始 shǐ
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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') -
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') -
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) -
shǐ
adverb
exactly; just
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '始' 3) -
shǐ
adverb
formerly
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 曾 (Guoyu '始' adv 2) -
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')
Contained in
- 好的开始(好的開始) a good beginning
- 哩始 ṛṣi
- 原始垂则(原始垂則) all the forms have been handed down from the first until now
- 始觉(始覺) shijue; acquired enlightenment; actualization of enlightenment
- 始兴寺(始興寺) Shixing Temple
- 1. 合抱之木 生于幼苗 2. 穿石之水 始于涓滴 3. 成功之基 奠于勤劳 4. 悟道之缘 在于用心(1. 合抱之木 生於幼苗 2. 穿石之水 始於涓滴 3. 成功之基 奠於勤勞 4. 悟道之緣 在於用心) A giant tree comes from tiny sprouts. Water that wears through rock comes from a stream of droplets. Success comes from a foundation built by diligence. Conditions for awakening come from commitment.
- 春蚕至死丝方尽 蜡炬成灰泪始干(春蠶至死絲方盡 蜡炬成灰淚始乾) Silkworms keep spinning till death comes in spring; Candle tears do not dry till every bit is burnt to ash.
- 元始元始 innate nonenlightenment; basic ignorance
- 无始无明(無始無明) innate nonenlightenment; basic ignorance
- 昙始(曇始) Tan Shi
- 嚩日啰缚始(嚩日囉縛始) Vajravāsin
- 心安茅屋稳 性定菜根香 世事静方见 人情淡始长(心安茅屋穩 性定菜根香 世事靜方見 人情淡始長) A peaceful mind stays in an unshakable hut. A steady nature tastes delicacy in vegetable roots. A calm observer detects the unseen in this world. A bland relationship is the one to last long.
- 嚩始多 vasita; subduing to one's own will
- 原始佛教 early Buddhism
Also contained in
始终 、 始皇帝 、 初始 、 始终不渝 、 始作俑者 、 开始 、 有始无终 、 弘始 、 原始印欧宗教 、 秦始皇 、 呾叉始罗 、 重新开始 、 始新纪 、 终始如一 、 建始县 、 开始以前 、 建始 、 正始 、 始点 、 自始至终 、 秦始皇帝 、 至始至终 、 固始县 、 元始 、 原始热带雨林 、 从零开始 、 始末 、 彻始彻终 、 原始价值 、 周而复始 、 元始天尊 、 成始成终 、 秦始皇帝陵 、 报本反始 、 伊始 、 始料未及 、 终而复始
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 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