着 (著) zhe

1. zhe particle indicates that an action is continuing
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Aspectual Particle 动态助词
   Notes: In this sense 着 is an aspectual particle 动态助词 attached after a verb or adjective to indicate that an action is continuing. For example, 我不能这么闲着！ 'I cannot relax like this!' (Lao She, 2003, p. 216) 着 is the 15th most frequently used word in the Beijing Language Institute's 1985 frequency wordlist (Guoyu '着' zhe particle 1; Ho 2002, '着' 1; NCCED '着' zhe 1; Li Shaoqi, 2003, '着' zhe 1).
2. zháo verb to catch; to receive; to suffer; to touch; to contact
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 接触 (Guoyu '著' zháo v 2; Kroll 2015 '著' zháo 2, p. 620; NCCED '着' zháo 2-3)
3. zhù adjective outstanding
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (NCCED '著' 1)
4. zhuó verb to contact; to use; to apply; to attach to
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 附 (Guoyu '着' zhuó v 2; Kroll 2015 '著' zhuó 1, p. 620; NCCED '着' zhuó 1; Unihan '著')
5. zhuó verb to wear (clothes)
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, 下面着条青裤子 '[She] was wearing green pants.' (Lao She, 2003, p. 306; Guoyu '着' zhuó v 1; Kroll 2015 '著' zhuó 2, p. 620; NCCED '着' zhuó 4)
6. zhe auxiliary verb expresses a command
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: Used at the end of an imperative sentence (Guoyu '着' zhe particle 4; NCCED '着' zhe 4)
7. zháo verb to attach; to grasp
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (NCCED '着' zháo 1; Unihan '著')
8. zhe particle indicates an accompanying action
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Aspectual Particle 动态助词
   Notes: In this sense 着 is placed between two verbs to indicate an accompanying action (NCCED '着' zhe 2; Li Shaoqi, 2003, '着' zhe 2). For example, 两个孩子抱着妈妈哭起来 'The two children held their mother and started to cry.' (Lao She, 2003, p. 242) The particle 着 is placed between the two verbs 抱 'hold' and 哭 'cry.'
9. zhāo verb to add; to put
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 放置 (Guoyu '着' zhāo v 1; NCCED '着' zhāo 1)
10. zhuó noun a chess move
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: For example, 棋高一着 'to be a [chess] move ahead' (Guoyu '着' zhuó n 1; NCCED '着' zhāo 2)
11. zhāo noun a trick; a move; a method
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 方法 (Guoyu '着' zhāo n 1; NCCED '着' zhāo 3)
12. zhāo verb OK
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Guoyu '着' zhāo adv; NCCED '着' zhāo 4)
13. zháo verb to fall into [a trap]
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 陷入 or 中计 (Guoyu '着' zháo v 3)
14. zháo verb to ignite
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '著' zháo 1, p. 620; NCCED '着' zháo 4)
15. zháo verb to fall asleep
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (NCCED '着' zháo 5)
16. zhuó noun whereabouts; end result
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Guoyu '着' zhuó n 3; NCCED '着' zhuó 3)
17. zhù verb to appear; to manifest
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 显露 or 表現 (Guoyu '著' zhù v 1; Kroll 2015 '著' zhù 1, p. 620; Unihan '著')
18. zhù verb to show
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (NCCED '著' 2)
19. zhù verb to indicate; to be distinguished by
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 标示 (Guoyu '著' zhù v 2; Kroll 2015 '著' zhù 1a, p. 620)
20. zhù verb to write
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 撰述 or 写作 (Guoyu '著' zhù v 3; Kroll 2015 '著' zhù 2, p. 620)
21. zhù verb to record
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 记载 (Guoyu '著' zhù v 4; Kroll 2015 '著' zhù 2a, p. 620)
22. zhù noun a document; writings
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 文章 (Guoyu '著' zhù n 1)
23. zhù proper noun Zhu
    Domain: Literature 文学 , Subdomain: China
    Notes: A section of the 诗经 ”Book of Songs” (Guoyu '著' zhù n 1)
24. zháo verb expresses that a continuing process has a result
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For example, 睡着 'fall asleep' (Guoyu '著' zháo v 1; Kroll 2015 '著' zháo 3, p. 620)
25. zháo adverb as it turns out; coincidentally
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 恰好 (Guoyu '着' zháo adv)
26. zhuó verb to arrive
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 及 or 到; for example, 着陆 'to land' (Guoyu '着' zhuó v 3)
27. zhuó verb to result in
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 结果 (Guoyu '着' zhuó v 4)
28. zhuó verb to command
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 命令 (Guoyu '着' zhuó v 5)
29. zhuó noun a strategy
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 计策; for example, 失着 'miscalculation' (Guoyu '着' zhuó n 2)
30. zhāo verb to happen; to occur
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 发生 (Guoyu '着' zhāo v 3)
31. zhù noun space between main doorwary and a screen
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As a variant of traditional 宁 (Kroll 2015 '著' zhù, p. 620)
32. zhuó noun somebody attached to a place; a local
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '著' zhuó 1a, p. 620)
33. zhe verb attachment to
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: abhiniveśa, Japanese: jaku (BCSD '著', p. 1021; DJBT '着', p. 423; Edgerton 1953, p. 53; MW 'abhiniveśa'; SH '著', p. 411; Unihan '着')

Contained in

• 执着自我(執著自我) attachment to the sense of self
• 无着道忠(無着道忠) Mujaku Dōchū ; Mujaku Dōchū
• 执着(執著) attachment ; grasping
• 无着文喜(無著文喜) Wuzhuo Wenxi
• 八关斋戒; 1. 不杀生 2. 不偷盗 3. 不淫 4. 不妄语 5. 不饮酒 6. 不着华鬘香油涂身 7. 不歌舞观听 8. 不坐卧高广大牀(八關齋戒; 1. 不殺生 2. 不偷盜 3. 不淫 4. 不妄語 5. 不飲酒 6. 不著華鬘香油塗身 7. 不歌舞觀聽 8. 不坐臥高廣大牀) Eight Precepts: 1. refrain from killing; 2. refrain from stealing; 3. refrain from sexual conduct; 4. refrain from lying; 5. refrain from consuming intoxicants; 6. refrain from wearing personal adornments; 7. refrain from partaking in music and dancing; 8. refrain from sleeping in fine beds
• 心如莲花不着水 性似日月不住空(心如蓮花不著水 性似日月不住空) Let the mind be a lotus that emerges dry from water; Let your nature be the sun and moon that course freely in the sky.

Also contained in

着衣 、 着手 、 黏着 、 着装 、 嘟着嘴 、 好死不如赖活着 、 着重 、 着数 、 仗着 、 穿着打扮 、 着呢 、 黏着力 、 黏着性 、 够得着 、 着陆点 、 睡着 、 胶着 、 绷着脸 、 找不着 、 着边 、 着手成春 、 着重号 、 对着干 、 光着 、 不着边际 、 衣着 、 用得着 、 背着手 、 说着玩 、 摸不着边 、 管不着 、 着实 、 挨着 、 跟着 、 急着 、 着火点 、 摸不着头脑 、 着着失败 、 等着瞧 、 身着 、 黏着语 、 凭着 、 着意 、 失着 、 着落

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• Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 200
• Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 160
• Scroll 353 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 135 , has parallel version
• Scroll 4 Dharanisamgraha Sutra (Collected Dharanis Sutra) 陀羅尼集經 — count: 123
• Scroll 287 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 118 , has parallel version
• Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 100
• Scroll 2 Notes on the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra 楞伽阿跋多羅寶經註解 — count: 99
• Scroll 3 Notes on the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra 楞伽阿跋多羅寶經註解 — count: 86
• Scroll 311 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 85 , has parallel version
• Scroll 7 Dharanisamgraha Sutra (Collected Dharanis Sutra) 陀羅尼集經 — count: 85