严 (嚴) yán

  1. yán adjective stern; serious; strict; severe; austere
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 严格 (ABC 'yán' sv; GHC '严' 5; Guoyu '嚴' adj 3; Kroll 2015 '嚴' 1; NCCED '严' 2)
  2. yán proper noun Yan
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (ABC 'yán' n; Guoyu '嚴' n 4)
  3. yán adjective urgent
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 紧迫 (GHC '严' 1; Guoyu '嚴' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '嚴' 2)
  4. yán adjective meticulous; rigorous
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 谨严 (Guoyu '嚴' adj 2; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 890)
  5. yán adjective harsh; cruel
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 残酷 (Guoyu '嚴' adj 4)
  6. yán adjective majestic; impressive
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 肃穆 (ABC 'yán' bf 1; GHC '严' 3; Kroll 2015 '嚴' 1a; NCCED '严' 2)
  7. yán noun a precaution
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '嚴' n 3)
  8. yán adjective solemn and respectful
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 残酷 (Guoyu '嚴' adj 5)
  9. yán verb to set in order
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 整齐 (GHC '严' 6; Kroll 2015 '嚴' 3)
  10. yán adjective inspiring respect; formidable
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 威仪 (GHC '严' 4; Guoyu '嚴' n 1; Kroll 2015 '嚴' 1b)
  11. yán adjective fierce; violent
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 猛烈 (Guoyu '嚴' adj 6)
  12. yán verb to command; to instruct
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '嚴' 3a)
  13. yán noun father
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For example, the bound form in 家严 (ABC 'yán' bf 2; Guoyu '嚴' n 2; NCCED '严' 2)
  14. yán verb to fear
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 畏惧 (Guoyu '嚴' v 1)
  15. yán verb to respect
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 尊崇 (Guoyu '嚴' v 2)
  16. yán noun adornment; alaṃkṛta
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: alaṃkṛta, Japanese: gen, or: gon (BCSD '嚴', p. 276; MW 'alaṃkṛta'; SH '嚴', p. 476; Unihan '嚴')
  17. yán noun a garland; an adornment; avataṃsa
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: avataṃsa; from the Sanskrit masculine noun avataṃsa meaning 'a garland, ring-shaped ornament, ear ornament, ear-ring' (BCSD '嚴', p. 276; Kroll 2015 '嚴' 4; MW 'avataṃsa')

Contained in

Also contained in

严重关切从难从严严君平严词严驾壁垒森严妻管严戒备森严严厉严重危害严重破坏严格来讲严了眼儿色厉词严严慈严寒严重

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 7 Exploring the Mysteries of the Avatamsaka Sutra (Huayan Jing Tan Xuan Ji) 華嚴經探玄記 — count: 72
  • Scroll 3 Exploring the Mysteries of the Avatamsaka Sutra (Huayan Jing Tan Xuan Ji) 華嚴經探玄記 — count: 61
  • Scroll 11 Dafang Guang Fo Huayan Jing Shu 大方廣佛華嚴經疏 — count: 54
  • Scroll 2 Shuo Wugou Cheng Jing Shu 說無垢稱經疏 — count: 52
  • Scroll 1 Ghanavyūhasūtra (Dasheng Mi Yan Jing) 大乘密嚴經 — count: 51
  • Scroll 15 Exploring the Mysteries of the Avatamsaka Sutra (Huayan Jing Tan Xuan Ji) 華嚴經探玄記 — count: 49
  • Scroll 2 Ghanavyūhasūtra (Dasheng Mi Yan Jing) 大乘密嚴經 — count: 47
  • Scroll 3 Dafang Guang Fo Huayan Jing Shu 大方廣佛華嚴經疏 — count: 45
  • Scroll 1 Ghanavyūhasūtra (Dasheng Mi Yan Jing) 大乘密嚴經 — count: 43
  • Scroll 25 Dafang Guang Fo Huayan Jing Shu 大方廣佛華嚴經疏 — count: 42

Collocations

  • 严身 (嚴身) 出種種嚴身之具 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 18 — count: 24
  • 受严 (受嚴) 令其遍身受嚴劇苦 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 2 — count: 22
  • 严切 (嚴切) 受如是等嚴切重苦 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 3 — count: 22
  • 严苦 (嚴苦) 乃至次第受極嚴苦 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 4 — count: 20
  • 严备 (嚴備) 勅令嚴備四種力兵 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 2 — count: 16
  • 严四兵 (嚴四兵) 亦嚴四兵 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 11
  • 严持 (嚴持) 即各嚴持種種器仗 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 8 — count: 9
  • 严炽 (嚴熾) 嚴熾猛惡 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 3 — count: 7
  • 严衣钵 (嚴衣鉢) 即嚴衣鉢 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 7
  • 严四 (嚴四) 嚴四種兵 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 7