阿 ā
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ā
prefix
prefix to names of people
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: For example, in modern Chinese 阿姨 'aunt' and in old Chinese '阿母' (ABCE '阿'; Guoyu '阿' ā; Kroll 2015 '阿' ā 1, p. 98; Mathews 1931 '阿' p1; Unihan '阿') -
ā
verb
to groan
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Mathews 1931 '阿' b p1) -
ā
phonetic
a
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Foreign Language
Notes: (Mathews 1931 '阿' b p1; Unihan '阿') -
ē
verb
to flatter
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 阿附 (Guoyu '阿' ē v 1; Mathews 1931 '阿' d p1) -
ā
interjection
expresses doubt
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (Guoyu '阿' ā interjectio; Mathews 1931 '阿' e p1) -
ē
noun
river bank
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '阿' ē 2, p. 98; Mathews 1931 '阿' c p. 1) -
ē
noun
beam; pillar
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 屋檐 (Guoyu '阿' ē n 3; Mathews 1931 '阿' f p1) -
ē
noun
a hillslope; a mound
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 大土丘 (Guoyu '阿' ē n 1; Kroll 2015 '阿' ē 1, p. 98) -
ē
noun
a turning point; a turn; a bend in a river
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '阿' ē n 2; Kroll 2015 '阿' ē 3, p. 98) -
ē
proper noun
E
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '阿' ē n 4) -
ē
verb
to depend on
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 倚靠 (Guoyu '阿' ē v 1) -
ā
particle
a final particle
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: Same as 啊 (Guoyu '阿' ā particle) -
ē
foreign
e
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: IPA: [ə]; used for the sound in mantras and Indian names (Kroll 2015 '阿' ā 3, p. 98; Unihan '阿') -
ē
noun
a buttress
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '阿' ē 4, p. 98) -
ē
verb
be partial to
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '阿' ē 5, p. 98) -
ē
noun
thick silk
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '阿' ē 6, p. 98) -
ā
pronoun
this; these
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '阿' ā 2, p. 98) -
ē
foreign
e
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: a; first letter of the Sanskrit alphabet, meaning 'un-' or 'not'; a special character in esoteric chanting described in the 大毘盧遮那成佛神變加持經 “Vairocana Sūtra” as symbolizing 本不生 ādyanutpāda 'non-arising' (BCSD '阿', p. 1202; Ding '阿'; FGDB '阿'; MW 'a'; SH '阿', p. 285; Wikipedia '悉曇文字'; Giebel 2005, p. 42; T 848, Scroll 2, 18.0010a10)
Contained in
- 阿僧伽 Asaṅga
- 佛说阿阇世王经(佛說阿闍世王經) Ajātaśatru kaukṛtya vinodana sūtra
- 阿波罗天(阿波羅天) ābhāsvara deva
- 阿伽 scented water; argha
- 阿迦尼沙吒 Akanistha
- 阿浮多达磨(阿浮多達磨) Abdhutadharma
- 阿惟越致菩萨(阿惟越致菩薩) irreversible bodhisattva
- 大阿鼻 Great Avici
- 阿僧 asamkhyeya
- 阿浮达摩(阿浮達摩) Adbhuta-dharma
- 阿落刹婆 raksasa
- 陀阿伽陀 Tathagata
- 婆罗阿迭多王(婆羅阿迭多王) King Baladitya
- 甘露味阿毘昙(甘露味阿毘曇) Abhidharmāmṛta śāstra
- 阿毘昙八犍度论(阿毘曇八犍度論) Abhidharma jñāna prasthāna śāstra; Apitan Ba Jiandu Lun
- 杂阿含(雜阿含) Saṃyukta Āgama; Connected Discourses
- 阿赖耶缘起(阿賴耶緣起) alaya dependent origination
- 阿舍梨 acarya; religious teacher
- 阿耨多罗三藐三菩提(阿耨多羅三藐三菩提) anuttara-samyak-sambodhi; anuttara samyaksaṃbodhi; anuttarasamyaksaṃbodhi; unsurpassed complete perfect enlightenment
- 舍利弗阿毘昙(舍利弗阿毘曇) Sariputra Abhidharma; Śāriputrā Abhidharma
- 阿鞞拔致 avaivartika; non-retrogression
- 阿字 the letter a
- 阿含经(阿含經) Āgama; Agamas
- 阿浮达磨(阿浮達磨) Abdhutadharma
- 阿罗逻(阿羅邏) āḷāra Kālāma; Alara Kalama
- 阿毘昙(阿毘曇) Abhidharma; Abhidhamma
- 阿他毘陀 Atharvaveda
- 阿毘达磨俱舍论(阿毘達磨俱舍論) Abhidharmakosa Sastra ; Abhidharmakosabhasya; Abhidharmakośaśastra; Discourse on the Repository of Abhidharma Discussions
- 六师外道; 1. 珊阇耶毘罗胝子 2. 阿耆多翅舍钦婆罗 3. 末伽梨拘舍梨 4. 富兰那迦叶 5. 迦罗鸠驮迦旃延 6. 尼干陀若提子(六師外道; 1. 珊闍耶毘羅胝子 2. 阿耆多翅舍欽婆羅 3. 末伽梨拘舍梨 4. 富蘭那迦葉 5. 迦羅鳩馱迦旃延 6. 尼乾陀若提子) Six Non-Buddhist Schools: 1. The Sanjaya-Vairatiputra Sect; 2. The Ajita-Kesakambala Sect; 3. The Maskari-Gosaliputra Sect; 4. The Purana-Kasyapa Sect; 5. The Kakuda-Katyayana Sect; 6. The Nirgrantha-Jnatiputra Sect
- 阿遬达经(阿遬達經) Esuda Jing
- 后出阿弥陀佛偈(後出阿彌陀佛偈) Hou Chu Emituo Fo Ji
- 阿旺扎什补(阿旺扎什補) Awangzhashenbu
- 阿菟吒阐提首卢柯(阿菟吒闡提首盧柯) anuṣṭubh
- 长阿鋡经(長阿鋡經) Dīrgha Āgama; Dīrghāgama; Collection of Long Discourses
- 阿祇儞 Agni
- 阿遮利耶 acarya; a religious teacher
- 阿波波 Ababa
Also contained in
阿拉姆语 、 阿彼雅 、 阿阿 、 阿尔茨海默氏症 、 阿荣旗 、 阿吉纳丘 、 阿克苏河 、 埃涅阿斯纪 、 阿利坎特 、 阿拉善盟 、 阿瓦提县 、 阿土 、 阿飘 、 阿托品
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 1 Western Dhāraṇī Matrix Vajra Amṛitakuṇḍali Ritual (Xifang Tuoluoni Cang Zhong Jingang Zu Amiliduojunzhali Fa) 西方陀羅尼藏中金剛族阿蜜哩多軍吒利法 — count: 226
- Scroll 1 Sutra of the Unsurpassed Bodhisattva who asks about All Dharmas, Enters the Boundless Dharma Gate Dharani (Zun Sheng Pusa Suo Wen Yiqie Zhu Fa Ru Wuliang Men Tuoluoni Jing) 尊勝菩薩所問一切諸法入無量門陀羅尼經 — count: 122
- Scroll 1 Dasheng Bei Fen Tuo Li Jing (Karuṇāpuṇḍarīkasūtra) 大乘悲分陀利經 — count: 108
- Scroll 1 Yaoshi Qi Fo Gongyang Yi Gui Ruyi Wang Jing (Medicine Buddha and Seven Buddhas Liturgy and Sutra) 藥師七佛供養儀軌如意王經 — count: 106
- Scroll 1 Fanyu Qian Zi Wen 梵語千字文 — count: 105
- Scroll 9 Shi Moheyan Lun 釋摩訶衍論 — count: 103
- Scroll 7 Miscellaneous Dhāraṇī Collection 陀羅尼雜集 — count: 101 , has English translation
- Scroll 1 Fanyu Za Ming 梵語雜名 — count: 98
- Scroll 21 Mahāsaṃnipātasūtra (Great Compilation) 大方等大集經 — count: 97 , has parallel version
- Scroll 1 Mahāsaṅghabhikṣuṇivinaya (Mohe Sengzhi Biqiuni Jie Ben) 摩訶僧祇比丘尼戒本 — count: 92