贤 (賢) xián

1. xián adjective virtuous; worthy
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 良善 (Guoyu '賢' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '賢' 1, p. 494; Unihan '賢')
2. xián adjective able; capable
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '賢' 2; Unihan '賢')
3. xián adjective admirable
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '賢' 1a, p. 494)
4. xián pronoun sir
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Second person honorific pronoun (Guoyu '賢' pronoun; Kroll 2015 '賢' 3, p. 494)
5. xián noun a talented person
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 才能人 (Guoyu '賢' n)
6. xián proper noun India
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As part of 贤豆 (Kroll 2015 '賢' 5, p. 494)
7. xián verb to respect
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 尊崇 or 重视 (Guoyu '賢' v 1)
8. xián verb to excel; to surpass
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 胜过 (Guoyu '賢' v 2)
9. xián adjective blessed; auspicious; fortunate; bhadra
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: bhadra; for example, the name of a pond mentioned in the Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra (BCSD '賢', p. 1112; Conze 1973; Kroll 2015 '賢' 4, p. 494; MW 'bhadra'; T 227, Scroll 10)

Contained in

• 佛说宝贤陀罗尼经(佛說寶賢陀羅尼經) Maṇibhadradhāraṇīsūtra; Fo Shuo Bao Xian Tuoluoni Jing
• 大贤(大賢) Daxian
• 清净观世音普贤陀罗尼经(清淨觀世音普賢陀羅尼經) Samantabhadradhāraṇīsūtra; Qing Jing Guanshiyin Puxian Tuoluoni Jing
• 西土贤圣(西土賢聖) Xi Tu Xian Sheng
• 天下圣贤仁者寿 世间凡俗礼为先(天下聖賢仁者壽 世間凡俗禮為先) Among eminent and sagely ones, benevolence outlives all; Out of all worldly formalities, propriety comes first.
• 贤劫千佛名经(賢劫千佛名經) Sutra on the Names of a Thousand Buddhas from the Present Kalpa; Xian Jie Qian Fo Ming Jing
• 贤胄部(賢胄部) Bhadrayānika
• 佛说贤首经(佛說賢首經) Fo Shuo Xian Shou Jing
• 贤劫经(賢劫經) Bhadrakalpikasūtra; Xian Jie Jing
• 贤圣集伽陀一百颂(賢聖集伽陀一百頌) Xian Sheng Ji Jiatuo Yibai Song
• 普贤行(普賢行) the practice of Samantabhadra
• 普贤寺(普賢寺) Pohyonsa
• 太贤(太賢) Tai Xian
• 贤豆(賢豆) India
• 金刚顶普贤瑜伽大教王经大乐不空金刚萨埵一切时方成就仪(金剛頂普賢瑜伽大教王經大樂不空金剛薩埵一切時方成就儀) Diamond Pinnacle Samantabhadra Mayajalamahatantra Great Bliss Amoghavajrasattva All Time and Space Attainment Ritual; Jingang Ding Puxian Yujia Da Jiao Wang Jing Dale Bukongjingang Sa Duo Yiqie Shi Fang Chengjiu Yi
• 贤首经(賢首經) Xian Shou Jing
• 鼓山元贤(鼓山元賢) Gushan Yuanxian
• 普贤行品(普賢行品) the practice of Samantabhadra [chapter]
• 普贤金刚萨埵略瑜伽念诵仪轨(普賢金剛薩埵略瑜伽念誦儀軌) Samantabhadra Vajrasattva Short Yoga Liturgy; Puxian Jingang Saduo Lue Yujia Niansong Yi Gui
• 普贤曼拏罗经(普賢曼拏羅經) Puxian Man Na Luo Jing
• 贤首(賢首) sage chief ; Xianshou
• 普贤观经(普賢觀經) Samantabhadra Sutra
• 贤者五福德经(賢者五福德經) Xian Zhe Wu Fude Jing
• 仁贤幻上经(仁賢幻上經) Sutra on the Magic of Bhadra
• 于此贤劫皆当成佛(於此賢劫皆當成佛) win enlightenment in this very bhadrakalpa
• 戒贤(戒賢) Śīlabhadra
• 贤坐(賢坐) to sit with one leg crossed; ardhaparyanka
• 贤首宗(賢首宗) Huayan School; Huayan Zong
• 贤德之士(賢德之士) eminent and virtuous people
• 三贤(三賢) the three worthy levels
• 宝贤陀罗尼经(寶賢陀羅尼經) Maṇibhadradhāraṇīsūtra; Bao Xian Tuoluoni Jing

Also contained in

贵贱贤愚 、 贤达 、 先贤 、 见贤思齐 、 贤明 、 进贤县 、 群贤毕至 、 敬老尊贤 、 贤君 、 贤内助 、 任贤仗能 、 亲贤臣 、 贤贤易色 、 嫉贤 、 折节下贤 、 任人唯贤 、 荐贤举能 、 礼贤下士 、 贤劳 、 起贤才

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 7 Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經 — count: 132 , has English translation , has parallel version
• Scroll 1 Qiu Yu Jing (Anaṅgaṇasutta) 求欲經 — count: 102
• Scroll 6 Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經 — count: 68 , has English translation , has parallel version
• Scroll 49 Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經 — count: 61 , has English translation , has parallel version
• Scroll 19 Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經 — count: 59 , has English translation , has parallel version
• Scroll 2 Mūlasarvāstivādabhikṣuṇīvinayavibhaṅga (Genben Shuo Yiqie You Bu Bi Chu Ni Pi Nai Ye) 根本說一切有部苾芻尼毘奈耶 — count: 51
• Scroll 23 Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經 — count: 51 , has English translation , has parallel version
• Scroll 5 Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經 — count: 50 , has English translation , has parallel version
• Scroll 42 Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經 — count: 50 , has English translation , has parallel version
• Scroll 1 Shou Sui Jing (Anumānasutta) 受歲經 — count: 36

Collocations

• 贤等 (賢等) 善賢等相隨而進 — Mahāparinibbānasutta 大般涅槃經, Scroll 3 — count: 23
• 善贤 (善賢) 玉女寶善賢給侍左右 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 22
• 贤死 (賢死) 便不賢死 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 22 — count: 17
• 贤及 (賢及) 坐於賢及善賢二石之上 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 6 — count: 10
• 贤心 (賢心) 隨彼諸賢心 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 17 — count: 8
• 贤哺 (賢哺) 賢哺羅陀子 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 44 — count: 8
• 贤郎 (賢郎) 不審賢郎有何天女勝於我者 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 31 — count: 8
• 贤命终 (賢命終) 賢命終耶 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 60 — count: 7
• 贤子 (賢子) 賢子 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 12 — count: 5
• 贤调 (賢調) 迴千輻輪賢調御車 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 8 — count: 4