典 diǎn
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diǎn
noun
canon; classic; scripture
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Middle Chinese: tenX；as in 典籍 (Kroll 2015 '典' 1; GHC '典' 1) In Shuo Wen, 典，經也。‘diǎn means the same as jīng.’ ('Er Ya, Shi Yan'爾雅‧釋言, 1739) For example, 修其訓典 'cultivated in teaching the classics.' (Records of the Grand Historian, Annals of Zhou 史記‧周本紀) Also, 冬讀書，典書者詔之。 'In winter they read the book of History, being instructed by the guardians of it.' (The Classic of Rites, King Wen as Son and Heir 禮記‧文王世子) -
diǎn
noun
laws; regulations
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 法则 or 制度 (Kroll 2015 '典' 2; NCCED '典' 2-3; GHC '典' 2) For example, 乃命大史守典奉法 'He also orders the Grand recorder to guard the statutes and maintain the laws ...' (The Classic of Rites, Proceedings of Government in the Different Months 禮記‧月令) -
diǎn
noun
a ceremony
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 典礼 (NCCED '典' 4; GHC '典' 5) -
diǎn
noun
an institution in imperial China
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 典章 (GHC '典' 3) -
diǎn
adjective
refined; elegant
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 典雅 (GHC '典' 4) -
diǎn
verb
to administer
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 掌管 (GHC '典' 6; NCCED '典' 6; Kroll 2015 '典' 4) -
diǎn
verb
to pawn
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 典当 or 抵押 (GHC '典' 7; Kroll 2015 '典' 5) -
diǎn
noun
an allusion; a precedent
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '典' 3; NCCED '典' 5) -
diǎn
noun
scripture; grantha
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: grantha (BCSD '典', p. 175; MW 'grantha'; SH '典', p. 250)
Contained in
- 隋仁寿年内典录(隋仁壽年內典錄) Sui Dynasty Renshou Era Catalog of the Inner Canon
- 内典(內典) Neidian; Internal Classics
- 中华电子佛典协会(中華電子佛典協會) CBETA
- 佛学大辞典(佛學大辭典) Dictionary of Buddhist Studies ; Dictionary of Buddhist Studies
- 典宾(典賓) Guest Prefect
- 电子佛典(電子佛典) CBETA
- 三好校园实践学校颁奖典礼(三好校園實踐學校頒獎典禮) Three Acts of Goodness School Award Ceremony
- 佛像安座大典 enshrinement ceremony
- 三皈五戒甘露灌顶典礼(三皈五戒甘露灌頂典禮) Triple Gem Refuge Ceremony And Five Precepts Ceremony
- 传法大典(傳法大典) Dharma Transmission Ceremony
- 小乘经典(小乘經典) Hinayana scriptures
- 中英佛学辞典(中英佛學辭典) A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms
- 浴佛大典 Bathing the Buddha Ceremony
- 陞座大典 Inaugural Ceremony
- 火典 Meal Signal
- 续大唐内典录(續大唐內典錄) Continued Catalog of the Inner Canon of the Great Tang Dynasty; Xu Da Tang Nei Dian Lu
- 大典尊经(大典尊經) Mahagovinda Sutta
- 方典 Vaipulya scriptures
- 禅宗辞典禅林象器笺(禪宗辭典禪林象器箋) Dictionary of Zen Practices
- 中华电子佛典协会资料库(中華電子佛典協會資料庫) CBETA database
- 电子佛典推进协议会(電子佛典推進協議會) Electronic Buddhist Text Initiative (EBTI)
- 佛光山封山典礼(佛光山封山典禮) Fo Guang Shan Mountain Gate Sealing Ceremony
- 一乘妙典 the one-vehicle scripture
Also contained in
大典 、 萌典 、 典章 、 永乐大典 、 类属词典 、 大汉和辞典 、 百科事典 、 坟典 、 字典序 、 心理词典 、 毕业典礼 、 犹太法典 、 典质 、 古典文学 、 典论 、 经典场论 、 古典派 、 事典 、 三坟五典 、 非典 、 典礼 、 典籍 、 引经据典 、 婚典 、 盛典 、 庆典 、 古典教育 、 类语词典
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 63 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 61
- Scroll 72 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 49
- Scroll 66 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 49
- Scroll 62 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 43
- Scroll 100 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 42
- Scroll 68 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 32
- Scroll 9 Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Mahaparinirvana Sutra) 大般涅槃經 — count: 26 , has English translation
- Scroll 60 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 26
- Scroll 49 Jing Lu Yi Xiang 經律異相 — count: 26
- Scroll 69 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 26
Collocations
- 典兵 (典兵) 典兵寶為七 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 28
- 典经 (典經) 誦過四典經 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 12 — count: 24
- 典尊 (典尊) 王有大臣名曰典尊 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 23
- 世典 (世典) 世典幽微靡不綜練 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 15 — count: 16
- 习典 (習典) 誦習典經 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 38 — count: 15
- 三明典 (三明典) 三明典中 — The Story of the Two Brahmins Vāsiṣṭa and Bhāradvāja (Baiyi Jin Chuang Er Poluomen Yuanqi Jing) 白衣金幢二婆羅門緣起經, Scroll 1 — count: 10
- 典婆罗门 (典婆羅門) 輔相婆羅門往詣七千教誦經典婆羅門 — Sutra on the Great Reliable Brahman (Da Jiangu Poluomen Jing) 大堅固婆羅門緣起經, Scroll 2 — count: 10
- 典中 (典中) 三明典中 — The Story of the Two Brahmins Vāsiṣṭa and Bhāradvāja (Baiyi Jin Chuang Er Poluomen Yuanqi Jing) 白衣金幢二婆羅門緣起經, Scroll 1 — count: 10
- 四典 (四典) 誦過四典經 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 12 — count: 9
- 典幽微 (典幽微) 世典幽微靡不綜練 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 15 — count: 9