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微 wēi

wēi adjective small; tiny
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 细小 (CCD '微' 1; Guoyu '微' adj 2; Unihan '微'; XHZD '微' 1)
wēi adjective trifling
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Unihan '微')
wéi adverb if it had not been for
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Sometimes used as a negating word, tone is Middle Chinese pronunciation (Guoyu '微' v 2; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 110)
wēi verb to decline; to wane
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 衰落 (CCD '微' 3; Guoyu '微' adj 4; XHZD '微' 3)
wēi adjective profound
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CCD '微' 4; Guoyu '微' adj 1; XHZD '微' 4)
wēi adverb slightly
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 微 is synonymous with 稍 in this sense (Guoyu '微' adv 3; XHZD '微' 2)
wēi prefix miro
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: One millionth (CCD '微' 2; Unihan '微'; XHZD '微' 5)
wēi verb to hide; to conceal
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 隐匿 (Guoyu '微' v 1)
wéi verb is not
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '微' v 3)
wéi adjective lowly
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 卑贱 (Guoyu '微' adj 3)
wēi adjective few
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 少 (Guoyu '微' adj 5)
wēi adjective unclear
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 不明 (Guoyu '微' adj 6)
wēi adverb secretly
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 祕密 (Guoyu '微' adv 1)
wēi proper noun Wei
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '微' n 1)
wēi adjective minute; aṇu
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: aṇu, Japanese: bi (BCSD '微', p. 457; MW 'aṇu'; SH '微', p. 399; Unihan '微')
wēi noun subtlety
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: (FGDB '離微'; SH '離', p. 399; Sharf 2005, p. 3)

Contained in

微尘(微塵) dust; a minute particle ; fine dust ; an atom
五微尘(五微塵) five rudimentary elements
微妙菩提道 the wonderful path to enligtenment
微蘖多 vigata; gone away; free from
拈花微笑 to hold a flower and smile ; Buddha’s flower and Kasyapa’s smile
无量门微密持经(無量門微密持經) Scripture of the Sublime Grasp of the Immeasurable Portal; Wuliang Men Wei Mi Chi Jing

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Truncated for common words

Scroll 2 Cheng Weishi Lun Yan Mi 成唯識論演祕 — count: 76
Scroll 2 Weishi Ershi Lun Shu Ji 唯識二十論述記 — count: 72
Scroll 1 Cheng Weishi Lun Yan Mi 成唯識論演祕 — count: 56
Scroll 1 Sapoduo Zong Wu Shi Lun 薩婆多宗五事論 — count: 54
Scroll 1 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 49
Scroll 10 Gaṇḍavyūhasūtra 大方廣佛華嚴經 — count: 45
Scroll 2 Cheng Weishi Lun Liaoyi Deng 成唯識論了義燈 — count: 44
Scroll 1 Treasure Store Treatise 寶藏論 — count: 44
Scroll 2 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 36
Scroll 7 Mahāratnakūṭasūtra (The Great Treasures Collection Sūtra) 大寶積經 — count: 35 , has English translation

Collocations

微劣 (微劣) 以其前世善根微劣 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 7 — count: 17
微声 (微聲) 而以微聲 — Mahāparinibbānasutta 大般涅槃經, Scroll 1 — count: 9
设微 (設微) 清旦設微供 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 6
自卑微 (自卑微) 汝自卑微 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 13 — count: 5
微尽 (微儘) 隨漂消散微盡 — Creation and Destruction of the World (Da Lou Tan Jing) 大樓炭經, Scroll 5 — count: 4
微少 (微少) 於千世界微少方便須臾盡見 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 48 — count: 4
微食 (微食) 欲設微食 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 般泥洹經, Scroll 1 — count: 4
水微 (水微) 水微天 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 1 — count: 3
微言 (微言) 每懼微言翳於殊俗 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 3
微命 (微命) 庶延微命 — Sutra of the Collection of the Six Perfections (Liu Du Ji Jing) 六度集經, Scroll 2 — count: 3