xián

  1. xián noun string on musical instrument
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '絃'; Guoyu '絃' n 1; Kroll 2015 '絃' 1, p. 494; Unihan '絃')
  2. xián noun a string instrument
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 弦乐器, as a variant of 弦 (CC-CEDOICT '絃'; Guoyu '絃' n 2; Kroll 2015 '絃' 2, p. 494)
  3. xián noun a tone; a note
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 音调 (Guoyu '絃' n 3)
  4. xián noun a metaphor for a wife
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '絃' n 4)
  5. xián noun string of a lute; tantrī
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: tantrī, Japanese: gen (BCSD '絃', p. 930; MW 'tantrī'; Unihan '絃')

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  • Scroll 2 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 9
  • Scroll 4 Zhe Yi Lun 折疑論 — count: 8
  • Scroll 8 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 7
  • Scroll 5 Fang Guang Da Zhuangyan Jing (Lalitavistara) 方廣大莊嚴經 — count: 7
  • Scroll 3 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: 6 , has English translation
  • Scroll 2 Fo Zu Lidai Tong Zai 佛祖歷代通載 — count: 6
  • Scroll 15 Mūlasarvāstivādabhikṣuṇīvinayavibhaṅga (Genben Shuo Yiqie You Bu Bi Chu Ni Pi Nai Ye) 根本說一切有部苾芻尼毘奈耶 — count: 6
  • Scroll 39 Mūlasarvāstivādavinayavibhaṅga (Genben Shuo Yiqie You Bu Pi Nai Ye) 根本說一切有部毘奈耶 — count: 6
  • Scroll 29 Mūlasarvāstivādavinayakṣudrakavastu (Genben Shuo Yiqie You Bu Pi Nai Ye Za Shi) 根本說一切有部毘奈耶雜事 — count: 6
  • Scroll 1 Hongming Ji (Collection on the Propagation and Clarification of Buddhism) 弘明集 — count: 5 , has English translation

Collocations

  • 絃歌 (絃歌) 鼓樂絃歌 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 20 — count: 62
  • 鼓乐絃 (鼓樂絃) 鼓樂絃歌 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 20 — count: 34
  • 絃管 (絃管) 絃管相諧 — Za Baozang Jing 雜寶藏經, Scroll 6 — count: 17
  • 琴絃 (琴絃) 云何善調琴絃 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 9 — count: 17
  • 管絃 (管絃) 管絃歌舞 — Fang Guang Da Zhuangyan Jing (Lalitavistara) 方廣大莊嚴經, Scroll 4 — count: 11
  • 乐絃 (樂絃) 於樂絃中而出伽陀 — Sutra on Śakra's Questions (Dishi Suo Wen Jing) 帝釋所問經, Scroll 1 — count: 6
  • 婇女絃 (婇女絃) 婇女絃歌相娛樂 — Fang Guang Da Zhuangyan Jing (Lalitavistara) 方廣大莊嚴經, Scroll 2 — count: 6
  • 一絃 (一絃) 有一絃斷 — Fo Ben Xing Ji Jing (Abhiniṣkramaṇasūtra) 佛本行集經, Scroll 58 — count: 5
  • 絃琴 (絃琴) 如五絃琴 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 5
  • 调絃 (調絃) 調絃鼓之 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 18 — count: 5