冥 míng

1. míng adjective dark
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 冥 is synonymous with 暗 in this sense (Giles 1892 '冥'; Unihan '冥')
2. míng adjective profound; deep
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 冥 is synonymous with 深远 in this sense (Unihan '冥')
3. míng adjective obscure
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Giles 1892 '冥').
4. míng noun the unseen world
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Giles 1892 '冥').
5. míng proper noun Hades
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Mythology
   Notes: (Giles 1892 '冥').
6. míng adjective dark; tamas
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: tamas (BCSD '冥', p. 176; MW 'tamas'; SH '冥', p. 322)

Contained in

• 灭十方冥经(滅十方冥經) Sutra Spoken by the Buddha on Destroying the Darkness of the Four Quarters (Mie Shi Fang Ming Jing)
• 冥思 dedicative thinking
• 冥道 the gateway to the ghost world
• 十方常暗冥 all quarters wrapt in darkness
• 冥详(冥詳) Ming Xiang
• 冥报记(冥報記) Ming Bao Ji
• 冥土 the dark abode
• 冥阳会(冥陽會) Hungry Ghost Offering Ceremony
• 愚冥 ignorance and obscurity
• 暗冥 wrapt in darkness
• 佛说灭十方冥经(佛說滅十方冥經) Sutra Spoken by the Buddha on Destroying the Darkness of the Four Quarters; Fo Shuo Mie Shi Fang Ming Jing
• 冥途 the dark way
• 冥庭 a dark court

Also contained in

青冥 、 幽冥 、 冥界 、 死不冥目 、 冥币 、 冥合 、 冥婚 、 冥顽 、 冥海 、 风雨晦冥 、 苦思冥想 、 冥诞 、 冥思苦想 、 冥思苦索 、 冥顽不灵 、 冥钱 、 冥冥之中 、 冥纸 、 冥间 、 冥钞 、 冥福 、 冥王星 、 冥王 、 闇冥 、 冥衣 、 窈冥 、 邈冥冥 、 冥府 、 杳冥 、 冥镪 、 冥想

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Inscriptions 碑銘 Buddhism Series 9 - Art and Literature 《佛教叢書9－藝文》 — count: 11
• Buddhism and Sympathetic Resonance 佛教與感應 Buddhism Series 8 - Use of the Teachings 《佛教叢書8－教用》 — count: 9
• 3: Two Vows 三．二求願 The Universal Gate : a Commentary on Avalokitesvara's Universal Gate Sutra 《觀世音菩薩普門品講話》 — count: 5
• Memories of Sympathetic Response to Buddhas and bodhisattvas與佛菩薩感應記 Buddhist Affinities over a Century 2 - Life 2 《百年佛緣2－生活篇2》 — count: 5
• Inscriptions - 銘 Buddhism Series 9 - Art and Literature 《佛教叢書9－藝文》 — count: 5
• The Bitter and Sweet One After Another 苦甘的先後 Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 4 - A Life of Pluses and Minuses 《迷悟之間(四)生命的密碼》 — count: 4
• Hsing Yun Diary 20 - Discussing Emptiness and Existence: Listen Carefully and Attentively 星雲日記20～談空說有 諦聽諦聽(1992/11/1～1992/11/15) Hsing Yun Diary (1991/5-1992/12) 《星雲日記(1991/5~1992/12)》 — count: 4
• Community Ethics Investigation (Volume 2) - A Buddhist View of 'Life Education' 族群倫理探討（中冊） 佛教對「生命教育」的看法 Humanistic Buddhism Series Contemporary Questions Symposium 《人間佛教當代問題座談會》 — count: 4
• Tablet Inscriptions 碑文 Buddhism Series 9 - Art and Literature 《佛教叢書9－藝文》 — count: 4
• A Buddhist View of Fate 佛教對命運的看法 Humanistic Buddhism Series 7 - Dharma and Doctrine 《人間佛教系列7－佛法與義理》 — count: 3

Collocations

• 冥冥 (冥冥) 三寶又如冥冥黑夜裡的燈燭 — Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》, Questions and Discussion 問題討論 — count: 74
• 冥益 (冥益) 這段是說冥益中的七難 — The Universal Gate : a Commentary on Avalokitesvara's Universal Gate Sutra 《觀世音菩薩普門品講話》, Difficulties and Benefits 1: Seven Difficulties 冥　益 一．七難 — count: 13
• 冥中 (冥中) 冥冥中自是不可思議 — Hsing Yun Diary (1991/5-1992/12) 《星雲日記(1991/5~1992/12)》, Hsing Yun Diary 20 - Discussing Emptiness and Existence: Listen Carefully and Attentively 星雲日記20～談空說有 諦聽諦聽(1992/11/1～1992/11/15) — count: 11
• 顽冥 (頑冥) 能默化他人一世之頑冥 — Humble Table, Wise Fare 《佛光菜根譚》, Volume 3: A Guide to Development of Moral Character Diligence in Management of Finance and Personal property 第三冊 進德修業的指南 — count: 8
• 冥黑夜 (冥黑夜) 三寶又如冥冥黑夜裡的燈燭 — Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》, Questions and Discussion 問題討論 — count: 7
• 冥阳 (冥陽) 以期冥陽兩利 — Hundred Sayings 1 - Perfectly Willing 《往事百語1－心甘情願》, The Buddha can also be Slandered 佛陀也會被人毀謗 — count: 5
• 冥不可 (冥不可) 過去我們被冥冥不可知的神權信仰所控制 — Hsing Yun Diary (1991/5-1992/12) 《星雲日記(1991/5~1992/12)》, Hsing Yun Diary 20 - Discussing Emptiness and Existence: Listen Carefully and Attentively 星雲日記20～談空說有 諦聽諦聽(1992/11/1～1992/11/15) — count: 4
• 冥机 (冥機) 冥機冥應 — Buddhism Series 8 - Use of the Teachings 《佛教叢書8－教用》, Buddhism and Sympathetic Resonance 佛教與感應 — count: 4
• 冥入 (冥入) 從冥入冥 — Hsing Yun Dharma Words 5 - The Incense of the World 《星雲法語5－人間有花香》, Scroll 3: The Essential Points of Understanding People - Non-Humans 卷三 識人之要 非人 — count: 4
• 苍冥 (蒼冥) 沛乎塞蒼冥 — Between Ignorance and Enlightenment 5 - Gas Station of Life 《迷悟之間(五)人生加油站》, Handicraft Hobbies 愛好公義 — count: 3