释 (釋) shì

1. shì verb to release; to set free
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 放开 (Guoyu '釋' v 3; Kroll 2015 '釋' 1; Unihan '釋'; XHZD '释' 4)
2. shì verb to explain; to interpret
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 说明; for example, 解释 'explain' (Guoyu '釋' v 1; Kroll 2015 '釋' 3; Unihan '釋'; XHZD '释' 1)
3. shì verb to remove; to dispell; to clear up
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 解除 or 消散; for example, 如释重负 'as if relieved from a heavy burden' (Guoyu '釋' v 2; Kroll 2015 '釋' 1a; XHZD '释' 2)
4. shì verb to give up; to abandon
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: This sense of the word is synonymous with 舍弃 or 抛弃 (Guoyu '釋' v 4; Kroll 2015 '釋' 1a)
5. shì verb to put down
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: This sense of the word is synonymous with 放下 or 放开 (Kroll 2015 '釋' 1a; XHZD '释' 3)
6. shì verb to resolve
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '釋' 2a)
7. shì verb to melt
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: This sense of the word is synonymous with 溶化 or 消融 (Kroll 2015 '釋' 2)
8. shì proper noun Śākyamuni
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: This sense of the word is synonymous with 釋迦牟尼 (Guoyu '釋' n 1; Kroll 2015 '釋' 4; XHZD '释' 5).
9. shì noun Buddhism
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 佛教 (Guoyu '釋' n 2)
10. shì proper noun Śākya; Shakya
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: The clan of Śākyamuni Buddha (Guoyu '釋' n 3)
11. yì adjective pleased; glad
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As a variant of 译 (Kroll 2015 '釋' yì)
12. shì verb explain
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: vyākhyā (BCSD '釋', p. 1177; MW 'vyākhyā'; SH '釋', p. 481)
13. shì proper noun Śakra; Indra
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: (Ding '釋')

Contained in

• 佛说帝释岩秘密成就仪轨(佛說帝釋巖祕密成就儀軌) Fo Shuo Dishi Yan Mimi Chengjiu Yi Gui
• 法华玄义释签(法華玄義釋籤) Fahua Xuan Yi Shi Qian
• 释迦族(釋迦族) Sakya Clan
• 释东初(釋東初) Dongchu; Shi Dongchu
• 释僧祐(釋僧祐) Shi Sengyou
• 释王宗录(釋王宗錄) Shi Wangzong's Catalog
• 因缘心论颂因缘心论释(因緣心論頌因緣心論釋) Yinyuan Xin Lun Song Yinyuan Xin Lun Shi
• 帝释岩秘密成就仪轨(帝釋巖祕密成就儀軌) Dishi Yan Mimi Chengjiu Yi Gui; Sakra's Lofty Esoteric Attainments Ritual Manual
• 释迦文(釋迦文) Sakyamuni Buddha
• 释道泰(釋道泰) Shi Daotai
• 废佛毁释(廢佛毀釋) persecution of Buddhism
• 真氷释水(真氷釋水) truth is like ice melting to become water
• 释迦牟尼佛成道在菩提树降魔赞(釋迦牟尼佛成道在菩提樹降魔讚) Shijiamouni Fo Cheng Dao Zai Puti Shu Jiangmo Zan; Verses on Sakyamuni Buddha's Enlightenment under the Bodhi Tree and Vanquishing of Mara
• 释迦八相(釋迦八相) eight stages of buddha’s progress
• 阿毘达磨俱舍释论(阿毘達磨俱舍釋論) Abhidharmakośaśāstra; Apidamo Ju She Shi Lun
• 释王宗(釋王宗) Shi Wangzong
• 摄大乘论释(攝大乘論釋) Mahāyānasaṅgrāhabhāṣya; She Dacheng Lun Shi; The Explanation of the Treatise on the Summary of Mahayana Doctrine ; Mahāyānasaṅgrahabhāṣya; She Dacheng Lun Shi ; Mahāyānasaṅgrahopanibandhana; She Dacheng Lun Shi
• 释梵火天母(釋梵火天母) Tara; Brgya-byin me-lhatshavs-pa
• 释迦提婆因达罗(釋迦提婆因達羅) Śakra-devānām Indra
• 释昙谛(釋曇諦) Shi Tandi
• 瑜伽金刚顶经释字母品(瑜伽金剛頂經釋字母品) Yujia Jingang Ding Jing Shi Zimu Pin; Explanation of Characters in the Yoga Vajra Crown Tantra
• 大乐金刚不空真实三昧耶经般若波罗蜜多理趣释(大樂金剛不空真實三昧耶經般若波羅蜜多理趣釋) A Commentary on the Guiding Principle of the Perfection of Insight in the sūtra on the Unfailing True Vow of the Thunderbolt of Great Bliss; Dale Jingang Bu Kong Zhenshi Sanmei Ye Jing Boreboluomiduo Li Qu Shi
• 释经论部(釋經論部) Sutra Commentary and Sasta Section
• 释迦夹侍(釋迦夾侍) the Buddha's attendants
• 般若理趣释(般若理趣釋) Prajna Commentary on the Guiding Principle Sutra
• 释禅波罗蜜次第法门(釋禪波羅蜜次第法門) Shi Chan Boluomi Cidi Famen
• 六离合释(六離合釋) six kinds of compound term
• 「释迦牟尼佛传」音乐剧(「釋迦牟尼佛傳」音樂劇) Siddhartha: The Musical
• 释门章服仪(釋門章服儀) Shi Men Zhang Fu Yi
• 迦罗差摩释(迦羅差摩釋) Kala-khemaka
• 释智(釋智) Shi Zhi
• 属主释(屬主釋) tatpuruṣa
• 瑜伽师地论释(瑜伽師地論釋) Yogācāryabhūmiśāstrakārikā; Yujia Shi Di Lun Shi
• 释道融(釋道融) Daorong
• 释太虚(釋太虛) Taixu
• 释迦(釋迦) Sakya
• 仁王般若陀罗尼释(仁王般若陀羅尼釋) Ren Wang Bore Tuoluoni Shi; Humane Kings Dharani Liturgy
• 大乘四法经释(大乘四法經釋) Dasheng Si Fa Jing Shi
• 理趣释经(理趣釋經) Rishushakukyō
• 销释金刚经科仪会要注解(銷釋金剛經科儀會要註解) Xiao Shi Jingang Jing Ke Yi Hui Yao Zhujie
• 教相判释(教相判釋) classification of teachings; jiaoxiang panshi
• 释净土群疑论(釋淨土群疑論) Shi Jing Tu Qun Yi Lun

Also contained in

释放出狱 、 释嫌 、 释读 、 释手 、 经典释文 、 注释 、 取保释放 、 释老 、 释老志

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: 565
• Scroll 2 Ren Wang Jing Shu 仁王經疏 — count: 449
• Scroll 1 Commentary on the Abhidharmakośabhāṣya 俱舍論疏 — count: 448
• Scroll 3 Ren Wang Jing Shu 仁王經疏 — count: 385
• Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 344
• Scroll 5 Commentary on the Yogācārabhūmiśāstra 瑜伽論記 — count: 317
• Scroll 1 A Brief Commentary on the Lotus Sūtra 法華論疏 — count: 299
• Scroll 1 Ren Wang Jing Shu 仁王經疏 — count: 298
• Scroll 5 Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決 — count: 278
• Scroll 7 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 262

Collocations

• 天王释 (天王釋) 天王釋聞佛遊摩竭陀國 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 33 — count: 73
• 释闻 (釋聞) 執杖釋聞佛所說 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 28 — count: 14
• 白帝释 (白帝釋) 白帝釋言 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 20 — count: 14
• 释言 (釋言) 佛告釋言 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 10 — count: 13
• 释闻已 (釋聞已) 天王釋聞已 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 33 — count: 11
• 梵释 (梵釋) 仙聖梵釋靡不稽首 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 11
• 舍释 (捨釋) 羇舍子伽藍人聞沙門瞿曇釋種子捨釋宗族 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 11
• 释宗族 (釋宗族) 羇舍子伽藍人聞沙門瞿曇釋種子捨釋宗族 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 11
• 释中 (釋中) 釋中禪室尊 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 42 — count: 10
• 释羇 (釋羇) 佛遊釋羇瘦迦維羅衛 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 9