相 xiāng
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xiāng
adverb
each other; one another; mutually
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 互相, for example, in the idiom 自相矛盾 'self-contradictory' (CCI '自相矛盾'; CCD 1 '相' 1; FE '相' 1; GHDC 1 '相' 1; Guoyu '相' xiāng adv 1; Kroll 2015 '相' xiāng 1, p. 497); 相 may be used in this sense in Literary Chinese (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 136). For example, 獸相食,且人惡之。'Beasts devour one another, and men hate them for doing so.' (Mengzi: 1.4/2/21, translation by Legge) -
xiàng
verb
to observe; to assess
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 观察 (CCD 2 '相'; GHDC 2 '相' 1; Guoyu '相' xiàng v 1; Kroll 2015 '相' xiàng 3, p. 497) -
xiàng
noun
appearance; portrait; picture
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (GHDC 2 '相' 2; Guoyu '相' xiàng n 1) -
xiàng
noun
countenance; personage; character; disposition
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (GHDC 2 '相' 9; Kroll 2015 '相' xiàng 4, p. 497) -
xiàng
verb
to aid; to help
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 辅助 (GHDC 2 '相' 3; Guoyu '相' xiàng v 3; Kroll 2015 '相' xiàng 1, p. 497) -
xiāng
noun
a chancellor; a prime minister; a high minister
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 宰相 or 丞相 (GHDC 2 '相' 5; Guoyu '相' xiàng n 2; Kroll 2015 '相' xiàng 1, p. 497; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 1673) -
xiàng
noun
a sign; a mark; appearance
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '相' xiàng 4a, p. 497) -
xiāng
auxiliary verb
alternately; in turn
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '相' xiāng auxiliary verb; Kroll 2015 '相' xiāng 2, p. 497) -
xiāng
proper noun
Xiang
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (CCD 1 '相' 3; GHDC 1 '相' 4; Guoyu '相' xiāng n 1) -
xiāng
noun
form substance
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 实质 (FE '相' 2; GHDC 1 '相' 3) -
xiāng
verb
to express
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (GHDC 1 '相' 2) -
xiàng
verb
to choose
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 选择 (GHDC 2 '相' 6; Guoyu '相' xiàng v 5) -
xiāng
proper noun
Xiang
Domain: History 历史 , Concept: Ancient City 古城
Notes: (GHDC 2 '相' 8) -
xiāng
noun
an ancient musical instrument
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (GHDC 2 '相' 10; Guoyu '相' xiàng n 4) -
xiāng
noun
the seventh lunar month
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 相月 (GHDC 2 '相' 11) -
xiāng
verb
to compare
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 比较 (Guoyu '相' xiāng adv 2) -
xiàng
verb
to divine
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 占视 (Guoyu '相' xiàng v 2) -
xiàng
verb
to administer
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 治理 (Guoyu '相' xiàng v 4) -
xiàng
noun
helper for a blind person
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '相' xiàng n 3) -
xiāng
noun
rhythm [music]
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '相' xiāng 3, p. 497) -
xiāng
noun
the upper frets of a pipa
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '相' xiāng 3a, p. 497) -
xiāng
noun
coralwood
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In 相思豆, see 海红豆 (Kroll 2015 '相' xiāng 4, p. 497; Wikipedia '海红豆') -
xiàng
noun
ministry
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '相' xiàng 1a, p. 497) -
xiàng
verb
to supplement; to enhance
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '相' xiàng 2, p. 497) -
xiàng
noun
lakṣaṇa; quality; characteristic
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: lakṣaṇa, Pali: lakkhaṇa, Japanese: sō, Tibetan: mtshan nyid (BCSD '相', p. 870; BL 'lakṣaṇa', p. 463; FGDB '相'; GHDC 2 '相' 9; Kroll 2015 '相' xiàng 4, p. 497; SH '相', p. 309) -
xiàng
noun
a sign; a mark; appearance; nimitta; rūpa
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: nimitta, or: rūpa, Pali: nimitta, Japanese: sō, Tibetan: mtshan ma (BCSD '相', p. 870; BL 'nimitta', pp. 585-586; Kroll 2015 '相' xiàng 4a, p. 497; SH '相', p. 309) -
xiàng
noun
sign; mark; liṅga
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: liṅga, Pali: liṅga, Japanese: sō, Tibetan: mtshan, or: rtags (BCSD '相', p. 870; BL 'liṅga', p. 474; MW 'rūpa') -
xiàng
noun
a perception; cognition; conceptualization; a notion
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: saṃjñā, Pali: saññā (BCSD '相', p. 870)
Contained in
- 佛阿毘昙经出家相品(佛阿毘曇經出家相品) Fo Apitan Jing Chujia Xiang Pin
- 三十二相而自庄严(三十二相而自莊嚴) adorned with the thirty-two characteristics of a great man
- 赖耶三相(賴耶三相) three characteristics of alaya
- 如来八相(如來八相) eight stages of buddha’s progress
- 随相论(隨相論) Lakṣaṇānusāraśāstra; Sui Xiang Lun
- 一切有为是无常相(一切有為是無常相) All conditioned things are impermanent.
- 外相 Foreign Minister ; exterior appearance ; exterior appearance
- 广长轮相(廣長輪相) the sign of a broad and long tongue
- 大人相 marks of excellence of a great man
- 无相宗(無相宗) Madhyamaka; Sanlun School; Three Sastra School
- 白毫相 urnalaksana; urnakesa; urnakosa
- 二相 the two attributes
- 法身非相 the body of the Dharma has no appearance
- 自相空 emptiness of essence
- 世间相(世間相) the characteristics of the world
- 金玉满堂 10:法相(金玉滿堂 10:法相) A House Full of Gold and Jade- Faxiang: Buddhist Terminology
- 相应品(相應品) Chapter on Association
- 药病相治(藥病相治) the interrelation between medicine and disease
- 六相缘起(六相緣起) six mutual interdependencies
- 马王隐藏相(馬王隱藏相) with hidden private parts
- 大丈夫相 the thirty two marks of excellence; the thirty-two characteristic marks
- 身从无相中受生(身從無相中受生) the body is born out of no-form
- 无相布施(無相布施) to give without notions; to give without attachment
Also contained in
交相 、 首相 、 丑相 、 单反相机 、 相若 、 星相师 、 相对主义 、 好相识 、 弱相互作用 、 桴鼓相应 、 鷄犬相闻 、 亮相 、 风马牛不相及 、 意气相投 、 露相 、 唇齿相依 、 相违 、 陈陈相因 、 类相应 、 月相 、 扮相 、 词相似效应 、 印相 、 相对密度 、 楚汉相争 、 属相 、 臭味相投 、 出洋相
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 546
- Scroll 19 Commentary on the Yogācārabhūmiśāstra 瑜伽論記 — count: 505
- Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 499
- Scroll 307 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 394 , has parallel version
- Scroll 357 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 381 , has parallel version
- Scroll 43 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 353 , has parallel version
- Scroll 358 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 339 , has parallel version
- Scroll 45 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 335 , has parallel version
- Scroll 5 Commentary on the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 中觀論疏 — count: 316
- Scroll 2 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 277