谁 (誰) shéi
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pronoun
who; whoever
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: Not forming a question, in the sense of 任何人 (Guoyu '誰' pronoun 2; XHZD '谁' 2) -
pronoun
who (forming a question)
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Concept: Interrogative Pronoun 疑问代词
Notes: 谁 may be used as an interrogative pronoun in both modern and Literary Chinese, replacing the constituent to form a question (Norman 1988, p. 119; Sun 2006, loc. 1866). It could be used either as the subject or the object in Literary Chinese. It is placed before the verb, even when referring to the object (Guoyu '誰' pronoun 1; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 91; Unihan '誰'; XHZD '谁' 1). -
adverb
don't tell me ...
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 难道 (Guoyu '誰' adv) -
pronoun
who; kaḥ
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: ka, or: kasya, Japanese: sui, Tibetan: su'i (BCSD '誰', p. 1083; Mahāvyutpatti 'kasya'; MW 'ka'; Unihan '誰')
Contained in
- 见深见浅由他去 谁是谁非有公平(見深見淺由他去 誰是誰非有公平) All is a matter of opinion; Fairness will eventually be.
- 悟彻我身原是梦 谁知此境亦非真(悟徹我身原是夢 誰知此境亦非真) Awaken to the fact that this body is but a dream; Who is to know that nothing now is real either.
- 谁念弥陀(誰念彌陀) Who Is Chanting Amitabha?
- 谁辨真假(誰辨真假) Who can tell true from false?
- 愿大地都成净土 问世间谁是如来(願大地都成淨土 問世間誰是如來) I wish for all grounds to become Pure Lands; I ask the whole world who is Buddha?
- 做己贵人 舍我其谁(做己貴人 捨我其誰) The One Who Helps You Succeed Is Yourself; Who Else but Me?
- 本来心即佛 究竟我是谁(本來心即佛 究竟我是誰) If the mind is the Buddha, Then who exactly am I?
- 谁生于颠倒(誰生於顛倒) false conceptions arise for whom?
- 人生如梦谁是我 到处能安即是家(人生如夢誰是我 到處能安即是家) Life is but a dream, so who am I? Peaceful is a mind that sees anywhere as home.
- 松风明月谁无份 青山流水我有缘(松風明月誰無份 青山流水我有緣) Who is to miss a connection with the pine and moon? I am one to share an affinity with the mountains and rivers.
- 须在个中寻祖意 谁知此地即灵山(須在個中尋祖意 誰知此地即靈山) Should one seek the Patriarch's heart elsewhere; Who is to tell that a place of spirituality is right here.
Also contained in
谁料 、 今晚谁当家 、 没谁了 、 阿谁 、 人谁无过 、 谁知道 、 谁知 、 爱谁谁 、 鹿死谁手 、 谁怕谁
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Truncated for common words
- Scroll 8 Abhidharmajñānaprasthānaśāstra (Apitan Ba Jiandu Lun) 阿毘曇八犍度論 — count: 193
- Scroll 9 Sarvāstivādavinaya (Shi Song Lu) 十誦律 — count: 178
- Scroll 1 Jiemo 羯磨 — count: 95
- Scroll 9 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 78
- Scroll 1 Tan Wu De Lu Bu Za Jiemo 曇無德律部雜羯磨 — count: 74
- Scroll 1 Dharmaguptabhikṣukarman (Seng Jiemo) 僧羯磨 — count: 72
- Scroll 2 Ni Jiemo 尼羯磨 — count: 66
- Scroll 8 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 61
- Scroll 1 Ni Jiemo 尼羯磨 — count: 56
- Scroll 2 Dharmaguptabhikṣukarman (Seng Jiemo) 僧羯磨 — count: 50