初 chū
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chū
adverb
at first; at the beginning; initially
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: 初 is used in both Literary Chinese as Modern Chinese in this sense and is often used at the start of a sentence (CED '初' 1; Kroll 2015 '初' 1; NCCED '初' 1; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 11). -
chū
prefix
used to prefix numbers
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Especially the first several days of the month in the lunar calendar (NCCED '初' 4) -
chū
prefix
used as a prefix incidating the first time or part of something
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 初年 'early years' (CED '初' 2; Kroll 2015 '初' 2; NCCED '初' 2; Sun 2006, loc. 691) -
chū
adverb
just now
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '初' 3) -
chū
particle
thereupon
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '初' 4) -
chū
adverb
an intensifying adverb
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '初' 5) -
chū
adjective
rudimentary; elementary
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, 初级 'elementary level' (CED '初' 4; NCCED '初' 6) -
chū
adjective
original
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CED '初' 5; NCCED '初' 3) -
chū
adjective
foremost, first; prathama
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: prathama, Japanese: sho, Tibetan: dang po (BCSD '初', p. 186; DJBT '差', p. 426; Mahāvyutpatti 'prathamam'; MW 'prathama'; SH '初', p. 251)
Contained in
- 宣说缘起初差别义(宣說緣起初差別義) describe and analyze dependent co-arising
- 初果三结(初果三結) the three fetters
- 初发心功德(初發心功德) The Merit of the Initial Determination for Enlightenment
- 阿初佛 Aksobhya ; Aksobhya
- 诫初心学人文(誡初心學人文) Jie Chu Xin Xueren Wen
- 缘生初胜分法本经(緣生初勝分法本經) Yuan Sheng Chu Sheng Fen Fa Ben Jing
- 法界次第初门(法界次第初門) Introduction to the Sequence of the Boundaries of the Dharma ; Fajie Cidi Chu Men
- 华严经：对自己要能不忘初心 维摩经：对国家要做不请之友 八大人觉经：对朋友要肯不念旧恶 大乘起信论：对社会要懂不变随缘(華嚴經：對自己要能不忘初心 維摩經：對國家要做不請之友 八大人覺經：對朋友要肯不念舊惡 大乘起信論：對社會要懂不變隨緣) 1. According to the Avatamsaka Sutra: Never forget one's own initial vows. 2. According to the Vimalakirti Sutra: Be an invited helper to one's country. 3. According to the Sutra on Eight Realizations of the Great Beings: Never hold a grudge against a friend. 4. According to the Commentary on the Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana: Remain unchanged while following conditions as a member of society.
- 初刻南藏 Hong Wu Southern Canon
- 不忘初心 全力以赴 Never Forget One’s Initial Aspirations; Always Give Your Best Effort
- 初机(初機) a beginner
- 初字 a courtesy title ; first letter
- 逮初禅成就遊(逮初禪成就遊) remains in the first jhana
Also contained in
初次 、 最初 、 人之初，性本善 、 初吉 、 往初 、 早知今日何必当初 、 初级 、 年代初 、 初审 、 初生之犊 、 初年 、 初犯 、 初始 、 初步 、 初等代数 、 如初 、 初露锋芒 、 初九 、 月初 、 初冬 、 初祖 、 初唐四杰 、 初五 、 初六 、 初露才华 、 格林尼治本初子午线 、 元末明初 、 初更 、 初始化 、 当初 、 太初历 、 民初 、 初二 、 正月初一 、 太初 、 一本初衷 、 凌蒙初 、 初学者
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Truncated for common words
- Tablet Inscriptions 碑文 Buddhism Series 9 - Art and Literature 《佛教叢書9－藝文》 — count: 17
- Life and Cultivation 生活與修持 Humanistic Buddhism Series 3 - Buddhism and Life 《人間佛教系列3－佛教與生活》 — count: 16
- Lecture 1: The Initial Transmission of Buddhism 第一講‧佛教初傳 One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 6: Propagation of Buddhism 《僧事百講6－佛教推展》 — count: 15
- Monasteries in the Mountains and Monasteries in the in the Cities - Monastics Living in Seclusion and Monastics Living in Society 山林寺院和都市寺院-----兼論蘭若比丘和人間比丘 Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》 — count: 13
- Section 3 Worldwide - Chapter 3: A Brief History of Asian Buddhism 第三篇 世界篇 第三章 亞洲佛教簡史 Buddhism Series 5 - Buddhist History 《佛教叢書5－教史》 — count: 13
- A Roaming Monk Wanders the World 雲水行腳走天下 Buddhist Affinities over a Century 11 - Practicing the Buddha’s Way 1 《百年佛緣11－行佛篇1》 — count: 11
- Lecture 13: Sravakas and Arhats 第十三講．聲聞羅漢 One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 2: Becoming a Monastic and the Rules of the Precepts 《僧事百講2－出家戒法》 — count: 11
- India 印度 Traces Over the Sky and Ocean 《海天遊踪》 — count: 11
- Jiao Guan Gang Zong 教觀綱宗 Buddhism Series 2 - Canonical Texts 《佛教叢書2－經典》 — count: 11
- Questions and Discussion 問題討論 Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》 — count: 10