阿 ā
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ā
prefix
prefix to names of people
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: For example, in modern Chinese 阿姨 'aunt' and in old Chinese '阿母' (ABCE '阿'; Guoyu '阿' ā; Kroll 2015 '阿' ā 1, p. 98; Mathews 1931 '阿' p1; Unihan '阿') -
ā
verb
to groan
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Mathews 1931 '阿' b p1) -
ā
phonetic
a
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Foreign Language
Notes: (Mathews 1931 '阿' b p1; Unihan '阿') -
ē
verb
to flatter
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 阿附 (Guoyu '阿' ē v 1; Mathews 1931 '阿' d p1) -
ā
interjection
expresses doubt
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (Guoyu '阿' ā interjectio; Mathews 1931 '阿' e p1) -
ē
noun
river bank
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '阿' ē 2, p. 98; Mathews 1931 '阿' c p. 1) -
ē
noun
beam; pillar
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 屋檐 (Guoyu '阿' ē n 3; Mathews 1931 '阿' f p1) -
ē
noun
a hillslope; a mound
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 大土丘 (Guoyu '阿' ē n 1; Kroll 2015 '阿' ē 1, p. 98) -
ē
noun
a turning point; a turn; a bend in a river
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '阿' ē n 2; Kroll 2015 '阿' ē 3, p. 98) -
ē
proper noun
E
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '阿' ē n 4) -
ē
verb
to depend on
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 倚靠 (Guoyu '阿' ē v 1) -
ā
particle
a final particle
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: Same as 啊 (Guoyu '阿' ā particle) -
ē
foreign
e
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: IPA: [ə]; used for the sound in mantras and Indian names (Kroll 2015 '阿' ā 3, p. 98; Unihan '阿') -
ē
noun
a buttress
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '阿' ē 4, p. 98) -
ē
verb
be partial to
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '阿' ē 5, p. 98) -
ē
noun
thick silk
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '阿' ē 6, p. 98) -
ā
pronoun
this; these
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '阿' ā 2, p. 98) -
ē
foreign
e
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: a; first letter of the Sanskrit alphabet, meaning 'un-' or 'not'; a special character in esoteric chanting described in the 大毘盧遮那成佛神變加持經 “Vairocana Sūtra” as symbolizing 本不生 ādyanutpāda 'non-arising' (BCSD '阿', p. 1202; Ding '阿'; FGDB '阿'; MW 'a'; SH '阿', p. 285; Wikipedia '悉曇文字'; Giebel 2005, p. 42; T 848, Scroll 2, 18.0010a10)
Contained in
- 阿差末菩萨经(阿差末菩薩經) Akṣayamatinirdeśasūtra
- 佛为阿难说处胎会(佛爲阿難說處胎會) Garbhāvakrāntinirdeśa; Fo Wei Anan Shuo Chu Tai Hui
- 阿那含 1 anāgāmin; 2.non-returner ; Anagāmin; Anagami; Non-Returner
- 阿毗达磨法智论(阿毗達磨法智論) Abhidharma-jñāna-prasthāna
- 梵志阿颰经(梵志阿颰經) Sutra on the Brahmin āmraṣṭha
- 佛阿毘昙经出家相品(佛阿毘曇經出家相品) Fo Apitan Jing Chujia Xiang Pin
- 阿修罗道(阿修羅道) Asura Realm
- 阿落刹婆 raksasa
- 阿地瞿多 Atikuta
- 阿波波 Ababa
- 阿地目多伽 adhimukti; attention
- 阿那阿波那 mindfulness of breathing; ānāpāna; ānāpānasmṛti; ānāpānasati; anapanasati
- 阿婆婆 Apapa Hell
- 阿会亘差(阿會亙差) Abhasvara
- 阿弥陀佛(阿彌陀佛) Amitabha Buddha ; Amitabha Buddha ; Amitabha Buddha; Amitābha Buddha
- 六师外道; 1. 珊阇耶毘罗胝子 2. 阿耆多翅舍钦婆罗 3. 末伽梨拘舍梨 4. 富兰那迦叶 5. 迦罗鸠驮迦旃延 6. 尼干陀若提子(六師外道; 1. 珊闍耶毘羅胝子 2. 阿耆多翅舍欽婆羅 3. 末伽梨拘舍梨 4. 富蘭那迦葉 5. 迦羅鳩馱迦旃延 6. 尼乾陀若提子) Six Non-Buddhist Schools: 1. The Sanjaya-Vairatiputra Sect; 2. The Ajita-Kesakambala Sect; 3. The Maskari-Gosaliputra Sect; 4. The Purana-Kasyapa Sect; 5. The Kakuda-Katyayana Sect; 6. The Nirgrantha-Jnatiputra Sect
- 阿含部 Agama; Āgama Section
- 阿难陀吉利(阿難陀吉利) Anandagiri
- 阿罗呵(阿囉呵) Arhat
- 阿啰啰(阿囉囉) arara
- 阿耆尼国(阿耆尼國) Kingdom of Agni
- 九品往生阿弥陀经(九品往生阿彌陀經) Nine Grades of Rebirth Amitabha Sutra
- 四阿笈摩 four Agamas
- 阿苏罗(阿蘇羅) asura
- 阿唎耶多罗(阿唎耶多羅) Arya-Tara
- 阿含正行经(阿含正行經) Ahan Zheng Xing Jing
- 大乘阿毘达磨杂集论(大乘阿毘達磨雜集論) Abhidharmasamuccayavyākhyā; Commentary on the Compendium of the Abhidharma
- 阿含 Āgama; the divisions of the Sūtra Piṭaka ; a traditional teaching; a traditional doctrine ; a Buddhist sūtra ; Anagamin
- 阿素洛 an asura
- 长阿含十报法经(長阿含十報法經) Sutra on the Law of Ten Rewards in the Dirghagama; Chang Ahan Shi Bao Fa Jing
- 阿舍梨 acarya; religious teacher
- 阿衞货罗(阿衞貨羅) Abhasvara
- 五阿那含 five grades of non-returning
- 六道轮迴; 1. 天道 2. 人道 3. 阿修罗道 4. 畜生道 5. 饿鬼道 6. 地狱道(六道輪迴; 1. 天道 2. 人道 3. 阿修羅道 4. 畜生道 5. 餓鬼道 6. 地獄道) Six Realms of Existence: 1. Heavenly Realm 2. Human Realm 3. Asura Realm 4. Animal Realm 5. Hungry Ghost Realm 6. Hell Realm
- 阿兰拏(阿蘭拏) a forest retreat; a secluded place to practice; araṇya; arañña; aranya
- 佛说阿难分别经(佛說阿難分別經) Fo Shuo Anan Fenbie Jing
- 阿毘达磨发智论(阿毘達磨發智論) Jnanaprasthana; Abhidharma-jñāna-prasthāna
- 阿毘跋致 avivaha; irreversible
- 阿利尼(阿利尼) Alni; Arni
Also contained in
阿谀奉承 、 阿兹特克 、 阿伏伽德罗常数 、 阿旃陀石窟 、 阿胶 、 阿摩司书 、 阿松森岛 、 阿伯 、 阿嚏 、 阿鲁图 、 小阿姨 、 非阿贝尔
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 1 Western Dhāraṇī Matrix Vajra Amṛitakuṇḍali Ritual (Xifang Tuoluoni Cang Zhong Jingang Zu Amiliduojunzhali Fa) 西方陀羅尼藏中金剛族阿蜜哩多軍吒利法 — count: 226
- Scroll 1 Sutra of the Unsurpassed Bodhisattva who asks about All Dharmas, Enters the Boundless Dharma Gate Dharani (Zun Sheng Pusa Suo Wen Yiqie Zhu Fa Ru Wuliang Men Tuoluoni Jing) 尊勝菩薩所問一切諸法入無量門陀羅尼經 — count: 122
- Scroll 1 Dasheng Bei Fen Tuo Li Jing (Karuṇāpuṇḍarīkasūtra) 大乘悲分陀利經 — count: 108
- Scroll 1 Yaoshi Qi Fo Gongyang Yi Gui Ruyi Wang Jing (Medicine Buddha and Seven Buddhas Liturgy and Sutra) 藥師七佛供養儀軌如意王經 — count: 106
- Scroll 1 Fanyu Qian Zi Wen 梵語千字文 — count: 105
- Scroll 9 Shi Moheyan Lun 釋摩訶衍論 — count: 103
- Scroll 7 Miscellaneous Dhāraṇī Collection 陀羅尼雜集 — count: 101 , has English translation
- Scroll 1 Fanyu Za Ming 梵語雜名 — count: 98
- Scroll 21 Mahāsaṃnipātasūtra (Great Compilation) 大方等大集經 — count: 97 , has parallel version
- Scroll 1 Mahāsaṅghabhikṣuṇivinaya (Mohe Sengzhi Biqiuni Jie Ben) 摩訶僧祇比丘尼戒本 — count: 92