观 (觀) guān

1. guān verb to look at; to watch; to observe
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 看. For example, 走马观花 'to have a cursory look and gain a shallow understanding' [by observing flowers while riding a galloping horse] (CCI p. 36; CC-CEDICT '走馬觀花'; FE '觀' guān 1; Guoyu '觀' guān v 1; Kroll 2015 '觀' guān 1, p. 143; Unihan '觀'; XHZD '觀' guān 1)
2. guàn noun Taoist monastery; monastery
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Religion
   Notes: (FE '觀' guàn; Guoyu '觀' guàn n 3; Kroll 2015 '觀' guàn 2, p. 143; XHZD '觀' guàn)
3. guān verb to display; to show; to make visible
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 显示 (FE '觀' guān 3; Guoyu '觀' guān v 3; Kroll 2015 '觀' guān 3, p. 143)
4. guān proper noun Guan
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '觀' guān n 3)
5. guān noun appearance; looks
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Unihan '觀')
6. guān noun a sight; a view; a vista
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 景象 (FE '觀' guān 2; Guoyu '觀' guān n 1; Kroll 2015 '觀' guān 1b, p. 143; XHZD '觀' guān 2)
7. guān noun a concept; a viewpoint; a perspective
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 看法 (FE '觀' guān 4; Guoyu '觀' guān n 2; Kroll 2015 '觀' guān 4, p. 143; XHZD '觀' guān 3)
8. guān verb to appreciate; to enjoy; to admire
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 欣赏 (Guoyu '觀' guān v 2)
9. guàn noun an announcement
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: An announcement placed outside the palace doors (Guoyu '觀' guàn n 1, p. 143)
10. guàn noun a high tower; a watchtower
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '觀' guàn n 2; Kroll 2015 '觀' guàn 1, p. 143)
11. guān proper noun Surview
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: The name of a hexagram (Kroll 2015 '觀' guān 5, p. 143)
12. guān verb Observe
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Fo Guang Shan
    Notes: (Glossary of Humanistic Buddhism)
13. guàn noun insight; vipasyana; vipassana
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: vipaśyanā, Pali: vipassanā, Japanese: kan, Tibetan: lhag mthong; insight into the true nature of reality (BCSD '觀', p. 1064; BL 'vipassanā', p. 979; FGDB '觀'; Kroll 2015 '觀' guàn 3, p. 143; Powers 2007, p. 86; SH '觀', p. 489)
14. guān noun mindfulness; contemplation; smrti
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: smṛti; as in the Five Contemplations 五停心觀; see 念 (FGDB '五停心觀')
15. guān noun recollection; anusmrti
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: anusmṛti; see 念 (BCSD '觀', p. 1064)
16. guān noun viewing; avaloka
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: avaloka (BCSD '觀', p. 1064; MW 'avaloka')

Contained in

• 观音池(觀音池) Guan Yin Pond
• 观音菩萨圣诞(觀音菩薩聖誕) Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva's Birthday
• 注华严法界观门(註華嚴法界觀門) Zhu Huayan Fajie Guan Men
• 圆融三观(圓融三觀) yuanrong sanguan; the three contemplations of consumate interfusion
• 圣观自在菩萨心真言瑜伽观行仪轨(聖觀自在菩薩心真言瑜伽觀行儀軌) Sacred Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Heart mantra Yoga Contemplation and Practice Ritual Manual; Sheng Guanzizai Pusa Xin Zhenyan Yujia Guan Xing Yi Gui
• 慧观(慧觀) Hyegwan ; Hui Guan
• 入法界品四十二字观(入法界品四十二字觀) Method of Meditation on the Forty-two Letters of the Gaṇdhayūha Chapter
• 观身不净(觀身不淨) contemplate the impurities of the body
• 修习般若波罗蜜菩萨观行念诵仪轨(修習般若波羅蜜菩薩觀行念誦儀軌) Prajnaparamita Bodhisattva Cultivation, Visualization, and Chanting Ritual; Xiu Xi Boreboluomi Pusa Guan Xing Niansong Yi Gui
• 如意轮莲华心观门仪(如意輪蓮華心觀門儀) Cintāmaṇi Chakra Lotus Contemplation Ritual; Ruyi Lun Lianhua Xin Guan Men Yi
• 二观(二觀) two universal bases of meditation
• 观海明水深 登山知地广(觀海明水深 登山知地廣) Perceive the depth of water observing the ocean; Realize the broadness of the Earth climbing the mountains.
• 观自在菩萨化身蘘麌哩曳童女销伏毒害陀罗尼经(觀自在菩薩化身蘘麌哩曳童女銷伏毒害陀羅尼經) Jāṅgulīnāmavidyā; Guanzizai Pusa Huashen Rang Yu Li Ye Tong Nu Xiao Fu Duhai Tuoluoni Jing
• 观察众生界(觀察眾生界) observation of the realms of beings
• 清净观世音普贤陀罗尼经(清淨觀世音普賢陀羅尼經) Samantabhadradhāraṇīsūtra; Qing Jing Guanshiyin Puxian Tuoluoni Jing
• 五观若明金易化 三心未了水难消(五觀若明金易化 三心未了水難消) If the Five Contemplations are fully practiced, even gold is easily consumed; Shall the Three Minds remain unaware, even water becomes indigestible.
• 千手千眼观音(千手千眼觀音) Thousand-Hand Thousand-Eye Guanyin; Thousand-Hand Thousand-Eye Avalokiteśvara
• 应作如是观(應作如是觀) one should contemplate them in this way
• 观自在菩萨怛嚩多唎随心陀罗尼经(觀自在菩薩怛嚩多唎隨心陀羅尼經) Scripture on Dhāraṇī of Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva Dharma-Bhṛkutī According with the Heart; Guanzizai Pusa Da Fu Duo Li Sui Xin Tuoluoni Jing
• 观自在菩萨授记经(觀自在菩薩授記經) Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Vyakarana Sutra
• 观音部(觀音部) Avalokiteśvara division
• 观境明自性 养道悟禅心(觀境明自性 養道悟禪心) Realize one's own nature by observing conditions, Cultivate the Way by attaining the mind of Chan.
• 观其存篇古今可辩(觀其存篇古今可辯) observing the surviving fragments, old and new can be distinguished
• 青颈观自在菩萨心陀罗尼经(青頸觀自在菩薩心陀羅尼經) Nilakantha Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Heart Dharani Sutra; Qing Jing Guanzizai Pusa Xin Tuoluoni Jing
• 观他心(觀他心) telepathy
• 千手观音(千手觀音) Thousand-Hand Guanyin ; Thousand-Hand Guanyin; Thousand-Hand Avalokiteśvara
• 内观(內觀) vipasyana; insight meditation
• 禅观(禪觀) Chan Contemplation ; contemplative meditation
• 宝楼观(寶樓觀) visualization of jewelled towers
• 达观(達觀) to take things philosophically ; Daguan ; Daguan; Zi Bo
• 观音庙(觀音廟) Guanyin Temple
• 一切佛摄相应大教王经圣观自在菩萨念诵仪轨(一切佛攝相應大教王經聖觀自在菩薩念誦儀軌) Yiqie Fo She Xiangying Da Jiao Wang Jing Sheng Guanzizai Pusa Niansong Yi Gui
• 像想观(像想觀) contemplation of an image
• 千手千眼观世音菩萨大身呪本(千手千眼觀世音菩薩大身呪本) Text of the Great Body of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva with Thousand Hands and Thousand Eyes Mantra; Qian Shou Qian Yan Guanshiyin Pusa Da Shen Zhou Ben

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宇宙观 、 观音乡 、 观见 、 旁观者清 、 不雅观 、 观测者 、 大观 、 观星台 、 肉眼观察 、 坐井观天 、 观瞻 、 观景平台 、 传观 、 观塘 、 观光团 、 矮人观场 、 观察人士

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Truncated for common words

• Scroll 72 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 412 , has parallel version
• Scroll 1 Siming's Letters on Ten Issues (Siming Shi Yi Shu) 四明十義書 — count: 380
• Scroll 367 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 350 , has parallel version
• Scroll 5 Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決 — count: 344
• Scroll 2 Siming's Letters on Ten Issues (Siming Shi Yi Shu) 四明十義書 — count: 318
• Scroll 2 Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決 — count: 317
• Scroll 1 Guan Wu Liang Shou Jing Yi Shu 觀無量壽經義疏 — count: 287
• Scroll 3 Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決 — count: 260
• Scroll 3 The Great Calming and Contemplation (Mohe Zhi Guan) 摩訶止觀 — count: 250 , has English translation
• Scroll 10 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 228

Collocations

• 身观 (身觀) 於是比丘內身身觀 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 30
• 园观 (園觀) 太子即乘寶車詣彼園觀 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 16
• 法观 (法觀) 法觀 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 11
• 智观 (智觀) 齊是為智觀 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 10 — count: 8
• 观外 (觀外) 觀外身 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 7
• 观如来 (觀如來) 又觀如來所渡河處 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 6
• 观第二禅 (觀第二禪) 無觀第二禪樂 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 21 — count: 6
• 观色 (觀色) 色觀色 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 8 — count: 6
• 色观 (色觀) 色觀色 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 8 — count: 5
• 意观 (意觀) 如我意觀 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 10 — count: 5