昔 xī
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adjective
past; former times
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Often begins a sentence that ends in 者 to mean 'formerly' in Literary Chinese (Guoyu '昔' adj; Kroll 2015 '昔' 1; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 119; Unihan '昔'; XHZD '昔') -
proper noun
Xi
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names
Notes: (Guoyu '昔' n 2) -
adjective
rough; coarse
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 粗糙 (Guoyu '昔' cuò) -
noun
night
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As a variant of 夕 (Guoyu '昔' n 1; Kroll 2015 '昔' 2) -
adjective
former; pūrva
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: pūrva, Japanese: seki, or: shaku (BCSD '昔', p. 598; MW 'pūrva'; SH '昔', p. 262; Unihan '昔')
Contained in
- 蟒则昔之郗氏也(蟒則昔之郗氏也) in the past, the snake was Empress Chi
- 昔圆(昔圓) old teaching
- 从昔已来曾持呪法(從昔已來曾持呪法) from previous lives have maintained the mantra teachings
- 我昔所造诸恶业(我昔所造諸惡業) all the unwholesome karma from my past
- 昔叶波(昔葉波) Sañjaya ／ King Sañjaya
- 我昔坐道场(我昔坐道場) in the past I sat at the bodhimaṇḍa
- 往昔于雪山王南(往昔於雪山王南) in the past, to the south of the greatest of the snow covered mountains
- 昔在然灯佛所受法(昔在然燈佛所受法) in the past received the Dharma from Dipankara Buddha
Also contained in
昔人 、 今非昔比 、 今昔 、 昔时 、 美洛昔康 、 抗言谈在昔 、 昔年 、 昔为倡家女 、 今不如昔 、 昔阳 、 往昔 、 修昔底德陷阱 、 奶昔 、 古昔 、 昔阳县 、 昔日 、 宿昔 、 畴昔
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 8 Fo Shuo Li Shi Apitan Lun 佛說立世阿毘曇論 — count: 79
- Scroll 2 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 71
- Scroll 3 Fahua Wen Ju Ji 法華文句記 — count: 71
- Scroll 6 Fa Hua Xuan Lun 法華玄論 — count: 66
- Scroll 3 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 64
- Scroll 4 Fa Hua Yi Shu 法華義疏 — count: 56
- Scroll 5 Fa Hua Yi Shu 法華義疏 — count: 54
- Scroll 1 Nan Yue Zong Sheng Ji 南嶽總勝集 — count: 52
- Scroll 1 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 51
- Scroll 6 Fahua Wen Ju Ji 法華文句記 — count: 51
Collocations
- 昔来 (昔來) 自汝昔來恭奉於我 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 14
- 昔在 (昔在) 我昔在優曇聚 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 12
- 曩昔 (曩昔) 曩昔一時 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 10
- 昔在世 (昔在世) 汝昔在世間時 — Creation and Destruction of the World (Da Lou Tan Jing) 大樓炭經, Scroll 2 — count: 7
- 昔大 (昔大) 昔大天王將欲自試天輪寶 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 14 — count: 7
- 忆昔 (憶昔) 問其寧憶昔所言不 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 7
- 昔所生 (昔所生) 念昔所生處 — Brahma Net Sutra (Fan Wang Liushi Er Jian Jing) 梵網六十二見經, Scroll 1 — count: 7
- 昔一时 (昔一時) 昔一時於羅閱城耆闍崛山 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 7
- 昔未成 (昔未成) 我昔未成正覺時 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 8 — count: 6
- 念昔 (念昔) 念昔所生處 — Brahma Net Sutra (Fan Wang Liushi Er Jian Jing) 梵網六十二見經, Scroll 1 — count: 5