shǐ

  1. shǐ noun beginning; start
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 起点 (Guoyu '始' n 1; Kroll 2015 '始' 1; Unihan '始')
  2. shǐ adverb just now; then; only then
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 方才 or 然后 (Guoyu '始' adv 1; Kroll 2015 '始' 2; Unihan '始')
  3. shǐ adverb first; for the first time
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: 始 may be used as an adverb in Literary Chinese. For example, 臣始至於境 'When I first arrived at the borders of your kingdom' (Mengzi: 2.2/8/12, translation by Legge; Guoyu '始' adv 3; Kroll 2015 '始' 1a; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 121)
  4. shǐ adverb exactly; just
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '始' 3)
  5. shǐ adverb formerly
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 曾 (Guoyu '始' adv 2)
  6. shǐ noun beginning; ādi
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: ādi, Japanese: shi (BCSD '始', p. 360; MW 'ādi'; SH '始', p. 254; Unihan '始')

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  • Scroll 1 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 109
  • Scroll 6 Commentary on the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 中觀論疏 — count: 97
  • Scroll 3 Treatise on the Mystery of the Mahayana 大乘玄論 — count: 95
  • Scroll 31 Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (Da Zhi Du Lun) 大智度論 — count: 84 , has English translation
  • Scroll 1 Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決 — count: 51
  • Scroll 10 Fa Hua Yi Shu 法華義疏 — count: 51
  • Scroll 3 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 50
  • Scroll 3 Shengman Bao Ku 勝鬘寶窟 — count: 49
  • Scroll 10 Commentary on the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 中觀論疏 — count: 46
  • Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 46

Collocations

  • 今日始 (今日始) 從今日始 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 57
  • 始生死 (始生死) 謂究竟無始生死 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 41
  • 今始 (今始) 今始獲此難得之法 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 9
  • 时始 (時始) 當此世界劫初轉時始成就時 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 9 — count: 7
  • 始愿佛 (始願佛) 我聞世尊迦葉佛時始願佛道 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 8 — count: 6
  • 众生始 (眾生始) 戱笑懈怠是眾生始 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 6
  • 世间始 (世間始) 於是世間始有剎利名生 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 6 — count: 5
  • 始入 (始入) 始入母胎時 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 4
  • 始生 (始生) 金翅大鳥入宮搏撮或始生方便 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 18 — count: 4
  • 始取 (始取) 彼有一人始取如是行 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 53 — count: 3