宴 yàn

  1. yàn noun a feast; a banquet
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CC-CEDICt '宴'; Guoyu '宴' n; Unihan '宴'; XHZD '宴' 3, p. 868)
  2. yàn verb to entertain; to host a feast
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '宴' v 1; Kroll 2015 '宴' 2, p. 530; Unihan '宴'; XHZD '宴' 1, p. 868)
  3. yàn adjective calm; in comfort and at ease
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '宴'; Guoyu '宴' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '宴' 1, p. 530; XHZD '宴' 4, p. 868)
  4. yàn adjective joyful
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '宴' adj 2)
  5. yàn verb to rest
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '宴' v 1)
  6. yàn noun merriment; utsava
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: utsava, Japanese: en (BCSD '宴', p. 380; Mahāvyutpatti 'utsavaḥ'; MW 'utsava'; SH '宴', p. 324; Unihan '宴')

Contained in

  • 一家宴 family banquet
  • 宴坐 sitting meditation; to meditate in seclusion

Also contained in

宴乐 、 筵宴 、 饮宴 、 宴会 、 盛宴 、 喜宴 、 鸿门宴 、 婚宴 、 宴见 、 宴席 、 飨宴 、 千里搭长棚，没有不散的宴席 、 设宴 、 便宴 、 欢宴 、 宴桃园 、 家宴 、 午宴 、 宴请 、 宴会厅 、 晚宴 、 宴飨 、 赴宴 、 国宴 、 宴殊 、 宴饮 、 酒宴

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 5 Itivṛttakasūtra (Benshi Jing) 本事經 — count: 8
  • Scroll 2 San Guo Yi Shi 三國遺事 — count: 7
  • Scroll 2 Weimo Yi Ji 維摩義記 — count: 6
  • Scroll 2 Shi Jian Ji Gu Lue Xu Ji 釋鑑稽古略續集 — count: 4
  • Scroll 24 Yogācāryabhūmiśāstra (Yujia Shi Di Lun) 瑜伽師地論 — count: 4
  • Scroll 3 Shi Jian Ji Gu Lue Xu Ji 釋鑑稽古略續集 — count: 4
  • Scroll 20 Song Biographies of Eminent Monks 宋高僧傳 — count: 4 , has English translation
  • Scroll 4 Shen Seng Chuan 神僧傳 — count: 4
  • Scroll 19 Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集 — count: 4 , has English translation
  • Scroll 3 Shuo Wugou Cheng Jing Shu 說無垢稱經疏 — count: 4

Collocations

  • 宴默 (宴默) 如來爾時三昧宴默 — Dafangbian Fo Bao'en Jing 大方便佛報恩經, Scroll 3 — count: 68
  • 宴寂 (宴寂) 宴寂而坐 — Fuli Taizi Yinyuan Jing (Puṇyabalāvadāna) 福力太子因緣經, Scroll 1 — count: 22
  • 寂然宴 (寂然宴) 寂然宴默 — The Lotus Sutra (Miaofa Lianhua Jing) 妙法蓮華經, Scroll 1 — count: 9
  • 宴处 (宴處) 亦無疲倦宴處睡眠之想 — Mahāratnakūṭasūtra (The Great Treasures Collection Sūtra) 大寶積經, Scroll 19 — count: 8
  • 宴安 (宴安) 微五欲之宴安 — The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經, Scroll 590 — count: 6
  • 宴寝 (宴寢) 法王宴寢 — Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經, Scroll 16 — count: 6
  • 中宴 (中宴) 獨止幽閑空寂林中宴處靜室 — Mahāratnakūṭasūtra (The Great Treasures Collection Sūtra) 大寶積經, Scroll 48 — count: 5
  • 内宴 (內宴) 月內宴默而住 — Mūlasarvāstivādavinayavibhaṅga (Genben Shuo Yiqie You Bu Pi Nai Ye) 根本說一切有部毘奈耶, Scroll 18 — count: 5
  • 佛宴 (佛宴) 於佛宴寂後 — The Lotus Sutra (Miaofa Lianhua Jing) 妙法蓮華經, Scroll 3 — count: 5
  • 独宴 (獨宴) 受經之人持十二法能獨宴寂 — Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā Sūtra 放光般若經, Scroll 11 — count: 4