fán

  1. fán adjective ordinary; common
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 平常 (Guoyu '凡' adj 1; Unihan '凡')
  2. fán noun the ordinary world
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 尘世间 (Guoyu '凡' n 2)
  3. fán noun an outline
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 刚要 (Guoyu '凡' n 1)
  4. fán adjective secular
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 世俗 (Guoyu '凡' adj 2)
  5. fán adverb all
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: 凡 is synonymous with 一切 in this sense. Usually, used to introduce a noun phrase in Literary Chinese. For example, 則凡可以得生者,何不用也? 'why should he not use every means by which he could preserve it [life]?' (Mengzi: 11.10/59/27; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 127; Unihan '凡')
  6. fán adverb altogether; in sum; in all; in total
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: 凡 is synonymous with 总共 in this sense (Guoyu '凡' adv 1)
  7. fán noun ordinary people
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synonymous with 凡人 in this sense in Literary Chinese (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 127).
  8. fán noun an ordinary person
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Abbreviation for 凡夫 (FGDB '凡夫')
  9. fán adjective common; unrefined; prākṛta
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: prākṛta (BCSD '凡', p. 178; MW 'prākṛta')

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  • Scroll 1 Er Di Yi 二諦義 — count: 100
  • Scroll 2 Er Di Yi 二諦義 — count: 100
  • Scroll 2 Collection of records concerning the Chinese Buddhist Canon (Chu San Zang Ji Ji) 出三藏記集 — count: 74
  • Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 70
  • Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 66
  • Scroll 8 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 64
  • Scroll 9 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 56
  • Scroll 4 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 56
  • Scroll 3 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 54
  • Scroll 1 Da Ban Niepan Jing You Yi 涅槃經遊意 — count: 54

Collocations

  • 凡庶 (凡庶) 吾宿薄祐生在凡庶 — Sutra of the Collection of the Six Perfections (Liu Du Ji Jing) 六度集經, Scroll 1 — count: 7
  • 凡象 (凡象) 不如一凡象力 — Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經, Scroll 36 — count: 6
  • 凡世间 (凡世間) 凡世間所見 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 21 — count: 5
  • 世间凡 (世間凡) 世間凡有三種天使 — Sutra on the Causes and Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Yin Ben Jing) 起世因本經, Scroll 4 — count: 4
  • 凡起 (凡起) 如是凡起十處兜婆 — Mahāparinibbānasutta 大般涅槃經, Scroll 3 — count: 4
  • 一凡 (一凡) 不如一凡象力 — Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經, Scroll 36 — count: 4
  • 数凡 (數凡) 其數凡有八萬四千 — Mahāparinibbānasutta 大般涅槃經, Scroll 2 — count: 4
  • 凡世 (凡世) 凡世地動 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 3
  • 凡鄙 (凡鄙) 超過諸凡鄙 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 3
  • 凡所为 (凡所爲) 凡所為作 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 20 — count: 2