止 zhǐ

1. zhǐ verb to stop; to halt
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (ABC '止' v 1; CC-CEDICT '止'; Guoyu '止' v 1; Kroll 2015 '止' 1; Mathews 1931 '止', p. 131)
2. zhǐ verb to arrive; until; to end
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: The end of a period (CC-CEDICT '止'; Guoyu '止' v 2; Kroll 2015 '止' 2; NCCED '止' 2)
3. zhǐ noun Kangxi radical 77
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '止' n 4)
4. zhǐ adverb only
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In place of 只 (Guoyu '止' adv; Kroll 2015 '止' 5; Mathews 1931 '止', p. 131; NCCED '止' 3)
5. zhǐ verb to prohibit; to prevent; to refrain; to detain
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (ABC '止' v 2; CC-CEDICT '止'; Guoyu '止' v 3; Kroll 2015 '止' 1a; Mathews 1931 '止', p. 131; NCCED '止' 1)
6. zhǐ verb to remain in one place; to stay; to dwell
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (ABC '止' v 3; Guoyu '止' v 4; Kroll 2015 '止' 3)
7. zhǐ verb to rest; to settle; to be still
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '止' adj; Kroll 2015 '止' 3a)
8. zhǐ noun deportment; bearing; demeanor; manner
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, in the 千字文 ”Thousand Character Classic, 容止若思 '[A person's appearance and manner show what he is thinking]' (ABC '止' n; Guoyu '止' n 2; Kroll 2015 '止' 4; Wu and Tee 2015, p. 973)
9. zhǐ particle a particle at the end of a phrase
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '止' 6)
10. zhǐ noun foot
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '止' n 1; Kroll 2015 '止' 7)
11. zhǐ particle a particle adding emphasis
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '止' particle)
12. zhǐ noun percussion mallet; drumstick
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '止' n 3)
13. zhǐ noun calm abiding; cessation; samatha; śamatha
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: śamatha, Pali: samatha, Japanese: shi, Tibetan: zhi gnas; the mental calm obtained through meditative concentration (BCSD '止', p. 682; BL 'śamatha', p. 747; FGDB '止'; Kroll 2015 '止' 3b; Powers 2007, p. 86)

Contained in

• 止观大意(止觀大意) Zhi Guan Dayi
• 息止 a wandering monk; śramaṇa
• 住止山林 living in mountain forests
• 1. 重覆的举止 会变成习惯 2. 定型的习惯 会变成个性 3. 个性的走向 会决定命运 4. 命运的好坏 会决定一生(1. 重覆的舉止 會變成習慣 2. 定型的習慣 會變成個性 3. 個性的走向 會決定命運 4. 命運的好壞 會決定一生) Repeated actions become your habits, Habits determine your character, Character influences your future, Your future decides your life.
• 知此人众既得止息(知此人眾既得止息) They think: We are at rest, we are refreshed
• 修习止观坐禅法要(修習止觀坐禪法要) Xiu Xi Zhi Guan Zuochan Fa Yao
• 十二头陀行 1. 在阿兰若处 2. 常行乞食 3. 次第乞食 4. 受一食法 5. 节量食 6. 中午后不得饮浆 7. 着弊衲衣 8. 但三衣 9. 冢间住 10. 树下止 11. 露地住 12. 但坐不卧(十二頭陀行 1. 在阿蘭若處 2. 常行乞食 3. 次第乞食 4. 受一食法 5. 節量食 6. 中午後不得飲漿 7. 著弊衲衣 8. 但三衣 9. 冢間住 10. 樹下止 11. 露地住 12. 但坐不臥) Ascetic Practices: 1. living in the wilderness; 2. only eating what is given as alms; 3. collecting alms in order; 4. receiving one meal per day; 5. eating a limited amount; 6. not drinking broth after noontime; 7. wearing robes of cast-off rags; 8. wearing only the three robes; 9. dwelling in cemeteries; 10. staying under a tree; 11. dwelling in an open place; 12. only sitting and not lying down
• 止观双修; 1. 渐次止观 2. 不定止观 3. 圆顿止观(止觀雙修; 1. 漸次止觀 2. 不定止觀 3. 圓頓止觀) Stopping and Seeing Meditation: 1. gradual stopping and seeing; 2. indeterminate stopping and seeing; 3. complete stopping and seeing
• 摩诃止观(摩訶止觀) The Great Calming and Contemplation ; The Great Calming and Contemplation; Great Concentration and Insight; Mohe Zhi Guan ; Great Concentration and Insight
• 金刚光焰止风雨陀罗尼经(金剛光焰止風雨陀羅尼經) The Vajra Blazing Light Stops Rainstorms Dharani Sutra; Jingang Guang Yan Zhi Fengyu Tuoluoni Jing
• 止观(止觀) Cessation and Contemplation ; calming and contemplating ; calming and insight; calming and contemplation; śamatha and vipaśyanā
• 能止息 śamitā
• 圆顿止观(圓頓止觀) complete stopping and seeing ; Complete Stopping and Seeing; Great Concentration and Insight
• 依止最胜(依止最勝) perfect reliance
• 起止处(起止處) latrine
• 渐次止观(漸次止觀) gradual stopping and seeing

Also contained in

止过 、 顶风停止 、 欲言又止 、 树欲静而风不止 、 活血止痛 、 止妒 、 禁止核武器试验条约 、 点到即止 、 止雨 、 止是 、 阻止 、 止咳 、 适可而止 、 停止 、 岂止 、 遮止 、 止宿 、 止息 、 止痛片 、 止于坐隅 、 举止 、 屡禁不止 、 休止 、 观止 、 截止期限 、 止戈为武 、 止点 、 静止锋 、 休止符 、 容止 、 禁止驶入 、 终止 、 行止 、 汐止 、 令行禁止

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Truncated for common words

• Scroll 3 Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決 — count: 162
• Scroll 3 Shi Chan Boluomi Cidi Famen 釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 — count: 150
• Scroll 3 The Great Calming and Contemplation (Mohe Zhi Guan) 摩訶止觀 — count: 149 , has English translation
• Scroll 1 Commentary on the Hundred Treatise 百論疏 — count: 132
• Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 126
• Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 104
• Scroll 5 The Great Calming and Contemplation (Mohe Zhi Guan) 摩訶止觀 — count: 96 , has English translation
• Scroll 1 Yin Chi Ru Jing Zhu 陰持入經註 — count: 92
• Scroll 5 Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決 — count: 80
• Scroll 1 Xiu Xi Zhi Guan Zuochan Fa Yao 修習止觀坐禪法要 — count: 78 , has English translation

Collocations

• 止处 (止處) 到所止處 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 8
• 可止 (可止) 可止知止 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 8
• 寂止 (寂止) 寂止一處 — Sutra on the Great Reliable Brahman (Da Jiangu Poluomen Jing) 大堅固婆羅門緣起經, Scroll 2 — count: 7
• 居止 (居止) 居止其中 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 13 — count: 7
• 进止 (進止) 進止身儀雅 — Vipaśyin Buddha Sūtra 毘婆尸佛經, Scroll 1 — count: 4
• 止城外 (止城外) 止城外神樹下 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 般泥洹經, Scroll 1 — count: 4
• 止一劫 (止一劫) 如來可止一劫有餘 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 4
• 止城 (止城) 止城北林樹下 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 般泥洹經, Scroll 1 — count: 4
• 众祐止 (眾祐止) 聞佛眾祐止此滅度 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 3
• 到止 (到止) 到止城外 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 般泥洹經, Scroll 1 — count: 3