yān

  1. yān verb to inundate; to bury; to cover up; to be obscured; to be submerged
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '湮'; Guoyu '湮' v 1; Unihan '湮')
  2. yīn verb to soak; to blotch; to splotch; to block
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Variant of 洇 (CC-CEDICT '湮'; Guoyu '湮' v 2; Unihan '湮')
  3. yīn adjective remote; distant
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '湮' adj)
  4. yīn verb sink
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Japanese: in, or: en (BCSD '湮', p. 737; Unihan '湮')

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Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 51 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 3
  • Scroll 1 Lushan Lian Zong Bao Jian 廬山蓮宗寶鑑 — count: 2
  • Scroll 22 Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集 — count: 2 , has English translation
  • Scroll 4 Translating Sanskrit (Fan Fanyu) 翻梵語 — count: 2
  • Scroll 92 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 2
  • Scroll 1 Dai Zong Chao Zeng Sikong Da Bian Zheng Guang Zhi San Zang He Shang Biao Zhi Ji 代宗朝贈司空大辨正廣智三藏和上表制集 — count: 2
  • Scroll 12 Records of the Three Treasures Throughout the Successive Dynasties 歷代三寶紀 — count: 2
  • Scroll 80 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 2
  • Scroll 24 Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳 — count: 2
  • Scroll 1 Heart Mantra of the Responsive Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva 觀自在菩薩隨心呪經 — count: 2

Collocations

  • 云湮 (雲湮) 一寅反賈逵注國語云湮下也爾雅云湮落也說文沒也從水垔聲 — The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義, Scroll 51 — count: 7
  • 湮落 (湮落) 覺道寖將湮落 — A Biography of the Tripitaka Master of the Great Ci'en Monastery of the Great Tang Dynasty 大唐大慈恩寺三藏法師傳, Scroll 8 — count: 4
  • 湮微 (湮微) 來奧義湮微 — A String of Pearls of Remarks on the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra 般若心經略疏連珠記, Scroll 1 — count: 4
  • 湮沦 (湮淪) 湮淪故 — Da Piluzhena Fo Yan Xiuxing Yi Gui (Vairocana Buddha Eye Liturgy) 大毘盧遮那佛眼修行儀軌, Scroll 1 — count: 4
  • 湮遐 (湮遐) 淪湮遐境 — Abhidharmavibhāṣāśāstra (Apitan Pi Po Sha Lun) 阿毘曇毘婆沙論, Scroll 1 — count: 3
  • 湮沈 (湮沈) 致令軌則並悉湮沈 — Mūlasarvāstivādavinayakṣudrakavastu (Genben Shuo Yiqie You Bu Pi Nai Ye Za Shi) 根本說一切有部毘奈耶雜事, Scroll 15 — count: 3
  • 湮废 (湮廢) 于斯時也寺塔湮廢投命莫從 — Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳, Scroll 11 — count: 3
  • 湮埋 (湮埋) 湮埋難紀 — Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳, Scroll 30 — count: 3
  • 沦湮 (淪湮) 淪湮遐境 — Abhidharmavibhāṣāśāstra (Apitan Pi Po Sha Lun) 阿毘曇毘婆沙論, Scroll 1 — count: 3
  • 破法湮 (破法湮) 齊破法湮山寺弗毀 — Records of the Three Treasures Throughout the Successive Dynasties 歷代三寶紀, Scroll 12 — count: 3