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. 1171; MW 'vyākhyā')
13. shì proper noun Śakra; Indra
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: (Ding '釋')

Contained in

• 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
• 哑撇释该而(啞撇釋該而) abhiseka; consecrate by sprinkling
• 开元释教录(開元釋教錄) Record of Buddhist Teachings Compiled During the Kaiyuan Era; Kaiyuan Catalog
• 释慧渊(釋道淵) Hui Yuan
• 菩提心观释(菩提心觀釋) Bodhicittabhāvanā; Putixin Guan Shi
• 释迦提桓因达罗(釋迦提桓因達羅) Śakra-devānām Indra
• 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
• 释道祖(釋道祖) Daozu
• 大唐贞元续开元释教录(大唐貞元續開元釋教錄) Tang Dynasty Zhen Yuan Era Buddhist Teachings Continued Catalog; Da Tang Zhen Yuan Xu Kaiyuan Shijiao Lu
• 释证严(釋證嚴) Cheng Yen
• 能断金刚般若波罗蜜多经论释(能斷金剛般若波羅蜜多經論釋) Vajracchedikāprajñāpāramitāsūtraśāstra; Neng Duan Jingang Banruobomi Jing Lun Shi
• 释慧皎(釋慧皎) Hui Jiao
• 释迦提婆因达罗(釋迦提婆因達羅) Śakra-devānām Indra
• 大乘广百论释论(大乘廣百論釋論) Dasheng Guang Bai Lun Shi Lun
• 佛宫寺释迦塔(佛宮寺釋迦塔) Pagoda of Fogong Temple; Ying Xian Wooden Pagoda; Fogong Temple Sakyamuni Pagoda
• 开元释教录略出(開元釋教錄略出) Summary Catalog of Buddhist Teachings Compiled During the Kaiyuan Era; Kaiyuan Shijiao Lu Lue Chu
• 释迦文尼佛金刚一乘修行仪轨法品(釋迦文尼佛金剛一乘修行儀軌法品) Shijia Wen Ni Fo Jingang Yi Cheng Xiuxing Yi Gui Fa Pin; Sakyamuni Buddha Vajra One Vehicle Liturgy
• 释帝桓因(釋帝桓因) Śakra-devānām Indra
• 大乘中观释论(大乘中觀釋論) Dasheng Zhong Guan Shi Lun Di Juan Di Juan
• 释师子(釋師子) lion of the Śākyas
• 释迦提桓因陀罗(釋迦提桓因陀羅) Śakra-devānām Indra
• 帝释天(帝釋天) Sakra Devanam-indra ; Sakra; Sakka; Śakra Devānām Indra; Kauśika
• 释迦牟尼如来像法灭尽之记(釋迦牟尼如來像法滅盡之記) Shijiamouni Rulai Xiang Fa Mie Jin Zhi Ji
• 释法显(釋法顯) Fa Xian
• 释常莹(釋常瑩) Shi Changying
• 释典(釋典) Buddhist doctrine; sutras
• 释提桓因问经(釋提桓因問經) Sakkapañhasutta
• 释净土群疑论(釋淨土群疑論) Shi Jing Tu Qun Yi Lun
• 释迦文(釋迦文) Sakyamuni Buddha
• 释圆瑛(釋圓瑛) Yuan Ying
• 金刚新眼疏经偈合释(金剛新眼疏經偈合釋) Jingang Xin Yan Shu Jing Ji He Shi
• 释昙谛(釋曇諦) Shi Tandi
• 天帝释(天帝釋) Sakra; Sakka; Sakra Devānām Indra; Kausika
• 贞元新定释教目录(貞元新定釋教目錄) Zhen Yuan Era Catalog of Newly Authorized Buddhist Teachings; Zhen Yuan Xin Ding Shijiao Mulu
• 大智释论(大智釋論) Treatise on the Perfection of Great Wisdom; Dazhidu Lun; Mahāprajñāpāramitaśastra; Māhaprajñāparamitopadeśa
• 「释迦牟尼佛传」音乐剧(「釋迦牟尼佛傳」音樂劇) Siddhartha: The Musical
• 释迦佛赞(釋迦佛讚) Shijia Fo Zan; Sakyamuni Buddha Verses
• 释门自镜录(釋門自鏡錄) Shi Men Zi Jing Lu

Also contained in

略释 、 释老志 、 释放出狱 、 爱不释手 、 释怀 、 真释 、 释义 、 训释 、 释迦族 、 阐释 、 解释 、 摘释 、 释文

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 1 Commentary on the Abhidharmakośabhāṣya 俱舍論疏 — count: 471
• Scroll 2 Ren Wang Jing Shu 仁王經疏 — count: 452
• Scroll 3 Ren Wang Jing Shu 仁王經疏 — count: 386
• 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 Ren Wang Jing Shu 仁王經疏 — count: 302
• Scroll 1 A Brief Commentary on the Lotus Sūtra 法華論疏 — count: 299
• 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 — Madhyamāgama 中阿含經, Scroll 33 — count: 73
• 释闻 (釋聞) 執杖釋聞佛所說 — Madhyamāgama 中阿含經, Scroll 28 — count: 14
• 白帝释 (白帝釋) 白帝釋言 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 20 — count: 14
• 释言 (釋言) 佛告釋言 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 10 — count: 13
• 梵释 (梵釋) 仙聖梵釋靡不稽首 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — 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 — Madhyamāgama 中阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 11
• 释闻已 (釋聞已) 天王釋聞已 — Madhyamāgama 中阿含經, Scroll 33 — count: 11
• 舍释 (捨釋) 羇舍子伽藍人聞沙門瞿曇釋種子捨釋宗族 — Madhyamāgama 中阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 11
• 释中 (釋中) 釋中禪室尊 — Madhyamāgama 中阿含經, Scroll 42 — count: 10
• 遊释 (遊釋) 佛遊釋羇瘦迦維羅衛 — Madhyamāgama 中阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 9