宴 yàn

1. yàn noun a feast; a banquet
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICt '宴'; Guoyu '宴' n; Unihan '宴'; XHZD '宴' 3, p. 868)
2. yàn verb to entertain; to host a feast
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '宴' v 1; Kroll 2015 '宴' 2, p. 530; Unihan '宴'; XHZD '宴' 1, p. 868)
3. yàn adjective calm; in comfort and at ease
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '宴'; Guoyu '宴' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '宴' 1, p. 530; XHZD '宴' 4, p. 868)
4. yàn adjective joyful
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '宴' adj 2)
5. yàn verb to rest
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '宴' v 1)
6. yàn noun merriment; utsava
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: utsava, Japanese: en (BCSD '宴', p. 380; Mahāvyutpatti 'utsavaḥ'; MW 'utsava'; SH '宴', p. 324; Unihan '宴')

Contained in

• 宴坐 sitting meditation; to meditate in seclusion

Also contained in

宴乐 、 酒宴 、 宴请 、 赴宴 、 卡宴 、 午宴 、 宴见 、 千里搭长棚，没有不散的宴席 、 设宴 、 饮宴 、 婚宴 、 筵宴 、 宴桃园 、 家宴 、 宴饮 、 盛宴 、 飨宴 、 宴殊 、 宴会 、 宴席 、 便宴 、 鸿门宴 、 喜宴 、 国宴 、 宴飨 、 晚宴 、 宴会厅 、 欢宴

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Hsing Yun Diary 20 - Discussing Emptiness and Existence 星雲日記20～談空說有 談空說有(1992/12/1～1992/12/16) Hsing Yun Diary (1991/5-1992/12) 《星雲日記(1991/5~1992/12)》 — count: 7
• Lecture 16: Ten Types of Noodle Dishes 第十六講‧麵食十吃 One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 6: Propagation of Buddhism 《僧事百講6－佛教推展》 — count: 7
• Philippines 菲律賓 Traces Over the Sky and Ocean 《海天遊踪》 — count: 7
• Malaysia 馬來亞 Traces Over the Sky and Ocean 《海天遊踪》 — count: 5
• Thailand 泰國 Traces Over the Sky and Ocean 《海天遊踪》 — count: 5
• My Clothing, Food, Housing, and Transport 我的衣食住行 Buddhist Affinities over a Century 1 - Life 1 《百年佛緣1－生活篇1》 — count: 5
• Hong Kong 香港 Traces Over the Sky and Ocean 《海天遊踪》 — count: 5
• Lecture 7: Volunteer Bodhisattva 第七講．義工菩薩 One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 5: Organizational Management 《僧事百講5－組織管理》 — count: 4
• Hsing Yun Diary 30 - The Marathon of Life: Only by Accepting Responsibility can you Make Progress 星雲日記30～人生的馬拉松 有承擔才有進步(1994/8/1～1994/8/15) Hsing Yun Diary (1993/1-1994/8) 《星雲日記(1993/1~1994/8)》 — count: 4
• Hsing Yun Diary 32 - Seeking Help from Others is not as Good as Helping Oneself: Receiving Criticism 星雲日記32～求人不如求己 接受批評(1994/12/16～1994/12/31) Hsing Yun Diary (1994/9-1996/12) 《星雲日記(1994/9~1996/12)》 — count: 4

Collocations

• 宴客 (宴客) 於迎賓宴客中 — Lectures on the Diamond Sutra 《金剛經講話》, Making the Buddha realm magnificint without dwelling in appearances - Part 10 [Lecture] 莊嚴佛土無有住相分第十 【講話】 — count: 53
• 公宴 (公宴) 如果是公宴 — One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 3: Activities at Places of Practice 《僧事百講3－道場行事》, Lecture 3: Contact Between Monasteries 第三講．諸山往來 — count: 25
• 邀宴 (邀宴) 應香港僧伽聯合會的邀宴 — Traces Over the Sky and Ocean 《海天遊踪》, Hong Kong 香港 — count: 17
• 庆功宴 (慶功宴) 是否也能為他們辦一次慶功宴之類的獎勵 — One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 5: Organizational Management 《僧事百講5－組織管理》, Lecture 7: Volunteer Bodhisattva 第七講．義工菩薩 — count: 12
• 大宴 (大宴) 大宴賓客 — Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 1 - All in a Thought 《迷悟之間(一)真理的價值》, One Must Be Grateful 過河要拜橋 — count: 10
• 斋宴 (齋宴) 以素齋宴客也是一種度眾的方便嗎 — One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 6: Propagation of Buddhism 《僧事百講6－佛教推展》, Lecture 16: Ten Types of Noodle Dishes 第十六講‧麵食十吃 — count: 10
• 宴宾客 (宴賓客) 大宴賓客 — Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 1 - All in a Thought 《迷悟之間(一)真理的價值》, One Must Be Grateful 過河要拜橋 — count: 10
• 欢迎宴 (歡迎宴) 其實今晚橫濱華僑界在翠華樓為我們設的歡迎宴 — Traces Over the Sky and Ocean 《海天遊踪》, Japan 日本 — count: 10
• 素宴 (素宴) 我們應李俊峰居士夫婦設在普陀寺的素宴招待 — Traces Over the Sky and Ocean 《海天遊踪》, Philippines 菲律賓 — count: 9
• 宴中 (宴中) 國士宴中不相宜 — 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 2: Renunciation and Liberation 第二講．出家得度 — count: 4