塔 tǎ
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noun
a pagoda; a stupa
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Especially a Buddhist structure (CC-CEDICT '塔' 2; CCD '塔' 2; Guoyu '塔' n 1; XHZD '塔' 2). -
noun
a tower
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 水塔 'water tower' or 灯塔 'light house' (CC-CEDICT '塔'; CCD '塔' 2; Guoyu '塔' n 2; XHZD '塔' 2) -
noun
a tart
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 蛋塔 egg tart (Guoyu '塔' n 3) -
noun
a pagoda; a stupa
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: stūpa, or: caitya, Pali: thūpa, Japanese: tō, Tibetan: mchod rten; the most appropriate English term can be used depending on the shape of the tower or stupa. Pagodas are taller and thinner and are common in China. Stupas shorter and bowl shaped and are more common in South Asia and Southeast Asia (BCSD '塔', p. 301; BL 'stūpa', pp. 859-860; Ding '塔'; FGDB '塔'; SH '寶塔', p. 477).
Contained in
- 七戒塔 Seven Admonishments Pagoda
- 佛说八大灵塔名号经(佛說八大靈塔名號經) Aṣṭamahāsthānacaityastotra; Fo Shuo Ba Da Ling Ta Minghao Jing
- 塔刹(塔剎) spire; pagoda finial; finial
- 行塔 Stupa of Practice
- 白塔寺 Baita Temple ; Baita Temple
- 塔婆 stupa
- 应县木塔(應縣木塔) Pagoda of Fogong Temple; Ying Xian Wooden Pagoda; Fogong Temple Sakyamuni Pagoda
- 鸠那罗塔(鳩那羅塔) Kunala Stupa
- 海宝塔(海寶塔) Hai Pagoda
- 愿塔(願塔) Stupa of Vow
- 塔儿寺(塔兒寺) Kumbum Monastery
- 南塔光涌 Nanta Guangyong
- 七宝塔(七寶塔) seven pagodas; stupas made of the seven treasures
- 五和塔 Five Harmonies Pagoda
- 多宝塔(多寶塔) Prabhutaratna Stupa; Duobao Pagoda
- 聚沙成塔 grains of same amass together to make a tower ; sand grains accumulate to make a tower
- 悲塔 Stupa of Compassion
- 大塔 great stupa ; Mahabodhi temple ; daitō
- 八塔 Eight Pagodas ; eight stupas
- 供养塔庙(供養塔廟) Those Stûpas he shall worship
- 智塔 Stupa of Wisdom
- 菩萨投身饴饿虎起塔因缘经(菩薩投身飴餓虎起塔因緣經) Pusa Toushen Yi E Hu Qi Ta Yinyuan Jing
- 遮婆罗塔(遮婆羅塔) Cāpāla Shrine; Cāpālacaitya
- 一教塔 二众塔 三好塔 四给塔 五和塔 六度塔 七诫塔 八道塔(一教塔 二眾塔 三好塔 四給塔 五和塔 六度塔 七誡塔 八道塔) 1. One Teaching Pagoda; 2. Two Assemblies Pagoda; 3. Three Goodness Pagoda; 4. Four Givings Pagoda; 5. Five Harmonies Pagoda; 6. Six Perfections Pagoda; 7. Seven Admonishments Pagoda; 8. Eightfold Path Pagoda
- 舍利塔 a stupa with ashes ; a stupa with relics
- 西塔 theta ; West Pagoda; Pagoda of Chengtian Temple
Also contained in
雷峰塔 、 萨塔卡尔尼 、 九层塔 、 塔塔儿 、 托卡塔 、 尼安德塔人 、 塔塔儿人 、 塔城地区 、 纳塔乃耳 、 塔吊 、 贝塔 、 电缆塔 、 塔木德 、 塔吉克族 、 塔里木盆地 、 吊塔 、 普拉迪奥塔 、 塔吉克斯坦 、 灵骨塔 、 塔里木河 、 塔吉克人 、 塔木德经 、 灯塔水母 、 皮塔饼 、 骰塔
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 1 Ji Shenzhou San Bao Gan Tong Lu 集神州三寶感通錄 — count: 212 , has English translation
- Scroll 38 Fa Yuan Zhu Lin 法苑珠林 — count: 192
- Scroll 1 Shijia Fangzhi 釋迦方志 — count: 168
- Scroll 29 Fa Yuan Zhu Lin 法苑珠林 — count: 151
- Scroll 2 Shijia Fangzhi 釋迦方志 — count: 114
- Scroll 6 Jing Lu Yi Xiang 經律異相 — count: 112
- Scroll 40 Fa Yuan Zhu Lin 法苑珠林 — count: 109
- Scroll 26 Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳 — count: 106
- Scroll 3 Zhu Jing Yao Ji 諸經要集 — count: 98
- Scroll 17 Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集 — count: 93 , has English translation
Collocations
- 塔寺 (塔寺) 遊行禮敬諸塔寺已 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 36
- 起塔 (起塔) 起塔立精舍 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 36
- 塔供养 (塔供養) 起塔供養 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 16
- 如来塔 (如來塔) 於如來塔合掌恭敬 — Fenbie Shan E Bao Ying Jing (Śukasūtra)分別善惡報應經, Scroll 2 — count: 10
- 四千塔 (四千塔) 於閻浮提立八萬四千塔 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 23 — count: 6
- 塔中 (塔中) 如是取七佛塔中舍利 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 23 — count: 5
- 诣塔 (詣塔) 自詣塔寺見諸沙門 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 33 — count: 5
- 塔惒 (塔惒) 揵塔惒 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 6 — count: 4
- 入塔 (入塔) 不入塔寺已 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 30 — count: 4
- 子塔 (子塔) 西名多子塔 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 4