关 (關) guān

1. guān verb to close
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 闭合 (Guoyu '關' v 1; Unihan '關')
2. guān noun a frontier; a border
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 国境 national border or a natural barrier (Guoyu '關' n 2; Unihan '關')
3. guān noun relation
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Unihan '關')
4. guān verb to detain; to lock up
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 拘禁 (Guoyu '關' v 2)
5. guān verb to stop; to turn off
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 停止; for example, 关机 turn off a machine or 关灯 switch off a light (Guoyu '關' v 3)
6. guān verb to involve; to connect
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 牵涉 (Guoyu '關' v 4)
7. guān verb to receive; to get
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 领取; for example, 关饷 receive salary (Guoyu '關' v 5)
8. guān noun a doorbolt
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 门闩 (Guoyu '關' n 1)
9. guān noun a strategic moment
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 重要时刻 (Guoyu '關' n 3)
10. guān noun a switch
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: To control machinery, in the sense of 开关 (Guoyu '關' n 4)
11. guān proper noun Guan
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '關' n 5)
12. guān verb close; pidhāna
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: pidhāna, Japanese: ki (BCSD '關', p. 1201; MW 'pidhāna'; Unihan '關')

Contained in

• 净地何须扫 心门不用关(淨地何須掃 心門不用關) Why sweep that clean ground? There is no need to close the heart's door.
• 临终关怀(臨終關懷) palliative care ; palliative care
• 初关中沙门竺佛念善于宣译(初關中沙門竺佛念善於宣譯) In earlier times, Zhu Fonian in the Guanzhong plain was good at explaining and translating.

Also contained in

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Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 59 Mahāsaṃnipātasūtra (Great Compilation) 大方等大集經 — count: 44 , has parallel version
• Scroll 6 Miaofa Lianhua Jing Xuan Yi 妙法蓮華經玄義 — count: 33 , has English translation
• Scroll 2 Commentary on the Hundred Treatise 百論疏 — count: 19
• Scroll 3 Commentary on the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 中觀論疏 — count: 16
• Scroll 1 Wumen's Gate 無門關 — count: 15 , has English translation
• Scroll 4 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 15
• Scroll 1 Commentary on the Dvādaśanikāyaśāstra 十二門論疏 — count: 14
• Scroll 1 Quotations from Abbot Mi An 密菴和尚語錄 — count: 14
• Scroll 1 Whip for Spurring Students Onward Through the Chan Barrier Checkpoints (Changuan Cejin) 禪關策進 — count: 14
• Scroll 2 Wan Song Laoren Ping Chang Tian Tong Jue Heshang Song Gu Congrong An Lu 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 — count: 14 , has English translation

Collocations

• 关钥 (關鑰) 誰應於此開諸關鑰 — Fang Guang Da Zhuangyan Jing (Lalitavistara) 方廣大莊嚴經, Scroll 6 — count: 21
• 关令 (關令) 關令不動者墮道 — Mahāsaṃnipātasūtra (Great Compilation) 大方等大集經, Scroll 59 — count: 16
• 八关 (八關) 守攝八關持六齋不 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 7 — count: 14
• 重关 (重關) 解脫之門方巨重關 — Mahāparinibbānasutta 大般涅槃經, Scroll 3 — count: 8
• 门关 (門關) 門關下鑰誰能開者 — Pu Yao Jing (Lalitavistara) 普曜經, Scroll 4 — count: 6
• 关生 (關生) 第一當校計百八關生 — Mahāsaṃnipātasūtra (Great Compilation) 大方等大集經, Scroll 59 — count: 5
• 百八关 (百八關) 第一當校計百八關生 — Mahāsaṃnipātasūtra (Great Compilation) 大方等大集經, Scroll 59 — count: 4
• 幽关 (幽關) 幽關在內 — Zhuanji Bai Yuan Jing (Avadānaśataka) 撰集百緣經, Scroll 8 — count: 4
• 关逻 (關邏) 路由關邏 — Da Zhuangyan Lun Jing (Kalpanāmaṇḍitikā) 大莊嚴論經, Scroll 4 — count: 4
• 关锁 (關鎖) 於心無動善關鎖 — Sarvarahasyatantrarāja (Yiqie Mimi Zuishang Mingyi Da Jiao Wang Yi Gui) 一切祕密最上名義大教王儀軌, Scroll 2 — count: 4