xuān

  1. xuān verb to declare; to announce
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 宣布 (CCD '宣' 1; FE '宣' 1; GHDC '宣' 1; Kroll 2015 '宣' 2, p. 517)
  2. xuān proper noun Xuan
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (CCD '宣' 6; FE '宣' 3; GHDC '宣' 7)
  3. xuān adverb thoroughly; completely
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '宣' 1b, p. 517)
  4. xuān verb to issue an imperial command; to summon to the imperial court
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 宣召 (CCD '宣' 2)
  5. xuān noun fine writing paper; xuan paper
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CCD '宣' 5)
  6. xuān verb to teach; to instruct
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '宣' 2a, p. 517)
  7. xuān noun an epithet for Confucius
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '宣' 5, p. 517)
  8. xuān noun an archaic unit of length
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Equal to 1.33 chi (Kroll 2015 '宣' 6, p. 517)
  9. xuān verb to disseminate; to propagate
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: 宣 is synonymous with 宣传 or 传播 in this sense; for example, in 千字文 ”Thousand Character Classic”, 宣威 'spread fame' (FE '宣' 2; Kroll 2015 '宣' 1, p. 517; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 2008)
  10. xuān verb to vent; to drain
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 发漏 (CCD '宣' 3; GHDC '宣' 3; Kroll 2015 '宣' 3, p. 517)
  11. xuān proper noun Xuan
    Domain: Places 地方 , Concept: City 城市
    Notes: (CCD '宣' 4)
  12. xuān verb to show; to display
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 显示 (GHDC '宣' 2)
  13. xuān verb commonplace; widespread
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 普遍 (GHDC '宣' 4; Kroll 2015 '宣' 1a, p. 517)
  14. xuān noun greying [hair]; black and white [hair]
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (GHDC '宣' 5; Kroll 2015 '宣' 4, p. 517)
  15. xuān verb declare; ākhyāta
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: ākhyāta, Japanese: sen (BCSD '宣', p. 379; MW 'ākhyāta'; SH '宣', p. 300; Unihan '宣')

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Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 1 Vimalakīrtinirdeśasūtra (Fo Shuo Dafang Guangdeng Ding Wang Jing) 佛說大方等頂王經 — count: 45
  • Scroll 2 Tang Dynasty Zhen Yuan Era Buddhist Teachings Continued Catalog (Da Tang Zhen Yuan Xu Kaiyuan Shijiao Lu) 大唐貞元續開元釋教錄 — count: 37
  • Scroll 4 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 36
  • Scroll 2 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 36
  • Scroll 3 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 32
  • Scroll 14 Song Biographies of Eminent Monks 宋高僧傳 — count: 32 , has English translation
  • Scroll 4 Daśabhūmikasūtra (Jian Bei Yiqie Zhi De Jing) 漸備一切智德經 — count: 30
  • Scroll 10 Mahāratnakūṭasūtra (The Great Treasures Collection Sūtra) 大寶積經 — count: 28 , has English translation
  • Scroll 3 Guo Qing Bai Lu 國清百錄 — count: 28
  • Scroll 1 Tang Dynasty Zhen Yuan Era Buddhist Teachings Continued Catalog (Da Tang Zhen Yuan Xu Kaiyuan Shijiao Lu) 大唐貞元續開元釋教錄 — count: 27

Collocations

  • 宣令 (宣令) 宣令遠近普集講堂 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 46
  • 广宣 (廣宣) 不能廣宣如來所說正法 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 38 — count: 8
  • 重宣 (重宣) 世尊欲重宣此義 — Sutra of the Seven Buddhas 七佛經, Scroll 1 — count: 7
  • 颁宣 (頒宣) 頒宣於素上 — Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經, Scroll 44 — count: 7
  • 能宣 (能宣) 豈曰能宣如來至真廣大深義 — An Alternative Translation of the Saṃyukta Āgama (Saṁyukatāgamasūtra) 別譯雜阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
  • 具宣 (具宣) 具宣佛教 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 4
  • 宣畅 (宣暢) 於大眾宣暢 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 45 — count: 4
  • 宣命 (宣命) 准王宣命處處告示 — Dazhengju Wang Jing (Pāyāsisuttanta) 大正句王經, Scroll 1 — count: 4
  • 击鼓宣 (擊鼓宣) 竪立大幡擊鼓宣令 — Jātaka Stories of the Bodhisattva (Pusa Ben Xing Jing) 菩薩本行經, Scroll 1 — count: 4
  • 敷宣 (敷宣) 無倦廣敷宣 — Aluohan Ju De Jing 佛說阿羅漢具德經, Scroll 1 — count: 3