灯 (燈) dēng
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noun
a lamp; a lantern
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Optics
Notes: For Example, 把灯亮当鬼火 'to take light from a lantern as fire from a demon' (CC-CEDICT '燈'; Guoyu '燈' n 1; Kroll 2015 '燈' 1, p. 80; Suyu. p. 14; Unihan '燈'; XHZD '灯', p. 137) -
noun
a lamp; a lantern
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: dīpa, Japanese: tou, or: tei, or: chou, Tibetan: mar me; a metaphor for truth (BCSD '燈', p. 797; Edgerton 1953 'dīpa', p. 265; Kroll 2015 '燈' 1a, p. 80; Mahāvyutpatti 'dīpaḥ'; MW 'dīpa'; SH '燈', p. 448; Unihan '燈')
Contained in
- 日月灯明佛(日月燈明佛) Candrasuryapradipa; Sun Moon Lamp Buddha
- 献灯(獻燈) Light Offering
- 法灯欲灭(法燈欲滅) The Dharma lamp is about to be extinguished.
- 龙潭吹灯(龍潭吹燈) Longtan blows out a lamp
- 无尽灯(無盡燈) Endless Light ; one lamp which is yet limitless ; inexhaustible light
- 人海灯(人海燈) Lamp in the Ocean of People Monthly ; Lamp in the Ocean of People Monthly
- 景德传灯录(景德傳燈錄) The Records of the Transmission of the Lamp; Jingde Chuandeng Lu
- 须弥灯(須彌燈) Merupradipa; Sumeru Lamp Buddha
- 佛说圣最上灯明如来陀罗尼经(佛說聖最上燈明如來陀羅尼經) Agrapradīpadhāraṇīvidyārājasūtra; Fo Shuo Sheng Zuishang Deng Ming Rulai Tuoluoni Jing
- 般若灯疏(般若燈疏) Commentary on the Lamp of Discernment
- 平安灯法会(平安燈法會) Festival of Light and Peace
- 香灯(香燈) Shrine Attendant ; Shrine Attendant
- 一灯照破心中暗 双手能做慈悲人(一燈照破心中暗 双手能做慈悲人) One single light can dispel the mind's darkness; Your hands suffice to show the compassion in you.
- 万人皈依典礼及万人献灯祈福弘法大会(萬人皈依典禮及萬人獻燈祈福弘法大會) Grand Triple Gem Refuge Taking and Light Offering Dharma Service
- 佛光山国际平安灯会(佛光山國際平安燈會) Fo Guang Shan International Festival of Light And Peace
- 摩灯伽(摩燈伽) untouchable; dalit
- 拈灯笼(拈燈籠) pick up a lantern
- 传灯大法师(傳燈大法師) Venerable Master Chuandeng
- 续传灯录(續傳燈錄) Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp
- 圣最上灯明如来陀罗尼经(聖最上燈明如來陀羅尼經) Agrapradīpadhāraṇīvidyārājasūtra; Sheng Zuishang Deng Ming Rulai Tuoluoni Jing
Also contained in
关灯 、 萤光灯 、 天灯 、 街灯 、 张灯挂彩 、 管灯 、 灯蕊 、 冰灯 、 灯丝 、 歧路灯 、 台灯 、 灯红酒绿 、 节能灯 、 白炽灯 、 聚光灯 、 灯心草 、 灯节 、 只许州官放火，不许百姓点灯 、 灯头 、 壁灯 、 远光灯 、 路灯 、 把灯亮当鬼火 、 省油的灯 、 万家灯火 、 落地灯 、 探海灯 、 灯塔市 、 灯光 、 水银灯 、 大灯
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 35 Fa Yuan Zhu Lin 法苑珠林 — count: 75
- Scroll 4 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 51
- Scroll 4 Zhu Jing Yao Ji 諸經要集 — count: 48
- Scroll 1 Mahayana Vajra Cudamani Bodhisattva Cultivation (Dasheng Jingang Jizhu Pusa Xiuxing Fen) 大乘金剛髻珠菩薩修行分 — count: 46
- Scroll 2 Commentary on the Hundred Treatise 百論疏 — count: 45
- Scroll 1 Buddhanāmasahasrapañcaśatacatustripañcadaśa (Wu Qian Wu Bai Fo Ming Shen Zhou Chu Zhang Mie Zui Jing) 五千五百佛名神呪除障滅罪經 — count: 40
- Scroll 1 Xu Qingliang Chuan 續清涼傳 — count: 39
- Scroll 333 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 37 , has parallel version
- Scroll 1 Commentary on the Hundred Treatise 百論疏 — count: 36
- Scroll 2 Overiew of the Dvādaśanikāyaśāstra 十二門論宗致義記 — count: 34 , has English translation
Collocations
- 千灯 (千燈) 大王若能剜其身肉用作千燈 — Jātaka Stories of the Bodhisattva (Pusa Ben Xing Jing) 菩薩本行經, Scroll 1 — count: 20
- 燃灯 (燃燈) 冥室燃燈 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 15
- 灯照 (燈照) 如千燈照互增明 — Dasheng Bensheng Xin Di Guan Jing 大乘本生心地觀經, Scroll 1 — count: 11
- 覆灯 (覆燈) 汝可以傘蓋覆燈持出 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 31 — count: 9
- 智慧灯 (智慧燈) 能燃智慧燈 — An Alternative Translation of the Saṃyukta Āgama (Saṁyukatāgamasūtra) 別譯雜阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 5
- 灯三昧 (燈三昧) 有淨燈三昧 — Bei Hua Jing (Karuṇāpuṇḍarīkasūtra) 悲華經, Scroll 8 — count: 5
- 灯炷 (燈炷) 以為燈炷 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 32 — count: 5
- 灯供养 (燈供養) 十幡燈供養 — Fenbie Shan E Bao Ying Jing (Śukasūtra)分別善惡報應經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
- 灯焰 (燈焰) 其燈焰上怗然不動 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 13 — count: 5
- 燃油灯 (燃油燈) 及燃油燈在夜闇中光明照耀 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 57 — count: 4