微尘 (微塵) wēichén

1. wēichén noun dust; a minute particle
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '微塵'; Guoyu '微塵', p. 399)
2. wēichén noun fine dust
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Fo Guang Shan
   Notes: (Glossary of Humanistic Buddhism)
3. wēichén noun an atom
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: paramāṇu, or: aṇu, Tibetan: rdul phra mo; the most minute particle of matter (FGDB '微塵'; Mahāvyutpatti 'aṇuḥ'; MW 'paramāṇu'; SH '微塵', p. 399)

Contained in

• 三千大千世界所有微尘(三千大千世界所有微塵) all the particles in a billion world system
• 五微尘(五微塵) five rudimentary elements
• 极微尘(極微塵) atom; particle; paramāṇu
• 一微尘(一微塵) a particle of dust
• 微尘数(微塵數) as numerous as atoms
• 微尘劫(微塵劫) kalpas as many as fine dust

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Compound laksana - Part 30 [Lecture] 依報無住世界假相分第三十 【講話】 Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》 — count: 34
• The name of this sutra - Part 13 [Lecture] 如法受持第一義諦分第十三 【講話】 Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》 — count: 28
• A Buddhist View of Space and Time - Part 2: Space 佛教的時空觀 第二篇　空間 Buddhism Series 1 - Doctrine 《佛教叢書1－教理》 — count: 17
• Compound laksana - Part 30 [Translation of Canonical Source Text and Notes] 依報無住世界假相分第三十 【譯文　原典　注釋】 Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》 — count: 14
• The name of this sutra - Part 13 [Translation of Canonical Source Text and Notes] 如法受持第一義諦分第十三 【譯文　原典　注釋】 Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》 — count: 11
• Dust and the World 微塵與世界 Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 3 - A Moment, A Lifetime 《迷悟之間(三)無常的真理》 — count: 8
• Care for Living and Dying Investigation (Volume 3) - A Buddhist View of 'Life in the Universe' 生死關懷探討（下冊） 佛教對「宇宙人生」的看法 Humanistic Buddhism Series Contemporary Questions Symposium 《人間佛教當代問題座談會》 — count: 8
• Why? 為什麼 Humanistic Buddhism Series 6 - Buddhist Studies and Seeking the Dharma 《人間佛教系列6－學佛與求法》 — count: 7
• Buddhism and Mathematics 佛教與數學 Buddhism Series 8 - Use of the Teachings 《佛教叢書8－教用》 — count: 7
• Buddhism and Science 佛教與科學 Buddhism Series 8 - Use of the Teachings 《佛教叢書8－教用》 — count: 6

Collocations

• 微尘世界 (微塵世界) 即微塵世界也 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, The name of this sutra - Part 13 [Lecture] 如法受持第一義諦分第十三 【講話】 — count: 24
• 粒微尘 (粒微塵) 一粒微塵 — Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》, Questions and Discussion 問題討論 — count: 23
• 微尘众 (微塵眾) 此微塵眾 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, Compound laksana - Part 30 [Lecture] 依報無住世界假相分第三十 【講話】 — count: 22
• 到微尘 (到微塵) 從天體到微塵 — 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》, Lecture 10: Causes, Conditions, and Effect 第十講．因緣果報 — count: 9
• 微尘中 (微塵中) 一粒微塵中可以容納三千大千世界 — Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 10 - Management Trilogy 《迷悟之間(十)管理三部曲》, Viewing the Sky from the Bottom of a Well 坐井觀天 — count: 8
• 一个微尘 (一個微塵) 一個微塵很小 — Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》, Questions and Discussion 問題討論 — count: 7
• 微尘容 (微塵容) 微塵容虛空 — Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》, Humanistic Buddhism and Training in Wisdom 人間佛教的慧學 — count: 6
• 十方微尘 (十方微塵) 十方微塵世界 — Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》, Embracing Nature: Ecology from a Buddhist Perspective (2) 佛教與自然生態（下） — count: 6
• 世界微尘 (世界微塵) 世界微塵因緣和合 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, The name of this sutra - Part 13 [Lecture] 如法受持第一義諦分第十三 【講話】 — count: 6
• 微尘就是 (微塵就是) 這粒微塵就是一個虛空 — Humanistic Buddhism Series 6 - Buddhist Studies and Seeking the Dharma 《人間佛教系列6－學佛與求法》, Why? 為什麼 — count: 5