — count: 48
  • Scroll 28 Notes on the Abhidharmakośabhāṣya 俱舍論記 — count: 48
  • Scroll 52 Abhidharmamahāvibhāṣaśāstra (Apidamo Dapiposha Lun) 阿毘達磨大毘婆沙論 — count: 43

Collocations

  • 贪伺 (貪伺) 一曰貪伺 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 67
  • 增伺 (增伺) 增伺 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 18 — count: 59
  • 伺求 (伺求) 伺求其短 — The Story of the Two Brahmins Vāsiṣṭa and Bhāradvāja (Baiyi Jin Chuang Er Poluomen Yuanqi Jing) 白衣金幢二婆羅門緣起經, Scroll 1 — count: 28
  • 恶伺 (惡伺) 若有惡伺 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 55 — count: 23
  • 伺察 (伺察) 伺察所得 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 6 — count: 21
  • 魔波旬伺 (魔波旬伺) 彼為魔波旬伺求其便 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 20 — count: 12
  • 伺净 (伺淨) 彼於貪伺淨除其心 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 10
  • 数数伺 (數數伺) 數數伺 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 30 — count: 9
  • 伺息 (伺息) 有貪伺息貪伺 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 48 — count: 5
  • 伺收 (伺收) 其主捕伺收縛 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 15 — count: 4