měi

  1. měi pronoun each; every
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Demonstrative Pronoun 指示代词
    Notes: Also classified as a determiner. 每 is used in this sense in both modern and Literary Chinese. It is used to quantify the action rather than the subject of the sentence. It is frequently used in the initial time clause of a sentence (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 130). For example, 每人而悅之 'to please everybody' (Mengzi: 8.2/40/30, translation by Legge; CC-CEDICT '每'; Unihan '每'; XHZD '每' 1, p. 493).
  2. měi adverb each; every
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
    Notes: (Guoyu '每' adv 1; Kroll 2015 '每' 1, p. 299; XHZD '每' 2, p. 493)
  3. měi adverb very often; nearly always
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '每' 1a, p. 299)
  4. měi adverb even if
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '每' adv 2; Kroll 2015 '每' 2, p. 299)
  5. měi proper noun Mei
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '每' n)
  6. měi pronoun every
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Japanese: mai, or: bai (BCSD '毀', p. 696; SH '每', p. 241; Unihan '每')

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每日限价每端口价格每日每月每人坎德拉每平方米烛光每平方米每分每秒每时每日每战皆北每隔每年一度每每每次每天每夜摊薄后每股盈利每个人每常每况愈下俺每每年每逢佳节倍思亲每时每刻每周一次每逢每周每处每当

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  • Scroll 1 The Baizhang Zen Monastic Regulations 勅修百丈清規 — count: 32
  • Scroll 25 Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳 — count: 27
  • Scroll 1 Xian Mi Yuantong Cheng Fo Xin Yao Ji 顯密圓通成佛心要集 — count: 25
  • Scroll 2 Bian Wei Lu 辯偽錄 — count: 25
  • Scroll 20 Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳 — count: 23
  • Scroll 28 A Chronicle of Buddhism in China 佛祖統紀 — count: 18 , has English translation
  • Scroll 5 Biographies of Eminent Monks 高僧傳 — count: 17 , has English translation
  • Scroll 6 Biographies of Eminent Monks 高僧傳 — count: 17 , has English translation
  • Scroll 22 Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳 — count: 17
  • Scroll 4 A Record of the Buddhist Religion as Practised in India and in the Malay Archipelago 南海寄歸內法傳 — count: 17