何为 (何為) héwéi
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héwéi
adverb
what are you doing?
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '何為' héwéi 1) -
héwéi
adverb
what's up?
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '何為' héwéi 2) -
héwéi
adverb
why ask?
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In reply to a question (Guoyu '何為' héwéi 3) -
héwèi
adverb
why
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '何為' héwèi) -
héwèi
adverb
why; how; kim
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: kim (BCSD '何為', p. 115; MW 'kim')
Contained in
- 云何为大乘？(云何為大乘？) what is the Great Vehicle?
- 何为衣食乃至如是(何為衣食乃至如是) How is it, [good friend,] that thou hast such difficulty in seeking food and clothing
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 2 Abhidharmadhātukāyapādaśāśtra (Apidamo Jie Shen Zu Lun) 阿毘達磨界身足論 — count: 44
- Scroll 1 Gayāśīrṣasūtraṭīka (Wenshushili Wen Puti Jinglun) 文殊師利菩薩問菩提經論 — count: 24
- Scroll 19 The Mahāyāna Sūtra on the Inconceivable Secrets of the Tathāgata (Rulai Bu Siyi Mimi Dasheng Jing) 佛說如來不思議祕密大乘經 — count: 21 , has English translation
- Scroll 3 Abhidharmadhātukāyapādaśāśtra (Apidamo Jie Shen Zu Lun) 阿毘達磨界身足論 — count: 18
- Scroll 1 Da Sheng Yi Jing (Mahānidānasūtra) 大生義經 — count: 17
- Scroll 1 Collection of Advise to Initiate the Bodhi Mind 勸發菩提心集 — count: 15
- Scroll 1 Mañjuśrī's Questions on Enlightenment (Wenshushili Wen Puti Jing) 文殊師利問菩提經 — count: 14
- Scroll 1 The Sutra Taught on Gaya Mountain (Jia Ye Shanding Jing) 伽耶山頂經 — count: 14
- Scroll 6 Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經 — count: 13 , has English translation , has parallel version
- Scroll 25 Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳 — count: 13