1. adjective proper; suitable; appropriate
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 合适 (CCD '宜' 1; GHDC '宜' 2; Guoyu '宜' adj; Kroll 2015 '宜' 1, p. 542; Unihan '宜'; XHZD '宜' 1, p. 885)
  2. verb to be amiable
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 和顺 (Guoyu '宜' v 1)
  3. noun a suitable thing; arrangements
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For example, in the idiom 因地制宜 'to accord with local customs using appropriate measures' (CCI '因地制宜'; Guoyu '宜' n 1; GHDC '宜' 3)
  4. verb to share
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 共享 (Guoyu '宜' v 3)
  5. auxiliary verb should
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: In the sense of 应当 (CCD '宜' 2; GHDC '宜' 5; Guoyu '宜' adv 1; Kroll 2015 '宜' 2, p. 542; XHZD '宜' 2, p. 885)
  6. adverb no doubt; of course
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 当然 (CCD '宜' 3; GHDC '宜' 6; XHZD '宜' 3, p. 885)
  7. proper noun Yi
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (CCD '宜' 3; GHDC '宜' 7; Guoyu '宜' n 2)
  8. noun cooking of meat and fish
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (GHDC '宜' 1)
  9. adjective nearly; almost
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 殆 or 大概 (GHDC '宜' 4; Guoyu '宜' adv 2; Kroll 2015 '宜' 3, p. 542)
  10. adjective suitable; pathya
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: pathya, Japanese: gi (BCSD '宜', p. 378; MW 'pathya'; Unihan '宜')

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  • Scroll 2 Sutra on Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva and the Ṛsī ̣Discourses on the Auspicious and Inauspicious Days of the Constellations and Luminous Bodies (Wenshushili Ji Zhu Xian Suo Shuo Jixiong Shi Ri Shan E Su Yao Jing) 文殊師利菩薩及諸仙所說吉凶時日善惡宿曜經 — count: 115
  • Scroll 1 Sutra on Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva and the Ṛsī ̣Discourses on the Auspicious and Inauspicious Days of the Constellations and Luminous Bodies (Wenshushili Ji Zhu Xian Suo Shuo Jixiong Shi Ri Shan E Su Yao Jing) 文殊師利菩薩及諸仙所說吉凶時日善惡宿曜經 — count: 78
  • Scroll 42 Mahāsaṃnipātasūtra (Great Compilation) 大方等大集經 — count: 71 , has parallel version
  • Scroll 2 Mātangīsūtra (Modengjia Jing) 摩登伽經 — count: 56 , has English translation , has parallel version
  • Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 53
  • Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 50
  • Scroll 1 Shijia Pu 釋迦譜 — count: 49
  • Scroll 6 Fa Hua Jing Yi Ji 法華經義記 — count: 43
  • Scroll 3 Mūlasarvāstivādavinayakārikā (Genben Shuo Yiqie You Bu Pi Nai Ye Song) 根本說一切有部毘奈耶頌 — count: 40
  • Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 39

Collocations

  • 宜速 (宜速) 宜速滅度 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 34
  • 宜知 (宜知) 宜知是時 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 31
  • 今宜 (今宜) 今宜知是時 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 30
  • 汝等宜 (汝等宜) 汝等宜各分部 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 18
  • 宜往 (宜往) 宜往瞻覩 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 14
  • 法宜 (法宜) 此法宜速除斷 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 9
  • 宜往诣 (宜往詣) 今宜往詣房伽婆梵志園觀 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 8
  • 宜善 (宜善) 宜善取持諦受諷誦 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 般泥洹經, Scroll 1 — count: 7
  • 宜精进 (宜精進) 今宜精進坐禪 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 9 — count: 7
  • 宜及 (宜及) 宜及是時 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 6