xiē

  1. xiē measure word some
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
    Notes: 些 is an indefinite measure word. The only number than can be used in front of it is 1. It is often used after a pronoun, such as 这,那,etc (CC-CEDICT '些'; Guoyu '些' n 1; Kroll 2015 '些' xiē, p. 438; Sun 2006, loc. 1802; XHZD '些' 1, p. 826)
  2. xiē adverb so many
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (XHZD '些' 2, pp. 826-827)
  3. xiē adverb a little [better]
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Used after an adjective (CC-CEDICT '些'; Guoyu '些' adv 2; XHZD '些' 3, p. 827)
  4. suò particle placed at the end of a line of verse
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Especially in the Chu Ci (Kroll 2015 '些' suò, p. 438)
  5. xiē adjective a little; tanmātra
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: tanmātra (BCSD '些', p. 90; MW 'tanmātra')

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些微些许早些这些前些多少有些哪些有些人这些个那些好些某些有些有一些些须大一些一些险些

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  • Scroll 8 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 16
  • Scroll 2 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 15 , has English translation
  • Scroll 1 Quotations from Abbot Mi An 密菴和尚語錄 — count: 12
  • Scroll 1 Text of the Great Body of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva with Thousand Hands and Thousand Eyes Mantra (Qian Shou Qian Yan Guanshiyin Pusa Da Shen Zhou Ben) 千手千眼觀世音菩薩大身呪本 — count: 12
  • Scroll 9 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 11 , has English translation
  • Scroll 1 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 11 , has English translation
  • Scroll 3 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 10 , has English translation
  • Scroll 20 Song Biographies of Eminent Monks 宋高僧傳 — count: 10 , has English translation
  • Scroll 10 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 9 , has English translation
  • Scroll 5 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 8