冥 míng
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adjective
dark
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 冥 is synonymous with 暗 in this sense (Giles 1892 '冥'; Unihan '冥') -
adjective
profound; deep
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 冥 is synonymous with 深远 in this sense (Unihan '冥') -
adjective
obscure
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Giles 1892 '冥'). -
noun
the unseen world
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Giles 1892 '冥'). -
proper noun
Hades
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Mythology
Notes: (Giles 1892 '冥'). -
adjective
dark; tamas
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: tamas (BCSD '冥', p. 176; MW 'tamas'; SH '冥', p. 322)
Contained in
- 冥报记(冥報記) Ming Bao Ji
- 世间不久无智盲冥(世間不久無智盲冥) The world will soon be without wisdom and fall dark.
- 暗冥 wrapt in darkness
- 冥思 dedicative thinking
- 冥详(冥詳) Ming Xiang
- 冥阳会(冥陽會) Hungry Ghost Offering Ceremony
- 冥道 the gateway to the ghost world
- 除一切忧冥(除一切憂冥) Sarvaśokatamoghātamati
- 佛说灭十方冥经(佛說滅十方冥經) Sutra Spoken by the Buddha on Destroying the Darkness of the Four Quarters; Fo Shuo Mie Shi Fang Ming Jing
- 盲冥 blind and in darkness
- 十方常暗冥 all quarters wrapt in darkness
- 愚冥 ignorance and obscurity
- 冥庭 a dark court
- 除一切忧冥菩萨(除一切憂冥菩薩) Sarvaśokatamoghātamati Bodhisattva
- 五道冥官 Underworld Official of the Five Destinies
- 灭十方冥经(滅十方冥經) Sutra Spoken by the Buddha on Destroying the Darkness of the Four Quarters (Mie Shi Fang Ming Jing)
- 冥土 the dark abode
- 冥途 the dark way
Also contained in
冥诞 、 冥币 、 冥安 、 冥思苦想 、 冥海 、 冥衣 、 冥冥之中 、 冥福 、 冥府 、 窈冥 、 冥婚 、 杳冥 、 冥顽不灵 、 冥间 、 冥想 、 风雨晦冥 、 冥思苦索 、 闇冥 、 青冥 、 冥顽 、 冥安县 、 冥纸 、 冥钞 、 冥合 、 冥镪 、 冥王星 、 苦思冥想 、 邈冥冥 、 冥钱 、 幽冥 、 死不冥目 、 冥王 、 冥界
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 6 Miaofa Lianhua Jing Xuan Yi 妙法蓮華經玄義 — count: 50 , has English translation
- Scroll 3 New Commentary on the Zhao Lun 肇論新疏 — count: 42
- Scroll 2 New Commentary on the Zhao Lun 肇論新疏 — count: 34
- Scroll 15 Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集 — count: 29 , has English translation
- Scroll 25 Dafang Guang Fo Huayan Jing Sui Shu Yan Yi Chao 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 — count: 27
- Scroll 1 Notes on the Abhidharmakośabhāṣya 俱舍論記 — count: 26
- Scroll 1 Zhao Lun 肇論 — count: 25 , has English translation
- Scroll 2 Commentary on the Zhao Lun 肇論疏 — count: 24
- Scroll 42 Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經 — count: 23 , has English translation , has parallel version
- Scroll 18 Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集 — count: 21 , has English translation
Collocations
- 入冥 (入冥) 從冥入冥 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 34 — count: 20
- 冥入 (冥入) 從冥入冥 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 34 — count: 19
- 冥冥 (冥冥) 二山中間窈窈冥冥 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 19 — count: 16
- 黑冥 (黑冥) 餘者黑冥 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 6 — count: 15
- 癡冥 (癡冥) 滅諸癡冥 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 15 — count: 14
- 冥中 (冥中) 於夜冥中齎幢出城 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 11
- 众冥 (眾冥) 恒憂除眾冥 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 8
- 窈窈冥 (窈窈冥) 二山中間窈窈冥冥 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 19 — count: 7
- 大冥 (大冥) 唯有大冥 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 6 — count: 6
- 名为冥 (名為冥) 是名為冥 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 42 — count: 5