chéng

  1. chéng noun to assist; to aid
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '丞' v; Kroll 2015 '丞' 1, p. 48; Mathews 1931 '丞', p. 50; Unihan '丞'; XHZD '丞' 1, p. 86)
  2. chéng noun an assistant to an official
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Often used in official titles, such as 丞相 prime minister (Guoyu '丞' n; Kroll 2015 '丞' 1, p. 48; Mathews 1931 '丞', p. 50; XHZD '丞' 2, p. 86)

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Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 4 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 10
  • Scroll 5 Ji Shamen Bu Ying Bai Su Deng Shi 集沙門不應拜俗等事 — count: 10 , has English translation
  • Scroll 3 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 8
  • Scroll 94 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 7
  • Scroll 15 Fo Zu Lidai Tong Zai 佛祖歷代通載 — count: 5
  • Scroll 15 Song Biographies of Eminent Monks 宋高僧傳 — count: 5 , has English translation
  • Scroll 5 Records of Lushan (Lushan Ji) 廬山記 — count: 5
  • Scroll 2 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 5
  • Scroll 3 Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集 — count: 4 , has English translation
  • Scroll 4 Ji Shamen Bu Ying Bai Su Deng Shi 集沙門不應拜俗等事 — count: 4 , has English translation

Collocations

  • 中丞 (中丞) 中散大夫守御史中丞充理檢使權判吏部流內銓上護軍瑯琊郡開國侯食邑一千九百戶實食封二百戶賜紫金魚袋王隨撰 — Notes on the Meaning of the Śūraṅgama Sūtra 首楞嚴義疏注經, Scroll 1 — count: 41
  • 丞李 (丞李) 前少府監丞李式顏等 — Mahāratnakūṭasūtra (The Great Treasures Collection Sūtra) 大寶積經, Scroll 1 — count: 10
  • 寺丞 (寺丞) 聶寺丞 — Quotations from Chan Master Dahui Pujue 大慧普覺禪師語錄, Scroll 19 — count: 7
  • 大丞 (大丞) 大丞 — Record of the Teaching and Practices of Siming (Siming Zunzhe Jiao Xing Lu) 四明尊者教行錄, Scroll 6 — count: 5
  • 丞麟 (丞麟) 丞麟 — Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略, Scroll 4 — count: 5
  • 祕丞 (祕丞) 寄于祕丞 — Quotations from Chan Master Ming Jue 明覺禪師語錄, Scroll 5 — count: 5
  • 殿丞 (殿丞) 昨蒙本郡殿丞判官祕書 — Quotations from Chan Master Huanglong Huinan 黃龍慧南禪師語錄, Scroll 1 — count: 4
  • 胪丞 (臚丞) 詔鴻臚丞李現監護喪事 — Fo Zu Lidai Tong Zai 佛祖歷代通載, Scroll 13 — count: 3
  • 少府监丞 (少府監丞) 前少府監丞李式顏等 — Mahāratnakūṭasūtra (The Great Treasures Collection Sūtra) 大寶積經, Scroll 1 — count: 2
  • 丞柳 (丞柳) 中丞柳公綽 — A Chronicle of Buddhism in China 佛祖統紀, Scroll 10 — count: 2