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

• 迦止栗那 kācalindikāka; kācilindi
• 止静(止靜) Calm and Quiet
• 莫异依止(莫異依止) rely on nothing else
• 防非止恶(防非止惡) to prevent unwholesome conduct and wrongdoing; a guard against wrong and evil-doing
• 息止 a wandering monk; śramaṇa
• 抑止门(抑止門) teaching of restraint
• 四依止; 1. 依法不依人 2. 依智不依识 3. 依义不依语 4. 依了义不依不了义(四依止; 1. 依法不依人 2. 依智不依識 3. 依義不依語 4. 依了義不依不了義) Four Reliances: 1. Rely on the Dharma, not on individual teachers; 2. Rely on wisdom, not on knowledge; 3. Rely on the meaning, not on the words; 4. Rely on the ultimate truth, not on relative truth
• 修习止观(修習止觀) to practice calming and contemplation
• 般止柯 Pancika
• 仰止唯佛陀，完成在人格(仰止唯佛陀，完成在人格) the only way to truly respect the Buddha is by perfecting his or her human character
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 修习止观坐禅法要(修習止觀坐禪法要) Xiu Xi Zhi Guan Zuochan Fa Yao

Also contained in

止于至善 、 抑止 、 辍止 、 按止 、 饮鸩止渴 、 充饥止渴 、 止血垫 、 止痛药 、 禁止外出 、 遮止 、 点到即止 、 交止 、 心如止水 、 令行禁止 、 西高止山脉 、 活血止痛 、 东高止山脉 、 学无止境 、 到此为止 、 止渴 、 截止期限 、 止步 、 止点 、 静止轨道 、 禁止 、 底止 、 止水 、 截止 、 止留 、 止韵 、 到目前为止 、 行止 、 顶风停止 、 永无止境 、 屡禁不止 、 岂止 、 止宿

Word is mentioned most frequently in

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

• 可止 (可止) 可止知止 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 8
• 止处 (止處) 到所止處 — 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
• 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
• 进止 (進止) 進止身儀雅 — Vipaśyin Buddha Sūtra 毘婆尸佛經, Scroll 1 — count: 4
• 止城 (止城) 止城北林樹下 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 般泥洹經, 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
• 住止 (住止) 住止淨室 — Vipaśyin Buddha Sūtra 毘婆尸佛經, Scroll 2 — count: 3
• 到止 (到止) 到止城外 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 般泥洹經, Scroll 1 — count: 3