顽 (頑) wán

  1. wán adjective obstinate; stubborn; recalcitrant
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 顽固 (ABC 'wán' 頑 bf 2; NCCED '頑' 2; Unihan '頑')
  2. wán adjective stupid
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'wán' 頑 bf 1; NCCED '頑' 3)
  3. wán adjective naughty
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 顽皮 (ABC 'wán' 頑 bf 3; NCCED '頑' 4)
  4. wán adjective tough; firm
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (NCCED '頑' 4)
  5. wán verb to play
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Same as 玩 (NCCED '頑' 1)
  6. wán adjective unreasonable; niścetana
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: niścetana, Japanese: gan, or: gen (BCSD '頑', p. 1264; MW 'avaśyam'; SH '頑', p. 419; Unihan '頑')

Also contained in

顽钝 、 顽固 、 凶顽 、 顽皮 、 愚顽 、 奸顽 、 顽匪 、 顽民 、 顽劣 、 顽症 、 顽童 、 顽疾 、 思想顽钝 、 顽梗 、 顽石 、 死顽固 、 顽愚 、 顽强 、 冥顽不灵 、 冥顽

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Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 2 Shi Jian Ji Gu Lue Xu Ji 釋鑑稽古略續集 — count: 8
  • Scroll 10 Long Shu Zeng Guang Jing Tu Wen 龍舒增廣淨土文 — count: 7
  • Scroll 50 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 6
  • Scroll 5 Zun Po Xu Mi Pusa Suo Ji Lun 尊婆須蜜菩薩所集論 — count: 6
  • Scroll 9 Notes on the Meaning of the Śūraṅgama Sūtra 首楞嚴義疏注經 — count: 5
  • Scroll 98 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 5
  • Scroll 33 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 5
  • Scroll 1 Da Ban Niepan Jing You Yi 涅槃經遊意 — count: 5
  • Scroll 30 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 4
  • Scroll 30 Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄 — count: 4 , has English translation

Collocations

  • 顽嚚 (頑嚚) 吾今輕弱頑嚚無智 — Jātaka stories of the Bodhisattva (Pusa Benyuan Jing) 菩薩本緣經, Scroll 1 — count: 26
  • 顽癡 (頑癡) 十七者是身頑癡於法無知故 — Mahāratnakūṭasūtra (The Great Treasures Collection Sūtra) 大寶積經, Scroll 96 — count: 13
  • 顽闇 (頑闇) 頑闇近智 — Fa Ju JIng (Dharmapada) 法句經, Scroll 1 — count: 10
  • 顽𫘤 (頑騃) 卿等頑騃 — Jātaka stories (Sheng Jing) 生經, Scroll 2 — count: 8
  • 癡顽 (癡頑) 汝癡頑人 — Guoqu Xianzai Yinguo Jing (Sūtra on Past and Present Causes and Effects) 過去現在因果經, Scroll 2 — count: 6
  • 顽迷 (頑迷) 汝王頑迷 — Sutra on the Wise and Foolish (Damamūka) 賢愚經, Scroll 7 — count: 6
  • 顽佷 (頑佷) 是輩之人貢高頑佷故 — Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā Sūtra 放光般若經, Scroll 14 — count: 6
  • 凶顽 (兇頑) 有等凶頑不循教者 — Prajñāpāramitā Heart Sūtra 般若波羅蜜多心經, Scroll 1 — count: 6
  • 众生顽 (眾生頑) 眾生頑迷不自忖量 — Great Might Arrived Bodhisattva’s Thinking-of-Buddhas as the Perfect Passage (Śūraṅgama Sūtra) 大佛頂如來密因修證了義諸菩薩萬行首楞嚴經, Scroll 9 — count: 5
  • 顽痹 (頑痹) 復有眾生身體頑痺眉鬚墮落 — Sutra on the Names of the Buddhas (Fo Shuo Fo Ming Jing) 佛說佛名經, Scroll 30 — count: 5