拈 nián

1. nián verb to pick up with fingers
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '拈'; Guoyu '拈' v 1; Kroll 2015 '拈', p. 323; Unihan '拈'; XHZD '拈', p. 533)
2. nián verb to fiddle
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 耍弄 (CC-CEDICT '拈'; Guoyu '拈' v 2)
3. diān verb to put; to place
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As a variant of 掂 (Guoyu '拈' diān v)
4. niǎn verb to rub with the hands
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As a variant of 捻 (Guoyu '拈' niǎn v)
5. niān verb to draw lots
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Unihan '拈')

Contained in

• 拈香 to burn incense ; Offering Incense
• 横拈(橫拈) to handle sideways; to give unrestrained comments
• 拈语(拈語) a brief comment; niangu
• 拈花 Holding a Flower
• 拈提 a brief comment; niangu
• 拈则(拈則) a brief comment; niangu
• 拈灯笼(拈燈籠) pick up a lantern
• 拈花微笑 to hold a flower and smile ; Buddha’s flower and Kasyapa’s smile
• 拈古 a brief comment; niangu

Also contained in

手到拈来 、 拈弓搭箭 、 拈花惹草 、 拈指 、 拈酸

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 2 Quotations from Chan Master Yunmen Kuangzhen 雲門匡真禪師廣錄 — count: 88
• Scroll 1 Quotations from Abbot Mi An 密菴和尚語錄 — count: 66
• Scroll 17 Quotations from Chan Master Yuanwu Foguo 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 — count: 43
• Scroll 9 Quotations from Abbot Xu Tang 虛堂和尚語錄 — count: 39
• Scroll 18 Quotations from Chan Master Yuanwu Foguo 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 — count: 33
• Scroll 2 Quotations from Chan Master Ming Jue 明覺禪師語錄 — count: 30
• Scroll 8 Quotations from Abbot Xu Tang 虛堂和尚語錄 — count: 28
• Scroll 3 Quotations from Chan Master Yunmen Kuangzhen 雲門匡真禪師廣錄 — count: 27
• Scroll 2 Wan Song Laoren Ping Chang Tian Tong Jue Heshang Song Gu Congrong An Lu 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 — count: 26 , has English translation
• Scroll 1 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 26 , has English translation

Collocations

• 拈起 (拈起) 須七度拈起 — Lushan Lian Zong Bao Jian 廬山蓮宗寶鑑, Scroll 4 — count: 57
• 师拈 (師拈) 師拈棒與他 — Quotations from Linji Chan Master Hui Zhao from Zhenzhou 鎮州臨濟慧照禪師語錄, Scroll 1 — count: 27
• 拈拄杖 (拈拄杖) 師拈拄杖打 — Quotations from Linji Chan Master Hui Zhao from Zhenzhou 鎮州臨濟慧照禪師語錄, Scroll 1 — count: 19
• 拈槌 (拈槌) 如禪家有拈槌竪拂揚眉瞬目以接 — Notes on the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra 楞伽阿跋多羅寶經註解, Scroll 2 — count: 12
• 拈筏 (拈筏) 底為拈筏羅闍 — Abhidharmakośaśastra (Apidamo Jushe Lun) 阿毘達磨俱舍論, Scroll 12 — count: 8
• 随拈 (隨拈) 隨拈一法 — Outline Summary of the Treatise on the Awakening of Faith in the Mahāyāna 大乘起信論裂網疏, Scroll 1 — count: 7
• 拈掇 (拈掇) 天下人拈掇不起 — Quotations from Linji Chan Master Hui Zhao from Zhenzhou 鎮州臨濟慧照禪師語錄, Scroll 1 — count: 6
• 拈来 (拈來) 既不安排信手拈來 — Zhu Huayan Jing Ti Fajie Guan Men Song 註華嚴經題法界觀門頌, Scroll 2 — count: 6
• 僧拈 (僧拈) 有僧拈問 — Quotations from Chan Master Yunmen Kuangzhen 雲門匡真禪師廣錄, Scroll 2 — count: 6
• 信手拈 (信手拈) 既不安排信手拈來 — Zhu Huayan Jing Ti Fajie Guan Men Song 註華嚴經題法界觀門頌, Scroll 2 — count: 5