惟 wéi

1. wéi adverb only; solely; alone
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: In the sense of 只有 (Guoyu '惟' adv 1; Kroll 2015 '惟' 2, p. 472; XHZD '惟' 1)
2. wéi adverb but
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: In the sense of 但是 (Guoyu '惟' adv 2; XHZD '惟' 2)
3. wéi particle used before a year, month, or day
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: For example, 岁惟丁卯 'the year is the fourth of the cycle,' from the poem 自祭文 “Requiem for Myself” by 陶潛 Tao Qian, Scroll 7 of 陶淵明集 Tao Yuanming Collected Poems (Guoyu '惟' particle 1; Pollard 2002, p. 29; XHZD '惟' 3)
4. wéi noun thought
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 思维 (XHZD '惟' 4)
5. wéi verb to think; to consider
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 思考 (Guoyu '惟' v 1; Kroll 2015 '惟' 1, p. 472)
6. wéi verb is
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: In the sense of 是 (Guoyu '惟' v 2; Kroll 2015 '惟' 4, p. 472)
7. wéi verb has
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: In the sense of 有 (Guoyu '惟' v 3)
8. wéi adverb hopefully
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 希望 (Guoyu '惟' adv 3)
9. wéi particle and
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: In the sense of 和 or 与 (Guoyu '惟' particle 2)
10. wéi particle otherwise
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: In the sense of 则 (Guoyu '惟' particle 3)
11. wéi preposition so as to; because
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: In the sense of 以 (Guoyu '惟' preposition; Kroll 2015 '惟' 3, p. 472)
12. wéi verb to understand
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '惟' 1a, p. 472)
13. wéi adverb merely; mātra
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: mātra, Japanese: i, or: yui, or: bi (BCSD '惟', p. 486; MW 'mātra'; Unihan '惟')

Contained in

• 惟白 Wei Bai
• 思惟略要法 Essence of Contemplation; Siwei Lue Yao Fa
• 八惟无(八惟無) the eight liberations; astavimoksa
• 惟谨(惟謹) Wei Jin
• 惟有洗心能革面 虽非造极已登峯(惟有洗心能革面 雖非造極已登峯) Only by cleansing the heart can one be self-reformed; Though not yet perfected one is already at the top.
• 何等是阿惟越致菩萨相貌(何等是阿惟越致菩薩相貌) What, O Lord, are the attributes, tokens, and signs of an irreversible Bodhisattva
• 惟净(惟淨) Wei Jing
• 天如惟则(天如惟則) Tianru Weize
• 宝思惟(寶思惟) Ratnacinta
• 思惟经(思惟經) Sutra on Contemplation
• 思惟正受 reflection and meditative attainment
• 阿惟越致地 avaivartya-bhūmi; stage of non-retrogression
• 迦惟罗阅(迦惟羅閱) Kapilavastu; Kapilavatthu ; Kapila
• 阿惟越致菩萨(阿惟越致菩薩) irreversible bodhisattva
• 阿惟越致 avaivartika; non-retrogression
• 惟盖竺(惟蓋竺) Wei Gai Zhu
• 八惟务(八惟務) the eight liberations; astavimoksa
• 阿惟潘 Avrha Heaven; The Heaven without Affliction
• 惟日杂难经(惟日雜難經) Wei Ri Za Nan Jing
• 耶惟檀 Yasodhara
• 思惟无量无边劫(思惟無量無邊劫) contemplating for many eons
• 思惟啰字门(思惟囉字門) contemplate the gateway for the letter ra
• 樹下思惟 reflections on the farming process
• 正思惟 right intention; right thought
• 思惟树(思惟樹) bodhi tree; pippala; sacred fig tree
• 阿惟越致遮经(阿惟越致遮經) Avaivartikacakrasūtra; Aweiyuezhi Zhi Jing
• 每思惟是事 always thinking of the same subject
• 药山惟俨(藥山惟儼) Yaoshan Weiyan
• 惟政 Yujeong; Yujŏng
• 胜思惟梵天所问经论(勝思惟梵天所問經論) Viśesacintabrahmaparipṛcchāśāstra; Sheng Siwei Fantian Suo Wen Jing Lun
• 思惟 to think; to consider; to reflect ; thinking; tought ; Contemplate ; reflection; consideration; cintana
• 贝多树下思惟十二因缘经(貝多樹下思惟十二因緣經) Nidānasūtra; Beiduo Shu Xia Siwei Shi Er Yinyuan Jing

Also contained in

辩证思惟 、 惟恐 、 惟一 、 惟独 、 杨惟德 、 岁惟丁卯 、 不惟 、 岁惟 、 惟妙惟肖 、 伏惟

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• Scroll 29 Śāriputrābhidharmaśāstra (Shelifu Apitan Lun) 舍利弗阿毘曇論 — count: 122
• Scroll 28 Śāriputrābhidharmaśāstra (Shelifu Apitan Lun) 舍利弗阿毘曇論 — count: 84
• Scroll 1 Nirvāṇa Sūtra 般泥洹經 — count: 41
• Scroll 1 Medicine Buddha, King of Lapis Lazuli Light and Merits of the Seven Buddhas Sutra and Liturgy (Yaoshi Liuli Guang Wang Qi Fo Benyuan Gongde Jing Niansong Yi Gui) 藥師琉璃光王七佛本願功德經念誦儀軌 — count: 39
• Scroll 7 Laṅkāvatārasūtra (Dasheng Ru Lengjia Jing) 大乘入楞伽經 — count: 36
• Scroll 9 Mahāsaṃnipātasūtra (Great Compilation) 大方等大集經 — count: 33 , has parallel version
• Scroll 10 Laṅkāvatārasūtra (Ru Lengjia Jing) 入楞伽經 — count: 32
• Scroll 25 Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳 — count: 32
• Scroll 15 Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳 — count: 31
• Scroll 1 Fo Shuo Chan Xing San Shi Qi Pin Jing 佛說禪行三十七品經 — count: 31