jiè

  1. jiè verb to quit
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: For example, 戒烟 'to quit smoking.' 宝山启动公务人员戒烟大赛各项工作 'Baoshan initiates activities for a competition for public employees to give up smoking.' (Shanghai Government, www.shanghai.gov.cn, 2015-10-30)
  2. jiè verb to warn against
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Middle Chinese: keajH; In this sense 戒 is similar to 防备 (GHDC 2007 '戒' 1; Kroll 2015 '戒' 1; Mathews 1931 '戒', p. 85)
  3. jiè verb to be purified before a religious ceremony
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '戒' 1b)
  4. jiè noun vow
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '戒' 2a; Mathews 1931 '戒', p. 85)
  5. jiè verb to instruct; to command
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 戒 is synonymous to 命令 (Kroll 2015 '戒' 2b; GHDC 2007 '戒' 3).
  6. jiè verb to ordain
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '戒' 2c)
  7. jiè noun a genre of writing containing maxims
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '戒' 3)
  8. jiè verb to be cautious; to be prudent
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 戒 is similar to 谨慎 (GHDC 2007 '戒' 2).
  9. jiè verb to prohibit; to proscribe
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 戒 is similar to 禁制 (Kroll 2015 '戒' 1a; GHDC 2007 '戒' 5).
  10. jiè noun boundary; realm
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 戒 is used in place of 界 (GHDC 2007 '戒' 6).
  11. jiè noun third finger
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In this sense 戒 is used as an abbreviation for 戒指 (GHDC 2007 '戒' 7).
  12. jiè noun a precept; a vow; sila
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: śīla, Pali: sīla, Japanese: kai, Tibetan: tshul khrims; related: 五戒 five precepts; pañcaśīla; also used in Taoism (BCSD '戒', p. 520; BL 'śīla', p. 821; FGDB '戒'; Tzu Chuang 2012, p. 253)
  13. jiè noun morality
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: śīla, Pali: sīla; the second of the six paramitas (BL 'śīla', p. 821; FGDB '戒'; Powers 2007, p. 68)

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