阿 ā
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ā
prefix
prefix to names of people
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: For example, in modern Chinese 阿姨 'aunt' and in old Chinese '阿母' (ABCE '阿'; Guoyu '阿' ā; Kroll 2015 '阿' ā 1, p. 98; Mathews 1931 '阿' p1; Unihan '阿') -
ā
verb
to groan
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Mathews 1931 '阿' b p1) -
ā
phonetic
a
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Foreign Language
Notes: (Mathews 1931 '阿' b p1; Unihan '阿') -
ē
verb
to flatter
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 阿附 (Guoyu '阿' ē v 1; Mathews 1931 '阿' d p1) -
ā
interjection
expresses doubt
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (Guoyu '阿' ā interjectio; Mathews 1931 '阿' e p1) -
ē
noun
river bank
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '阿' ē 2, p. 98; Mathews 1931 '阿' c p. 1) -
ē
noun
beam; pillar
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 屋檐 (Guoyu '阿' ē n 3; Mathews 1931 '阿' f p1) -
ē
noun
a hillslope; a mound
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 大土丘 (Guoyu '阿' ē n 1; Kroll 2015 '阿' ē 1, p. 98) -
ē
noun
a turning point; a turn; a bend in a river
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '阿' ē n 2; Kroll 2015 '阿' ē 3, p. 98) -
ē
proper noun
E
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '阿' ē n 4) -
ē
verb
to depend on
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 倚靠 (Guoyu '阿' ē v 1) -
ā
particle
a final particle
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: Same as 啊 (Guoyu '阿' ā particle) -
ē
foreign
e
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: IPA: [ə]; used for the sound in mantras and Indian names (Kroll 2015 '阿' ā 3, p. 98; Unihan '阿') -
ē
noun
a buttress
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '阿' ē 4, p. 98) -
ē
verb
be partial to
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '阿' ē 5, p. 98) -
ē
noun
thick silk
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '阿' ē 6, p. 98) -
ā
pronoun
this; these
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '阿' ā 2, p. 98) -
ē
foreign
e
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: a; first letter of the Sanskrit alphabet, meaning 'un-' or 'not'; a special character in esoteric chanting described in the 大毘盧遮那成佛神變加持經 “Vairocana Sūtra” as symbolizing 本不生 ādyanutpāda 'non-arising' (BCSD '阿', p. 1202; Ding '阿'; FGDB '阿'; MW 'a'; SH '阿', p. 285; Wikipedia '悉曇文字'; Giebel 2005, p. 42; T 848, Scroll 2, 18.0010a10)
Contained in
- 阿畏遮迦 abhicaraka; overcoming adversaries
- 阿那婆达多龙王(阿那婆達多龍王) Anavatapta
- 阿耨三菩提 anubodhi; unexcelled complete enlightenment
- 阿剌耶识(阿剌耶識) ālayavijñāna; alaya consciousness; storehouse consciousness; foundational consciousness
- 阿耆尼 Agni ; Agni ; Agni
- 阿摩提观音(阿摩提觀音) Abhetri
- 阿罗汉(阿羅漢) Arhat ; arhat ; Arhat
- 阿黎耶识说名应知依止相(阿黎耶識說名應知依止相) the ālayavijñāna explained as a support for the knowable
- 阿摩提 Abhetri
- 阿毗达磨明证论(阿毗達磨明證論) Abhidharma prakāśa sādhana śāstra
- 阿嗜多 Ajita
- 阿说罗部(阿說羅部) Aiśvarikas
- 阿毘浮 Abhibū
- 阿奢罗曩(阿奢羅曩) Acalanatha
- 私阿末经(私阿末經) Si A Mo Jing
- 阿范和利 Āmrapālī; Ambapālī
- 阿拔经(阿拔經) Āmraṣṭha Sutra
- 阿拟尼(阿擬尼) Agni
- 阿毘达磨发智论(阿毘達磨發智論) Jnanaprasthana; Abhidharma-jñāna-prasthāna
- 阿毗达磨(阿毗達磨) Abhidharma; Abhidhamma Pitaka
- 阿毘达摩(阿毘達摩) Abhidharma
- 怛萨阿竭(怛薩阿竭) Tathagata
- 阿地目多 adhimukti; attention
- 佛说阿鸠留经(佛說阿鳩留經) Aguru Sutra
- 阿刍鞞耶(阿芻鞞耶) Akṣobhya; Aksobhya Buddha
- 入阿毗达磨论(入阿毗達磨論) Abhidharmā vatāra śāstra
- 阿吒薄倶 Atavaka; Atavika
- 阿阐提(阿闡提) icchantika; an incorrigible
- 阿迦尼师吒(阿迦尼師吒) Akaniṣṭha; Akanistha; Akaniṭṭha
- 阿耨达池(阿耨達池) Lake Anavatapta ; Lake Anavatapta
- 阿耨(阿耨) Anavatapta
- 阿目佉跋折罗(阿目佉跋折羅) Amoghavajra
- 阿须轮(阿須輪) asura
- 后出阿弥陀佛偈(後出阿彌陀佛偈) Hou Chu Emituo Fo Ji
- 佛光大藏经·阿含藏(佛光大藏經·阿含藏) Fo Guang Buddhist Canon: Agama Canon
- 阿閦佛国经(阿閦佛國經) Akṣobhya Buddha Sutra
- 阿耨达经(阿耨達經) Anavatapta Sutra
- 阿练茹(阿練茹) a forest retreat; a secluded place to practice; araṇya; arañña; aranya
- 佛说阿难四事经(佛說阿難四事經) Sutra Spoken by Ananda on Four Matters; Fo Shuo Anan Si Shi Jing
Also contained in
守正不阿 、 阿拖品化 、 阿妈 、 阿瑜陀耶遺址 、 阿尔茨海默氏症 、 赫图阿拉 、 阿摩司书 、 阿瑞斯 、 四阿重屋 、 阿混 、 扶不起的阿斗 、 阿斯巴特
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 1 Western Dhāraṇī Matrix Vajra Amṛitakuṇḍali Ritual (Xifang Tuoluoni Cang Zhong Jingang Zu Amiliduojunzhali Fa) 西方陀羅尼藏中金剛族阿蜜哩多軍吒利法 — count: 226
- Scroll 1 Sutra of the Unsurpassed Bodhisattva who asks about All Dharmas, Enters the Boundless Dharma Gate Dharani (Zun Sheng Pusa Suo Wen Yiqie Zhu Fa Ru Wuliang Men Tuoluoni Jing) 尊勝菩薩所問一切諸法入無量門陀羅尼經 — count: 122
- Scroll 1 Dasheng Bei Fen Tuo Li Jing (Karuṇāpuṇḍarīkasūtra) 大乘悲分陀利經 — count: 108
- Scroll 1 Yaoshi Qi Fo Gongyang Yi Gui Ruyi Wang Jing (Medicine Buddha and Seven Buddhas Liturgy and Sutra) 藥師七佛供養儀軌如意王經 — count: 106
- Scroll 1 Fanyu Qian Zi Wen 梵語千字文 — count: 105
- Scroll 9 Shi Moheyan Lun 釋摩訶衍論 — count: 103
- Scroll 7 Miscellaneous Dhāraṇī Collection 陀羅尼雜集 — count: 101 , has English translation
- Scroll 1 Fanyu Za Ming 梵語雜名 — count: 98
- Scroll 21 Mahāsaṃnipātasūtra (Great Compilation) 大方等大集經 — count: 97 , has parallel version
- Scroll 1 Mahāsaṅghabhikṣuṇivinaya (Mohe Sengzhi Biqiuni Jie Ben) 摩訶僧祇比丘尼戒本 — count: 92